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Round About and Long Ago. Tales from the English Counties retold by Eileen Colwell: Illustrated with lino-cuts by Anthony Colbert
by Colwell, Eileen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine DJ
- Seller
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Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1974.. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine in Fine DJ. Fine in a Fine DJ. A bright fresh copy- as new. No former owner's markings. Octavo. Red cloth with black illustration and lettering to the spine. 124 (1) pp. From noted authority of folktales and storytelling Eileen Colwell, a fine collection of 28 English folktales from the oral tradition dating from 1840 to 1900; here retold in a modern idiom, illustrated with bold lino-cuts by Anthony Colbert. Cloth
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- Bookseller
- Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7270
- Title
- Round About and Long Ago. Tales from the English Counties retold by Eileen Colwell
- Author
- Colwell, Eileen
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1974.
- Keywords
- English Folktales childrens folktales lino-cuts, block prints 19th century english folktales storytellers Colbert, Anthony Books
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Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
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Langley, Washington
About Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
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