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1974rif. 006590Norwood PA: Norwood Editions 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A limited edition of 100 copies. SCARCE. Fine in blue cloth gilt title at spine. Reprinted from v.2 of the 1903-07 ed. of "The House of Gordon" edited by J.M. Bulloch printed for the New Spalding Club Aberdeen Scotland which was issued as no. 26 and 33 of the New Spalding Club publications. Pages numbered 3-101 at top also paginated 513-611 at bottom contains 22 songs. Norwood Editions Hardcover
1979rif. 006600Paris: Private Bibliophile's Edition 1979. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition copy number 50 of 909 printed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR on copyright page. RARE. Near Fine front board bowed in a Very Good dust jacket light edge wear dampstains bottom edge mostly visible inside of jacket. About 1.050 sketches of graves and mortuary objects typically found in the cemeteries of Greece. With map showing the over 100 cemeteries where the graves and mortuary objects are located. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University the only library indicators being its stamp of and blindstamp to front end page. Private Bibliophile's Edition Hardcover
1899rif. 006605Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1899. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker 1849-1926 was a barrister and noted China scholar and although not a trained linguist his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. Kelly and Walsh, Limited Paperback
1958rif. 006602Cairo Egypt: Self-published 1958. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baheega Sidky Rasheed in Cairo and dated by him Jan. 1961 on title page. small corner creases light wear to paper at spine. Stamped " Folklore Institute Reading Collection" on dedication page. 97 pp. Self-published Paperback
1963rif. 006619Allentown PA: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1963. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE. From the personal collection of noted folklorist Richard M. Dorson his pencil signature front end page. Near Fine red lettering at spine a bit faded. Posthumously edited with an introduction by John Joseph Stoudt. Volume 25 The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society . 355 pp. initial fraktur letters from the "Ephrata ABC Book". The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Hardcover
1949rif. 006628Knoxville TN: University of Tennessee Press 1949. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 67 pp. SCARCE. Near Fine sticker shadow front wrapper. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. University of Tennessee Press Paperback
1944rif. 006642Stockholm: Instituti Hungaricic Universitatis Holmiensis 1944. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page and dated 10/28/45 to noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok. Wolfgang Steinitz German linguist and folklorist was an important pioneer of the German folk-revival in both East and West Germany. Sebeok Professor Emeritus at Indiana University was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. A nice folklore Association Copy. Book is Very Good 2" tear at spine top edge chips at ends of spine contents are clean tight and unmarked. Instituti Hungaricic Universitatis Holmiensis Paperback
1965rif. 006465Monuments Serica 1965. Book. Near Fine. Pamphlet. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE. Reprint from Monumenta Serica Vol. XXIV 1965. Near fine slight soiling rear cover. Paginated 207-272. Addenda sheet laid in. Monuments Serica Paperback
1978rif. 005855Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1978. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica Paperback
1950rif. 005599Albuquerque New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press 1950. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in Very Good dust jacket small chips top edge front panel and spine top edge large chip running 4" along top edge rear panel. University of New Mexico Press Hardcover
1950rif. 005068Saint Michaels AZ: St. Michaels Press 1950. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 372 pages. Book in English and Navajo with two beautiful fold-out color reproductions of sandpaintings. SCARCE especially so in such lovely condition. Near Fine small date in ink front endpage spine a bit bowed. St. Michaels Press Paperback
1960rif. 003574Mexico: Cia. Impresora De Libros y Revistas 1960. Book. Good. Cloth. Signed by Authors. First Edition. SIGNED by Author on half-title page. Near Fine light wear at bottom edges of cloth in a Very Good Plus dustjacket with small chips at the tips. Text is in Spanish and in English Numerous photos. Mexican Indians. Photography. Cia. Impresora De Libros y Revistas Hardcover
1956rif. 002131Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1956. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. "The following brief study is intended to serve the special purpose of clarifying the history of the gesture of putting the thumb to the nose and the general purpose of showing the interest and variety that may be found in the historical study of gestures." From the collection of noted folklorist Richard Bauman his signature front end page. Fine price rear cover with pencil correction. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica Paperback
1939rif. 002196Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1939. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. Near Fine couple of small chips at edge of rear wrapper. Pages are uncut and contents are As New. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Paperback
1958rif. 002197Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1958. Book. Fine. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. Fine pages are uncutand book is As New. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Paperback
