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HOSE, CHARLES & WILLIAM MCDOUGALL.
The Pagan Tribes of Borneo. A Description of their physical, moral and intellectual Condition with some Discussion of their ethnic Relations. With an Appendix on the physical Characters of the Races of Borneo. 2 Vols.
London, Macmillan and Co., 1912. 2 orig. full pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering to spines. Top edges gilt. A few faint stains on covers. Light wear to spine-ends and corners. Stamp on foot of title-pages. 2 frontispieces in colour. XV,283 X,374 pp., 211 plates after photographs (a few in colour), 6 folded tables, textillustrations, 4 folded maps. Light foxing to title-pages and on a few plates.
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Hostetler, John A.
AMISH ROOTS. A Treasury of History, Wisdom, and Lore.
pp. xv, 319 + 25 Full page color plates (mostly of Amish fraktur bookplates). 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. A fascinating work that makes a important companion to Hostetler's famous "Amish Society." An intimate collection of over 150 selections from letters, journals, diaries, essays, legends, etc. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED PA 013B
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Houlihan Patrick F
The Animal World of the Pharaohs
New York NY U.S.A.: Thames & Hudson 1996. Very Good hardcover with DJ first American edition . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Thames & Hudson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020727-M018 ISBN : 050001731x 9780500017319
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Household Joanna.
DEBRETT'S GUIDE TO BRITAIN. Where to Go and What to See.
(Codice VR/0372) In 8º (255x195 mm) 224 pp. Mese per mese gli eventi sportivi, mondani, sociali e culturali in Inghilterra, Testo originale inglese, numerose foto a colori e in nero. Cartone editoriale, titolo oro, sovraccoperta. Ottimo stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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Housman Laurence
All-Fellows
London: Kegan Paul Trench 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. engraved frontispiece and 6 other plates by Laurence Housman. Duodecimo 137pp. ads untrimmed brown cloth has old sooty smoke damage on spine and fore-edge tips of spine worn damaged in a fire at Ralph Fletcher Seymour's home. <br/><br/>Verses accompany and divide the stories. "Being only a portion of a projected whole it does not go more than half-way to the final realisation of its scheme and remains so far the statement of an essentially incomplete phase of spiritual emotion - Preface." Engraved frontispiece and 6 other plates by Laurence Housman Kegan Paul, Trench hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0006065
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Housman Laurence
Moonshine & Clover
New York New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1923. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 010425: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are original purplish brown cloth with front and spine panels stamped with black cloverleaves and silver cresent moons and black printing. Boards and pages are clean unmarked except for a prior bookstore's label at bottom edge of inside front cover and a worn spot at bottom of inside back cover from a removed label bright tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce Out Of Print Book. Book is undated but believe was published in 1923 per World Catalog. Contains a selection of 18 fairy-tales selected from 'A Farm in Fairyland' 1894 'The House of Joy' 1895 'The Field of Clover' 1898 and 'The Blue Moon' 1904.Boards are original purplish brown cloth with front and spine panels stamped with black cloverleaves and silver crescent moons and black printing. Boards and pages are clean unmarked except for a prior bookstore's label at bottom edge of inside front cover and a worn spot at bottom of inside back cover from a removed label bright tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce Out Of Print Book. Contains a selection of 18 fairy-tales selected from 'A Farm in Fairyland' 1894 'The House of Joy' 1895 'The Field of Clover' 1898 and 'The Blue Moon' 1904.: B&W Illustrations: 5.5 x 8.25 in.: 220 pages . Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010425
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Housman Laurence
Stories from the Arabian Nights
NY: George H. Doran Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Lower corner of front boards bumped . pinhole at center front hinge jacket rubbed and sunned at spine . contemporary gift inscription on front flyleaf. N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. 1923. First edition of this reissue of this classic republished in the Books for Young People Illustrated by Famous Artists series. Black cloth with gilt design of man riding an airborne magic horse on front boards. Titles stamped in gilt on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Sixteen tipped-in color illustrations and other line illustrations by Edmund Dulac. xxiii 27-237 pp. Quite a lovely copy of this collection of six of Scheherazade's tales translated by Housman from the massive One Thousand and One Nights also known as Arabian Nights and The Arabian Nights' Entertainment. . George H. Doran Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34966
