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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
EARLY LIFE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
32 p. Illustrated. Inked ownership on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. Very good copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 21 x3.
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
HOME LIFE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
32 p. Illustrated. Small loss at bottom margins. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 21 x3.
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Hershey Park.
16TH ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH DAYS. August 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1964.
94 p. + Numerous illustrated ads. 8vo. Original color printed wraps. Near fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 11
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
HOME LIFE, Or, Good Old Times With the Pennsylvania "Dutch". Illustrated & Told in Verse.
32 p. Full page drawings. 32mo. Original printed wraps. Near fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 24.
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT BUNDLING IN THE NEW WORLD.
32 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. Bundling: In Pennsylvania Dutch land some courting couples were allowed to spend the night in the same bed (usually the man had traveled some distance for the visit), but they slept fully clothed and were often separated by a wooden "bundling board." Very fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 21 x6.
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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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Stoudt, Rev. John Baer.
THE FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
155 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated. Top edge gold. Small 4to. Gilt decorated brown cloth binding. Top & bottom of spine rubbed. Author's off-print from PGS Vol. 23, Pt. II. William S. Troxell's copy. Very scarce in this form. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 04A
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Stoudt, John Joseph.
PENNSYLVANIA FOLK-ART. An Interpretation.
403p. With over 400 illustrations. With the rarely seen Dust Jacket. Scarce. "Second Edition" of "Consider the Lillies" which was published for the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society.
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Troxell, William S. ("Pumpernickle Bill").
NEIYOHRS - WINSCHA.
16 p. 32mo. Original printed wraps. New Years Wishes written in the Pennsylvania German dialect. Excellent condition. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 30 x18
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
SOCIAL LIFE, Or, Good Old Times With the Pennsylvania "Dutch". Illustrated & Told in Verse.
32 p. + illustrations. 32mo. Original printed wraps.
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Morrah, Dave.
FRAULEIN BO-PEEPEN. And More Tales Mein Grossfader Told.
79 p. Humerous illustrations. Small 8vo. Original decorated pictorial paper boards. Letter to William S. Troxell, "Pumpernickle Bill", from a friend. Inked ownership.
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Pennsylvania Folklife.
PENNSYLVANIA FOLKLIFE. 25 Year Index. (Judith E. Fryer & William T. Parsons).
96 p. 4to. Original printed wraps. Twenty five year index to Pennsylvania Folklife, Volumes 1-25. Years 1949-1976. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Rauch, Edward Henry (1820-1902).
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH RIP VAN WINKLE. A Romantic Drama In Two Acts. Translated From The Original, With Variations.
32 p. 16mo. Original printed wraps. XLib. Written in the dialect and moved from the Catskills to the Blue Mountains. Perhaps the 20th century reprint? GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 27 x2.
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Reaman, G. Elmore. (President).
CANADIAN-GERMAN FOLKLORE. Volume Number 1.
144 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very good copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 10.
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Shoemaker, Dr. Alfred L.
EASTERTIDE IN PENNSYLVANIA. A Folk=Cultural Study.
96 p. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Decorated paper covers. Nice example of the first edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Yoder, Don. (Editor).
AMERICAN FOLKLIFE.
pp. viii, 304. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Original red publisher's cloth binding. Very XLib. PA 05B.
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Pennsylvania German Society.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY. Volume XXIII - Supplement. Includes: Stoudt. FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN.
155p. Original Wraps. Limited Edition. Volume XXIII - Supplement. Includes: Stoudt. FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Pennsylvania GermanSociety.
PENNSYLVANIAGERMAN SOCIETY. Volume LVIX. Includes: Korson. BLACK ROCK. MINING FOLK LORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
453p. + Illustrations. Cloth backed boards. DJ. Limited edition.
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Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Stoudt
CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW. INTERPRETATION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ART. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume II.
333p. + Illustrations. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Significant and articulate work on fraktur and other German-American folk arts. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Pennsylvania German Society.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY. New Series. Volume 27. Includes: Weaver, William Woys. PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH COUNTRY COOKING. Photographs by Jerry Orabona.
