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1976ref. 3135316Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der DDR 1976. VIII, 290 Seiten. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit Goldprägung. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
xviii + 327pp., 19cm., br.orig. (dos peu restauré), dans la série "Bibliothèque des connaissances pratiques", partiellement non coupé, bon état, rare, Q77987
3 tomes: xcvi,433,[23] + 568,[22] + [6],567 pp., avec frontispice (t.I) gravé par Cochin d'après Coypel, avec 10 vignettes gravées dans le texte + 4 planches hors-texte, Nouvelle édition augmentée, 18cm., reliures uniformes plein-cuir d'époque (titre et décorations dorés aux dos, quelques petits défauts), feuilles de garde marbrées, cachet sur la première page blanche et sur la page de titre, tranches rouges, texte frais, avec signet, bon ensemble, cfr. Caillet II-6322 : "Ouvrage abondant en recherches de tout genre, habilement distribuées et élucidées par un spécialiste renommé", [a noter: le 4e volume, contenant le supplément, n'est pas inclus], poids: 1.2kg., R108273
Paris, Hachette, 1968. In-8, broché, 288 pp. Envoi autographe de l'auteur. Exemplaire en parfait état.
20x14. 307p. Tela ed. Lomo algo deslucida.
Two volumes. pp. [2], xxvi, 486; xi, 731, [1]. Large 4to. 250 mm. x 300 mm. Modern plain full navy blue leather bindings. Hardbound. Very good+. A wonderful work of history, folklore, nostalgia, and sociology by the Newcastle antiquary, John Brand (1744-1806). The first volume deals with holidays and customs associated with them, such as: New Years Eve; Valentine's Day; customs surrounding many long lost feast days; Easter; pagan mid-Summer rites and dances; Allhallow Even; Yule and Christmastide; Harvests; Etc. The second volume deals with customs and ceremonies relating to life events and common folklore, such as: marriage; death; communion; sailors going tp sea; fairs; fairies; devils and witchcraft; omens; charms; divination; Etc. There are also over 30 pages describing games and sports, including: Archery; Boxing; Foot-Ball; Goff or Golf; Nine Pins; Races; the Ring; Wrestling; etc. & etc. First issued as a small octavo in 1777, Brand continued collecting materials for a revised edition for the rest of his life. He acquired a large amount of additional information from the statistical enquiries in Scotland instigated by Sir John Sinclair. A second edition was planned in 1795, but Brand was apparently overwhelmed by the task of arranging systematically so much material. He did not live to complete the project. Instead the collections were purchased after his death by a bookseller for L600 and were incorporated into this new edition by Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1869). It still stands as an entertaining and essential starting point for studies of English folklore and customs. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150
228p. Illustrated with 120 wood engravings, including about forty impressive full page plates. Pictorial title pages. 8vo. 24 cm. Original publisher's cloth binding. Boards embossed in blind with gold pictorial of a Indian Man and Woman on front board. Spine deteriorated. Should be re-backed. Hardbound. Text includes chapters on: the condition of women in Pagan and Mohammedan Countries; Habits & Superstitions of the Thugs; The Shasters, or Sacred books of the Brahmins (by J. J. Weitbrecht); Description of Pagan Festivals (by Alexander Duff); Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! INDIA BOX 1
32 p. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wraps. Very good copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 22 x5.