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Houston Jean; Rubin Margaret
Manual for the Peacemaker An Iroquois Legend to Heal Self and Society
Quest Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0835607097 . Stiff unmarked book in barely rubbed dust jacket; about new. ; 0.94 x 9.29 x 6.3 Inches; 212 pages . Quest Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28925 ISBN : 0835607097 9780835607094
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Houston James
The White Archer-An Eskimo Legend
New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1967. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No DJ. James Houston. Type: Ex-Library FIRST EDITION EX-LIB HARDCOVER BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION. Wonderfully illustrated by James Houston. Blue cloth with a hunting eskimo on front very clean and unmarked with tight sewn binding. Previous owner name on front free endpaper with residue from a library pocket. Title page has a label with content blacked out and a small pencilled lib. no. Rem Mk on upper and lower edges of text block. Interior is very clean and unmarked illustrated. 95 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011267
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Hovey Kate
Arachne Speaks
New York New York U.S.A.: Margaret K McElderry 2001. Book. Illus. by Blair Drawson. Near Fine. Hardbound. First Printing by the Numbers. 12" By 9". Decorated binding clean and tight pages not numbered; jacket is clean slight edge wrinkle. Margaret K McElderry Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019363 ISBN : 0689829019 9780689829017
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Howard Schwartz; Linda Heller
Elijah's Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales
Oxford University Press 1994. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Very-good condition soft cover book. No remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean and bright show light wear - no tears. No writing or tears inside book. Illustrated. Tight spine clean pages. . Oxford University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 066926 ISBN : 0195092007 9780195092004
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Howe George & Harrer G. A
Oracle: Handbook of Classical Mythology
England: Oracle Publishing 1996. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Pages toned and there is a pencil line on bottom of text block otherwise in Fine Condition. Clean unmarked tight & solid. A practical guide to the classical tales in Greek and Roman mythology providing essential information about these enduring stories. Presented in alphabetical order with hundreds of entries from the Amazon warrior women to Zeus the chief of the gods. Each entry includes notes on the parentage and appearance of the figure together with a detailed account of their adventures. For the more important gods and heroes there are also lists of the paintings sculpture asnd poetry which they have inspired. An indispensable reference book. 301 pages. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. Oracle Publishing England 1996. Oracle Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 021262 ISBN : 1861960093 9781861960092
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HOWE JAMES
NIGHTY-NIGHTMARE
NY: ATHENEUM 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG Condition./VG. Illus. by LESLIE MORRILL. ATHENEUM hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028702 ISBN : 0689312075 9780689312076
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Howey MOldfield M. Ol
The Cat in Magic and Mythology
Bracken Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 1858910528 . Stiff unmarked book with price sticker to front endpaper; in merely rubbed dust jacket. ; 9.50 X 6.30 X 1 inches; 256 pages . Bracken Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42429 ISBN : 1858910528 9781858910529
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Hoyle S. Bruton Editor; later Arthur Palmer Hudson Editor
North Carolina Folklore Vol. I No.1 June 1948- Vol. IX No.3 December 1961 Vols I - VIII Complete plus An Analytical Index to Vols. I -VIII Vol IX No.3
Chapel Hill North Carolina: The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina 1948. RARE. Volumes 1-8 with Vol. 9 No.3 An Analytical Index to North Carolina Folklore Vols I - VIII. Bound in later 20th c. green cloth gilt lettering at spine Near Fine slight musty smell. Includes story " A Job of Work" by Manly Wade Wellman. Numerous folk songs and ballads many with music and numerous stories and articles on North Carolina folklore. Individual issues SCARCE this collection of the first eight volumes RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008115
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HRDLICKA, ALES.
Physical Anthopology of the Lenape or Delaware, and of the Eastern Indians in General.
Washington, GPO, 1916. Orig. full cloth. 130 pp. 29 black/white photographic plates.
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HRDLICKA, ALES.
Physical Anthopology of the Lenape or Delaware, and of the Eastern Indians in General.
Washington, GPO, 1916. Orig. full cloth. 130 pp. 29 black/white photographic plates.
Bookseller reference : 42035
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HRDLICKA, ALES.
Tuberculosis among certain Indian Tribes of the United States.
Washington, GPO, 1909. Orig. full cloth.V,48 pp. 22 photographic black/white plates.
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HRDLICKA, ALES.
Tuberculosis among certain Indian Tribes of the United States.
Washington, GPO, 1909. Orig. full cloth.V,48 pp. 22 photographic black/white plates.
Bookseller reference : 42033
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Hrsg. Leo Frobenius
Spielmanns-Geschichten der Sahel. Mit einer Karte der Sahara und einer Bildertafel.
Eugen Diederichs, Jena 1921. Broschur Ordentlich
Bookseller reference : 018307
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Hsi Kuo Yuan
Chinese Folk Tales
Celestial Arts. Near Fine. 1976. Softcover. 9780890870747 . Still stiff to open in crisp covers; about new. ; 8.20 X 5.30 X 0.70 inches; 175 pages . Celestial Arts paperback
Bookseller reference : 45680 ISBN : 0890870748 9780890870747
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Hu, William C.
The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival: Foods and Folklore
141 pages. "Explores the relationship of festival foods to nutrition, culture and economic concerns... A wonderfully engaging glimpse of the harvest season and its most important festival... Unique in that it not only discusses various festival foods and their nutritional value, but also gives the popular stories surrounding the origins of the foods. The simple recipes are a special feature that will, no doubt, add to readers' (and eaters') enjoyment." - from back cover. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Huber, Gerald (Herausgeber)
Feste. Vom Aperschnalzen bis zum Schlappentag.
München : Volk Verlag, 2012. zahlr. farb. Abb., 1 Übersichtskarte, 304 S. 8°, ill. OPp..
Bookseller reference : 34353
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HUBER, J
Isidor, Bauer zu Ried. Eine Geschichte für das Landvolk, wie auch für unsere Bürger in Städten. Begleitet mit einer Vorrede v. Joh. Michael Sailer. Erster Theil (v. 2). Dritte, verbesserte Ausgabe.
Augsburg, Chr. Kranzfelder, 1804. 24, 240 S. Schlichter Hldrbd d. Zeit (etwas berieben, Vors. leimschattig, Schmutztitel fehlt, durchgehend stärker finger- u. etwas braunfl., gelegentl. kl. Einr., Gebrauchsspuren).
Bookseller reference : 1188536
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Huberman, Ida / Shamir, Ilana [Ed.] / Shlesinger, Miriam [Translation]
Living Symbols: Symbols in Jewish Art and Tradition
260X300mm. 94 pages + 158 plates. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket edges slightly worn. Cover corners bumped. Spine edges bumped. Otherwise the book is in good condition.
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HUBLARD Emile
Fêtes du temps jadis. Les feux du Carême
59pp., 24cm., signé avec dédicace autographe par l'auteur, br.orig. (manques au dos, protégée par une couv. de papier cristal), extrait des "Annaloes du Cercle archéologique de Mons", bon état, G91787
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HUBLARD Emile
Fêtes du temps jadis. Les feux du Carême
Mons, Impr. Dequesne-Masquillier 1899 59pp., 24cm., signé avec dédicace autographe par l'auteur, br.orig. (manques au dos, protégée par une couv. de papier cristal), extrait des "Annaloes du Cercle archéologique de Mons", bon état, G91787
Bookseller reference : G91787
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HUCHON Edme
Essai de folklore. VITTEAUX. Les choses du passé et les spectacles de la rue il y a quelque 50 ans.
1941 Semur, Imprimerie Générale, 1941, broché, 14,5x23 cm, 88 pages, une gravure hors texte. Exemplaire ayant appartenu à M. André Moreau, une personne a rajouté la mention "fils de Victor Moreau, ancien notaire à Vitteaux", quelques notes manuscrites de M. Huchon en fin de volume. Rare.
Bookseller reference : 7665
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Hudson Wade & Hudson Cheryl Willis ed.
