Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales, and Talk
by Boatright, Mody C., Wilson M. Hudson, Allen Maxwell (editors). J. Frank Dobie, Americo Paredes, et al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Texas Folklore Society, Austin / Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, 1953. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo, 261 pp. Spine slightly cocked, head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, covers rubbed, a few specks to front cover and small nick to bottom edge of front cover, page edges tanned, previous owner name stamp, binding a bit tender where spine is creased.
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17803
- Title
- Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales, and Talk
- Author
- Boatright, Mody C., Wilson M. Hudson, Allen Maxwell (editors). J. Frank Dobie, Americo Paredes, et al
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Texas Folklore Society, Austin / Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Texas, Texana , , , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore;
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About the Seller
ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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About ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
We are a independent bookstore doing business primarily on the internet, book shows and by appointment, specializing in out-of-print and rare books in the Arts, Literature and Humanities.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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