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Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India
by Flora Annie Steel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517425874
- ISBN 13
- 9780517425879
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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NZ$25.38NZ$17.77
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About This Item
New York, NY: Greenwich House, 1983 Greenwich House, New York. 1983. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Letter (a). Reprint of the 1894 original by MacMillan. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bottom board edge shelfwear; light bump to spine. DJ: Near Fine; fold to rear flap; slight edge bumping. Light gray buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 326 pp 8vo. In the Punjab, when work is done and night has come, it is storytelling time for tales old and new. At the turn of the century the author traveled through India listening to the village storytellers and gathering their tales together into this brilliant and definitive collection. Here are the tales of wizards and princes, of serpents and talking beasts, of enchantments, temporary deaths, and restoration of lost limbs. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012814
- Title
- Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India
- Author
- Flora Annie Steel
- Illustrator
- J. Lockwood Kipling (Rudyard Kipling's father)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517425874
- ISBN 13
- 9780517425879
- Publisher
- Greenwich House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- folklore, Indian tales, Punjab tales, stories, Indian folklore, village takes, Indian villages, fables, myths, Indian fables, Indian fables,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animal Stories; Adolescent/Childrens Books; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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