The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living by Eliot Wigginton, ed - 1972

New York: Anchor / Doubleday, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Somewhat scarce in the trade in this presumed state ("1972" on both title page and copyright page, thus a presumed First Edition) and condition, being a Near Fine condition copy in octavo hardcover format, light tan hardcover, still sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Eliot Wigginton supported his students to learn and hopeful preserve the folkways and folklore of Appalachia and then in turn learned from them as accounts rolled in from other areas of the country. [7], 8-384 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.