‎Folklore‎

‎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

‎Crabb, James.‎

‎THE GIPSIES' ADVOCATE; Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits, of the English Gipsies: To Which Are Added Many Interesting Anecdotes On the Success That Has Attended the Plans of Several Benevolent Individuals Who Anxiously Desire The‎

‎167p. All edges gold. 12mo. Original full leather binding decorated in blind. One inch of the spine is missing. Front board detached. Old book label removed. Small printed bookseller's label from Foyle's. Crabb, a Wesleyan Methodist minister in Southampton who had befriended and cared for a number of Gypsies, here gives a sympathetic account of their lives and habits. First Edition. GYPSY 2 **‎

‎Kester, Paul.‎

‎TALES OF THE REAL GYPSY.‎

‎312p. 12mo. Original worn pictorial cloth binding. Hinges weak. The author, Paul Kester (18701933) was an American playwright and novelist. GYPSY 2. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎Smith, Lady Eleanor.‎

‎FLAMENCO.‎

‎399p. 8vo. Original full green cloth decorated in gold. Spine darkened. First edition. Novel about the adventures of Camila, the dark and lovely daughter of an Andalusian gipsy, and the swaggering bandit/murderer, Lobo. On a drunken impulse, Richard Lovell, ostracized by London society for cheating at cards, buys the child, Camila. The author - Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith (1902 1945) was an English writer and active member of the Bright Young Things ( a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. They threw elaborate fancy dress parties, went on complicated treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used drugs all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists and were detailed in movies). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 2‎

‎Starkie, Walter.‎

‎IN SARA'S TENTS.‎

‎pp. 339 + Frontis + Numerous photo illustrations and drawings. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. **Manuscript presentation an a bar of music from the author on the title page. First edition. Starkie lived among and traveled with gypsies. He was a Romany Rye, with almost as large a reputation as that of the great Romany Rye of an earlier day, George Borrow. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1‎

‎Hearn, Lafcadio.‎

‎SELECTED WRITINGS OF LAFCADIO HEARN. Edited by Henry Goodman. With an Introduction by Malcolm Cowley.‎

‎pp. viii, 566. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original slightly worn dust jacket. HEARN 2‎

‎Hostetler, John A.‎

‎AMISH ROOTS. A Treasury of History, Wisdom, and Lore.‎

‎pp. xv, 319 + 25 Full page color plates (mostly of Amish fraktur bookplates). 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. A fascinating work that makes a important companion to Hostetler's famous "Amish Society." An intimate collection of over 150 selections from letters, journals, diaries, essays, legends, etc. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED PA 013B‎

‎Stoudt, John Baer.‎

‎FOLKLORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN.‎

‎155p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Limited Edition. Also issued as a Supplement to: Pennsylvania German Society. Volume XXIII. Scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎Stoudt, John Bear.‎

‎CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW. AN INTERPRETATION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ART.‎

‎333p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Significant and articulate work on fraktur and other German-American folk arts. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume II. Scarce and desirable. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Landis, George Diller and Kenry Kinzer.‎

‎LANCASTER RIFLE ACCESSORIES + Other Articles.‎

‎pp. 107-184. 243 pages total + Illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. An important companion to any study of the Pennsylvania (and/or Kentucky) Long Rifle. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume IX. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Kauffmann, Henry J.‎

‎COPPERSMITHING IN PENNSYLVANIA.‎

‎pp. 83-153. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Graeff, Arthur D. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IN ONTARIO CANADA. pp. 1-80. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XI. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Gilbert, Russell W.‎

‎PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN WILLS.‎

‎139p. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Wills and Vendue lists are great storehouses of historical and genealogical information. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XV. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Stoeffler, E. Ernest.‎

‎MYSTICISM IN THE GERMAN DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE OF COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA.‎

‎195p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XIV. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Buffington, Albert F.‎

‎HERBERT MEYER: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet.‎

‎pp. 1-31. Illustrations. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Includes also: Dundore, THE SAGA OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN IN WISCONSIN. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XIX. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎Dornbusch, Charles H.‎

