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Total number of records: 17

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Books and printed items15
Archives2

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Brotherton Collection9
English Literature2
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1

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fairies17
folklore6
photographs2
children's stories1
clairvoyance1
elves1
english language1
english literature1
fairy tales1
magic1

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Griffiths, Frances, 1907-19863
Wright, Elsie, 1901-19883
Cooper, Joe (1924-2011)2
Griffiths, Frances (1907-1986)2
B B (1905-1990)1
Bastin, John (1840-1850)1
Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)1
Bell, John (1811-1895)1
Bishop, Sir Henry R (1786-1855)1
Black, John (1777?-1825)1

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Archive Collection

Katharine Mary Briggs, correspondence and papers

Briggs, Katharine M (1898-1980)

c.1900-1980

Katherine Mary Briggs was bom in London in 1898, the eldest of three surviving daughters of Ernest and Mary Briggs. The Briggs family had its origins in Yorkshire and had built up its fortune from the...

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Cottingley Fairies Collection

1920-2010

Comprises: (1) BOOKS: 11 books (and 1 video) related to the case of the Cottingley Fairies, 1973-1998; (2) JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1920-1992: including the 1920 and 1921 issues of the Strand Magazine in whi...

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Illustrations of the Fairy Mythology of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Halliwell-Phillipps, J O (1820-1889); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1845

Issued with Ritson's Fairy tales in 1875 under title: Fairy tales, legends and romances illustrating Shakespeare and other early English writers (edited by W.C. Hazlitt)

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The secret common-wealth : & A short treatise of charms and spels

Kirk, Robert (1641?-1692); Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Folklore Society (Great Britain)

1976

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Rewards and fairies

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)

1979

First published by Macmillan 1910. Published by Pan Books 1975, 3rd printing 1979.

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Merry elves, or, Little adventures in fairyland

Murray, Charles O; Seeley Jackson & Halliday

1879

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The little grey men : a story for the young in heart

B B (1905-1990)

1942

Carnegie Medal, 1942. Pp.189-190: The Folly Brook song; music by Walter Pitchford.

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Oh! Where do fairies hide their heads : or, when green leaves come again

Bishop, Sir Henry R (1786-1855); Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)

[1850?]

For voice and piano. Additional compositions by Wetmoore listed on cover. Caption title: Oh where do fairies hide their heads.

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Fairies : the Cottingley photographs and their sequel

Gardner, Edward Lewis

1966

1st ed. published 1945.

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The case of the Cottingley fairies

Cooper, Joe (1924-2011)

1990

Includes index.

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The case of the Cottingley fairies

Cooper, Joe (1924-2011)

1997

Originally published: London : Hale, 1990.

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Reflections on the Cottingley fairies : Frances Griffiths in her own words

Griffiths, Frances (1907-1986); Lynch, Christine (1931-)

2009

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