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Western Pennsylvania Committee on Folklore.
TALES OF PIONEER PITTSBURGH. Sponsored by Western Pennsylvania Committee On Folklore.
29p. Illustrated with drawings. Tall 8vo. Original printed orange wraps. American Guide Series. Compiled by the Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PA PAMPH 20_20 BX4 x 2c.
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Leach, MacEdward; Glassie, Henry.
A GUIDE FOR COLLECTORS OF ORAL TRADITIONS AND FOLK CULTURAL MATERIAL IN PENNSYLVANIA.
pp. vii, 70. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. PA PAMPH 20_15 BX5
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Jeffrey, Adi-Kent Thomas.
GHOSTS IN THE VALLEY.
96p. Illustrated with a photograph of the author. Tall 8vo. Original black wraps printed in white. PA PAMPH 20_22 BX4
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PennsylvaniaGerman FolkloreSociety.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume XVII. Includes: Reichman & Doll. EPHRATA AS SEEN BY CONTEMPORARIES.
211p. Illustrations. Original coarse linen cloth binding. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Pennsylvania German FolkloreSociety.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume XXVI. Includes: Smith, Stewart, & Kyger. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
278p. + Illustrations. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Important information on the Virginia Germans, including details of their fraktur, folk art, and imprints. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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PennsylvaniaGerman FolkloreSociety.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume XXV. Includes: Ernst. EPHRATA, A HISTORY.
354p. Original coarse linen cloth binding.
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PennsylvaniaGerman FolkloreSociety.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume XV. Includes: Gilbert. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN WILLS.
139p. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Wills and Vendue lists are great storehouses of information. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Sand, Maurice.
THE HISTORY OF THE HARLEQUINADE. Two Volumes.
Two Volumes. Eleven of sixteen color plates. Signed bookplate of Henry W. Shoemaker in both volumes. Henry Wharton Shoemaker (1880-1958), was a prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat, writer, publisher, and conservationist. XLib stamps embossed in blind on title pages and elsewhere. Slightly foxed. Large 8vo. Original full blue cloth bindings. Spines lettered and decorated in gold with XLib call numbers on spine. Bindings rubbed and worn. Hardbound. Good. VERY SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 3
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Wendell, E.; Lamb, Josephine; Shultz, Lawrence W.
MORE INDIAN LORE. For use by Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Indian Y Guides.
271p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Signed by one of the authors: Lawrence W. Shultz, Order No. 1. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding, lettered in gold. Original dust jacket, small loss at extremities. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. LOC W13
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Rosenfeld, Max.
FESTIVALS, FOLKLORE & PHILOSOPHY. A Secularist Revisits Jewish Traditions.
pp. xxi, 274. Presented by the author to Ron Lieberman (bookseller). 8vo. Original printed wraps. Fine copy. JUDAICA BOX 5
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Leonard, William Ellery.
BEOWULF. Translated into Modern Verse by William Ellery Leonard. With a Preface by the Translator and Illustrations by Lynd Ward.
pp. xv, 152. Chapter and margin drawings. Full page colored lithographs by Lynd Ward, printed in process offset by Duenewald Printing Corporation; designed by Eugene M. Ettenberg; printed by The Gallery Press; set in monotype Janson; Ticonderoga Text paper; bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half blue linen, gold and silver stamped, decorative Swedish paper sides. Text printed in blue, tan and black. 4to. 8 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches. Original slip case. Number 420 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies. Fine copy. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W44
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Bulfinch, Thomas.
THE AGE OF FABLE OR STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES. Introductory Essay by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini.
pp. xix, 230. Illustrated with lithographs by Joe Mugnaini, printed by George C. Miller; designed by Robert Dothard; set in Linotype Caledonia; natural white Strathmore paper. 4to. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half white vellum, stamped in black and gold, decorated paper sides. Very slight soiling on tail of spine. Original slip case. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, the original subscriber, on front fly leaf. Includes the Monthly Letter. Number 420 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator, Joe Mugnaini. Very good. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W96
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Onis, Harriet de (Editor and Translator).
THE GOLDEN LAND. An Anthology of Latin American Folklore in Literature.
pp. xviii, 395. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Very Good copy. LATIN AMERICA BOX 2
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Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875).
THE HEROES, Greek Fairy Tales For My Children.
12mo. 253p. + Illustrations & Color frontis. Damp stained. Pretty trade binding of cloth backed paper boards. W120
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Murray, Alexander S.
MANUAL OF MYTHOLOGY. Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian Mythology. With Notes, Revisions, and Additions by William H. Klapp.
427p. Handsomely Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. W118
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Korson, George Gershon.
BLACK ROCK. Mining Folklore of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
pp. xi, 453. Illustrated. 8vo. Original black publisher's cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Same as PGS Vol. 59. PA GER SOC. BOX 9 x2
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
POPULAR HOME REMEDIES AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS. Foreword by Logan Clendening.
32 p. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. Very good copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 22 x5.