‎PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BARNS.‎

‎pp. xxiv, 312. Well illustrated with numerous photos of barns. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Issued as Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXI. One of the most important of all the studies issued in this series. See Also PGA 1. PA GER SOC. BOX 7 x2‎

‎Kryger, M. Ellsworth; Smith, Elmer Lewis; and Stewart, John G.‎

‎THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.‎

‎278 p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Important information on the Virginia Germans, including details of their fraktur, folk art, and imprints. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XXVI. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Stephens, James.‎

‎COLLECTED POEMS.‎

‎pp. xxii, 260. Uncut. Fore-edge age stained. Endpapers foxed. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Hardbound. First Trade Edition. James Stephens (1882-1950) was left fatherless in the Dublin slums at the age of two. His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. The Meath School was cruel and harsh and he ran away to live in the streets or live with families that took to the likely boy. In 1905 'The Greatest Miracle' was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman. Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine know as the Sinn Fein. From 1905-1910, Stephens attended Gaelic League classes and become involved with political meetings. During this time he published several pieces which focused on Irish national pride, the importance of learning one's Irish language and customs, and remembering the ancient saga heroes. Stephens met many of his great contemporaries during this period including George Russell (AE), George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, etc. In the year 1912, Stephens published The Charwoman's Daughter and later in the same year his noted work The Crock of Gold. The Crock of Gold was a great success and Stephens moved to Paris so he could concentrate on writing full time. Cynthia Kavanagh who had been his lover since 1907 accompanied him. He later married her in 1919. The Demi-Gods was published in 1914 and in 1915 he moved back to Dublin to become the Registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland (and stayed in that position till 1924). Stephens witnessed the shooting of a man as a result of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This became a turning point for him as the event intensified his patriotic feelings and renewed his interest in old Irish literature. Stephens moved to London in the year 1925. He began a series of lecture tours which extended to the United States. In 1935 Stephens began a literary and personal friendship with James Joyce. His colleagues considered Stephens to be a genius who easily embraced fantasy, philosophy, and comedy - those who read him today will still be struck by his genius. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! STEPHENS/W77‎

‎Stephens, James.‎

‎ETCHED IN MOONLIGHT.‎

‎pp. v, 199. Top edge decorated green. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in brown. Spine faded. Hardbound. First Edition. James Stephens (1882-1950) was left fatherless in the Dublin slums at the age of two. His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. The Meath School was cruel and harsh and he ran away to live in the streets or live with families that took to the likely boy. In 1905 'The Greatest Miracle' was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman. Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine know as the Sinn Fein. From 1905-1910, Stephens attended Gaelic League classes and become involved with political meetings. During this time he published several pieces which focused on Irish national pride, the importance of learning one's Irish language and customs, and remembering the ancient saga heroes. Stephens met many of his great contemporaries during this period including George Russell (AE), George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, etc. In the year 1912, Stephens published The Charwoman's Daughter and later in the same year his noted work The Crock of Gold. The Crock of Gold was a great success and Stephens moved to Paris so he could concentrate on writing full time. Cynthia Kavanagh who had been his lover since 1907 accompanied him. He later married her in 1919. The Demi-Gods was published in 1914 and in 1915 he moved back to Dublin to become the Registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland (and stayed in that position till 1924). Stephens witnessed the shooting of a man as a result of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This became a turning point for him as the event intensified his patriotic feelings and renewed his interest in old Irish literature. Stephens moved to London in the year 1925. He began a series of lecture tours which extended to the United States. In 1935 Stephens began a literary and personal friendship with James Joyce. His colleagues considered Stephens to be a genius who easily embraced fantasy, philosophy, and comedy - those who read him today will still be struck by his genius. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! STEPHENS/W77‎

