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The Brown Fairy Book
by Lang, Andrew (Editor); Ford, H. J. (Illustrator)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0486214389
- ISBN 13
- 9780486214382
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1965. First Thus . Soft cover. VG/No Jacket. Ford, H. J.. Collection of 32 classic fairy tales edited by Lang, with all of the original vintage all of the original vintage duotone illustrations by H. J. Ford that appeared in the original 1904 edition: 30 plates & 20 other illustrations throughout text, which is a complete & unabridged version of the original. The First Edition, later printing, of this Dover permabound trade paperback edition from 1965 is in VG condition: very clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarked. Mild-moderate edgewear with slight peeling of clear acetate covering in places. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
From the book:The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia,' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied. However, many boys might think it better fun to begin to learn hunting as soon as they can walk. Other stories, like 'The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe,' come from the Kaffirs in Africa, whose dear papas are not so poor as those in Australia, but have plenty of cattle and milk, and good mealies to eat, and live in houses like very big bee-hives, and wear clothes of a sort, though not very like our own.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021862
- Title
- The Brown Fairy Book
- Author
- Lang, Andrew (Editor); Ford, H. J. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Ford, H. J.
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486214389
- ISBN 13
- 9780486214382
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- FAIRY TALES ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATOR FANTASY CHILDREN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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