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Hawkes Jacquetta
FABLES
London: The Cresset Press 1955. Very good somewhat sunned and lightly edgeworn on edges otherwise fine in good dust jacket heavily edgeworn on top edge and at bottom of spine; now in protective Brodart cover. 164 pages 18 fables--tales involving men and women animals and birds fish and insects and finding meanings hidden in ordinary experiences. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. The Cresset Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003887
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John Matthews
King Arthur and the Grail Quest
Brockhampton Press 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Firmly bound and very carefully read. Both book & unclipped jacket are in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated in colour & b/w. Brockhampton Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030692 ISBN : 1860198635 9781860198632
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Colin Bennett
Looking for Orthon
Paraview Press 2001. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. Excellent clean condition & carefully read. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. . Paraview Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 030703 ISBN : 1931044325 9781931044325
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Philip Rahtz; Lorna Watts
Glastonbury: Myth and Archaeology
Tempus 2003. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. Excellent clean condition & seems unread. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Nearly like new. Illustrated in colour & b/w with photos & drawings. . Tempus Paperback
Bookseller reference : 030399 ISBN : 075242548X 9780752425481
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Richard Adams; Wilhelm Grimm
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Routledge 1981. Book. Illus. by Pauline Ellison. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprinted 1984. Formly bound and very carefully read. Both book & jacket are in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Price clipped jacket. Illustrated in colour & b/w. . Routledge Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 029954 ISBN : 0710009127 9780710009128
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Wilde Oscar
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
Michael O'Mara Books 1993. Book. Illus. by Michael Hague. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated in colour. Firmly bound and carefully read. The lower corners of the cover have some bumping. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. 9 stories including 'The Happy Prince' 'Selfish Giant' 'Nightingale & the Rose'. Michael O'Mara Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023115 ISBN : 1854791184 9781854791184
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Lee John & Moore Barbra
Monsters Among Us: the Journey to the Unexplained
New York: Pyramid. New York: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1975. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. 0515039381 . Condition: A very good copy with edge wear creasing toning to pages. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Pages" 143; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 143 pages . ref 40 . Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Paperback. y First Paperback Edition; First Printing. 1st Printing. 1975. Pyramid paperback
Bookseller reference : 045677 ISBN : 0515039381 9780515039382
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Grimm Jacob
The Golden Goose
Hodder Children's Books. Hardcover. Used - Good. No inscriptions pages good. Pictorial hardback slightly edgebumped cover. Illustrated by Martin Ursell Text by Linda M. Jennings. First published 1985 by Hodder And Stoughton Hodder Children's Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42580 ISBN : 0340367466 9780340367469
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Deadman Ronald
Gormless Tom Round the World Folk Tales S.
Nelson Thornes Ltd. Paperback. Used - Acceptable. This is an ex. school book but pages good. Paperback Reprinted 1982 by Macmillan. Full title is; Gormless Tom and The Hairy Toe. Nelson Thornes Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 42425 ISBN : 0333307623 9780333307625
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Ippotis Artemis
Greek Entomythology
Trafford Publishing. Paperback. New. Trafford Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 42322 ISBN : 1426900503 9781426900501
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Gillespie Carol Ann
Mountain Mists: Appalachian Folkways of West Virginia
Parsons WV: McClain Printing Company 2009. Very good trade paperback. Signed by author on title page. Signed. Trade Paperback. Very Good. McClain Printing Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 190930-RD91 ISBN : 087012790x 9780870127908
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Euteneuer Rev. Thomas J.
