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A gift from fairy land

Tales and legends. One hundred fanciful embellishments

by James Kirke Paulding & John Gadsby Chapman

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

[2] ., vi, [2], 174 p., [1] . 19 cm Added t.-p. and illustrations engraved after designs by John G. Chapman Preface signed: Sampson Fairlamb Published also under title: A Christmas gift from fairy land

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the subtitle, “Tales” in the subtitle, “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Legends”· in subtitle
    • “Tales”· in subtitle

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1838-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York, D. Appleton & CoEnglish—Public digitized item

Tales and legends. One hundred fanciful embellishments

Open Library record

1840Charles TiltEnglish—No ebook

Subjects

2 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Scanner: nycs3.nyc.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL44939848W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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