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von Hagen Victor W
The Golden Man; A Quest for Eldorado
Book Club Associates London 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XIV 338 pages list of illustrations Exordium to a factual myth bibliography. Brown coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece showing a solid gold figure. The text is illustrated with 66 black and white photographs and a few colour photographs. Light orange coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Light foxing to the text block edges. Photographic dustwrapper with purple and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and faint fading to the backstrip. A few marks to the dustwrapper panels and there is a small nick to the top left-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel. There is a triangular crease to the top right-hand corner of the front fold over panel. This is the history of Eldorado. From being a single golden man the myth has evolved into a city of gold. In this book the author follows the footsteps of many predecessors looking for the legendary city of gold. He discusses the myth the heroics and the history of untold deaths that Eldorado has caused throughout the ages. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Exploration ; History -- South America ; Inventory No: 0106994. . Book Club Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0106994
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von Hollander, Else [Tr.] / Dulac, Edmund [Illustr.]
Der erwachte Schläfer: Die Geschichte von den drei Derwischen [LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES]
CONTAINS COLOR PLATES. RARE LIMITED EDITION illustrated by the renowned French-born British magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer Edmund Dulac (1882-1953). 23.5x16.5cm. 107 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed and creased. Cover edges and corners slightly worn. Rear cover upper edge slightly detached. Spine rubbed. Spine upper and bottom edges partly torn. Stamp on front inner cover. Front inner cover bottom corner and few pages bottom corner slightly water stained - no damage to text. Few pages age stained. Several pages slightly age stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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von Trimberg, Süsskind / Badt, B. [ed]
Die Lieder des Süsskind von Trimberg Jüdische Bücherei. Herausgeber Dr. Karl Schwarz. Band 6.
145X185 mm. 18 pp. Soft cover. Cover edges slightly bumped. Pages edges bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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VON VOLBORTH, Carl-Alexander;
FABELWEZENS UIT MYTHEN, SAGEN, FOLKLORE EN DE HERALDIEK,
Wijnegem, Homunculus, 2007 Gebrocheerd onder geillustreerde kartonomslag in kleur, 145 x 210mm., 69pp., illustratie in kleur en z/w.
Bookseller reference : 28164
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Voriskova Marie
Contes Tziganes. Illustrations de Mila Dolezelova
<p>196 pages. nombreuses illustrations dans texte.</p> Gründ hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio829
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Voss, Peter
Rohingya. Peter Voss, photography
Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag, [2021]. 240 ungezählte Seiten Orig.-Pp.; Orig.-Schutzumschlag
Bookseller reference : 1232096
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Voss, Peter (Fotograf)
Äthiopien = Ethiopia. Peter Voss, photography English edition
Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag, [2019]. 280 ungezählte Seiten ; 38 cm, 3350 g Festeinband
Bookseller reference : 1124291
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VOTH H. R
THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOPI
Chicago: Field Museum Natural History 1905. First edition. Octavo. Good . Photogravures. Octavo vii 319 pages; wrappers; chipped at edge lacks rear wrapper uncut and unopened. Ex libris Barbara Barnett <br/><br/>Publication 96. Anthropological Series. Vol. VIII. Essays on Hopi mythology. Photogravures. Field Museum Natural History unknown
Bookseller reference : DEMO015883I
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Vournas,Tasos & Garides,Eleni [Bournas,Tassos]
He Paradosi (Kai he Epibiosi tis sto Simerino Politismou mas) (IN GREEK)
Greek folk songs, poems and tales. Undted 196p.16 leaves of plates. Text clean tight and unmarked, Ffep missing, library stamp, spine label [NO copies found in WorldCat] Ex-Library
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Vovchok Marko
Ukrainian Folk Stories
Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0888331037 . 159 p. 23 cm. Slight bow to both boards. Minor wear at head of spine. Dustjacket has some edge wear including creasing and tiny closed tears. Short puncture tear on the spine. Spine is faded. Lightly rubbed. A translation into English from a 1966 Ukrainian edition this is a group of folk tales by 19th century writer Marko Vovchok pen name of Mariya Vilinska 1833-1907. . Western Producer Prairie Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 503 ISBN : 0888331037 9780888331038
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VOVELLE (Michel)
Les métamorphoses de la fête en Provence, de 1750 à 1820.
P., Aubier/Flammarion, 1976. In-8 br., 300 pp., tableaux et graphiques in-t., 6 pl. d'ill. en noir h.-t., bibliographie.
Bookseller reference : 592030
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VP. Sarlis V. P.
LAOGRAPHIKA SYMMEIKTA TOU DEMOU FENEOU KORINTHIAS Katapraphe 1962-2000 tomoi AB
Academy of Athens 2003. Brand new. Soft cover two volumes 616673 pp. Academy of Athens 2003 paperback
Bookseller reference : 96189 ISBN : 9604040383 9789604040384
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Vries G. J. De
DE ZANG DER SIRENEN
Wolters-Noordhoff. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Former owner's name to ffep. Light edgewear to wraps. ; 169 pages . Wolters-Noordhoff paperback
Bookseller reference : 9300
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VUARNET, Emile.
Chansons savoyardes. Mémoires et Documents publiés par l’Académie Chablaisienne, tome 68.
Thonon, 1997, 230x180mm, IX- 736pages, broché. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf.
Bookseller reference : 22519
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VULLEMIN / VALLOUY:
Fête des Vignerons. - Album officiel de la Fête des Vignerons. Vevey 1889, 5-9 Août.
Lausanne, F. Payot, Vevey, Loertscher & Fils - Jacot Guillarmod éditeurs, 1889, gr. in-8°, leporello (pliage accordéon, longeur env. 700 cm), lithographie en couleur, grave (sic) et imprimé par S. Krakow à Paris, rousseurs, relié toile (percaline) gris (26 x 18.5 cm), plat devant illustré par F. Boscovits, avec texte en or, au verso ‘Hug Frères, relieurs, Zurich. qqs légères taches.
Bookseller reference : 29013aaf
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VULLEMIN / VOLLOUY /
Fête des Vignerons. - Album officiel de la Fête des Vignerons. Vevey 1889, 5-9 Août.
Lausanne, F. Payot, Vevey, Loertscher & Fils - Jacot Guillarmod éditeurs, 1889, gr. in-8°, leporello (pliage accordéon, longeur env. 700 cm), lithographie en couleur, grave (sic) et imprimé par S. Krakow à Paris, plis renforcés de toile, rousseurs, qqs plies renforcés avec du papier collant, couverture en toile rouge, illustrée en noir par F. Boscovits (taché), titre en or, verso typographie cursif ‘F. Payot etc..’, bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 30550aaf
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Vuoso, Ugo
Fiabe di mare e di terra. Narrativa di tradizione orale dell'isola d'Ischia
Vuoso, Ugo Fiabe di mare e di terra. Narrativa di tradizione orale dell'isola d'Ischia. Lacco Ameno d'Ischia (Napoli), Vincenzo Migliaccio Imagaenaria Edizioni Ischia (Via Mezzavia, 37) 1997 italian, in sedicesimo pp. 160 II ed.: febbaraio 1997 (I ed.: CEIC - Centro Etnografico Campano, Istituto di studi storici e antropologici 1995). Collana PITHU ESU 1. XVI - 160 - brossura in cartoncino ruvido avorio con risvolti e con grafica in grigio blu, bianco e oro (al primo piatto di copertina: Ischia: la Pagoda, part., foto di Elio Conte). Stato buono (leggera usura della copertins - dedica a penna nera all'occhiello).
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VURAL GÜNDÜZ.
Tuzun baskenti Sereflikoçhisar yöresi.
New Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 126 p., ills. Harem-i Hümayun (Inceleme - metin - tipki basim).
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VURCHIO Gianni (a c. di)
Il simbolo e la memoria. TESTI e IMMAGINI della MAGIA. Catalogo della MOSTRA, Torino. 27 novembre 2004 - 6 gennaio 2005, Antico caffè dei Fratelli Fiori, Caffè San Carlo
In-8° (cm. 24x17), pp. 70 con 67 ILLUSTRAZIONI b.n. n.t. (riprod. di 11 stampe da libri o di incisioni) Cartoncino edit. ill. a colori Testi introduttivi di Stefano LIBERATI (Magia del Rinascimento), Paolo PIASENZA (sull'Alchimia), Gianni VURCHIO (il sentiero del ritorno). Amplissime schede descrittive e commenti su 49 LIBRI dal '500 al '900 e su 39 INCISIONI dal '400 a fine '700 di grandissimi Artisti, tra cui Dürer.
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W. A. Cummins
King Arthur's Place in Prehistory: The Great Age of Stonehenge
Sutton Publishing 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book & unclipped jacket are in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. There is a tear to the rear section of the jacket but no loss. Illustrated in b/w. . Sutton Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030038 ISBN : 0750901861 9780750901864
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W. Armistead
Tales and Legends of the English Lakes
West Yorkshire: EP Publishing Ltd 1976. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Crease to ffep. EP Publishing Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 048957 ISBN : 0715811401 9780715811405
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W. Ebeling, Friedrich
Floegels Geschichte des Grotesk-Komischen: Bearbeitet, Erweitert und bis auf die Neuste Zeit Fortgefuhrt
Contains pop-up plates. 21X14.5 cm. XIV+478 pages. Re-bounded. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly rubbed. Pages yellowing. Copy from library with usual marks. Else in good conditions. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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W. Fred Conway
Firefighting Lore: Strange but True Stories from Firefighting History Fire service history series
Squire Boone Village 1993. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Very-good condition soft cover book. No remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean and bright show slight wear - no tears. Illustrated throughout. No writing or tears inside book. Tight spine clean pages. Foreword by Paul Ditzel. . Squire Boone Village Paperback
Bookseller reference : 067357 ISBN : 092516514X 9780925165145
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W. G. Wood-Martin
Traces of the elder faiths of Ireland a Folklore sketch a handbook of Erish pre-Christian traditions In two volumes complete
London New York Bombay 1902 Longmans Green and Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027018
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W. Lewis Jones
King Arthur in History and Legend
Cambridge University Press 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 16mo - between 5¾ - 6¾" tall. viii 145pp. Binding firm spine faded. Endpapers browned slightly text block clean. Edges browned slightly. Covers slightly marked. Corners slightly bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Britain/UK; Medieval 10th to 15thc; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26980. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26980
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W.F. Van Heemskerck en H.J. Van Houten.
Zinnebeelden in Nederland.
Gebonden, halflinnen, 156pp., 21x24.5cm., ills. in z/w., goede staat.
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Waas, Emil (Hrsg.)
Saftige Schwänke aus der goldenen Zeit des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts.
Ohne Ort, [Selbstverlag], 1967. 8°. 304 S. Orig.-Kunstleder mit RTitel und Deckelvignette.
Bookseller reference : 2012A
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Wachs, Iris
Kimono A living Japanese Tradition
275x210, 122pp, soft cover, with illustrations, else in good+ condition.
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WACKERNELL, Joseph Eduard (Hrsg.)
Altdeutsche Passionsspiele aus Tirol. Mit Abhandlungen über ihre Entwicklung, Composition, Quellen, Aufführungen und litterarhistorische Stellung.
Graz, Styria, 1897. CCCXIV, 550 S. Lwd.
Bookseller reference : 3400979
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WAD, GREGERS LUDVIG.
Fra Fyens Fortid. Samlinger og Studier. 4 Bd.
Kbhvn., 1916-24. Indbundet i 4 solide private helpluviusinbd.Med orig. foromslag medindbundet.
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WAD, GREGERS LUDVIG.
Fra Fyens Fortid. Samlinger og Studier. 4 Bd.
Kbhvn., 1916-24. Indbundet i 4 solide private helpluviusinbd.Med orig. foromslag medindbundet.
Bookseller reference : 26055
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WAD, GUSTAV LUDVIG.
Fra Fyens Fortid. Samlinger og Studier.
4 bd. Kbhvn., 1916-24. Uopskåret.
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WAD, GUSTAV LUDVIG.
Fra Fyens Fortid. Samlinger og Studier.
4 bd. Kbhvn., 1916-24. Uopskåret.
Bookseller reference : 16969
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WAD, GUSTAV LUDWIG.
Fra Fyens Fortid. Samlinger og Studier. 4 Bd.
Kjøbenhavn, Lybeckers Forlag, 1916-24. Indbundet i 4 pæne ensartede private hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. (8),391 468 431 455 pp.
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WAD, GUSTAV LUDWIG.
Fra Fyens Fortid. Samlinger og Studier. 4 Bd.
Kjøbenhavn, Lybeckers Forlag, 1916-24. Indbundet i 4 pæne ensartede private hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. (8),391468431455 pp.
Bookseller reference : 34421
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WAEHLER, M
(Hrsg.) Der deutsche Volkscharakter. Eine Wesenskunde der deutschen Volksstämme und Volksschläge.
Jena, Diederichs, (1937). Gr.-8vo. 559 S. OLwd (Einbd stärker schmutzfl., Stempel a. Titelrücks.).
Bookseller reference : 1012742
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Wagamese Richard
Keeper'n Me
Toronto: Doubleday Canada 1994. 9th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/with No dust-jacket as issued. 21.0 cm. The book is clean bright and tight. His debut novel Keeper 'n Me published in 1994 won the Alberta Writers Guild's Best Novel Award."Keeper'n Me casts a fresh and inspiring light on the redemptive powers of one's family and traditions." Doubleday Canada paperback
Bookseller reference : 000845 ISBN : 0385254520 9780385254526
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Wagenaar, L.
Gebedenboek met Nederlandsche Vertaling.
220X145 mm. 458+136+V+81 pages. gilt hardcover. Cover edges and corners rubbed and slightly worn. spine rubbed. pages yellowing and slightly age-stained. Else in good condition.
