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Basso Ellen B
Last Cannibals: A South American Oral History
Austin Texas: Univ of Texas Pr. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0292708181 . Book is clean and tight. Tips of corners and ends of spine show very light shelf wear. Apalakin Indians in Brazil Xingu River Valley their history and folklore. Has bibliography and index. . Univ of Texas Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7278 ISBN : 0292708181 9780292708181
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Emmons Martha
I Come Runnin' signed
Waco Texas: Texian. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Signed and inscribed to an individual on dedication page. Gilt on spine is still bright. Dust jacket is shelf worn on edges and there are rubbed areas across the back. Folktales collected in East Texas and the Brazos Bottoms.; Signed by Author . Texian hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7069
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Knight Gerald
Man This Reef
Republic of Marshall Islands: Micronitor. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. Book is clean and tight. Has embossed personal library mark on title page. Front cover bottom corner is creased. with 3 notches along front edge. Author say this is an autobiography of things he learned during his Peace Corps time with Majal Islanders. . Micronitor paperback
Bookseller reference : 6778
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Thompson Stith editor
Round the Levee
Dallas Texas: Southern Methodist Univ Pr. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Facsimile. Hardcover. 0870741403 . Book is clean and tight. Top of spine is bumped as is the top edge. This is facsimile of 1935 ed. of Texas Folklore Society #1. Articles include: Waco Indians Tejas or Hasanias Indians School Boy's Slang Wild Horse Stories by W. Prescott Webb and an article by John A. Lomax. Good Stuff here. . Southern Methodist Univ Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6407 ISBN : 0870741403 9780870741401
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Kaeppler&Nimmo
Directions in Pacific Traditional Literature: Essays in Honor of Katherine Luomala signed
Honolulu Hawaii: Bishop Museum Pr. Near Fine. 1976. Softcover. 0910240205 . Book is clean and tight. Has surface pull front and back covers - price label removal. Signed by editor on title page. Museum Special Publication 62. Back bottom corner of cover is creased. Micronesia. Polynesia. Hawaii Hawaiian. Ethnology. Language Studies. . Bishop Museum Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 6198 ISBN : 0910240205 9780910240208
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Dow James R
German Volkskunde: A Decade of Theoretical Confrontation Debate and Reorientation
Bloomington Indiana: Indiana Univ Pr. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0253325773 . Book is clean and tight. Corners and spine have slight shelf wear and bumping. Dust jacket has shelf wear rubbing and several large tears at top edge. There is 1279 item bibliography and am I glad I didn't have to type that especially in German. . Indiana Univ Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6067 ISBN : 0253325773 9780253325778
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Brill Marlene T
Tooth Tales : From Around the World
Watertown MA: Charlesbridge Publishing Incorporated. Very Good. 1998. Softcover. 0881063991 . Book is clean and tight. Shelf wear at corners and a crease on bottom front.; 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall . Charlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated paperback
Bookseller reference : 5055 ISBN : 0881063991 9780881063998
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Irish Fairy Tales Selected and Edited By Joseph Jacobs
Secaucus NJ: Castle. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 089009795X . Book is clean and tight. Dust jacket has very small tear at bottom front and a 1" tear at top back. There are 26 tales and 7 full page illustrations. Lovely green dust jacket with gilt Celtic design on front. . Castle hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5150 ISBN : 089009795X 9780890097953
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Broder Bill
Sacred Hoop : A Cycle of Earth Tales
San Francisco CA: Sierra Club Books. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 0871565838 . Top front corner is creased but spine is not. I suspect this is unread copy. . Sierra Club Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 1631 ISBN : 0871565838 9780871565839
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HELPRIN Mark
Swan Lake
Boston: Ariel Books/Houghton Mifflin 1989. Two closed tears to dust jacket. Classic Ballet in prose form with 13 beautiful color plates by Chris Van Allsburg; 80pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG. Illus. by ALLSBURG Chris Van. Ariel Books/Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 912089 ISBN : 0395498589 9780395498583
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RETZLAFF, H
Volksleben im Schwarzwald. Mit einführendem Text von Wilhelm Fladt.
