An edition of The Allies' fairy book (1916)

The Allies' fairy book

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An edition of The Allies' fairy book (1916)

The Allies' fairy book

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Thirteen fairy tales from a variety of countries including Japan, Yugoslavia, Portugal, and Belgium.

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Publisher
William Heinemann, Lippincott
Language
English
Pages
121

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Subjects

Folklore, Fairy tales

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The Allies' fairy book
1916, W. Heinemann, Lippincott
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The Allies' fairy book
1916, William Heinemann, Lippincott
in English
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Table of Contents

Jack the Giant-killer (English) --
The battle of the birds (Scottish) --
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).

Edition Notes

Title vignette. Head and tail pieces.

Introduction dated Aug. 1916.

"This edition is limited to five hundred and twenty-five copies of which five hundred are for sale." Signed by Arthur Rackham.

"Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood, London."--Colophon.

Rare Book copy 1: No. 31.

Rare Book copy 2: No. 420.

Gift; Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. & Madeleine Berol.

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

In publisher's blue cloth binding with lettering and ornamentation stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed.

Rare Book copy 2: In slipcase covered in marbled paper and tipped with blue leather, with cutout for title.

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London, Philadelphia

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
j398.2
Library of Congress
GR552 .A55 1916

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 121, [1] pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates
Number of pages
121

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL45016507M
OCLC/WorldCat
20365467

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Work Description

Compilation of fairy tales from Allied countries during World War I.

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