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WHITLOCK, RALPH:
The Folklore of Devon.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn.Pt Two of a two-part work. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminatedbeige background wih a white double-line edged border and grey line illustration within borders to front panel of dw/djwith white grey letteringsimilar lettering to sunned/faded spine/backstrip and plain unillustrated rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges with some faintsporadic foxing/spotting otherwise generally bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread - apart from my own collation.Brightcrispcleansharp-corneredpublisher's original plain burgundy cloth boards with brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UKslim 8vo HBdw/dj1st edn7-214pp paginated includes a foreword by Venetia Newell the General Editor of the series 'The Folklore of the British Isles'an introduction12 chapters each with a b/w line illustrated headpiece by Gay John Galsworthynotesa list of Folk Museumsa bibliographyan index of Tale typesseparate motifgeneral indexes; plus unpaginated 4pp blankshalf-titleb/w line vignette illusrated title pagecontents list with a double-page b/w map of Devon to its verso and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.<br />Until the present century Devon was still a county of isolated communitiesscattered round the hugeaustere and almost uninhabited central massif of Dartmoor.It is a county in which even the vales turn out to be a tangle of lesser hillsmany buried in woods.It is a secretive half-tamed countryside.<br />'The Folklore of Devon' is a rich mixture of CelticSaxonDanish and many other elements.The Moors are still the alleged haunt of pixies. There is much talk of giantsbogeymen and witchesand the Devil has here a richer heritage than in most English counties.Custom such as the wassailing of apple-trees lingered long on Devonshire farms and tales of smugglersfairs and tin-miners abound; so too do the legends surrounding the local heroSir Francis Drake.Equally striking are the traditional charms and cures and the many beliefs relating to the world of nature.<br />Ralph Whitlock has been farming and writing on country matters for the last 40 years then 1977.As a result of his own personal experience and memories and of his many contactshe has produced a picture of traditional Devonshire beliefs and customs that is evocative and entertaining as well as authoritative. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essencethen Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.</p> LONDON.B. T. BATSFORD LTD.,1977. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja793618 ISBN : 0713432659 9780713432657
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William L. Bathurst [British Privy Council; Natal, South Africa; HM Customs and Excise]:
Natal; Printed order of British Privy Council 'At the Court at Windsor 26th day of Sep. 1846' describing 'the several duties of Customs' to be levied 'upon all goods wares and merchandize imported into the district of Natal for consumption'.
'At the Court at Windsor the 26th day of September 1846. Present The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.'. Drop-head title: 'At the Court at Windsor the 26th day of September 1846. PRESENT The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.' 12pp. foolscap 8vo. Paginated 1-12 and in two columns. No printer's slug. Signed in type at end 'Wm. L. Bathurst.' In fair condition on aged paper with chips and short closed tears to central vertical fold. Spine repaired with archival tape. The first page headed in black ink manuscript 'Natal' and in red ink '144'. No other copy traced. 'At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of September 1846. Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.' unknown
Référence libraire : 13747
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Wilson, Everett Broomall
Early America at work; a pictorial guide to our vanishing occupations
188p., illus. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Wilton, Robert; Brandreth, C.; Ashmead-Bartlett, E.; Dalton, E.; Stock, R.; verrill, A.; Hindmarch, G.; Workman, W. & F.; Meade, A.; Bestow, J.; Martin, S.; Lees, G.
The Wide World Magazine, September (Sept.) 1918 - Cover Photo of Robert Wilton Who Provides Startling Disclosures of Russia's Collapse
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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Winsten, Stephen
Quintessence of G.B.S. ,The: The Wit and Wisdom of Bernard Shaw
Book shows light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 404 pages. Contents include: English customs, On being merry, A world-betterer, Theatre, Books, War, Foreigners, Imprisonment, Extermination, Growing old, etc.
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Wise, Daniel
The Young Lady's Counsellor; or, Outlines and Illustrations of the Sphere, the Duties and the Dangers of Young Women ...
251p. Added engraved t.p. Hardcover Good condition, lacking 2/3 of backstrip
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Wolfe Tom
A Man In Full: A Novel
Random House UK Ltd 1998 752 pages 16x5 8x23 4cm. 1998. Relié. 752 pages.
Référence libraire : 500266264
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Wolfe, Tom
In Our Time
Folio 119p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Woods, Jim; Stringfellow, Bert; Steele, K.; Venter, A.; Mason, J.; Turpin, T.; James, G.
