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Andrlik F. J.
Pohadky nasi matinky s tat�nkovymi obrazky
Cedar Rapids Iowa: Lilly Printing Co. 1980. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Kratkeho A. 47 pp. Stapled wraps are tight. Cover shows light foxing on edges. Text is tight clean and unmarked. In Czech. An English translation was published as "Fables from Czechoslovakia." Lilly Printing Co. paperback
Bookseller reference : 580090
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Andrus James
The Perfect Woman
New York N. Y. U. S. A.: Pinnacle Books 2010. Hardcover. As New/as new. She is everything he wants in a victim. Mystery Suspense Murder and remarkable detail. 380 pages. New Dust Jacket and Book. Pinnacle Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 02147 ISBN : 1616642521 9781616642525
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André Lichtenberger
Mon Petit Trott
Paris: Albin Michel, 1932. Illustrations Louise le Vavasseur. 189p illustrées In-4 sous reliure illustré de l'éditeur.
Bookseller reference : ENF107C84
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Angelo S Rappoport
Ancient Israel Volume One: Myths and Legends: Vol I Myths & legends
London: Senate 1995. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine. Darkening to pages edges. Senate Paperback
Bookseller reference : 050095 ISBN : 1859581706 9781859581704
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Angelo S Rappoport
Ancient Israel Volume Three: Myths and Legends: Vol III Myths & legends
London: Senate 1995. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine. Darkening to pages edges. Senate Paperback
Bookseller reference : 050093 ISBN : 1859581722 9781859581728
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Angelo S Rappoport
Ancient Israel Voulme Two: Myths and Legends: Vol II Myths & legends
London: Senate 1995. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine. Darkening to pages edges. Senate Paperback
Bookseller reference : 050094 ISBN : 1859581714 9781859581711
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Angelo S. Rappoport
Superstitions of Sailors
New York: Dover Publications Inc. 2007. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dover Publications Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041669 ISBN : 0486456013 9780486456010
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ANGERMANN, R
Der Typus des Leidvollen in der deutschen Volksballade. Zur Psychologie und Ästhetik der Volksdichtung. Diss.
Leipzig, 1911. 105, (3) S. Br.
Bookseller reference : 1211039
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Anomyme
Le Loup Et Les 7 Chevrettes
Editions Lucos - Mulhouse - Sans date vers 1955 - Histoire racontée en 6 tableaux Animés -V<olume in quarto ,cartonnage de l'éditeur, dos toile ,tous le mécanismes complets et fonctionnels - Très bon état .
Bookseller reference : PopUp1955
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Anon
A Handy Classical Dictionary
London: Whittaker & Co Produced to contain as much information as possible in a small compass and containing the most prominent names that occur in classical history and mythology with the most conspicuous incidents associated with them. 120 pages publisher's adverts. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Undated circa 1900's. A very good clean copy. Prompt dispatch. . Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Whittaker & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032196
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Anon
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories Told By the Sultaness of the Indies to Divert the Sultan... Volume II
Covers worn, cracks down edge of spine; previous owners inscription on front and back free endpaper; front free endpapers have small loss at bottom, foxing throughout.
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Anon
Unsolved Mysteries
London: Collins Educational 1996. Weird and wonderful facts. A very good clean copy of this book in the Collins Fact Finder series. 31 pages including index. Next post dispatch. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Hard Charlotte and Smith Tony. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Collins Educational Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020746 ISBN : 0003022447 9780003022445
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anon.
The Midlands in Legend and History
McDougall's Educational Co. London PB Undated - 1930's A children's reader with tales and songs. Decorative cover worn and marked pages yellowed and creased good. 119pp 0 McDougall's Educational Co. London PB paperback
Bookseller reference : BYB7781
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anon.
wiedererstandene Eulenspiegel das ist: wunderbare und seltsame Historien Tyll Eulenspiegels eines Bauern Sohn geburtig aus dem Lande zu Braunschweig. Sehr kurzweilig zu lesen. Gedruckt in diesem Jahr Der.
