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Book Title: Little Book of the Hidden People : Twenty Stories of Elves from Icelandic Folklore
Number of Pages: 118 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Books Publishing (Enska Textasmiðjan)
Item Height: 0.2 in
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Folklore & Mythology
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 4.3 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Alda Sigmundsdottir
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
