Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 398p. With 5 plates 4 of which are in color including the frontispiece and 21 figures with the text. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled boards. Spine darkened some rubbing to hinges and extremities. Penciled note on front free end paper. Pages are clean with light age-toning. Careful repair to bottom corner tip of p. 27. A solid copy. Dorman's �Origin of Primitive Superstitions� discusses the religions and mythologies of Native Americans from South Central and North America. Often he expresses the biases and prejudices of his age. Chapters discuss the doctrine of spirits animal worship worship of trees and plants priestcraft etc. <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
Toronto: B. Mitchell 1986. Fine but for prev. owner name blacked out on front pastedown beneath front flap. in jacket with faintest trace of sunning. 62 full page colour plates. Facsimile of original A.& C. Black publication. First Thus Facsimile. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Japanese Artists. B. Mitchell Hardcover
Toronto: B. Mitchell 1986. Fine apparently unread copy in a fine jacket. 32 full page colour plates. Facsimile of the original A. & C. Black publication. First Thus Facsimile. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Chinese Artists. B. Mitchell Hardcover
Stirling: Eneas Mackay 1935. Very good copy with some foxing to prelims and fore edge and a Prev. owner name. In an edgeworn jacket with a stain at the heel but no chips. Introductory chapter by Andrew Lang. Uncommon in jacket. Presumed First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Eneas Mackay Hardcover
Zimbabwe: Mambo Press 1989. Fine but for insignificant corner bumps. First Printing of the First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Mambo Press Paperback
<p>2nd printing. Library binding not ex-library. Fine HC in Good DJ. Orange blind-stamped cloth over boards with gilt titles on spine; cloth reinforced hinges. Bright clean square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright crisp clean interior. DJ is price-clipped; clean; lightly scuffed; very slight foxing on covers at edges; 3/4 inch closed tear at front cover top edge; gold label on lower spine 'A Crowell Library Binding'; small marker numbers printer's proof marks at spine head and rear cover top inner corner. 8vo 56 pp.</p> Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
New York: Clarkson N. Potter 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Small 4to 323 pages purple cloth-backed boards. <br/><br/>A compelling biography based in previously unpublished letters documents and photographs many taken by Barrie himself. Among the secrets revealed is the derivation of the name "Wendy" which was first used by Barrie in "Peter Pan". Robert Louis Stevenson thought of himself as "a capable artist" but thought Barrie a man of genius. Clarkson N. Potter hardcover
New York: Garland Publishing 1982. library markings including stamp on page edges cvrs a little edgerubbed otherwise in good clean condition; 613p. Please note that this is a heavy item which may require a non-standard postage charge. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hard Cover. Vg-/No Jacket. Ex-Academic Library. Garland Publishing Hardcover
<p>Publisher: Bombay Education Society's Press Byculla 1884<br /> Vol I 83pp Vol II 135 4 pp Vol III 29513 pp. wraps in a form of perfect binding. Used - Very Good Very good No dust jacket Parts 1 and III are VG Part 2 is near VG. 3 volume set. Green wraps. Part I 1884 Part II 1886 Part III 1888. FIRST EDITION 3 volume set. Green wraps. Part I 1884 Part II 1886 Part III 1888 Sastri a famous Tamil folklorist. PAGE NUMBERING IS CUMULATIVE WITH VOL III ENDING AT P 295 WITH 13 PAGES ADS ETC TO FOLLOW. This first edition is extremely rare. THREE VOLUMES</p> Bombay Edication Society's Press paperback
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston 1969. 1st ed. Hardcover. F/NF. Dillon Leo & Diane. 1st ed. 8vo cloth backed boards tales of Scottish Kings and Castles illustrated in B&W by Leo and Diane Dillon. Fine in near fine price-clipped djsmall chip at top of back spine. <br/><br/> Holt, Rinehart, Winston hardcover
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston 1969. 1st ed. Hardcover. F/NF. Bock Vera. 1st ed. 8vo cloth backed boards tales from Scottish ballads illustrated in line and wash by Vera Bock. Fine in near fine unclipped dj. <br/><br/> Holt, Rinehart, Winston hardcover
Honolulu HI: Tongg Publishing Company 1944. 213 pp. Tan cloth and illustrated paper-covered boards. Luaus ancient hula chants superstitious compliance with old cults kanaka loyalty romance intrigue love of children love of music song and laughter are all told by the trade wind. Corners bumped boards very slightly bowed. Text clean no tears. Jacket darkened torn and chipped and in several pieces. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Tongg Publishing Company Hardcover