Guns Magazine, September (Sept.) 1980 - DuBiel Arms - The Midas Touch
94 pages. Features: The NRA Show; Best Handgun - and the winner is...; .357 Mag = RAMS!; DuBiel Arms - The Midas Touch; Sweepstakes & Gun of the Month Winners; Cut-Rate African Safari; Customs by Spokhandguns; Gunshop Series - Paul Jaeger Co.; Guns That Held An Empire. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Worcester, CRG., River Inspector (Retired), Chinese Maritime Customs C. R.
The Junks & Sampans Of The Yangtze
USA: Naval Institute Press 1971. Cover: creamy beige cloth on boards with gilt titles & gilt Junk to spine; front cover vertical blindstamped Chinese characters; faint dusting of foxing. Edges: top-edge once dark red or plum now slightly faded; moderate foxing and dusting of smudges. Foot of ffep & refp with thin short ex-bookcover residue. Plum sepia toned illiustrations and line drawings. Binding is As New. 626p Dj: very faint sunning to flaps spine; just a few tiny light marks. Faint touch of a little rubbing to edges. Light creasing to head of spine. Large & heavy book: 315 x 225 mm. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Naval Institute Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 035839
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WRIGHT Stanley F.
Hart and the Chinese Customs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 20 plates on 16; original navy blue buckram, gilt back, blue top (lightly faded), a very good, bright, clean copy. The standard history of the Chinese Customs Service and a biography of Sir Robert Hart who directed its activities for nearly half a century. SCARCE.
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Wright, Stanley F. sometime Commissioner, Chinese Customs Service
China's Struggle for Tariff Autonomy 1848 - 1938
Taipei Taiwan: Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company 1966. Reprint of 1938 edition. Hardcover. Good/no dust jacket. Thick small octavo standard size. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Head and heel bumped. Spine faded but very legible. Some soiling to top of textblock. Flyleaves darkened a bit. Slightly musty. 775 pgs w/ footnotes index and numerous appendices. A survey of China's Tariff history with a very large part of the history of the Chnese Customs Service. <br/><br/> Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 16839
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Wright, William Burnet.
ANCIENT CITIES From the Dawn to the Daylight.
pp. 291, 14 [Publisher's catalogue]. Publisher's device on title page. Oval stamp "In Memory of Thos O. Freeborn" on title page. Top edge gilt. 180mm. Original full brown linen binding. Extremities bumped and worn. Small tear top of spine. Boards slightly stained. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce original edition. VERIA BX 3
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Written and edited by the Okinawa Customs Study Group
Monchu Haisho Tour Guide : History and Traditions of Okinawa Reiji 2nd Edition.
Monthly Okinawa Publishing 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 150p Size: 182x130 Monthly Okinawa Publishing paperback
Référence libraire : 2090502125600337 ISBN : 4874672019 9784874672013
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Written by Shibara Napuhei Seitaro Hori The limits of women and girls Secret customs Mutual marriage between brothers and sister
Women's Riichidai Kan <Japanese Version>
Hori Seitaro 1878. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Hori Seitaro paperback
Référence libraire : 2111902160201404
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Wyndham, Horace.
The Nineteen Hundreds.
274p. Hardcover Very good condition, top of spine chipped
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Yalman, Nur
Under the Bo Tree : Studies in Caste Kinship and Marriage in the Interior of Ceylon
Berkeley CA U.S.A.: Berkeley CA U.S.A.: University of California Press 1967 1967. Paperback. VG-. 406pp. Extremities rubbed & lightly chipped; sticker remnants on rear cover. Glossary; biblio.; index. Owner name fep. Paperback. VG-. Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1967 Paperback
Référence libraire : 042040 ISBN : 0520020545 9780520020542
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Yamamura folk customs edition
Series Mountains and Folklore All 15 volumes <Japanese Version>
Enterprise Publishing Sangakusha Publishing 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 15 books Size: 20 cm Number of books: 15 books Enterprise Publishing, Sangakusha Publishing paperback
Référence libraire : 2111902158501831
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YASAR KALAFAT.
Dogu Anadolu'da eski Türk inançlarinin izleri.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 182 p., b/w and color ills. Dogu Anadolu'da Eski Türk inançlarinin izleri. Traces of the shamanic beliefs in East Anatolia.
