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Folk Roots, New Roots: Folklore in American Life
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Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1988
ISBN 10: 0962110728
ISBN 13: 9780962110726
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. 196 pages. Soft cover bound in black and white wrappers. Light wear to the binding. There is a vertical crease on the front cover. The interior is sound and clean. Seller Inventory # 020512
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Ex library copy. Seller Inventory # mon0002865865
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PAPERBACK. Condition: Good. Spine creased. Bottom corner has a bit of curve. Some underlining and marginalia throughout. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean. A few dog eared pages. Some light rubs, scuffs and dents. Light tip wear at corners. Seller Inventory # SKU1000911
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Folk Roots, New Roots : Folklore in American Life
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Lexington, MA, U.S.A.: National Heritage Museum, 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0962110728
ISBN 13: 9780962110726
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Folk Roots New Roots: Folklore in American LIfe
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Aaslh Library, Lexington, MA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0962110728
ISBN 13: 9780962110726
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Seller: Book Bear, West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 196 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. "Museum of Our national Heritage" publication. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. Seller Inventory # 030408
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Published by the Museum of our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, 1988, in connection with an exhibition held Oct 16, 1998 - June 25, 1989 Soft cover, 196 pp. In very good condition. Glossy pictorial soft covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Contents include: Lenders to the Exhibition; Foreword and Acknowledgements by Jane Becker and Barbara Franco; New England Prologue: Thoreau, Antimodernism, and Folk Culture by Dillon Bustin; Introduction by Alan Jabbour; Revealing Traditions: The Politics of Culture and Community in America, 1888-1988 by Jane S. Becker; Rough Sincerities: William Wells Newell and the Discovery of Folklore in Late-19th Century America by Roger D. Abrahams; Poor Lo and Dusky Ramona: Scenes From an Album of Indian America by Rayna Green; Packaging the Folk: Tradition and Amnesia in American Advertising, 1880 - 1940 by Jackson Lears; Modernism, Edith Halpert, Holger Cahill, and the Fine Art Meaning of American Folk Art by Eugene W. Metcalf, Jr. and Claudine Weatherford; When We Were Good: The Folk Revival by Robert Cantwell; Contributors. Seller Inventory # 20210719004