Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance
New York: Columbia University Press, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. Item #028890
71 pages, index. R.S. Loomis was one of the finest Arthurian scholars of the early 20th Century. His major sections of his work: Book I: From Knights of the Round Table to Irish Gods; Book II: The Young God and the Old. Book III: The Cult of the Grail Book IV: Brides of the Sun; Book V: From Irish and Welsh Gods to a British Chieftain. Tipped in after xii is a printed note from July 1935 where Loomis says his later research confirms his earlier work though he has revised his work on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Together Loomis and Tolkien have written the definitive work on the subject (Oxford University Press, 1947). A fine copy bound in green cloth, spine lettering gilt, neat previous owner's name and date.
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