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Publication: Mostly Magic

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  • Publication: Mostly MagicPublication Record # 573294
  • Editors: Nora Beust, Phyllis Fenner, Bernice E. Leary, Mary Katharine Reely, Dora V. Smith
  • Date: 1958-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-7172-1450-8 [978-0-7172-1450-1]
  • Publisher: Grolier Incorporated
  • Pages: xiv+345
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: ANTHOLOGY
  • Cover: Mostly Magic by Jo Spier
  • Notes: From copyright page:
    • © Copyright 1958, Grolier Incorporated
    • Standard Book Number 7172-1450-8 (ISBN derived from this)
    • LCCN: 58-5038
    • Designer: Ernst Reichl
    Cover artist not specifically credited, but the artist style matches illustrations done by Jo Spier. The same artist did a few spot illustrations within the book on pp. i-vii Interior artists are credited only once for each story, though there are usually multiple illustrations throughout each story The following stories have the author credited "retold by":
    • The Pancake
    • The Three Billy Goats Gruff
    • The Story of the Three Bears
    • The Story of the Three Little Pigs
    • The Little Engine That Could
    • The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen
    • Budulinek
    • The Cat and the Parrot
    • The History of Tom Thumb
    • Whittington and His Cat
    • Jack and the Beanstalk
    • Lazy Jack
    • Mighty Mikko
    • The Golden Cobwebs
    • Teeny-Tiny
    The following works indicate the "author" is actually the editor, with no other author credited:
    • "The Princess and the Glass Hill"
    • "The Half-Chick"
    The following were edited by Andrew Lang:
    • "The Brave Little Tailor"
    • "Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes"
    • "Rumpelstiltzkin"
    • "Hansel and Gretel"
    The following were translated by E. V. Lucas, Lucy Crane, and Marian Edwardes:
    • "The Elves and the Shoemaker"
    • "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
    • "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs"
    The following were translated by Wanda Gág:
    • "The Musicians of Bremen"
    • "Six Servants"
    "The Tinder-Box" was translated by Paul Leyssac
  • External IDs:
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Anthology Title: Mostly Magic • [Through Golden Windows • 1] • anthology by Nora Beust and Phyllis R. Fenner and Bernice E. Leary and Mary Katharine Reely and Dora V. Smith [as by Nora Beust and Phyllis Fenner and Bernice E. Leary and Mary Katharine Reely and Dora V. Smith]

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