EXORCISM AND THE CHURCH MILITANT
Human Life International 2010. 303pp. Trade paperback VG slight crease on front covre appears to be signed by author on half title page index bibliography appendices footnotes Exorcism and the Church Militant . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Human Life International Paperback
Bookseller reference : w190827163 ISBN : 1559220600 9781559220606
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Farley Ralph Milne
THE HIDDEN UNIVERSE
Fantasy Publishing Co. 1950. 134pp. Yellow cloth hardback DJ has light rubbing and a couple tiny chips missing price on flap owner name on front end page Includes: The Hidden Universe and We The Mist . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Fantasy Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w190927170
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Rounds Glen
THREE LITTLE PIGS AND THE BIG BAD WOLF
Holiday House 1992. c.32pp. Red cloth spine with orange boards DJ VG First Edition publisher's reinforced binding The adventures of three pigs who leave home to seek fortunes and how they deal with the big bad wolf . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Glen Rounds. Holiday House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w190927173 ISBN : 0823409236 9780823409235
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Cohen Barbara retold by
LOVELY VASSILISA
Atheneum 1980. c.48pp. Light red cloth hardback with DJ VG stated First Edition reinforced binding b&w illustrations when the terrible Baba Yaga vows to eat her for supper Vassilisa escapes with the help of a doll from her mother . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Anatoly Ivanov . Atheneum Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w190927213 ISBN : 068930773X 9780689307737
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Garden Nancy retold by
FAVORITE TALES FROM GRIMM
Four Winds Press 1982. 224pp. Brown cloth spine with brown boards DJ has tiny chips and tears at spine edges Favorite Tales from Grimm . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Mercer Mayer. Four Winds Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w190927223 ISBN : 0590077910 9780590077910
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Henry Mellinger Edward Collected and Edited by
FOLK-SONGS FROM THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
J.J. Augustin Publisher 1938. 460pp. Blue hard back faded spot on lower spine Rebound in library buckrum EX-Library minimal markings VG B & W photos indices for titles and first lines Collection of 180 folk songs and ballads from the Southern Highlands; each with short historical comments research reference known verses and with a few alternate verses and some with music for the tune. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. J.J. Augustin Publisher Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w120111996
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Nerman Einar retold by
FAIRY TALES FROM THE NORTH
Alfred A Knopf 1946. 128pp. Green cloth hardback DJ has tiny chips and tears at spine edges and wear along edges stated First Edition b&w and color illustrations Includes: Tales from Sweden Norway and Denmark . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Einar Nerman . Alfred A Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w190927249
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Jackson Peter Wyse
Ireland's Generous Nature: The Past and Present Uses of Wild Plants in Ireland
St Louis Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden Press 2014. Very Good with Very Good dustjacket Hardcover illustrated INSCRIBED by Peter Wyse Jackson. Inscribed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Missouri Botanical Garden Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 190923-MYB12 ISBN : 0915279789 9780915279784
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Bennett Anna Elizabeth
LITTLE WITCH
J.B Lippincott Co. 1953. 128pp. Green cloth hardback with illustration of a girl mixing a brew witches broom and cats on spine light rubbing along spine edges and corner tips DJ has chips and short tears along edges one-half inch of upper DJ spine missing $2.50 price on flap b&w illustrations Minikin is a young daughter of a witch who doesn't care to ride a broom or brew a magic spell but wants to go to school and be like an ordinary child . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Helen Stone . J.B Lippincott Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w180625362
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Krasicki Ignacy; Kapolka Gerard T. translator
POLISH FABLES Bilingual Edition
Hippocrene Books 1997. 105pp. white/green hardback with glossy illustrated boards Bilingual edition Polish and English one page has a small crease b&w illustrations Collection of short Polish fables in verse similar to Mother Goose rhymes . Hard Cover. Very Good. Hippocrene Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w180324944 ISBN : 0781805481 9780781805483
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Editor Seamus O Duilearga; Editor Bo Almqvist; Editor Breandan S. Mac Aodha; Editor Gearoid Mac Eoin; Corporate Author Folklore
Hereditas Essays and Studies Presented to Professor Seamus O.Duilearga Folklore of the World New York.
