New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1963. First Edition. First Printing Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with bold red text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area. 63 pages of text and illustrations by the author. One of the more difficult early titles by Sloane to acquire in collectible condition.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB01220
Title: Folklore of American Weather
Author: Sloane, Eric
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Duell, Sloan & Pearce
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1963

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...