LONDON: ORCHARD BOOKS. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear/peeling on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Green boards with gilt titles on board spine. Slight marking one one or two pages. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Retellings by the author of classic British folk tales. Three stories 'The Green Children, The Peddlar of Swaffham, The Wildman' have been reprinted from earlier collections by the author. Jacket art and small black and white illustrations at the beginning of stories, by Peter Melnyczuk. Location: G5 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. 1987.

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Bookseller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015553
Title: BRITISH FOLK TALES: NEW VERSIONS
Author: KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND
Illustrator: PETER MELNYCZUK
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus.
ISBN 10: 1852130210
ISBN 13: 9781852130213
Publisher: ORCHARD BOOKS
Place of Publication: LONDON
Date Published: 1987

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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