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FAULKNER William
Mayday
Notre Dame: Univ. Of Notre Dame Press 1978. First trade edition of Faulkner's fable self-published in 1926 with black & white and watercolor illustrations by the author; end-papers; introduction by Carvel Collins; 87pp. First Trade. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by FAULKNER William. Univ. Of Notre Dame Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 902965
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AMADO Jorge
The Swallow and the Tom Cat; a Love Story
New York: Delacorte Press 1982. Translated by Barbara Shelby Merello; black & white illustrations; remainder spray on bottom & front edges; 96pp.;. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by CARYBE. Delacorte Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 903083 ISBN : 0440083257 9780440083252
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LEFEBVRE LABOULAYE Edouard Rene
Abdallah or The Four-Leaved Shamrock
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. 1892. New American Edition bound in blue buckram with gold gilt decorations; part of the "Laurel Crowned Tales" and forms a part of the collection under the title of "Laboulaye's Fairy Book"; translated by Mary L. Booth; previous owners inscription on ffep.; chapter decorations; 232pp. Reprint. VG/No Jacket. A.C. McClurg & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 901691
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SCHRAM Peninnah
Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another
Northvale NJ U.S.A.: Jason Aronson Inc. 1989. 2nd edition 4th printing; signed dated & inscribed by author; illus. in black & white; 508pp. Tight clean copy. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jason Aronson Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 900561 ISBN : 0876689675 9780876689677
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For Girls And Boys
<p>This is a servicable copy for the prints alone which are from the incomparable Parrish. A bargain at this price because ex-library.</p> Dodd, Mead hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio321
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Sozos Tombolis
Cypriake paradosiake mousike. Sylloge-katagrafe-analyse Traditional Cypriot Music. Collected Recorded and Analysed
Nicosia: Politistiko Hidryma Trapezes Kyprou 2002. Brand new. In greek. Two volumes. Hard cover 31X24 cm 788 pp. This two-volume edition presents the collections of Sozos Tombolis including both published works and a large amount of unpublished material recorded in Byzantine and European musical notation. The collection includes about 300 songs and dances as well as musical examples of traditional music from the broader Hellenic regions also encountered in Cyprus. Volume 1 includes an introduction to traditional Cypriot music and its characteristic features such as rhythm melody and form. The 228 songs are divided into various thematic unities. Volume 2 contains the dances and a short biography of its author. Politistiko Hidryma Trapezes Kyprou hardcover
Bookseller reference : S9061
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Watts Bernadette
Varenka
London: Oxford University Press 1971. Brilliantly illustrated picture book. Binding is tight spine square. Pictorial hard covers paper over boards cloth spine show minor edgewear tape residue. Orange endpapers show tape shadows pocket & usual markings to rear endpaper. Contents clean save for minor library notations/stamps on title page; some text pages show very minor fingering to bottom margin. Would be a solid vg except for library markings. Dust jacket is unclipped shows minor rubbing to extremities paper disturbance and glue residue at former site of spine label. Varenka lives in a house deep in a forest in Russia. Although a fierce war is being waged and soldiers are nearby she decides to stay in her house in hopes of being able to look after travellers and lost children and indeed several refugees end up in her care. This simple story tells how Varenka's prayer for protection is answered and how God cares for her and her guests. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Bernadette Watts. 8.25 x 11.5 in. 21cm x 29cm. Ex-Library. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C705516
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NY Folklore Society
Lot 17 NY New York Folklore Booklets 1984-2000
softcover. Published by the New York Folklore Society-All softcovers--All in good condition-ex library w/stamps and usual library markings-clean text-good bindings----Each issue contains wonderful articles and stories with b/w illustrations---"Included in this lot: Winter-Spring 1984.40th Anniverary Issue 1985.Summer-Fall 1986.Marketing Folk Art-Winter-Spring 1986------ Summer-Fall 1987.Winter-Spring 1987.Winter-Spring 1988.Summer-Fall 1988------ Summer-Fall 1989.Winter-Spring 1990.Winter-Spring 1991.Prejudice and Pride Special Issue 1993.Summer-Fall 1993----- Summer/Fall 1994.Winter-Spring 1994.Proceedings from Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting 1995.2000 Special Issue--Through African Centered Prisms -Because of weight of books additional shipping charges will be reguired for international or priority orders. . paperback
Bookseller reference : 21285
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Margaret Baker
Wedding Customs and Folklore
Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1977. 1st. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The author looks at the love courtship and marriage customs of the western world and how they have developed. Love potions valentines and courting customs trial marriage and bundling betrothal customs marriage contracts and the attitudes those reflect wedding days festivities we know and those long gone. Ex library with 2 stamps to title page. Spine lightly bumped small tape marks to both boards. D/j unclipped and protected. David & Charles hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000476
