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Dealings with the Fairies

George MacDonald

First published 1867
Publisher Alexander Strahan
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 308
Price 2/6

5 stories None of the story titles contains either keyword.

Later collections whose title story is one of these five may report first publication in 1867 although their entire contents do not match. One instance is 2006 Dover The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales (see at ISFDB), which contains these five and three other stories.

  • 1st ed.
  • WorldCat (OCLC, below) reports -- "Illustrations engraved by 'Dalziel' (i.e. the Dalziel brothers)" -- "[8], 308, [4] pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm"
  • Briefly reviewed as one of "several small square volumes of peculiar merit" (4 small, 1 large) from Strahan, Manchester Guardian 1867-12-10 p7 "Christmas Books" (no price) -- general with specific comment only on Aesop and H.C. Andersen
  • Price from "Books for the Young published by Alexander Strahan", dated December 1866; this one "32mo., cloth, gilt, 2s. 6d." --back pages p[310-11] (viewed at Internet Archive, below)
  • Internet Archive provides full view of one copy without original cover -- front free endpaper, author's note "My Children," signed "Your Papa." -- title page -- illustrations not listed, 12 b/w plates not included in the pagination, initialed AH and signed DALZIEL(S?) (scrutable with citation or familiarity) -- text spans p[1]-308 without break (p1-99,100-40,141- etc) -- p308 footer "J. and W. Rider, Printers, London." -- p[309] Books by the Same Author (various publishers); [310-11] Books for the Young from Strahan

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Light Princess George MacDonald Novelette
100 The Giant's Heart George MacDonald Novelette
141 The Shadows George MacDonald Novelette
206 Cross Purposes George MacDonald Novelette
248 The Golden Key George MacDonald Novelette