I need help finding this book: The World's Best Fairy Tales.
May 12, 2010 2:35 PM Subscribe
I need help finding this book: The World's Best Fairy Tales. I think it is a Reader's Digest Anthology, but I'm looking for a specific cover that I remember vividly from childhood.
The best I could gather so far from my research are the following:
- it is a Reader's Digest Anthology
- it is edited by Belle Becker Sideman
- it is illustrated by Fritz Kredel
- it may have been published in 1967
I have searched in different bookstores and websites and can't find the same book from my childhood. The results that I get do have the same title and editor, but in some results it is a two-part volume and different covers, like these two:
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895770784/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=
- http://cgi.ebay.com/Worlds-Best-Fairy-Tales-Readers-Digest-2-vol-set-/180494710244?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Childrens_Books&hash=item2a0652b5e4#ht_500wt_1182
The book from my childhood:
- hard bound, no dust jacket
- red cover, with the board having illustrations of vines (or something like it)
- clothed spine, red as well, but has the text "World's Best Fairy Tales" in gold
- the edges of the pages are gold as well
- my mom says the year of publication must be 1967 but she can't be sure
The only lead I got so far, which tells me I am not crazy, is here: http://loganberrybooks.com/stump-ef.html (see "F172: fairytale collection thick detailed illustrations").
But after that I don't know where else to go.
This is eating away at me for some reason. I am trying to find all the books I have read during my childhood and have been a big part of my life. It's like I have lost children whom I need to find :(
If anyone can help, and maybe even point me somewhere I can buy a copy, it would really mean so much to me.
Thank you.
The best I could gather so far from my research are the following:
- it is a Reader's Digest Anthology
- it is edited by Belle Becker Sideman
- it is illustrated by Fritz Kredel
- it may have been published in 1967
I have searched in different bookstores and websites and can't find the same book from my childhood. The results that I get do have the same title and editor, but in some results it is a two-part volume and different covers, like these two:
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895770784/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=
- http://cgi.ebay.com/Worlds-Best-Fairy-Tales-Readers-Digest-2-vol-set-/180494710244?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Childrens_Books&hash=item2a0652b5e4#ht_500wt_1182
The book from my childhood:
- hard bound, no dust jacket
- red cover, with the board having illustrations of vines (or something like it)
- clothed spine, red as well, but has the text "World's Best Fairy Tales" in gold
- the edges of the pages are gold as well
- my mom says the year of publication must be 1967 but she can't be sure
The only lead I got so far, which tells me I am not crazy, is here: http://loganberrybooks.com/stump-ef.html (see "F172: fairytale collection thick detailed illustrations").
But after that I don't know where else to go.
This is eating away at me for some reason. I am trying to find all the books I have read during my childhood and have been a big part of my life. It's like I have lost children whom I need to find :(
If anyone can help, and maybe even point me somewhere I can buy a copy, it would really mean so much to me.
Thank you.
Best answer: There's a photo of that original cover here.
posted by Paragon at 3:02 PM on May 12, 2010
posted by Paragon at 3:02 PM on May 12, 2010
Best answer: Another description, here, including this info: "You'll find many of your favorite fairy tales in this book, from Snow White, to The Frog Prince, to Hansel and Gretel and Jack the Giant Killer. There are 69 in all. Illustrations by Fritz Kredel feature full-page color plates. Published by Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY, in 1967. Library of Congress #67-27762. Hardcover. 832 pages. 5-3/8 x 8-1/4". Cover is red with a white, ivory and gold fairy tale design on front and back and gold print on the spine."
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:04 PM on May 12, 2010
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:04 PM on May 12, 2010
Response by poster: @gubenuj: Thank you! I have sent my query to the bookseller just now to see if it's indeed the book I am trying to find. Would you know if AbeBooks is reliable like Amazon? I've never tried buying from it before.
@MonkeyToes: Thanks. Unfortunately I am not in Australia so I can't check it out :( As for the shopgoodwill description: my heart just about stopped...then plummeted when I saw that it was already sold to someone else :( But at least I have more details about the book now.
@Paragon: Yes! The red one, yes that's it! I hope I can find a seller.
posted by pleasebekind at 3:18 PM on May 12, 2010
@MonkeyToes: Thanks. Unfortunately I am not in Australia so I can't check it out :( As for the shopgoodwill description: my heart just about stopped...then plummeted when I saw that it was already sold to someone else :( But at least I have more details about the book now.
@Paragon: Yes! The red one, yes that's it! I hope I can find a seller.
posted by pleasebekind at 3:18 PM on May 12, 2010
Abebooks, in my experience, is quite reliable, though look at seller feedback.
posted by eleanna at 3:29 PM on May 12, 2010
posted by eleanna at 3:29 PM on May 12, 2010
Yes, I buy from Abebooks frequently. You can usually use a credit card or Paypal. Like eleanna says, you should check the seller ratings--I don't usually buy from anyone with three or fewer stars.
posted by gubenuj at 5:09 PM on May 12, 2010
posted by gubenuj at 5:09 PM on May 12, 2010
Fourthing Abebooks.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 6:17 PM on May 12, 2010
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 6:17 PM on May 12, 2010
Response by poster: Hi guys. I just received word from the seller at AbeBooks. It was the same book, but not the edition I was looking for :( *sigh* Guess the search continues...
posted by pleasebekind at 9:08 AM on May 14, 2010
posted by pleasebekind at 9:08 AM on May 14, 2010
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