Bibliograph

The book of ballads and sagas

Type

Label

The book of ballads and sagas

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Rated M

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The book of ballads and sagas

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Summary

Collecting together the critically acclaimed The Book of Ballads and Sagas series by the legendary fantasy artist Charles Vess. The award-winning compendium of English, Irish and Scottish fairy tales and folklore returns to print in a sumptuous new collection featuring stories written by multi-award winning author Neil Gaiman ('Sandman', 'Coraline', and 'Stardust'), Eisner and Harvey Award-winning cartoonish Jeff Smith ('Bone'), Aurora award-winning author Charles De Lint, New York Times Bestseller Sharyn McCrumb, Elaine Lee ('Starstruck') and acclaimed children's writer Jane Yolen. This new collection also includes, for the first time since its original publication, back in 1995, Vess' unfinished epic saga 'Skade', and includes an additional 10 pages of artwork that have never been seen before

Target audience

adult

Classification