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English Fairy Tales A superb collection of over 40 classic and uniquely English fairy tales. English Fairy Tales. Collected by Joseph Jacobs HOW TO GET INTO THIS BOOK. 'Knock at the Knocker on the Door, Pull the Bell at the side', Then, if you are very quiet, you will hear a teeny tiny voice say through the grating "Take down the Key." This you will find at the back: you cannot mistake it, for it has J. J. in the wards. Put the Key in the Keyhole, which it fits exactly, unlock the door and WALK INâ¦.. Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own? The present volume contains only a selection out of some 140, of which I have found traces in this country. It is probable that many more exist. A quarter of the tales in this volume, have been collected during the last ten years or so, and some of them have not been hitherto published. Up to 1870 it was equally said of France and of Italy, that they possessed no folk-tales. A word or two as to our title seems necessary. We have called our stories Fairy Tales though few of them speak of fairies. Yet our stories are what the little ones mean when they clamour for "Fairy Tales," and this is the only name which they give to them. One cannot imagine a child saying, "Tell us a folk-tale, nurse," or "Another nursery tale, please, grandma." As our book is intended for the little ones, we have indicated its contents by the name they use. The words "Fairy Tales" must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something "fairy," something extraordinaryâfairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals. Children appreciate the dramatic propriety of this as much as their elders. Generally speaking, it has been my ambition to write as a good old nurse will speak when she tells Fairy Tales. This book is meant to be read aloud, and not merely taken in by the eye.
Hardcover:
9781605123608 | Lightning Source Inc, April 30, 2009, cover price $26.99 | also contains English Fairy Tales
9781437866339 | Indypublish.Com, November 30, 2008, cover price $33.99 | also contains English Fairy Tales
Paperback:
9781522818106 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 18, 2015, cover price $5.99 | also contains English Fairy Tales
9781508920731 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 17, 2015, cover price $6.99 | also contains English Fairy Tales
9781500304348 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 24, 2014, cover price $9.00 | also contains English Fairy Tales
9781496187192 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 9, 2014, cover price $5.99 | also contains English Fairy Tales
9781482580587 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 19, 2013, cover price $8.00 | also contains English Fairy Tales
5 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
Prebinding:
9780613812504 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $50.60 | also contains English Fairy Tales
Hardcover:
9780152662011 | Reissue edition (Harcourt, February 1, 1989), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Three English children, fascinated by the war air raids, gradually become aware of true fear and horror when they seek vengeance on an opposing gang that destroyed their hideaway.
Paperback:
9780152061067 | Reissue edition (Houghton Mifflin, August 1, 2007), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Three English children, fascinated by the war air raids, gradually become aware of true fear and horror when they seek vengeance on an opposing gang that destroyed their hideaway.
9780689713279 | Aladdin Paperbacks, October 1, 1989, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Three English boys become aware of the realities of war when German planes begin to bomb London
Reinforced:
9780606041959 | Demco Media, October 1, 1989, cover price $13.45 | also contains Dawn of Fear | About this edition: Three English boys become aware of the realities of war when German planes begin to bomb London
Prebinding:
9781439517611 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.95 | also contains Dawn of Fear
9781417795710 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2007, cover price $16.00 | also contains Dawn of Fear
9780613909303 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1989, cover price $13.40 | also contains Dawn of Fear | About this edition: Three English boys become aware of the realities of war when German planes begin to bomb London
Paperback:
9780140367638 | Reissue edition (Puffin, January 1, 1997), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Nicostratus, the son of Helen and Menelaus, grows up in Troy, where he faces a conflict of loyalties when the Greeks are about to capture the city
9780140351033 | Reissue edition (Puffin, January 1, 1993), cover price $2.25 | also contains Kiffe Kiffe Demain | About this edition: Nicostratus, the son of Helen and Menelaus, grows up in Troy, where he faces a conflict of loyalties when the Greeks are about to capture the city
Reinforced:
9780606171403, titled "Luck of Troy" | Demco Media, June 1, 1996, cover price $10.41
Paperback:
9780689715372 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, October 1, 1991), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: A family visiting England wants to see the dollhouse where Beatrix Potter's bad mice lived and one of the girls puts two real mice in the house causing a minor disaster
Hardcover:
9780839826101 | Gregg Pr, April 1, 1980, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Stranded with a tiny baby in the Pyrenees, Franz and Lydia slowly realize that the deserted village would be their home until they were rescued
Paperback:
9780805205718 | Random House Childrens Books, September 1, 1977, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: 'This collection of thirty-seven tales is drawn from the famous color fairy books of Andrew Lang that were originally published between 1889 and 1910.
Paperback:
9780140303629 | New edition (Gardners Books, August 26, 1976), cover price $12.10 | About this edition: Like many adventures, this one begins with a holiday in Cornwall, the discovery of an ancient map and a search for an Arthurian treasure.
Hardcover:
9780836961041 | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1969, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A collection of 108 poems by English poets on various aspects of Christian life.
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