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Spells of Enchantment
The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
ISBN: 0140127836
ISBN-13: 9780140127836
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 1992
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.45 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Zipes brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, giving readers a sense of the history of the genre and its evolution. Includes more than 60 tales by writers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Wilhelm Grimm, Voltaire, Goethe, Hawthorne, Yeats, Hesse, Thurber, Jane Yolen, Angela Carter, and more. Illustrated.
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Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture [Paperback
Translator-Jack Zipes
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992-12-01. Paperback. Good. 1991 Viking Penguin Bks Trade Paperback; text clean/unmarked;color cover rubbing/corner curl;spine perfect;edge water stain not effecting readability;NOT x-library;814pp;illus; 67 pieces/authors. ( more information) Offered by HappyHippy7 (United States)
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Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
Zipes Jack
New York: Penguin USA, 1992. NY: Viking, 1992. Trade Paperback. 811 Pages. Front cover has a small curl on front bottom corner. No marks. Internally clean. Edition not stated. Fairy Tales both old and modern from Hans Christian Anderson, L. Frank Baum, Angela Carter, Philip K. Dick, Lord Dunsany, Goethe, Grimm, Hesse, Tanith Lee, Novalis, Pyle, Rilke, Rousseau, Strindberg, Mark Twain, Wilde,. ISBN: 0140127836. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FAIRY TALES FICTION FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY. ( more information) Offered by ALL ABOUT AUTHORS (United States)
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Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
Zipes, Jack
New York: Penguin, 1992. Trade paperback. Edges tanned. No creases. 814 pages.. ISBN: 0140127836. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" tall,. FAIRY TALES FICTION FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY. ( more information) Offered by Alexandria's Library (Canada)
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Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
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Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992-12-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1992 Penguin Books (NY) Trade Paperback; Edition Not Stated; text clean/UNMARKED; paper starting to age; color cover light rubbing w/minor surface scratches/mild edge + corner wear; spine strong + uncreased w/slight bow; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 814 pages + 34 preliminary pgs; 26 illustrations; selected + edited w/introduction by Jack Zipes; note on texts; text is 67 fairy tales by different authors (including Apuleius, Voltaire, Goethe, Thackeray, HC Andersen, Geo MacDonald, Wilde, Baum, Yeats, Twain, Rilke, Dunsany, Hesse, Thurber, Philip K. Dick, Calvino, Naomi Mitchison, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Stanislaw Lem, Yolen, Tournier, Angela Carter, Robin McKinley, Tanith Lee, among many others); contributors' biographical notes; editor biography; color cover painting is "Entomologist's Dream" (1909) by Edmund Dulac w/design by Paul Buckley; "arranged to provide sense of history + evolution of this ancient genre"; "a brilliant idea,+ generously carried out...Every page is gripping, fascinating,+ satisfying"--A.S. Byatt; "like wandering in 1 of those supernatural shops, where every object has power to grant wishes, reveal our secret desires, or transport us to distant lands"--Alison Lurie; "a gargantuan Aladdin's Cave"--WPBW. ( more information) Offered by HappyHippy7 (United States)
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Penguin (Non-Classics). PAPERBACK. 0140127836 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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