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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<IsfdbSubmission>
<PubUpdate>
<Record>897925</Record>
<Submitter>Pwendt</Submitter>
<Subject>The Knight with the Lion: The Story of Yvain</Subject>
<Price>$15.95</Price>
<Note><ul>
1st ed.
"retold and illustrated by John Howe"
"A retelling of the knightly adventures of Yvain and his faithful lion, culminating in his reconciliation with the proud lady Ludine." --Summary
LC subject headings contain "Legends" (3) or "Folklore" (2).
<li>
Publication date and cover image from Amazon.com 2022-05-07 as " Little Brown & Co; 1st edition (October 1, 1996)".
Amazon UK reports Hardcover and "Import US (7 Nov 1996)".
<li>
Price from review, School Library Journal 42.9 (Sep 1996) p217, which also reports October publication.
<li>
Per SLJ review, Howe’s telling is "drawn from the 12th-century writings of Chrétien de Troyes", presumably the 1181 Yvain (<a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1672933">see</a>).
</ul></Note>
<ModNote>later PVerify local public library copy, with some relocation to Title notes 
"full-page, realistically rendered paintings, done in classic N. C. Wyeth style"</ModNote>
<Content>
</Content>
</PubUpdate>
</IsfdbSubmission>

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