204p. Illustrated. Oblong 4to. DJ. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Dornbusch, Charles H.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BARNS. With Introduction and Descriptive Text by John K. Heyl.
312p. Highly Illustrated. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXI. Scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PGA2 BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Stoudt, John Joseph.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLK ART, An Interpretation.
pp. xx, 386 + Illustrations, many in color. Tall 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. An important reference guide to the wonderful world of Pennsylvania 'Dutch' folk art. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXVIII. This was the last publication of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. PA **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER SOC. BOX 6
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Ferm, Vergilius.
A BRIEF DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SUPERSTITIONS.
111p. 8vo. Original paper covered boards. Interesting collection of superstitions pecular to America. Ferm was the head of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. OCCULT; MYSTICISM; PHILOSOPHY; ESOTERIC; ARCANE; TRANSCENDENTAL; SUPERSTITIONS; FOLKLORE; AMERICAN; DICTIONARY OCC 10
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Carew, Bampfylde-Moore.
THE HISTORY AND CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF BAMPSYLDE-MOORE CAREW. King of the Mendicants.
160p. Illustrated title page. Small 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Reprint of the 1835 Robert Davies, London edition. The authorship has been variously ascribed to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and, Carew himself. The purported author, who characterizes himself as the Devonshire stroller and dog stealer, was born in 1693 and transported to America at some undetermined date in his youth. Carew describes his adventures in Maryland, Virginia,and farther north where,according to Howes, he operated confidence schemes among colonial suckers. Also described are his picaresque adventures among gypsies, on the Continent,and particularly in London. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 2
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Crabb, James.
THE GIPSIES' ADVOCATE; Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits, of the English Gipsies: To Which Are Added Many Interesting Anecdotes On the Success That Has Attended the Plans of Several Benevolent Individuals Who Anxiously Desire The
167p. All edges gold. 12mo. Original full leather binding decorated in blind. One inch of the spine is missing. Front board detached. Old book label removed. Small printed bookseller's label from Foyle's. Crabb, a Wesleyan Methodist minister in Southampton who had befriended and cared for a number of Gypsies, here gives a sympathetic account of their lives and habits. First Edition. GYPSY 2 **
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James, George Payne Rainsford.
THE GIPSY, A TALE. In Two Volumes.
Two volumes in one. pp. 265, 243. 12mo. Original full cloth binding. Original spine label. Extremities worn. Foxed. Early penciled ownership with manuscript. comment "Be careful of this Book". First American Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 2
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Kester, Paul.
TALES OF THE REAL GYPSY.
312p. 12mo. Original worn pictorial cloth binding. Hinges weak. The author, Paul Kester (18701933) was an American playwright and novelist. GYPSY 2. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Morris, Cora.
THE GYPSY STORY TELLER.
206p. Color frontis. Woodcut style illustrations by Frank Dobias. 8vo. Original orange full cloth binding. The full page illustrations are indeed handsome. They accompany wonderful folk tales from Roumania, Wales, Poland, Bulgaria, Transylvania, etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1
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Smith, Lady Eleanor.
FLAMENCO.
399p. 8vo. Original full green cloth decorated in gold. Spine darkened. First edition. Novel about the adventures of Camila, the dark and lovely daughter of an Andalusian gipsy, and the swaggering bandit/murderer, Lobo. On a drunken impulse, Richard Lovell, ostracized by London society for cheating at cards, buys the child, Camila. The author - Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith (1902 1945) was an English writer and active member of the Bright Young Things ( a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. They threw elaborate fancy dress parties, went on complicated treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used drugs all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists and were detailed in movies). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 2
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Simson, Walter.
A HISTORY OF THE GIPSIES: With Specimens of the Gipsy Language. Edited with Preface, Introduction, and Notes. by James Simson.
575p. 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding. Slight foxing on first few leaves. Text on four pages stained by newspaper clippings. Includes chapters on Continental, English, Scottish, Linlithgowshire , Fife and Stirlingshire, Tweed-dale and Clydesdale, and Border Gypsies; as well as chapters on Marriage and Divorce Ceremonies, Language, and the Present Condition and Number of the Gipsies in Scotland. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 2
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Starkie, Walter.
