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Korschunow Irina; Skofield James translator
SMALL FUR
Harper & Row 1988. 72pp. Green hardback with DJ VG stated First American Edition publishers reinforced library binding After losing his best friend small fur meets an elf and has an incredible adventure before he finds a new best friend . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Reinhard Michl . Harper & Row Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : w191227578 ???????? : 006023248X 9780060232481
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Weil Lisl
PANDORA'S BOX
Atheneum 1986. 40pp. Illustrated blue cloth hardback DJ has minor chips and tears and few minor spots no names or markings in text Retells the Greek myth in which Pandora was sent to Earth with a special box she was not allowed to open written for young elementary school children . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Lisl Weil . Atheneum Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : w130214263 ???????? : 0689312164 9780689312168
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Agnes Kovacs editor; Nepmesek Bukovinai Szekely editor
AZ ELTANCOLT PAPUCSOK Folk Tales
Mora Ferenc Konyvkiado 1984. 201pp gray boards black and red illus on front cover corner tips slightly bumped minor rubbing around edges business card taped to front end page with a handwritten message on the back B&W illustations resembling woodblock prints throughout text text in Hungarian printed on gray art paper throughout collection of folk tales. Hard Cover. Very Good. Mora Ferenc Konyvkiado Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : w120613126 ???????? : 9631136981 9789631136982
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Various
Folk-Lore a Quarterly Review of Myth Tradition Institution and Custom .Volume XXXI No. 2
London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1920. Main articles Mother-Right in ancient Italy - J Ross The marriages of the gods at the sanctuary of Tailltin - T J Westropp. CONDITION Orange paper wraps have yapped edges that are a little ruffled chip to spine heel paginated 89 to 170 bright and clean interior. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 15640
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Ne Harriet; & Cronin Gloria L
Tales of Molokai: The Voice of Harriet Ne
Hawaii USA: Institute for Polynesian Studies 1992. An anthology of both traditional and contemporary tales this work includes valuable contextual materials and an oral history of the remarkable life of the storyteller. CONDITION card wraps 171 pages with b/w illus. Bright and crisp as new apart from faintest shelf wear. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Terry Reffell . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Institute for Polynesian Studies Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 15509 ???????? : 0939154501 9780939154500
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Gibson Alexander Craig
The Folk-Speech of Cumberland and some Districts adjacent being Short Stories and Rhymes in the Dialect of the West Border Counties
London: John Russell Smith 1869. Purple blind embossed bds with bright gilt spine title insect damage causing a couple of small nicks to inside edge o/w unworn pp viii 232. Copy is very bright and crisp with odd dust spot. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. John Russell Smith Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15519
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Pomare Maui; Cowan James
Legends of the Maori
Wellington New Zealand: Fine Arts 1930. Includes Mythology of the Maori Folk Tales Tradition and Poetry with nice wood block illus by Stuart Peterson. Originally released as a stand alone volume a second volume was released in 1934 and unsold runs were bound in Blue cloth and stamped Volume I to title page. Variant edition. Page ii has: "This edition is identical with the first edition deluxe edition published in 1930 except that it is unsigned and the volume is complete in itself." CONDITION Brown cloth with gilt titles Maori motif to front edges and spine illus of Maori warrior dance wear to spine ends and tips small marks to rear eps show panel work decoration pp x 2 320 with 24 full page illus and nice engraved head and tail pieces of showing carving design and some wild life. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Fine Arts Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15413
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Batten Marieda
Maori Love Legends
Wellington New Zealand: Harry H Tombs 1920. Author was Jean Batten�s aunt Marieda Batten Mrs Ida Mary Cook 1875-1933. Not dated 1920 NZNB C1425. Prefatory by Maui Pomare includes Hinemoa and Tutanekai; Puta and Haumia; Puhihuia and Ponga: Rau-mahora and Takarangi. CONDITION Grey papered bds with Natural Linen spine cloth 120 pages. Bds a little spotted top front cnr slightly crushed bright and crisp copy with toned eps and small spot of insect damage to rear pastedown. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harry H Tombs Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15397
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Bright A D Amy Dora
By Bush and Sea : Tales New and Old from New Zealand
