The Complete Book of Dragons
| First published | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | Erik Blegvad |
| Pages | 198 |
| Price | £1.75 |
| ISBN | 0241020344 |
- 9 stories
- The first 8 stories about dragons were collected in 1901, as The Book of Dragons. The 9th one, "The Last of the Dragons", was found by Nesbit's daughter after her death and was first published in Five of Us -- and Madeline
- "These stories ... were first published in book form ... under the title The book of dragons, with the exception of the story The last of the dragons, which now [ie 1972] appears for the first time with the other E. Nesbit dragon stories" --Title page verso, reported by one WorldCat library record of the 1973 US ed., {{OCLC|589366}}
- 1st ed.
(new title and illustrations, one story not in The Book of Dragons)
- WorldCat (OCLC, below) notes the relationship to previous publications and lists the Contents as below (short titles for 6 of 9 stories)
- Publ date from Amazon UK 2017-02-25
- Price from brief review The Guardian 1973-01-12 p9 (John Rowe Townsend, "Arthur Rackham rides again", covering "a minor spate of reissues in the last few weeks" --dozens)
- Cover artist must be interior illustrator Blegvad as this is a new children's picture book.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| |1 | The Book of Beasts | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| |2 | Uncle James | E. Nesbit | Short Fiction |
| |3 | The Deliverers of Their Country | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| |4 | The Ice Dragon | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| |5 | The Dragon Tamers | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| |6 | The Fiery Dragon | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| |7 | Kind Little Edmund | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| |8 | The Isle of the Nine Whirlpools | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| |9 | The Last of the Dragons | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete Book of Dragons |
|
1973 | Macmillan | Hardcover | Collection | Erik Blegvad | 198 |