| Description |
xxii, 121, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
| Summary |
Compilation of fairy tales from Allied countries during World War I. |
| Note |
Date of publication from introduction. |
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Printer statement at foot of p. [122]. |
| Contents |
Jack the giant-killer (English) -- The battle of the birds (Scotch) -- Lludd and Llevelys (Welsh) -- Guleesh (Irish) -- The sleeping beauty (French) -- Cesarino and the dragon (Italian) -- What came of picking flowers (Portuguese) -- The adventures of Little Peachling (Japanese) -- The fox's wedding (Japanese) -- The tongue-cut sparrow (Japanese) -- Frost (Russian) -- The golden apple-tree and the nine peahens (Serbian) -- The last adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel (Belgian). |
| Note |
Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. |
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Binding: blue cloth; stamping in gold and white on front cover; white only on spine; illustrated end-papers. |
| Local Note |
Library copy in original binding. Acquisition date stamp on p. [v]: December 12, 1916. |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
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Fairy tales.
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| Genre or Form |
Printed guard sheets (Printing) -- England -- London -- 1916.
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Contemporary bindings (Binding) -- England -- London -- 1916.
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Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- England -- London -- 1916.
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| Added Author |
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928, author of introduction.
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Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, illustrator.
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Complete Press (London, England), printer.
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Heinemann (Firm), publisher.
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J.B. Lippincott & Co., publisher.
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