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1913réf. 010418London: Hodder and Stoughton 1913 113 pgs. White cloth decoratively stamped in teal and gilt light wear to top of spine 3 tiny marks to lower cover else a bright beautiful copy. Tipped in color frontis & 9 other very beautiful tipped in color plates with captioned guards. Dulac most celebrated for his "Arabian Nights" illustrations continues his heavily mid-east influenced style in this fabulous volume. Hughey 31a. First Trade. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Thick 4to. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1865réf. 011440Philadelphia: Davis Porter & Co 1865 7.5 x 5.75 inches. 96 pgs. Illustrated covers with cloth spine small losses to paper corners worn occasional mark internally but clean text and images overall. Originally published individually as part of the Nursery Fairy Books Series in 1848 by Saxton & Kelt of Boston. The fairy tales are illustrated with lovely little engravings throughout the text plus full page frontis for each title. Interestingly two endings are given for Little Red Riding Hood the gruesome and the tame. Rare with only a handful of copies of this combined edition or the individual editions in institutions. Due to a pagination error it appears that two pages are missing but it is complete. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 12mo. Davis, Porter & Co hardcover
1930réf. 17226London United Kingdom: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1930. nd revised edition from 1925 1st. Arthurian legend taken from a 14th century manuscript by unknown author. This one of the best known Authurian tales involving quests to test Gawains prowess written in middle English in alliterative verse. CONDITION Green cloth with bright gilt title borders and decoration to front front free end page has name of original owner and gifter plus 2nd own WH Pearson NZ Poet nd revised edition from 1925 1st. Arthurian legend taken from a 14th century manuscript by unknown author. This one of the best known Authurian tales involving quests to test Gawains prowess written in middle English in alliterative verse. CONDITION Green cloth has been stored in a damp place at some stage causing soiling to bds and split to ends pages exposing cloth backing to spine frontis has illus and another plate showing beginning of text from original 14th C manuscript as part of introduction pp xvii 211. Mostly clean and crisp with minor wear to spine ends tidy pencil notaions through poem. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover
1972réf. 2080202106300348Not Available 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Not Available paperback
1928réf. 011137London: Cassell & Company 1928 251 pgs. TEG. Blue cloth with parchment spine titled and ruled in gilt some fraying and soil to cloth occasional light foxing but clean overall. 12 wonderful color illustrations by Dulac in the style he adopted later in his career. Tales by Charles Perrault Mme. D'Aulnoy Ct. Anthony Hamilton. Copy #389 / 1000 signed by Edmund Dulac. . Signed by Illustrator. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. 8vo. Cassell & Company hardcover
1911réf. 011154London: Macmillan 1911 Red cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt gilt bright spine slightly sunned front and rear pasted down endpapers with adhesive residue else clean and bright internally. A selection of folk tales collected primarily from Italy and Greece in the 17th Century. Illustrated here with 32 beautiful color plates by Warwick Goble. Uncommon in such lovely condition. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick Goble. Thick 4to. Macmillan hardcover
1989réf. ZB2800031989. softcover ex library else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. paperback
réf. DADAX0393324974New unknown
2003réf. 10522NY: Knopf 2003. First trade edition first prnt. 1st issue dustjacket. Preceded by a self-published paperback edition. Signed and dated "'03" by Paolini on the title page. A 4 x 6 inch color digital photograph of Paolini at the booksigning laid in. One dustjacket corner just touched not immediately apparent; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Volume 1 in Paolini's Inheritance trilogy. Paolini's first novel. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover
réf. DADAX0226158705New unknown
1989réf. 2111902160302248enterprise 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 230 pages average Size: 46 enterprise paperback
1958réf. 2091202133200157Japan Folklore Society 1958. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 201 Japan Folklore Society paperback
réf. 000480Freiburg im Breisgau: Adolph Emmerling. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 4 individual volumes 1839 1840 1841 and 1844 of this annual periodical handbook of southern German history and folklore which was published between 1839 and 1846. The 1839 volume is re-backed preserving the original publisher's blue paper boards with a decorative title printed on the front cover. The volumes for 1840 and 1844 are bound in early blue paper boards; the 1840 volume is re-backed and the 1844 volume is carefully strengthened along the hinges. The volume for 1841 is bound in brown cloth. Both the 1841 and 1844 volumes contain the remnants of original paper spine labels and also paper institutional shelf tickets. The boards and extremities to all volumes show some rubbing wear and spotting. Personal bookplates present on inside front covers; institutional blind stamp on title pages and two other leaves in each book; a shelf number is handwritten on the bottom margin of the second leaf in each volume. Pages are generally clean but with some light scattered foxing; occasional leaves are uncut; the volume for 1839 is untrimmed; the upper corner of the final leaf in the 1840 volume shows some wear - a couple small marginal tears and a tiny hole are neatly sealed. Contents include interesting articles on local historical events; superstition and folklore; Celtic Germanic and Roman antiquities folk songs Volkslieder and folk tales; church and reformation history etc. Three of the volumes contain fold out plates depicting Celtic antiquities manuscript and sheet music facsimiles a land chart showing ancient graves and an ancient wall in the Alps. Adolph Emmerling hardcover