Auckland New Zealand: Unity Press 1931. Not Dated. 1931 NZNB B1407. NZ Children's stories titles are . The Mangrove Woman Colin Cannotcome With the Sea Folk The Palace of Rushes In the little Red Cottage by the Wood The Giants and the Sandgnomes How the Fairies Bridged the Waitemata The Killing of the Taniwha etc. CONDITION Like new apart from tiny spot of white out to first blank. Tan cloth with Brown titles and decoration pp 118 with colour illus frontis plate and 2 other charming b/w plates internally. DJ printed with nice tiki motif in Green has wear to tear at top tip and little wear to spine ends. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Wright Kennaway & Frank . 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Unity Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15338
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Phelps Ethel Johnston
The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World
New York New York USA: Henry Holt and Company 1982. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Lloyd Bloom. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Retired School Book. Illustrated wrappers with iillustration by Lloyd Bloom and designed by Joy Chu. Illustrations in the book also by Lloyd Bloom. Clean with reinforced spine light corner wear light scrape to cover front and back near lower edge. Binding tight and solid square. Pages very clean and except for school stamp on endpapers unmarked. 21 folk and fairy tales featuring women as heroic clever figures rather than the usual roles of docile maidens in distress or villainous ogre causing distress. They are delightful tales from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. 176 pages. 9 x 6 inches. 1982 Henry Holt and Company New York New York USA Henry Holt and Company paperback
书商的参考编号 : 023575 ???????? : 0805006796 9780805006797
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Cotterell Arthur General Editor
World Mythology Minipedia
Bath UK: Parragon Publishing 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Bright and colorful illustrated laminated binding is fresh looking clean unmarked tight & solid with sewn binding. Jacket with same ilustration as book and in fine condition. Over 200 full color Illustrations. Includes features on the gods and themes of every myth; and art artifacts and literature of legend. 320 pages with index. 6.75 x 5.2 inches. 2003 Paragon Publishing Bath UK Parragon Publishing hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 023606 ???????? : 1405403268 9781405403269
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Anderson Hans Christian
Seven Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
Flensted Odense Denmark: Skandinavisk Bogforlag 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich. Type: Hardback Small Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket as issued. Edited by Svend Larsen. Translation by R. P. Keigwin. Illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich. Pale green cloth binding with black silhouette illustration on front. Very clean and unmarked whisper of wear to corners; sewn binding tight and solid. Pages quitre clean clean no markings of any kind no creases moderately toned pages are yellowing. Very nice small volume published in Denmark Hans Christian Anderson's birthplace. He was born in Odense in 1805 His fairy tales spread throughout the world and won him a place among the greatest masters of imaginative writing. 72 pages. 7.5 x 4.25 inches. 1976 Skandinavisk Bogforlag Flensted Odense Denmark Skandinavisk Bogforlag hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 023605 ???????? : 8775011484 9788775011483
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Reed AW. A. W.
Myths and Legends of Maoriland
New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1974. Won the Esther Glen Award for the best children's book of 1947 aimed at young adultsthis is reprinted from the 3rd revised edition with nice woodblock illus by Denis Turner. CONDITION 246 pages with numerous b/w illus copy is very bright and crisp with a little toning to ends Dj in protective cover and is unworn. . Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 14903 ???????? : 0589002325 9780589002329
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HOMER Adapted By Adrian Mitchell Adrian Mitchell
The Odyssey DK Classics
U.S.A: DK Dorling Kindersley 2000. First US Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Stuart Robertson. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Collectible. First American Printing. Hardcover Quarto and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Exquisitely and lavishly Illustrated by Stuart Robertson full color many full page illustrations on every page. A retelling for young readers of Homer's epic that describes the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy. Illustrated Notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story. Fact-filled columns and pages explore the themes of The Odyssey provide revealing insights into the culture of the Ancient Greeks. Bright colorful glossy laminated type binding pristine tight and sound binding square. Pages of coated paper as new. Jacket with same illustration as the book bright and clean colorful and glossy not price-clipped. 64 pages. 10.2 x 8 inches. DK Dorling Kindersley USA 2000. DK (Dorling Kindersley) hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 022154 ???????? : 0789454556 9780789454553
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The Perfection Form Company
