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Introduction - It would be a longer story than all the Stories from Wagner put together, to tell where these tales began and how they grew, Centuries before they were set to music in the soul of Richard Wagner, some of them had been chanted around rude camp-fires by savage-looking men clad in the skins of animals. They were repeated by word of mouth long before even the rudest art of writing was learned and in various lands they were known, though the stories often differed. Fox in those days men believed in spirits, good ...
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Introduction - It would be a longer story than all the Stories from Wagner put together, to tell where these tales began and how they grew, Centuries before they were set to music in the soul of Richard Wagner, some of them had been chanted around rude camp-fires by savage-looking men clad in the skins of animals. They were repeated by word of mouth long before even the rudest art of writing was learned and in various lands they were known, though the stories often differed. Fox in those days men believed in spirits, good and bad, and in giants, dwarfs, gods and goddesses. They told these stories to their children, just as real history is taught to-day and later the legends were treasured not only for their deep interest but also because they showed how people lived arid thought, long ago while the world was in tlze making. When Wagner, the great music-dramatist of Get many, was writing his wonderful operas, he found much of this rich material lying ready at his hand. Other parts he adapted to suit his needs. And it is the form in wIich he used the tales that has been followed in the simple retelling in the present volume hence the justice of the title- Stories from Wagncr. Let us pause a monlent to see who this author was, and how he came to collect his themes....
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VG+ in VG jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. NOT exLib. VG+ or better cond. hardcover w/ VG unclipped pict. dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Blue cloth over boards w/ bright silver dec & lettering on cover & spine, top edge dark gray, pict eps. Ilus in color. 282 pp. Square, straight, tight, bright & clean, overall VG+/ VG cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
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Grosset and Dunlap, New York, NY, 1933. REPRINT Edition, Good+, Hard Cover, Size=5.5"x8.", 282pgs. Blue cloth, silver letters. Cloth frayed head and foot of spine and worn at fore-edge corners, spine faded, book slightly shaken (NO hinge cracks), page ends agetoned, o.w. a clean copy. No ink names, bookplates, etc. Text pages bright and in VG+ condition. 99% OF OUR BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN CUSTOM BOXES ALL ARE WELL PACKED WITH CARE!
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Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities.
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Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Covers are very faded due to damp exposure but the interior is reasonably good. With 16 illustrations. Wagner's stories novelised. Reading copy only.