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Where Magic Reigns: German Fairy Tales Since Grimm

Gertrude C. Schwebell

First published 1957
Publisher Stephen Daye Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Max Barsis
Pages 318

Notes

    10 stories retold by Schwebell, with introductory essay and Afterword
  • 10 stories by Hauff, Fouqué, Storm, Hauff (2), Mörike, Chamisso, Goethe, Leander, Raimund, and Hoffman, retold by GCS, who is known as a translator of German literature
  • Juvenile audience; Summary: "A retelling ten fairy tales by well known German authors of the nineteenth century ..." --WorldCat library records of both eds., {{OCLC|1454103}} and {{OCLC| 1363620}}
  • Uncertain audience Library of Congress records give no "Juvenile" LC Subject Headings. No useful hits 2017-05-11 in automated search of multiple US newspapers 1957, 1974.

  • 1st ed.
  • {{OCLC|1454103}}, with list of Contents (10 stories only) -- each listing such as "Undine / Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué" -- all "retold by Gertrude C. Schwebell ; illustrated by Max Barsis"
  • {{OCLC|1363620}} "1974 (c)1957" (Dover edition, 318 pp, also in the database) -- Notes (two, quote): • Originally published under title: Where magic reigns (New York: Stephen Daye Press, 1957). • Brief publisher's catalog follows the text -- list of Contents (12), including introductory essay and Afterword, by Schwebell presumably Interpretation: Stephen Daye catalog, introductory essay (under its known 1974 title), and Afterword are all in this 1957 Stephen Daye edition.
  • Cover image from Amazon US 2017-05-10, ASIN: B0007IX3WW as Unknown Binding Format from ASIN: B002YQ02CE as Hardcover, "Stephen Day Press"
  • Price from retailer advertisement The Sun (Baltimore) 1964-08-16 pFE4, The Hecht Co.; this one #54 -- "Retold by Gertrude C. Schwebell. Stories by Hauff, Hoffmann, Storm and others, presented for the first time in English." -- "Orig. $3.75   Sale $1.98"