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The book of ballads / [illustrated and presented] by Charles Vess.
- Title
- The book of ballads / [illustrated and presented] by Charles Vess.
- Publication
- New York : Tor, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN6727.V47 B66 2004 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Vess, Charles
- Description
- 192 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
- Summary
- A collection of traditional English, Irish, and Scottish songs and folktales, retold in graphic novel form by some of today's top fantasy writers, includes Neil Gaiman's "The False Knight on the Road," Sharyn McCrumb's "Thomas the Rhymer," and Jane Yolen's "King Henry" and "The Great Selchie of Sule Skerrie."
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and discography (p. 181-183).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Terri Windling -- The false knight on the road / Neil Gaiman -- King Henry / Jane Yolen -- Thomas the rhymer / Sharyn McCrumb -- Barbara Allen / Midori Snyder -- The three lovers / Lee Smith -- Tam-Lin / Elaine Lee -- The Daemon Lover / Delia Sherman -- Twa Corbies, Sovay / Charles de Lint -- The galtee farmer / Jeff Smith -- Alison Gross / Charles Vess -- The black fox / Emma Bull -- The great selchie of Sule Skerry / Jane Yolen -- Discography notes / Ken Roseman.
- ISBN
- 076531214X (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2004059833
- OCLC
- 56696530
- SCSB-11317787
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library