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Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people

Title
Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people / with illustrations by Billings.
Publication
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1856.

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Additional Authors
  • Austin, Sarah, 1793-1867.
  • Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
  • Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884.
  • Carové, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1789-1852.
  • Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
  • Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874
  • Andrew, John, 1815-1870
  • Ticknor and Fields, publisher
  • Thurston and Torry, printer
  • Children's Room Collection
Description
[4], 303 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill.; 18 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile literature – 1856.
  • Fairy tales – 1856.
  • Poems – 1856.
  • Juvenile literature – Massachusets – Boston – 1856.
Note
  • Prose and verse.
  • Illustrations engraved on wood by John Andrew.
  • "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by Ticknor and Fields."
Indexed In (note)
  • Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in ink, on upper free end leaf, "A birthday present for Isabella B. Hawks from her Cousin Duncan C. Anderson. January 4th 1873."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's blind stamped decorative brown cloth boards, with gilt spine.
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.
Call Number
*KH 1856 Curious 15-92
OCLC
197897891
Title
Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people / with illustrations by Billings.
Imprint
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1856. (Cambridge : Thurston and Torry, printers)
Indexed In:
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), 420
Provenance
Inscribed: in ink, on upper free end leaf, "A birthday present for Isabella B. Hawks from her Cousin Duncan C. Anderson. January 4th 1873." NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's blind stamped decorative brown cloth boards, with gilt spine. NN
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Added Author
Austin, Sarah, 1793-1867.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. King of the golden river, or The black brothers.
Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884. Good-natured bear.
Carové, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1789-1852. Kinderleben, oder, Das Märchen ohne Ende. English.
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874, ill.
Andrew, John, 1815-1870, engraver.
Ticknor and Fields, publisher.
Thurston and Torry, printer.
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1856 Curious 15-92
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