IN SARA'S TENTS.
pp. 339 + Frontis + Numerous photo illustrations and drawings. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. **Manuscript presentation an a bar of music from the author on the title page. First edition. Starkie lived among and traveled with gypsies. He was a Romany Rye, with almost as large a reputation as that of the great Romany Rye of an earlier day, George Borrow. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1
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Roueche, Berton.
ALCOHOL. Its History , Folklore, Effect on the Human Body.
151p. A Black Cat paperback. Text beginning to brown. WHISKEY 3
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Hearn, Lafcadio.
SELECTED WRITINGS OF LAFCADIO HEARN. Edited by Henry Goodman. With an Introduction by Malcolm Cowley.
pp. viii, 566. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original slightly worn dust jacket. HEARN 2
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Hofdijk, W. J.
ONS VOORGESLACHT IN ZIJN DAGELYKSCH LEVEN GESCHILDERD.
Six volumes. Handsomely illustrated with over two hundred lithographs, many in color or tint. Tall 8vo. Foxed. Beautifully bound in the original decorated full cloth gold. A great collection whose major fame derives from the wonderful plates. The plates depict, in magnificent style, all sorts of subjects drawn from Dutch and world: history; natural history; legend; myth; art; architecture; commerce; costume; and every-day life. First Edition. NW17
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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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Gaster, Dr. Moses.
THE STORY OF PURIM.
62 p. Illustrated. 24mo. Lacks front stiff wrap. Rear wrap soiled. First edition. Quite scarce. JUDAICA BOX 1
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Stoudt, John Baer.
FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN.
155p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Limited Edition. Also issued as a Supplement to: Pennsylvania German Society. Volume XXIII. Scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Korson, George.
BLACK ROCK. MINING FOLK LORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
453p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Dust Jacket. Limited edition. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. Volume LVIX. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Stoudt, John Bear.
CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW. AN INTERPRETATION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ART.
333p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Significant and articulate work on fraktur and other German-American folk arts. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume II. Scarce and desirable. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Landis, George Diller and Kenry Kinzer.
LANCASTER RIFLES + Other Articles.
pp. 105-157. 174 pages total + Illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, covers foxed. Limited edition. An important contribution to any study of the Pennsylvania (and/or Kentucky) Long Rifle. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume VII. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Landis, George Diller and Kenry Kinzer.
LANCASTER RIFLE ACCESSORIES + Other Articles.
pp. 107-184. 243 pages total + Illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. An important companion to any study of the Pennsylvania (and/or Kentucky) Long Rifle. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume IX. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Graeff, Arthur D.
THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IN ONTARIO CANADA.
pp. 1-80. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Kauffmann, Henry J. COPPERSMITHING IN PENNSYLVANIA. pp. 83-153. Illustrations. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XI. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Kauffmann, Henry J.
COPPERSMITHING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
pp. 83-153. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Graeff, Arthur D. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IN ONTARIO CANADA. pp. 1-80. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XI. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Moll, Lloyd A.
AM SCHWARZE BAER.
pp. 9-146. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Langguth, Otto. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS FROM WERTHEIM. Translated and Edited by Don Yoder. pp. 147-289. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XII. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Gilbert, Russell W.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN WILLS.
139p. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Wills and Vendue lists are great storehouses of historical and genealogical information. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XV. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Reinert, Guy F.
COVERLETS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS. [With] THE PRACTICAL FAMILY DYER.
pp. 1-215. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Includes also a significant important Pennsylvania-Dutch dialect vocabulary: LINGUISTIC VARIANTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DIALECT, by Albert F. Buffington. Limited edition. Extremely important and increasingly scarce study of loom woven coverlets. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XIII. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Stoeffler, E. Ernest.
MYSTICISM IN THE GERMAN DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE OF COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA.
195p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XIV. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Dundore, M. Walter.
THE SAGA OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN IN WISCONSIN.
pp. 33-166. Illustrations. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Includes also: Buffington. HERBERT MEYER: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XIX. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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