Joseph Jacobs

• Jun-1968
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Leading British folklorist selected 20 tales embodying the wonderful humor and heroism of Celtic folklore and compiled them into this one important volume. Originally published in 1894, the stories are lavishly illustrated by the pen-and-ink drawings...

• Jul-1979
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Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster's paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesau...

• Mar-1999
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The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as 'Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel', and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as 'How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery'. By turns funny, fantastical and myste...

• Feb-2002
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Telling the fairy tales which the little boys and girls of England used to hear from their mummeys, who had heard them from their mummeys years and years and years before. My friend Mr. Batten made such pretty pictures for it -- but of course you kno...

• Oct-2009
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Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that “there were no English fairy tales,” and thereby contributing heavily to the field of fairy tale studies. Th...

• Oct-2009
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Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that “there were no English fairy tales,” and so contributing heavily to the field of fairy tale studies. His fir...

• Nov-2009
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This time Joseph Jacobs takes us to mystic, far-off India ― land of the Hindus. He has compiled legends and tales that have entertained the young people of India for more than a thousand years, tales full of suspense, action, ghosts, magic, wicked ...

• Jan-2010
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For untold generations in countless Irish cottages, in front of peat-fueled fires, some of the gayest, most fanciful, and most sparkling folk tales that ever caused young eyes to grow brighter and young hearts to beat faster have been and still are t...

• Jan-2010
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Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that “there were no English fairy tales.” ― “English Folk and Fairy Tales,” the first in a series of 6 books by J...

• Mar-2010
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According to Wikipedia: Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was an Australian literary and Jewish historian. He was a writer for the Jewish Encyclopaedia and a notable folklorist, creating several noteworthy collections of fairy tales....

• Aug-2010
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‘More English Fairy Tales’ is a collection of stories written by Joseph Jacobs, accompanied by the masterful black-and-white illustrations of John D. Batten. It includes such tales as ‘The Pied Piper’, ‘Tattercoats’, ‘The Golden Ball’...

• Sep-2012
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Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature. More English Fairy Tales is par...

• Nov-2012
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Experience the whimsy, charm and magic of the Celtic imagination in this captivating collection of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of youngsters and adults. Among the eight popular tales included here are "The Fate of t...

• Feb-2013
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• Mar-2013
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Featuring pigs with personalities, this favorite tale is delightfully drawn. We all know how it ends, but it is so much fun getting there, as the Three Little Pigs'' idyllic world is nearly blown away by a wolf with a very large lung capacity and ...

• Apr-2013
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Adventures of Jack in the Land of the Giants: Illustrated by Joseph Jacobs.

This work includes: 4 adventures of Jack in the Land of the Giants. Jack and the Giants, Jack the Giant-Killer, Lazy Jack and Jack and the Bean-Stalk, with two ill...

• Jun-2013
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Jack and his mother are very poor. The only thing they own is an old cow. When the decided to sell the cow Jack was talked into trading the cow for some bean seeds. His mother became so mad she threw the seeds out the window and sent Jack to bed. Ove...

• Jul-2013
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• Feb-2014
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European Fairy Tales (Europa's Fairy Book) is the complete collection of 25 European Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs (from 1916). This kindle title is fully illustrated with more than 45 original pictures that follow the story line.Tales included: 1. Ci...

• Mar-2015
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The argument was painfully reasonable; that inmate of New York who has but five cents has nothing. On the other hand, there was nothing whatever to be advanced in extenuation of her folly in thus inviting indigestion--a passion for pastry is its own ...

• Mar-2015
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The history of this new form is of necessity brief. Before its vogue became general, one-act plays were being presented in vaudeville houses in this country and were being used as curtain raisers in London theatres for the purpose of marking time unt...

• Jul-2015
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• Jan-2018
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The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854�"1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination. The 26 stories of "Gul...

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Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales. His first book, English Folk and Fairy Tales, was very well received by the English-speaking world and demand for more such stories led to this volume, Eur...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

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ndian Fairy Tales is part of a series written by the Australian born folklorist Joseph Jacobs. In this book feature 30 stories taken from popular South Asian oral history united with John D. Batten's black and white drawings, full of movement and ...

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

• / General Fiction
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

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