<p>Boston Ticknor & Fields 1860 1862. Hard Cover. Two volumes: 283; 288 16 pages; 19 cm. "Seventeenth Thousand" verso of t.p.; "A List of Books Published by Ticknor and Fields" vol. 2 16 p. dated May 1862. Has library bookplate: "Union Library Tiverton R.I." See BAL 7621. Stock#OB142. Good plus in original embossed publisher's binding. Not many Tivertonians read it.</p> Ticknor & Fields hardcover
New York New York U.S.A.: Random House Value Pub 1999. Very Good/Very Good Hardback. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lulevitch Tom. Random House Value Pub Hardcover
NY: The Hampton Publ. Co. 1921. textblock and binding clean and tight; owner's ink signature on ffep; Paul Bransom illustrations; very spine-faded dust jacket has a section neatly cut out of the front fold-in; jacket is moderately shelf worn; Divided into sections on Classical Fables Oriental Fables. Full-color illus. frontispiece and several more interspersed. 275 pp. Cloth w/Glued Illus. Very Good/Good mylar. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hard Cover. The Hampton Publ. Co. Hardcover
Lincolnwood IL: National Textbook Company 1990. Text block immaculate and tight in lightly worn binding; 343 pp. 1st Printing. Glossy Boards. Near Fine. Illus. by B&W Illustrations. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hard Cover. National Textbook Company Hardcover
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1976. Binding rubbed and a bit edge-worn; textblock clean and tight; 395 pp. including index. Illustrated Boards. Very Good. Octavo. Hard Cover. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
London: E. Appleyard 1845. Roscoe's Library edition. Hardcover. Very Good. linecuts. 8vo 554 pages half black leather extra gilt spine rehinged <br/><br/>Possibly the first book appearance in English of Sue's August 25 1845 letter to his dedicatee. "This romance was one of the most popular specimens of the roman feuilleton the episodic melodramatic novel published by the cheap dailies of the mid-nineteenth century. The Jew who refused hospitality to Jesus has been doomed to a life of sorrow and wandering until his last descendant shall have died. . It is an interesting very compelling story as good as the best of Alexandre Dumas per - THESAURUS OF BOOK DIGESTS." Illustrated with linecuts. E. Appleyard hardcover
New York: Putnam 1979 . First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo black cloth; name on endpaper stain on inside of dj <br/><br/>A fresh retelling of the Arthurian legend Putnam hardcover
New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. 1995 First printing in trade paperback. 217 pp. Illustrations including color plates index. Very minor wear to covers. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. LR2-3. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. paperback
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1931 Reprint in hardcover. Black and white and color plates index of poetical quotations glossary and index. Gift inscription on the front endpaper light overall wear. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good. BW7-11. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. hardcover
Gainesville 1937 University of Florida. Single complete issue of the Southern Folklore Quarterly vol 1 # 2. June 1937. Octavo 73pp. original printed wraps. VG wraps a bit soiled lower corner of rear wrapper folded. . paperback
New York: Farrar Strauss and Co. 1965. 1965. Hardcover very good condition. Dust jacket very good condition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Farrar, Strauss and Co. Hardcover
London: Faber 1988. 1st . Hardcover. VG/VG. Wijngaard Juan. 1st ed. 8vo. With 15 gorgeous color plates by Juan Wijngaard. Near fine in fine unclipped dj. <br/><br/> Faber hardcover
Garden City NY: Garden City Books 1960. very good hardcover with no dust jacket. Some yellowing. Previous owner inscription on pastedown. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Garden City Books Hardcover
U.S.A.: Llewellyn Publications 2002. very good mass market paperback. 2002. Some general wear and batter. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Llewellyn Publications Paperback
New York: Columbia University Press 1951. very good hardcover. Second printing. Previous owner inscription. Some minor wear. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Columbia University Press Hardcover
U.S.A.: Signet 1970. good mass market paperback with some moderate wear. Top of spine torn. previous owner inscription and writing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Signet Paperback
U.S.A.: Random House Incorporated 1975. good trade paperback. Previous owner inscription. some spine creases. Trade Paperback. Good. Random House, Incorporated Paperback
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1907. very good hardcover without dust jacket. Previous owner writing. 1907. Some loose binding foxing and general wear. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
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