Berlin, Bong, (1935). 4to. 2 Bl., 40 S., 137 Abb. auf Tafeln u. 4 Farbtafeln (Bildwerke zur deutschen Volkskunde). Hlwdbd d. Zeit (Rückensignatur, Stempel auf Vorsatz u. S. 31, einige Tafeln m. kl. farbigen Anstreichungen).
Bookseller reference : 1306198
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Avianus; Slavitt David R
The Fables of Avianus softcover
Baltimore Maryland U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr. Very Good. 1993. Soft Cover. 8vo 0801846846 slight crease to cover else clean and tight a nice softcover copy . Johns Hopkins Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : Mythology_1013
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Avianus
The Fables of Avianus
Baltimore Maryland U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1993. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall 0801846846 . Johns Hopkins Univ Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : Folklore_0078 ISBN : 0801846846 9780801846847
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Stenberg Goran
Doden Dikterar: En Studie Av Likpredikningar Och Gravtal Fran 1600-och 1700-Talen
Stockholm: Atlantis 1998. Dust wrapper marked; 445p bibliog index. In Swedish. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/G. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Atlantis Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 78015 ISBN : 9174866761 9789174866766
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McOwan Rennie
Nevis Tales: The Ben and the Glen
Newtongrange: Lang Syne Publishers 1982. Covers gently 'waved'; 98p illus map. First Edition. Pbk. Vg-/No Jacket as issued. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Lang Syne Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 79797 ISBN : 0946264252 9780946264254
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Whitehead John
Guardian of the Grail: a new light on the Arthurian Legend
London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd 1959. Head and tail of spine lightly rubbed; corners slightly rubbed; dust wrapper lightly edgeworn; 352p. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Jarrolds Publishers Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40453
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Gatherer W. A
Ballads High and Low
London: Heinemann Educational 1975. Library markings; covers faintly marked; 72p illus. First Edition. Pbk. G/No Jacket as issued. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Academic Library. Heinemann Educational Paperback
Bookseller reference : 63798 ISBN : 0435103709 9780435103705
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Anon
The Symbolic Meaning of the Story of King Arthur
Tintagel Published c1929. Spine a little faded; light foxing to page edges; 78p plates. First Ed. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36504
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Brasch R
How Did Sex begin: The Sense and Nonsense of the Customs and Traditions That Have Separated Men and Women Since Adam and Eve
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1973. Library markings; edgworn dust wrapper in protective sleeve; 259p index. First Edition. Hard Cover. Vg-/G. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Academic Library. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 53040 ISBN : 0207127425 9780207127427
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Anon
We-Gyet Wanders On: Legends of the Northwest
Saanichton: Hancock House 1977. Lightly edgeworn dust wrapper has one repaired tear; 75p illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Vg-/G. Small 4to. Hancock House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80831 ISBN : 0919654975 9780919654976
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Sullivan K. E
Scottish Myths and Legends
London: Brockhampton Press 1998. Corners slightly rubbed. 128p. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Brockhampton Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39062 ISBN : 1860192173 9781860192173