Very Good Hardcover.U.S.A: Arno 1980. 8vo Original Arno Second Edition Hardcover Anthology of The Folklore of Ireland Society Essays Presented to Seamus O Duilearga. Includes important Fairy Faith Essay Reidar Th. Christiansen "Some Notes on the Fairies and the Fairy Faith" Wayland B.Hand "Folk Curing: The Magical Component" Many more essays in English and Irish Gaelic 430pp. W.B.Yeats Fairy lore here as well. While it is Ex-library it is pretty clean. Pocket in rear. NO spine numbers NO writing NO underlines. Tight blue cloth binding Silver Spine titles. Important hard to find. Since 1977 We wrap our Celtic studies first in brown paper to protect. . Arno hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017250 ISBN : 0405133014 9780405133015
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New York Folklore Society Edited
Somewhere West of Albany A Festschrift in Honor of Louis C. Jones Hardcover
U.S.A.: New York Folklore Society 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original First Edition Very Good Hardcover No Dust Jacket Was Ever Issued By The Publisher. Clean interior No writing inside. NOT a library copy. A dozen essays by and about Louis C.Jones the great New York Folklorist on the supernatural ghosts witches and healers in New York state folklore all reflected here in these essays. Also "Babe Ruth" an essay and biography by Bonnie Mcguire since the Folklore Museum Louis Jones founded in Cooperstown New York. Also essay and drawings of New York upstate architecture. New York Folklore Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016461
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Les Archives De Folklore 9 James E. La Follette
Merlin Et La Bete a Sept Tetes Etude Linguistique De Quatre Contes Folkloriques Du Canada Francais Original 1969 Hardcover
Quebec: Les Presses de L'Universite Laval 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Quebec Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Les Archives De Folklore 9 Complete Very Good Hardcover Amidst this 162pp. is a 12pp rare oral French folklore text on Merlin collected in French Canada. Another story included as well "La Chasser et la Petite Fille. More Study text rare find. Bound nicely in brown cloth library binding in excellent condition. Les Presses de L'Universite Laval Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008996
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American Folklore Society
Abstracts of Folklore Studies Seven Volumess Vol. XII 1-3 Vol.VIII 1-4 American Folklore Society Seven Complete Issues "St. Brigid's Cross and It's earliest Refrence In 1689 " John O'Sullivan
U.S.A: University of Texas Press 1974. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Separate. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Fine Condition All Seven Red Paperback Issues of the American Folklore Society in fine condition.Great bibliographic resource. All six issues. First American Edition. This is Fall Spring Summer 1974 and Fall Winter Spring Summer 1975 of Abstracts of full folklore articles Every aspect of folklore is here. i.e. Saint Brigid's Cross history American Folklore Dance Folk song Riddles Traditional Music Clan Campbell origins. Welsh farm houses Vernacular Architecture etc. Each abstract is a long paragraph giving the folklore essay in it's most concise. An example is an article on John O'Sullivan St.Brigid's Crosses and it's earliest reference in 1689. Each of the seven red card covered booklets are about 50pp. in Very good clean collectible shape. Seven issue set. NOT library books . University of Texas Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012840
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Raphael Frederic
THE HIDDEN I: THE MYTH REVISED
<p>New York: Thames and Hudson 1990. Fine in near fine dust jacket tiny edgewear at top otherwise fine. The myth of Gyges revisited with illustrations by the author's daughter. 95 pages. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Sarah Raphael.</p> Thames and Hudson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002569 ISBN : 0500014965 9780500014967
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Murray Henry A. Editor
Myth and Mythmaking
New York: George Braziller Inc. 1960 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 381 pp. Footnotes references appendix. Very minor soiling to top edge name on the front endpaper. The jacket has some spotting and staining age toning to the spine. Very Good/Fair. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. BW1-3. George Braziller, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 258922
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Oldani John L.
