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The Artemis Fowl Filesby Eoin ColferISBN 0786856394 (0-7868-5639-4)
Hardcover, Talk Miramax Books
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The Autumn Castleby Kim WilkinsISBN 044661663X (0-446-61663-X)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Brothers Grimmby Wilhelm Grimm, GrimmISBN 1853268984 (1-85326-898-4)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brothers Grimm'Book summary:Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm (1786-1859) were philologists and folklorists. The brothers rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. Together with the well-known tales of 'Rapunzel', 'The Goose Girl', Sleeping Beauty', 'Hansel and Gretel' and 'Snow White', there are the darker tales such as 'Death's Messengers' which deserve to be better known, and which will appeal not only to all who are interested in the history of folklore, but also to all those who simply love good story-telling. [via]
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Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimmby Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Jack David Zipes, John B. GruelleISBN 0553382160 (0-553-38216-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Perhaps no other stories possess as much power to enchant, delight, and surprise as those penned by the immortal Brothers Grimm. Now, in the new, expanded third edition, renowned scholar and folklorist Jack Zipes has translated all 250 tales collected and published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, plus twenty-nine rare tales omitted from the original German edition, as well as narratives uncovered in the brothers letters and papers.
Truly the most comprehensive translation to date, this critically acclaimed edition recaptures the fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended them to be: rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with folklore and song.
One of the worlds experts on childrens literature, Jack Zipes is a professor of German at the University of Minnesota and is the author of numerous books on folklore and fairy tales. [via]More editions of Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm:
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Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimmby Jacob Grimm, John B. Gruelle, Jack David ZipesISBN 0833515055 (0-8335-1505-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm'Book summary:A new translation of 239 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Also includes a listing of their oral and/or literary sources. [via]
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimmby John B. Gruelle, Jack ZipesISBN 0553371010 (0-553-37101-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm'Book summary:Enchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of once upon a time, the fairly tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. But most Americans know them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduce the tales' power to touch our emotions and intrigue our imaginations. Now, in the most comprehensive translation to date, here are the classic fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended them to be--rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with the rhythms of folklore and song. [via]
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Talesby Brothers GrimmISBN 0613718933 (0-613-71893-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A definitive compilation of more than 200 traditional fairy tales, compiled by the Brothers Grimm, is accompanied by explanatory and historical material, as well as commentary by Joseph Campbell. [via]
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Talesby Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm, James Stern, Josef ScharlISBN 0710082053 (0-7100-8205-3)
Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul
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Fairies and Elvesby Colin ThubronISBN 080945212X (0-8094-5212-X)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Fairies and Elvesby Time-Life BooksISBN 0809452138 (0-8094-5213-8)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books
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Fairies in Victorian Artby Christopher WoodISBN 1851495088 (1-85149-508-8)
Hardcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd
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Fairies: Real Encounters With Little Peopleby Janet BordISBN 0786704578 (0-7867-0457-8)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairies: Real Encounters With Little People'Book summary:Tales of fairies are usually left to the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault, but many ordinary people claim to have encountered them in the modem world. Janet Bord, who has written extensively on numerous supernatural phenomena, has amassed a startling array of contemporary eye-witness accounts of the Little People.
Reports of the Little People in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries occur everywhere from the "Old World" of Ireland and Great Britain to modern-day New Jersey and Alaska; accounts travel, too, from South America, Africa, India, and Europe. In addition to local legends, native mythologies, and folk memories, Bord also investigates the strong links between sightings of fairies and other worldly occupants of UFOs.