Stuttgart: J. Scheible 1839. Illustrated by Title vignette and 30 plates with 52 drawings 2/plate except 2 full-page. Leiblingsbucher in alten und neueren Geschichten Sagen und Schwanken Vol. 1. Stitched wraps printed paper wrapper uncut. 8vo cm. pp. xxxvi 37-195. Very Good. Ink owner on cover and title page edges curled cinder stain to rear cover. Several plate papers used with the thinner toned some toning to text blocks. Till Eulenspiegel aka "Owlglass" was a practical joker or trickster in German folklore born about 1300 and model for the jester or fool of court life. Stuttgart: J. Scheible, 1839. paperback
Bookseller reference : OWBWIE115223
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Anonyme
Contes De Fées - Bonnes vieilles Histoires.
Imagerie Pellerin - Epinal -Sans date ,vers 1900 - 21 contes sur papier fort ,coloration au pochoir - Volume grand in folio ,cartonnage de l'éditeur ,dos toile - Très bon état.
Bookseller reference : Epinal1900
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Anonymous
Beowulf Mentor Series
U.S.A.: Signet 1987. good paperback. Covers and corners torn. Some general wear. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Signet Paperback
Bookseller reference : 161011-MG27 ISBN : 0451627954 9780451627957
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Anonymous
Tales of Cu Chulaind: Irish Heroic Myths Classic 60s
<p>Glued binding. 96 p. Classic 60s. Light edge wear; no marks; small creases on corners.</p> Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio79 ISBN : 0146001850 9780146001857
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Anonymous.
The Nibelungenlied: Prose Translation Penguin Classics
New York.: Penguin Classics. 1965. Softcover 1965 edition. Text and covers in very good condition. Binding firm. Text free from markings. 403 pages. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Penguin Classics. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019005 ISBN : 0140441379 9780140441376
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Anonymous; O'Flaherty Wendy Doniger translator
HINDU MYTHS A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit
Penguin Classics. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. Penguin 1976 printing. Pages are clean and intact. Cover has light edge/corner wear light rubbing and a small taped tear/peel on rear. These tales of Hindu gods and demons express in vivid symbols the metaphysical insights of ancient Indian priests and poets. 177noto ; Penguin Classics; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 368 pages; . Penguin Classics paperback
Bookseller reference : 11087
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Ansky S.; Alsberg Henry G. translator; Katzin Winifred translator
THE DYBBUK : A Play in Four Acts
Boni & Liveright 1926. 145pp. Blue cloth hardback large stain along bottom edge of front cover DJ in pieces and tucked in rear of book bottom corner tip of page 145 ripped owner nameplate on inside front cover A play about a Rabbi performing an exorcism on a beautiful girl with a disembodied spirit in her . Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Boni & Liveright Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w191027470
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Anthology signed Godwin Parke editor; Sharan Newman signed.
INVITATION TO CAMELOT: An Arthurian Anthology of Short Stories.
New York:: Ace Books 1988. Near fine in wrappers crease to lower corner of cover - no creasing to spine appears unread. Paperback original - first printing. A collection of new short stories set in the age of King Arthur including The Storyteller; and Meditation in a Whitethorn Tree by Jane Yolen; Their Son by Morgan Llywelyn; The Minstrel's Tale by Tanith Lee; Two Bits of Embroidery by Phyllis Ann Karr; The Camelot Connection by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Seven from Caer Sidi by Susan Shwartz; The Vow that Binds by Gregory Frost; Night Mare by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; The Palace by Moonlight by Sharan Newman; and more. Cover art by Jill Carla Schwartz. Ace Books, unknown
Bookseller reference : 16065 ISBN : 0441372007 9780441372003
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Anthony Minghella
Jim Henson's "The Storyteller"
<p>Based on Henson's Emmy Award-winning television series this magnificent and unusual book is comprised of nine traditional European folk and fairy tales beautifully told with original full-color illustrations. The tale encompass the universal themes of folk literature--faith and need enchantment folly and greed and courage and generosity. A spellbinding collection infused with Henson's special magic. 41 full-color paintings.</p><p>Knopf Stated First Edition First Printing 10/1991. Book in better than very good condition solid nosoiling or writingclean and bright r. no corner bumps. DJ is very good very slight shelfwear small indentation on cove.<br />Beautifully Illustrated in color by Darcy May. A beautiful copy an AWESOME GIFT!!</p> Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio 721 ISBN : 039458256X 9780394582566
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Apollodorus; Michael Simpson Trans.
