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The Fairy Tales of George Macdonald

George MacDonald

First published 1904
Publisher A. C. Fifield
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 435
Price 4/6

8 stories edited by the author's son Greville Macdonald 5 volumes in 1 The 1904 collection was offered "Also in Five Volumes" (-/6 each, paper; 1/-, cloth). --"New Editions of George Macdonald's Works", a promotion on one front page of another among them (view at HathiTrust) British Library record {{BL|002309872}} report the 5-volumes without detail that the advertisement provides.

The 2013 Kindle ebook Fairy Tales of George MacDonald contains a very different collection, editor unknown: 4 of these 8 stories and 3 children's fantasy novels (ASIN: B00DFSGY3Q at Amazon 2017-04-18, from "Look Inside!" that includes Table of Contents)

  • 1st ed. 5 vols in 1, as Arthur C. Fifield also published it in uniform vols 1 to 5 British Library record {{BL|002309872}} reports that edition. See also the collection record.
  • WorldCat (OCLC, below) provides a list of Contents (8 stories only) and reports: -- "435 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm" -- edited by Greville Macdonald -- title page and 13 illustrations by Arthur Hughes
  • Price from brief review The Scotsman 1904-12-19 p3 "New Editions": "Mr. Arthur C. Fifield, London, has published ... the new edition cannot but do good if it brings them fresh popularity."

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Fairy Tales of George Macdonald 1920 George Allen & Unwin Hardcover Collection 435
The Fairy Tales of George Macdonald 1924 George Allen & Unwin Hardcover Collection 435