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Songs of the Valiant Voivode and Other Strange Folk-Lore for the First Time Collected From Roumanian Peasants and Set Forth in English
by Vacaresco, Helene
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xii,238pp. Green cloth with gold-samped Art Nouveau design on front and spine, including title in gold on spine. According to the compiler, Vacaresco, this volume is made up of "tales and legends of our dear country (Romania) ...[collected while] wander[ing] from village to village," none of which have ever been in print before. Spine slightly sunned. Overall very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22294
- Title
- Songs of the Valiant Voivode and Other Strange Folk-Lore for the First Time Collected From Roumanian Peasants and Set Forth in English
- Author
- Vacaresco, Helene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- romanian tales, the empoeror of the lilac flower, mihai, mariora, the wooden spindle, the moldavian, the young prince, the wicked king
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- New
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