Dupré de Saint-Maure, Jean Pierre Émile
L'Hermite en Russie, ou Observations sur les moeurs et les usages russes au commencement du XIXe siècle; par E. Dupré de S.t.-Maure […]. Tome Premier (-Cinquème). Turin 1829. Chez Les Frères Reycend et C.e. UNITO A: Pétersbourg, Moscou et les provinces, ou Observations sur les moeurs et les usages russes au commencement du XIXe siècle; suite de l'Hermite en Russie; par E. Dupré de S.t-Maure […]. Tome Premier (-Sixième). Turin 1830. Chez Les Frères Reycend et C.e.
L'Hermite: Cinque volumetti in brossura editoriale a stampa (opera completa), 24mo cm9.5x14, pp 204, 200, 203 (1), 196, 203 (1). Volumi 1, 2, 3, 4 e 5 della Bibliothèque Française des meilleures ouvrages modernes en histoire, voyages et belles-lettres dei Fratelli Reycend.Pétersbourg: Sei volumetti in brossura editoriale a stampa (opera completa), 24mo cm9.5x14, pp 175 (1), 206 (2), 183 (1), 180, 172, 167 (1). Volumi 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 della collana (la numerazione nella collana salta un numero ma i volumi dell'opera ci sono tutti, forse un errore tipografico sul dorso?).
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Savona, A. Virgilio; Straniero, Michele L.
I canti del mare nella tradizione popolare italiana.
Tela c/sovraccoperta, cm17x24, pp 595 (1); 55 illustrazioni in nero fuori testo e 81 esempi musicali.
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Canziani, Estella
Costumes, moeurs et légendes de Savoie.
Cartonato c/sovraccoperta, cm24.5x33, pp 246 (2); illustrato a colori.
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AAVV
Coro Grigna della Sezione Associazione Nazionale Alpini di Lecco.
Tela c/sovraccoperta, cm25x33, pp 173 (3); fotografie a colori e in nero, spartiti.
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Jans, Carlo
La scultura su legno. La sculture sur bois.
Brossura, cm16.5x23.5, pp 129 (7); fotografie a colori e in monocromia di artigianato valdostano.
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Jona, Emilio; Liberovici, Sergio
Canti degli operai torinesi dalla fine dell’800 agli anni del fascismo.
Tela c/sovraccoperta, cm20x28, pp XLVI 561 (1); illustrazioni in nero, spartiti. Privo della cassetta originariamente allegata.
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Jannon, Giorgio
La musica e la sua gente. Per una storia aneddotica delle Società filarmoniche nella storia delle Valli di Susa, Cenischia e Sangone.
Tela c/sovraccoperta, cm17.5x24.5, pp (4) VI 259 (3); numerose fotografie d’epoca in nero nel testo, alcune foto a colori di bande, cori ecc in fine.
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Santiano, Annalisa; Pistone, Maurizio
Musiche e musicanti in Alta Val Sangone. Quaderni di cultura alpina 25.
Brossura c/sovraccoperta, cm21x30, pp 111 (1): numerose illustrazioni in nero. Coll. Quaderni di cultura alpina #25.
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AAVV (Comitato Scientifico Ligure-Piemontese-Valdostano Club Alpino Italiano)
SEGNI DELLA RELIGIOSITÀ POPOLARE SULLE ALPI OCCIDENTALI. Atti dell’incontro di Susa 13-14 settembre 1997.
Brossura, cm17x23.5, pp 186 (2); figure in nero e a colori nel testo.
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Grillo, Umberto
Il Presepe Napoletano. Dalle origini a San Gregorio Armeno.
Cartonato editoriale c/cofanetto illustrato, cm24.5x30.5, pp 37 (3) + 143 tavole a colori (1).
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AAVV
IV MOSTRA DI ARTE PRESEPIALE. Rassegna nazionale e internazionale del presepe.
Brossura c/sovraccoperta, cm24x22.5, pp 151 (5); numerose illustrazioni in nero e a colori.
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Musso, Giuseppe Maria
Ed è subito Carnevale.
Brossura, cm20x24, pp 64; alcune figure in nero (“impressioni pittoriche” di Massimo Quaglino) e in calce allegate 24 diapositive a colori in apposita busta trasparente, con immagini delle celebrazioni carnevalesche e della battaglia delle arance.
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Bertino, Serge
Guida delle Alpi misteriose e fantastiche.
