Folktales of Egypt by Hasan M. El-Shamy - 1982

UsedAcceptable. The item is very worn but continues to work perfectly. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing (age related spots and browning). May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

University of Chicago Press, 1982. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University Of Chicago Press, 1982-10-15. Paperback. Used: Good.

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,. Very Good. 1980. Paperback. 0226206254 . First printing (paperback). Age toning to covers, else very good in illustrated wraps. .

University of Chicago Press, 1982-10-15. Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. tight, uncreased sunned spine, pages clear and tanning, shelf and edge wear, cover tanning, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. In this book Hasan M. El-Shamy has gathered the first authentic new collection of modern Egyptian folk narratives to appear in nearly a century. El-Shamy's English translations of these orally presented stories not only preserve their spirit, but give Middle Eastern lore the scholarly attention it has long deserved. "This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales. In the face of the recent anthropological trend to use folkloric materials for extra-folkloric purposes, the preeminence of the text must be asserted once more, and these are obviously authentic, straightforwardly translated, fully documented as to date of collection and social category of informant, and for all that . . . readable."--Daniel J. Crowley, Research in African Literatures "Western knowledge of virtually all facets of contemporary Egyptian culture, much less… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1982. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 406 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description: 347 p. Subjects; Tales, Egyptian History and criticism. Tales, Egyptian Classification. Tales Egypt ; Translations into English.

University of Chicago Press. Paperback. New. 8x5x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing