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Zustand: Very Good. 1984. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped and has some minor nicks and tears, sunned spine, gift inscription on ffep, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Treasury of American Folklore, edited by B. A. Botkin, Foreword by Carl Sandburg. Wings Books, 1944. First edition, first printing with full number line. Book: Very Good; Binding is tight and sound. Boards show light edgewear only, with no fraying. Text block exhibits edge toning consistent with age, while interior pages remain clean and unmarked. A slight S-shaped warp to the text block is present, typical of thicker wartime-era paper stock; binding remains secure and functional.Gilt/blue spine lettering strong and unfaded. Dust Jacket: Very Good. Original dust jacket is bright and well-preserved, showing only light edgewear and minor handling wear. No chips or tears. Not price-clipped.(see photos) A Treasury of American Folklore is a landmark anthology preserving the oral traditions, legends, ballads, tall tales, and regional storytelling of the United States. Edited by folklorist B. A. Botkin and introduced by Carl Sandburg, the volume captures the voices of America's diverse communities, blending humor, history, and cultural memory in a foundational reference work. Printing identification note: Wings Books editions do not use traditional number lines; this copy appears to be a mass-market hardcover reprint rather than the original 1948 Knopf first edition. Notable Features: Broad thematic coverage: ghost stories, witch tales, tall tales, ballads, pranks, animal stories, and frontier humor. Illustrated endpapers and decorative design typical of Wings Books editions. Popular general-interest folklore collection rather than an academic text.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. 5 1/2 x 8 in. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering. Condition is VERY GOOD ; almost no edge wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text clean, unmarked. DJ is GOOD ; edges worn, tears at upper spine, rubbed, some writing, spine sunned. Humor. Stax.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1984. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped and has some minor nicks and tears, sunned spine, gift inscription on ffep, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. 340pp, some music, good. *Ballads of sailors, miners, hoboes, slaves, lumberjacks, etc. BALLADS FOLK SONGS.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 618pp; Indexes. Contents clean, tight, textually unmarked. No library markings. Previous owner's name written inside front cover, otherwise Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Thick octavo. xx, 625pp. Illustrated by Warren Chappell. Owner's address label partially peeled off on front fly, near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with short nicks and tears on edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New Revised Edition. 618 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket shows extensive wear and rips along the front and back. Small stains on top, fore and bottom edges. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1954. Stated first edition, 1954. Red cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a clipped corner to the front flap, rubbing to the extremities with some very minor surface chips, very little paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

with dustjacket, hardcover. Zustand: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 618 pages; acceptable hardcover with dustjacket; spine starting and slanting; few nicks and chips to edges boards, tips, spine heaqd and heal; foxing to edges; tanning pages; foxing to few pages; slight stain face dustjacket; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 297pp. Spine with a few foxed spots and a perforation on the bottom page edges causing a small chips in the bottom margins of five or six leaves, an otherwise bright, very good copy, lacking the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. First edition. Foreword by Carl Sandburg. Octavo. xxvii, 932pp. Gutter before title cracked, rear hinge starting, spine ends and corners chipped and bumped, good only in a good only edgeworn and chipped dust jacket with some loss along the extremities. Contributions by Horatio Alger, Samuel L. Clemens, Washington Irving, Eli Perkins, Ralph Emerson, Walt Whitman, and more.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 492pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. About fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning, tiny tears, and creasing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second printing. 286pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Owner name on the front free endpaper, page toning, and some edgewear thus very good in a good only dust jacket with internal tape repairs, shallow chips, and creasing. "In their own fascinating anecdotes and folk tales, former Negro slaves tell what slavery and emancipation meant to each of them.".…

Bonanza Books. 1965. Revised Edition. Hardback with DW. Large 8vo. 618 pages. Illustration to title page. Head and tail of spine slightly crumpled o/w a lovely clean copy in a sunned, marked wrapper which has been internally repaired with tape and has small tears and chips to edges and has small worn patches to rear panel.…