Tire Shrinker Dragster (19 results)

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: fair. Acceptable Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Condition: New. Editor(s): Hudson, Wilson M. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680. . 2014. hardcover. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: New. Editor(s): Hudson, Wilson M. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680. . 2014. hardcover. Not a first edition copy. . . .

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Probable First. Herein, find the variety and richness always expected in the annual volume of the Texas Folklore Society. This is number 34. 248 pages including index. Lovely copy.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Printing. 248pp. No. 34 of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback with dust jacket. Unclipped price on DJ. Mild age toning to spine. Small area of dampstaining to spine. Clean interior with tight bind.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in fine condition with very good condition dust jacket.

First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. Tight. No names or other markings. Fine in Fine, unclipped d/j in jscket protector.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. White cloth boards with gilt spine title. Corners sharp, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Appears unread. 2nd printing. No remainder mark. Dj is pristine except for slight sticker residue. You will notice that my book descriptions are not generic, saying "may have." certain conditions. All descriptions are written with actual book in hand.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. 1st Edition. vi, 248 pages 24 cm. ; natural linen with gilt spine lettering and decoration ; price-clipped dj in mylar. Jenkins BTB 203: "The folklore volumes contain not only folklore and folk tales; but contributions on Texas Southwestern history, ethnology, linguistics, biography, music, and dance. The volumes contain articles by several hundred leading Texas authors, and as a rule are both interesting to read and scholarly contributions as well." Articles include: The tire shrinker; T-bones and cheater slicks: The folksay of the drag strip; Silver ingots in East Texas; Hell-fire and folk humor on the frontier; The morality play on horseback: Tom Mix; Some examples of early Irish storytelling; An gadaí dubh: The black thief; Folklore and the Finnish sauna; Speech mas' on Tobago; Mock bidding in Jamaica; The penny dreadful in the man's magazine; Special powers in folk cures and remedies; The precarious potato; An Arabic romance in Austin, Texas; Folkways & mores at the University of Texas in the 1930s; J. Frank Dobie--the teacher; With Dobie forty years ago; Eliade's contribution to the study of myth. Contributors include: E. J. Rissmann; Hermes Nye; James M. Day; Bill F. Fowler; Mody C. Boatright; Ruth P. M. Lehmann; Myles Dillon; Edwin W. Gaston, Jr.; Roger D. Abrahams; David DeCamp; James Ward Lee; John Q. Anderson; J. T. McCullen, Jr.; James T. Bratcher; Anne Phillips; Arlie Ray McTee; Gus K. Eifler; Wilson M. Hudson. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd printing; dj w/price clipped, in mylar; white c w/gilt spine titles; 248 clean, unmarked pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Text clean and solid; No. 77 the University of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies Offprint Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 125-144 pages.

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. Very good/DJ also very good.

First edition. First edition. Texas Folklore Society publication XXXIV. "The title of this collection denotes a span from the horse-drawn vehicles with steel tires that had to be shrunk down occasionally, to the cars that accelerate to unbelievable speeds on a drag strip. Society members like to look back at old customs and beliefs but they are quite willing to take into account that urbanization and engineering do not destroy folklife but rather bring about new formations. From tire shrinkers to the folksay of the drag strip; from silver ingots in East Texas to early Irish storytelling; from folklore and the Finnish sauna to mock bidding in Jamaica; from folkways and mores on the University of Texas campus in the 1930s to Dobie as teacher, this miscellany brings together a wealth of Texas folklore." Fine bright copy in dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. hbk 238pp an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked copy in sleeve-protected dj as new.

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