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A Foxfire Christmas
by Wigginton, Eliot (Editor) and His Students
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385413475
- ISBN 13
- 9780385413473
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A book of reminiscences collected by a longtime teacher & his students from current & former residents at the Foxfire alternative school & community in the mountains of Georgia, all reflective of the rich holiday traditions of Appalachia as they have been passed through the generations. 170 pages. Wigginton also was the creator of Foxfire magazine & a longtime high school English teacher in the region. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1990, this hardcover 8vo has a green cloth-wrapped spine lettered in bright copper, with that same color copper paper over remaining boards. Condition is Fine: just slight less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked save for former owner's neat bookplate inside front cover. The unclipped DJ is also Fine: bright & clean & protected in clear mylar cover to stay that way! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022891
- Title
- A Foxfire Christmas
- Author
- Wigginton, Eliot (Editor) and His Students
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385413475
- ISBN 13
- 9780385413473
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- environmentalism sustainable living nature farming holistic commune hippie seventies 1970s self-sufficient Appalachia alternative school Christmas traditions holiday hills mountains rural areas food customs decorations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana-Regional History; Holiday-Halloween/Christmas/Hanukkah/Other;
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