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Publication: The Witches' Ride and Other Tales from Costa Rica

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  • Publication: The Witches' Ride and Other Tales from Costa RicaPublication Record # 622892
  • Author: Lupe de Osma
  • Date: 1957-09-25
  • Publisher: William Morrow
  • Pub. Series: Morrow Junior Books
  • Price:
    $3.00?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 190
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: The Witches' Ride and Other Tales from Costa Rica (1957) • by Lupe de Osma
  • Notes:
    • WorldCat library record (OCLC, below) provides list of Contents (12 stories) and implies that the book states: -- "told into English and illustrated by Lupe de Osma" (title page) -- Morrow junior books (series)
    • Publ date from two-line notice Kirkus Reviews (contemporary, undated online) see Title Reference)
    • Price from brief reviews Margaret Sherwood Libby NY Herald Tribune 1957-10-27 pE11 "For Boys and Girls"; MBK Chi. Tribune -11-17 pC32 "Yarns and Folk Lore from the Americas"
    • No earlier hit found 2017-07-08 in newspapers. Earliest advertisements: 1957-11-17 in the same two newspapers, "Morrow Junior Books"; distinct panels, jointly more than 20 titles, perhaps all others non-genre.
    • Incomplete story contents (3) are those previously in the database (2) and the witch stories (2), as identified by Libby for the Halloween season presumably, which are first and last in the collection.
  • External IDs:
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Collection Title: The Witches' Ride and Other Tales from Costa Rica • (1957) • collection by Lupe de Osma

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