JOHN HENRY.
by Bradford, Roark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good condition overall in blue cloth depicting gears in lighter blue, (gift inscription, bookplate, spine label peeling, sunning/blue cloth depicting gears in lighter blue, (gift inscription, bookplate, spine label peeling, sunning to spine). A tight copy,
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1931.. Hardcover first edition -. Good condition overall in blue cloth depicting gears in lighter blue, (gift inscription, bookplate, spine label peeling, sunning to spine). A tight copy, missing the dust jacket. . First edition. Tales of the legendary hero, John Henry, told in black dialect; scattered through the stories are lyrics from some of the many folk and blues songs honoring his exploits. Illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. 225 pp plus colophon and 4 pp publisher's ads
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58352
- Title
- JOHN HENRY.
- Author
- Bradford, Roark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition overall in blue cloth depicting gears in lighter blue, (gift inscription, bookplate, spine label peeling, sunning
- Jacket Condition
- blue cloth depicting gears in lighter blue, (gift inscription, bookplate, spine label peeling, sunning to spine). A tight copy,
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1931.
- Keywords
- folktales, dialect, music,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern Writers and the South;
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Colophon
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- Bookplate
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- Jacket
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