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
SLANTS ON THE ORIGIN OF BUNDLING IN THE OLD WORLD. From 1312 B.C. to 1938 A.D. -Collected from Holy Writ and Other Authentic Sources.
32 p. Bookseller's label on inner wrap. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. Fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 22 x2.
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Thomas, Maude Morgan.
SING IN THE DARK. A Story of the Welsh in Pennsylvania.
203 p. Illustrations. Welsh miners in Pennsylvania. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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(Middling, Theophilus), Editor.
JOHNNY APPLESEED'S RHYMES.
411 p. End papers beginning to brown. XLib. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth binding. Remnants of XLib mark on spine. Very scarce. For forty-nine years, John Chapman ("Johnny Appleseed") roamed the American wilderness, devotedly planting apple trees. He created apple orchards in the wildernesses of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, spanning an estimated area of 100,000 square miles. Some of these trees are still bearing fruit after 150 years. The reason for John's mission is unknown, although it's said he dreamed of a land covered with blossoming apple trees; of a land where no one went hungry because apples were plentiful. John's gentleness and courage were legendary even in his own time. He walked alone in the wilderness, without gun or knife. He chopped down no trees, and killed no animals. He was respected and appreciated by the native American tribes and the new settlers alike. John lived very simply. He slept outdoors, walked barefoot and ate berries and the like. He made his clothes from sacks and wore a tin pot for a hat (and to cook with). Reportedly, John made his drinking water in winter by melting snow with his feet. Even the people of his time were amazed at his endurance. Yet after his death, it was discovered that John was not poor at all. He owned (and leased) considerable areas of land -- on which he planted apple trees, of course. John converted to Swedenborgian religious views, and from then on, mailed regular reports of his activities to astonished church authorities in Sweden. This is strange in itself, since Swedenborgians were exceedingly rare in America (roughly 400 in the whole continent). John died of pneumonia at the age of 70, in the home of his friend William Worth, near Fort Wayne, Indiana. He lies buried there under the epitaph "He lived for others." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 28
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Shoemaker, Henry W.
NORTH PENNSYLVANIA MINSTRELSY. As Sung in the Backwoods Settlements, Hunting Cabins and Lumber Camps in the "Black Forest" of Pennsylvania, 1840-1923. In Collaboration with John C. French and John H. Chatham.
228 p. + Frontis, illustrations, and a Table of Contents. Sm. 8vo. Worn printed wraps, wraps loose. Text stapled. Printed label "With compliments of Henry W. Shoemaker. Second edition. PA 26
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Wilson, Everett B.
VANISHING AMERICA.
187 p. Highly illustrated with over 300 photos. Small 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, very slightly rubbed at edges. PA 51
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Glassie, Henry.
PATTERN IN THE MATERIAL FOLK CULTURE OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.
pp. 10, 316. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly chipped at head of spine. Exceptional study of 'authentic' architectural styles, and the material culture of rural 'folk'. PA 40
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
BUNDLING PROHIBITED!
32 p. Frontis. Original wraps. Damp stain bottom margins of first few leaves. Limited Edition of 900 copies. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps, damp stained bottom corners with small loss. Bundling: In Pennsylvania Dutch land some courting couples were allowed to spend the night in the same bed (usually the man had traveled some distance for the visit), but they slept fully clothed and were often separated by a wooden "bundling board." GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 23.
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Graeff, Arthur D.
IT HAPPENED IN PENNSYLVANIA.
pp. iv, 183. Illustrated by Betty S. Hessemer. Map end papers. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, faded at top of boards and spine. Presentation from the author to his friends and fellow authors Earl & Florence Rollman. PA 14 x2.
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
EARLY LIFE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
32 p. Illustrated. Inked ownership on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. Very good copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 21 x3.
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
HOME LIFE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
32 p. Illustrated. Small loss at bottom margins. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 21 x3.
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Hershey Park.
16TH ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH DAYS. August 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1964.
94 p. + Numerous illustrated ads. 8vo. Original color printed wraps. Near fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 11
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
HOME LIFE, Or, Good Old Times With the Pennsylvania "Dutch". Illustrated & Told in Verse.
32 p. Full page drawings. 32mo. Original printed wraps. Near fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 24.
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT BUNDLING IN THE NEW WORLD.
32 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. Bundling: In Pennsylvania Dutch land some courting couples were allowed to spend the night in the same bed (usually the man had traveled some distance for the visit), but they slept fully clothed and were often separated by a wooden "bundling board." Very fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 21 x6.
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Hulsbuck, Solly (Harvey M. Miller) [1871-1939].
G'SHBOS UND ARNSHT. PENNSILFAWNISH DEITSH. A Volume of Pennsylvania German Poetry and Prose.
384 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated by LeRoy Gensler. Poems in Pennsylvania Dutch language. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. PA 010B x2.
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Hulsbuck, Solly (Harvey M. Miller) [1871-1939].
G'SHBOS UND ARNSHT. PENNSILFAWNISH DEITSH. A Volume of Pennsylvania German Poetry and Prose.
