5/19/2023 0 Comments The witch in the wood th whiteMinor scuffing to jacket spine and front panel. Illustrated by the author with small line drawings and decorations throughout. In original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket. Original glossy blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine and gilt stamp to front board. Here, in its first form as an independent novel, the element of farce is more pronounced while the shadow of brutality hanging over the sons of Morgause maintains its power to break through any amount of ironies and fancies. Resplendent with lyricism and sprinkled with scenes of uncompromising brutality, this second book of White's magisterial Arthurian sequence was substantially revised and retitled (as THE QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS) when published as part of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING in 1958. The Scandalmonger, The Witch in the Wood, and You Can tKeep a Good Man Down.The number of letters from White is relatively small (others may be found. printing of the second book in White's inimitable Arthurian sequence, in the scarce dust jacket.
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