The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales by Jane Yolen [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1976 • Thomas Y. Crowell

The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales by Jane Yolen & illustrated by David Palladini

FIRST EDITION  • FIRST PRINTING [1976]  THOMAS Y. CROWELL

Large illustrated hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. 

Dust jacket shows wear; a few worn edges.  One sealed tear (w. some surrounding creasing) to upper-left corner.  Otherwise clean.  Now housed in a new archival quality jacket protector.  

Book itself is excellent.  Clean navy cloth boards.   *One smudge stain to margin of page 47 (see photos).   All other pages look pristine and read like new!

The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales spins six unexpectedly original and fascinating fairy tales evoking a sense of traditional folklore.

 It is a perfect book for the fan of imaginative fantasy cornucopia that spills forth “proud princesses, wicked stepmothers, magical spirits, wise fools, and fair maidens” in beautifully written and powerful constructed stories penetrated with powerful underlying themes from “love nourishes” to bigotry leads to violence”.

Jane Yolen has won many prizes for her short story collections and was a finalist for the 1975 National Book Award and is considered a leading modern creator of original fairy tales. Illustrator David Palladini serves to enrich Yolen’s stories with exquisite drawings. From book “Together, author and artist have created a volume of rare beauty and permanent literary importance.”