174 pages including references, index and numerous black and white illustrations. Author's fifth book to arise from his twenty years research into the port's trawling heritage. Provides a through exploration of the most superstitious community in the British Isles. Gift greetings upon title page. Half-title page removed. Average wear. Six inch crease to lower corner of front cover. Binding intact. Book
Features: A Mallard Bola; Jeweled Pen Caps; The Art of Sand Pouring; How to Cut Brazilian Opal; Tips on Buying and Cutting Opal; Art Nouveau; Cooper Pedy Today; Internal Structures and Identification of Gilson Opal; Notes on Gilson Synthetic White Opal; The Australian Opal Scene Today; Myths, Legends and Superstitions about Gemstones; Tektites - Their Origin and where they may be found. Somewhat above-average wear but remains a sound reference copy. Date stamp to front cover. Book
Features: My Life in the French Foreign Legion, by Trevor S.H. Jones, late 1st Regiment Legion Etrangere Infanterie; The Snow Surveyors - men who keep track of the snowfall in the wild mountain ranges of Canada and the United States; My Pistol - a bride not experienced with firearms receives an automatic as a wedding present; A Sailor Adrift - a sailor ends up working at a Rocky Mountain lumber-camp where he has memorable experiences; Through the "Big Bend" of the Rio Grande by Canoe; The Ordeal of Juan Rosas - an Ecuadoran enters the wilds to cut balsa wood; Hair of the Dog - a story of African superstitions; The Will to Live - An Australian example of human endurance along the coast south of Cairns; A Fool Afoot in France - reprint of a 1929 story of an English Walker in France; One Day's Work - New Zealand Volcano; Military Mystery at Benghazi; and more. Two-inch opening at base of front cover fold. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
Features: Gold Trails of 1898; The Other World of the Superstitions; A Pair of Outlaws; King of Mountain Men; Murder in the Bitterroots; Outlaws in the Brush; A Ghost Named Jones; "Let 'er Rip" Montana; He Out-Robbed Jesse James; Here Lies Buried Treasure!; Too Tough to Die; Cowboy Rides a Camel; Choctaw Execution; Man-Eater of Powderhorn Creek; Indian Fight; Smokey Joe; Saved by a Glass-Eyed Horse; Bad Man; Operation Ghost Town; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Church Flower arranging with Sheila Macqueen; Flowermaking - the African Violet; Reminiscenses of a flower arranger - Joy Fleming; Foliage plants and useful Flowers for a Northern flower arranger; Annuals for Autumn sowing; Golden Glow; Our Garden; Unlucky Plants and Superstitions; Alpine Flowers; Japanese flower arrangement moods; August in your garden; Making modern containers; Heat-sealed pictures; Bloom all through winter; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
612 pages. Chronology of the Boxer Uprising. Glossary and key of Chinese terms. Black and white illustrations. "Containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese; oriental splendors; superstitions; secret societies; the opium habit; idol worship; industries; great cities; natural scenery; etc.... This great work contains full accounts of recent atrocities in China... Profusely illustrated with scenes in China and all objects of interest in that wonderful country." - from title page. Above-average wear and soiling. Hinges open. Partial lean to spine. Brown staining to lower corner of first ten leaves - text unaffected. A worthy copy of this chauvinistic work. Book
Features: Lost loot of Monterrey - also known as the Davis Mountain Tresure and Skeleton Canyon Treasure; The Lone Ranger - an introduction to what went on behind the microphone of the radio show which introduced several generations to the Old West; A Prairie Town's Nameless Grave - little boy died of a broken heart in Elrod, South Dakota; I packed Al Morrow out of the Superstitions - the Lost Dutchman won again; The Philosophy of a Pioneer Lawman - certain rules of jurisdiction had to be bent a little; Last of the Burromen - Seldom Seen Slim; Gallows on the Treeless Plains - rail bridges used for hangings; Hawikuh - Coronado's city of gold turned out to be just an Indian village of stone - and arrows!; Slummukh's Lost Mine, 60 miles northeast of Vancouver, B.C.; Wolf Bait!; Crazy Klondike Business Schemes; Walking the Wall at the Idaho Penitentiary; Wild Old Days!; Did They Share the Goller Treasure? - Old Randsburg, California. Unmarked with average wear. Contents partially yellowed with age. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Silk ball dress with tulle trimming; satin and gauze ball dress; Chasing a Moth; Some Social Customs; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - spring goods, fassementerie; China crape paletots, black grenadine suits; watch-case simulating a beetle; fan with satin stitch embroidery; crape, lace, and gros grain Bertha; Small Superstitions; On Domestic Scape-Goats; Hannah - continued; The fashionable season; sayings and doings; Aigrettes for hats, etc.; Desiree, by Justin McCarthy; The Fisherman's Darling; Lent - Ancient and Modern; Infinitely Little People; Family breakfasts and dinners; Alice Cary - write-up with illustration; Nice full-page illustration entitled "The Fisherman's Darling"; humor. Average wear. Book
