The Windmill Turning; Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, and Other Expressions of Western Canadian Mennonites
by Friesen, Victor Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0888641184
- ISBN 13
- 9780888641182
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888641184 . 139 p. 23.5 x 28 cm. oblong Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Foxing along the top edges of boards and text block, with a touch to lower edges. Gift inscription on endpaper. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a little wear and slight curling to the edges. Minor amount of soil. Spine lightly faded. A collection of 450 items of Mennonite folklore, including nursery rhymes, songs, and maxims. Presented in Plautdietsch and English. Begins with some historical background to Mennonites. .
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6010
- Title
- The Windmill Turning; Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, and Other Expressions of Western Canadian Mennonites
- Author
- Friesen, Victor Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0888641184
- ISBN 13
- 9780888641182
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Place of Publication
- Edmonton
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0888641184
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folk Tales;
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