Acquisitions (25): Katharine M. Briggs

Katharine M. Briggs: Folk Tales of Britain: Narratives (2011)

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Katharine M. Briggs (1898-1980)

Katharine M. Briggs: Folk Tales of Britain (1970-71)
[received 25 May, 2019]:

Katharine M. Briggs: Folk Tales of Britain: Narratives (2011)

1. Briggs, Katharine M. Folk Tales of Britain: Narratives. 1970. Introduction by Philip Pullman. 3 vols. Illustrated by Hannah Firmin, Peter Firmin & Clare Melinsky. London: Folio Society, 2011.


2. Briggs, Katharine M. Folk Tales of Britain: Legends. 1971. Introduction by Kevin Crossley-Holland. 3 vols. Illustrated by Hannah Firmin, Peter Firmin & Clare Melinsky. London: Folio Society, 2011.

Katharine M. Briggs: Folk Tales of Britain: Legends (2011)

This is how the two of them look inside:

Katharine M. Briggs: Folk Tales of Britain: Legends (2011)

And this is the original edition:

Katharine M. Briggs: A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales (4 vols: 1970)

I do have this, but only as a giant two-volume paperback:

Katharine M. Briggs: A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales. Part A: Folk-Narratives (1991)

1. Briggs, Katharine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language, incorporating the F. J. Norton Collection. Part A: Folk Narratives. 1970. London & New York: Routledge, 2003.


2. Briggs, Katharine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language, incorporating the F. J. Norton Collection. Part B: Folk Legends. 1970. London & New York: Routledge, 2001.

Katharine M. Briggs: A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales. Part B: Folk-Legends (1991)

Here are some other fascinating books I have by Katharine M. Briggs (by no means a complete collection, but the older ones turn up more rarely):

Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980)




Katharine M. Briggs: Hobberdy Dick (1955)



1. Briggs, Katharine M. Hobberdy Dick. 1955. Illustrations by Scoular Anderson. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976.




Katherine M. Briggs & Ruth Tongue, ed.: Folktales of England (1965)



2. Briggs, Katharine M., & Ruth Tongue, ed. Folktales of England. Foreword by Richard M. Dorson. Folktales of the World, ed. Richard M. Dorson. 1965. Chicago & London: Chicago University Press, 1968.




Katharine M. Briggs: The Fairies in Tradition and Literature (1967)



3. Briggs, Katharine M. The Fairies in Tradition and Literature. 1967. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977.




Katharine M. Briggs: A Dictionary of Fairies (1976)



4. Briggs, Katharine M. A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies and Other Supernatural Creatures. 1976. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977.




Katharine M. Briggs: British Folktales and Legends: A Sampler (1977)



5. Briggs, Katharine M. British Folktales and Legends: A Sampler. 1977. London: Paladin, 1977.




Katharine M. Briggs: Nine Lives: Cats in Folklore (1980)



6. Briggs, Katharine M. Nine Lives: Cats in Folklore. Illustrations by John Ward, RA. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980.

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• category - Folklore & Fairy Tales: Classic Collections

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