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1902ref. 010795Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press Cambridge 1902. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Later printing uncommon institutional / educational issue. Featuring the Riverside Press title-page layout and omitting publisher advertisements. 19 cm. 6 259 pp. In publisher's original olive-green cloth. Very Good. Light shelf wear to spine ends and corners. Issued as part of Houghton Mifflin's push into the progressive education movement printed on heavier-duty stock for bulk distribution to classrooms and public libraries. Uncommon for copies to survive in this condition. . Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press Cambridge Hardcover
1990ref. 45538Konrad Triltsch Verlag. Near Fine. Softcover. Postcard from author tipped in.; Beiträge Zur Archäologie 19; 453 pages . 1990. 3878250428 . Konrad Triltsch Verlag paperback
1975ref. 011555New York: Alfred A Knopf 1975 73 pgs. Hard cover with cloth spine sunning to board edges else fine; color illustrated dust jacket with a few edge tears and creasing light rubbing original price intact $4.95. Celebrated author and writing teacher John Gardner's first book for a juvenile audience; four fairy tales the title story plus The Tailor and the Giant The Miller's Mule and The Last Piece of Light. Illustrated in b&w by Charles Shields. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Charles Shields. 8vo. Alfred A Knopf hardcover
1970ref. 010581Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1970. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Second printing stated. Original French by Mircea Eliade. Rust cloth covered boards with black cloth spine wrap and gilt lettering to the spine. Bollingen Series LXXVI. Near Fine in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket designed by Paul Rand. Dust jacket has a small price sticker showing P.U.P. $12.50 next to the clipped area. Top page edges dyed gray. Scattered underlining in ink throughout. Dust jacket has an old wraparound tape repair to top of spine; light rubbing and chipping to edges; and lightly sunned spine. Princeton University Press Hardcover
1922ref. 010626Boston : Richard G. Badger: The Gorham Press 1922. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second Edition 1922 the First published 1916. Black cloth covered boards with blind stamped decorative front and rear. Gilt lettering to the spine. Illustrated with 14 black and white plates most with multiple figures. Frontispiece. Mostly uncut pages. Top edge gilt. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. Slight toning under the jacket flaps. Dust jacket lightly toned spine; 1/8" chip across spine top; small chip to spine bottom. SCARCE in dust jacket. Richard G. Badger: The Gorham Press Hardcover
1940ref. 010655Chicago: The Norman Press 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED BY PUBLISHER. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER Norman W. Forgue at first blank rear end page and Uncommon Thus. First Edition. Gold speckled red paper covered boards with gilt title frame and blue lettering to the front. Fine no jacket as issued. Norman W. Forgue was an American bookmaker typographe printer and founder of several private presses including At the Sign of the Gargoyle The Black Cat Press The Norman Press and Normandie House. . The Norman Press Hardcover
1933ref. 010534New York : Macmillan and Co 1933. Book. Illus. by Yeats Jack. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition. First published August 1933. Green cloth covered boards with black lettering to the front and spine. This copy is Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine sunned end papers are toned at hinges and edges of paste downs. Dust jacket a bit darkened at spine. Spine ends are chipped. Edges and tips have small chips and creases. Front flap has the numeral 2 in ink at bottom corner and stamped price of $2.25. Uncommon in dust jacket and in such nice condition. . Macmillan and Co, Hardcover
1931ref. 010369Indianapolis Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1931. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine early prior owner gift inscription at first blank in a Very Good dust jacket small chips at spine ends and light edge wear spine a shade sunned. 357 pages photographic end papers original orange cloth lettered in red. Blockson 9809. A book remebered now more for the attempt than for the execution of telling the true story of slavery. . The Bobbs-Merrill Company Hardcover
1959ref. 008263Sacramento California: Folk Music Society of Sacramento 1959. Journal. Fine as Issued. Stapled Wrappers. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. RARE. Nineteen separate issues - Vol. 1 Nos. 911; Vol.2 Nos. 2-5 7 11 12; Vol.3 Nos. 2 5-8; Vol. 4 Nos. 1-3 5 6. Spanning the period September 1959 through September 1962. Mimeograph newsletters each one or two pages if two pages then stapled top left. Size 8 1/2" w x 14" h. Fine as Issued. Folk Music Society of Sacramento Paperback