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Ddy Sidney Oldall
Folk Tales and Superstitions with a New Introduction By J. D. A. Widdowson
East Ardsley: EP Publishing 1973. Library markings; dust wrapper in protective jacket; 163p index. Reprint. Hard Cover. Vg-/Vg-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Academic Library. EP Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 74277 ISBN : 0854097864 9780854097869
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Bowstead Christopher I. K
Facts and Fancies linked with folk-lore about Kilmaveonaig
Edinburgh: R. Grant 1915. Cnrs bumped and rubbed; head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed with sm 10mm tear at head of spine; uncut; ix 120p plates. Signed by Author. 2nd edition. Original Cloth. G/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. R. Grant Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19291
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Jones Laura Buchan
Tundra Tales: Legends of the North
1967 Third Printing Alaska Centennial Edition. Softcover 23pp. Eskimo stories with illustrations. Very good condition; slight edge & corner wear. Soroptimist Club of Fairbanks paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio200
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Campbell Joseph;Moyers Bill;Moyers Bill D
Power of Myth
Doubleday 1988 Soft Cover. Very Good. Oversize. Doubleday paperback
Bookseller reference : 335639 ISBN : 0385247745 9780385247740
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Lottridge Celia Barker
The Name of the Tree - SIGNED
Toronto Ontario Canada: Groundwood Books 1994. Unpaginated picture book. Signed and inscribed by Celia Barker Lottridge on front endpaper dated 1995. Bright clean and tight. Glazed pictorial covers show some small indentations and minor loss of surface gloss corners bumped. Contents immaculate. Front endpaper shows minor handling. Beautiful delicate illustrations by Canadian artist Ian Wallace enhance this retelling of an African Bantu folk story. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ian Wallace. 10.5 x 9.25 in. 26.5cm x 23.5cm. Groundwood Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704756 ISBN : 0888990979 9780888990976
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SÖDERBÄCK, P
Ragöborna.
Stockholm, Norstedt, 1940. 4to. 1 Bl., 379, (1) S. m. sehr zahlr. Abb. u. einigen Notenbeisp., 2 Farbtaf. (Nordiska Museets Handlingar 13). OKart. (Umschl. m. Läsuren).
Bookseller reference : 1307193
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GOLDSACK GABY
HANSEL AND GRETEL
P3 2002. HARDBACK. VERY GOOD. BUMPED CORNERS . ISBN: 0752594214. P3 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00447 ISBN : 0752594214 9780752594217
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Carrier Roch
The Flying Canoe
<p>24 pages of high quality illustrations on glossy paper.</p><p>A retelling of a classic French-Canadian folktale.</p><p>Book is in near new condition with no writing or tears. Dustjacket is in Very Good condition with minor curl at top of front cover.</p><p>8 3/4 x 11 1/4</p><p>Weight 14.5 oz</p> Tundra Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : an2260 ISBN : 0887766366 9780887766367
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POTHMANN, MORITZ CASIMIR
Sittenbuch für den christlichen Landmann. mit wahren Geschichten und Beyspielen zur Lehre und Erbauung geschrieben.
Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1790. 12 S. m. zweifarbigem Titel u. Vignette in Holzschnitt, 1 Bl., 354 S. m. 13 Textillustrationen in Holzschnitt. Schlichter Hldrbd d. Zeit (ursprünglich goldgeprägtes Rückenschild schwarz überfärbt, alter Stempel a. d. Titel, kaum braunfleckig).
Bookseller reference : 1306128
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Znamierowska-Prüfferowa, M
Rybackie narzedzia kolne w Polsce i w krajach sasiednich.
Torun, 1957. M. 12 Ktn. 6. Taf. u. zahlr. Abb. auf 52 S., 43 Abb. im Text 327, OBr. Umschl. eingerissen u. teils gelockert. Angeschmutzt. (Studia Soc. Scient. Torunensis, Suppl. 4).
