Lucille Iremonger

West Indian Folk-Tales Anansi Stories: Tales from West Indian Folk-Lore Retold for English Children

London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of West Indian folk tales retold for children, by Jamaican writer and politician Lucille Iremonger. The first edition of this very scarce volume. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The stories contained in this work follow the humorous exploits of Anansi, god of the Spider People who transform himself into anything he wishes. The author, Lucille Iremonger, adapted these stories for the enjoyment of English children after growing up with them in the West Indies. Collated, complete with a frontispiece and seven in-text illustrations. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor shelf wear and a few small marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is slightly edge worn, with a couple small chips and a small closed tear to the rear. Scattered spotting to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Michael Ross. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 936Y46

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: West Indian Folk Tales Lucille Iremonger Children's Literature Illustrated Lucille Iremonger Michael Ross

MILNE-HOME, MARY PAMELA

Mamma's Black Nurse Stories: West Indian Folk-Lore

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1890. Hardcover. 1st edition. ' With six full-page illustrations' (one missing). Small 4to (184 x 140mm). Pp x + 131. Grey cloth boards stamped in black and gilt on the spine and upper panel and pictorially in green, pink and red on the upper panel. Spine stamping is worn else near Very Good without dust-jacket. near Very Good .

The Glass KeyProfessional seller

Book number: 11744

Catalogue: Children's Fiction

Andrew Salkey

West Indian Stories

Faber & Faber 1973 Paperback. (ISBN: 0571086306). Fair.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1179421

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Short Stories0571086306 0571086306

WICKHAM, JOHN (ED)

West Indian Stories

London: Ward Lock Educational, 1981, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Near Fine in near Fine dust-jacket. .

The Glass KeyProfessional seller

Book number: 83501

Catalogue: Fiction