Legatura editoriale in similpelle c/illustrazione applicata, cm12x21.5, pp 449 (3); illustrazioni in nero. Dalle leggende popolari e religiose ai misteri dell'alpinismo.
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Bosca, Donato; Murialdo, Bruno
Masche. Voci luoghi personaggi di un Piemonte altro attaverso ricerche racconti e testimonianze autentiche.
Tela c/sovraccoperta, cm18x25, pp 175 (1); alcune tavole fotografiche in nero di Bruno Murialdo.
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Charles, Teresa; Martinet, Raimondo
Hône e il Suo Passato. Cronologia, Leggende e Testimonianze di vita comunitaria locale. [Hone]
Tela c/sovraccoperta, cm25x32, pp 389 (3) illustrate in nero e a colori.
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AAVV
Le tradizioni popolari in Italia: Pittura votiva e stampe popolari.
Tela c/sovraccoperta e custodia rigida illustrata, cm26x29, pp 219 (1); centinaia di figure in nero e a colori.
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AAVV (Centro di artigianato tipico valdostano Regione Autonoma della Valle d’Aosta)
ART PASTORALE ET FOLKLORE DU VAL D’AOSTE. LES MEUBLES RUSTIQUES SCULPTÉS.
Astuccio in cartoncino illustrato, con coccarda sul piatto anteriore, contenete alcuni fogli sciolti (4 in bianco e nero fronte retro, 5 in bicromia fronte retro, 1 doppio in bicromia fronte retro, 1 a colori, 3 in bianco e nero solo recto) di misura 17x17cm con fotografie e descrizioni di oggetti lignei di artigianato valdostano, e un listino prezzi ripiegato.
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Zampedri, Antonio
Magia e Leggenda in Valle di Susa.
Brossura, cm17x24, pp 109 (3), alcune figure in nero.
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Bousquet, Jacques (a cura di)
Enquêtes folkloriques en Rouergue (1900-1954). Les études folkloriques en Rouerge, par Jacques BOUSQUET. Enquête JULIEN (1900, Causse, Canton de Villeneuve). Enquête Lucien MAZARS (1954, Ségala, Canton de Rignac).
Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle con fregi a secco, falsi nervi e fregi e titoli dorati sul dorso, piatti in carta decorata a venatura lignea, cm15x23, pp (6) 338 (16), 10 tavole in nero. Estratto monografico delle Mémoires de la Société des Lettres Sciences et Arts de l’Aveyron, tomo ventisettesimo 1958; in francese. Conservati i piatti della brossura originale.
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Rosu, Georgetta (a cura di)
Religiosità di vetro. Icone del mondo contadino romeno.
Brossura (difetti), cm21x21, pp 237 (1), numerose illustrazioni a colori.
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Anino, Antonio
SULLA FESTA DELLA VISITAZIONE DI MARIA VERGINE A SANTA ELISABETTA NELLA PARROCCHIA DI SAN LORENZO DI VERCELI. CENNO STORICO DEL RETTORE ANINO ANTONIO.
Cartonato editoriale a stampa, 8vo cm12x18, pp 77 (3), antiporta litografica (Doyen). Cenno storico sull’origine della festa, nota sulla liberazione dalla peste nel 1630, regolamento della Compagnia della Visitazione.
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Pitrè, Giuseppe (Palermo 1841-1916)
Curiosità di usi popolari.
Brossura, cm13x18, pp 166 (2). Ristampa anastatica dell’edizione catanese del 1902, con i brevi testi dell’etnologo siciliano dedicati al Pesce d’Aprile, alle tradizioni popolari italiane circa il Venerdì e la Primavera, e alle Mirabili facoltà di alcune famiglie di guarire certe malattie.
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Cirese, Alberto
Aspetti della ritualità magica e religiosa nel tarantino.
Brossura, cm15x21, pp 72 (54); 25 tavole in fine.
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Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhlem
Fratelli Grimm. LE FIABE DEL FOCOLARE.
Legatura editoriale in tela con sovraccoperta e custodia illustrata (manca l’acetato trasparente protettivo), cm14.5x22, pp XX 642 (4), tavole a colori tratte da dipinti di Pieter Brueghel il Vecchio. Prefazione di Giuseppe Cocchiara, traduzione di Clara Bovero. Coll. I Millenni.
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Noliani, Claudio (a cura di)
ANIMA DELLA CARNIA. Canti popolari.