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Matthews Cornelius
HIAWATHA and Other Legends of the Wigwams of the Red American Indians
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein. 344 pages. No date but appears to be late 19th century. Illustrated with engravings including 5 full-page plates by anonymous artist. Library rebound in orange buckram with lettering and decoration in white; covers bright and clean with mild rubbing to extremities. Binding is tight spine square. Library markings as usual. Light smudging or spotting to some pages throughout unobtrusive except page 14 -19 have some small tears and paper damage rendering several words difficult to make out. Overall a sturdy and serviceable reading copy. I believe this is the same book published in the USA as "The Enchanted Moccasins and Other Legends of the Americans Indians"; Enchanted Moccasins is one of the 28 tales comprising the collection. Originally compiled by Henry Schoolcraft re-interpreted and developed by Matthews to "enable them as far as worthy to take a place with the popular versions of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments. and other tales of Europe and the East to which they bear a resemblance in romantic interest and quaint extravagance of fancy." How far they still resemble their First Nations originals I cannot say. Hard Cover. About Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 4.25 x 6.5 in. 10.5cm x 16.5cm. Ex-Library. W. Swan Sonnenschein hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704337
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Fowke Edith
Folktales of French Canada Folk Tales
Toronto: NC Press Ltd. 1993. 151 pages. Index of themes list of source materials bibliography. Translated into English by Fowke. Tight binding square uncreased spine clean contents. Definitely a very good copy if not for library markings to endpapers and inside covers inkstamp to edges. Spine has label and tape reinforcement. Title page a bit wrinkled. Still a very serviceable copy of this hard-to-find collection. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 14cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. NC Press Ltd. paperback
Bookseller reference : C704223 ISBN : 0919601766 9780919601765
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Walker Louise Jean
Red Indian Legends: Tribal Tales of the Great Lakes
London: Odhams 1961. Remains of library markings; previous ownerr's namer on verso of title page; covers lightly marked; dust wrapper lightly edge-rubbed; 159p illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/G. Illus. by Kennedy Richard. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Odhams Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80079
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Sirovatka Oldrich; Luzik Rudolf; ; Jones Neil translator
Slav Tales
London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1974. 197 pages. Bound in white cloth stamped with lettering in gilt on spine design in red and gilt on front. Pictorial front endpapers rear endpapers are plain. Corners are sharp unworn. Clean save for tapemarks on cloth. Binding is tight contents clean and fresh save for a few library inkstamps. Rear endpaper with pocket and most library signifiers has been carefully removed by library upon deaccession. Dust jacket is unclipped unworn with no spine label. Twenty-five folktales from various traditions: Polish Czech Slovak Russian Ukrainian Bylorussian Bulgarian Slovenian Macedonian Serbian. Exquisitely illustrated with full-colour and b/w pen-and-wash illustrations. An attractive book with no external signs of its library sojourn. This beautiful book is somewhat heavy and will probably require supplemental postage for airmail or overseas shipping. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good. Illus. by Maria Zelibska. 8 x 11 in. 20cm x 27.5cm. Ex-Library. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704034 ISBN : 0460058835 9780460058834
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John Ruskin
The King of the Golden River
acceptable. hardcover. dust jacket wear. ex-library book. price clipped. edge wear. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B71109120N18612 ISBN : 0688801226 9780688801229
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Montague Summers
History of Witchcraft and Demonology
good. hardcover. dust jacket wear. ex-library book. edge wear. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B71017xxxN19082 ISBN : 0821600389 9780821600382
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Ardizzone Edward; Andersen Hans Christian
Ardizzone's Hans Andersen: Fourteen Classic Tales
London: Andre Deutsch 1978. 191 pages. 16 full-page colour plates; black and white drawings throughout. Maroon hardcover with gilt picture and lettering on front and spine. Top edge dyed pink. Pictorial endpapers depict swans in maroon on pink. Tight and square sharp corners and little wear. Library tape shadows on boards and endpapers rear free endpaper excised by library and replaced with a colour photocopy not entirely seamlessly library notations on title page and rear pastedown endpaper. Pages clean and bright except five pages have library stamp on bottom margin. Dust jacket is price-clipped appears otherwise fine in new mylar cover. No spine label very attractive book. Ardizzone's work is perfectly suited to these stories; sensitive without being sentimental. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Near Fine. Illus. by Edward Ardizzone. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 16.5cm x 24cm. Ex-Library. Andre Deutsch hardcover
