The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain

Overview:

• Title: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain
• Author: Lloyd Alexander
• Year: 1973
• ISBN-10: 0030074312
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Price: $4.95
• Pages: vii+87
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain
• Notes: First edition
  • Title page illustrated
  • 12 other illustrations: for each of 6 stories, one small on title page (page numbers given below) and one full-page
  • Cover art not credited; style and media support attribution to the illustrator
  • Copyright page gives CIP data for LCCN 73-5964
  • -- no dates but 1973, no number line (apparent 1st printing)
  • -- "Published simultaneously in Canada by [HRW] of Canada, Limited"
  • Front inside flap gives price "$4.95 // 9-up" reader ages; "A Holt Reinforced Edition"
  • Author's Note, p vii-[viii], matches that version in The Foundling, Revised and Expanded (1999) up to what may be differences in house style
  • About the Author, p[88] and untitled, matches the 1999 ed. in chronological scope, gives no distinct information; the latter is expanded and better ordered
  • About the Illustrator, p[88] and untitled, is very short
  • Publ date from contemporary review by Kirkus 1973-11-01 (posted 2011 with cover image and artist, ISBN, and page-count for a 2006 ed. of the Revised and Expanded Edition)