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Dr. Victor H GuInther
Hans Nielsen Hauge : Norwegens Erwecker
<p>288 pp. A spine is slightly damaged. Otherwise very clean and nice. Mint copy.</p> Christophorus hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio388
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Wilheld Oertel von Horn
Des alten Schmiedjakob s Geschichten "The Old Blacksmith Jacob's Stories"
<p>"The Old Blacksmith Jacob's Stories" in 19th century German an excellent copy from a prolific story teller. A treasure.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Robler hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio268
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Meyer, E.H
Deutsche Volkskunde.
Straßburg, Trübner, 1898. M. 1 Kte. u. 17 Abb. VIII, 362 S. OLwd.
Bookseller reference : 106894
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SPIRIN Gennady
Tale of the Firebird
NY: Philomel Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0399235841 . Illustrated by the author. Translated from the Russian by Tatiana Popova. Second printing thus. Previous owner's name on front paste-down else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Philomel Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 27596 ISBN : 0399235841 9780399235849
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BIERHORST John
Mythology of North America
NY: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0688041450 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover
Bookseller reference : 27277 ISBN : 0688041450 9780688041458
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GOFFE Toni
Joe Giant's Missing Boot: A Mothergooseville Story
NY: Lothrop Lee and Shepard. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0688095321 . Illustrated by the author. First American printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Lothrop, Lee and Shepard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26943 ISBN : 0688095321 9780688095321
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Grundtvig, N.F.S
Volkheit. Ausgew., übers. u. eingel. v. J. Tiedje.
Jena, Diederichs, 1927. M. Front. IV, 437 S. OLwd. M. Rsign. Einbd. beschmutzt. Rücken etwas verblichen. Bind. bei Vorsatz etwas sichtbar. Mehr. St./Sign. a. Vorsatz. u. Tit. (Schriften zur Volkserziehung u. Volkheit 2)
Bookseller reference : 132393
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REINSBERG-DÜRINGSFELD, O.v
Fest-Kalender aus Böhmen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniß d. Volkslebens u. Volksglaubens in Böhmen.
Prag, Kober, 1862. 16, 626 (recte 606) S. OBr. (angestaubt, unaufgeschnitten).
Bookseller reference : 1150524
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Jacobs Joseph
English Fairy Tales
Dover Publications. Very Good. 1967. Softcover. 048621818x . Tight unmarked bok in glossy covers with light shelfwear ; 9.10 X 5.30 X 0.60 inches; 261 pages . Dover Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 35939 ISBN : 048621818x 9780486218182
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RIEHL, W.H
Die Naturgeschichte des deutschen Volkes. In Auswahl hrsg. u. eingel. v. H. Naumann u. R. Haller.
Leipzig, Ph. Reclam, (1934). Gr.-8vo. 407 S. Mit 16 Abb. auf 8 Taf. OLwd.
Bookseller reference : 1008633
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Davidson Gienapp Heyrman Lytle Stoff
Nation of Nations: U. S. History Timeline
McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. 2001. 8 pp fold out on stiff wraps clean and unmarked. NO CD. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 235469 ISBN : 0072500603 9780072500608
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Hawthorne Nathaniel
The Golden Touch
New York NY U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press LLC 1987. Night Lights--pages glow in the dark. Gold seal at top left of DJ: Night Lights: a Glow in the Dark Book. DJ spine faded Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Very Good. Illus. by Salvucci Richard . Saint Martin's Press, LLC Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13514 ISBN : 0312572840 9780312572846
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Breddin, I
Volkskunde u. Volksideal bei Christian Gotthilf Salzmann.
