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Fairy tales, their origin and meaning

with some account of dwellers in fairyland

by John Thackray Bunce

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Spanish

We are going into Fairy Land for a little while, to see what we can find there to amuse and instruct us this Christmas time.

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 openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the title, “Tales” in the title, “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Fairy tales”· in title
    • “Tales”· in title
    • “Fairy tales”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in subject

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Editions

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with some account of dwellers in fairyland

Open Library record

1878MacmillanEnglish—Public

Subjects

2 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL196369W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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