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Folk-Say - A Regional Miscellany 1930
by BOTKIN, B.A. (editor), with contributions from Norman Macleod, Frank Applegate, Paul Horgan, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, J. Frank Dobie, & others
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- Hardcover
- first
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1930. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 473 & [1] pages, illustrated, the frontispiece by Keith Mackaye & linoleum cuts by Ina Annett. Publisher's gilt-lettered light brown cloth, with a pictorial device depicting a team of horses & a man plowing a field.
Margins sunned, base of the spine with shallow loss, corners bumped, internal toning mostly affecting endpapers & pastedowns, previous owner's name & place in ink at the ffep, small booksellers' label at front pastedown, otherwise good or better.
This copy from the library of Allen Walker Read, an American etymologist and lexicographer, best known for his studies into the words "okay" and "fuck."
Contents include Wide River by Langston Hughes, Apocrypha of Billy the Kid by Maurice G. Fulton, & The Witch by Paul Horgan.
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- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1719
- Title
- Folk-Say - A Regional Miscellany 1930
- Author
- BOTKIN, B.A. (editor), with contributions from Norman Macleod, Frank Applegate, Paul Horgan, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, J. Frank Dobie, & others
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Folk Lore, Western Americana, Native American, African American, Oklahoma, Western Outlaws, Printed Music
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American; Trade Catalogues, Advertising; Native American; Literature, Fiction, Poetry; Music; Culture, Customs, Folklore;
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