Folklore

Japanese folklore bulletin 31 Shugendoh Japanese Book

1963réf. KOS04500039Japanese Folklore Society 1963. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS04500039 Japanese Folklore Society paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour60,00 $US≈ 53,60 €

Kanzaki county history and Folklore MuseumBiblio.com

Cultural property of Fukuzaki Cho Enno-Gyoja Japanese Book

1993réf. KOS04400104Fukuzaki town board of Education 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS04400104 Fukuzaki town board of Education paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour60,00 $US≈ 53,60 €

Miles, RosalindBiblio.com

THE CHILD OF THE HOLY GRAIL: The Third of the Guenevere Novels.

2001réf. 82626New York:: Crown 2001. SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers light crease to book cover. First US printing. A novel about the final cycle of the King Arthur legend - the coming of Sir Galahad the search for the Holy Grail and the fall of Camelot a blend of fantasy and legend by this critically acclaimed historian and writer. SIGNED on the title page. Publisher's letter laid in. 424 pp plus lists of characters and places charts of Celtic and Christian Wheels of the Year. Uncommon both as an advance copy and signed. Crown, unknown

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Miles, RosalindBiblio.com

THE CHILD OF THE HOLY GRAIL: The Third of the Guenevere Novels.

2001réf. 27010New York:: Crown 2001. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. First US printing. A novel about the final cycle of the King Arthur legend - the coming of Sir Galahad the search for the Holy Grail and the fall of Camelot a blend of fantasy and legend by this critically acclaimed historian and writer. SIGNED on the title page. Crown, hardcover

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Mills, Lewis SpragueBiblio.com

Legends of Barkhamsted Lighthouse and Satan's Kingdom in New Hartford

1961réf. 63046The Shoe String Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed. 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding xxii 326pp black and white photos. Folklore and legends about the Barkhamsted Lighthouse and the areas around New Hartford Connecticut. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Shoe String Press hardcover

Old Saratoga Books · États-Unis60,00 $US≈ 53,60 €

Nahum, Peter; William AllinghamBiblio.com

Fairy Folk In Fairy Land

1997réf. 039244London: Leicester Galleries 1997. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good-/No Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Small octavo. Original illustrated glossy wraps. With 66 color illustrations. With an introduction by Peter Nahum and a Fairyland poem by William Allingham 1870. Published to accompany the exhibition of paintings drawings and prints held at the Leicester Galleries London 13th Nov. - 20th Decemper 1997. Pages are bright and clean no writing underlining or highlighting. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Minor scuffing/finger soiling to covers. Corners lightly rubbed. Nice copy. Leicester Galleries paperback

after-words bookstore · États-Unis60,00 $US≈ 53,60 €

Penn, IrvingBiblio.com

Photographs of Dahomey 1967

2005réf. w201029005Hatje Cantz 2005. 80pp. Beige cloth hardback with DJ VG small red ink mark on spine edge Collection of portraits by Irving Penn while in the West African country Dahomey in 1967 Photographs of Dahomey 1967 . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Hatje Cantz Hardcover

Karen Wickliff - Books · États-Unis60,00 $US≈ 53,60 €

Ungerer, TomiBiblio.com

Zeralda's Ogre

1967réf. 003958New York: Harper & Row 1967. Hardcover. Very Good /very good-. Large 8vo. Bound in illustrated boards and matching dust jacket. Full-color illustrations by Ungerer. Very Good previous owner's name in ink to front free endpaper rubbing and bumping to extremities internally clean and bright in Very Good- dust jacket with 1" tear to lower edge of front cover several shorter tears and wear to extremities age-toning overall. Attractive copy. Harper & Row hardcover

Garnet Books · États-Unis60,00 $US≈ 53,60 €

Vavra, RobertBiblio.com

Unicorns I Have Known

1983réf. 025518New York NY: William Morrow & Co. 1983. First Edition Collectible . Cloth. Good -/Good -. 1st Printing. Jacket has edge wear and rubbing protected in mylar. Jacket also has several tears that had been previously repaired with tape it also appears as though they had marked the spots with marker. The inside of the jacket has some water damage. Boards have shelfwear and bumping. Cloth is dusty/lightly soiled. The cloth on the bottom edge of front board has a 2.5 inch tear. Binding is cracked but the pages are secure. Bright clean pages no marks or tears. Decorative endpapers. William Morrow & Co. hardcover

