A TREASURY OF BEST-LOVED FAIRY TALES (101 Favorites) HARDCOVER

Description: MORE THAN 100 FAIRY TALES - INCLUDING ALL-TIME FAVORITES ALMOST ALL OF US LOVE FAIRY TALES - stories that were read to us when we were little kids and then we read for ourselves a little later on (back in the olden times when youngsters would open books rather than grab computer games). We remember them all our lives: Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Cinderella - all those wonderful tales that took us to a land of wonder and fantasy. The stories are embedded in our memories. Well here are 101 of them - many you will remember from your childhood and quite a few you may be meeting for the first time. THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE FALL RIVER PRESS CLASSIC EDITIONS. For this collection, the editors chose from the works of the Brothers Grimm, from Hans Christian Andersen, from the Tales of The Arabian Nights, and from many other sources - finding quite a few that we at Mackie Books had never heard from before. But the familiar ones are here of course. It could hardly be called "Best-Loved" without the presence of The Red Shoes, Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp, Hansel and Gretel, the Sleeping Beauty and Thumbelina! Many of today's favorites were not intended for children originally but were compiled in serious studies of folk lore and cultural fantasy. The sanitized and technicolor stories of today would hardly be recognized by the two Grimms, German academics who collected them more than 200 years ago. THE BOOK WE OFFER IS BRAND NEW AND THUS IN MINT CONDITION, unread and waiting patiently for its first young reader (or adult dipping into it at bedtime for an avid young listener). To keep it mint, we have protected its dust-jacket with a removable Brodart plastic cover because we are pretty sure it will be taken down from the bookshelf regularly. There are no illustrations - just words, allowing the imagination a free rein in the realm of fantasy where fairy godmothers, talking mirrors, giants, ogres and charming princes can be found. This book is of gift quality. Publisher: Fall River Press ISBN: 978-1-4351-6494-9 Non Fiction: Fairy Tales, Folk Lore & Fantasy ++ All books sold by Mackie Books are carefully packaged in bubble-wrap to guard against accidental damage during shipping. This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. + Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including numerous works on historical subjects. We offer high quality leather-bound books published by The Franklin Library and The Easton Press, as well as collectible books issued by The Heritage Press. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + The illustrations we include with our eBay postings are from the actual books on sale and are not stock pictures. + Our specialty is careful packaging, using recycled materials where possible. We like your books to arrive in the condition we have described in our postings on eBay. + We believe book-collecting should be fun!

Price: 18.95 USD

Location: Sausalito, California

End Time: 2024-11-29T04:59:09.000Z

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