Are fairies beings from other planets or dimensions, fallen angels, or the miniature avatars of pagan gods? Whatever the verdict, the evidence for the existence of fairies is both surprising and captivating. [via]
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Fairy And Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantryby W. B. YeatsISBN 1598186566 (1-59818-656-6)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy And Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry'Book summary:"At sea, when the nets are out and the pipes are lit, then will some ancient hoarder of tales become loquacious, telling his histories to the tune of the creaking of the boats. Holy-eve night, too, is a great time, and in old days many tales were to be heard at wakes. But the priest have set their faces against wakes. . . . " From the celebrated poet, William Butler Yeats, a volume of folk and fairy tales to stir the Irish soul. [via]
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Fairy And Folk Tales Of The Irish Peasantry 1890by W. B. YeatsISBN 1417977787 (1-4179-7778-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Eggby Gail Carson Levine, David ChristianaISBN 0786834919 (0-7868-3491-9)
Hardcover, Hyperion
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Fairy Folk Tales of Irelandby W. B. YeatsISBN 0684829525 (0-684-82952-5)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Folk Tales of Ireland'Book summary:A gathering of legendry, folktales, and song profiles such familiar characters of Irish myth as mischeivous fairies, the industrious leprechaun, the fearsome Pooka, and the eerie Banshee. [via]
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Fairy Talesby Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Arthur RackhamISBN 0679417966 (0-679-41796-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:Thirty-seven selected stories from the Brothers Grimm, taken from the first English translation of 1823, are newly illustrated in black and white, with eight full-color plates by the artist from Stormy Weather. [via]
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Fairy Talesby Berlie Doherty, Jane RayISBN 0763609978 (0-7636-0997-8)
Hardcover, Candlewick Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:Berlie Doherty, author of many books for young people, including Carnegie Medal-winner Dear Nobody, says fairy tales "are enchanted dreams. We remember them as if they had been sung to us while we were under the spell of a long deep sleep." And according to acclaimed picture-book illustrator Jane Ray, "fairy tales are the earth beneath our feet, giving us roots and helping us find our place in the world, but they also offer a glimpse of the magical and the enchanted." With two such eloquently mystical creators at the helm, any collection of fairy tales is bound to be magical. Sure enough, this team's magnificent Fairy Tales glimmers and shines, giving new life to traditional favorites such as "Beauty and the Beast," "Cinderella," "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp," and "Hansel and Gretel." Doherty's retellings are respectful of the originals, while incorporating her own strong, vibrant voice. Ray's watercolor, ink, and collage illustrations, surrounding the gold-framed text, are truly stunning, in exotic colors and exquisite tapestry-style patterns. Characters seem to come from all parts of the world--appropriately enough, since the stories have "echoes in many different cultures." The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault would be proud. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Fairy Talesby Publications International Ltd, Brian ConwayISBN 0785348689 (0-7853-4868-9)
Hardcover, Publications International
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:padded vinyl cover with square hole through which shows a cat reading a book; 4 classic tales including rumplestiltskin; cinderella; hansel and gretel and jack and the beanstock; beautiful, colorful illustrations; [via]
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Fairy Talesby Sulamith WulfingISBN 1885394403 (1-885394-40-3)
Hardcover, Amber Lotus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:This beautiful book includes a series of illustrations by Sulamith Wulfing which accompany stories about fairies and other related poems. [via]
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Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimmby Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Kay Rasmus NielsenISBN 0670305650 (0-670-30565-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Field Guideby Holly BlackISBN 0689859368 (0-689-85936-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Flower Fairies of Summerby Cicely Mary BarkerISBN 0723248273 (0-7232-4827-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flower Fairies of Summer'Book summary:One of the new editions of flower fairy books, featuring flower fairies of the summer. Each watercolour is accompanied by a poem. The book is aimed at children. [via]
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- Flower Fairies of Summer: ISBN 0723237549 (0-7232-3754-9)
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Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - Flower Fairies of Summer: ISBN 0911745912 (0-911745-91-2)
Hardcover, Bedrick - Flower Fairies of Summer: ISBN 0723248273 (0-7232-4827-3)
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Flower Fairies of the Winterby Cicely Mary BarkerISBN 0723237565 (0-7232-3756-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Flower Fairies of the Winter: Poems and Picturesby Cicely Mary Barker, Anna TrenterISBN 072324829X (0-7232-4829-X)
Hardcover, Frederick Warne & Co
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Flower-Fairies of the Gardenby Cicely Mary BarkerISBN 0723248311 (0-7232-4831-1)
Hardcover, Frederick Warne & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flower-Fairies of the Garden'Book summary:For the first time in over 10 years all eight Original "Flower Fairies" Books' are being re-designed. Inspiration has been drawn from the original publishers' connections with The Glasgow School of Art to produce an exquisite new cover. With fresh new title pages and endpapers, reset text and printed on a fine quality paper, these new editions make a charming gift for all "Flower Fairy" enthusiasts. In a format that has enchanted readers for 90 years, each of Cicely Mary Barker's beautiful illustrations of the fairies of wild and familiar garden flowers is accompanied by a delightful poem. "Flower Fairies of the Garden" celebrates and introduces children to the flowers and plants that grow in the garden by making them magical. Garden favourites to be found in "Flower Fairies of the Garden" include: "The Narcissus Fairy", "The Lavender Fairy" and "The Cornflower Fairy". The seven other titles in the "Flower Fairies series", "Flower Fairies of the Spring", "Flower Fairies of the Summer", "Flower Fairies of the Autumn", "Flower Fairies of the Winter", "Flower Fairies of the Wayside", "Flower Fairies of the Trees" and "A Flower Fairy Alphabet", are available as single editions or as part of "The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies". Also available from Penguin is "The Everyday Handbook for Magical Mothers" as presented by the "Flower Fairies" - a handy, pocket-sized book of craft ideas and recipes for mothers who need a touch of magic in their lives. [via]
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Flower-Fairies of the Treesby Cicely Mary BarkerISBN 0723248338 (0-7232-4833-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flower-Fairies of the Trees'Book summary:These beautiful new edition of the Flower Faries books have been designed to recapture the charm of the original editions which were first published in the 1920s.