Bookseller reference : 241910
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Aulnoy Marie Catherine
Beauty and the Beast: A Creative Tale from the Collection Once upon a Time
Mankato Minnesota U.S.A.: Creative Editions 2000. Unpaginated approximately 48 pages. Bound in blue cloth with title blindstamped on front lettering in white on spine. Book and contents in flawless like-new condition as is the unclipped dust jacket printed on textured paper with colour paste-on. A special millenium edition from the internationally acclaimed Once Upon a Time series. Two copies available. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Etienne Delessert. 8 x 11 in. 20cm x 27.5cm. Creative Editions hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704586 ISBN : 1568461291 9781568461298
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Tatar Maria
Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
Princeton Univ Pr 1990 Trade Paperback. Very Good. Princeton Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 334262 ISBN : 0691014876 9780691014876
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Ingulstad Frid
The Scandinavian Troll: Its Life and History
Oslo Norway. 52 pages. Glazed pictorial hardcover shows slight loss of gloss to gentle handling wear otherwise tight and clean as new. Reveals the fascinating and humourous world of the Scandinavian trolls. Be afraid!. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Svein Solem. 7.75 x 10.75 in. 19.5cm x 27.5cm. hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704500 ISBN : 8204069561 9788204069566
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Hulpach Vladimir
Tales of Great Cities
London: B. Mitchell 1986. 192 pages. Glazed pictorial covers are glossy bright free of wear. Corners sharp binding tight spine square. Pictorial endpapers have a small gift message which is rather inconspicuous in the busy design; no other flaws noted. Dust jacket is bright and clean shows a little rubbing along top edge and a single short closed edge tear to front panet. Dozens of traditional European folk tales each associated with one of the ancient cities from the familiar "Pied Piper of Hamelin" and Lady Godiva of Coventry to less familiar tales appearing here for the first time in English. . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Vladimir MacHaj. 8.25 x 11.25 in. 21cm x 28.5cm. B. Mitchell hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704502 ISBN : 0856137758 9780856137754
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Reed A. W
Fairy Tales from the Pacific Islands
Wellington New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1969. 136 pages. Blue hardcover with gilt titling on spine is tight square bright entirely clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright appears vg or better shows minor soil to white rear panel minimal edgewear and a short closed edge tear to front foldover. As all our books jacket supplied in new archival cover to maintain its appearance. An expert in Pacific folklore retells stories from some of the 10000 islands of the Pacific Ocean. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Stewart Irwin. A. H. & A. W. Reed hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704430
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Akers Alan Burt
Dray Prescot: 2 - The Suns of Scorpio
New York: Daw 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Tim Kirk Josh Kirby. 5th printing. Light edgewear light creast at bottom corner of cover date stamp on bottom o/w still clean and tight. Daw paperback
Bookseller reference : 174
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Norton Andre
Crystal Gryphon
New York: Tor Books 1985. First printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good . Normal spine creasing and edgewear o/w still clean and tight. Tor Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 173 ISBN : 0812547381 9780812547382
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Luthi Max
The Fairytale As Art Form and Portrait of Man
Indiana Univ Pr 1987 Trade Paperback. Very Good. Indiana Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 334024 ISBN : 0253204208 9780253204202
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White Paul
Jungle Doctor's Fables
Exeter: Paternoster Press 1968. 73 pages. Tight clean free of wear. A little sunned along top of boards. Sunday school presentation bookplate inside front cover. Dust jacket is price-clipped a bit soiled on back panel but otherwise quite good looking. "There was once a monkey who didn't believe in crocodiles -- but that did not make any difference when he met one by moonlight." Ten stories for children from the well-known medical missionary. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Graham Wade. 4.75 x 7.5 in. 12.5cm x 19cm. Paternoster Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704372 ISBN : 085364070X 9780853640707
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Andersen Hans Christian; Maria Tatar editor and translator
The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen
New York and London: W. W. Norton and Company Inc. 2008. xxxix 449 pages. Glossy clean oversized paperback in near-new condition has a small nick to paper on spine. Illustrated with photographs Andersen's own papercuts and over 150 interpretations of the tales by illustrators including Kay Nielsen Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham. Contents include an introduction dealing with Andersen and the stories; Part 1 - Tales for Children; Part 2 - Tales for Adults; Part 3 - Biographies; Part 4 - Andersen's readers; Part 5 - Bibliography. 24 Andersen stories with hundreds of annotations drawing on original sources and the newest scholarship to explore the literary historical and psychological dimensions of the stories; critical essays on the author his work and his biographers; etc. This is a large and heavy book; supplemental postage may be required for some destinations. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Various Artists. 8.5 x 10 in. 21.5cm x 25cm. W. W. Norton and Company Inc. paperback
Bookseller reference : C704347 ISBN : 0739497715 9780739497715
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Stapleton Michael
The Illustrated Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology
Peter Bedrick Books 1986 Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Peter Bedrick Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 333514 ISBN : 0872260631 9780872260634
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Grant Michael
Gods and Mortals in Classical Mythology: A Dictionary
New York New York U.S.A.: Dorset Pr 1985 Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Dorset Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : 333423 ISBN : 0880290366 9780880290364
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Tardel, H. (Hrsg.)
