‎Folklore‎

‎Jenkins Alan‎

‎The Winter Sleeper‎

‎London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books 1974. 88pp. Illustrated glossy boards. Published in the "Antelope Books" series for younger readers. Synopsis: Long ago in Lapland in the days when the bear had a fine long bushy tail lived a family who owned one precious lump of gold. Disaster threatened to strike when the Lapps learned that a wicked giant planned to steal their sole wealth and in despair they called on their friend the bear -- the Winter Sleeper as he was known to come to their aid. Pages are bright and clean no writing underlining or highlighting. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have minor scuffing. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Very nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Humphreys Graham. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hamish Hamilton Children's Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 035016 ISBN : 0241895685 9780241895689

‎Jennifer Westwood and Jacueline Simpson‎

‎The Lore of the Land - a Guide to England's Legends from Spring - Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys‎

‎London: Penguin Books 2005 A beautifully illustrated book. 918 pages. A magnificent new book looks at the tales county by county of England's myths and lagends. A new and unread copy. Very slight storage mark to the jacket but near fine. A very heavy and lavish book that will require extra postage. Cover price �30 Penguin Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 016449 ISBN : 0141007117 9780141007113

‎Jenny Nimmo‎

‎Chestnut Soldier The Magician Trilogy‎

‎Orchard Books 2007-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Orchard Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 02270828 ISBN : 0439846773 9780439846776

‎Jeremiah Curtin‎

‎Creation Myths Of Primitive America‎

‎London: Bracken Books 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Slight fading to spine and spine edge of front cover. Crease to bottom left corner of rear cover. Slight darkening to page edges. Bracken Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 048947 ISBN : 1858912652 9781858912653

‎JEROME CLER.‎

‎Yayla: Musique et musiciens de villages en Turquie Meridionale [With a CD]. Preface de Nicolas Elias.‎

‎New French Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 354, [4] p., 8 numerous color plates, 1 CD. "Les Yayla sont les estives où les yörük, nomades et semi-nomades turkmènes, mènent leurs troupeaux au mois de mai, dans de longues transhumances; et c est plus souvent, désormais, le lieu où ces nomades ont fini par se sédentariser. Ainsi, au sud-ouest de la Turquie, non loin de la Méditerranée, dans quelques yayla du Taurus occidental, des musiciens répètent à l'envi de petites musiques formulaires pour inciter des parents ou amis à danser. Ceux-ci enchaînent les figures bras levés, en tournoyant, sur un cycle de quatre pas, dont un suspendu. La musique du lieu révèle son charme discret, mais irrésistible: une métrique boiteuse omniprésente, des mélodies dont l'ambitus ne dépasse guère une sixte, et qu il est difficile au premier abord de distinguer entre elles, tant les lois combinatoires de leur formation sont subtiles. Ainsi ces anciens nomades suspendent-ils le temps, en l'enfermant dans le cercle de la répétition, de la ritournelle. L'ethnomusicologue, venu là d abord pour apprendre les secrets du bag;lama, petit luth emblématique de cette société, y rencontre l amitié indéfectible des maîtres de musique, derniers témoins de la vie pastorale d antan. Ensemble ils interrogent le devenir et les mutations de cette société, depuis le passé préservé dans les mémoires, jusqu au présent ethnograhique; en s immergeant dans le temps vécu, en épousant ses rythmes, l'ethnomusicologue apprend à capter les vibrations et les intensités qui traversent ce territoire, à saisir les enjeux esthétiques et politiques qui's y expérimentent. La monographie qui en résulte part de ce petit pays de danseurs, de ses conceptions musicales, de ses habitus, en explorant les concepts de rythme, de territoire, de minorité. Interrogeant la nature profonde de ce monde rural qui reste fort peu étudié par l anthropologie, l auteur propose une géomusicologie: car la musique est ici non seulement objet d étude, mais aussi trait d union entre un paysage et les hommes qui l'habitent.".‎

‎Jerry E. Smith; George Piccard‎

‎Secrets of the Holy Lance: The Spear of Destiny in History and Legend‎

‎Illinois USA: Adventures Unlimited Press 2005. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Adventures Unlimited Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 057359 ISBN : 1931882436 9781931882439

‎Jesi Furio. La Festa. (Antropologia – Etnologia – Folklore). PRIMA EDIZIONE.‎

‎Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 1977. In 8°pp.VIII+215n. bross. edit. (Sottolineature e appunti ai margini bianchi a matita ).‎

‎20,00‎

‎JESPERS Hendrik‎

‎Naar de Erfwacht - Inleiding tot de Heemkunde‎

‎, Antwerpen, De Nederlandsche Boekhandel, 1944, 92pp.‎

Bookseller reference : G18222

‎JEVIE.‎

‎Sagesse paysanne. Deuxième édition revue et corrigée.‎

‎Fribourg, Editions de La Licorne 1974, 205x130mm, 93pages, broché. (Présentations de proverbes paysans en patois fribourgeois.)‎

