Publication: The Fairies Return; or, New Tales for Old by Several Hands

Publication: The Fairies Return; or, New Tales for Old by Several HandsPublication Record # 362853
Editor: uncredited
Date: 1934-11-00
Publisher: Peter Davies
Price:
8/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: v+350
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: • "First Published in November 1934" • Stories as listed on AbeBooks: "Jack the Giant Killer" by A.E. Coppard; "Godfather Death," by Clemence Dane; "The Fisherman and his Wife," by E.M. Delafield; "Little Snow-White" by Lord Dunsany; "Aladdin," by Anna Gordon Keown; "Sindbad the Sailor," by Eric Linklater; "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," by A.G. McDonell; "Dick Whittington," by E. Arnot Robertson; "Puss in Boots," by Helen Simpson; "The Little Mermaid," by Lady Eleanor Smith; " Little Red Riding Hood," by E. OE. Somerville; "Cinderella," by Robert Speaight; "O, If I Could But Shiver!" by Christina Stead; "The Sleeping Beauty," by G.B. Stern; and "Big Claus and Little Claus." by R.J. Yeatman and W.C. Sellar. Since these are 'adapted/modernized' they might not be similar enough to be variants of the originals Contents' page numbers from Archive.org copy.
External IDs:
- Bleiler Supernatural: 619
- OCLC/WorldCat: 220702544
- Reginald-3: 24915

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Anthology Title: The Fairies Return; or, New Tales for Old by Several Hands • anthology by uncredited

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7 • Jack the Giant Killer • novelette by A. E. Coppard
33 • Godfather Death • short fiction by Clemence Dane
63 • The Fisherman and His Wife • short fiction by E. M. Delafield
89 • Little Snow-White • (1934) • short story by Lord Dunsany (variant of Little Snow White Up to Date)
105 • Aladdin, or the Undertaker and the Demon • short fiction by Anna Gordon Keown
131 • Sindbad the Sailor: His Eighth and Last Voyage • short fiction by Eric Linklater
155 • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves • short fiction by A. G. Macdonell
177 • Dick Whittington • short fiction by E. Arnot Robertson
195 • Puss in Boots • short fiction by Helen Simpson (1897-1940)
215 • The Little Mermaid • short story by Lady Eleanor Smith
237 • Little Red Riding-Hood • short fiction by
E. Œ. Somerville^?E. Oe. Somerville
259 • Cinderella • short fiction by Robert Speaight
289 • "O, If I Could But Shiver!" • short fiction by Christina Stead
311 • The Sleeping Beauty • short fiction by G. B. Stern
339 • Big Claus and Little Claus • short fiction by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
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Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2011-10-02 20:27:40
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Publication: The Fairies Return; or, New Tales for Old by Several Hands

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Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

Secondary Verifications