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Title: The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins Title Record # 2432928
Editor: Alan Garner
Date: 1969-00-00
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Webpages: kirkusreviews.com
Language: English
Note:
  • 42 stories and poems One of the 42, "Prayer" by John Day, precedes the Acknowledgments and Introduction by Garner.
  • "Forty-two tales, legends, and poems from various countries, including Japan, India, and North America, about giants, goblins, demons, and other supernatural creatures." --LCCN 69017905
  • WorldCat record OCLC 12872 provides a list of Contents with annotations (quote 4 listings): • 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
  • "If this series can be considered the aristocracy of anthologies, Alan Garner's contribution both maintains the literary standard and extends the base of interest--not only beyond the British Isles but back to beginnings." --Kirkus Reviews 1969-06-01 (KirkusReviews.com), starred review of the US ed. as A Cavalcade of Goblins
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1969 A Cavalcade of Goblins
1972 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).
A Book of Goblins

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins 1969-00-00 ed. Alan Garner Hamish Hamilton  
30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
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227
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Krystyna Turska  
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