The Jack Tales
de Richard Chase [Editor]
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Berkeley Williams, Jr.. This book has multiple inscriptions and signatures: on the dedication page by R. Chase [and Mister Punch]; on the title page by Thibard Chase; and on the title page verso by "Jack" (& the Beantree) = Billy Tester, Sugar Grove, NC. The book contains Tales told by R. M. Ward and his kindred in the Beech Mountain section of Western North Carolina and by other descendants of Council Harmon (1803-1896), elsewhere in the Southern Mountains; with three tales from Wise County, Virginia. 177 pages of Jack's "Tales", an interesting 7 page Appendix, 12 pages of 'Parallels" [source information], and a 2 page Glossary of terms. A great American folk tale book! Seventh printing. Black lettering & front cover illustration on red cloth covered boards. 8vo. Bottom corners & spine top edge worn.
Sinopsis
A collection of folk tales from the southern Appalachians that center on a single character, the irrepressible Jack.
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Detalles
- Librería
- NWJBOOKS
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003333
- Título
- The Jack Tales
- Autor
- Richard Chase [Editor]
- Ilustrador
- Berkeley Williams, Jr.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Cambridge, MA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
- Páginas
- 202
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palabras clave
- signed; folk tales; fiction; North Carolina
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- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
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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...