Langensalza, Beltz, 1937. 134 S. OKrt. m. Deckelsign. Umschl. lichtrandig. (Gött. Stud. z. Päd. 29)
Bookseller reference : 407037
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Johnson Frances Agnes
Coyote Tales: How the Sandbur Came to West Texas
Austin Texas: Eakin Press 1992. Laminated pictorial covers. Author and illustrator bios on the rear cover. Convinced of his own power Coyote assures the stars that he will be able to return them to the heavens after their visit to West Texas. Twenty-eight pages. Signed by the author to fellow children's author and four-time Edgar winner Joan Lowery Nixon: "October 4 1997 Happy Coyote Tales to Joan Lowery Nixon Dr. Frances Agnes Johnson." Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of association copies from fellow children's authors See our other listings from this collection. SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Jackie Gulledge Zweiger. Assocaition Copy. Eakin Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 07535 ISBN : 0890158665 9780890158661
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Baker Betty
Save Sirrushany! Also Agotha Princess Gwyn and All the Fearsome Beasts
<p>New York: Macmillan 1978. Top edge only of boards worn possibly from inscet damage. Rest of the book is fine. Story of a young girl on a quest to save the impoverishe kingdom of Sirrushany. A fast-paced plot that gently spoofs traditional fantasies. 134 pages with a fold-out map. Signed by the author to fellow children's author and four-time Edgar winner Joan Lowery Nixon: "For Joan Nixon who's encountered a few dragons herself. Betty Baker 6/26/90." Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of association copies from fellow children's authors. See our other listings from this collection. SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Eric Ingraham. Assocaition Copy.</p> Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 07530 ISBN : 002708230x 9780027082302
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Rand Roberta
Playing the Tuba at Midnight : The Joys and Challenges of Singleness
IVP 1995. Pages unmarked and binding firm. Wraps Paperback. Pages clean binding firm. IVP Paperback
Bookseller reference : 47157 ISBN : 0830816909 9780830816903
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Chinese folklore institute
Chinese Four Traditional FestivalsChinese EditionOld-Used
Anhui Education Publishing House. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language: Chinese. The book discusses the meaning of four traditional festivals in China. and is written by the scholars of Chinese Folklore Institute. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Anhui Education Publishing House paperback
Bookseller reference : 0802883 ISBN : 7533648749 9787533648749
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Healy Christopher
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
New York: Walden Pond Press 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Good /good . Harris Todd. Red hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page "To Carl & Julie - Enjoy the Adventure Christopher Healy." A good copy with wear at the board edges and rounding at the corners and spine tips. Text is clean and unmarked but with a couple of dog-eared pages. Solid binding and hinges. Unclipped dustjacket with matching edgewear and rounding creases to the rear flap - still bright and attractive. 438 pp. black and white illustrations by Todd Harris. The author's first children's book. Walden Pond Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 585 ISBN : 0062117432 9780062117434
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Ph. Mavrovouniotes et al
Hellenikoi laikoi choroi
<p><em><strong>Modern Greek Folk Dances</strong></em></p><p><em><strong> </strong></em>In greek. Soft cover 24 cm 520 pp.</p><p> </p><p>==============================================================</p> USP paperback
Bookseller reference : 190028
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Opie Iona & Peter eds.
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
<p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING stated complete number line to 1 Cambridge Candlewick Press 1992 ISBN #156402072X. Deluxe Limited Slipcased Edition #7 of 350 numbered copies. Signed by Sendak and Iona Opie. New and includes publishers paper with original price of $75 and Limitation Number No. 7 on the label which was only removed to verify signatures and limitation number. A collection of traditional children’s poems and riddles illustrated by Maurice Sendak mostly in color. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed.</p></p> Candlewick Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1121 O42 ISBN : 156402072X 9781564020727
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I. Papantoniou & Antonio Tabucchi eds.
Stolismoi kephales - Enthymia taxidion apo laous tes Anatoles: Sylloge Ioannas Koutsoudake
<p><p style="color: #000000; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; background-color: #A9F5F2;"><b>Headdresses -Souvenirs of encounters with Asian cultures</b></strong style></p>In greek. Soft cover 20 cm 125 pp. 100 color photos.</p><p><em>This richly illustrated exhibition catalogue highlights the artistic wealth of the collection and the curator’s text investigates the symbolisms and functions of dress and particularly headdresses for the people of the East. The volume is completed with a short text by Ioanna Papantoniou and a short story by Antonio Tabucchi written especially for this catalogue.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>===========================================================</em></p><p> </p> Benaki Museum paperback
Bookseller reference : 153785
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Dallapiccola Anna L
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend. NEW IN SHRINKWRAP
New York: N.Y. Thames & Hudson 2002. 2002 First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 224 pp. Illustrations index chronology bibliography. New in publisher's shrinkwrap. As New in As New jacket. N.Y. Thames & Hudson 2002. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 242008 ISBN : 0500510881 9780500510889
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Anonymus 15th ce.
