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A Book of Goblins

Alan Garner

First published 1972
Publisher Puffin
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Krystyna Turska
Pages 221
ISBN 0140305556


The 1972 edition includes Notes (p. 217) and Sources (pp. 218-21), presumably identical to the 1969 eds. of the anthology (pp. 222-26 reported by library records).

  • New edition
  • Publication date and cover image (URL update only) from Amazon UK 2018-09-14
  • Cover illustration matches that of the two 1969 editions, under two different book titles.
  • WorldCat (OCLC, below) provides a list of Contents. The 42 page-numbered stories and poems, however, are copied from the our verified record of the 1973 reprint.

    One WorldCat record of the anthology under US title A Cavalcade of Goblins, {{OCLC|12872}} provides a Contents list that includes annotations; for instance: • Gobbleknoll (Sioux) • John Connu Rider / Andrew Salkey • Vukub-Cakix (adapted from the Popol Vuh, Maya-Kiche mythology) • The Fort of Rathangan (ancient Irish poetry) / translated by Kuno Meyer

Searching by ISBN: 0140305556

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Prayer John Day Short Fiction
13 Gobbleknoll unknown Short Fiction
15 John Connu Rider Andrew Salkey Poem
16 Vukub Cakix unknown Short Fiction
22 Tops or Bottoms unknown Short Fiction
24 The Voyage of Maelduin unknown Short Fiction
45 The Fort of Rathangan unknown Poem
46 Willow unknown Short Fiction
49 The Term William Carlos Williams Poem
50 Edward Frank and the Friendly Cow unknown Short Fiction
51 Yallery Brown unknown Short Fiction
60 Moowis unknown Short Fiction
63 The Snow Man Wallace Stevens Poem
64 The Lady of the Wood unknown Short Fiction
69 A Voice Speaks from the Well George Pelee Poem
70 Bash Tchelik unknown Short Fiction
82 The Dark Guest Ernest George Moll Poem
84 The Goblin Spider unknown Short Fiction
88 To the Tengu Goblins unknown Short Fiction
89 The Secret Commonwealth Alan Garner Short Fiction
96 The Piper of Shacklow unknown Poem
97 The Adventures of Nera unknown Short Fiction
103 A Letter unknown Short Fiction
105 Halloween unknown Poem
106 Great Head and the Ten Brothers unknown Short Fiction
110 The Trade That No One Knows unknown Short Fiction
119 A Charm Against Witches unknown Poem
120 Tarn Wethelan unknown Poem
129 All in Green Went My Love Riding e. e. cummings Poem
131 Hoichi the Earless unknown Short Fiction
135 Meeting in the Road unknown Poem
136 Ramayana unknown Short Fiction
172 In the Strange Isle Michael Roberts Poem
173 The Smoker unknown Short Fiction
176 The River God (of the River Mimram in Hertfordshire) Stevie Smith Poem
177 Wild Worms and Swooning Shadows Alan Garner Short Fiction
184 Loki unknown Short Fiction
196 Baldur the Bright unknown Short Fiction
204 The Beast Brian Patten Poem
205 Glooskap unknown Short Fiction
208 A Game Fleur Adcock Poem
211 The Green Mist unknown Short Fiction

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Book of Goblins Cover 1973 Puffin Paperback Anthology Krystyna Turska 224