Niederdeutsches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde. Jg. 22.
Bremen, Trüjen, 1947. M. Portr. 157 S. OBr. Umschl. etwas angestaubt. (Schriften d. Wirrheit zu Bremen E 22).
Bookseller reference : 143370
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Peßler, W
Volkstumsgeographie als Allgemeingut. E. Aufgabe d. Niedersächsischen Volkstumsmuseums.
Hannover, Vlg. d. Niedersächs. Volkstumsmus. 1938. M. 14 Ktn. u. 8 Taf. 56 S. OKart. Etwas angestaubt. (Veröff. d. Niedersächs. Volkstumsmus.).
Bookseller reference : 209199
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Aiken Joan; illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
Past Eight O'Clock
London: Jonathan Cape 1986. 128 pages. True first UK edition. Collectible but not perfect condition. Bright vermilion hardcover with square spine and tight binding blocked in gilt with titles on spine and design of mother children and kite on front. No visible wear but corners bumped its only flaw. Contents fresh and immaculately clean. Dust jacket is glossy unclipped with a price of �7.95 and Canadian price sticker in almost perfect condition but shows a tiny spot of rubbing. Beautiful and mysterious illustrations in silhouette interspersed with watercolour/silhouette plates throughout; endpapers illustrated in silhouette and colour. "Joan Aiken's text and Jan Pienkowski's colour and B&W illustrations combine to enchanting effect in this new collection of childrens' stories all of which are concerned with sleeping and waking with dreams and bedtime. Each of the eight stories is woven around the theme of a familiar lullaby or bedtime song." This is a simply wonderful collection. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.75 x 10 in. 17cm x 25.5cm. Jonathan Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704231 ISBN : 0224028561 9780224028561
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Igbineweka Uhunoma Christopher
Dream Translation
NY: IFA Temple of African Religion 1995 Cover worn corners creased. Contents clean in firm stapled binding. Dream interpretation with daily offerings; also includes Parables of Wisdom and Solving Domestic Disputes in an African Marriage. 7/09 oc AL. Stapled. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. IFA Temple of African Religion Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002413
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Asbjornsen PC.; Moe J. E P. C.
The Man Who Kept House
New York New York U.S.A.: Margaret K. McElderry 1992. Unpaginated picture book. Glossy pictorial cover shows gentle wear to corner tips. Contents immaculate. Publisher's overstock mark in the form of penstroke on bottom of textblock. Very attractive book. Humourous folktale recounts the story of a man who wanted to swap jobs with his wife. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Svend Otto S. Margaret K. McElderry hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704185 ISBN : 0689505604 9780689505607
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Sieber, F
Volk u. volkstümliche Motivik im Festwerk d. Barocks, dargestellt an Dresdner Bildquellen.
Berlin, Akad.-Vlg. 1960. 4°. M. 112 Taf. u. 29 Textabb. XIII, 202 S. OHlwd. Kanten teils berieben. (DAW. Veröff. d. Inst. f. dt. Volkskunde 21).
Bookseller reference : 106405
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Zeitlin Steven
A Celebration of American Family Folklore: Tales and Traditions from the Smithsonian Collection
Pantheon Books 1982 Hardback. Very Good/Worn. Book Club. Pantheon Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 331647
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