1971ref. 008264Berkeley CA: Arhoolie Records Inc. 1971. Newspaper. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SCARCE. Promotional newspaper from Arhoolie Records Inc. founded by Chris Strachwitz and his business partner Tom Diamant in 1960. one of the iconic early publishers of folk music blues and jazz. 20 pp. with numerous articles on recent and upcoming record publications and other company and music industry news. illustrated with numerous black and white photographs Graphic Design: Wayne Pope. Very Good center fold as issued interior pages uniformly age toned tears bottom edge at corner in margin closed small tear rear cover. Arhoolie Records, Inc. unknown
1963ref. 008266Berkeley CA: Arhoolie Record Inc. 1963. Newspaper. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. 14 3/4 ' h X11 1/2" h. RARE. Early publication from the founder of Arhoolie Records. Details Strachwitz's account of his travels across the US in the summer of 1962 in search of blues music and musicians to record in addition to news on recent Arhoolie releases. 8 pp newspaper. Very Good uniformly browned a few small chips 1" horiz. tear at fold edge across all pages center fold as mailed with recipient's name and address Frank A. Hoffmann noted folklorist at Indiana University. Arhoolie Record, Inc. unknown
ref. 008268New York: Corydon Publications Inc. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Date circa early 1970s. 20 pp. in stapled wrappers. Fine as issued. Loaded with classified advertisements for swingingers with black and white nude photographs numerous ads for sex-related items. Named the Pioneer Swinger in honor of Eddie Abel of "the Corydn Insider" fame. Intended for swingers in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and members of the Jet Set Club founded in Dallas in 1971. SCARCE. Corydon Publications, Inc. Paperback
1966ref. 008274Boston: American Folklore Society 1966. Typewritten. Very Good. No Binding. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Eight pages typed one side stapled top left on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Very Good uniformly browning light soiling. SCARCE piece of American Folklore Society history. The Society was originally founded in 1888. American Folklore Society unknown
ref. 008275No Place: Missouri Pacific Railway Company Typewritten. Very Good Plus. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Author. No Place Los Angeles no date circa late 1950s- early 1960s. Listings for Stinson SLP #1-85 and #1000-1003. Typed one side with title musician Stinson SLP# a brief summary of the recording list of songs size and number of LPs List and Net prices. Lacking pages for #s 67 71 72 75-77 80-82. Unpaginated 80 pp. Bound in black stiff paper brad binder title label front cover Very Good Plus small corner creases top corners rear cover and final 6 pages. No listing found at Worldcat. Stinson Records was an important early publisher of folk music and blues recording such artists as Woody Guthrie Pete Seeger Leadbelly Josh White and Sonny Terry. Missouri Pacific Railway Company unknown
1951ref. 008276Palmer Michigan: National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange 1951. Journal. Very Good. No Binding. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE. 16 issues of Disc Collector; Official Organ of National Hillbilly Record Collectors' Exchange later renamed Disc Collector: "The Country Record Collectors Bible". This mimeographed country and folk music journal which has been called a veritable "research discography". Published quarterly starting in 1951 the 16 issues are Vol. 1 Nos.1-4 1951; Vol. 2 Nos. 1-3 1952; and Nos. 10 12-19 1957-1961. With a hand-written artist index on 4" x 6" index cards giving artist name issue number and page number no indication of author but from the collection of noted folklorist Frank Hoffman. Additionally Disc Collectors New Letter Nos. 1-5 Jan.-Sept. 1964 along with 2 pages of New Releases and a blank application for membership to Disc Collectors Record Club. Very Good or better overall slight musty smell assorted small corner creases. A remarkable and RARE treasure trove for the collector of early country and folk music. National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange unknown
1955ref. 008277London: Workers' Music Association Ltd. 1955. Journal. Very Good. No Binding. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush and still in operation the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec 1955 Annual Report 9 issues; 1956 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957 12 issues; 1958 8 issues; and 1959 9 issues. Additionally 14 related separate pieces of ephemera from both the WMA and Topic Records assorted brochures flyers and price lists. RARE collection individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better mailing stampings small corner creases. Workers' Music Association, Ltd. unknown
