Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 141 p. Audience: General/trade. Crown

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 141 p. Audience: General/trade. Crown Publishers, Inc., NY, 1980. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Illustration By Yvonne Gilbert; Book Design By Bernard Higton; Color Paintings By Yvonne Gilbert; Drawings By Jennifer Campbell (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing of the US edition 141pp. Brown cloth, dark brown ink spine lettering, cream endpapers price clipped. Previous owners inscription. AB61. With this delightful collection, Richard Adams, the master storyteller of 'WatershipDown' and 'The Girl In a Swing', gives us one of this year's most enchanting books. Each of these nineteen tales from around the world evokes an aura that is sometimes somber or frightening, sometimes intriguing or mysterious, alwavs fascinating and colorful. For Adams, 'the unbroken web' is that special quality of humanness that gives folktales their universality and permanence. "Folktales, " Adams asserts: 'form the collective dreams of humanity." Their meanings transcend the boundaries of language, of custom, of time, and the message of each story proves particularly compelling. In order to preserve the immediacy of authentic folk storytelling, Adams presents each of the tales as though it is being told by an imagined narrator to one or more listeners at a particular time and place. The reader is never told the identity of either the teller or his listeners but is left free to infer both them and the occasion solely from the narrator's words. Adams's original technique adds a certain piquancy and intimacy to tales already rich with meaning. Enhanced by the exquisite color paintings by Yvonne Gilbert and the fine drawings by Jennifer Campbell, 'The Unbroken Web' is a book of sheer enchantment and pure delight. A must for any-and every-reader." AB61

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall 142pp. No Additional Printings listed. A1.

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall 142pp. No Additional Printings listed. A1.

First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket,

First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket, both lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, general wear. Book has a couple of stains at bottom of cover.

First American edition. Small quarto. Fine in price-clipped else fine dust jacket.

First American edition. Small quarto. Fine in price-clipped else fine dust jacket.