Ho epainos ton gynaekon
<p><p style="color: #000000; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; background-color: #FCBF01;"><b> The Praise of Women</b></strong style></p>In greek. Soft cover 24 cm 160 pp. Epimetron. Bibliography. Edited by Soteria Stavrakopoulou.</p><p><em>The praise of women is an anonymous Cretan folk poem of the late 15th century with anti-women satirical and at times blunt content. Commenting even on novel cultural values of its time regarding the social status of women the poem presents the vices and the inappropriate behavior of virgins married women and widows defining what is proper and what is not what is acceptable and what is forbidden.</em></p><p>Ο Îπαινος των γυναικών είναι Îνα ανώνυμο δημώδες ποίημα του Ï„Îλους του 15ου αιώνα μάλλον κÏητικής Ï€ÏοÎλευσης σε ομοιοκατάληκτους οκτασÏλλαβους ιαμβικοÏÏ‚ ή Ï„ÏοχαϊκοÏÏ‚ στίχους. Τυπώθηκε για Ï€Ïώτη φοÏά μόλις το 1905. Το ποίημα Îχει αντιγυναικείο και σατιÏικό/παÏαδειγματικό κάποτε και ωμό πεÏιεχόμενο και σχολιάζει καινοφανή πολιτισμικά δεδομÎνα της εποχής του σχετικά με την κοινωνική υπόσταση των γυναικών. ΠαÏουσιάζει τα ηθικά ελαττώματα και τις ανάÏμοστες συμπεÏιφοÏÎÏ‚ των παÏθÎνων κοÏιτσιών των παντÏεμÎνων γυναικών και των χηÏών καθοÏίζοντας το αÏμόζον και το μη αÏμόζον το αποδεκτό και το απαγοÏευμÎνο. Αν και ακολουθεί Îναν διαδεδομÎνο ÏητοÏικό τόπο της χÏιστιανικής και μεσαιωνικής ελληνικής γÏαμματείας αυτόν του "επαίνου" ή "εγκωμίου" και κυÏίως του "ψόγου" των γυναικών με απώτεÏη γενεαλογία στην αÏχαία ελληνική και βιβλική γÏαμματεία διαλÎγεται κατά κÏÏιο λόγο με τη μεσαιωνική και αναγεννησιακή λογοτεχνία της ΔÏσης αÏκετά οικεία στη βενετοκÏατοÏμενη ΚÏήτη του καιÏÎ¿Ï Ï„Î¿Ï…. Η Îκδοση της επίκουÏης καθηγήτÏιας της Îεοελληνικής Φιλολογίας στο Α.Î .Θ. ΣωτηÏίας ΣταυÏακοποÏλου συνοδεÏεται από ΕπίμετÏο όπου ανθολογοÏνται παÏεμφεÏή θεματικά ÎÏγα της αÏχαιοελληνικής και της νεοελληνικής γÏαμματείας.</p><p><em>====================================================</em></p> Hidryma Manole Triantaphyllide - Center for the Greek Language paperback
Bookseller reference : 189802
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Lewis Carroll Adapted & Abridged by Marcia Martin
Adventures From the Original Alice in Wonderland
Front and back covers are in great condition no rips. Book's spine in excellent condition. All pages intact no marks or rips. Some tanning to pages due to age. Wonder Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio94
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MEYER, E.H
Badisches Volksleben im neunzehnten Jahrhundert.
