The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins, And Other Little Creatures | 
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| Author: Pierre Dubois
Creators: Claudine Sabatier, Roland Sabatier
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 142178
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 373
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.9
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 9.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0789208784
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.45
EAN: 9780789208781
ASIN: 0789208784
Publication Date: November 30, 2005
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Condition: Good Condition, delivery time 10 to 12 Working days, via Priority airmail from UK
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Product Description
This giant, gorgeously illustrated encyclopedia documents the lives of elves, goblins, hobgoblins, gnomes, imps, pixies, and sprites with whimsy and wonder. The most extensive volume on the various types of little creatures and fairyfolk, "The Great Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins and Other Little Creatures" illustrates each unique species with charming, luminous, detailed drawings, and includes the folklore and fairy tales collected through extensive research. As a result of twenty years of patient research, the author, Pierre Dubois, has created portraits of hundreds of species. For each one, he wrote a tale starting from authentic anecdotes, spiced with spirited humor. The illustrations of Roland Sabatler portray each strange and wonderful creature and the marvels and mysteries of the habitats they live in.
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 Peter DuBois Fan June 25, 2006
Amazon Junkie (Florida)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent book...great read with tons of info. Out of all the different authors of books on faeries and/or other little creatures, Peter DuBois seems to catch my eye and attention the most. Only 4 stars, because I still feel that there is some element missing, but I haven't found it in any other book, either...
 Old, Forgotten, Far Off Things January 5, 2006
J. E. Barnes (Bayridge, Brooklyn, New York)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Pierre Dubois' The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins and Other Little Creatures (2005) offers an extensive but eccentric, often frustrating, overview of its subject. This is especially true since Dubois has divided the large 375-page volume into two major sections, 'Elves' and 'Goblins,' without any clear indication as to why. The problem is further acerbated by the fact that Dubois applies the term 'fairy' to both of his major types, and bandies about the word 'demon' with equal irresponsibility. Since a number of the creatures involved are quite large physically, as Dubois repeatedly underscores, the book's title is also in error. br / br /Accordingly, readers will find 'Pixies' and 'Brownies' listed under 'Goblins,' an accounting many scholars may dispute. Entities with ostensibly dwarfish body types seem to automatically fall into the 'Goblin' category, but this is not uniformly true throughout. Inexplicably, 'Trolls,' 'The Wendigo,' 'The Dybbuk,' and 'The Djinn' are designated as 'Elves,' while 'The Phooka,' 'Pan,' and 'Giants' are designated as 'Goblins.' br / br /Dubois' vague, somnolent prose makes it impossible to tell whether he has derived his taxonomy from traditional sources, such as folkloric texts and memorites, adapted it from legitimate scholarship, or simply based it on idiosyncratic fancies of his own. Though Dubois has included an extensive eight-page bibliography, the individual entries are not footnoted, making it difficult to ascertain the exact source of his information in most cases. The overall effect suggests that The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins and Other Little Creatures is at best a lukewarm entertainment, otherwise unreliable and academically unsound. br / br /Despite the presence of attractive jacket and end paper art, the encyclopedia is decorated with a cartoonish series of illustrations by Claudine and Roland Sabatier that will most likely fall short of reader expectations. The illustrators seem more concerned with the book's overall design than in attempting to depict the actual beings specified. Landscapes, especially elf-and-goblin-free landscapes, predominate. br / br /Though both the text and the illustrations are clearly geared towards children as well as adults, both contain explicit sexual content. Bare breasts, engorged nipples, and erect male genitalia dot the pages in a manner that often clashes oddly with the smiling impish faces and frolicking nature sprites. br / br / br /
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