111 pages. Contents include: A Brief Retrospect; Class of '82; Class of '85; Some Old Schill-ings, Dated 1890-'94; Poetry; Our Struggle for Existence; To the Night; There is No Royal Road to Learning; Superstitions of the Labrador; An "Old Grad's" Bit; Vassar College in Retrospect; A Northerner's Impression of Florida; Principal's Page; Messages from 10 Presidents of the Past; Nine editorials; Cartoon; Alumni Notes; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes; Many nice local ads; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
This issue devoted to motoring. Features: Title page photo of the sport of winter motoring; One-page cartoon by E.W. Kemple represents the G.O.P. as a car tilting in the 'stand pat' direction; Improvement to be offered auto purchasers in 1911; Photo comparison of Fifth Ave. traffic between 1901 and today (many more cars in use and no horses to be seen now); How to Sell a Car; The Anatomy of the Motor; Joy-Riding of the Real Kind - new car models are brutally tested; Motoring in Winter; Boggs Sees Naples and its Environs; Two photos of new fire truck for the Bradford, England fire brigade; First Aid to Broken Cars - article with great vintage photos; Laocoon (snake fiction by Herman Scheffauer); Article on Superstitions; Witherup's Cyclopaedia of the Months; Romances of the Recruiting Offices (for the United States Army); Home Song for Montana (poem by Leonard Bacon); Blanche Bates (article with photo); The Well-Kept Car "At Home" - article with photo of home grease pit in use, small home machine shop, and large storage building with several cars parked in front; The Horse and the Motor Car - article by Henry Harrison; One-page Goodyear tire ad; Automobile Horns - article by Steven D. Thatton; Sensational one-page illustrated ad for the Phipps-Grinnell Electric Car, featuring the Model "C" 1911! (yes, electric cars were in production well over 100 years ago!); Bond Markets Renewal - article by Franklin Escher; Nice one-page ad for the Carhartt Thirty-Five automobile; Nice half-page photo ad for the Speedwell Motor Car Co. of Dayton, OH features the 4-passenger Torpedo; Quarter page ads for the Premier Motor Mfg. Company and the Atlas Motor car Company; Motoring on European Highways; Nice illustrated ad for the Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Co. of Detroit; Full-page ad for the White Company of Cleveland features illustration of a Western canada Flour Mills Co. truck. Middle leaf loose but present. Please note: front cover is numbered page 3. Presumably this issue originally included an illustrated outer wrap which is no longer present. Otherwise, it appears complete and unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy, notable for its wonderful coverage of a formative time in the history of motoring - both gas and electric. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Book is in excellent condition showing very minor shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 371 pages with a series of additional plates at the back. Reprint of the 1884 text notable for the author having been accorded rare privileges in observing dance-related activities.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is price clipped, shows signs of shelf wear, 1" tear upper front cover.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 463 pages with a few tissue covered illustrations. Chapters on: Indian customs and superstitions, Indian tribes of the far west, Utes and Apaches, Buffalo farming, Hunting and trapping, Brigham Young, Campaign against the Navahoes, A convention of grizzlies, etc.
Book is in excellent condition; as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Clear plastic dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Fold-out maps in excellent condition also.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19.5 x 13.5 cm). In Turkish. [2], 40 p. Memoirs of a teacher in Ayvacik. Ayvacik'ta köy hatiralarim.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 477 p. Eye subject in Turkish folklore and folk literature. Folklorumuzda ve edebiyatimizda göz.
