De Gubernatis Angelo
Storia comparata degli usi nuziali in Italia e presso gli altri popoli Indo-Europei. Seconda edizione riveduta e ampliata dall'Autore
In-8° (20 x 12,5 cm). 283 pp. Brossura editoriale. La prima edizione fu pubblicata presso lo stesso editore nel 1869.
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Giacchi Pirro
Dizionario del vernacolo fiorentino, etimologico, storico, aneddottico, artistico. Aggiunte le voci simboliche, metaforiche e sincopate dei pubblici venditori
In-8° (22 x 14 cm). XI, 13 pp. Mezza tela con titoli oro al dorso. Giacchi, ecclesiastico toscano, dedicò questa preziosa raccolta a Francesco De Sanctis.
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Rua Giuseppe (a cura di)
Antiche novelle in versi di tradizione popolare riprodotte sulle stampe migliori con introduzione di Giuseppe Rua
In-8° (20 x 14 cm). XLI, 105 pp. Mezza pergamena coeva con tassello e titoli oro al dorso. Vol. XII di "Curiosità popolari tradizionali pubblicate per cura di Giuseppe Pitrè"
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Pitrè Giuseppe
Il venerdì nelle tradizioni popolari italiane per Giuseppe Pitrè
In-8° (25 x 17 cm). 20 pp. Brossura editoriale. Terza edizione con molte giunte.
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Mourgues Marcelle
La danse provençale. Ses origines - Ses Symboles. Dessins de Bellini
In-8° (23 x 16 cm). 218 (11) pp. Brossura editoriale.
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Pitrè Giuseppe
La rondinella nelle tradizioni popolari
In-8° (20 x 13 cm). 272 (3) pp. Illustrazioni nel testo. Brossura editoriale. Il testo fa parte della raccolta dell'Edizione Nazionale dell'opera di Pitrè.
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de Gubernatis A. [Angelo]
Storia comparata degli usi funebri in Italia e presso gli altri popoli indo-europei. Seconda edizione
In-16° (19,5 x 12,5 cm). 138 (2) pp. Brossura editoriale con rinforzo del dorso. La prima edizione fu pubblicata nel 1873. Cfr. Pitré 3970-3971.
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Pitrè Giuseppe
Canti popolari siciliani (Edizione Nazionale)
2 voll. In-8° (20 x 14 cm). XLIV, 430 pp. 496 + 16 pp. di trascrizioni musicali. Brossura editoriale. (Biblioteca delle Tradizioni Popolari Siciliane).
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HECKER Justus Friedrich Karl
La danzimania : malattia popolare nel medio-evo
In -16°, pp. 130, 2 cc. con spartito, (2); mezza pelle con fregi al dorso. Prima edizione italiana: “versione dall'originale tedesco del dott. Valentino Fassetta”.
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ZORZUT, Dolfo
Sturiutis furlanis
In -16°, pp. 84, (4); cartoncino editoriale decorato, con figurina al piatto superiore. Zorzut (1864-1960) era di Cormòns: è stato uno dei prosatori e poeti dialettali più importanti della sua regione. Insegnante a Trieste e Gorizia, dove fondò con altri studiosi la Società filologica friulana, raccolse per anni fiabe e leggende della sua terra. È citato da Calvino tra le fonti delle sue “Fiabe italiane”.
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BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG, Charles Etienne
Histoire des nations civilisées du Mexique et de l’Amerique-centrale
4 volumi, vol. I Comprenant les temps héroiques et l’histoire de l’Empire des Toltèques, XCII, pp 440; vol. II Comprenant l’histoire de l’Yucatan et du Guatémala, avec celle de l’Anahuac, durant le Moyen Age Aztèque, jusq’a la fondation de la royauté a Mexico, pp 616; vol III comprenant l’histoire des états du Michoacan et d’Oaxaca jusq’a l’arrivée des espagnols, astronomie, religion, sciences et arts des Aztèques, etc. pp 692; vol IV Conquéte des états du Mexique et du Guatémala, etc. Etablissement du gouvernement espagnol et de l’Eglise catholique. Ruine de l’idolatrie, déclin et abaissement de la race indigène, VI, pp 851 Rilegatura in mezza pelle con angoli, con titolo in oro al dorso Half calf binding with golden title at the back.
