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Book Description: Tor Books, 2004. Book Condition: New. Fast Shipping With Online Tracking. Bookseller Inventory # NOW/D89/NEW90838

Book Description: Tor Books, 2004. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. First Edition; First Printing. New book, unmarked, in crisp DJ. ; 0.8 x 10 x 7.3 Inches; 192 pages; Illustrated and presented by one of the leading artists in modern fantasy, here are the great songs and folktales of the English, Irish, and Scottish traditions, re-imagined in sequential-art form, in collaboration with some of today's strongest fantasy writers.Here are New York Times bestseller Neil Gaiman with "The False Knight on the Road"; popular mystery author Sharyn McCrumb's version of "Thomas the Rhymer"; acclaimed children's writer Jane Yolen with "King Henry" and "The Great Selchie of Sule Skerrie"; popular novelist Charles de Lint's contemporary reworking of "Twa Corbies"; Bone creator Jeff Smith with "The Galtee Farmer"; Emma Bull's version of "The Black Fox," and much, much more.Introduced by award-winning editor and writer Terri Windling, and finished with full lyrics and discographies of the classic versions of these songs and tales, The Book of Ballads is an event in the worlds of fantasy and graphic storytelling alike. New ; New book, unmarked, in crisp . Bookseller Inventory # 21963

Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2004. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Book Description: Illustrated and presented by one of the leading artists in modern fantasy, here are the great songs and folktales of the English, Irish, and Scottish traditions, re-imagined in sequential-art form, in collaboration with some of today's strongest fantasy writers.Here are New York Times bestseller Neil Gaiman with "The False Knight on the Road"; popular mystery author Sharyn McCrumb's version of "Thomas the Rhymer"; acclaimed children's writer Jane Yolen with "King Henry" and "The Great Selchie of Sule Skerrie"; popular novelist Charles de Lint's contemporary reworking of "Twa Corbies"; Bone creator Jeff Smith with "The Galtee Farmer"; Emma Bull's version of "The Black Fox," and much, much more.Introduced by award-winning editor and writer Terri Windling, and finished with full lyrics and discographies of the classic versions of these songs and tales, The Book of Ballads is an event in the worlds of fantasy and graphic storytelling alike. About the Author As an illustrator and as a collaborator, Charles Vess has worked with Neil Gaiman, with whom he shared a World Fantasy Award for the "Midsummer Night's Dream" issue of Sandman; with Charles de Lint on children's books and illustrated novels; and with Jeff Smith on the Bone prequel Rose. Vess has won the World Fantasy Award twice. His Ballads series won him the comic-book industry's prestigious Eisner award. He is currently illustrating a special limited edition of George R. R. Martin's bestselling A Storm of Swords. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-855523014

Book Description: A Tor Book, 2004. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. 192 pages. Size: 7" x 10" (18cm x 25cm). From one of the leading artists in modern fantasy, Charles Vess presents a visual accompaniment to many of the greatest songs & folktales of the British Isles & Ireland's history. These are in the form of cartoon strips or framing illustrations. The texts and poems are supplied & interpreted by such classic writers as Neil Gaiman, Charles De Lint, Sharyn Crumb, Emma Bull, Jane Yolen, Jeff Smith & Elaine Lee. There is also full Discography Notes section from Ken Roseman, who supplies information about original sources for the traditional ballads. Bookseller Inventory # TBOBALLADS