Bookseller reference : C703175 ISBN : 0233969969 9780233969961
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Heide Florence Parry
The Shrinking of Treehorn
Holiday House 1971. EX-LIBRARY copy with card pocket stickers discard stamp. Hard Cover. Good Plus/EX-LIBRARY/Good Plus/Ex-Library. Illus. by Gorey Edward. Holiday House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0107242 ISBN : 0823401898 9780823401895
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Sleigh Barbara
West of Widdershins: A Gallimaufry of Stories Brewed in Her Own Cauldron
London: Collins 1971. 191 pages. Green tweed-look hardcover with bright gilt lettering to red backed spine label; mildly bumped corners; almost no wear; tapemarks and very mild soiling to boards. Tight internally clean lightly circulated ex-library book. New front endpapers fitted. Small inkstamp and cataloguing notation to prelims and again on one text page; date-due slip small tapemarks and paper surface peel from pocket removal to rear endpapers; textblock edges are clean with no stamps. Dust jacket appears near new - bright clean and free of wear with no spine label; but has small tapemarks to flaps and some mild evidence of library mylar attachment to reverse side. A very attractive book on the shelf! "Collection of 19 fairy tales - some in the traditional manner some contemporary and all completely original. Four golden guinea pigs receive some shocks when they decide to explore the outside world; a schoolteacher one day finds that whenever she says 'I wish' it is granted; a boy from Form 3b loses the the form's Secret Code and is 'sent to Coventry' until the library bookworms come to his rescue - and much more! Companion volume to the author's North of Nowhere." - dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 14cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : C702318 ISBN : 0001952056 9780001952058
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Abel Alison; illustrated by Shirley Hughes
Make Hay While the Sun Shines: A Book of Proverbs
London: Faber & Faber 1977. Illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated picture book has a proverb a short explanation of its meaning and an illustration on each page - except that some proverbs get a splendid two-page spread. All are drawn with Shirley Hughes's inimitable humour and grace. The irate gentleman in his glass house threatening to throw a stone at the cheeky boys on his back fence is just one of the vignettes that left me smiling. This is a withdrawn library book with markings on the endpapers and bottom edge. Tan hardcover with gilt lettering on spine boards show little or no wear binding tight entire book clean and bright. Dust jacket is unclipped with original price of �3.25 has spine label appears o/w vg in library mylar with liner not dj affixed to inside covers. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Shirley Hughes. 6.25 x 8.5 in. 16cm x 22cm. Ex-Library. Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701879 ISBN : 0571110061 9780571110063
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Hawthorne Nathaniel; illustrated by Paul Galdone
Pandora's Box: The Paradise of Children
New York: McGraw-Hill 1967. 61 pages. Two-colour black line aqua wash illustrations throughout. Bound in blue cloth with an illustration smaller version of dust jacket illus. in black on the front lettering in black on spine. Decorative endpapers in aqua and grey. Binding is tight boards show only minor rubbing to sharp corners book is clean save for library depredations consisting of tapemarks to boards and endpapers single inkstamp to copyright page and another to an interior page margin pocket etc. on rear endpaper. Dust jacket is priceclipped clean with no spine label but a small J in white ink spine is sunned tiny chip at top of front foldover very minor tape shadows to flaps looks very nice in new mylar cover . Altogether an attractive ex-library copy of a very uncommon book by two-time Caldecott honor illustrator in scarce dust jacket. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Paul Galdone. 6.25 x 8.25 in. 16cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. McGraw-Hill hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701959
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The Brothers Grimm; illustrated by Adrienne Adams
Hansel and Gretel
New York New York U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons 1975. Bound in tan cloth printed in black with design of witch tree and children on front lettering on spine. Corners are somewhat bumped and a bit worn just starting to fray. Library tape marks to boards. Binding is tight. Pages show light fingering to margins with one page turning tear. Fore edge of front endpaper is a bit soiled with a small stain. Typical library marks to prelims pocket etc. to rear endpaper. Dust jacket is price clipped shows minor wear to edges and extremities with a small chip at head of spine adhesive residue at former site of spine label. A sturdy and serviceable copy of this less-common title by Caldecott honor-winning artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Adrienne Adams. 8 x 10.25 in. 20cm x 26cm. Ex-Library. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701963 ISBN : 068414400X 9780684144009
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d'Aulaire Ingri and Edgar Parin
d'Aulaires' Trolls
Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1972. 62 pages. Hardcover with illustrated paper-covered boards shows two spots of paper peeling on front cover tape remnants light-to-moderate wear to extremities with board exposed at one corner tip. Binding is tight. Ex-library with typical markings to copyright page remainder pocket etc. confined to rear endpaper. Pages crisp and generally clean with the very occasional smudge. Dust jacket is unworn priceclipped generally clean except for adhesive residue at site of spine label. Overall a very satisfactory copy of a wonderful book - a compilation of Norwegian folklore relating to trolls and their dealings with humankind - with incomparable d'Aulaire illustrations throughout. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Authors. 9 x 12.25 in. 23cm x 32cm. Ex-Library. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701965 ISBN : 0385133391 9780385133395
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Aiken Joan; illustrated by Quentin Blake
A Handful of Gold
London: Jonathan Cape 1995. 236 pages. Yellow hardcover with black lettering on spine boards clean and bright with sharp corners binding tight. Ex-library signifiers include only inkstamp on bottom edge and rear endpapers glue on pastedowns inside covers. Pages are generally clean but faintly age-toned; one page lightly rippled. Toning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket is bright clean unclipped with no spine label but a library barcode on rear panel: very attractive. Fifteen short stories collected from Aiken's previously published work "with superbly evocative illustrations by Quentin Blake" - I would describe them as whimsical and surprising - both the stories and the illustrations. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Quentin Blake. 5.25 x 8.75 in 13cm x 22.5cm. Ex-Library. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701971 ISBN : 0224039792 9780224039796
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Dennys Nicholas B
The Folklore of China and Its Affinities with That of the Aryan and Semitic Races
Amersterdam Netherlands.: Oriental Press 1968. Hardcover 1968 edition. Ex-Library book with stamps attached. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean except one word to margin A couple of stains to back board. Text in good condition. 156 pages. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Oriental Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007154
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Spicer Dorothy Gladys
13 Rascals Thirteen
New York: Coward McCann and Geoghegan 1971. 128 pages. Bound in white cloth printed in three colours with a wrap-around design by the illustrator. Mild bumping to extremities; rubbing with minor colour loss. Reinforced library-style side-stitched binding is tight. Typical library signifiers include surface paper peels to inside covers discreet library and discard stamps pocket on rear endpaper. Owner's name on ffep. Contents clean and bright. Very nice condition overall. A collection of amusing folktales from around the world dealing with tricksters riddles etc. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Sofia. 7.25 x 10.25 in. 18.5cm x 26cm. Ex-Library. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701719
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Maas Selve; illustrated by Laszlo Gal
The Moon Painters: and Other Estonian Folk Tales
New York: Viking 1971. 143 pages. Beautiful full-page black and white illustrations by renowned illustrator Laszlo Gal. Bound in red-orange cloth. Corners sharp slightly rubbed with minor colour loss faint tape shadows to boards - looks vg overall. Top edge dyed blue. Tight binding square spine. Internally tapemarks and peeled areas from removal of libray pocket to inside front cover; discreet stamps to prelims; o/w clean. Dust jacket is bright and clean back panel has glorious image of "painted" moon in Eastern European style NO spine label but small scuffs from its removal. Would be vg but flaps removed pasted inside back cover. Still very attractive in new mylar cover. A clean sound reading copy that will sparkle on your shelf. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Laszlo Gal. 7.25 x 9.25 in. 18.5cm x 23.5cm. Ex-Library. Viking hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701737 ISBN : 0670488321 9780670488322
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Jones Harold; Aesop
Tales from Aesop
London: Julia MacRae Books Franklin Watts 1981. Pictorial paper-covered boards show minor compression to spine ends & slight blunting to corners sunning to top and spine edges minor scuffing/soiling to back. Pictorial endpapers are pristine. Library-style binding is tight a few pages have faint smudges; unobtrusive library markings: no spine label tiny marks to top edge indicate discard cataloguing notations on copyright page pocket and remaining marks confined to rear - on white endpaper not pictorial one. A really lovely edition of Aesop for children presents 21 fables illustrated in colour on every page. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harold Jones. Ex-Library. Julia MacRae Books (Franklin Watts) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701291 ISBN : 0531040747 9780531040744
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Andersen Hans Christian
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
London: Kaye & Ward Ltd. 1975. Unpaginated picture book. Probably first edition - states first published 1975 no further publications noted. Pictorial boards with wrap-around woodcut illustration edges & corners worn. Decorative endpapers. Tight internally clean and bright copy unmarked save for library attributes. Ex-library appurtenances include spine label pocket and barcode to flyleaf discreet property and discard stamps. Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome woodcuts. Scarce. . Pictorial Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Fleur Brofos Asmussen. 10.5 x 8.5 in. 26.5cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Kaye & Ward Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900770 ISBN : 0718211197 9780718211196
