Eliot wiggington (11 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good in wraps. 8vo., Later print of the Anchor Press Edition, published simultaneously in hard and softcover. Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living Well. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. Eliot Wigginton was working as a teacher in rural Georgia trying to motivate his high school English class students, the children of descendants of the original, self-sufficient mountain people of Appalachia, who were distracted by the constant demands of their rural lifestyle and saw little practicality in higher education. Wigginton tasked the students with a journalism project interviewing their neighbors and named the resulting magazine 'Foxfire' after a local glowing fungus. In 1972, the very popular 'Foxfire' magazines [9 million copies were sold in the first 10 years] was first compiled into a hardcover book which continues to this day in specialized editions. The books are valued for being at the forefront of the artisanal and Green Movement and as a valuable sociological concept for studying the unique and diverse traditions of the United States. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of reader through The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center that had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions. …

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. anchor books edition. 512 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. An execellent copy. Bright and clean. 511 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. anchor books edition. 512 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good in brown wraps. 8vo., Anchor Press Edition, published simultaneously in hard and softcover. Cover design by Jim McWilliams. Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living Well. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. Eliot Wigginton was working as a teacher in rural Georgia trying to motivate his high school English class students, the children of descendants of the original, self-sufficient mountain people of Appalachia, who were distracted by the constant demands of their rural lifestyle and saw little practicality in higher education. Wigginton tasked the students with a journalism project interviewing their neighbors and named the resulting magazine "Foxfire" after a local glowing fungus. In 1972, the very popular 'Foxfire' magazines [9 million copies were sold in the first 10 years] was first compiled into a hardcover book which continues to this day in specialized editions. The books are valued for being at the forefront of the artisanal and Green Movement and as a valuable sociological concept for studying the unique and diverse traditions of the United States. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of reader through The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center that had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.…

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine in wraps. 8vo., 511 pp. First edition, later print. Anchor Press Edition, published simultaneously in hard and softcover. Cover design by Jim McWilliams. Well illustrated with photos and line drawings. Animal Care, Banjos and Dulcimers, Hide Tanning, Summer and Fall Wild Plant Foods, Butter Churns, Ginseng, and Still More Affairs of Plain Living. Eliot Wigginton was working as a teacher in rural Georgia trying to motivate his high school English class students, the children of descendants of the original, self-sufficient mountain people of Appalachia, who were distracted by the constant demands of their rural lifestyle and saw little practicality in higher education. Wigginton tasked the students with a journalism project interviewing their neighbors and named the resulting magazine "Foxfire" after a local glowing fungus. In 1972, the very popular 'Foxfire' magazines [9 million copies were sold in the first 10 years] was first compiled into a hardcover book which continues to this day in specialized editions. The books are valued for being at the forefront of the artisanal and Green Movement and as a valuable sociological concept for studying the unique and diverse traditions of the United States. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of reader through The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center that had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.…

Hardcover. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping throughout panel corners and spine crown and heel. Larger closed tear on top front panel. SMall open tear on bottom rear panel. Small closed tears on rear gutter and rear panel side edge. Light foxing on text block edges.…

Condizione: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED.

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. Three volume set - conditions the same unless noted: Stiff colored card stock wrappers (Vol 4 is orange, Vol 5 is gray, Vol 6 is Forest Green) with darker title lettering to spines and fronts. Books are all tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of any flaws or markings - books all Fine. Original publishers slipcase Near Fine with only the very faintest shelfwear keeping it from being Fine also.…