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Published by F.E. Compton and Company, 1949
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Covers show light edge wear and soiling. Pages are clean and unmarked, though tanned.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.
Published by Chicago: E. Compton and Company, 1951
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Wraps. Small 4to. Illustrated by James Daugherty. Very Good. Solid, stapled binding, clean pages. About 40 pages, nice illustrations. B&W Illustrations.
Published by F. E. Compton & Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., 1949
Seller: Conover Books, Martinsville, VA, U.S.A.
Stapled Soft Cover. Condition: Good. James Daugherty (illustrator). First Thus. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, lightly stained along the spine, gently shelf worn, library stamp on the front cover and the title page (only such markings throughout the text), a couple of the pages have lines in ink on them, overall a clean, collectible used first F. E. Compton edition! Extremely rare and hard to find! Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white! Very very scarce! "It has long been a Compton custom to make available in reprint form a few articles which hold special values for librarians and teachers and for students of library science and children's literature. In this booklet we have reprinted and bound together two especially choice articles: 'American Folklore and Its Old-World Backgrounds,' by Carl Carmer; and 'Following the Folk Tales Around the World,' by Mary Gould Davis." ---- from the Foreword Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by F.E. Compton and Company, (Chicago), 1949
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Offprint. First edition thus. Quarto. Stapled wrappers. Fine with very slight wear. The first article, by Carmer, is Signed by him.