Cartonato editoriale, cm 27x21, pp (8) 514 (4). Monumentale repertorio di canti popolari della Carnia, frutto di un lavoro di raccolta effettuato da Claudio Noliani per conto della RAI di Trieste nel corso di 15 anni. Sono riprodotte le 509 schede dell’autore, che riportano spartiti e testi delle “villotte” e canzoni popolari, e molto spesso note sulla struttura delle composizioni, sulle circostanze e località di raccolta, sugli esecutori ecc.
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Vajro, Massimiliano
La Canzone napoletana dalle origini all’Ottocento. Saggi di folklore musicale.
Brossura con sovraccoperta, cm 20x14, pp 217 (3), 12 tavole in nero fuori testo. Intonso.
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Rota, Pietro
TRADIZIONI ITALIANE DEI SECOLI BARBARI RACCOLTE DA PIETRO ROTA ALUNNO DEL COLLEGIO GHISLERI.
Brossura editoriale a stampa, cm19x12, pp 135 (1). Difetti sulla brossura. Raccolta diXIX «tradizioni», leggende e aneddoti di personaggi del Medio Evo italiano, raccolti da varie fonti (Cronaca di Novalesa, ecc).
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Marangelli, Giuseppe
Proverbi Fasanesi con un’appendice di rime popolari.
Tela con sovraccoperta, cm 24x17, pp 175 (1), 12 tavole in nero.
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AAVV
Costumi a Issogne. Aspetti del ‘400 quotidiano nelle Lunette del Castello di Issogne.
Brossura con sovraccoperta, cm 30x21, pp 107 (1) illustrate in nero e a colori.
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Campbell, Janet
Walt Disney's Three Little Pigs
32 glossy colour pages in bright red illustrated boards. Some creasing to front and rear inner flaps of the dust jacket. "With all the huffing and puffing of the original pig tale, Disney's classic film version is retold in this charming picture book that is sure to make young children giggle and squeal with delight." - from the dust jacket. Book
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Disney Staff
Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Disney Classic Series
96 pages. Unmarked inside. Light signs of wear and soiling overall. Recounts the famous Disney tale of Beauty and the Beast. Book
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Author Not Stated
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
51 pages. The classic tale is told in a nicely illustrated Ladybird format. Clean book with light signs of wear. Book
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Stevenson, Jocelyn
Robin Hood : A High-Spirited Tale of Adventure, Starring Jim Henson's Muppets
Unpaginated. Traditional tales of Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and the merry outlaws, as depicted by the Muppet Characters. Abundant illustrations throughout. Book
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Dwyer, Daisy Hilse
Images and Self-Images : Male and Female in Morocco
194 pages including index. Answers the question: How does half a population, including many strong and independent-minded persons, come to believe in stereotypes that are self-denigrating? Unmarked. Well-worn. Binding intact. Book
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Kidd, Ronald (adapted by)
Disney Beauty and the Beast - Golden Sound Story
24 pages. Ten delightful sound effects enhance the magic of Disney's classic love story of Beauty and the Beast. Prior owner's name inside front cover else unmarked. Light wear. All sound effects working loud and clear at time of listing. Very nice copy. Please note that we cannot guarantee the batteries will still have a charge when you order. Please check with us prior to ordering if you wish. Book
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Carunungan, Celso Al.
The Manila Hilton Filipiniana
248 pages. A bedside treasury of delightful and informative reading from the Philippines. Presented exclusively for guests of the Manila Hilton. Divided into the following sections: Portrait of the Filipino; Tales of the Filipinos; The Philippines Scene; Philippine Folklore; A Harvest of Philippine Love Lyrics; Filipinos at Home and Play; Wit or Without. Author is former Commissioner on Literature, National Commission on Culture. Illustrated in black and white. Light to moderate wear. Unmarked. Reading crease to spine. Nice copy in glossy covers. Book
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Jones, Michael Owen
Craftsman of the Cumberlands : Tradition and Creativity
289 pages including index. An extensive revision of 'The Hand Made Object and Its Maker.' Concentrating upon the work of one man, woodworker and chairmaker Chester Cornett, Jones not only describes the tools and techniques employed by Cornett but also his aspirations and values. Unmarked. Light wear. Tight and unmarked. Very good copy. Book
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McDonald, Eugene T.