Passing It On: Folklore of St. Louis Its Traditions Superstitions Rituals and Folk Beliefs 2nd Edition Revised and Updated
St. Louis: Reedy Press 2012. Very good trade paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Reedy Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 190926-RD25 ISBN : 1935806351 9781935806356
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Mid America Conference on Literature History Popular Culture and Folklore Purdue University 1965
New voices in American studies
Purdue University Studies. Used - Good. 1966 Hardcover . Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Purdue University Studies hardcover
Bookseller reference : GRP113968645 ISBN : 0911198105 9780911198102
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Wisnewski Andrea Retold and Illustrated by
Little Red Riding Hood Inscribed By Illustrator
Boston: David R Godine 2006. Red hard cover light shelf wear else fine; color illustrated dust jacket with original price intact $18.95. A retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood set in New England and beautifully illustrated in color from cut paper designs. Laid into the book is a newspaper review of the book. The book is inscribed by Andrea Wisnewski. Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Andrea Wisnewski. Square 8vo. David R Godine hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008405 ISBN : 1567923038 9781567923032
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Andersen Hans Christian
Red Shoes The
Natick MA: Picture Book Studio 1984. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light soil original price intact $12.95. The classic Andersen tale translated into English by Anthea Bell in 1983. Gorgeous color artwork by Chihiro Iwasaki. . Pictorial Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Chihiro Iwasaki. Tall 4to. Picture Book Studio
Bookseller reference : 008420 ISBN : 0907234267 9780907234265
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Fairy Tales. Andersen Hans Christian
Andersen's Fairy Tales Altemus' Young People's Library
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus 1898. Pictorial grey cloth with stains wear sunned spine old repair at gutter of title page. A collection of fairy tales illustrated with full page color plates and other b&w artwork from various sources. . Pictorial Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Henry Altemus Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004059
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Bateman Walter L
The Navajo of the Painted Desert
Boston: Beacon Press 1970. Some fading to the spine and foxing to back panel of unclipped dustwrapper minor bumping to lower end of red cloth spine strip a previous owner's name and date 1974 on f/ep otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children aged around 10-12 the book deals with the legends and traditional life of the Navajo people of Arizona. 124pp numerous b&w illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Bartlett Richard C. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Beacon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007234 ISBN : 0807019003 9780807019009
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Brunvand Jan Harold
Too Good to be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends
Norton 1999. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Norton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0104573 ISBN : 0393047342 9780393047349
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Campbell Joseph
Myths to Live By
New York N.Y.: Bantam 1984. Very good paperback. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Bantam Paperback
Bookseller reference : 190920-D09 ISBN : 0553270885 9780553270884
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Lefkowitz Mary
Greek Gods Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths
New Haven Conn.: Yale University Press 2003. This First Printing is in As New unread condition with an As New dust jacket except that it has a previous owner's stamp on the title page. Click on photo. In this work Ms. Lefkowitz interprets numerous stories told by Homer Ovid Virgil and others of men and gods to illuminate human nature as well as the meaning of divinity and justice. The book is illustrated with photos. The book measures roughly 7 by 10 1/4 inches and includes 288 pages with Index. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Yale University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000672 ISBN : 0300101457 9780300101454
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Brunvand Jan Harold
Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends
New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1999. This first printing is in Fine condition with a Near-Fine dust jacket. See photo. It contains over 200 urban legends from stolen kidneys to microwaved pets to sewer alligators to that overly expensive chocolate chip cookie recipe allegedly from Neiman Marcus. Plus the book includes 70 illustrations. The dust jacket's edges are lightly rubbed and there's a tiny hole and rub mark on the spine. The book itself is tightly bound clean and bright throughout. It measures roughly 7 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches and includes 480 fun-filled pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000324 ISBN : 0393047342 9780393047349
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Saul George Brandon; Mitzi Shewmake ill.
