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Great American Folklore: Legends, Tales, Ballads, and Superstitions from All Across America
by Battle, Kemp P. (Compiler)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385185553
- ISBN 13
- 9780385185554
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday and Co, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. John M. Battle. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. 644 pages. Drawings and jacket art by John M. Battle. You'll find all the old favorites here--John Bunyan, John Henry, Annie Oakley, Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett--to name just a few. Hours of all fun for all ages and all families. Binding of bright red quarter cloth with bright and bold gilt titles, blue boards, very clean and unmarked with light rubbing to some edges. Spine head and heel lightly pressed in. Binding is tight and solid, book is square with sharp corners. Pages very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket is bright, colorful and clean, with moderately ragged spine head and heel, otherlight edgewear. 644 pages. 1986, Doubleday & Co., New York
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017986
- Title
- Great American Folklore: Legends, Tales, Ballads, and Superstitions from All Across America
- Author
- Battle, Kemp P. (Compiler)
- Illustrator
- John M. Battle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385185553
- ISBN 13
- 9780385185554
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- TALES; FOLK LORE; LEGENDS; SUPERSTITIONS; BALLADS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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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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