The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain
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Overview:
- Title: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain
- Author: Lloyd Alexander
- Year: 1999
- ISBN-10: 0805061304
- Publisher: Henry Holt
- Price: $17.95
- Pages: xi+98
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain
- Notes:
- Revised and Expanded Edition per copyright page (8-story expanded text, no illustration, as 1982 Yearling; new Pronunciation Guide and About the Author)
- First printing per number line
- Copyrights text 1965, 1967, 1973 Lloyd Alexander; map 1968 Evaline Ness; compilation and pronunciation guide 1999 Henry Holt and Company, Inc
- Published in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
- $26.95 in Canada per front inside flap of dustjacket
- Back inside flap credits jacket illustration (c) 1999 Sasha Meret.
- Front material styles ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' (the five novels) and ''Also available'' (this collection) "Eight short stories evoke the land of Prydain before the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper."
- The two-page b/w map following p ix is untitled; not listed in Contents as are all other contents except About the Author. It matches that in a recent edition of the novel (examined in 2011 Publ 552002) where too it is credited (c) 1968 Evaline Ness per copyright page.
- About the Author and that version in first edition (1973) share chronological scope, ending with 1973 completion of this collection, but this one is longer, more informative, and better ordered.