Bookseller reference : 30009

‎Jevolella Massimo ( a cura di )‎

‎Le mille e una notte - due voll.‎

‎Edizione con custodia edit. fig. col. due voll. in 16° br. fig. col. pp. complessive 1263, leggere tracce del tempo alla custodia, ben tenuti‎

‎Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section Of The American Folklore Society‎

‎JEWISH FOLKLORE AND ETHNOLOGY REVIEW; VOL. 15 NO. 2; SPECIAL ISSUE: SEPHARDIC FOLKORE: EXILE AND HOMECOMING‎

‎Folklore Society. 1993. Paperback. Sef8. ja . Original Wraps. 4to. II 167 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review Vol. 15 No. 2 1993. Includes articles on the Judeo-Spanish Romance Karaite Poets Judeo-Spanish folktales Sonography of Judeo-Spanish Song Sephardic Music: A Bibliographical guide Sefardic Passover Song Saint Veneration among the North African Jews Remembrance of the Exile among North African Sephardim Sephardic Folklore in the Ottoman Empire Jewish Women of Turkey Jews of Ioannina Judeo-Spanish in the Ottoman Empire Jews of Bulgaria etc. Subjects: Jews - Folklore - Periodicals. Jews - Social life and customs - Periodicals. Light water damage wavy pages throughout wraps lightly soiled otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. SEF-52-30 . Folklore Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 35142

‎JIGOUREL Thierry‎

‎Encyclopédie illustrée des êtres merveilleux de Bretagne‎

‎Rennes, Editions Ouest-France, 2022, 17 x 23,5, 190 pages sous cartonnage éditeur décoré. Iconographie noir & blanc et couleurs.‎

‎Très bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : BRETAGNE44700123

‎JIMENEZ QUESADA, Mateo.‎

‎AUTENTICIDAD DEL CANTE FLAMENCO.‎

‎19x14. 188p. Subrayado. Fotogr. Prólg. T. Borras.‎

‎Jirlow, Ragnar‎

‎inheemse Nederlandse ploegen‎

‎Papieromslag geillustreerd, 24,5 x 17cm., 79pp., z/w illustratie. Voorhistorisch en vroeghistorisch materiaal - Ploegen uit later tijd - De onderdelen van de ploeg en hun benamingen. Boekje moeilijk te vinden. Waterschade achteraan, tekst blijft leesbaar. Naam van vorige eigenaar op titelpagina.‎

‎JM. Barrie J. M.‎

‎Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens‎

‎London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. New Enlarged Edition. Original Binding. Very Good . Arthur Rackham. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens illustrated by Arthur Rackham is for sale. This is the rare enlarged 1912 edition with the decorated endpapers; 50 Arthur Rackham Peter Pan tipped-in colour plates all with their captioned tissue guards; and the additional black and white illustrations especially created for this edition and each dated 1912. This enlarged version of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens measures 8.75 x 11.25 inches approximately. The large thick green binding with gilt decoration to the front board and spine is in Very Good condition with fading particularly to the spine; wear to the top and bottom of the spine corner knocks and edge wear. There are 122 numbered pages top edges gilt with all 50 tipped-in colour plates in Fine condition and 20 drawings in the text correct as per list in the book. It should be noted that there is a misprint in the listing with regards to Plate 48 �If the bad ones among the fairies happen to be out� is listed as Page 116 but in fact it is inserted opposite page 118. The other pages are exceptionally clean and in Very Good condition with only occasional foxing spots throughout and usual browning to the front and rear endpapers. This is an exceptional and rare Peter Pan book an Arthur Rackham first edition in this state.&#0; <br/><br/>AR147 Hodder & Stoughton unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 411

‎Joanna Cole Illustrated by Donald Carrick‎

‎Doctor Change‎

‎Morrow 1986 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. ISBN:0-688-06135-4. Morrow, 1986 Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001074 ISBN : 0688061354 9780688061357

‎Jobst, A‎

‎Einführung in d. Volkskunde u. religiöse Volkskunde.‎

‎Dresden, Ungelenk, 1936. 48 S. OBr. Umschl. angeschmutzt. (Stud. zur religiösen Volkskde. 1).‎

Bookseller reference : 106231

‎Jocks Yvonne editor‎

‎WITCHES' BREW Let the World's Greatest Writers Put You Under a Spell‎

‎Berkley Pub Group. New. 2002. Softcover. 0425186091 . New item - has a small remainder marking very light shelfwear to cover edges. Throughout history witches have always enthralled us. Be they good witches or bad witches ancient sorcerers or modern-day Wiccans their aura of magic nature and power is irresistible. Here some of the greatest authors of all time are gathered together to stir up a little trouble. These works of prose and poetry capture the witch in all her guises: wicked empowering romantic and pagan. 370; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall . Berkley Pub Group paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 8059 ISBN : 0425186091 9780425186091