GODS AND HEROES OF THE GREEKS The Library of Apollodorus. Translated with Introduction and Notes
University of Massachusetts Press. Good. 1976. Softcover. 0870232061 . Wraps have heavy rubbing with creasing. Colour loss along spine. Wraps are worn. Scholar's blindstamp and name to ffep Robert Brown. ; Drawings; 0.81 x 9.25 x 5.95 Inches; 311 pages . University of Massachusetts Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 19758 ISBN : 0870232061 9780870232060
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Apollodorus; Michael Simpson Trans.
GODS AND HEROES OF THE GREEKS The Library of Apollodorus. Translated with Introduction and Notes
University of Massachusetts Press. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. 0870232061 . Wraps have light rubbing with faint crease to 1 corner. ; Drawings; 0.81 x 9.25 x 5.95 Inches; 311 pages . University of Massachusetts Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 17309 ISBN : 0870232061 9780870232060
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Apollodorus; Keith Aldrich
THE LIBRARY OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY BY APOLLODORUS Translated with Notes and Indices
Coronado Pr. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0872910725 . Creasing to corner of front wrap and first page. Spine sunned. Scholar's blindstamp and name to ffep Robert Brown. ; Drawings; 297 pages . Coronado Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 19912 ISBN : 0872910725 9780872910720
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Appenzeller Tim; Time Life
Dwarfs The Enchanted World Series
Richmond Virginia U.S.A.: Time Life Education 1985. Very Good Hardback pictorial cover illustrated. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Time Life Education Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 090829-MT762 ISBN : 0809452243 9780809452248
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Apuleius
Das Märchen von Amor und Psyche. (Aus dem Lateinischen von Eduard Norden). Miniaturbuch.
Leipzig, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig, (2010). 288 S. Mit Illustr. von Paul Thumann. 16mo. 53 x 38 mm. Orig.-Leder in Schuber.
Bookseller reference : 61407
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Apuleius Graves Robert
THE TRANSFORMATION OF LUCIUS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN ASS
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1983. Hardcover. Very Good in chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; large chip at bottom of spine smaller chips at spine top and bottom front corner. 8.25 x 5.5 x .2 inches. Eighteenth Printing Lucius Apuleius a young man having adventures offends a priestess of the White Goddess and is turned into an ass. What to do Farrar, Straus, Giroux hardcover
Bookseller reference : 04622 ISBN : 0374165246 9780374165246
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Apuleius trans by Jack Lindsay
The Golden Ass
Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University 1962. Very good trade paperback . Soft Cover. Very Good. Indiana University Paperback
Bookseller reference : 029060 ISBN : 0253200369 9780253200365
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ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS
ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS
Chicago: Rand McNally 1914 . First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Octavo green cloth spine sunned hinge cracking at frontispiece short tear in the fore-edge of one plate otherwise tight and fresh; attractive period bookplate on front free endpaper. <br/><br/>Seven of the Nights including Sinbad the Sailor. Illustrated by Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Rand McNally hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0005909
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ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night. Philip Reed
Seven Voyages Of Sinbad The Sailor
St. Joseph MI: Privately Printed by R. W. Roe & Partners. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 57 pages clothbacked pictorial boards <br/><br/>Illustrated with Philip Reed's charming color woodcuts and printed by Roe & Partners. This edition is re-formatted and taller than its 1939 edition for Holiday House. Privately Printed by R. W. Roe & Partners hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0009182
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ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night. Philip Reed
Seven Voyages Of Sinbad The Sailor
New York: Holiday House 1939. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 71 pages clothbacked pictorial boards <br/><br/>Illustrated with Philip Reed's charming color woodcuts and printed by him at Park Ridge Illinois by the Broadside Press for Holiday House. Holiday House is the first American publishing firm founded with the specific aim to publish only books for children. Holiday House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0009181
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Arden Harvey; Wall Steve; White Deer of Autumn
Wisdomkeepers: Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders
Hillsboro Oregon U.S.A.: Beyond Words Publishing Inc. 1990. VG/VG Hardcover . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 050104-E420 ISBN : 0941831558 9780941831550
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ARHope Moncrieff A. R.
