The Fairies Return; or, New Tales for Old by Several Hands

Overview:

  • Title: The Fairies Return; or, New Tales for Old by Several Hands
  • Author: uncredited
  • Year: 1934
  • Publisher: Peter Davies
  • Price: 8/6
  • Pages: v+350
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Jack the Giant Killer
  • Notes:
    • "First Published in November 1934" • Stories as listed on AbeBooks: "Jack the Giant Killer" by A.E. Coppard; "Godfather Death," by Clemence Dane; "The Fisherman and his Wife," by E.M. Delafield; "Little Snow-White" by Lord Dunsany; "Aladdin," by Anna Gordon Keown; "Sindbad the Sailor," by Eric Linklater; "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," by A.G. McDonell; "Dick Whittington," by E. Arnot Robertson; "Puss in Boots," by Helen Simpson; "The Little Mermaid," by Lady Eleanor Smith; " Little Red Riding Hood," by E. OE. Somerville; "Cinderella," by Robert Speaight; "O, If I Could But Shiver!" by Christina Stead; "The Sleeping Beauty," by G.B. Stern; and "Big Claus and Little Claus." by R.J. Yeatman and W.C. Sellar. Since these are 'adapted/modernized' they might not be similar enough to be variants of the originals Contents' page numbers from Archive.org copy.