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Folk Culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina
by Guy B. Johnson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+/none
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
This is a first edition printing - the author's desk copy (noted by the author on the first flyleaf and top of title page. The author has made notations throughout the book - in pencil. This volume is one of three which grew out of a study of Black culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. This book deals with certain major aspects of dialect, folk songs, and folklore. The section on dialect attempts to describe the Gullah dialect traits. Condition problems: Book is cocked. Cover corner tips are slightly bumped. Shelf wear on top and bottom of spine. Binding beginning to separate but remains tight.
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- Bookseller
- Eugene Library Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HIST-JG-031124-FOL
- Title
- Folk Culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina
- Author
- Guy B. Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth on boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Seeman Press
- Place of Publication
- Durham, N.C.
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 183
- Weight
- 0.90 lbs
- Keywords
- St. Helena Island, Gullah dialect, folk songs, spirituals, folklore
Terms of Sale
Eugene Library Friends
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eugene Library Friends
Biblio member since 2023
Eugene, Oregon
About Eugene Library Friends
The Friends of the Eugene Public Library is a nonprofit organization located in Eugene, Oregon. We sell donated books and ephemera to raise funds to support library programs for children, teenagers, and adults.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Title Page
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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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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