By using modern prining techniques Frederick Warne has been able to achieve reproductions of Cicely Mary Barker's original artwork which reflect better than ever before her outstanding craftsmanship as an artist. The delicate brushwork, subtle shadings and fine detail now revealed will enchant a new generation of readers. [via]
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The Great Encyclopedia of Faeriesby Roland Sabatier, Pierre Dubois, Claudine SabatierISBN 0684869578 (0-684-86957-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries'Book summary:They are known as the Little People, the Beautiful Maidens, the Godmothers, the Blessed, the Ageless Ones...for it is dangerous to say the name "faeries" without good reason. Ruling over earth, air, fire, and water, they protect forests, animals, and children, and in their hands lie the dreamy souls of all creatures.
The faeries rose from the mist long, long ago, in the time of the Golden Age -- well before the creation of gods and men. In their magical fancy they created the singing grasses and the reflection of springs, the music of legends and the far side of the mirror. From the Valkyries of Valhalla to the Babouchka of Russia, Banshees, Dryads, Bogey Beasts, Sirens, and their ilk populate the imaginations and the forests of every culture.
In this comprehensive celebration of the world of faery, renowned French elficologist Pierre Dubois describes the extraordinary richness of the faery kingdom, presenting dozens and dozens of lushly illustrated entries on the most powerful and enchanting denizens of this magical world. Dubois provides readers with authoritative information detailing the customs, habitat, and activities of these Little People. Faery Godmothers, we discover, were originally tall, distinguished, and rather severe; only recently have they taken up the magic wands and cheerful smiles we know them for today. We learn that the favorite foods of the Arthurian faery Viviane are the blackberries that surround Merlin's tomb. And among the customs and activities of the Bogey Beast, the prime goal is indeed to scare little children...if only for their protection.
Dubois's entrancing descriptions are accompanied by Roland and Claudine Sabatier's marvelous illustrations, which depict the appearance of the faeries, the places where they are found, and their familiar objects. Without revealing any faery confidences (which must never be betrayed), Dubois and the Sabatiers have created a comprehensive and utterly enchanting survey of a magical world as old as time. [via]
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The Great Encyclopedia of Fairiesby Pierre DuboisISBN 1862050295 (1-86205-029-5)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Grimm's Fairy TalesISBN 1404305378 (1-4043-0537-8)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
Find This BookBook summary:[via]Grimm's Fairy Tales, by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:With the words Once upon a time, the Brothers Grimm transport readers to a timeless realm where witches, giants, princesses, kings, fairies, goblins, and wizards fall in love, try to get rich, quarrel with their neighbors, and have magical adventures of all kindsand in the process reveal essential truths about human nature.
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm set out to collect stories in the early 1800s, their goal was not to entertain children but to preserve Germanic folkloreand the hard life of European peasants was reflected in the tales they discovered. However, once the brothers saw how the stories entranced young readers, they began softening some of the harsher aspects to make them more suitable for children.
A cornerstone of Western culture since the early 1800s, Grimms Fairy Tales is now beloved the world over. This collection of more than 120 of the Grimms best tales includes such classics as Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Grethel, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Frog Prince, as well as others that are no less delightful.
