Search Results: the hat shaking dance and other tales by harold courlander

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 115 pages, rose cloth. A near fine, clean hardcover with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good minus dust jacket with several short edge tears and light wear to fore-tips, with price clipped.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957 Book. Illus. by Arno, Enrico. Very Good. Hardcover. Book is straight, tight and clean throughout. Unclipped jacket has a few closed tears, one of significance, about 3".

NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Enrico Arno. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 115 pages illustrated in b&w line by Enrico Arno. This entertaining collection of twenty-one folk tales from the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa takes its title from the wild 'dance' the spider Anansi performed when he tried to hide some burning hot beans under his hat. Clean copy. Record # 372525

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

WI: E. M. Hale & Co, 1962. First Cadmus Edition Cleaned ex-library >no pocket/minimal marks. Strong Library binding, Clean covers w/light spine edge/corner rub, 115 Clean pgs w/b&w illustrations. Stories from the Ashanti including: Anansi, the Oldest of Animals, The Planting Party, Okraman's Medicine, The Coming of the Yams, etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Enrico Arno.

Harcourt. Good/Good. 1957. Hard Cover. (W383) .

Harcourt, Brace & Eorld, New York 1957 hardcover, 5" x 8¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps and barcode. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This entertaining collection of twenty-one folk tales from the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa takes its title from the wild 'dance' the spider Anansi performed when he tried to hide some burning hot beans under his hat. This greedy mistake not only cost him his dignity but also his hair, which is why you will now find that all spiders are bald. These tales have a wisdom and humour to which all children respond; and are written with a rhythm that make them fun to read, wonderful to tell.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

With Albert Kofi Prempeh. Illustrated by Enrico Arno. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957. 8vo. 115pp. numerous illustrations, dw. "This entertaining collection of twenty-one folk tales from the Ashanti people of Africa's Gold Coast..." A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]