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Editor: Lin Carter Title: Dragons, Elves, And Heroes Subtitle: The Companion Volume To "the Young Magicians." Edited, With An Introduction And Notes, By Lin Carter Publisher:   Ballantine Books Country: UK Date: Mar 1971 Format: Paperback Genre: Fiction, Literature, Fantasy Cat#: 01731 First Published:   1969 Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  2 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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ballantine books 01731 • 095 (the "095" is an error, a relict of the merkin edition)
published by ballantine books ltd 8 king street, london, w.c.2
first publication in uk
uk distributor pan books, ltd.
first published by ballantine books, inc. new york ny usa 10/69

edited by lin carter, also consultant editor of the "unicorn head" adult fantasy series.

excerpts fr: beowulf ("the ogre"), the volsunga saga ("the high history of the sword gram"), the mabinogion ("mannawddyn, son of the boundless"), "puck's song" (kipling, 9 verses), the grettir saga ("barrow-wight", baring-gould), the poems of ossian ("final at the siege of carric-thura", macpherson), le morte d'arthur ("the sword of avalon", malory), tom o'bedlam's song (anon; eight verses, no source given°), the kiev cycle ("the last giant of the elder age", hapgood), the kalevala ("the lost words of power", crawford), maundeville's travels ("wonderful things beyond cathay ", layard), "prospero evokes the air spirits" (shakespeare), the faerie queene ("the lords of faerie", spenser), the gesta romanorum (swan & hooper), palmerin of england (de moraes), the shah-namah (lin carter), "childe roland to the dark tower came " (robert browning, 28 verses), the romances ("the princess of babylon", voltaire), "the horns of elfland" (alfred, lord tennyson, 3 verses); plus notes, some a brief para, some pp, by lin carter.

277pp incl. titles, 9pp intro. +3pp (1p titles currently available on each of the lists, "great masterpieces of adult fantasy", "exciting and thought-provoking science fiction", and "the environment is the issue of our day".

cover painting by sheryl slavitt

u.k. (8/-) 40p; australia & new zealand both $1.25; south africa 95¢
sbn 345-01731-5
345•01731•095 on spine (095 retained in error from merkin cover)

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