The Illustrated Guide to Classical Mythology
London: Studio Editions 1992. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. N.B. Head and tail of spine and corners of boards a little rubbed. Previous owners inscription to half title page. Studio Editions Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043105 ISBN : 1851708782 9781851708789
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Armstrong Karen
A Short History Of Myth Myths
Edinburgh: Canongate Books 2005. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. N.B. Scuff to dust jacket spine. Canongate Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 058202 ISBN : 1841956449 9781841956442
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Armstrong Martin. With Drawings by Paul Nash
SAINT HERCULES and Other Stories
London: Printed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press and Published by The Fleuron Ltd. ca. 1927 28.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Numbered limited edition of 310 copies printed on Zanders' Hand-made paper this being #3. Patterned paper boards with gilt-titled brown cloth backing. 5 pochoir illustrations 2 full-page housed in a very good sturdy green cloth slipcase. An important work where Nash employs the pochoir or stencilling technique for the first time leading up to the 1932 production of 'Urne Buriall'. Numbered Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Quarto. Printed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press and Published by The Fleuron Ltd. [ca. 1927] Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3240
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Arnold A. James
MonstersTricksters and Sacred Cows: Animal Tales and American Identities New World Studies
U.S.A.: University of Virginia Press 1996. clean unmarked copy. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. University of Virginia Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 356556 ISBN : 0813916453 9780813916453
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Arnold Edwin
The Book of Good Counsels: From the Sanskrit of the "Hitopadesa"
London England: Smith Elder & Co. 1861 First edition in hardcover. The binding is ornate tooled and gilt embossed. Four full page illustrations by Harrison Weir. 167 pp. The binding is cracked but holding nicely gilt on spine is a little dulled tiny bumps/curls to corners. Overall Very Good. Book. Smith, Elder, & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31108
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Arnold Oren Editor
Roundup of Western Literature
Dallas TX: Banks Upshaw And Company 1950. Second revised edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Octavo; xvii 315 pages rough brown cloth; dj nicked light stain at fore-edge. <br/><br/>This text was directed toward upper-grade school students when it appeared in 1937. This edition has a dozen more pages with two selections with attributions to the editor while retaining the Glossary. The selections are from fiction non-fiction and folklore. See HERD 173. Illustrated by Arizonan Creston F. Baumgartner. The first selection is about the Greasewood golf course created by cowboys at Salome AZ a town founded by the author Dick Wick Hall. but the directions in "yds." was blurred and mis-read in "rds." or rods resulting in a course over 20 miles in length ! Banks Upshaw And Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0008055
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ARNOLD, F. u. P. GALSTER
Das deutsche Volkslied. 3. umgearb. Aufl. (u.) Deutsche Volksweisen. Für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung. Melodienbuch zu der Auswahl deutscher Volkslieder von Fr. Arnold. Zus. 3 Tle in 1 Bd.
Prenzlau, Vincent, 1912. Gr.-8vo. Zus. etwa 750 S. OHlwd (beschabt, 1 Lage lose).