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Huxley, Francis
The Way of the Sacred
320p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
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Graves, Robert
Greek Gods and Heroes
160p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Andrews, Lynn V
Crystal Woman: The Sisters of the Dreamtime
269p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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The Arabian Nights. With introduction by Orton Lowe.
257p., illus. Printed in large type with 4 color plates & vaious B/W illus. Hardcover good condition; boards spotted & pictorial coVer skinned in spot
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Andrews, Lynn V
Star Woman: We are made from the stars and to the stars we must return
194p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Pacey, Philip
Family Art
181p., illus. An examination of the different ways families express themselves through images, object, rites & ceremonies Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
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Botkin, Benjamin Albert, ed.
A Treasury of American Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People
932 p. Foreword by Carl Sandburg Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
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Maud, Constance
Wagner's Heroines
285p., illus. Hardcover Good condition, lacking front free endpaper
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Hansen, Harry, ed.
New England Legends and Folklore: Based on Writings by Samuel Adams Drake and Others
192p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Johnston, Paul
Thar She Blows: An Early New Bedford Whaling Yarn
unp., illus. A re-telling of a whaling tale, illus. by the author. Hardcover Good condition; cover edges worn & soiled
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Gallico, Paul
Ludmila: A Legend of Lichtenstein
63p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Webber, Sabra J
Romancing the Real: Folklore and Ethnographic Representation in North Africa
293p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Bassett, Wilbur
Wander-Ships: Folk-Stories of the Sea with notes upon their origin
136p.,frontis. Hardcover Good condition, spine ends worn
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Brunvand, Harold
The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends
367 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Napier, John
Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality
223p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Hillyer, William Hurd
The Box of Daylight
179p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Bett, Henry
English Legends
149p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; top edge stained chipped d.j. fair
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Greenough, William Parker
Canadian Folk-life and Folk-lore
199p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Johnson, Donald S
Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were
220p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Knappert, Jan
African Mythology: an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
272p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
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Knappert, Jan
Pacific Mythology : an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
336p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
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Matthews, Caitlin & John
British and Irish Mythology : an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
176p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
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Knappert, Jan
Indian Mythology: an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
288p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
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Stoneman, Richard
Greek Mythology: an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
192p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
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Walters, Derek
Chinese Mythology: an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
190p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
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Dorson, Richard M
Jonathan Draws the Long Bow: New England Popular Tales and Legends
274 p. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
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Estˆs, Clarissa Pinkola
The Faithful Gardener: A wise tale about that which can never die
81p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Frazer, James George
The Golden Bough: The Roots of Religion and Folklore
407p Hardcover Very good condition good
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The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America. Graenlendinga Saga and Eirik's Saga
124p., illus. Translated with an Introduction by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson Hardcover Very good condition good
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Gardner, John
Freddy's Book
245p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Gardner, John
In the Suicide Mountains
155p., illus. by Joe Servello Hardcover Very good condition good
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Lowings, John, compiler and illustrator
At the Edge of the World: Magical Stories of Ireland. Illustrated with Photographs by John Lowings
Folio 172p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Andrews, Lynn V
Star Woman: We are made from the stars and to the stars we must return
194p., illus. Signed by the author. Hardcover Very good condition, remainder mark very good d.j. good
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Eells, Elsie Spicer
Tales of Enchantment from Spain
173p., illus. Four color plates & 5 B/W illus. Hardcover Good condition; spine & rear board soiled
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MacNish, Robert
An Introduction to Phrenology, in the form of question and answer
155p.,frontis. Hardcover Good condition
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Beck, May Randlette
Great Grandpapa Billie: A Down Easter's Adventures North and South from Square Rig to Steam
280p., illus. Signed by the author. Anecdotes of the author's grandfather, a native of Richmond, Maine, from cabinboy to captain. Hardcover Very good condition
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Allen, James Lane
Flute and Violin and Other Kentucky Tales and Romances
308p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Hard, Walter R. & Greene, James C., editors
Mischief in the Mountains
174p., illus. Vermont tales of mystery, criminality, hardship and humor Hardcover Very good condition good
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Oman, Lela Kiana
The Epic of Qayaq: The Longest Story Ever Told by My People
120p., illus. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
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