‎Johanna Spyri; Sally Grindley; Jenny Agutter; Illustrator Pamela Venus‎

‎HEIDI Read & Listen Books‎

‎DK CHILDREN 2005-04-04. Paperback. Very Good. Almost like new except for light wear to cover. No tape or CD. DK CHILDREN paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 03777 ISBN : 0756612764 9780756612764

‎Johari Harish Illustrated by Harish Johari & Pieter Weltevrede‎

‎The Birth of the Ganga‎

‎Rochester VT: Inner Traditions India 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 9-1/4" x 11-1/2" Hardcover No DJ; 120pp; No DJ laminated illustrated boards corners of boards slightly bumped text unmarked covers & illustrations bright binding is tight VG condition. Lavishly illustrated mythological story of the origins of the Indian river Ganga and its powerful purifying properties. With 46 full-color illustrations. Inner Traditions India hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 013016 ISBN : 0892816902 9780892816903

‎John M Ingham 1940‎

‎Mary Michael and Lucifer: Folk Catholicism in Central Mexico‎

‎x217 pages with tables maps figures bibliography and index. Royal octavo 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" issued in light brown cloth with red lettering to spine. Latin American Monographs number 69. inscribed the author to professor George M Foster. Institute of Latin American Studies. First edition.<br /><br />The physical signs of Roman Catholicism pervade the Mexican countryside. Colonial churches and neighborhood chapels wayside shrines and mountaintop crosses dot the landscape. Catholicism also permeates the traditional cultures of rural communities although this ideational influence is less immediately obvious. It is often couched in enigmatic idiom and imagery and it is further obscured by the vestiges of pagan customs and the anticlerical attitudes of many villagers. These heterodox tendencies have even led some observers to conclude that Catholicism in rural Mexico is little more than a thin veneer of indigenous practice. In <i>Mary Michel and Lucifer</i> John M Ingham attempts to develop a modern semiotic and structuralist interpretation of traditional Mexican culture an interpretation that accounts for the culture's apparent heterodoxy. Drawing on field research in Tlayacapan Morelos a village in the central highlands he shows that nearly every domain of folk culture is informed with religious meaning. More precisely the Catholic categories of spirit nature and evil compose the basic framework of the villagers' social relations and subjective experiences. Ingham shows that customary departures from orthodox tradition are related to the fact that peasants find all three categories equally real. Although putting a high value on spiritual relations they must so to speak give the Devil and Adam and Eve their due; that is biological reproduction and the struggle with adversity are preconditions for moral order in the community. When viewed in these terms it becomes apparent that male vices weather-working ritual folk medical beliefs and practices and seemingly pagan dances are all integral parts of a coherent Catholic culture. The culture also seems heterodox because it incorporates elements of indigenous culture. Ingham demonstrates however that syncretism is more systematic and European that one might suppose: although preserving pre-Hispanic gods and cosmic order to a remarkable degree it has assimilated them into a Catholic framework. Folk Catholicism then is a local expression and application of orthodox ideas rather than a symptom of incomplete conversion.<br /><br />George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Inscription to Foster on front end paper. Some of Foster's occasional marginalia and underling in text. Light edge wear to jacket else a very good copy in a near fine jacket. University of Texas Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A0471 ISBN : 0292750897 9780292750890

‎John Matthews‎

‎The Grail. Quest for the Eternal‎

‎Thames & Hudson London 1994. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 4to - between 9¾ - 12" tall. 96 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm spine slightly cocked and faded. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Magic Paranormal & Occult. ISBN: 0500810273. ISBN/EAN: 9780500810279. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26567. . 9780500810279 Thames & Hudson paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 26567 ISBN : 0500810273 9780500810279

‎John Ronald Reuel Tolkien‎

‎Unfinished Tales‎

‎<p>A collection of short pieces involving the legendary creatures found in some of the author's other works. A collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-Earth to the end of the War of the Rings and comprising such various elements as Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End; the tale of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo</p><p>Stated First American Edition #line w10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1<br /> Dust jacket has some white spotting and slight waffling at front bottom very little shelf wear. Dust jacket unclipped numbers on front flap 1180 and on back flap Houghton Mifflin Company copyright 1980.</p> Houghton Mifflin‎

Bookseller reference : biblio 371 ISBN : 0395299179 9780395299173

‎John Steptoe‎

‎Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters‎

‎Lothrop 1987 Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" Tall. ISBN:0-688-04045-4. Lothrop, 1987 Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001147 ISBN : 0688040454 9780688040451

‎Johnson Buffie‎

‎Lady of the Beasts: Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals‎

‎San Francisco: Harper & Row 1981 "Acclaimed artist Buffie Johnson spent four decades researching this fascinating book which delves into the relationship between the Goddesss and her sacred animals as it is represented in ancient artistic imagery" 386p. illus co and B & W bibliography.index. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine - Price Clipped. Harper & Row hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 19470 ISBN : 0062504231 9780062504234