Price: $17.85
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Book Condition: Near Fine
253 pp, tan SC wraps w/green-red lettering w/pictorial front, SIGNED by the cover & title page illustrator. Book by the Texas Folklore Society devoted to games, toys, jump-rope rhymes, play-party games and other pastimes that kids had to invent for themselves. These are folk toys, made from natural or available materials and the folk games encompass guessing, gambling, and counting out games; physically competitive games of chase, tag, & mock combat; skill games using sticks, stones, marbles, tops, & knikves; variations of baseball, basketball, and football; and rhythmic clapping, rope-jumping, and dance-like games.
Title: Texas Toys and Games
Illustrator: Abernethy, Francis and Clark, Barbara and Whitehead, Barbara
Categories: Non-Fiction, Americana, Texana,
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1997
ISBN Number: 1574410377
ISBN Number 13: 9781574410372
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Illustrator(s)
Size: Sm4to from 9" to 11"
Seller ID: 030380
Keywords: TEXAS FOLKLORE TEXANA GAMES AMERICANA HISTORY SOUTHWEST