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Title: The King of the Golden River Title Record # 93492
Author: John Ruskin
Date: 1841-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Written 1841, published as an 1851 book in December 1850 "originally written in 1841 for the twelve-year-old Effie (Euphemia) Gray, whom Ruskin later married." --Wikipedia Published in a United States book no later than 1855, when it was not too well-known. According to a short review of Curious Stories About Fairies and Other Funny People (Ticknor & Co.),   (quote) "The King of the Golden River", "The Good Natured Bear", and two or three other stories, are apparently indigenous in our own soil. --Detroit Free Press 1855-12-01 p2 Chapbook advertised by a Toronto retailer at 75 cents, publisher not identified, The Globe 1859-12-30 and -31. No other North America hit 2017-04-29 (only 3) in automated search ('king of the golden river') of multiple newspapers 1850 to 1859
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Childhood 1875-00-00 ed. Rossiter Johnson James R. Osgood and Co.     227
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The King of the Golden River 1932-00-00 John Ruskin George G. Harrap & Co.  
5/-?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).
47
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap  
The King of the Golden River 1932-10-00 John Ruskin J. B. Lippincott  
$1.50?$: US dollar
47
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap  
Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy 1973-00-00 ed. Jonathan Cott Stonehill Publishing 0-88373-002-2   xlviii+
519+
[8]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The King of the Golden River 1978-03-16 John Ruskin Hamish Hamilton 0-241-89554-5
£3.75?£: UK pound
40
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Krystyna Turska  
The King of the Golden River 1978-08-28 John Ruskin Greenwillow Books 0-688-80122-6   40
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Krystyna Turska  
Tales of Imagination and Suspense 1982-00-00 ed. uncredited Silver Burdett Press (Silver Classic) 0-382-09995-8   273
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
A Treasury of Fantasy 1984-00-00 Cary Wilkins Chatham River Press 0-517-45371-1   viii+
472
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Russ Hoover Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Classic Fantasy 1987-05-00 Cary Wilkins Robinson 0-948164-40-9
£4.95?£: UK pound
viii+
472
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni  
The Mammoth Book of Classic Fantasy 1987-07-00 Cary Wilkins Firecrest 0-85997-934-2
£9.95?£: UK pound
viii+
472
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy 1988-05-00 ed. Jonathan Cott Tusk Books / The Overlook Press 0-87951-238-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
xlix+
519
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
The Victorian Fairy Tale Book 1988-09-00 ed. Michael Patrick Hearn Pantheon Books (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) 0-394-56594-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
xxvii+
385
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy 1991-03-00 ed. Jonathan Cott The Overlook Press 0-87951-238-5
£7.95?£: UK pound
xlix+
519
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
A Treasury of Fantasy 1995-00-00 Cary Wilkins Gramercy Books 0-517-14649-5   viii+
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Romas Checkmark
The King of the Golden River 2005-09-20 John Ruskin Simply Read Books 1-894965-15-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
65
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Iassen Ghiuselev  
The King of the Golden River 2010-04-19 John Ruskin Forgotten Books (Classic Reprint) 978-1-4400-9098-1
$8.09?$: US dollar
174
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
chap  
The King of the Golden River 2010-04-22 John Ruskin Book Jungle 978-1-4385-9530-6
$8.45?$: US dollar
48
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
chap  
The King of the Golden River 2010-05-10 John Ruskin LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
chap Richard Doyle (1824-1883)  
Victorian Fairy Tales 2015-03-12 ed. Michael Newton (UK) Oxford University Press 978-0-19-960195-0
£16.99?£: UK pound
xlii+
444
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Walter Crane  
Victorian Fairy Tales 2016-05-26 ed. Michael Newton (UK) Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-873759-9
£8.99?£: UK pound
496
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Walter Crane  
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