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Walker, Henry JohnBiblio.com

Twin Horse Gods The: The Dioskouroi in Mythologies of the Ancient World

2021réf. 024417Las Vegas.: Bloomsbury Academic 2021. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover 2021 edition. Covers and text in fine condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. 271 pages. Bloomsbury Academic Paperback

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Zwerger, Lisbeth (Illus); Andersen, Hans Christian (Auth)Biblio.com

Swineherd The

1982réf. 011147New York: William Morrow & Co 1982 Boards pictorially stamped in gilt with cloth spine color pictorial dust jacket with original price intact $9.50. A prince disguises himself as a swineherd to learn the true nature of the princess he wishes to marry. Lovely color artwork by Lisbeth Zwerger throughout. . First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Small Square 4to. William Morrow & Co unknown

E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA · États-Unis60,00 $US≈ 53,60 €

Folklore SocietyBiblio.com

County Folklore Vol. 2 Classic Reprint

réf. 1330264789.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback

Bonita · États-Unis60,13 $US≈ 53,72 €

CORRIN**, SARA and STEPHEN - Retold by:Biblio.com

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. by Robert Browning.

réf. rja664117UKslim Qrto HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright crisp clean glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Errol Le Cain illustrated dw/dj panels with black lettering to front panel; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents bright tight clean solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread apart from my collation. Bright crisp clean sharp-cornered colour pictorial illustrated glazed boards - design repeated from dw/dj and clean plain white endpapers. UKslim Qrto HBdw/dj illustrated1st edn32pp unpaginated and excluding front free endpapers includes 13 full-page coloured illustrations which includes the illustrated dedication page other coloured illustrations and border edge decorations on every page; plus colour illustrated title page aforementioned dedication page with full-page full-colour illustrated frntis to it's reverse. An increasingly and highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator and an unusual item in Le Cain's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon for discerning collectors and fans alike. Errol John Le Cain b.1941 - d.1989. Worked as Erroll Le Cain. Born in Singapore son of a member of the police force. During his childhood he travelled extensively in the Far East and lived for five years in India. He worked in Pearl & Dean advertising studios 1956-60 and on animated films and titles in the Richard Williams Studio 1960-67. Following that he worked freelance as a filmtelevision and exhibition designer. As a book illustrator Le Cain had developed a distinctive graphic style in which outline and pattern are dominant elements. He aimed to create bold simple designs retaining relevant detail that can be dramatic or humorous and adapts his style to the varying moods of the stories. He uses pen and ink with gouache for colour work. He won the Kate Greenaway Medal with 'Hiawatha's Childhood' UK FABER1984 in 1985. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight and value of this item for correct shipping/ Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note stocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order especially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now in some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.FABER and FABER LIMITED,1988. hardcover

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Geo Fyler Townsend (notes)Biblio.com

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments

1904réf. 62759Frederick Warne & Co London 1904. New Edition Revised. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". viii 632pp. Hinges cracked. Spine slightly faded with wear to ends. Scattered foxing. Previous owner's inscription in pencil dated 1904. Edges foxed and browned. Covers marked. Corners slightly bumped. The publication date given above is an estimate only there being no date given in the book. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Middle East; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 62759. . Frederick Warne & Co hardcover

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Jonas KristjanssonBiblio.com

Icelandic Manuscripts: Sagas History and Art

1993réf. 57892Icelandic Literary Society Reykjavik 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 145 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm spine cocked. Dust jacket chipped with slight loss. Edges slightly browned and marked. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Iceland; Early 0-1000 AD & Medieval; History. ISBN: 9979804343. ISBN/EAN: 9789979804345. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57892. . 9789979804345 Icelandic Literary Society hardcover

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MICHAELIS-JENA, RUTH and RATCLIFF, ARTHUR - Translated from the German:Biblio.com

New Tales from Grimm. Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone.