384 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated by LeRoy Gensler. 8vo. Original half red leather over red cloth binding. Worn with loss at extremities. Penciled ownership of Preston A. Barba, May 8, 1939, with his penciled margin notations. Inked inscription on title page "In 1965 still to be purchased at $4.50 from Solly's daughter, Mrs. J. George Ennis 2617 Cumberland Ave, Mt. Penn, Reading, Pa.". Portrait frontis signed Harvey M. Miller, PA , Author's name. 010B x2.
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Hulsbuck, Solly (Harvey M. Miller) [1871-1939].
PENN'A-GERMAN POEMS.
116 p. Illustrated with small woodcuts. Title bordered in red. Text in Pennsylvania Dutch language. Sm. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, soiled and faded. Nicely printed. Expanded 2nd edition of Hulsbuck's COLLECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POEMS. PA 01A.
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Stoudt, Rev. John Baer.
THE FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
155 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated. Top edge gold. Small 4to. Gilt decorated brown cloth binding. Top & bottom of spine rubbed. Author's off-print from PGS Vol. 23, Pt. II. William S. Troxell's copy. Very scarce in this form. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 04A
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Stoudt, John Joseph.
PENNSYLVANIA FOLK-ART. An Interpretation.
403p. With over 400 illustrations. With the rarely seen Dust Jacket. Scarce. "Second Edition" of "Consider the Lillies" which was published for the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society.
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Troxell, William S. ("Pumpernickle Bill").
NEIYOHRS - WINSCHA.
16 p. 32mo. Original printed wraps. New Years Wishes written in the Pennsylvania German dialect. Excellent condition. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 30 x18
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
SOCIAL LIFE, Or, Good Old Times With the Pennsylvania "Dutch". Illustrated & Told in Verse.
32 p. + illustrations. 32mo. Original printed wraps.
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Morrah, Dave.
FRAULEIN BO-PEEPEN. And More Tales Mein Grossfader Told.
79 p. Humerous illustrations. Small 8vo. Original decorated pictorial paper boards. Letter to William S. Troxell, "Pumpernickle Bill", from a friend. Inked ownership.
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Pennsylvania Folklife.
PENNSYLVANIA FOLKLIFE. 25 Year Index. (Judith E. Fryer & William T. Parsons).
96 p. 4to. Original printed wraps. Twenty five year index to Pennsylvania Folklife, Volumes 1-25. Years 1949-1976. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Rauch, Edward Henry (1820-1902).
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH RIP VAN WINKLE. A Romantic Drama In Two Acts. Translated From The Original, With Variations.
32 p. 16mo. Original printed wraps. XLib. Written in the dialect and moved from the Catskills to the Blue Mountains. Perhaps the 20th century reprint? GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 27 x2.
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Reaman, G. Elmore. (President).
CANADIAN-GERMAN FOLKLORE. Volume Number 1.
144 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very good copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 10.
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Shoemaker, Dr. Alfred L.
EASTERTIDE IN PENNSYLVANIA. A Folk=Cultural Study.
96 p. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Decorated paper covers. Nice example of the first edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Yoder, Don. (Editor).
AMERICAN FOLKLIFE.
pp. viii, 304. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Original red publisher's cloth binding. Very XLib. PA 05B.
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Pennsylvania German Society.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY. Volume XXIII - Supplement. Includes: Stoudt. FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN.
155p. Original Wraps. Limited Edition. Volume XXIII - Supplement. Includes: Stoudt. FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Pennsylvania GermanSociety.
PENNSYLVANIAGERMAN SOCIETY. Volume LVIX. Includes: Korson. BLACK ROCK. MINING FOLK LORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
453p. + Illustrations. Cloth backed boards. DJ. Limited edition.
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Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Stoudt
CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW. INTERPRETATION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ART. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume II.
333p. + Illustrations. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Significant and articulate work on fraktur and other German-American folk arts. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Pennsylvania German Society.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY. New Series. Volume 27. Includes: Weaver, William Woys. PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH COUNTRY COOKING. Photographs by Jerry Orabona.
204p. Illustrated. Oblong 4to. DJ. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Dornbusch, Charles H.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BARNS. With Introduction and Descriptive Text by John K. Heyl.
312p. Highly Illustrated. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXI. Scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PGA2 BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
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Stoudt, John Joseph.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLK ART, An Interpretation.
pp. xx, 386 + Illustrations, many in color. Tall 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. An important reference guide to the wonderful world of Pennsylvania 'Dutch' folk art. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXVIII. This was the last publication of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. PA **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER SOC. BOX 6
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Ferm, Vergilius.
A BRIEF DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SUPERSTITIONS.
111p. 8vo. Original paper covered boards. Interesting collection of superstitions pecular to America. Ferm was the head of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. OCCULT; MYSTICISM; PHILOSOPHY; ESOTERIC; ARCANE; TRANSCENDENTAL; SUPERSTITIONS; FOLKLORE; AMERICAN; DICTIONARY OCC 10
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