The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING]
The Vanishing Hitchhiker : American Urban Legends and Their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand
FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1981] W.W. NORTON & CO.
Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.
DJ has some shelf / corner wear but is in excellent condition overall. corner clipped off of front panel. Book itself reads like new. Bookplate from orig. owner fixed to flyleaf [see last photo]
The book that launched America's urban legend obsession! The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends, and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and research, this book is a must-have for urban legend lovers.