The Golden Greeks: A Glossary
Logan Iowa: The Perfection Form Company 1975. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Paperback Pamphlet in Very Good Condition. Gold and black cover is clean and unmarked pages also clean and unmarked all intact. Illustrated with b/w photos of various Greek Gods. The legend of each god/goddess is described in a brief paragraph; there are 75 listings in all. Also included is a pronunciation guide and an alphabetical listing. 21 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. The Perfection Form Company Logan Iowa 1975. The Perfection Form Company paperback
书商的参考编号 : 021922
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BULFINCH THOMAS
Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable - Unabridged
Mineola New York: Dover Publications 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. An unabridged reprint of a standard edition of The Age of Fable first published in 1859. Clean and bright card cover with faint wear to extremities. Tight glued binding. Internals very clean free from any markings lightly toned. 301 pages with Index. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. Dover Publications Mineola New York 2000. Dover Publications paperback
书商的参考编号 : 021459 ???????? : 0486411079 9780486411071
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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
书商的参考编号 : 021262 ???????? : 1861960093 9781861960092
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Hawthorne Nathaniel
Tanglewood Tales: for Girls and Boys Being a Second Wonder-Book
Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1898. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Small Book in Good Condition. No jacket. Riverside Literature Series Book. Brown cloth with black titles and black decorative border around front panel. Generally clean with small dark smudges near bottom edge. All edges and corners rubbed corners more so no fraying. Tight sewn binding. Inner rear hinge partially cracked. Frontispiece: b/w illustration of Theseus and the Minotaur. Five other b/w illustrations of mythical figures. Some pages have spotting a few with dog-eared creases age- toned. Nathaniel Hawthorne's first "Wonder Book" was so well received he was induced to undertake another within 18 months of finishing the first. That is this volume made up in the same way of Greek myths retold with a modern free half realistic half fanciful tone--this collection is the "Tanglewood Tales". written in classic English for children first published in 1852. This volume includes: The Wayside-Introduction; The Minotaur; The Pygmies; The Dragon's Teeth; Circe's Palace; The Pomegranate Seeds; The Golden Fleece; Notes; and Pronouncing Vocabulary. 230 pages. 7.25 x 5 inches. Houghton Mifflin 1898. Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 021117
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Ingpen Robert and Hayes Barbara
Folk Tales & Fables of Asia and Australia
New York and Philadelphia: Chelsea House Pub 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Robert Ingpen. Type: Hard Back First US Printing. Hardcover Quarto Book As New with a Very Good Dust Jacket. A unique selection of stories from the steppes of Russia and the islands of Indonesia to the Aborigines of Australia and the Maori of New Zealand. Profusely illlustrated with full color and black and white illustrations many full color full page and two two-page spread. Very colorful and bright rather unique artwork by Robert Ingpen. Inspired by the legends in this book he has brought the characters to life in a series of superb paintings and drawings. He won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986 for his illustrations in children's literature. The colorful and bright binding is as new illustrated with characters from the legends in the type of binding that can be cleaned with a damp cloth. Tight and solid. Internals as new. Colorful bright white glossy jacket illustrated with the same painting as the binding has wear to spine heel upper edge with spine head tape reinforced. 92 pages. 8.5 x 11.25 inches. Chelsea House Publishers New York and Philadelphia 1994. Chelsea House Pub hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 020729 ???????? : 0791027570 9780791027578
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Watson Nancy Dingman Adapted By
The Arabian Nights Picture Book
Garden City N. Y: Doubleday 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Aldren A. Watson. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Folio-size Book in Very Good Condition with an edgeworn clean and bright dust jacket. The wonder of Alladin and his magical lamp Sinbad the Sailor Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves the Genie--all the wonderful folks and the rest of the Arabians Nights characters and adventures. With full-page marvelous very colorful and bright illustrations by Aldren A. Watson. Gray cloth binding with green and black illustration on front black titles on spine very clean and unmarked square with sharp corners small indentation on bottom edge of front panel. Spine heel rubbed spine head bumped.Tight and solid square. Pages are toned quite clean and completely unmarked. Jacket is clean bright and colorful ragged on edges and corners now with mylar protective cover. 89 pages. 9.25 x 12.5 inches. Doubleday Garden City NY 1977. Doubleday hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 020606
