Description: Title: THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES: AN INQUIRY INTO FAIRY MYTHOLOGY Author: Edwin Sidney Hartland; Introduction by A.A. MilnePublisher: Methuen & Co.City: LondonYear: 1925 (Second Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover Pagination: 372, followed by 8 pages of publisher advertisementsIllustrated: NoBook Details + Condition: Very scarce second edition from 1925 of THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES: AN INQUIRY INTO FAIRY MYTHOLOGY, by Edwin Sidney Hartland, with an Introduction by A.A. Milne. In very good condition: publisher's original blue cloth boards are clean; binding is solid and tight; slight rubbing to spine ends and corners; interior is clean and free of writing or markings. The exceptionally scarce dust jacket has been taken apart, but is included. FROM THE JACKET: "The chief object of this volume is to exhibit, in a manner acceptable to reader who are not specialists, the application of the principles and methods which guide investigations into popular traditions to a few of the most remarkable stories embodying the Fairy superstitions of the Celtic and Teutonic peoples. Mr. A.A. Milne has supplied an introduction in his own inimitable style." Contents include: The Art Of Story-telling; Savage Ideas; Fairy Births And Human Midwives; Fairy Births And Human Midwives (continued); Changelings; Robberies From Fairyland; The Supernatural Lapse Of Time In Fairyland; The Supernatural Lapse Of Time In Fairyland Cont'd; The Supernatural Lapse Of Time In Fairyland Cont'd; Swan Maidens; Swan Maidens Cont'd. A rare and fascinating comprehensive study on the lore of the wee folk. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions! Also check out our other rare and out-of-print antiquarian books at Black Cat Caboodle. SHIPPINGShipping & Handling Fee Listed — covers shipping via USPS to anywhere in the continental U.S.International Shipping — available to anywhere that the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE delivers. Please message me for a quote!SELLER INFO PAYPAL ONLY! Payment is due within 3 days of end of auction.Black Cat Caboodle THANKS you for looking — Happy eBaying!
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Year Printed: 1925
Topic: Folklore, Mythology
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Edwin Sidney Hartland
Subject: Science & Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Methuen & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