réf. rja731717UK8vo HBminus dw/djillustrated1st edn. VG. Neat blue inked seasonal familial gift presentation inscrptndate to top corner verso of front free endpaper. Publisher's original pale beige cloth boards with bright crisp blocked gilt title letters within a dark green ink printed vertical box/panel and bright crisp blocked gilt letters publisher to foot of spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and immaculate monochrome 'Fairy-Tale Land' map illustrated endpapers. Three corners with minor creases from minor bumping - front lower corner with a light faint thumbprint-sized indeterminate stain/mark; a similar coloured but miniscule thin strip stain along board's front top edge too; otherwise rest of boards bright and clean. Topfore-edges bright and clean with little or no marks; contents bright tight clean solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners but previous owner has placed a blue ink tick alongside all but 8 of the tales on the Contents list/table pages - the only annotation noted. Else appears unread apart from my collation. UK8vo HB minus dw/djillustrated1st edn1- 146pp paginated includes translators' Foreword 39 fairy tales - 4 with b/w illustrated headpieces and 2 with tail-pieces 4 b/w illustrations within tales' text and a full colour illustrated frntis 4 full-page 3-colour block b/wochre/yellow artwork illustrations - all called for present and all illustrations by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone; plus unpaginated colour frntis title page ContentsIllustrations lists/tables - Acknowledgements to verso of Illustration list/table. Highly collected and prolific children's book illustratorsan uncommon scarce and unusual item in Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone's genre in bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Grahame Johnstones' canon. Want more Janet & Anne Grahame JOHNSTONE titles For similar and other titles please seach my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Twins born 1st June1928. Janet died in a tragic accident on 20th January1979 her sister surviving her until 25th May1998. Children's book illustrators specialising in large brightly coloured gift books mainly published by Dean & SonLtd. in which the full-page illustrations surround the passages of text. Janet specialized in animals and birds Anne focused on the period costumes that so dominated their work. Their work represents a recent manifestation of the nursery tradition mass-marketed by Mabel Lucie Attwell and updated by Hilda Boswell characterised by unfailing sentimentality and a palpable determination to please. Between them they published over 200 titles; with over 5000 illustrations in total: 1000 in b/w and 4000 in colourand 10 technical equestrian books. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight and value of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note stocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded AFTER order's receipt and before the order's despatch especially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now in some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. UK.EDINBURGH & LONDON.W. R. CHAMBERS LTD.,1960. hardcover

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PHILLPOTTS**, EDEN:Biblio.com

THE FLINT HEART - A FAIRY STORY.

réf. rja592416UK8vo HB minus issued dw/djillustrated1st edn thus.Originaltrue UK 8vo HBillustrated 1st edn published in 1910 by SmithElder & Co.London.Also issued simultaneously in the US.This UK8vo HBb/w illus is the then new and revised edn by Chapman & Dodd of 1922so a 1st edn thus. VG. No owner inscrptnminus issued dw/dj.Generally bright and clean - apart from an incomplete partial cup-ring to upper boardand basically the major detracting fault - publisher's original brick-red cloth boards with black ink printed caricature illustration reproduced from an internal b/w illustration plate and black ink lettering to front boardblack ink printed lettering to spine/backstrip alsorear board plain: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and sharp corners.Plain grey endpapers with some off-set page edge browning/toning.Top edges slightly aged/tonedfore-edges cleaner and brighter but are lightly and sporadically foxed/spotted; contents generally brighttight cleansolid and sound with very little foxing throughout the text's body - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread.UK8vo HB1st edn thus newrevised9-256pp paginated includes 25 chapters16 frntis unpaginated b/w illustrations by Charles Folkard - all attachedall called for and present throughout the text and the book; plus unpaginated foxed/spotted half-title pageb/w illustrated frntisa lightly and faintly foxed/spotted title page and separate Contents Illustrations lists/tables. Charles James Folkard 1878-1963.Worked as Charles Folkard. Born LewishamLondonson of a printer.Became an expert conjurerandwhile designing his own programmesdiscovered his preference for drawing.Studied at various schools of art including the St John's Wood School of Art.He illustrated nursery literature and children's classics in black and white and full colour with professionalismoften combining naturalistic detail with a strong element of caricature.He was the creator of the Daily Mail's children's strip cartoon Teddy Tail 1915 which continued until 1960and the author of a number of children's plays and pantomimes.He lived in LondonKent and Sussex. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.CHAPMAN & DODD,1922. hardcover

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American Folklore SocietyBiblio.com