‎Stephens, James.‎

‎HERE ARE LADIES.‎

‎345p. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding, embossed in blind and gold lettered. Spine faded. Covers spotted. Hardbound. James Stephens (1882-1950) was left fatherless in the Dublin slums at the age of two. His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. The Meath School was cruel and harsh and he ran away to live in the streets or live with families that took to the likely boy. In 1905 'The Greatest Miracle' was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman. Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine know as the Sinn Fein. From 1905-1910, Stephens attended Gaelic League classes and become involved with political meetings. During this time he published several pieces which focused on Irish national pride, the importance of learning one's Irish language and customs, and remembering the ancient saga heroes. Stephens met many of his great contemporaries during this period including George Russell (AE), George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, etc. In the year 1912, Stephens published The Charwoman's Daughter and later in the same year his noted work The Crock of Gold. The Crock of Gold was a great success and Stephens moved to Paris so he could concentrate on writing full time. Cynthia Kavanagh who had been his lover since 1907 accompanied him. He later married her in 1919. The Demi-Gods was published in 1914 and in 1915 he moved back to Dublin to become the Registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland (and stayed in that position till 1924). Stephens witnessed the shooting of a man as a result of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This became a turning point for him as the event intensified his patriotic feelings and renewed his interest in old Irish literature. Stephens moved to London in the year 1925. He began a series of lecture tours which extended to the United States. In 1935 Stephens began a literary and personal friendship with James Joyce. His colleagues considered Stephens to be a genius who easily embraced fantasy, philosophy, and comedy - those who read him today will still be struck by his genius. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! STEPHENS/W77‎

‎Stephens, James.‎

‎MARY, MARY.‎

‎263p. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold decorated and lettered. Binding has some old spotting and bits of wear. Hardbound. First U.S. Edition. Stephen's important first book, a novel of the Dublin slums that was published in Britain as 'The Charwoman's Daughter'. James Stephens (1882-1950) was left fatherless in the Dublin slums at the age of two. His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. The Meath School was cruel and harsh and he ran away to live in the streets or live with families that took to the likely boy. In 1905 'The Greatest Miracle' was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman. Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine know as the Sinn Fein. From 1905-1910, Stephens attended Gaelic League classes and become involved with political meetings. During this time he published several pieces which focused on Irish national pride, the importance of learning one's Irish language and customs, and remembering the ancient saga heroes. Stephens met many of his great contemporaries during this period including George Russell (AE), George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, etc. In the year 1912, Stephens published The Charwoman's Daughter and later in the same year his noted work The Crock of Gold. The Crock of Gold was a great success and Stephens moved to Paris so he could concentrate on writing full time. Cynthia Kavanagh who had been his lover since 1907 accompanied him. He later married her in 1919. The Demi-Gods was published in 1914 and in 1915 he moved back to Dublin to become the Registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland (and stayed in that position till 1924). Stephens witnessed the shooting of a man as a result of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This became a turning point for him as the event intensified his patriotic feelings and renewed his interest in old Irish literature. Stephens moved to London in the year 1925. He began a series of lecture tours which extended to the United States. In 1935 Stephens began a literary and personal friendship with James Joyce. His colleagues considered Stephens to be a genius who easily embraced fantasy, philosophy, and comedy - those who read him today will still be struck by his genius. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! STEPHENS/W77‎

‎Stephens, James.‎

‎A POETRY RECITAL.‎

‎pp. vi, 36, (1)[Publisher's catalogue]. Uncut. Endpapers age stained. Small 8vo. Original full paper binding. Hardbound. First Edition. Very Good plus. James Stephens (1882-1950) was left fatherless in the Dublin slums at the age of two. His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. The Meath School was cruel and harsh and he ran away to live in the streets or live with families that took to the likely boy. In 1905 'The Greatest Miracle' was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman. Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine know as the Sinn Fein. From 1905-1910, Stephens attended Gaelic League classes and become involved with political meetings. During this time he published several pieces which focused on Irish national pride, the importance of learning one's Irish language and customs, and remembering the ancient saga heroes. Stephens met many of his great contemporaries during this period including George Russell (AE), George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, etc. In the year 1912, Stephens published The Charwoman's Daughter and later in the same year his noted work The Crock of Gold. The Crock of Gold was a great success and Stephens moved to Paris so he could concentrate on writing full time. Cynthia Kavanagh who had been his lover since 1907 accompanied him. He later married her in 1919. The Demi-Gods was published in 1914 and in 1915 he moved back to Dublin to become the Registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland (and stayed in that position till 1924). Stephens witnessed the shooting of a man as a result of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This became a turning point for him as the event intensified his patriotic feelings and renewed his interest in old Irish literature. Stephens moved to London in the year 1925. He began a series of lecture tours which extended to the United States. In 1935 Stephens began a literary and personal friendship with James Joyce. His colleagues considered Stephens to be a genius who easily embraced fantasy, philosophy, and comedy - those who read him today will still be struck by his genius. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! STEPHENS/W77‎