Elizabeth Dalton is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Barnard College. She has published fiction and criticism in The New Yorker, Partisan Review, Commentary, and The New York Times Book Review.More editions of Grimm's Fairy Tales:
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Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Grimm's Fairy Tales: ISBN 1587170922 (1-58717-092-2)
Hardcover, Seastar Books - Grimm's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0681102713 (0-681-10271-3)
Softcover, Longmeadow Pr - Grimm's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0670355321 (0-670-35532-1)
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Grimm's Fairy Talesby Brothers GrimmISBN 1406821411 (1-4068-2141-1)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grimms' Fairy Tales'Book summary:A collection of fairy tales collected in Germany by two brothers. [via]
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Grimm's Fairy Talesby Jacob W. Grimm, Wilhelm K. GrimmISBN 1853261017 (1-85326-101-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'Book summary:The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. This selection of their folk tales was made and translated by Lucy Crane, and includes firm favourites such as Rapunzel, The Goose Girl, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel and Snow White. It is illustrated throughout by Walter Crane's charming line drawings. [via]
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Grimm's Fairy Talesby Museum Quilts Publications Staff, Jacob W. Grimm, Wilhelm K. GrimmISBN 1897954956 (1-897954-95-6)
Hardcover, M Q Publications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'Book summary:A collection of fairy tales collected in Germany by two brothers. [via]
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Grimm's Grimmestby Maria TatarISBN 0811850463 (0-8118-5046-3)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grimm's Grimmest'Book summary:A scholar of fairy tales, Maria Tatar, provides a fascinating introduction about the history and meaning of the stories assembled by the Brothers Grimm. She writes, for example, "We now know that the stories collected in the nineteenth-century folktale anthologies ...had their origins in an irreverent peasant culture that arose in conscious opposition to the feudal state's ruling class. By overdoing it in the realm of storytelling, these narrators were able to alleviate--if only temporarily--some of the tedium that marked the daily life of their audience ... [These tales] can be seen as the ancestors of our urban legends about vanishing hitchhikers and cats accidentally caught in the dryer or as the preliterate equivalents of tabloid tales describing headless bodies found in topless bars. But in many ways, it is the horror film to which the matter and manner of these folktales has most conspicuously migrated. Like horror films, folktales trade in the sensational--breaking taboos and enacting the forbidden with uninhibited energy."
The text of the 19 tales in this collection is based on the 1822 edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Nursery and Household Tales) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm--before the tales were expurgated and rewritten to make them more "suitable" for children. It's bound in a handsome faux-antique format, and lavishly illustrated by Tracy Arah Dockray (15 full-page color paintings, and a black-and-white drawing on nearly every page). Most of the tales will be unfamiliar to American and English readers, who may be surprised by the graphic descriptions of incest, murder, mutilation, and cannibalism. Chronicle Books has done us a service in helping restore to our adult culture these vivid, evocative folktales. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Grimm's Household Storiesby Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Lucy Crane, Walter CraneISBN 0831745827 (0-8317-4582-7)
Hardcover, Wh Smith Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grimm's Household Stories'Book summary:Includes such well-known titles as "Rapunzel," "Snow White," and "Sleeping Beauty" as well as lesser known tales such as "The Little Farmer," and "The Golden Bird." Illustrations are by Walter Crane. [via]
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Grimm's Tales for Young and Old: The Complete Storiesby Wilhelm Grimm, Ralph Manheim, Jacob GrimmISBN 0575025077 (0-575-02507-7)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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The Grimms' German Folk Talesby Wilhelm Grimm, Francis P. Magoun, Grimm Brothers, Alexander Haggerty KrappeISBN 0809303566 (0-8093-0356-6)
Softcover, Southern Illinois Univ Pr
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Irish Fairy and Folk Talesby W. B. YeatsISBN 158663609X (1-58663-609-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Irish Fairy and Folk Tales'Book summary:Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination. Filled with legends of village ghosts, fairies, demons, witches, priests, and saints, these stories evoke both tender pathos and lighthearted mirth and embody what Yeats describes as the very voice of the people, the very pulse of life.
The impact of these tales doesnt stop with Yeats, or Joyce, or Oscar Wilde, writes Paul Muldoon in his Foreword, for generations of readers in Ireland and throughout the world have found them flourishing like those persistent fairy thorns.
