The book of ballads
Subtitle: the original art edition
By: Artist: Charles Vess ; writers: Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Elaine Lee, Sharyn McCrumb, Delia Sherman, Jeff Smith, Lee Smith, Midori Snyder, Jane Yolen
Contributors: McCrumb, Sharyn, 1948-; Gaiman, Neil; Yolen, Jane; De Lint, Charles, 1951-; Snyder, Midori; Smith, Jeff, 1960 February 27-; Sherman, Delia; Lee, Elaine; De Lint, Charles, 1951-; Vess, Charles; Bull, Emma, 1954-; Smith, Lee, 1944-; Yolen, Jane
Edition: Original art edition.
Publisher: Titan Comics
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781783294428
Subjects: English Ballads; Comic books, strips; Tales
Description: "This limited edition oversized deluxe hardback collection contains original script pages from award-winning writer Neil Gaiman, as well as never-before-seen art and an amazing gallery of sketches. Illustrated and presented by one of the leading artists in modern fantasy, Charles Vess, The Book of Ballads presents the great songs and folktales of the English, Irish, and Scottish traditions re-imagined in sequential-art form, in collaboration with some of today's strongest fantasy writers."--
Notes: A previous edition of this compilation was published by Tor in 2004.

Chiefly illustrations.
Table of contents: title: Thomas the rhymer; title: The false knight on the road; title: King Henry; title: Sovay; title: Barbara Allen; title: The Galtee farmer; title: Daemon lover; title: Tam-Lin; title: Two corbies; title: Alison Gross; title: The black fox; title: The three lovers; title: The great selchie of Sule Skerry; title: Extras; title: Creators.