1977rif. 66624Dover New York 1977. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: John Flaxman William Blake et al. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". xxxii plates. Small ink number to front end paper. Binding firm spine slightly cocked. Edges browned slightly. Occasional creasing to page corners. Covers slightly creased. Price sticker to back cover. Profusely illustrated. Illustrator: John Flaxman William Blake et al. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; 18th century; Myths Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 0486234770. ISBN/EAN: 9780486234779. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 66624. . 9780486234779 Dover paperback
2021rif. Gyan-9789363095588Facsimile Publisher 2021. Vol. 7. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 4.77 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2021rif. Gyan-9789363095588Facsimile Publisher 2021. Vol. 7. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 4.77 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
1913rif. 8182London Aberdeen Glasgow: Various imprints 1913. 8 pamphlets 8vo each retaining their printed wrappers bound together in contemporary blue cloth red leather label ’Medical Pamphlets’ to spine. Some pamphlets a little nicked and soiled to protruding fore-edges. Binding a little rubbed to extremities. Ink ownership stamps of James A. Stephen to flyleaf presentation inscription to third pamphlet: ‘J.A. Stephen from D.R.’ A sammelband of pamphlets assembled by Aberdonian doctor James Stephen with an emphasis on folkloric material and featuring many pieces by his fellow Aberdonian doctor the folklorist Dr. David Rorie. Although uncredited Rorie is probably the author of the pamphlet on the songs and names of the Garioch Medical Association a body he joined in 1905 and most likely the D.R. who has inscribed it making it a presentation copy. The full contents are: 1: Rorie David. Collectanea. Stray Notes on the Folk-lore of Aberdeenshire and the North-East of Scotland. extracted from: Folk-Lore. A Quarterly Review of Myth Tradition Institution and Custom. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. September 30th 1914. pp. 341-364. Original orange wrappers printed in black. 2: Newman Sir George. A Century of Medicine at Padua. London: British Periodicals Ltd. 1922. pp. 38 2. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 3: Rorie David. The Songs and Names of The Garioch and Northern Medical Association With Historical Notes. Printed in Celebration of The Sixtieth Annual Meeting held at The Kintore Arms Inverurie Saturday 27th September 1913. Aberdeen: For Private Circulation. The University Press 1913. pp. 42. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 4: Hay Matthew. Recognition of Professor Matthew Hay. Presentation Ceremony in Aberdeen January 14 1925. Aberdeen: The Aberdeen University Press Ltd. 1925. pp. 36. Original pale green wrappers printed in black. This a subscriber’s copy. 5: MacNaughton W.A. and David Rorie eds. The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. X No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall 1915. pp. 61-92. Original sage green paper wrappers printed in black. Includes articles on Folk-Medicine in Scots Ballad and Rhyme by Rorie and Medicine and Surgery in the Mabinogion. 6: MacNaughton W.A. and David Rorie eds. The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. XII No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall 1923. pp. 65-100 1 plate. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 7: Rorie David. The Mining Folk of Fife. Reprinted from “County Folk-lore” Vol. VII. 1914. pp. 386-419 1 2 double-sided plates. Offprint in original orange paper wrappers printed in black. 8: Mitchell John. Jeannie Lowrie o’ Laichie Toon. Aberdeen: William Smith & Son The Bon-Accord Press 1920. pp. 11 1. Original pale brown wrappers printed in dark brown. [Various imprints] hardcover
1930rif. 17228London 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 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 with tidy pencil notaions through poem. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover
1958rif. 52610Collins London 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi 272pp. Binding firm. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket marked and chipped with slightly faded spine slight loss and a couple of small internal tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. Corner of front end paper cut out. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Myths Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52610. . Collins hardcover
1983rif. 66477Orbis London 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 3120 31pp. 13-volume set complete. Internal hole to spine of binder for vol 8. Some fading to volume numbers on a couple of binders. Edges foxed and browned. This set is published over the period 1980-3. "The collection covers the paranormal UFOs cryptozoology and alternative histories." Profusely illustrated. In official binders. Most covers are absent but those for the index volume are present. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 5 kilos. Category: Magic Paranormal & Occult; Myths Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 66477. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Orbis hardcover
rif. 7399Title leaf: London. John Murray. 1824. Dimensions of leaf roughly 16 x 10 cm. The removed title leaf of a book: aged foxed and with chipping and short closed tears to the edges. The inscription reads 'John Franklin Junr. from The Author.' See Image. Title leaf: London. John Murray. 1824. unknown
rif. 160506145X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2003rif. 050425Athens Greece: Hellenic Ministry of Culture 2003. Soft cover. Very Good . 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 227pp. colour photos. Illustrated wrapper w French flaps is clean showing light diagonal crease to bottom front corner. Binding square and not creased. Quarto - 29.5 x 23.5cm. Exhibition catalogue of the 213 works displayed at the Cultural Olympiad 2001-2004 through the Hellenic Ministry of Culture together with an opening series of essays written by specialist researchers and historians. The Bull in the Mediterranean World" looks at the male symbolic universe of the ancient cultures around Mare Nostrum - Our Sea - amongst whom the bull acquired a number of different meanings and became a cult object in secular and religious rituals. Hellenic Ministry of Culture paperback