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The Princess and the Goblin
by Macdonald, George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0854218157
- ISBN 13
- 9780854218158
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ark, 1979. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. Abridged by Jean Watson. In this new edition, Peter Wanes imaginative drawings blend fantasy and everyday realism and reflect the unique atmosphere of George MacDonald's story. Jean Watson has pruned some of the old-fashioned phrases and lengthy descriptions less suited to modern readers while preserving the MacDonald magic. Princess Irene is in danger from the mountain goblins. Will young Curdie be able to help her in time? And who is the mysterious old lady living at the very top of the winding stairs in the castle? A1A. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Wane, Peter. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
George Macdonald (1824-1905) was born at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where his father was a miller and his family Congregationalists. As a young man he was ordained a minister of the Congregational church but he resigned after a disagreement with his deacons over doctrine, and from 1853 he earned his living by lecturing and writing, often in poor health, which meant periodic travelling in search of purer air for his lungs. In 1851 he married Louisa Powell, with whom he spent a long and happy life, sadly ending in grief when three of his thirteen children died of tuberculosis and he suffered a stroke that deprived him of speech for his last five years. He was a prolific writer, yet it is his fantasies for children that have survived. The Princess and the Goblin was the second of these, published first as a serial in Good Words for the Young , a periodical of which he became editor for a short time in 1869. About a hundred years later W.H. Auden wrote, 'To me, George MacDonald's most extraordinary, and precious, gift is his ability, in all his stories, to create an atmosphere of goodness about which there is nothing phone or moralistic. Nothing is rarer in literature.'
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- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008082
- Title
- The Princess and the Goblin
- Author
- Macdonald, George
- Illustrator
- Wane, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0854218157
- ISBN 13
- 9780854218158
- Publisher
- Ark
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- JUVENILIA, CHILDRENS FICTION, GWYNTYSTORM CASTLE, PRINCESS IRENE, MOUNTAIN GOBLINS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction;
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