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Grandfather Tales
by Chase, Richard (Editor); Williams, Berkeley, Jr. (Illustrator)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1948. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Williams, Berkeley, Jr.. A collection of 25 American-English folk tales, handed down through generations, & told to the author by long-lived residents of North Carolina & Virginia. SIGNED by the Author on title page, with a personalized inscription by him ("Uncle Dick") dated 1975 to lower dedication page. In 239 +[1] pages, including Appendix & Preface, illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink drawings of Berkeley Williams, Jr. A 1948 FIRST EDITON, but 8th printing, this hardcover small quarto is bound in teal-blue textured cloth stamped with black design to entire front cover, black lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages showing just a whisper of tanning, but completely unmarked save for former owner's paper address label to ffep. Corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is VG, with small chips at corners & both ends of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
A collection of folk tales from North Carolina and Virginia for a slightly older audience than that for Chase's Jack Tales.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023641
- Title
- Grandfather Tales
- Author
- Chase, Richard (Editor); Williams, Berkeley, Jr. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Williams, Berkeley, Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- folklore legends tradition folk culture south southern north carolina virginia children illustrated picture books fairy tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Signed Books; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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La Mesa, California
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