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Leekley Thomas
The Riddle of the Black Knight: Tales and Fables from the Middle Ages Based on the Gesta Romanorum
U.S.A: The Vanguard Press 1957. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Johannes Troyer. Type: Ex-Library Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Delightful ine drawings by Johannes Troyer. By the author of "King Herla's Quest" Thomas Leekley's first book. The stories fables tales included are in some way based on the famous Gesta Romanorum Deeds of the Romans a vast source of legends chilvaric romances parables. Mr. Leekley has chosen some of these for this book many never before translated into Englsih at the time this book was published. He tells the stories in his own way for the day's readers giving a vivid picture of the Middle Ages and retaining the vigor and flavor of their romantic tradition. The Riddle of the Black Knight; The Ten Chests; Six Fables; The Fool of God; Strike There !; and The Three Gifts. A wonderful addition to any child's bookshelf. Jacket clean and unmarked Black cloth binding appears clean under the affixed jacket board edges are rubbed. Internals are quite clean and except for lib markings unmarked no creasing pages toned. Front endpaper has been removed; lib stamp on half title page pocket.card on rear endpaper. Illustrated title page. 176 pages. 5.6 x 8.25 inches. 1957 The Vanguard Press USA The Vanguard Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 019709
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Wickham Max Maxwell J
Firelight Tales of Maoridom
United Kingdom: Paul Hamblyn 1976. History and folklore as told by the old people from the eastern Bay of Plenty and the Urewera Country. Tales of dragons and fairies an island village which vanished overnight a flying man of fascinating characters and bold deeds and many more tales in times long gone. Beautifully illustrated by Errol McLeary. CONDITION 63 pages with colour illus to most smells a little musty with damage to spine heel of book and DJ o/w very good. #Maori#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by McLeary Errol. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Paul Hamblyn Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 14335 ???????? : 0727100823 9780727100825
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Reader'S Digest
American Folklore and Legend
New York: Readers Digest Assn 1978. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in NEAR FINE Condition. No jacket. A terrrific book for any home--the saga of American heroes and heroines of braggers boosters and bad men of beliefs and superstitions. Pictorial cloth binding very clean completely free of any marks no edgewear tight & solid & square. Internals are also very clean and completely unmarked. No defects noted. So many stories and wonderfully illustrated throughout in b/w and full color--some history some legends all interesting. 448 pages. 8 x 10.5 inches. Reader's Digest New York 1978. Readers Digest Assn hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 018336 ???????? : 0895770458 9780895770455
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Battle Kemp P. Compiler
Great American Folklore: Legends Tales Ballads and Superstitions from All Across America
New York: Doubleday and Co 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. John M. Battle. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. 644 pages. Drawings and jacket art by John M. Battle. You'll find all the old favorites here--John Bunyan John Henry Annie Oakley Wyatt Earp Davy Crockett--to name just a few. Hours of all fun for all ages and all families. Binding of bright red quarter cloth with bright and bold gilt titles blue boards very clean and unmarked with light rubbing to some edges. Spine head and heel lightly pressed in. Binding is tight and solid book is square with sharp corners. Pages very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket is bright colorful and clean with moderately ragged spine head and heel otherlight edgewear. 644 pages. 1986 Doubleday & Co. New York Doubleday and Co hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017986 ???????? : 0385185553 9780385185554
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Brunvand Jan Harold
The Choking Doberman: And Other "New" Urban Legends
USA: W W Norton & Co Inc 1986. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Trage Paperback in Good Condition. An entertaining book of American folklore and humor. The author examines the phenomenon of "urban legends"--oral accounts of improbable events that never quite happened "that way" but are told as true and embellished with the telling. Very clean white cover with black dog and black titles Slight crease to top corner; lower corner creased and first few pages with lower corner creased. Otherwise bright no marks pages compeltely unmarked tight glued binding. 240 pages. 1986 W W Norton & Co Inc USA W W Norton & Co Inc paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017789 ???????? : 0393303217 9780393303216
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Jacobs Joseph
Irish Fairy Tales
