This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...and his friends the lizards. Each came with his burden of flies, and soon filled the boats. Their busy croaking awoke Zandilli, who found his task performed; and when the Queen and her followers came again, they cried, --"He has won! The spear is his!" Then Zandilli ascended the golden steps to take his wellearned ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...and his friends the lizards. Each came with his burden of flies, and soon filled the boats. Their busy croaking awoke Zandilli, who found his task performed; and when the Queen and her followers came again, they cried, --"He has won! The spear is his!" Then Zandilli ascended the golden steps to take his wellearned prize. Impatiently he seized the golden spear, and jumping into the canoe, propelled it with the spear to the edge of the lake, where he bounded ashore. In a few hours he was back at the hut of the King and had claimed his bride, the beautiful black-eyed Lala, HOW BRER RABBIT MET BRER TAR-BABY nies to hear the tales and join in the fun. All of a sudden, the banjos and the fiddles, the singing and dancing would stop, everybody would squat down in a circle, and a little old mammy with a red bandana kerchief round her head would burst out in a high, shrill laugh, "Hi, yi, yi, yi!" her teeth shining like ivory in the moonlight. Then she would roll her eyes around to see that all the little pickaninnies were still as mice and begin to tell a story. "'Twa'n't my time an' 'twa'n't you' time, but 'twas a berry good time dat all de beastises got togeder--Brer Fox an' Brer Wolf an' Brer Bear an' Brer 'Possum an' all de rest, an' dey say, 'We's gwine dig a well!' All but Brer Rabbit, an' he 'low he ain't gwine wuk to dig no well. So he play roun' 'bout in de bushes an' he play roun' an' he play roun' an' he play roun'. An' de udder beastises dey say to him, 'Brer Rabbit, if you don' dig no well, wot Way down south in the land o' cotton, when the moon hung in the sky like a great, big, round persimmon, and the mocking bird was singing in the trees, the negroes used to gather all together before their cabins, sing queer, sweet old melod...
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Add this copy of Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse to cart. $16.00, good condition, Sold by Prairie Archives rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1928 by Bookhouse for Children.
Add this copy of Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse, Vol. 5 to cart. $20.61, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published by The Bookhouse for Children.
Add this copy of Through Fairy Halls of My Book House to cart. $25.19, very good condition, Sold by Pistil Books Online rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Book House for Children.
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Very Good. No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. Pictorial cover. 7 1/8"w x 9 3/8"h. Book 6 in the Book House series. Profusely illustrated.
Add this copy of Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by StockandTrade rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1920 by The Bookhouse for Children.
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Very Good. Size: 10x8x1; A nice hardcover with a a tight binding and an unmarked text. Former owners inscription on front free end paper dated 1927. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
Add this copy of Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse to cart. $32.00, fair condition, Sold by The History Place rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palestine, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1928 by The Bookhouse For Children.
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Fair. Condition is fair to good. General wear to cloth. Laid in decorative paper insert on front board has missing section but all of the picture appears to be present. Hinges are still fairly tight and all the material appears to be present. Several pages are torn but all of the text is there. Profusely illustrated. Color on the endpapers and throughout the pictures in the text is still bright.
Add this copy of Through Fairy Halls of My Book House to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1954 by Book House For Children.