In Praise of Our Fathers & Mothers
East orange NJ: Just Us Books 1997. 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Dillon etal. 1st ptg. 4to full cloth stamped in gilt cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon "A Black Family Treasury by Outstanding Authors and Artists" a gorgeous compedium. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. <br/><br/> Just Us Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24265 ISBN : 0940975599 9780940975590
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Hudson Wilson & Maxwell Allen Eds.. Texas Folklore Society
THE SUNNY SLOPES OF LONG AGO
SMU Dallas 1966 1966. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st edition. Cloth. 204pp. Illustrated with photos of the great J. Frank Dobie. Essays by many of Texas' & the Southwest's finest writers. This TFS item #33 as published soon after Dobie's death. Fine in moderately worn dj with a 1" x 1" sized piece torn from the top edge of the front panel. SMU, Dallas, 1966 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9005044
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Hueck Sigrid
Der Regenbaumvogel
Stuttgart Germany: Thienemanns Verlag 1980. Hardbound. FINE. As new except for slight softening of top end of spine. "Niemand wei� ob es den Regenbaumvogel wirklich gibt und wo er lebt. Vielleicht h�lt er sich irgendwo versteckt und hat Angst davor entdeckt und bewundert zu werden." Beautifully illustrated children's fantasy book with the text in German. ISBN: 3522416309. Thienemanns Verlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3DY002 ISBN : 3522416309 9783522416306
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HUEFNER, W
Das Landvolk von Devonshire in der neueren englischen Literatur;. unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner sozialen Bedingungen, seines Brauchtums und seines Charakters. Diss.
Halle - Wittenberg, 1938. 117 S. Br.
Bookseller reference : 1083033
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huet ( gédéon )
les contes populaires
paris 1923 in 12 broché 189 pages
Bookseller reference : 520
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HUET (Gédéon)
Les Contes Populaires
P., Flammarion, sd(1923), in-12, 191 pages broché
Bookseller reference : VLE-377
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Huffman Ray
Nuer Customs and Folk-Lore
London: Oxford University Press 1931. Published for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures. Looked at some of the less accessible peoples of the Sudan. Clean bright copy with fore and bottom edges untrimmed - 108 pages including index. Will include laid in remnants of the d/w. Prompt dispatch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 059351
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Hugh Findlay Frances and Mary Allen photo
Mother Nature and Her Fairies
<p>Inscribed by author. Good HC no DJ. Green cloth over boards gilt stamped titles. Covers and spine are clean and square but heavily grazed by insects; mottled appearance; light foxing-like marks on covers especially rear cover; tightly bound; inscribed on front free end paper verso 'To my friend and teacher Mrs Florence Flagg with kindest wishes from the author' /s/ 'Hugh Findlay'; bright clean interior. Poems and prose on many wildflowers and trees incorporating fairies in many cases. 12mo 130 pp; illustrated with drawings and b/w photos. Cf OCLC #2024850.</p> Syracuse, NY: C.W. Bardeen hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17457
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Hugh Lupton; Illustrator Lisa Berkshire
Freaky Tales: From Far and Wide
Barefoot Books 1999-09. Hardcover. Very Good. Brand new with minor shelf wear. Barefoot Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 05655 ISBN : 1902283163 9781902283166
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Hughes Rhiannon editor
LEGENDS OF THE MIST - Welsh Folk Tales and Legends
London: NEL - New English Library 1972. 156 pp. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside. This collection contains: The Lady of the Fountain; Merlin and the History of Tom Thumb; The Legend of the Mountain Bard; Satan Playing Cards on Rhyd-y-Cae Bridge Penetrevoelas; Satan Snatching a Man Up into the Air; Satan Frightening a Man for Gathering Nuts on Sunday; Satan Taking Possession of a Man Who Fished on Sunday; Satan Taking Possession of a Man Who Travelled on Sunday; Satan Outwitted; The Devil's Tree; Witches Transforming Themselves into Cats; The Witches Revenge on Huw Llwyd; A Witch Transformed ino a Hare Injured by One Whom She Tormented; Ceriden and Gwion Gwiawn Bach's Transformation; How to Break or Protect People from a Witch's Spell; The Murderess; The Infidel; The Sighs of Ulla; The Curse of Pantannas; Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona; and Nasi Llwyd and the Dog of Darkness. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. NEL - New English Library Paperback
Bookseller reference : 208927 ISBN : 0450012387 9780450012389
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Hughes Rhiannon editor
Legends of the Mist
New English Library 0-450-01238-7 1972 1st thus. Mass market paperback Very good. . Welsh folk tales and legends. . Mythology & Folklore. New English Library paperback
Bookseller reference : 197027 ISBN : 0450012387 9780450012389
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Hugo neefs / Lier-Kermis Comité
Lier 1496, een huwelijk in Europees perspectief
hardcover, 134 pagina's Lier 1496 Een huwelijk in Europees perspectief
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Huisman Marcelle et Georges
Contes et Legendes du moyen age francais
in 16° leg. edt. con belle copertine figurate pp.256 con fig. n.testo e tavv. col. f.testo molto graziose
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HUISMAN, Marcelle. - HUISMAN, Georges.