‎Stephens, James.‎

‎REINCARNATIONS.‎

‎pp. 76, (6)[Publisher's catalogue]. Uncut. Text very slightly beginning to brown. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of Wilson Beall Vance (who was the only son of the prolific author - Louis Joseph Vance). Small 8vo. Original cloth backed binding. Original front cover paper label. Spine darkened. Hardbound. First American Edition. Nice example. James Stephens (1882-1950) was left fatherless in the Dublin slums at the age of two. His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. The Meath School was cruel and harsh and he ran away to live in the streets or live with families that took to the likely boy. In 1905 'The Greatest Miracle' was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman. Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine know as the Sinn Fein. From 1905-1910, Stephens attended Gaelic League classes and become involved with political meetings. During this time he published several pieces which focused on Irish national pride, the importance of learning one's Irish language and customs, and remembering the ancient saga heroes. Stephens met many of his great contemporaries during this period including George Russell (AE), George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, etc. In the year 1912, Stephens published The Charwoman's Daughter and later in the same year his noted work The Crock of Gold. The Crock of Gold was a great success and Stephens moved to Paris so he could concentrate on writing full time. Cynthia Kavanagh who had been his lover since 1907 accompanied him. He later married her in 1919. The Demi-Gods was published in 1914 and in 1915 he moved back to Dublin to become the Registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland (and stayed in that position till 1924). Stephens witnessed the shooting of a man as a result of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This became a turning point for him as the event intensified his patriotic feelings and renewed his interest in old Irish literature. Stephens moved to London in the year 1925. He began a series of lecture tours which extended to the United States. In 1935 Stephens began a literary and personal friendship with James Joyce. His colleagues considered Stephens to be a genius who easily embraced fantasy, philosophy, and comedy - those who read him today will still be struck by his genius. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! STEPHENS/W77‎

‎Disraeli, Isaac.‎

‎CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. WITH A VIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE AUTHOR. BY HIS SON, THE RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI. FOUR VOLUMES IN THREE. FROM THE FOURTEENTH CORRECTED LONDON EDITION.‎

‎Four volumes in three. Portrait frontis in volume one. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings, embossed in blind. Gilt lettered spines. Hardbound. Nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W55‎

‎Strutt, Joseph.‎

‎THE SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompus Spectacles, from The Earliest Periods to the Present Time.‎

‎pp. lxvii, 420, (8) [Publisher's Catalogue]. Illustrated with 140 wood engravings in text, taken from ancient paintings. 8vo. 230 mm. Later full buckram binding. A very good copy of this great classic (First Edition - 1801). "This book is a key source for information on leisure time activities in 'Olde England,' including sports, hunting, games, dancing, gymnastics, music, festivals including Christmas and May Day and customs such as Mumming, The Boy Bishop, and The Lord of Misrule. It answers questions such as "How do you score a joust?," (p. 125) "When did feral wolves become extinct in Britain?," (p. 12) and "How much do you pay the piper?" (p. 164) And what is Shakespeare talking about when he mentions Shove-Groat (p. 242) or Nine Men's Morris (p. 256)? (The modern equivalents are shuffleboard and tic-tac-toe). Included are numerous quotes from original documents and dozens of plates based on period illustrations. Strutt also documents the constant conflict between popular culture and the religious and secular powers." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GAMES BOX 5‎

‎Botkin, B. A. (Editor).‎

‎A TREASURY OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOLKLORE. Stories, Ballads, Traditions and Folkways of the Mid-American River Country. Foreword by Carl Carmer.‎

‎pp. xx, 620. Signed by the editor. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. Hardbound. AMERICANA BOX 4‎