# - Jacobs, Helen--Malory, Sir Thomas.

"The Queen, with her knights and ladies, came riding back, laden with flowers" (p.25) [full-page], 368 by 266mm., laid-down to card with loss to lower left corner redrawn by the artist; "He went with the old man to the Siege Perilous" (p.37) [full-page], 398 by 276mm., some tears and creases--[Jacobs, Helen after]. Upper and lower cover illustration showing jousting knights together with King Arthur, 284 by 380mm., watercolour drawing, some ink spots, adhesive tape marks--together with five upper and lower cover illustrations for Robinson Crusoe (after work by Harold Lisle?) [Riverside Series No. 1], 285 by 378mm.; Hiawatha (after work by Atherley?) [Riverside Series No. 3], 285 by 380mm.; Black Beauty (after work by Atherley?) [Riverside Series No. 6], 285 by 380mm.; Stories from Shakespeare (after work by Mary Gordon?) [Riverside Series No. 7], 285 by 380mm.; The Coral Island (after work by Atherley?) [Riverside Series No. 8], 285 by 378mm., some occasional ink spots, adhesive tape marks and water-damage--together with Jacobs, Helen. Old Woman with Crow, 276 by 379mm.; Hooded woman holding rabbit, 558 by 379mm.; Figure peering through foliage, 557 by 380mm.; all three pen and wash drawings, each laid-down to card and signed on reverse, some soiling (11)

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King Arthur and His Knights was the fifth volume in "The Riverside Series".

It appears that the original editions of the "Riverside" and "Golden Readers" series were issued in wrappers printed in red and black only. Coloured wrappers were presumably produced for later editions using internal illustrations and may not have been drawn by the artists themselves.