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- Irish Fairy and Folk Tales: ISBN 0812968557 (0-8129-6855-7)
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Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Irish Fairy and Folk Tales: ISBN 0880290730 (0-88029-073-0)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books, Incorporated - Irish Fairy and Folk Tales: ISBN 158663609X (1-58663-609-X)
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- Irish Fairy and Folk Tales: ISBN 0812968557 (0-8129-6855-7)
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Lud-in-the-mistby Hope MirrleesISBN 1587159627 (1-58715-962-7)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lud-in-the-mist'Book summary:Originally published in 1926, and unavailable in the US for many years now, this was one of the most well-loved fantasy novels of its day. This is the story of Master Nathaniel Chanticleer, a respectable burgher who learns that his young son has eaten forbidden faery fruit. Lud-in-the-Mist, of the title, is a quasi-medieval town, governed by Master Nathaniel Chanticleer. The town is of the very sensible sort, but being bordered on the west by Fairyland and the Debatable Hills, there are problems in the trafficking of illegal fairy fruit, which Nathaniel's young son eats. The real story underneath concerns the place of fantasy and the imagination in real life, and in the end there is a fine reconciliation of the two. There are swirling subplots as well, which add layers of mystery to an extraordinarily enchanting tale.This is a trade paperback original in the US. [via]
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Meeting the Other Crowdby Eddie Lenihan, Carolyn Eve GreenISBN 1585423076 (1-58542-307-6)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meeting the Other Crowd'Book summary:"The Other Crowd," "The Good People," "The Wee Folk," and "Them" are a few of the names given to the fairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect the world we live in and the forces we cannot see.[via]
In these tales of fairy forts, fairy trees, ancient histories, and modern true-life encounters with The Other Crowd, Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a seanchai, a true Irish storyteller.More editions of Meeting the Other Crowd:
Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Irelandby Eddie Lenihan, Carolyn Eve GreenISBN 1585422061 (1-58542-206-1)
Hardcover, J P Tarcher
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In these tales of fairy forts, fairy trees, ancient histories, and modern true-life encounters with The Other Crowd, Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a seanchai, a true Irish storyteller.More editions of Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland:
Mistral's Kissby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 0345443616 (0-345-44361-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Moorchildby Eloise McGrawISBN 1416927689 (1-4169-2768-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moorchild'Book summary:The child of a fairy folk mother and human father, Moql doesn't fit into either of their worlds. First raised by the fairies, she's exchanged for a human baby and starts life almost all over again, with a new name and only the faintest knowledge of her origins. [via]
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- The Moorchild: ISBN 1416948198 (1-4169-4819-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Moorchild: ISBN 068982033X (0-689-82033-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Moorchild: ISBN 0613083822 (0-613-08382-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Moorchild: ISBN 068980654X (0-689-80654-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Moorchild: ISBN 0689821646 (0-689-82164-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise & - The Moorchild: ISBN 1416927689 (1-4169-2768-9)
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- The Moorchild: ISBN 1416948198 (1-4169-4819-8)
The Perilous Gardby Elizabeth Marie Pope, Richard CuffariISBN 0618150730 (0-618-15073-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Perilous Gard'Book summary:In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to a remote castle known as Perilous Gard, young Kate Sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that lead her to an underground world peopled by Fairy Folkwhose customs are even older than the Druids and include human sacrifice.[via]
Peter Pan in Scarletby Geraldine McCaughrean, Scott M. FischerISBN 1416918086 (1-4169-1808-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia of the Little Peopleby Carol RoseISBN 0874368111 (0-87436-811-1)
Hardcover, ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
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Summer Knightby Jim ButcherISBN 0451458923 (0-451-45892-3)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summer Knight'Book summary:Private detective/wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is suckered into tangling in the affairs of Faerie, where the fate of the entire world-and his soul-are at stake.[via]More editions of Summer Knight:
Summerland: Library Editionby Michael ChabonISBN 0786816155 (0-7868-1615-5)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summerland: Library Edition'Book summary:In Summerland, his first novel for young readers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon attempts an American Narnia. Inspired by Lewis and Tolkien, he's created his own magical landscape on which to paint a sweeping fantasy quest, but mixes the same ingredients--folklore and new inventions--in a distinctively American way.
The plot is simple and pure, but takes a long time to tell. The setting is Clam Island, Washington, specifically the area on the western tip of the island known as the Summerlands, which enjoys zero rainfall and yearlong fine weather. Ethan Feld, a self-described really bad ball player, is recruited by a 100-year-old scout called Mr. Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown. Ethan is needed to help the ferishers, essentially fairies, to save their world from eradication. On the great infinite tree of worlds, Summerland is on the boundary between two such worlds, and a particularly destructive fairy called Coyote and his band of warriors are nearby and threatening to destroy everything.
