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Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people. : With illustrations by Billings
Title
Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people. : With illustrations by Billings.
Published
Boston: : Ticknor and Fields., MDCCCLVI. [1856]
Physical Description
[4], 303, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Shirley 2019 Copy 1: Imperfect? 1 plate wanting. Blue stamped cloth covers.
BEIN Shirley 2019 Copy 2: Imperfect: p. [159]-166 wanting, 1 plate wanting. Brown stamped cloth covers.
MUDD WA 24680: Poor condition.
Notes
Prose and verse.
Copyright 1855 by Ticknor and Fields.
"Cambridge: Thurston and Torry, printers."--verso of title page.
Last page blank.
Illustrations engraved on wood by John Andrew.
To help ensure preservation of print and digital collections, this title is retained by Yale University Library on behalf of the HathiTrust Shared Print Program.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
The king of the golden river, or The black brothers [By John Ruskin]
The heroic life and exploits of Siegfried the dragon-slayer. (An old German story.)
The good-natured bear. A tale. By R.H. Horne
The story without an end. [By F.W. Carové] Translated from the German, by Sarah Austin
The glow-worm
Sir Calidore
The Pied piper of Hamelin. By Robert Browning.
References
Princeton University. Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1670-1870 (1968 edition), 420
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature.
Fairy tales.
Poems - Massachusetts - Boston - 1856.
Also listed under
Ticknor and Fields, publisher.
Thurston and Torry, printer.
United States Massachusetts Boston.
United States Massachusetts Cambridge.
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