The Mabinogion (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

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Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places.VG/VG 1st impression 2000 Voyager hardback edition, unclipped DJ, beautifully illustrated by Alan Lee - spine ends lightly pushed and light edge-wear to DJ else VG+ and bright, tidy and unmarked.

While I have not yet had the privilege to read the other translations, I have read the works of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chretien de Troyes, Wolfram Von Eschenbach, and others.Perhaps that is why the Welsh/Celts themselves moved as far from the rest of their European brothers as possible, to the very west of England. I found this difficult to deal with as the names etc are Welsh and got frustrated at how to pronounce them. He was also the conceptual designer working on the Lord of the Rings films, responsible for creating the 'look' of Middle Earth. Lately I have been putting one photo on imgur to use as the thumbnail, and putting my album on google. The kindest thing I've read about it by independent commentators is that it's not intended to be scholarly).

I know Astropi likes tinypic, but it seemed clunky and slow to me, at least for the volume I am doing. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.

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Scholars agree that the tales are older than the existing manuscripts, but disagree over just how much older. Being a cheap copy (paper is very thin) and very light, would be a great book to take on your travels. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Over the years he has established himself as one of England's preeminent book artists, creating illustrations for, among other works: The Mabinogion, Castles, Merlin Dreams, Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Illiad and the anniversary edition of J.

Anyone with an interest in Celtic studies, their Breton/Welsh ancestry, or even fans of fantasy, high fantasy, or Tolkien would benefit from the rich oral tradition which afforded us the gift of the collected tales found within The Mabinogion. These classic stories of dragons, witches, giants, kings and heroes are offered here in a stunning edition featuring the art and signature of Alan Lee. In the second he's scarcely mentioned, but in the third he's imprisoned by enchantment and then released.