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Hunter Mollie; illustrated by Gareth Floyd
The Bodach also published as The Walking Stones
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Ltd. 1970. 122 pages. Ex-library with adhesive stains to inside covers and fore edge of boards stamps to bookblock edges and discreetly to prelims; ffep lightly rippled at former location of removed pocket. Text pages are clean and bright binding tight. Dust jacket is clean and bright in mylar lower edge front flap clipped but price present covered with sticker NO spine label light rubbing/wear to extremities with a couple small nicks. Glorious wraparound dust jacket art plus pen-and-ink illustrations in text by Gareth Floyd. A sound reading copy which looks very attractive on the shelf. "Donald the shepherd's son learned many things from the stories told to him by the old man called the Bodach but he still did not learn the secret of the Walking Stones or the answer to the mystery of the black staff the Bodach carried. Then one day the Bodach used his strange gift of the Second Sight to foretell the future of the green Highland glen where he and Donald lived." A fantasy firmly set in the 20th century which will appeal to anyone not just children who is fascinated by the Stone Circles and the Gaelic culture of Scotland. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gareth Floyd. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 13cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Blackie & Son Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700430 ISBN : 0216872618 9780216872615
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Hunter Mollie; illustrated by Stephen Gammell
The Kelpie's Pearls
New York: Harper & Row 1976. 134 pages. Pictorial hardcover printed with same design as jacket. Very clean lightly circulated ex-library copy with glue remnants inside covers pocket on ffep and typical inkstamps. Tight and square. Very minor rubbing to extremities - virtually no wear. Dust jacket is clean and free of wear. Spine sunned upper corner of flap clipped but price present on lower corner. No spine label; looks very nice in library mylar. One of the author's favourites among her own novels. The story of a delightful woman who chances to meet a kelpie by a pool above Loch Ness and inadvertantly starts a very strange chain of events. A treasure for anyone who appreciates Highland folklore and legend. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good to Near Fine. Illus. by Stephen Gammell. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 14cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Harper & Row Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700767 ISBN : 0060226595 9780060226596
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Janosch; Shub Elizabeth translator
The Thieves and the Raven
Toronto: Macmillan 1970. Unpaginated picture book in illustrated boards. Stated first printing - that would presumably be first in the English language. Bright bold colourful illustrations. Book is vg tight bright. Light rubbing to corners & spine ends. NOT ex-library no markings of any kind. "Three thieves lived in a forest and were a menace to the surrounding farms and villages". but they would have been wiser to leave the ravens alone. Very nice copy. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Author. 10.75 x 8.75 in. Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : K100413
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Grimm; Sadler Richard translator
Snow White and Rose Red
UK: Richard Sadler Ltd. 1968. Unpaginated picture book illustrated with exquisite pastel paintings. White cloth spine paper-covered boards illustrated with same picture as dust jacket corners mostly sharp but moderately worn two tips just exposed also some dings to edges with paper damage. Hinges reinforced. Pages predominantly clean occasional finger smudge or corner crease does not detract from the artwork. Really not a bad little book except for tape remnants on boards. Other library attributes are discreet inkstamps pocket on rear ep penmark to top of textblock indicating library discard tape "ghosts" to endpapers. Dust jacket is age-toned price-clipped lightly rubbed at extremities but appears free of significant wear. Spine label not present. In new Brodart cover it is a very presentable copy of a hard-to-find book. First English Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Erika Klein. 7.5 x 10.75 in. Ex-Library. Richard Sadler Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 09901801
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Daniels Guy translator
The Peasant's Pea Patch: a Russian Folktale
New York: Delacorte Press 1972. Unpaginated picture book. Bound in green cloth printed with a design by the illustrator in black. Sturdy reinforced "library" binding is tight. Decorative endpapers as usual with library bindings are inside plain white endpapers which bear the bulk of the library signifiers card bar code tapestains. Boards have minor inconspicuous tape residue. Dust jacket has light wear/rubbing to extremities a couple tape stains on flap & spine label; dj clipped at top but price at bottom - overall looks very nice bright and clean as do the contents. The illustrations are placed within decorative borders rather reminiscent of Ivan Bilibin's woodcuts but the ink-and-colour treatment is more informal than woodcut and suits this hilarious tall tale very well indeed. 3rd Printing. Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Robert Quackenbush. 8.25 x 10.25 in. 21cm x 26cm. Ex-Library. Delacorte Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9901423
