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Title: The Book of Wonder Voyages

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Title: The Book of Wonder Voyages Title Record # 2075290
Author: Joseph Jacobs
Date: 1896-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
Note: "This year's Christmas book by Joseph Jacobs, the antiquarian and folk-lorist" -- Chi. Tribune 1896-08-05 p6 Contents
  • The Argonauts
  • The Voyage of Maelduin
  • Hasan of Bassorah
  • The Journeyings of Thorkill and of Eric the Far-Traveled
Jacobs explains in the original preface that Hasan's Voyage to the Islands of Wak-Wak represents Arabia, rather than Sindbad, because the latter belongs in the Arabian "Nights" where Batten has already illustrated him.   As "the greatest voyagers of all, the Norsemen, seemingly found little temptation to let their imagination play about their business concerns, in order to obtain a representative Wonder Voyage [...] I have had to combine two minor sagas which can be classed under that genre."
Synopsis: "A collection of stories of imaginary voyages from Greek, Irish, Arab, and Norse folklore." -- summary, one WorldCat library records
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Book of Wonder Voyages 1896-00-00 Joseph Jacobs The Macmillan Company  
$1.50?$: US dollar
xii+
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Book of Wonder Voyages 1896-00-00 Joseph Jacobs David Nutt     xii+
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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