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The Once and Future King is an Arthurian fantasy novel written by T. H. White. It was first published in 1958, and is mostly a composite of earlier works written between 1938 and 1941. T.H. White's novel is based on the legend of King Arthur. The central theme is an exploration of human nature regarding power and justice, as the boy Arthur becomes king and attempts to quell the prevalent "might makes right" attitude with his idea of chivalry.

The complete box set of T. H. Whites epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend. The novel is made up of five parts: The Sword in the Stone, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind and The Book of Merlyn. Merlyn instructs the Wart (Arthur) and his brother Sir Kay in the ways of the world. One of them will need it the King has died leaving no heir, and a rightful one must be found by pulling a sword from an anvil resting on a stone. In the second and third parts of the novel, Arthur has become King and the kingdom is threatened from the north. In the final two books, the ageing king faces his greatest challenge, when his own son threatens to overthrow him. In The Book of Merlyn, Arthurs tutor Merlyn reappears, and teaches him that, even in the face of apparent ruin, there is hope.

"T.H White′s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here all four volumes that make up the story are published in one volume, as White himself always wished. Exquisite comedy offsets the tragedy of Arthur′s personal doom as White brings to life the major British epic of all time with brilliance, grandeur, warmth and charm."

VERY GOOD-BOOK/VERY GOOD-DUST JACKET, 1ST EDITION: 1ST PRINTING as evidenced by print history number line ending in the number 1. Hardcover science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy. Book is NOT SIGNED OR AUTOGRAPHED. Book and dust jacket are bumped on front top corner with damage to both. Area affected is less than the size of a dime. Dust jacket has minor shelf, rubbing and light edge wear. In very good, lightly read condition, not price clipped, not library or book club edition, not remainder marked. Seller is a lifelong book collector and each edition comes directly from his 35,000+ volume collection! Orders are shipped every business day using USPS Media Mail for all U S. orders. Orders shipped from Grover Beach, California. 93433Thank You! DGS 2360 C

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, 4th Impression. Thick 8vo. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate inscription or ownership marks of any kind, very light sporadic foxing to fore-edges of leaves, not intruding or detracting in the least, light browning to endpapers. In bronze lettered blue cloth wit unclipped original coloured dustwrapper.