Great Britain: Wordsworth Classics 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. John D. Batten. Stories selected by Jennifer Chandler The Folklore Society. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Black and white illustrations by John D. Batten. Clean and bright charming illustrations tight glued binding unmarked. Slight wear to corners and spine edges.The stories are taken from Joseph Jacob's classic two-volume collection Celtic Fairy tales 1891-2 and More Celtic Fairy Tales 1894. 232 pages. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001 Wordsworth Classics Great Britain Wordsworth Classics paperback
书商的参考编号 : 016828 ???????? : 1840224347 9781840224344
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Huxley Aldous and Isherwood Christopher
Jacob's Hands: A Fable
USA: St Martins Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book As New with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very clean and unmarked book looks new. Rough cut. Internals immaculate. Endpapers with a drawing of each author. Jacket is clean with no edgewear small scuff on front near top edge not price-clipped. "Jacob's Hands" is the collaborative effort of two geniuses in their fields novelist/essayist Aldous Huxley and playwright/novelist Christopher Isherwood whose stories of Berlin inspired "Cabaret". This fable was originally written for the screen and had never been published before-it was found in a trunk on the Huxley estate for five decades before being discovered in 1997. 141 pages. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. St Martins Press New York 1998. St Martins Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 015734 ???????? : 0312194676 9780312194673
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Erikson Joan M
Legacies: Prometheus Orpheus Socrates
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. Illustrated. An exploration of three classical Greek mythological mentors who have left an enduring imprint on western culture re-examining some of the great figures and stories from Greek legend/mythology to discover fresh insights and recover timeless values. 193 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. W W Norton & Co Publishers New York and London 1993. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 014734 ???????? : 0393034437 9780393034431
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Johnson Kenneth and Elsbeth Marguerite
The Grail Castle: Male Myths & Mysteries in the Celtic Tradition
Saint Paul Minnesota U.S.A: Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Men's Spirituality Series. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Very clean illustrated cover trace wear to lower corner pale spot on top edge of pages edges. Internals clean and unmarked. Black and white line drawings. The Grail Castle addresses the universal male quest to be complete and whole and provides ways to integrate roles: the Father Warrior Lover and Wise Man within. These four archtypes symbolize the elements integral to being a complete man. Utilize the myth of the Grail Legend on your journey to self-discovery and integration. 228 pages with index. 9.2 x 6 inches. Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. Saint Paul Minnesota U.S.A. 1995. Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd paperback
书商的参考编号 : 014517 ???????? : 1567183697 9781567183696
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ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN
Andersen's Fairy Tales
New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1998. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. Arthur Szyk. Type: Hardback Pictorial laminated Hardcover Book with Pictorial Laminated Binding. Illustrated with scenes from the fairy tales. Illustrated by Arthur Szyk.Translated by Mrs. E.V.Lucas and Mrs. H.B.Paull. Hardcover Book AS NEW. Full page illustrations in full color and monotone Elaborate heading script with fairy tale name as heading and also in margin of each page. Bright colorful clean tight handsome volume--The Snow Queen The Little Match Girl The Red Shoes The Ugly Duckling The Emperor's New Clothes--and all of Hans Christian Anderen's Fairy Tales beloved by all. 327 pages. 7 x 9.5 inches. 1998 Grosset & Dunlap-Illustrated Junior Library New York. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 014627 ???????? : 0448060051 9780448060057
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Momaday N. Scott
The Ancient Child: A Novel
U.S.A: Doubleday 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Momaday shapes the age-old Kiowa Indian legend of the boy who turned into a bear into a timeless American myth. A "magical tale of transformation and identity" juxtaposing Indian lore and Wild West legend. Binding of brown half cloth with copper titles on spine tan paper wrapped boards very clean unmarked lower edges rubbed lightly very slight lean to spine. Bookplate on paste-down otherwise internals as new. Jacket is clean unmarked not clipped with light wear to extremities. Momaday shapes the age-old Kiowa Indian legend of the boy who turned into a bear into a timeless American myth. A "magical tale of transformation and identity" juxtaposing Indian lore and Wild West legend. 314 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Doubleday New York New York U.S.A. 1989. Doubleday hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 013231 ???????? : 0385279728 9780385279727
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Kingsley Charles
The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Landbaby
