THE KINGDOM UNDER THE SEA AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken
Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
Published by Jonathan Cape
in 1971
ISBN: 0224618822
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THE KINGDOM UNDER THE SEA AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken.
Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1328766
1st.
1971.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Delightful retelling of traditional East European folk tales. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Full-page colour pictures - exquisitely beautiful, black silhouettes against marble colours, plus numerous other silhouette illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0224618822. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light vertical mark to centre of front cover. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss. Small red ink mark to front panel of wrapper, authors name partially rubbed to spine.
Front cover
Contents
- The Kingdom Under the Sea
- The Imprisoned Queen
- Baba Yaga's Daughter
- The Sun-God's Castle
- The Reed Girl
- The King who declared war on the Animals
- The Venetian Princess
- The Pear Tree
- The Sun's Cousin
- The Golden-Fleeced Ram and the Hundred Elephants
- The Goose Girl