The Princess and The Goblin
by MacDonald, George
George Macdonald (1824-1905) was born at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where his father was a miller and his family Congregationalists. As a young man he was ordained a minister of the Congregational church but he resigned after a disagreement with his deacons over doctrine, and from 1853 he earned his living by lecturing and writing, often in poor health, which meant periodic travelling in search of purer air for his lungs. In 1851 he married Louisa Powell, with whom he spent a long and happy life, sadly ending in grief when three of his thirteen children died of tuberculosis and he suffered a stroke that deprived him of speech for his last five years. He was a prolific writer, yet it is his fantasies for children that have survived. The Princess and the Goblin was the second of these, published first as a serial in Good Words for the Young, a periodical of which he became editor for a short time in 1869. About a hundred years later W.H. Auden wrote, 'To me, George MacDonald's most extraordinary, and precious, gift is his ability, in all his stories, to create an atmosphere of goodness about which there is nothing phone or moralistic. Nothing is rarer in literature.'
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PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
by MACDONALD, George
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1871. MACDONALD, George. THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN. New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1871. First American edition of MacDonald's second full-length fairy tale, following At the Back of the North Wind, which had appeared in the preceding year. 30 wood-engraved illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Octavo. iv,315 pp. Publisher's green cloth binding with pictorial decorations on spine and front… Read more about this item Item Price
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by MacDonald, George
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- 1920
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Westfield, New York, USA
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David McKay, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Has a good DJ which not surprisingly for being over 100 years old has small chips and tears along the edges. Protected in an archival plastic cover over the original DJ. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin (Puffin Classics)
by George MacDonald
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The Princess and the Goblin
by MacDonald, George
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- 1965
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London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd and E. P. Dutton & Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Covers toned, usual library stamps and markings, . bookplate scar and hole on rear free endpaper, edges stained.. 1965. Hardcover. Eight color plates and numerous other black and white illustrations by Charles Folkard in this illustrated version of MacDonald's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
by MacDonald, George
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- 1920
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Hartland, Michigan, USA
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Philadelphia: David McKay Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1920. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tan cloth with pictorial pastedown with blue lettering front panel and gilt lettering to spine, front panel gilt trim mostly rubbed away, top edge gilt. Decorative sticker inside front board, inscription dated 1926 on front endpaper. Worn on points, small fraying to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
by MacDonald, George
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- 1949
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J M Dent and Sons , 1949 . Hardback. . 8vo original decorative cloth with matching endpapers. Illustrated with line drawings and 8 colour plates by Charles Folkard. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Fair hardback (light edgewear esp. to head and tail of spine, corners bumped, ownership sig. on verso of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
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- 1920
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David Mckay, 1920. First edition with Jessie Wilcox Smith illustrations. Hardcover. good. Small quarto. 9 1/2' x 7". 203pp. Green cloth with color pictorial paste-on to front cover. Color pictorial endpapers and nine color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Some scratching to front cover image. One of images has a two inch scratch to color plate. Sunned spine.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin (Puffin Classics)
by MacDonald, George
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The Princess and the Goblin
by Macdonald, George
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- First Thus
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780854218158
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London: Ark, 1979. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. Abridged by Jean Watson. In this new edition, Peter Wanes imaginative drawings blend fantasy and everyday realism and reflect the unique atmosphere of George MacDonald's story. Jean Watson has pruned some of the old-fashioned phrases and lengthy descriptions less suited to modern readers… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
by MacDonald, George
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- 1971
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- Paperback
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Burlington, Ontario, CAN
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Middlesex, England: Puffin Books, 1971. Book. Illus. by Pauline Baynes; Arthur Hughes;. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 221 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a crease on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Pauline Baynes; interior line drawings by Arthur Hughes.. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
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- 1964
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Published in Penguin Books. 207 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
by MacDonald, George
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- 1984
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- Paperback
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London (Birr), Ontario, CAN
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Childrens Books, 1984. Book. Very Good. Wraps (soft-cover). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some wear. Some wear. Creasing to spine. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. 203p.. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin (Puffin Classics)
by George MacDonald
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- June 2011
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- Trade Paperback
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Steubenville, Ohio, USA
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Puffin Books, June 2011. Trade Paperback. New. Family owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. New and unread! Princess Irene lives in a castle in a wild and lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
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- 1990
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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London: Guild Publishing, 1990. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 189pp. One of the most magical of all invented fairy tales about Princess Irene and the miner's son and her great-great-grandmother,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin (Wordsworth Children's Classics)
by MacDonald, George
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- 1st Edition.
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- 1995
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- Soft cover
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995 Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995. Paperback. First edition A BRAND NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
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- 1991
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- Paperback
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- 9780590440257
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Scholastic, Incorporated, 1991. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
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- 1991
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Scholastic, Incorporated, 1991. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin (Puffin Classics)
by MacDonald, George
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- 1984
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- Mass Market Paperback
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Puffin Books, 1984. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin (Apple Classics)
by MacDonald, George
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Scholastic Paperbacks. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Item Price
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The Princess and the Goblin (Puffin Classics)
by MacDonald, George
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Puffin. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Item Price
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