Hertfordshire England: Wordsworth Editions Ltd 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade Paperback - Wordsworth Classic Edition of this classic fairy tale in FINE Condition. Complete and Unabridged. Bright and clean cover with cover illustration: Water Babies Mrs. Bedonbyasyoudid by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Comletely unmarked no creases. A classic moral fable with protagonist Tom the chimney sweep who falls into the river after being chased out of a house by an upper class girl. He drowns metaphorically sheds his skin and is transformed into a water baby thus beginning his moral education. Kingsley deals with the themes of moral redemption child labor in England and shabby neglectful treatment of the poor in England 19th century. First published 1863. 214 pp. 5" x 7.75" tall. Wordsworth Editions Ltd Hertfordshire England 1994. Wordsworth Editions Ltd paperback
书商的参考编号 : 012870 ???????? : 1853261483 9781853261480
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HOMER
The Iliad
USA: Walter J. Black 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hardback Classic Club Books Volume in Very Good Condition. No jacket. 5.5 x 7.75" tall. Translated by Samuel Butler. Edited by Louise R. Loomis. Rust colored cloth with gilt design on front black panel on spine with gilt lettering very clean and unmarked. Tear to center of spine head cloth; slight wear at corner tips and edges. Tight and solid. FrontIs: a Minstrel Playing on a Lute. Interior is Fine age-toned. Set during the Trojan War it is the story of the siege of the city of Troy and of the battle and events between King Agamemnon and Achilles. 8th Century BC. One of the greatest stories of all time Iliad has survived for thousands of years because of its insightful portrayal of man and its epic account of war duty honor and revenge. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. 1942 Walter J. Black New York New York USA Walter J. Black hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 011775
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Coffin Tristam Potter and Cohen Hennig Selected and Edited by
FOLKLORE: From the Working Folk of America
USA: Anchor Books/ Doubleday 1974. Mass Market Paperback. Good. From the Leading Journals and Archives of Folklore. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. 466 pages. The cover is not in the greatest shape but with lots of fun reading inside with clean pages therein. Cover with farmer logging farm and ducks has some black spackling with scrapes and creased on lower corner rubbed on hinge and around edges.Tight glued binding. Spine creased. First few pages creased on upper and lower corners. Few pages with highlighting otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. This collection of fascinating lore derives from the occupations of American workers including the farmer hunter trapper prospector fisherman preacher railroad man teamster cab driver and many more. Includes tales songs verse riddles games folk expressions superstitions customs ritual drama & festival legendary figures. 1974 Anchor Books/Doubleday USA Anchor Books/ Doubleday paperback
书商的参考编号 : 011658
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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
书商的参考编号 : 011267
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Del Rey Lester and Kessler Risa Editors
Once upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales
New York New York USA: Del Rey Book/Ballantine Books 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Michael Pangrazio. Type: Hard Back First Printing Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. A decade of stories of enchantment and wonder written for the modern adult reader. Full page full color illustrations by Pangrazio on coated paper. Binding of blue half cloth with bright and bold titles blue textured cloth wrapped boards very clean and unmarked. Light rubbing of edges and a little spotting of upper edge and fore edge of the text block. Sewn binding is tight solid square. Lower corners just barely bumped. Interior is very clean free from any markings no creasing. Jacket is clean and bright with light edge wear not price-clipped. Ten of the top writers of fantasy write about fairyland: Isaac Asimov; Terry Brooks; C.J.Cherryh; Lester Del Ray; Susan Dexter; Wayland Drew; Barbara Hambly; Katherine Kurtz; Amme McCaffrey; Lawrence Watt-Evans. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. 336 pages. 1991 Publisher: Del Ray Books/Ballantine Books New York New York USA Del Rey Book/Ballantine Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 011269 ???????? : 0345362632 9780345362636
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Wallis Velma
Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Legend from Alaska
New York New York USA: HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers 1997. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Jim Grant. First HarperPerennial Printing. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean unmarked with a touch of edgewear. A novel rooted in the legends of Alaska's Athabaskan Indians. 224 pages. 5 x 7.2 inches. 1997 HarperPerennial New York New York USA HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers paperback
书商的参考编号 : 010837 ???????? : 0060977280 9780060977283
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Milord Susan
Tales of the Shimmering Sky : Ten Global Folktales with Activities
