About this title: Originally published in 1885, Gombo Zhebes is a collection of 352 Creole proverbs selected from 6 dialects. Included are selections from the Creole of French Guyana, the Creole of Haiti, the Creole of New Orleans, the Creole of Martinique, the Creole of Mauritius, and the Creole of Trinidad. The proverbs are translated into French and into English.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Applewood Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781557095138ISBN:1557095132
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Edition: FACSIMILE
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: APPLEWOOD BOOKS, BEDFORD, MA
Date Published: PUB 1885
ISBN-13:9781557095138ISBN:1557095132
Description: FINE WITHOUT D.J. AS ISSUED. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1885 BY WIL H. COLEMAN THIS IS A FACSIMILE REPRINT. GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES DECORATED FRONT COVER IN SILVER, GOLD, AND BLACK. A BEAUTIFUL AS NEW COPY. read more
Edition: First
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Coleman, New York
Date Published: 1885
Description: Very good(+) Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs, Selected from Six Creole Dialects. Transl. into French and into English with Notes...Index...and Some Brief Remarks. Small thin 4to, pictorial blue cloth. N.Y. : Coleman, 1885. First Edition. Very good, tight copy, with some rubbing; bookplate. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Will H. Coleman, New York
Date Published: 1885
Description: Very good without a jacket. Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs, selected from six creole dialects. Cloth, 22 cm, 42 pp, translated into French and into English, with notes, complete index to subjects and some brief remarks upon the Creole idioms of Louisiana. A previous owner (from 1940) has written his name (in pencil) as well as some other date inside. read more
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