1890ref. 007971London: The Folk-Lore Society 1890. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society No. XXV. Printed in Gaelic and English on facing pages. Bookplate of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society front paste down along with small seller's label. Bookplate of noted Celtic scholar and folklorist Edgar M. Slotkin verso front end page. Very Good slight spine lean light wear to cloth at edges scant toning at end pages. SCARCE in collectible condition. The Folk-Lore Society Hardcover
1845ref. 007972London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Tall 8vo. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges binding solid contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover
1889ref. 008058No Place: Privately Printed 1889. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #35/52 copies privately printed. xl 585 pp. Bound in contemporary dark blue pebbled morocco over blue buckram boards blue end papers top edge dyed red. Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges of morocco. Unique bookplate of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research bottom corner front end page with its faded call letters bottom edge of spine. A wonderful provenance. Privately Printed Hardcover
1959ref. 008083Newport RI: Board of Directors Newport Folk Festival 1959. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE program for the First Newport Folk Festiaval 24 pp. featuring daily programs and two artist biographies with black and white photos per page Introduction by Billy Faier editor and publisher of CARAVAN magazine. In original stapled pictorial wrappers Very Good foxing and slight discoloration to wrappers. Featured artists included are: Pete Seeger Odetta Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Josh White The New Lost City Ramblers Memphis Slim The Stanley Brothers The Kingston Trio Earl Scruggs Jean Ritchie and Bo Diddley among others. Board of Directors, Newport Folk Festival Paperback
1947ref. 008095New York: Moe Asch DISC Company of America 1947. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 48 pp. Illustrations by Woody Guthrie and York Cunningham Jr. Contains a short biography reminiscences and a collection of Guthrie's song lyrics. Very Good in original wrappers rubbed at spine edge and bottom corner rear wrapper residue along spine edge small stain inside rear wrapper and rear end pages. A quite nice copy of this SCARCE Woody Guthrie book. Moe Asch, DISC Company of America Paperback
1930ref. 008099Cambridge MA: Folk - Song Society of the Northeast 1930. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE Worldcat shows 3 holdings worldwide all in Europe and no individual numbers found in any commercial database. The complete 12 issue run of this seminal folksong journal published 1930-1937 from the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann his folk music-inspired bookplate front paste down. Bound in green cloth with two black leather labels at spine lettered in gilt Near Fine staining to rear board and rear paste down the bulletins are all Fine. The Folk-Song Society was founded by Phillips Barry American academic and collector of traditional folk ballads in New England in 1930 and he edited this journal until his death in 1937. Folk - Song Society of the Northeast Hardcover
1960ref. 008114Chico State College Chico CA: California Folklore Society 1960. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE. The complete first two volumes of this occasional newsletter from Vol. 1 No. 1 Sept. 1960 through Vol. 2 No. 9 Jun. 1969 16 issues in Vol. 1 and 9 issues in Vol. 2. 4 1 6 5 8 3 7 6 108 103 pp. Bound in black notebook Near Fine some mailing labels present just a hint of musty smell. From the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann. A true rarity in the folklore world !. California Folklore Society Hardcover
1948ref. 008115Chapel Hill North Carolina: The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina 1948. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Thick 8vo. RARE. Volumes 1-8 with Vol. 9 No.3 An Analytical Index to North Carolina Folklore Vols I - VIII. Bound in later 20th c. green cloth gilt lettering at spine Near Fine slight musty smell. Includes story " A Job of Work" by Manly Wade Wellman. Numerous folk songs and ballads many with music and numerous stories and articles on North Carolina folklore. Individual issues SCARCE this collection of the first eight volumes RARE. The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina Hardcover