Straßburg, Trübner, 1900. Gr.-8vo. 12, 628 S. Hldrbd d. Zeit m. goldgeprägtem Rückentitel (Einbd etwas beschabt, Rücken hinterlegt, gering stockfleckig).
Bookseller reference : 1306089
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Hopkins Andrea
Chronicles of King Arthur
Studio Publications 1994. clean unmarked copy. Hardback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Studio Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 349316 ISBN : 0670852325 9780670852321
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SCHERTLE Alice
Bill and the Google-Eyed Goblins
NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0688067018 . Illustrated by Patricia Coombs. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24358 ISBN : 0688067018 9780688067014
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RUMFORD James
Nine Animals and the Well
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0618309152 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24436 ISBN : 0618309152 9780618309153
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PISCETTA Colleen McCauley
Dandelion Delilah: The Tale of the Dandelion Fairies
Wooster: Wooster Book Company. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1888683872 . Illustrated by Gwynn Conrad-Wolf. First edition. Slight spine slant else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Wooster Book Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24454 ISBN : 1888683872 9781888683875
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Newton Patricia Montgomery
The Five Sparrows: A Japanese Folktale
New York New York U.S.A.: Atheneum 1982. clean unmarked copy. Hardback. Very Good/Small Tears. Atheneum Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 351719 ISBN : 0689309368 9780689309366
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Axelrod Alan;Oster Harry;Rawls Walton H
Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore
Viking Press 2000. clean unmarked copy. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 351681 ISBN : 0670887528 9780670887521
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Rydberg Viktor
Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland Vol. II of 3
comb-bound facsimile of 1907 Norroena Society edition. Comb-Bound. Very Good. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 19277
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Dutton Bertha and Caroline Olin
Myths & Legends of the Indians of the Southwest. Hopi Acoma Tewa Zuni
Santa Barbara CA: Bellerophon Books 1998 First printing in tall stapled paper covers. Unpaginated illustrations bibliography. Hint of wear to covers small crimp to the bottome corner of front cover otherwise Fine. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Bellerophon Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 241478 ISBN : 0883880628 9780883880623
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Mary Stewart
The Crystal Cave/The Hollow Hills/Wildfire At Misnight Complete and Unabridged
London: Octopus Books 1989. First edition thus as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . This volume first published in Great Britain in 1989 by The Octopus Group Limited Michelin House 81 Fulham Road London SW3 6RB. is in Excellent condition. Likewise the dust jacket with the except to the back a semicircular razor cut to it and mild rubs. Book has no bumps tears markings page edges are yellowing with age. Spine is firmstrong straight and square. No apparent reading wear. Very minor shelf wear overall. Very Nice Copy. I'm open to offers. Insurance included. Books kept in protective plastic. Bubble wrapped boxed and shipped within 24 hours. Gift wrapping upon request. This independent bookseller appreciates your business. A portion of proceeds go toward feed and sheltering of animals. Thank You. Fiction/Fantasy/Juvenile/Children Octopus Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00003 ISBN : 0706450736 9780706450736
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Lang Andrew
The Blue Fairy Book
Dover Pubns 1965. clean unmarked copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Dover Pubns Paperback
Bookseller reference : 351322 ISBN : 0486214370 9780486214375
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Lang Andrew
Green Fairy Book
Dover Pubns 1965. clean unmarked copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Dover Pubns Paperback
Bookseller reference : 351324 ISBN : 0486214397 9780486214399
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Lang Andrew Editor
The Yellow Fairy Book
Dover Pubns 1966. clean unmarked copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Dover Pubns Paperback
Bookseller reference : 351323 ISBN : 0486216748 9780486216744
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Lang Andrew Editor
The Red Fairy Book
Dover Pubns 1966. clean unmarked copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Dover Pubns Paperback
Bookseller reference : 351325 ISBN : 048621673x 9780486216737
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O`Connor Ulick:
Irish Tales and Sagas
