American Folk Tales and Songs
by Chase, Richard
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Sugar Grove, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Signet, 1956. First Edition First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed. A Good copy in paper covers. Institutional bookplate inside the front cover, brief markings on the rear cover, clean text. Signed by the author at the title page, and nicely inscribed and signed by the author in 1958 for North Carolina Poel Laureate James Larkin Pearson (whose signature/ownership stamp is at the bottom and top edges of the text block).
Synopsis
A great little resource full of lively stories, jokes, and games, as well as 40 songs with tablature and melody. Includes 44 illustrations, and guides on how to "collect" tales from your own area and old folks!
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- Bookseller
- Row by Row Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041463
- Title
- American Folk Tales and Songs
- Author
- Chase, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- folklore
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Row by Row Bookshop
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Sugar Grove, North Carolina
About Row by Row Bookshop
Row by Row Bookshop is an online bookseller. Our stock is eclectic and literary, and is a mix of modern and antiquarian. We also have a booth at the Appalachian Antique Mall, 631 W. King Street, Boone, NC
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- Mass Market
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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