Indian fairy tales / selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs ; illustrated by John D. Batten
1892, 1st edition. London : David Nutt. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #428660
Physical description; xiv, 255 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Title page and title vignette printed in red and black. ublisher's advertisements follow text. "Notes and references": pages 227-255. Audience; juvenile. Contents; Preface -- The lion and the crane -- How the raja's son won the princess Labam -- The lambikin -- Punchkin -- The broken pot -- The magic fiddle -- The cruel crane outwitted -- Loving Laili -- The tiger, the brahman, and the jackal -- The soothsayer's son -- Harisarman -- The charmed ring -- The talkative tortoise -- A lac of rupees for a bit of advice -- The gold-giving servant -- The son of seven queens -- A lesson for kings -- Pride goeth before a fall -- Raja Rasalu -- The ass in the lion's skin -- The farmer and the money-lender -- The boy who had a moon on his forehead and a star on his chin -- The prince and the fakir -- Why the fish laughed -- The demon with the matted hair -- The ivory city and its fairy princess -- How sun, moon, and wind went out to dinner -- How the wicked sons were duped -- The pigeon and the crow. Subjects; Folklore India. Fairy tales India. Magic. Children's stories. Folklore India History and criticism. Fairy tales India History and criticism.
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