A Book of Monsters (1975, first edition)

Ruth Manning-Sanders collection of all kinds of monsters...

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Printing Details

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 16.5cm, 128pp

A Book of Monsters is a collection of twelve folktales drawn from cultures around the world, each featuring monsters both friendly and fearsome. From the dustwrapper, "Monsters are huge, hideous and ugly; they are hated and feared and people run screaming at the sight of them. Most, too, are bad and brutal: their one aim is to eat as much as they can—especially tasty humans. Monster Horisto in the story Pentalina schemes only to get poor Pentalina into his pot and give a feast for thirteen other lip-smacking monsters! On the other hand, some monsters can be friendly and kind-hearted. Monster Copper Forehead only wants to find someone to love and look after, while others have been turned into their horrible shapes by malicious sorcerers and the like. Whatever the type of monster described, each story in this collection about them is as readable and exciting as only Ruth Manning-Sanders’ retellings of traditional folk tales can be."

Condition

The book itself is in excellent condition. The dustwrapper has a little tanning to the edges but is clean and in very good shape, and has not been price-clipped.

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0416814409