copyright 1964; by Gyula Illyes; The Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO*; Corvina Press publishers, Corvina, Budapest; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket good with very minor fading/ageing.
 
*The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
 
Compilation of Hungarian Folk-Tales, including:
"The Rooster and the Hen"
"The Shepherd Who Understood the Language of the Animals"
"Wooden Peter"
"The Student Who was Forced to be King"
"Little Berry"
"The Simple-Minded Bootmaker as a Miraculous Healer"
"Long-Neck, Fatty and Droopy"
"The Flying Castle"
"The Fox and the Wolf at the Wedding"
"The Green-Bearded King"
"The Finch with the Golden Voice"
"The Musical Silver Goat"
"The Girl with the Beautiful Flowers"
"Fairy Ilona and Argelus"
"The Flute Made of Maple-Wood"
"Dear-Boy"
"The Secretive Little Boy and His Little Sword"
"The Vain King"
"Bendebukk"
"Martin, the Honest Thief"
"Tree-Root, Iron-Strong and Hill-Roller"
"Three Wishes"
"The Truest Adventures of the Truthful Mountain Boy"
"The Flower-Headed Man"
"Victor"
"The Three Wanderers"
"The Fish Maid"
"The Competition of Fools"
"King Matthias and the Old Man"
"Goose Matt"
"Little Kathy Free-as-the-Wind"
"Oh Dear!"
"What Happens to the Envious"
"Ravenspring"
"The Two Girls and the Iron-Nose Witch"
"Pearly-Dew John"
"The Three Golden Billy-Goats"
"The Fairy of the Three-Branched Oak"
"The Seven Ravens"
"Kalamona and the Winds"