The Riverside Press, 1943. Illustrated cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket of The Jack Tales: Told by R.M. Ward and his kindred in the Beech Mountain section of Western North Carolina and by other descendants of Council Harmon (1803-1896) elsewhere in The Southern Mountains; with three tales form Wise County, Virginia. Set down from these sources and edited by Richard Chase; with an appendix compiled by Herbert Halpert; and illustrated by Berkeley Williams, Jr.

Folk tales featuring your boy Jack: Jack and the Bean Tree; Soldier Jack; Jack and the Bull; and so on.

Good condition. Dust jacket in poor condition with lots of wear and chips. Book is in good condition with light spotting to the top of the page block. Gift inscription to the front free end paper. Interior pages clean and crisp. Solid book with shelf wear.