The two artists who have created this book, Alan Lee and Brian Froud, have studied fairy history, myths, legends, and folklore, and embodied their findings in 185 paintings and drawings. All the fairy types are identified and pictured - water fairies elves, gnomes, pixies, leprechauns, tree fairies, dryads, and more. Information on their favourite haunts, pastimes, and ways of life are drawn from Celtic stories, oral tradition, and from writers and poets. Among these sources are the Ballad of Thomas the Rhymer, Yeats' The ...
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The two artists who have created this book, Alan Lee and Brian Froud, have studied fairy history, myths, legends, and folklore, and embodied their findings in 185 paintings and drawings. All the fairy types are identified and pictured - water fairies elves, gnomes, pixies, leprechauns, tree fairies, dryads, and more. Information on their favourite haunts, pastimes, and ways of life are drawn from Celtic stories, oral tradition, and from writers and poets. Among these sources are the Ballad of Thomas the Rhymer, Yeats' The Song of Wandering Aengus, and Christina Rossetti's poem Goblin Market. Folk stories are traced to their origins, retold and illustrated.
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Fair. **PLEASE READ** Book has significant damage to cover! ! **PLEASE READ** The dust jacket shows significant wear. **PLEASE READ** The dust jacket has a large tear. **PLEASE READ** There is a rip on the cover of this book. FAST shipping, FREE tracking, and GREAT customer service! We also offer EXPEDITED and TWO DAY shipping options on qualifying orders.
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Very Good- in Very Good- jacket. Size: 8x0x12; Hardcover in jacket. Price is clipped on dust jacket flap-clipped sort of oddly. Gift inscription to front paste down. All else is clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Front end page has a slight humidity ripple. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Very good minus. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Abrams, 1978. Folio. Tan cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Brown smudge on top board edge. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear. A fine copy of this fantasy artbook by Alan Lee and Brian Froud. ISBN: 0810909014. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Illustrations by Alan Lee and Brian Froud. New in New jacket. First Published in 1978, this is a handsome collectible reprint edition. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 12.25 inches tall; unnumbered aprox. 200 pages. 184 illustrations including 147 plates in full color. This is the classic illustrated compendium of faerie mythology, legends and folklore, the book explores the history, customs and habitat of faeries in the manner of a field guide, complete with hand annotations.
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Unpaginated. 4to. Bound in white cloth. Beautifully and whimsically illustrated. Light shelfwear, dustjacket somewhat age toned; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket.
A very nice book ,combination of pictures and writing!
To dream away out of the real world in moments of relaxation
A book to cherish!!
startraveler
Oct 4, 2007
Great Faeries
I thought it was a great book. The pictures alone are worth reading. Brian Froud is amazing.
kittiew
May 11, 2007
Faeries (Brian Froud)
Excellent book. Illustrations were from basic sketches to full illustration, very detailed and imaginative. Stories on the subject of faeries were informative without being too fanciful.
