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Afro-American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World
Language: English
Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0394728858 ISBN 13: 9780394728858
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Edition Not Stated. 326 Pages. Cover is bright with some edge wear and bottom corner crease. First and last seveeral pages have bottom corners slightly turned up. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. No marks, stamps or underlining. Interior text pages are faultless. Contains 107 folktales and stories in with editor's preface and introduction, plus introductory material to various sections. Includes appendix, index of tales, and bibliography. Tales from the canefields of the antebellum South, the villages of Caribbean islands, and the streets of contemporary Philadelphia. Throbbing with life, they range from earthy comedy, recounting the scandalous doings of tricksters Rabbit and Fox, to inventive stories explaining why the world is the way it is Includes moral fables about encounters between masters and slaves, kings and servants, black and white. Together they demonstrate the ways an uprooted people have drawn from the traditions of their past to fashion a life and new and vital culture in the New World.
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African Folktales: Traditional Stories of the Black World
Language: English
Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0394721179 ISBN 13: 9780394721170
softcover. Condition: Fine copy. Later prt. 8vo, 352 pp., The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library.
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African Folktales: Traditional Stories of the Black World
Language: English
Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0394721179 ISBN 13: 9780394721170
First Edition
softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 352 pp., The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library.
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Afro-American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World
Language: English
Published by New York: Pantheon Books, 1985
ISBN 10: 0394728858 ISBN 13: 9780394728858
Seller: T. Brennan, Bookseller (ABAA / ILAB), Ellsworth, ME, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ILAB MABA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Publisher's card-stock wrappers, small quarto, pp. xxii, 327 plus colophon. Illustrated with thematic vignettes. GOOD condition with just light shelf wear.
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African Folktales
Seller: Heights Catalogues, Books, Comics, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
HELI8504 African Folktales, Selected & Retold by Roger D. Abrahams, Pantheon Fairy Tales & Folklore Library, 1st Edition 1983, sc-stiff paper, b&w, 354 pages, 9.25"x6.125" Slight edgewear, otherwise like new.
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Counting-Out Rhymes : A Dictionary
Language: English
Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, 1980
ISBN 10: 0292710577 ISBN 13: 9780292710573
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name or label inside. Full beige cloth boards. 244 pages. " Eeny, meeny, miny mo / Sit the baby on the po./ When he's done / Wipe his bum, /Tell his mummy what he's done." Keywords: Games, Beginning play, Elementary School, Folklore, Rhymes, Verse, Sayings, Jump-rope.
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Blues for New Orleans Mardi Gras and America`s Creole Soul
Book 9 of 53: The City in the Twenty-First CenturyLanguage: English
Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 2006
ISBN 10: 0812239598 ISBN 13: 9780812239591
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. 8.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 264 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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Counting-Out Rhymes - A Dictionary
Language: English
Published by University of Texas Press, Austin and London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0292710577 ISBN 13: 9780292710573
Seller: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in cream cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 243pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (22/6).
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Afro-American Folk Culture: An Annotated Bibliography.Pt 2: The West Indies, Central and South America#(American Folklore Society. Bibliographical a
Seller: Riverby Books (DC Inventory), Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized hardcover. Volume Two only. Bound in navy blue cloth with silver lettering across front cover and spine. Some very faint rubbing along edges, corners gently bumped. Covers are otherwise neat and clean. Former bookseller's pricing written in pen at top right corner of front free endpaper. Inkless embossed stamp on half title page with former owner's name. Pages are otherwise clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Pages numbered 409 through 814. Institute for the Study of Human Issues, Inc. Copyright dated 1978. This is an oversized book, so extra postage will be necessary for priority or international shipping. We ship everyday from a real neighborhood bookstore. This description is written by an actual person, who is holding the book in front of them to make sure it?s properly described. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs.
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 334 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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A Singer and Her Songs: Almeda Riddle's Book of Ballads
Published by Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA, 1970
Seller: Blue Whale Books, ABAA, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover, 8vo. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. No markings. Rubbing with a few chips and edge wear to the mylar covered dust jacket. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Minor corner wear, POS on half title page, almost new. 327 pages. ISBN 0394728858. Book.
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Almeda Riddle's Book of Ballads; Singer and Her Songs :
Language: English
Published by Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA, 1970
ISBN 10: 0807100218 ISBN 13: 9780807100219
Seller: First Edition ,too Inc Bookstore, Moran, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Almeda Riddle's name tag on top of FFE; inscription by author on half title page and dated april 28th 1975; clean and unmarked and binding tight and square ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 191 pages; Inscribed; Signed by Author.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Cocked spine and two inch dampstain to foredge top corner, Text is still clean and bright. Creasing and frayed at head of spine and one small closed tear on back top edge. Small dampstain on price-clipped DJ causing rippling, one small tear on corner with the remaining corners rubbed; most of the DJ however looks fine. Book.
