Kevin Crossley-Holland FOLK TALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES Folio Society 1985
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Kevin Crossley-Holland FOLK TALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES Folio Society 1985
First folio printing slipcased hardback of FOLK TALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES, chosen and introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland (illustrated with wood-engravings by Hannah Firmin) and published by The Folio Society in 1985. Previous owner name to front endpaper.The book is in near fine condition (patterned boards with gilt lettering to cloth spine) with no significant wear. The book is in a very good+ slipcase that also has no wear to speak of.
The purpose of this anthology is firstly to illustrate the extraordinary range and quality of tales collected in the field in the British Isles; secondly, through these tales, to exemplify the work of as many of the great storytellers and collectors as possible; and thirdly, to show the literary reteller of tales at work in verse and prose: in short, to offer as representative an anthology of the folk-tales of the British Isles as seems possible. Each storyteller, collector and writer is briefly introduced in the paragraphs at the head of the book's twelve sections.
393 pages inluding Illustrations and Bibliography.
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Kevin Crossley-Holland FOLK TALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES Folio Society 1985