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David,

Are you familiar with the series put out by Raduga Press? They produced several books during the Soviet era called Folk Tales From the Soviet Union. Each volume was from one federation - eg. Ukraine, Russia, Caucasus etc. They were traditional stories that were illustrated in full color by artists from that area. I believe you can only get them used at this point but worth looking into just the same.

Dan

posted by dankeding at 11:17 am (EST) on Sep 11, 2009

David,

I am interested in the illustrations/illustrators who have not only enhanced folktale and fairy tale collections but also brought those old stories into a new light and introduced them to a new audience.
I admit I don't know much about them and that they have not been a focal point of my study but I do have two good examples in my collection. One is from 1926 titled Skazi: Tales and Legends from Old Russia told by Ida Zeitlin and illustrated by Theodore Nadejen. The illustrations are pasted in the book and are both full color and gold leaf. The other is called Old Tales From the North illustrated by Kay Nielsen from 1975 - the illustrations are both large color plates and smaller black and white companion illustrations.

I'm still entering more and more books though I am winding down now. Most of the ones I've done this week have been books on ballads and American folktales and lore.

Take care & enjoy the journey,

Dan

posted by dankeding at 3:25 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2009

David,

Thank you for your post. I do enjoy folktales and ballads and folklore in general. I started collecting books on the subject many years ago and the collection seems to have taken on a life of its own. My students at the the University of Illinois and I started cataloging my library and we are almost finished. Please feel free to post me anytime - I enjoy talking about storytelling and folktales and their importance both historically and in today's world. I come to Great Britain often to perform at storytelling festivals - hopefully someday we can share a few tales over a pint.

Take care,

Dan

posted by dankeding at 3:40 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2009

David- ,

Hi!

Thanks for the invite, it is good to be among friends!

Happy to be here, look forward to contributing and getting information from this group as well.

Be in touch-

Jeff A. Menges

posted by JMenges at 11:38 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2009

Hi David
Thanks for inviting me to join the Golden Age illustrators group, the group's Flickr images are wonderful. I love your username!

posted by avatiakh at 8:40 am (EST) on Mar 29, 2009

I like how you've photographed a significant portion of your library. You have a number of handsome volumes.

posted by arthurfrayn at 10:59 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2009

Thanks for the invitation to the group. Most of my books, including the specially illustrated ones, are back in another province at the moment, but two of my favourites are illustrated by Errol Le Cain. :)

posted by unaluna at 4:39 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2009

Thanks for inviting me to the Golden Age of Illustrators!! very cool site!!! I have added a few interesting topics!

posted by illustrationfan at 11:16 pm (EST) on Mar 11, 2009

Thanks for the recommendation David. I looked up Varieties of Religious Experience and it looks like just my kind of book! Hopefully I'll be popping up to Carlisle in the next few days so I'll look out for it in Bookcase. Have you ever been there? It's a wonderful shop. I hear Alnwick is the place to go for books in the North-East.

posted by bettie at 5:29 pm (EST) on Jun 12, 2008

Hi David, thanks for adding me. You have an interesting library. I noticed you've added Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Reader to your library recently. How is that? I'd be interested to read that one having just finished studying Psychology and moving on to Mental Health Nursing in Spetember. As well as my personal criticisms of psychoanalysis!

posted by bettie at 4:45 pm (EST) on Jun 8, 2008

p.s. While I am talking to you, do you remember where you found your copy of English Fairy Tales: Being the Two Collections English Fairy Tales & More English Fairy Tales? It appears to be out of print, but I would love to find it.

posted by malinablue at 4:59 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2008

Hi, and thanks for adding me to your friends list. I love your library and would love to talk sometime. I found you when I was looking to see if anyone had the edition of English Fairy Tales and More English Fairy Tales edited by Donald Haase. I have the rest of that ABC-CLIO series and have been seeking that particular volume for some time, with no luck so far. I have been passionate about folklore since I was a kid and read just about everything I can get my hands on. Would love to chat.

Cindy

posted by malinablue at 4:58 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2008

I'm glad you found Surlalune interesting, David. May your holidays be filled with good cheer--particularly the sort that comes from good new books (a must on one's wish list, right?)! Grace

posted by bluereader at 10:57 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2007

Thank you, David. Modern retellings of fairy tales are popular with my teens (the girls, anyway), and I'll certainly try to steer them toward the originals. You're right about the illustrations being the source of half the pleasure of reading the tales--I owe a lot to used-book stores for hard-to-find illustrated collections. The Web site http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ is an excellent source of fairy tale and folklore studies, full-text e-books, and illustrations.

posted by bluereader at 11:10 pm (EST) on Dec 7, 2007

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