Dublin.Town House & Country House.1996. ISBN 1-86059-038-1 First soft cover edition.With 35 full page colour plates by Pauline Bewick. pp 96.Pictorial stiff laminated card covers.A near fine copy of this handsome book.Elizabeth Bewick`s copy with her signature. paperback
Bookseller reference : 6118 ISBN : 1860590381 9781860590382
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Boase Wendy:
The Folklore of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
London.B.T.Batsford1976. ISBN 0-7134-3098-2 First edition.With a frontispiecea map & 9 wood engravings by George Tute.pp 212.Hard coverblack cloth gilt.A very good copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6103 ISBN : 0713430982 9780713430981
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Maple Eric:
Old Wives` Tales
London. Robert Hale. 1981. ISBN.0-7091-8585-5 First edition.With 16 b&w illustrations by Valerie Croker. pp 190.Hard coverblue cloth gilt.A very good & clean copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket.The front end paper has been neatly removed. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5923 ISBN : 0709185855 9780709185857
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Jung Emma
THE GRAIL LEGEND
Boston: Sigo Press 1986. Paperback. Almost Near Fine in wrappers; a little foxed around the edges. 8.7 x 6 x 1.3 inches. Reprint The quintessential Jungian take on the Grail legend Sigo Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 03699 ISBN : 093843408x 9780938434085
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SO Meilo retold and illustrated by
Emperor and the Nightingale
NY: Bradbury Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0027860450 . Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale." First American printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed edge tear in the upper corner of the rear panel dust jacket. . Bradbury Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24138 ISBN : 0027860450 9780027860450
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McKay Ian
The Quest of the Folk: Antimodernism and Cultural Selection in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia
McGill-Queen's University Press. Near Fine. 1994. Softcover. 0773512489 . Tight unmarked book in bright card covers. ; 1.1 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 371 pages . McGill-Queen's University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 34194 ISBN : 0773512489 9780773512481
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HUBER, J
Isidor, Bauer zu Ried. Eine Geschichte für das Landvolk, wie auch für unsere Bürger in Städten. Begleitet mit einer Vorrede v. Joh. Michael Sailer. Erster Theil (v. 2). Dritte, verbesserte Ausgabe.
Augsburg, Chr. Kranzfelder, 1804. 24, 240 S. Schlichter Hldrbd d. Zeit (etwas berieben, Vors. leimschattig, Schmutztitel fehlt, durchgehend stärker finger- u. etwas braunfl., gelegentl. kl. Einr., Gebrauchsspuren).
Bookseller reference : 1188536
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Pfister, F
Deutsches Volkstum in Glauben u. Aberglauben.
Berlin, de Gruyter, 1936. M. 1 Abb. IX, 161 S. OHlwd. (Dt. Volkstum 4).
Bookseller reference : 625785
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Richard Doyle
In Fairyland Pictures from the Elf World
Webb & Bower 1st thus 1979. VG. 29x23cm. 0riginally published in 1870 by the uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyledelicate colour illustrations throughoutdecorated gilt cloth cover and DW text by Andrew Lang and William Allingham Webb & Bower 1st thus hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6939
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Susan Lowell
The Three Little Javelinas
Flagstaff AZ: Northland Publishing 1993. pictorial hard cover is in fine condition and the dust jacket is in very good condition with a long tear to back cover now taped. is a stated first edition fourth printing. copy is unmarked and tightly bound . First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Jim Harris. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Northland Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004402 ISBN : 0873585429 9780873585422
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Kincaid C. A
Folk Tales of Sind and Guzarat
Ahmedabad: The New Order Book Co. 1976. lightly bubbled end papers and boards; textblock and binding is clean and tight. edge-rubbed unclipped dust jacket with light to moderate edge wear and a few closed tears; 121p. Reprint. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good in mylar. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hard Cover. The New Order Book Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SJ9189
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La Fontaine Jean de; Shapiro Norman R. translator
Fifty More Fables of La Fontaine
Champaign IL U.S.A.: University of Illinois Press 1998. clean unmarked copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Schorr David illustrator. University of Illinois Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 310869 ISBN : 0252066502 9780252066504
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