The Brown Fairy Book
de Andrew Lang (Edited by), Adam Phillips (Introduction by)
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- Tapa dura
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- Estado
- Nuevo/No Jacket
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: The Folio Society, 2010. First Thus . Hardcover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Omar Rayyan (Paintings and decorations by). Brand new book, still in publisher's shrink-wrap, so unable to know which printing. Beautifully illustrated brown cloth binding and book itself unmarked, unused, in fine condition. Housed in a brown paper covered slipcase also fine. May incur additional postage charges overseas.
Sinopsis
From the book:The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia,' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied. However, many boys might think it better fun to begin to learn hunting as soon as they can walk. Other stories, like 'The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe,' come from the Kaffirs in Africa, whose dear papas are not so poor as those in Australia, but have plenty of cattle and milk, and good mealies to eat, and live in houses like very big bee-hives, and wear clothes of a sort, though not very like our own.
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- David's Bookshop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- The Brown Fairy Book
- Autor
- Andrew Lang (Edited by), Adam Phillips (Introduction by)
- Ilustrador
- Omar Rayyan (Paintings and decorations by)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Thus
- Editorial
- The Folio Society
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2010
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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