If you are looking for something besides Grimm or Anderson in the fairy tale department this exploration of classic Scandinavian tales is just the thing you need. ( )

Selected reprints from Yule-tide stories, ed. by Benjamin Thorpe (1888); Swedish fairy tales, by Herman Hofberg, tr. by W. H. Myers (1895); Icelandic legends, by Jón Arnason, tr. by George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon (1864); Round the yule log, by Peter Christen Asbjörnsen and Jörgen Moe, tr. by H. L. Braekstad (1881); Tales from the Fjeld, tr. by George Dasent [from Popular tales from the Norse, by Asbjörnsen]; Weird tales from northern seas, by Jonas Lie, tr. by R. Nisbet Bain (1893); Fairy tales from the Swedish, by G. Djurklou, tr. by H. L. Braekstad; Tales from a Finnish tupa, by James Cloyd Bowman and Margery Bianco, tr. by Aili Kolehmainen (1936); and The complete Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales, tr. by H. B. Paull and others (18--; rpt. 1981). ( )

Book Description: Avenel, NY, 1984, 1st Avenel edition, hardcover, (VG/VG), Avenel, NY, 1984, 1st Avenel ed, VFine hardcover, VFine dust jacket, 666pp, Claire Booss", 100 b&w illus, 6-1/8"x 9-1/4", hardcover, blue boards with gilt titles, very fine dust jacket protected in a new plastic cover, pages contents clean & tight, book very good.