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Zola Meguido
Only the Best
Julia MacRae Books 1981. Beautifully illustrated award-winning picture book with sticker of one of the awards on the cover. Pictorial boards are lightly soiled edgeworn with bumped extremities. Binding is tight contents predominantly clean save for library marks and some marginal fingering. Library marking include inkstamps some blacked-out with marker unfortunately one is in the bottom white space of a text page and pocket to rear endpaper; no spine label. Still a delightful copy of this story about a father who longed to give the very best gift in the world to his newborn child. . Pictorial Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Valerie Littlewood. 8 x 10 in. 20cm x 25cm. Ex-Library. Julia MacRae Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 09901827 ISBN : 0531040666 9780531040669
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Van Woerkom Dorothy; illustrated by Paul Galdone
The Queen Who Couldn't Bake Gingerbread: An Adaptation of a German Folk Tale
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1975. First edition complete number line ending in 1. Unpaginated picture book with Galdone's lively and expressive colour illustrations on every page. Ex-library book no dust jacket boards protected by library mylar cover affixed to endpapers. Light wear and soiling to boards with gently bumped corners and rubbing to edges. Internally bright library stamps & pocket present light signs of use including one tiny page-turning tear fingering & faint smudges in margins; still overall impression is generally clean. "When the King of Mulligatawny is unable to find a queen who bakes gingerbread he finally realizes that there are more important things to consider in selecting a wife.". First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Paul Galdone. 10.75 x 8.25 in. Ex-Library. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9901189 ISBN : 0394930339 9780394930336
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Sewall Marcia
Master of All Masters: An English Folktale
Boston: Atlantic - Little Brown 1972. 31 pages. Bound in yellow cloth printed in blue and red with titles and design of a cat. Cloth is bright corners square minor shelfwear to boards. Barest hint of tape stains they don't show up on the yellow. Ex-library with flyleaf removed adhesive stains to front and back endpapers and just a couple stamps. Extra-strong "library" binding is tight pages clean and fresh. Dust jacket is clean save for minor adhesive stains; shows light edgewear with a couple nicks; tiny paper peel from spine label removal. Overall a very presentable copy. Funny story about an eccentic old gentleman calling himself "Master of All Masters" who hires a country girl to be his servant and then instructs her to use tongue-twisting special names for the most ordinary of objects. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Author. 8.5 x 6.5 in. Ex-Library. Atlantic - Little, Brown hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9901548
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Crossley Holland Kevin; illustrated by Charles Keeping
The Wildman
London: Andre Deutsch 1976. Unpaginated picture book text in blue-green line drawings in ink-and-wash. Pictorial hardcover paper-covered boards with same illustration as dust jacket. Binding tight. Ex-library with typical signifiers including pocket & barcode on ffep small paper peels from tape removal on boards library stamps to prelims. Edgewear to boards with colour loss. Internally clean and bright. Dust jacket is priceclipped by publisher original price sticker on front panel no other defects noted. From a mysterious entry in an ancient chronicle regarding a merman caught at Orford in Suffolk during the reign of Henry II Kevin Crossley-Holland created the Wildman who tells his own story in vivid anguished words. Charles Keeping's powerful and imaginative drawings make this strangely moving tale a memorable and haunting picture book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Charles Keeping. 8.25 x 8 in. 20.5 x 20 cm. Ex-Library. Andre Deutsch Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700338 ISBN : 0233968016 9780233968018
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Cowan James
Kun-Man-Gur the Rainbow Serpent
Boston MA U.S.A.: Barefoot Books Inc. 1994. 32 pp. Picture book. NOT ex-library. White boards with gilt title on spine: very clean and fresh but have a couple light bumps. Interior unmarked pristine. Dust jacket unclipped has a little rubbing or rolling to edges and a microscopic nick at base of spine; looks really spiffy in new archival Brodart cover. Overall a truly wonderful copy. A distinguished anthropologist retells an Australian Aboriginal creation myth with spectacular illustrations by Bronwyn Bancroft a descendant of the Bundjalung tribe of New South Wales. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Bancroft Bronwyn. 8.75" x 10.25". Barefoot Books Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900568 ISBN : 1569579067 9781569579060
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Valjavec Matija; Vipotnik Cene
The Magic Ring: a Picture Story from Yugoslavia