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Wagenvoort H.
PIETAS Selected Studies in Roman Religion
E. J. Brill. Good. 1980. Softcover. 9004061959 . Scholar's name to ffep with his underlining and marginalia in red and black pen. Small stains to back wrap. No other defects. ; Studies in Greek and Roman Religion Vol 1; 264 pages; Collection of Wagenvoort's papers in an English translation. . E. J. Brill paperback
Bookseller reference : 9303 ISBN : 9004061959 9789004061958
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Waggerl K.H.
Schöne Sachen. Bäuerliches Brauchgut. Mit 50 Farbbildern von Josef Dapra.
Salzburg, Residenz Verlag, (1967), in-8, tela edit. con sovracc., pp. 128. Con 50 tavv. a col. e glossario.
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Wagner Jenny
THE BUNYIP OF BERKELEY'S CREEK
Bradbury Press 1977. c.30pp. square brown cloth hardback and DJ Very Good illustrated end pages First American Edition stated brown and green tone color illustration on each page The legend of the Australian bunyip . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ron Brooks . Bradbury Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w181025995
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Wagner Jon & Jan Lundeen
Deep Space and Sacred Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos
Westport CT: Praeger. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0275962253 . Book is fine-as new. DJ is price clipped else as new. Not a remainder. ; 1.12 x 9.48 x 6.42 Inches; 280 pages . Praeger hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13767 ISBN : 0275962253 9780275962258
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Wagner Jon & Jan Lundeen
DEEP SPACE AND SACRED TIME: Star Trek in the American Mythos
Westport Ct London: Praeger. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0275962253 . Book is as new DJ has a very short tear at the tail of spine otherwise as new. Pages clean and unmarked and binding sound and tight. Book appears to be new and unread. ; 1.12 x 9.48 x 6.42 Inches; 280 pages . Praeger hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7122 ISBN : 0275962253 9780275962258
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Wagner Richard
Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods
London: William Heinemann 1911. First Trade edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to cloth. <br/><br/>Illustrated with 30 tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham. William Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5648
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Wagner Richard Arthur Rackham.
THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG: The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie; and Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. Translated by Margaret Armour. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham 2 vols. in 1
London: William Heinemann 1939. Pp. viii 160 frontispiece & 23 full-colour plates title-page vignette and 7 headpieces and tailpieces; viii 182 frontispiece & 23 full-colour plates title-page vignette and 7 headpieces & 6 tailpieces. Blue cloth with black lettering and design to upper cover and spine illustrated endpapers previous owner's ink signature to half-title bit of a crack in the gutter at vol. 2 p. 111 else very nice clean bright copy of this fine example of Rackham at his most accomplished. Housed in a slightly soiled price-intact dust jacket with chips to the tips flap-edges and spine chips at head of spine affecting the printed title a few small closed tears otherwise it has performed admirably by keeping the cloth of the book bright and fresh. Gettings p. 178. First Edition stated. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. Stout Quarto. William Heinemann Paperback
Bookseller reference : 3286
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Wagner, Helene
In Odysseus' Küche : Esssitten in der griechischen Archaik von Homer bis Hipponax. Odysseus.
Innsbruck ; Wien ; Bozen : Studien-Verlag, 2008. 214 S. Gr. 8° (23,5x15,5cm), O-Kart., Softcover/Paperback
Bookseller reference : 12256
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Wahl Jan
PETER AND THE TROLL BABY
Golden Book 1984. c.22pp. Hardback with glossy illustrated boards no DJ VG First Printing Story of a young boy on vacation with his family: trolls steal his baby sister and he saves her . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Erik Blegvad. Golden Book Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w170323032 ISBN : 0307165256 9780307165251
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WAILLY Jacques de -, CRAMPON Maurice
LE FOLKLORE DE PICARDIE (Somme, Oise, Aisne)
Musée de Picardie, Amiens, 1968
Bookseller reference : 51994
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WAILLY (Jacques de) et Maurice CRAMPON.
Le Folklore de Picardie (Somme, Oise, Aisne).
Amiens, Musée de Picardie, 1968, gr. in-8°, 414 pp, 104 illustrations, 8 cartes hors texte, biblio, broché, très bon état
Bookseller reference : 97671
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Wakana Kei
The Magic Hat
New York: Scroll Press 1970. Picture book with text in English and Japanese. Tight clean and bright; former owner's name neatly inside front cover 1" line to inside page looks like pencil no other marks. Illustrated hard cover has a bump to head of spine with paper damage and a wee bit of foxing just to top edge of boards. Dust jacket is clean unclipped free of wear very faintly toned along edges. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Kei Wakana. 8.25 x 10.5 in. 21cm x 26.5cm. Scroll Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : C703998
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