Nisbet Bain, R. / Kunos, Ignacz.

Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Collected by Dr. Ignacz Kunos. Translated from the Hungarian version by R. Nisbet Bain. With illustrations by Celia Levetus.

New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (8), 275 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creasing to jacket and spine and minor paper loss to edges. Internally in very good condition other than some text annotations. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. [Dover Children’s Classics].

The curious blend of Eastern and Western elements turns these stories into extraordinarily bizarre and beautiful tales. Collected in the 19th century and first published in 1889, these Turkish stories are reminiscient sometimes of the tales of the Arabian Nights and sometimes of the tales of the Brothers Grimm. They often contain less familiar Slavonic, Persian and Semitic elements. The seventeen tales from Asia Minor are followed in this book by four more stories from the Roumanian tradition. This book was compiled at a time when Turkey’s ancient oral tradition was still very much alive, and it remains an important work in the history of folklore. However, it is also a delightfully unusual collection of fairy tales that will be treasured by children and their parents. [From jacket notes]

• Keywords: Catalogue Two – Children’s Books · Children · Children’s Books · Children’s Books Rare · Chuck Kruger Cape Clear Collection · Fairy Tales · Folk history · Folk Stories · Folklore · Legends · Mythology · Myths · Turkey
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780486223445
• Inventory Number: 91489AB

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