Cleveland Ohio: World Publishing Company 1968. Unpaginated picture book. Sturdy library binding is still tight. Ex-library with typical marks including tapestains to boards minor and endpapers; property and discard stamps; pocket at rear. Pages show fingering and light smudging mostly confined to margins but some in prelims; couple page-turning tears. Edges and extremities rubbed; corners blunted but not bent. Dust jacket has NO spine label; price clipped; crease to front flap; minor wear to extremities; small chips at spine ends; dampstain to top of spine no effect on book. Appears bright and near very good in new archival Brodart. Folklorist Matija Valjavec collected this Slovenian tale and recorded it in verse in the 19th century; Cene Vipotnik has retold it in prose. Charming folk-art illustrations. First U.S. Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Marlenka Stupica. 8.25 x 10.25 in. 21cm x 26cm. Ex-Library. World Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9901342
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Picard Barbara Leonie; Firdawsi
Tales of Ancient Persia: Retold from the Shah-Nama of Firdausi
London: Oxford University Press 1972. 173 pages. Red hardcover with gilt title on spine. Library tape stains to boards and bumps to corners and top edge edges sunned. Binding tight structurally vg contents clean and bright save for tape "ghosts" to endpapers pocket on rear endpaper. Strangely enough no property stamps noted; penmark to top of bookblock signifying discard and notation to copyright page with small stamped number for accession. Dust jacket is unclipped bright glossy; trace of label at base of spine; reverse has some paper peeling and some staining from former library mylar. Looks attractive in new archival Brodart. "Drawing on the first half of Firdausi's epic poem Shah-Nama - the King-Book - Picard has retold some of the myths and legends of ancient Persia.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. 5.5 x 8.75 in. 14cm x 22cm. Ex-Library. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 09901788 ISBN : 0192741195 9780192741196
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Cook Lyn; Davies Mary; French adaptation by Michiline St Cyr
Jolly Jean-Pierre / Voyage Extraordinaire de Jean-Pierre
Toronto: Burns and MacEachern Limited 1973. 35 pages. Bound in cloth printed in full colour with illustration of Jean-Pierre the voyageur. Extremities rubbed with minor colour loss; front board just barely bowed. Binding tight text pages clean and bright. Ex-library marks consist of inkstamps to edges and to prelims; half-title page is rippled at former site of pocket. A versified tall tale put into the mouth of a voyageur - Bilingual in English and French. The English version the original is the latest example I have seen of the genre of poetry purporting to represent the Habitant dialect in English. Cook does not attempt as did William Henry Drummond who invented of the genre to reproduce the "charming" pronunciation but in the 21st century such lines as "But suddenly I wake up fast! The boat she jump and spin - " leave me simply dumbstruck with amazement. The French version is an adaptation and renders the story in prose with considerably more detail and a more literary form "Soudain je sentis mordre � l'hame�on . Le canot sautait et dansait." In any case definitely a literary curiosity as a very late example of humourous but sympathetic Habitant patois poetry in English. By a distinguished Canadian children's author; we usually have a number of Lyn Cook books available please search our stock or enquire. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 10" x 8.25" 25.5cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Burns and MacEachern Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700611 ISBN : 0088768437 9780088768436
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Hunter Mollie; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
The Walking Stones also published as The Bodach
New York: Harper & Row 1970. 143 pages. Bound in cloth printed in full colour with same design as dust jacket: very clean and bright rubbing to bottom edge with some colour loss corner bumps. Binding is tight contents generally clean with the odd smudge would be a solid vg if not for library depredations including surface peeling to fixed endpapers inkstamps to edges and prelims pocket on ffep. Dj is clean and attractive in new mylar cover NO spine label priceclipped with a few small scrapes to paper indentations to back panel slightly affecting back board of book. Magical black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott winner Trina Schart Hyman whose grasp of Celtic lore has always been remarkable. A sound reading copy which looks quite presentable on the shelf. "Donald the shepherd's son learned many things from the stories told to him by the old man called the Bodach but he still did not learn the secret of the Walking Stones or the answer to the mystery of the black staff the Bodach carried. Then one day the Bodach used his strange gift of the Second Sight to foretell the future of the green Highland glen where he and Donald lived." A fantasy firmly set in the 20th century which will appeal to anyone not just children who is fascinated by the Stone Circles and the Gaelic culture of Scotland. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Ex-Library. Harper & Row Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700837
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Pyle Howard
Pepper And Salt Or Seasoning For Young Folk
1967. Paperback. Good. Good Hardcover. 1967 Dover. Unabridged reprint of 1885 edition. Cover is flawless. Ex-library with typical indications. Text is clean bright and unmarked. Tight binding. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1417943157 ISBN : 1417943157 9781417943159
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Green Roger Lancelyn editor; Farjeon Eleanor; Ewing Juliana Horatia; Nesbit E.; Lang Andrew; Kipling Rudyard; Milne A. A.
