Bed the Turtle Softly: Legends of the South Pacific
by Branham, Mary Edith and Joel S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Mukilteo, WA: Scott Publications, 1975. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mukilteo, WA, Scott Publications, 1975. First edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS. 8vo. Bright orange cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, endpapers decorated with map, illustrated in black and white throughout, 182 pp. This volume includes over fifty stories, some of them well known, others known only in the oral traditions of the families who have handed them down by word of mouth for generations. Included are the authors' adventures as they seek out the timeless tales that fill these pages. Rare! Orange dust jacket is somewhat faded at edges and on spine, three 1/8" to ¼" flat tears, very slight foxing, book appears unread, bindings and text block are bright and clean. Very good in a good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B1206-13
- Title
- Bed the Turtle Softly: Legends of the South Pacific
- Author
- Branham, Mary Edith and Joel S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scott Publications
- Place of Publication
- Mukilteo, WA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- MYTHS POLYNESIA MELANESIA SAMOA TONGA FIJI NEW HEBRIDES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare History; Mythology;
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- Gilt
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