1899 Fairy Folk from Far and Near : Tales : Giants : Mermaids etc : Woolf

Fairy Folk from Far and Near

By Annie C. Hyatt Woolf

London: John McQueen, 1899. First Edition. Hardback, green decorated cloth gilt, Title page printed in two colours, 267pp, with 10 colour plates by Hans Reitz.

Containing 20 folk-tales from around the world

THE LIST OF FOLK-TALES

The Six Suitors (A Chinese Tale)
How the Fire-God and Sun-God were Conquered (A Polynesian Folk-Tale
Wit is Might (A Persian Folk-Tale)
A Friend in Need, A Friend Indeed (Arabian Folk-Tale)
The Nine Queries (A Greek Folk-Tale)
Princess Betta (Italian Folk-Tale)
The Daughters of the King (A Spanish Folk-Tale)
The Thoughtless King (A Medieval Folk-Tale)
Elsa and Belaye (A German Folk-Tale)
Two Victims of a Mermaid (A Scandinavian Folk-Tale)
The Stone Giant (A Norwegian Folk-Tale)
Cinder-lass and the Golden Slipper (A Swedish Folk-Tale)
The Palce Beautiful (A Danish Folk-Tale)
Yelena the Wise (A Russian Folk-Tale)
How Wanda was Lost and Found (A Polish Folk-Tale)
How the Old One was Conquered (A Croatian Folk-Tale)
Ziliguckarl (A Bohemian Folk-Tale)
The Adventures of Dimitri (A Bulgarian Folk-Tale)
The Wonderful Fortunes of a Woodcutter (A Hungarian Folk-Tale)

CONDITION
A good copy of this scarce book. The cloth binding is good with some signs of age (see images provided). Endpaper with some age-toning. All contents present and pages in good condition throughout with just the ocassional light spotting to the odd margin. All plates present and in good condition. No names or writing to the book. Overall a good copy.

(Loc : Blue Shelves 2, 5 up)