Contes et légendes du Moyen Age français. Collection des Contes et Légendes de tous les Pays.
Paris - Neuchatel, Fernand Nathan - Delachaux & Niestlé S. A. 1946, 180x130mm, 255pages, reliure demi-toile de l’éditeur. Auteur, titre et filets dorés au dos. Plats cartonnés illustrés. Bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 97024
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Hujgen Wil
Gnomi - illustrato da Rien Poortvliet
in 8° br. fig. a col.pp.n.n.200 c., fig. n.testo, ben tenuto
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Hulley Charles
Rainbow Serpent
Sydney Australia: New Holland 1999. The pages are clean and the binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. There is some shelfwear including rubbed corners scuffing of the cover and some general edgwear. A good reading copy. . Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. New Holland Paperback
Bookseller reference : 046561 ISBN : 1864365323 9781864365320
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Hulpach V. Vladimir.
Indianermärchen. Mythen Legenden und Märchen der nordamerikanischen Indianer. Illustriert von M. Troup. Überarbeitete Aufl.
Hanau Dausien 1976. . Gutes Exemplar (Hanau), Dausien, (1976). unknown
Bookseller reference : 74650
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Hulpach Vladimir
Sprookjes van de Indio's. Mythen sprookjes en legenden van de Indianen uit Midden- en Zuid-Amerika.
Deventer: Uitgeverij Ank-Hermes bv 1979 Boek met stofomslag in goede staat. 205 pagina's. 1ste / 1st. cloth / linnen hardcover. good / goed/good / goed. Illus. by Troup Miloslav. A4 formaat. Uitgeverij Ank-Hermes bv hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015791 ISBN : 9020200445 9789020200447
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Hulpach Vladimir
Tales of Great Cities
London: B. Mitchell 1986. 192 pages. Glazed pictorial covers are glossy bright free of wear. Corners sharp binding tight spine square. Pictorial endpapers have a small gift message which is rather inconspicuous in the busy design; no other flaws noted. Dust jacket is bright and clean shows a little rubbing along top edge and a single short closed edge tear to front panet. Dozens of traditional European folk tales each associated with one of the ancient cities from the familiar "Pied Piper of Hamelin" and Lady Godiva of Coventry to less familiar tales appearing here for the first time in English. . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Vladimir MacHaj. 8.25 x 11.25 in. 21cm x 28.5cm. B. Mitchell hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704502 ISBN : 0856137758 9780856137754
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Hulsbuck, Solly (Harvey M. Miller) [1871-1939].
G'SHBOS UND ARNSHT. PENNSILFAWNISH DEITSH. A Volume of Pennsylvania German Poetry and Prose.
384 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated by LeRoy Gensler. Poems in Pennsylvania Dutch language. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. PA 010B x2.
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Hulsbuck, Solly (Harvey M. Miller) [1871-1939].
G'SHBOS UND ARNSHT. PENNSILFAWNISH DEITSH. A Volume of Pennsylvania German Poetry and Prose.
384 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated by LeRoy Gensler. 8vo. Original half red leather over red cloth binding. Worn with loss at extremities. Penciled ownership of Preston A. Barba, May 8, 1939, with his penciled margin notations. Inked inscription on title page "In 1965 still to be purchased at $4.50 from Solly's daughter, Mrs. J. George Ennis 2617 Cumberland Ave, Mt. Penn, Reading, Pa.". Portrait frontis signed Harvey M. Miller, PA , Author's name. 010B x2.
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Hulsbuck, Solly (Harvey M. Miller) [1871-1939].
PENN'A-GERMAN POEMS.
116 p. Illustrated with small woodcuts. Title bordered in red. Text in Pennsylvania Dutch language. Sm. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, soiled and faded. Nicely printed. Expanded 2nd edition of Hulsbuck's COLLECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POEMS. PA 01A.
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