Faeries - Softcover

Brian-alan-lee-edit-david-larkin-froud

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330257560 ISBN 13: 9780330257565

Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd, 1978

Synopsis

fascinating tales and more than 200 illus, all types identified from dryads and elves to water and tree faeries. large format ilus bright clean copy

About this title

About the Author

Brian Froud is an award-winning illustrator, author, and fairy authority. His books include international bestsellers such as 'Faeries', with Alan Lee and 'Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book'

From Publishers Weekly

Twenty-five years ago, self-proclaimed "faery authorities" Froud and Lee published the first edition of their imaginative faery field guide. Since then, the two have gone on to publish numerous faery books and contribute their ideas to such fantasy films as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Legend and the new Lord of the Rings. This expanded version, like its predecessor, features pencil drawings and watercolors of mythical creatures, as well as brief descriptions of their origins and powers; it draws on a long history of phantasmagoric iconography in the generally occidental vein. It boasts new art and introductions by the artists, as well; in its silver anniversary, the bewitching quality of its content remains. Besides faeries, the authors also include renderings of many other denizens of faery land-goblins, dwarves and leprechauns, for instance-as well as stranger breeds, such as the Fachan, a one-armed, one-legged oddity from the Scotland highlands and the Jack-in-Irons, a "Yorkshire giant who haunts lonely roads." For the child learning the pleasures of magical worlds, or for adults who never forgot, this book remains a delight. 176 color and 38 b&w illustrations.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0330257560
• ISBN 13: 9780330257565
• Binding: Paperback