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Italian Folktales.

Italian Folktales.

Italian Folktales.
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Italian Folktales.

by CALVINO, Italo (selected and retold by)

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
ISBN 10
0151457700
ISBN 13
9780151457700
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NY:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0151457700 . Translated from the Italian by George Martin. Second printing thus. Very good in a very good (fading/age toning along the spine, one short closed edge tear) dust jacket. .

Synopsis

Chosen as one of the New York Times’s ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists. Introduction by the Author; illustrations. Translated by George Martin. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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On Feb 9 2020, a reader said:
I read this book a while ago and enjoyed it. It opened my eyes to the patterns and themes in folk/fairytales, as well s being fun to read. I think my favorite story, which I still remember, was called A Pot of Marjoram.

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Bookseller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
60859
Title
Italian Folktales.
Author
CALVINO, Italo (selected and retold by)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
ISBN 10
0151457700
ISBN 13
9780151457700
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
Place of Publication
NY:
Date Published
1980
Keywords
0151457700, Italian Literature, FOLKLORE, TRANSLATION

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