Peasant Customs and Savage Myths: Selections from the British Folklorists [Two Volume Set]
by Dorson, Richard M. (ed.)
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
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- As New/As New
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1968 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. Volume I, pp. x, 1-402. Volume II, pp. v (i), 403-751 (1). First Edition, 1968. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white, and bright. 6.5" x 9.25". Rose cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dust Jacket in removable acetate protector. "These two volumes present a substantial sampling of the brilliant folklorists whose work deserve the attention of all students of the history of modern thought.".
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005423
- Title
- Peasant Customs and Savage Myths: Selections from the British Folklorists [Two Volume Set]
- Author
- Dorson, Richard M. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- ANTHROPOLOGY ETHNOLOGY FOLKLORE BRITISH SELECTIONS MYTH PESANT CUSTOMS
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANTHROPOLOGY;
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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