{"product_id":"km-003062","title":"The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, (1964). First edition. 9-1\/2 x 6-1\/2. [6],58pp. Beige cloth stamped in olive green, in illustrated white dust jacket printed in green, black and orange. B\u0026amp;w and tri-tone illustrations throughout. Toning to board edges; slight bumping to spine ends and corners; minor spot\/stain to front endpaper. Dust jacket toned, lightly stained, and edgeworn, with several short tears, small chips, and loss to the spine ends; front joint of spine panel split at foot. Very Good. Good dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScarce first edition of famed illustrator Jerry Pinkney's first book, with a warm inscription by Arkhurst on the front endpaper, dated \"Christmas 1971\". The book is a collection of West African folktales, which Arkhurst collected while traveling through Ghana and Liberia with her husband, Fred Arkhurst, a top Ghanian foreign service officer under Nkrumah.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[Children's \/ African Literature \/ Illustrated Books]. Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper; Pinkney, Jerry (Illustrator).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45724397994053,"sku":"3062","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0028\/6978\/8741\/files\/notavailable_b9cb9087-abbf-4e34-a6f3-429a49330d1f.jpg?v=1789000141","url":"https:\/\/mitasbooks.com\/products\/km-003062","provider":"Kate Mitas, Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}