Vermont: Williamson 1996. nice book. Tipped in is a letter from the publisher to the printer expressing great pleasure at the quality of the production and looking forward to a long future relationship. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by JoAnn E. Kitchel. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Williamson Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 22650 ???????? : 1885593015 9781885593016
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Curtin Jeremiah
Irish Fairy Tales
USA: Barnes & Noble Books 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Very Good Jacket. Clean unmarked book with tight binding in black quarter cloth with gilt titles black boards. Jacket is clean and bright rubbed no edgewear. Irish mythology with the eternal cycles of birth and death; pleasure and pain; love and loss. Fairies and demons walk hand in hand with mortals and anything can happen. These tales are sometines frightening usually insightful always entertaining. 198 pages. 5.4 x 8.25 inches. Barnes & Noble Books New York 1993. Barnes & Noble Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 004683 ???????? : 0880298146 9780880298148
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Duvar John Hunter
Annals of the Court of Oberon : Extracted from the Records
London United Kingdom: Digby Long & Co A fictional account of the annalist for the Fairy court of Oberon written for adults beautifully written and rare. Not Dated but First published 1895. Red cloth boards blind embossed with floral decoration gilt spine title and black front title waterstaining to front and back boards spine lightly age darkened with narrow black ink stain along rear edge to top third cnrs sl canted bookseller stamps to ffep contents and intro pgs pp 246 tight and clean not foxed or inscribed. 3rd Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Digby, Long & Co Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6635
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Wolf Moondance
Rainbow Medicine: Visionary Guide to Native American Shamanism
New York: Sterling Pub Co Inc 1994. Third. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp 2 192 Sterling Pub Co Inc paperback
书商的参考编号 : 164439 ???????? : 0806903643 9780806903644
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White T. H.
The Once and Future King
Penguin Random House 1987. Mass market paperback in good condition some wear. . Mass Market Paperback. Good. Penguin Random House Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 190711-JP51 ???????? : 0441627404 9780441627400
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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
书商的参考编号 : 05655 ???????? : 1902283163 9781902283166
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CJ. Taylor C. J.
How We Saw the World Native Legends
Tundra Books 1993-08-12. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library with cover stamps and stickers. Pages very good. Tundra Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 04359 ???????? : 0887763022 9780887763021
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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
书商的参考编号 : 03777 ???????? : 0756612764 9780756612764
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George B. Grinnell
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People A Bison Book 116 by.
University of Nebraska Press 1962-07. Paperback. Good. 1962 edition. No markings on pages. Clean. Cover shows some wear/shelfwear. University of Nebraska Press paperback
书商的参考编号 : 00811 ???????? : 0803250797 9780803250796
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Lauren Mills; Illustrator Dennis Nolan
The Dog Prince by Mills Lauren; Nolan Dennis
Little Brown 2001-10-01. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library copy with cover stamps and stickers interior very good Little, Brown hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 02340 ???????? : 0316574171 9780316574174
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Norman Dorothy
The Hero: Myth/ Image/ Symbol
Anchor. Near Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0385267517 . Stiff crisp unmarked book. ; 9.1 X 5.8 X 0.6 inches; 246 pages . Anchor paperback
书商的参考编号 : 53674 ???????? : 0385267517 9780385267519
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LeMoine Sir James McPherson
The Legends of the St. Lawrence Told During a Cruise of the Yatch sic Hirondelle
Quebec City: C.E. Holiwell. Fair. 1898. Hardcover. 203 ads p. 22 cm. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped titles and design. Both hinges are cracked but holding. Worn and softened at the corners and spine ends. Spine is darkened. Both boards show soil. Inside pages are heavily toned and fragile. Two leaves have been torn out but are laid in. . C.E. Holiwell hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3928
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California Folklore Society; S. B. Hustvedt; Archer Taylor; et al.
California Folklore Quarterly. Volume III. 1944.
University of California Press 1944. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings in a library binding. Cover shows minor wear and fading. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. University of California Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : mon0002191746
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