Macmillan, 1979, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, Facsimile, Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham
Fairy tales are written to both entertain and educate, and published in the shadow of the First World War, F. A. Steel's retellings of forty-one 'English Fairy Tales' is a classic collection of such stories which range from the familiar - 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Little Red Riding-Hood', and 'The Three Little Pigs' - to the perhaps less well-known - 'The Black Bull of Norroway', 'Nix Nought Nothing', and 'The Red Ettin' . Originally published in 1918 it reflects the nationalistic concerns of the period. Steel takes the reader on a journey from Cornwall to Bamborough Castle, via a palace by the sea and high into the sky, where a giant lives. These magical tales are brought to life by one of the best-known illustrators of the time, Arthur Rackham. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 341 pages. Dust Jacket has some chips and tears, some marking as well as some shelf-wear and bumping to corners and extremities. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Illustrator: Arthur Rackham. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; ISBN: 0333266528. ISBN/EAN: 9780333266526. Inventory No: 53594.
Fairy tales are written to both entertain and educate, and published in the shadow of the First World War, F. A. Steel's retellings of forty-one 'English Fairy Tales' is a classic collection of such stories which range from the familiar - 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Little Red Riding-Hood', and 'The Three Little Pigs' - to the perhaps less well-known - 'The Black Bull of Norroway', 'Nix Nought Nothing', and 'The Red Ettin' . Originally published in 1918 it reflects the nationalistic concerns of the period. Steel takes the reader on a journey from Cornwall to Bamborough Castle, via a palace by the sea and high into the sky, where a giant lives. These magical tales are brought to life by one of the best-known illustrators of the time, Arthur Rackham. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 341 pages. Dust Jacket has some chips and tears, some marking as well as some shelf-wear and bumping to corners and extremities. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Illustrator: Arthur Rackham. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; ISBN: 0333266528. ISBN/EAN: 9780333266526. Inventory No: 53594.