Bookseller reference : 1150746
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Arsenault Georges
Acadian Legends Folktales and Songs from Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown PEI: Acorn Press. Very Good-. 2002. Softcover. 1894838025 . 158 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Small area of staining on the front edge of the text block affecting the last few pages a little. Corner tips and edges have some wear. Inside pages are overall clean and bright. A collection of Acadian legends folk tales and songs as recorded by folk historian Georges Arsenault. Originally published in French as "Contes Legendes et Chansons de ''Isle du-Prince-Edward". Translated into English by Sally Ross. Includes footnotes and a bibliography. . Acorn Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 3285 ISBN : 1894838025 9781894838023
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Arthur C. Parker
Skunny Wundy and Other Indian Tales
<p>Good HC no DJ. Red cloth over boards black stamped titles on front cover and spine; pictorial end papers. Clean square covers and spine; lightly scuffed; light rubbing wear at spine ends small splits; tightly bound; 14 full page illustrations some in color plus illustrated headpieces at each chapter. 8vo 262 pp.</p> Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17123
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Arthur Fairbanks
The Mythology of Greece and Rome
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1908 Created by Twentieth Century Text-Books. Presented by Fairbanks with special reference to influence on literature. Very nice looking textured brown cover with brown print front and gold print spine. Approximately 150 illustrations and photos. Foldout maps of Greece and the Mediterranean are in the front and a foldout of the descendants of Hellen in the back. A nice glossary included. Terrific book packed with detail. Greek and Roman conceptions of myth Mythology was at the heart of everyday life in Ancient Greece.69 Greeks regarded mythology as a part of their history. They used myth to explain natural phenomena cultural variations traditional enmities and friendships. It was a source of pride to be able to trace one's leaders' descent from a mythological hero or a god. Antique Books Den where history lives. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000955
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Arthur Ransome
The Soldier and Death: A Russian Folk Tale Retold By Arthur Ransome
London: Edmund Ward 1962. Book. Illus. by Charles Stewart. Good. Cloth. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. EX LIBRARY. One Primary School stamp to front paste down. No dust jacket. Rubbing to edges and corners of boards and spine. Previous owners inscription to ffep and title page. Edmund Ward Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 048964
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Arthur S. Napier Editor and Translator
The Old English version of the enlarged rule of Chrodegang together with the Latin Original. An Old English version of the Capitula of Theodulf together with the Latin Original. An interlinear Old English rendering of the Epitome of Benedict of Aniane.
New York: Kraus Reprint Co 1971. Cloth Cloth. Used - Very Good. ffep missing else clean bright & tight Kraus Reprint Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14794
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Asbjornsen, P.C.; J.I. Moe
East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
No date of publication shown; circa 1930. Full black cloth boards with pasted-down illustration and illustrated endpapers by Victor Candell. Interior illustrations by Kay Nielsen (one taped). Worn at top and bottom of spine. 6 1/4"w x 9"h. 204 pages. Illustrated endpapers and previous owner's name inside. Loose hinges. A few smudges to pages, but no marking or writing.
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Asbjörnsen, Peter Christian / Moe, Jörgen
Norwegische Märchen. Aus dem Norwegischen von Friedrich Bresemann. (Hrsg. von Hans Magnus Enzensberger).
Nördlingen, Franz Greno, 1985. 289 S. Mit 30 tls. doppelblattgr. Fototaf. (= Die Andere Bibliothek, Bd. 5). Beige-grün marmor. OPp. mit rotem RSch. (ohne Schuber).
Bookseller reference : 41976
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Aschwanden Herbert
Karanga Mythology: An Analysis Of The Consciousness Of The Karanga In Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Mambo Press 1989. Fine but for insignificant corner bumps. First Printing of the First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Mambo Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 7082 ISBN : 0869224506 9780869224502
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ASHE Geoffrey.
All About King Arthur.
London: W.H. Allen 1969. 1st ed. The story of King Arthur fact and fiction. Pp. 158 frontis 57 b/w illustrations. Dark blue cloth gilt title to spine illustrated d/w has edge tears. VG/G. . London: W.H. Allen, 1969. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20145
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Ashe Geoffrey
Atlantis: Lost Lands Ancient Wisdom
London & New York: Thames & Hudson 1992. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial covers mostly lilac spine with black & white titles 96 pp many color and b & w illustrations bibliography. One corner bumped else fine. Traces the legend of the lost island or continent of Atlantis from its invention by Plato to its place as a theme of modern fantastic literature. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. 28 X 20� cm. Thames & Hudson Paperback
Bookseller reference : LILG00006 ISBN : 0500810397 9780500810392
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