reprint anthology themed upon animals of various ilks mythilkal, not least the great ilk
contents:
preface (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the dragon (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the man who painted the dragon griaule (novelette) lucius shepard - f&sf vol.67 #6, 12/1984 (cover story, art by james gurney)
draco, draco (ntte) tanith lee - ''beyond lands of never'' ed. maxim jakubowski (1984)
the rule of names (short story) ursula k. le guin - fantastic vol.13 #4, 4/1964 (earthsea)
the unicorn (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the black horn (ntte) jack dann - f&sf vol.67 #5, 11/1984
the giant (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
walk like a mountain (ss) manly wade wellman - f&sf vol.8 #6, 6/1955 (a silver john story)
the centaur (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
treaty in tartessos (ss) karen anderson - f&sf vol.24 #5, 5/1963
the woman who loved the centaur pholus (ss) gene wolfe - iamsf vol.3 #12, 12/1979
the dryad (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the sleep of trees (ss) jane yolen - f&sf vol.59 #3, 9/1980
the hardwood pile (ntte) l. sprague de camp - unknown vol.iv #1, 9/1940
the minotaur (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the blind minotaur (ss) michael swanwick - amazing vol.58 #6, 3/1985
the sphinx (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
landscape with sphinxes (ss) karen anderson - f&sf vol.23 #5, 11/1962 (atlas bre vol.4 #4, 3/1963)
simpson's lesser sphynx (ss) esther m. friesner - ''elsewhere vol.III'' eds. mark alan arnold & terri windling (1984)
the sea serpent (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
god's hooks (ss) howard waldrop - ''universe 12'' ed. terry carr (1982)
the phoenix (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
a leg full of rubies (ss) joan aiken - argosy uk vol.20 #11, 11/1959
the troll (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the valor of cappen varra (ss) poul anderson - fantastic universe vol.7 #1, 1/1957
the troll (ss) t. h. white - ''gone to ground'' t. h. white (1935)
the griffin (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
return of the griffins (ss) a. e. sandeling - story magazine spring/1948 (tyopped shandeling)
the pegasus (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
the last of his breed (ss) robert (''rob'') chilson - ''beyond lands of never'' ed. maxim jakubowski (1984)
about the editors (nf) jack dann and gardner dozois
cover art by carl lundgren (signed, also credited)
cover price ($3.50 canada) $2.95 u.s.
328pp? including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising
1986 near-identical third (?second?) ace books mmpb printing differs:
isbn 0-441-05508-7
from the cat# progression in ace books' five-digit cat# system, there should be/have been a printing bearing isbn 0-441-5507-9 which would be/have been the second printing. none such seen reported/ seen - yet...