The Medieval Castle

New York: Hastings House. Fair in Good dj. (c.1957). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [an ex-school library book, shelfworn but firmly bound, with all the usual treatments (circulation pocket and bar-code affixed to front endpaper, school name (Marigold School) stamped on several pages, otherwise internally clean); the dust jacket is encased in one of those old-fashioned plastic protective covers with the faux-wood strips along the top and bottom edges (worn but not damaged), and the flaps are thoroughly glued to the inside covers (with accompanying glue-stains)] (B&W line drawings) Story "about the day-to-day life of two brothers growing up in England during the time of the First Crusade," written and illustrated by Hal Foster, famous for his long-running "Prince Valiant" comic strip. "Through their eyes the reader watches the storming of the castle, the working of the war machines -- in fact, the whole ebb and flow of battle as it took place in those times. [The drawings] are fascinating and accurate in every detail . . . authentic history portrayed in an easy and most interesting way." .