Author: LEACH, MARIA
Title: The Rainbow Book of American Folk Tales and Legends
Description: Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Marc Simont. Color and B&W illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a bump to the bottom front corner of the book cover. There is a bit of wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The endpapers of the inner spine hinges have cracked and been repaired. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge tears, wrinkles and spots of rubbing and wear. "Maria Leach also continued to work in the burgeoning field of folklore. Having resettled in Manhattan, in Greenwich Village, she worked in the New York offices of Funk & Wagnalls as a dictionary editor. There, after her amicable divorce from MacEdward Leach in the mid-1940s, she compiled and edited the major reference work on folklore, mythology, and legend for which she is best known. From 1953 to 1958 she was a textbook editor at McGraw-Hill Book Company. During this time, in 1954, she wrote the first of what would become a substantial list of published works. In the late 1950s, she decided to retire and move to Nova Scotia. Her connection to the people of Cape Breton led her to establish residence in Shelburne County, at first in Barrington, in the Doane's family home, and then, finally, at Coffinscroft. A folklorist of international renown, she was still actively engaged in writing at the time of her death in 1977. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Young Adult Maria Leach Marc Simont Folk Tales American Folk Tales Legends
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Title: The Rainbow Book of American Folk Tales and Legends
Description: Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Marc Simont. Color and B&W illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a bump to the bottom front corner of the book cover. There is a bit of wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The endpapers of the inner spine hinges have cracked and been repaired. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge tears, wrinkles and spots of rubbing and wear. "Maria Leach also continued to work in the burgeoning field of folklore. Having resettled in Manhattan, in Greenwich Village, she worked in the New York offices of Funk & Wagnalls as a dictionary editor. There, after her amicable divorce from MacEdward Leach in the mid-1940s, she compiled and edited the major reference work on folklore, mythology, and legend for which she is best known. From 1953 to 1958 she was a textbook editor at McGraw-Hill Book Company. During this time, in 1954, she wrote the first of what would become a substantial list of published works. In the late 1950s, she decided to retire and move to Nova Scotia. Her connection to the people of Cape Breton led her to establish residence in Shelburne County, at first in Barrington, in the Doane's family home, and then, finally, at Coffinscroft. A folklorist of international renown, she was still actively engaged in writing at the time of her death in 1977. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Young Adult Maria Leach Marc Simont Folk Tales American Folk Tales Legends
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 45906
- Book number: 45906
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