Heroes are desperately needed to counter this threat, and their journey involves a lot of baseball, but also encounters with giants, bat-winged goblins, sea monsters, and assorted cunning magic. The novel features an ensemble cast of equal parts that shine and fade in turn, and yet the undoubtedly fine writing fails to mask the enormity and complexities of the world in which they travel, and the bad guys getting their comeuppance always seems so far away. Readers need to savor every word in Summerland to extract the best flavors from it. (Ages 10 and older.) --John McLay, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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- Summerland: ISBN 0786808772 (0-7868-0877-2)
Hardcover, Talk Miramax Books - Summerland: Library Edition: ISBN 0606292551 (0-606-29255-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Summerland: Library Edition: ISBN 0786251433 (0-7862-5143-3)
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Tam Linby Pamela DeanISBN 0812544501 (0-8125-4450-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tam Lin'Book summary:A modern retelling of an ancient Scottish fairy tale sets the story of a girl whose lover is stolen by the Queen of Faeries against the backdrop of a midwestern college campus in the late sixties. Reprint. [via]
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Trouble With Tinkby Kiki Thorpe, Judith Holmes ClarkeISBN 0736423710 (0-7364-2371-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The 'variousby Steve AugardeISBN 0440420296 (0-440-42029-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 'various'Book summary:The idea of a race of little people (fairies) living secretly among us has had a powerful hold on the imaginations of writers from Shakespeare to Terry Pratchett and Eoin Colfer. In The Various, Steve Augarde has used this fascination brilliantly to craft the first novel of a trilogy full of breathless action and wonder. When twelve-year-old Midge is sent by her concert-violinist mother to spend the summer at the farm of her sweet but bungling Uncle Brian, her initial resentment gives way to delight in the freedom of exploring the countryside. When she discovers a tiny winged horse lying wounded in an outbuilding, she is awestruck to find out that he comes from a civilization of five various tribes of little people living in a nearby wood-something readers will have already learned from alternate chapters set in the fairy world. Disaster threatens when Uncle Brian plans to sell the wood to a developer, and Midge and her cousins find (to their own peril), that some of the little people are not as helpless as they seem. Steve Augarde draws on his visual and auditory skills as a BBC animator and picture book author/illustrator for vividly realized detail-the dumpy and addled fairy queen, the smells and moods of the English summer, the sharply differentiated accents and personalities of each of the five tribes-in an entrancing debut fantasy. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell [via]
Vroom! Vroom!by Steve AugardeISBN 0316071110 (0-316-07111-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The War of the Flowersby Tad WilliamsISBN 075640181X (0-7564-0181-X)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Flowers'Book summary:[via]Returning to the fantasy genre that made him a coast-to-coast best-selling phenomenon, Tad Williams has written a new stand-alone contemporary novel set in Northern California-and also in the strange parallel world that coexists in the farthest reaches of the imagination.
Theo Vilmos is a thirty-year-old lead singer in a not terribly successful rock band. Once, he had enormous, almost magical, charisma both onstage and off-but now, life has taken its toll on Theo. Hitting an all-time low, he seeks refuge in a isolated cabin in the woods-and reads an odd memoir written by a dead relative who believed he had visited the magical world of Faerie. And before Theo can disregard the account as the writings of a madman, he, too, is drawn to a place beyond his wildest dreams...a place filled with be, and has always been, his destiny.
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The Wee Free Menby Terry PratchettISBN 0060012382 (0-06-001238-2)
Softcover, Harper Torch
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Miss Perspicacia Tick, a witch of some renown, is worried about a ripple in the walls of the universe--probably another world making contact. Which is not good. This errant activity is centred on some chalk country--where traditionally good witches simply do not grow well. Fortunately, Miss Tiffany Aching of Home Farm on The Chalk, nine years old, misunderstood and yearning for excitement, wants to be a witch and has just proved herself to be of great potential by whacking a big Green Monster from the river with a huge frying pan while using her annoying younger brother as bait. Miss Tick is impressed. So, after travelling to the chalky downs at once and dispensing some stop gap advice to Tiffany about holding the fort until she gets back with more help, Miss Tick is off.
Any hesitation Tiffany may have had about the seriousness of the situation expires when the Queen of the fairies kidnaps her younger brother. With the help of a talking frog, loaned by Miss Tick, and an army of thieving, warmongering, nippy, boozy wee free men called the Nac Mac Feegle (who used to work for the Queen but rebelled), Tiffany sets off rescue her kin.
There's humour at every turn, and the situations that follow are both wonderfully dramatic and preposterously unreal. Pratchett really is the master of his genre and it's difficult to imagine a more entertaining read. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay [via]
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- The Wee Free Men: ISBN 0060012366 (0-06-001236-6)
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Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - The Wee Free Men: ISBN 0061340804 (0-06-134080-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Wee Free Men: ISBN 0060012382 (0-06-001238-2)
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- The Wee Free Men: ISBN 0060012366 (0-06-001236-6)
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