The Hamish Hamilton Book of MAGICIANS
London: Hamish Hamilton 1973. 274 pages with notes on sources. Ex-school library lightly circulated tight binding and clean pages. 25 selections include many from ancient sources retold by the editor "The Magicians' Gifts" and "The Magician Turned Mischief-Maker" by Juliana Horatia Ewing; Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale" retold by Eleanor Farjeon; "The Princess and the Cat" by E. Nesbit; "Chinook and Chinook" and "The Magician Who Wanted More" by Andrew Lang; "The Crab who Played with the Sea" by Rudyard Kipling; "Prince Rabbit" by A. A. Milne; "The Castle of Kerglas" by Emile Souvestre; "The Magician and his Pupil" by Amelia Godin. Bright red hardcover; corner bumps and mild edgewear; library tapemarks on boards; internally clean and bright with very light library markings single inkstamp to each inside cover pocket on rear endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped formerly laminated some evidence of this on flaps very slight signs of wear/rubbing to extremities with tiny erosion at one foldover whiter patch at former site of spine label; overall looks brilliant in new mylar cover. Very attractive book containing an excellent array of stories. Large & heavy book will be sent to most North American destinations at our default surface mail rates but overseas or priority listings may incur extra charges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. 6.5"x 10" 16.5cm x 25cm. Ex-Library. Hamish Hamilton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700953 ISBN : 0241022649 9780241022641
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Hoffmann Werner
Das Siegfriedbild in Der Forschung Ertr�ge der Forschung ; Bd. 127
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Abt. Verl. 1979. Softcover 1979 edition. Ex-Library book with stamps and labels attached. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Covers and text in very good condition. 162 pages. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft [Abt. Verl.] Paperback
Bookseller reference : 005133 ISBN : 3534057686 9783534057689
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Osborne Pope Mary
American Tall Tales
New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc 1991. First edition first printing. Hardcover binding 115 pp. Fantastic color woodcut illustrations by Michael McCurdy. Clean bright solid ex-library book. Discard stamps dustjacket in plastic cover taped to boards neat labels over rear endpaper. Good in very good dustjacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by McCurdy Michael woodcuts. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Alfred a Knopf Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010562 ISBN : 0679900896 9780679900894
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Sneve Virginia Driving Hawk
The trickster and the Troll
Lincoln: University of Nebraska 1997. 108ppLakota and Norwegian glossary pgs.Seamlessly and beautifully told tale intermixing of Norwegian and Lakota folk figures. First American Edition. Blue bds/cloth Spine Hardbound. Vg/Vg. Illus. by Jacket Design By Dika Eckersley. Octavo. Ex Library. University of Nebraska hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2271 ISBN : 0803242611 9780803242616
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Samuels Gayle Brandow
Enduring Roots: Encounters With Trees History and the American Landscape
Piscataway New Jersey U.S.A.: Rutgers University Press 1999. A clean copy ususl ex-library distinctions. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Rutgers University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6105 ISBN : 081352721X 9780813527215
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Grimm Jacob
DEUTSCHE MYTHOLOGIE. 3 Bd. Unveranderter Photomechanischer Nachdruck der Vierten Ausgabe. Besorgt von Elard H. Meyer
Graz:: Akademische Druck-u. Ex-lib. w e-p sp. & edge marks; VG HB set; text unmarked. 1953. ISBN: xlii 1044L xii 541 pp. Catalogs: MYTHOLOGY. Keywords: GERMAN. Akademische Druck-u unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS020216I
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Mary Grant O'Sheridan
Gaelic Folk Tales
<p>This is a servicable copy of a glimpse of a fairy strcture whose beauty has no peer and who antiquity antedates all others except the Hellenic. The Quest of the Eric Fine The Fateof the Children of Lir The Ard Righ of Eire Deirdre or the Fateof the Sons of Usnach Oisin's Tale The Pursuit of the Gilla Dacker The fairy Palace of the Quicken Trees.---they're all here.</p><p>Photo on request.</p><p>Request</p> Hall & McCreary hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio246
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