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The Three Witch Maidens
Author:Ruth Manning-Sanders
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Genre:Fairy tales
Publisher:Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Release Date:1972
Media Type:Print
Pages:162 pp
Isbn:0-416-66550-0
Oclc:59232103

The Three Witch Maidens was originally published in the United Kingdom in 1972, by Methuen & Co. Ltd. The 1977 paperback version was published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. under its Beaver Books imprint.

The book is an anthology of 15 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.

The back cover states: "Magical characters and strange devices — a Swedish genie, a young African girl for whom the sun means disaster, an apple which rolls across a silver dish to reveal the whole world — wait to be discovered in this collection of folk and fairy tales from many lands. For readers of all ages."

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