réf. DADAX3110122537New unknown
1930réf. 196466Fuzhou: Ling Yu Sing Gift Shop c.1930s. A beautifully illustrated bilingual introduction to the Eight Immortals a group of legendary figures much esteemed in Chinese culture and mythology. Each is shown in a characteristic pose revealing their own special powers or virtues such as humility and wisdom. Also pictured is the goddess Xiwangmu the Queen Mother of the West known for cultivating peaches of immortality. This album was made in Fuzhou by the Ling Yu Sing Gift Shop which specialized in mementoes of Chinese history and culture for the lucrative tourist market. Each of the ten paintings faces an explanation in Chinese with an English translation below. Octavo concertina-style 208 x 146 mm. With 10 colour paintings on silk mounted within yellow silk borders. Original brown silk boards front cover with manuscript title label top and bottom edges orange. Boards lightly rubbed paintings bright: near-fine. hardcover
réf. DADAX041593933XNew unknown
1923réf. 008095New York: Knopf 1923 1923. TEG. 170 pgs. Blue green cloth with gilt titling and pictorial design. Gorgeous tissue guarded color frontis many beautiful b&w illustrations throughout including chapter heads in text and full page. The original box is included though in poor condition but rarely ever present. Also included with the book is a note from the previous owner whose family was close with De La Mare. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Illus. by Dorothy P. Lathrop. 8vo. Knopf hardcover
1988réf. 36444Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffeps D. Gerber. Vol. 2 has light bumping to 1 corner. Djs have a few tiny tears.; A three-volume commentary compiled by an international team of scholars includes an introduction discussing previous research on the Odyssey its relation to the Iliad the epic dialect and the transmission of the text. Vol. I: 1988 396 pp ISBN: 0198140371; Vol. II: 1989 300 pp ISBN: 0198140479; Vol. III: 1992 447 pp ISBN: 0198140487;; 3 Volume Set COMPLETE. Commentary on Homer's Odyssey.; 1-3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1143 pages . 1988. Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
réf. DADAX0752300431New unknown
1920réf. 008871London: William Heinemann 1920 110 pgs. Pictorial paper-covered boards backed in pink cloth light shelf wear foxing to edge of text block and marginally to text pages bottom corner slightly bumped; pictorial dust jacket sunned overalll moreso to spine minor wear. One of Rackham's loveliest creations illustrated with a tipped-in color frontis numerous 2 & 3 color silhouettes as well as full page silhouetted drawings. Rare in dustwrapper. . First Trade Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 4to. William Heinemann hardcover
1928réf. 007607Springfield MA: Milton Bradley 1928 Black cloth with a faux-leather pattern pictorially stamped and titled in yellow ink rubbing to extremities top corner slightly bumped previous owner's name and bookplate. 12 fantasy stories illustrated with 6 color plates by Tenggren and 14 b&w plates by Carl Wehde. Rare Tenggren title. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gustaf Tenggren & Carl Emil Wehde. 4to. Milton Bradley hardcover
1969réf. 2090502124900219Academic Book Publishing Association 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Academic Book Publishing Association paperback
1909réf. 66872Rebman Limited London 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xx 712pp. Binding firm spine slightly faded with slight bumps to ends. Foxing and browning to front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's address in ink with Theosophical Society Scarborough address ink-stamp. Edges browned. Covers marked. Corners slightly bumped. "Coinciding with the exact same year Waite co-created the iconic Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck this treatise is globally celebrated as the very first text to explicitly link the four holy Grail Hallows to the four suits of the Tarot cards. Rather than treating the Grail as a physical cup or a mere medieval fairy tale Waite uses a massive complex analysis of Arthurian literature Christian mysticism Kabbalah Freemasonry and alchemy to argue that the legends mask a "hidden church"—an unbroken internal secret tradition of mystical initiation and spiritual transformation operating silently across Christian history." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Britain/UK; Early 0-1000 AD & Medieval; Magic Paranormal & Occult. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 66872. . Rebman Limited hardcover
1998réf. 2111902160200586Matsumotoichi 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 11 volumes Matsumotoichi paperback
1959réf. 190810-MYB09Berkeley: University of California Press 1959. Very Good Hardcover 1959 first edition scarce. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. University of California Press Hardcover
