Golden cities, far / Edited with an introduction and notes, by Lin Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Lin.

Contributor:

Iwamoto, Ralph.

Zimmerman, Kathleen.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Adult fantasy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction.

Short stories.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

299 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine Books, [1970]

Contents:

Here there be dragons, an introduction / Lin Carter

The wisdom of the Egyptians : How Nefer-ka-ptah found the Book of Thoth / Brian Brown

Ishtar : The descent of Ishtar to the netherworld / Lin Carter

Mille et une nuit : Prince Ahmed and the fairy Paribanou / Antoine Galland, trans.

Tales of the genii : The talisman of Oromanes / James Ridley, trans.

Historia regum Britanniae : Wars of the giants of Albion / Geoffrey of Monmouth ; Aaron Thompson, trans.

Forty singing seamen and other poems : Forty singing seamen / Alfred Noyes

Huon of Bordeaux : The shadowy lord of Mommur / John Bourchier, trans.

The merrie tales of Jacques Tournebroche : Olivier's brag / Anatole France ; Alfred Allinson, trans.

The romances : The white bull / Voltaire

Contes nouvelles ou les fees : The yellow dwarf / Madame D'Aulnoy

Amadis of Gaul : Arcalaus the enchanter ; The Isle of Wonders / Robert Southey, trans.

Orlando furioso : The palace of illusions / Ludovico Ariosto ; Richard Hodgens, trans.

Notes:

First printing: October 1970.

Cover art by Ralph Iwamoto and Kathleen Zimmerman.

Ballantine Books: 02045 6 095.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

OCLC:

405067