The Wild Queen
John F. Blair. 1967. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; SIGNED by author George Brandon Saul on title page. Also inscribed by author on front endpaper "To H & C who have given the word "neigbor" a new lustre". 66 pp bound in light green cloth; black & white block prints throughout. Crisp clean tight book. In bright crisp jacket with light tanning. ; Signed by Author . John F. Blair hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29549
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Lawrence Jacob
Aesop's Fables
University of Washington Press. 1997. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; slim 4to 11" - 13" tall; 55 pages bound in black cloth. 22 black & white full page prints by Lawrence opposite fables. Pristine book in crisp jacket. . University of Washington Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29037 ISBN : 0295976411 9780295976419
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Gray Les Illustrator
Famous Fairy Tales #1609 A Folger's coffee premium
<p>Inside Fine with the exception of a small spot on the title page.</p><p>Hardcover VG has a 1" cut along spine backside. Edgewear along bottom inc. spine & corner. See photos please.</p> A Whitman Book Western Pub. Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio544
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Christiansen Reidar Th.; Johan Berle illustrator
Norske Folkeviser
J. W. Eides Forlag. 1957. Near Fine in Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7�" - 8" tall; Bergen Norway; 174 pages xiv. Crimson leather spine decorated paper over boards. 45 poem/stories. Illustrated by Reidar Johan Berle with 8 beautiful bold block prints tipped in. Mild rubbing at corner tips of cover. Light wear on leather at head of spine. Clean tight unmarked. Good jacket quite tanned on spine; shallow chipping & short tears on edges. 45 tales including: Innledning Kong Eirik og Hugaljo Agnus dei Falkvord Lommanson Olave Liljekrans Knut liten og Sylvelin Fanteguten Eg sette mn hest Eg ser deg ut fyr gluggjen Han Tosstein Pal sine honor Kari og Mari. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care. . J. W. Eides Forlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13540
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Campbell Joseph
Myths to Live By
Westminster MD U.S.A.: Random House 1984. Good mass market 1984 paperback creasing. Paperback. Good. Random House Paperback
Bookseller reference : 120217-S709 ISBN : 0553270885 9780553270884
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Robert Dolezal
American Folklore and Legend
Readers Digest July 1981. Hardcover . Used - Very Good. Readers Digest hardcover
Bookseller reference : 77831 ISBN : 0895770458 9780895770455
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Marius Barbeau
Folk-Songs of Old Quebec
Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources pp. 72 National Museum Bulletin No. 75 songs translations by Regina Lenore Shoolman. 1962. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Very Good/Paperback. Larger 8vo. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources paperback
Bookseller reference : 183236
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Folklore Society Great Britain
County Folk-Lore Volume IV
BiblioLife 2008-11-14. Paperback. Good. BiblioLife paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG0559522738 ISBN : 0559522738 9780559522734
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Folklore Society Great Britain
County Folk-Lore Volume IV
BiblioLife 2008-11-14. Paperback. Used:Good. BiblioLife paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX0559522738 ISBN : 0559522738 9780559522734
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Andersen Hans C.
ANDERSEN'S FAIR TALES CA: 1930 A Collection of Stories That Children Love
Cleveland Ohio: Goldsmith Publishing Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. ca 1930. Hardcover. Clean green cloth front cover paper paste on with black lettering. Text tight clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece & title page. Numerous color & B/W illustrations. Dust Jacket with edge wear has protected the book well. Children ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages . Goldsmith Publishing Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8715
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Marichal, W
Volkserzählgut u. Volksglaube in d. Gegend von Malmedy u. Altsalm.
Würzburg, Triltsch, 1942. VIII, 183 S. OBr.
Bookseller reference : 402388
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Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Graeff Arthur; Kauffman Henry
The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Volume Eleven 11 XI - The Pennsylvania Germans in Ontario Canada; Coppersmithing in Pennsylvania; More
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1948. Hardcover. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 1948 hardcover no dust jacket a few light cover smudges else VG b/w illstns. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015106
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Underhill Evelyn
Practical Mysticism
New York New York U.S.A.: E P Dutton 1970. Good Mass Market Paperback. 1970 Book is worn. some underlining. Mass Market Paperback. Good. E P Dutton Paperback
Bookseller reference : 130602-K01 ISBN : 0525470492 9780525470496
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