Fairy tales from the far North
by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Hans Lien Brækstad, Theodor Kittelsen, O. Sindig & Erik Theodor Werenskiold
- First published:
- 19th century
- Languages: English, Norwegian
- Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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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, online-books-page, and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales”, “Folklore”, and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the title, “Tales” in the title, “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, and 4 additional metadata match(es).
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- “Fairy tales”· via The Online Books Page
- “Folklore”· via The Online Books Page
- “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
- “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
- “Folklore”· via Open Library
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Editions
Open Library reports 6 editions; 4 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z | New York : A.L. Burt | English | — | Public digitized item | |
Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z | New York : A. L. Burt Company, Publishers | English | — | Public digitized item | |
The Online Books Page curated catalog record London: D. Nutt, 1897 | 1897 | — | — | — | Source listed online copy |
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- Open Library work
Cataloged from
- Internet Archivecu31924050470206 (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivefairytalesfarnorth00asbj (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivefairytalesfromfa00asbj (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivefairytalesnorth00asbjrich (opens in a new tab)
- The Online Books Pageolbp78213 (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL2384809W (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
- Contributing institution: New York Public Library
- Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
- Digitization sponsor: Internet Archive
- Digitization sponsor: msn
- 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.
- Illustrators: Hjorthøy, C; Kittelsen, Theodor; Sinding, Otto Ludvig; Werenskiold, Erik Theodor
- Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
- Scanner: nycs10
- Scanner: rich8
- Scanner: scribe1.la.archive.org
- Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PT8802 .A2 B7
- The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: D. Nutt, 1897
- Translators: Braekstad, H. L. (Hans Lien)
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL2384809W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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