Teaching and Using Blissymbolics - Written for Use By Instructors of Communicatively Impaired Persons
176 pages including bibliography and index. Describes the symbols and system of Blissymbolics and discusses how to teach Blissymbolics. The emphasis is on practice rather than theory. The symbol learner and the setting in which symbols are learned and used also receive considerable attention in the book. Moderate wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
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Bradbury, Elspeth; Maddocks, Judy
The Garden Letters : A Growing Correspondence
251 pages. A charming collection of letters, lush with gardening facts and folklore, which reveal as much about the seasons in a woman's life as they do about the cycles of clematis and crabgrass, blossoms and bulbs. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Average wear. Crease to front cover. Solid copy. Book
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De France, Marie; Beer, Jeanette (translator)
Medieval Fables
71 pages. Lavishly illustrated and meticulously crafted, this collection of thirty fables is the perfect introduction to this most universal of literary forms. Very light wear to clean and unmarked book in maroon cloth boards. Dust jacket bears moderate wear with several small closed tears. Nice copy of a lovely work. Book
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Hague, Kathleen and Michael
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
33 pages. A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Solid working copy. Book
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Richardson, James T. (editor); Best, Joel (editor); Bromley, David G. (editor)
The Satanism Scare (Social Institutions and Social Change Ser.)
320 pages including index. A selection of papers from a wide variety of disciplines, broadly covering contemporary aspects of satanism from the vantage point of studies in folklore, cults, religion, deviance, rock music, rumor and the mass media. "A wise and compelling book." - Kai Erikson, Yale University. Average quantity of markings to contents. Moderate wear. Solid working copy. Book
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Saint-Gilles, Amaury
Mingei : Japan's Enduring Folk Arts
260 pages including index/glossary, colour photography. Introduces 116 exquisite and interesting folk-art items, describing their origins, showing how they are made and used, and relating the background of myth and folklore associated with each. A concise and informative introduction to a rich and varied artistic tradition. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
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Tenenbaum, Samuel
The Wise Men of Chelm
191 pages. Cherished tales from Jewish folklore celebrating the misadventures of the lovable fools who inhabit the legendary shtetl of Chelm. Initials atop half-title page else unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Solid working copy. Book
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Ritchie, Rita
The Emperor's New Clothes (Golden Sound Story Book)
Sound effects working loud and clear. Nice clean and unmarked copy with light wear. Book
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Friesen, Victor Carl
The Windmill Turning - Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, and Other Expressions of Western Canadian Mennonites
139 pages including index, basic vocabulary and grammar notes. "A collection of 450 pieces of Western Canadian Mennonite folklore - nursery rhymes, songs, and maxims, presented in both Plautdietsch and English. Also includes a concise description of these Mennonites - their history and language, plus a literary analysis of their folklore." - paraphrased from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. A nice copy. Book
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Nowry, Laurence
Man of Mana : Marius Barbeau, a Biography
448 pages. "Barbeau was the most eminent figure in Canadian anthropology, a pioneer and principal founder whose work lies at the base of Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Civilization collections... Instrumental in popularizing the work of Emily Carr, Jean-Paul Lemieux, Louis Joubin and Cornelius Krieghoff, he worked with artists A.Y. Jackson, Emily Carr and Arthur Lismer, and musicians Sir Ernest MacMillan, Healey Willan, and Harry Adaskin." - from cover. Clean and bright and unmarked. Tight and square. Very light wear. Possibly unread. Excellent copy. Book
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Sakade, Florence: Editor
Peach Boy and Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories
58 pages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Worthy copy of this delightful compilation. Book
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Gilbert, Adrian; Cotterell, Maurice (Signed)
The Mayan Prophecies: Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Civilization *SIGNED BY MAURICE COTTERELL*
Signed by Maurice Cotterell. 337 pages. Index. Bibliography, Index. Black and white illustrations plus a lovely section of colour plates. Upon front free endpaper is hand-written in ink "Best Wishes, Maurice Cotterell, Dec 1995." "This revelatory and extraordinary book shows that we are standing on the threshold of a new world age... Decoding the complex Mayan astrological prophecies, they tell of the catastrophies to come in and after 2012, and present shattering revelations." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Price-clipped dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Book
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Balch, William Monroe; Skelcher, Jane Lucille; Skelcher, Lucille Detraz; Ross, Frank E.; Terhune, R.W.; Coleman, Christopher B.; Helderman, Leonard C.; Lynch, William O.
Indiana Magazine of History, December 1938
Pages 393-504. Features: The Education of Linton Usher; Descendants of the Dumonts of Vevay; The Fur Trade of the Ohio Valley; Pioneer Folklore Relative to Snakes; Indiana Historical Society; Social Studies in High School; Danger on Wabash (Vincennes Letters of 1786); Living in a Distracted World, 1914-1920; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
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