Tales of Mogho: African Stories from Upper Volta
by Guirma, Frederic
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY, USA: The Macmillan Company, 1971. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Guirma, Frederic. xii, 133pp. Illustrated w pen-and-ink line drawings by the author. Orange endpapers. Faint adhesive ghost of bfep. School stamp on ffep. Orange cloth w crisp black lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Light bumping to tale. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear but is price-clipped. DJ preserved in new BroDart cover. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047040
- Title
- Tales of Mogho: African Stories from Upper Volta
- Author
- Guirma, Frederic
- Illustrator
- Guirma, Frederic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Burkina Faso -- Folklore Folklore -- Africa, West Mossi (African people) -- Folklore Tales -- Burkina Faso NOISBN Folklore & Mythology, Cultural
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology; Anthropology;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- FFEP
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...