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YASAR KALAFAT.
Makedonya Türkleri (Türkmenler, Torbesler / Türkbas Çenkeriler be Yörükler) arasinda yasayan halk inançlari.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 64 p., color plates. Makedonya Türkleri (Türkmenler, Torbesler / Türkbas Çenkeriler be Yörükler) arasinda yasayan halk inançlari.
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Yerkesy Hulmanbiek
Anadi Memena: Kazaki Jeevan Ki Deewardari
The Title 'Anadi Memena: Kazaki Jeevan Ki Deewardari written/authored/edited by Yerkesy Hulmanbiek', published in the year 2018. The ISBN 9788121213691 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 202 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in Hindi. The subject of this book is Culture / Customs of Kazakh / Animal Science. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
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Yoffe, Ira, editor
We The People: A Pictorial Celebration of America by The Winners of The Parade-Fuji National Photo Contest
Oversize. 144 p., illus. w/ 100 photographs. Hardcover Very good condition good
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York, Annie; Daly, Richard; Arnett, Chris
They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings of the Stein River Valley of British Columbia
300 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with colour photos, black and white photos and images of the petroglyphs discussed. "Describes, among many other things, the solitary spiritual meditations of young people in the mountains, a form of education once essential to all those who wished to succeed in life with their particular talents... Opens a discussion of some of the issues in rock research that relate to 'notating' and 'writing' on the landscape, around the world and through the millennia. This landmark publication presents a well-researched hypothesis to explain the evolution of symbolic or iconic writing from sign language, trail signs and from the geometric and iconic imagery of the dreams and visions of shamans and neophyte hunters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy of this interesting work. Book
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York, Customs Brokers' and Clerks' Ass
The Customs Tariff Act of 1897: With Alphabetical Schedule Revised to July 1st 1900; Customs Administrative Act of 1890 as Amended by Act of July . Treaties; Porto Rico Tariff Rates; Sealing A
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1332008437.G ISBN : 1332008437 9781332008438
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Zampounis, Christos K
Watch your Manners in Greece
"The reader will discover how to throw flowers at the "bouzoukia"without blinding the singers, how to not outstay his/her welcome when staying as a guest at somebody's house or yacht, how to flirt without receiving a dirty look or a slap from a hot-blooded Greek, how to use his/her hands when eating at a taverna and many other fun and enlightening tips which we believe will help a visitor to adjust." [WorldCat lists NO copies in the USA] Book
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ZEKI BASAR.
Içtimai adetlerimiz - inançlarimiz ve Erzurum ilindeki ziyaret yerlerimiz.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xvi], 226 p. A study on local Erzurum folklore and customs. Içtimai adetlerimiz - inançlarimiz ve Erzurum ilindeki ziyaret yerlerimiz.
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Zimmerman, Ray
The Beard Book : An Identification and Maintenance Manual of Beards and Other Face Hair
Almost whimsical little book identifying and analysing beard types to describe the personality of its owner with illustrations and grooming tips for each style. Perfect gift for any "beardies!" Great condition, very minor edgewear, pages clean, tight and bright. Used
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Zook, Jacob & Jane
Hexology : The History and Meanings of Hex Symbols
14p., illus. Pamphlet Very good condition
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Zotos,Stephanos
The Greeks : Dilemma Between Past and Present
"A portrait of the manners, morals, habits qualities and defects of tody'a Hellenes" The author casts a skeptical as well as sypathetic eye on his fellow Greeks (written just as the Junta took control in 1967) 120p. index (bookplate inside cover) Book
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Zwa Customs
Kiss Me I'm Polsh
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Référence libraire : A9781793490513 ISBN : 1793490511 9781793490513
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ÖZKUL ÇOBANOGLU, ZEHRA KADERLI et alli.
IV. Kahramankazan International Folk Culture Symposium. Proceedings.= IV. Kahramankazan Uluslararasi Halk Kültürü Sempozyumu 29 Eylül - 1 Ekim 2016. Bildiriler.
New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). Papers in English and Turkish. 1109 p., ills. IV. Kahramankazan International Folk Culture Symposium. Proceedings.= IV. Kahramankazan Uluslararasi Halk Kültürü Sempozyumu 29 Eylül - 1 Ekim 2016. Bildiriler. A very heavy set. Extra shipping cost will be requested.
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