FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology Books

Mclean, VA: EPM Publications, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0914440241 . B&W Illustrations; Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. Brown leatherette style paper covered boards have gilt lettering and decorations on front cover of book. Text pages clean & bright. Includes both Black & White & Color illustrations of the fables & the flowers. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have ... more information

Offered by S. Howlett-West Books (California, United States) +/-

Tuckwell Press Phantassie 1997 PB. Reprint. The classic study of the tradition as oral literature and as ethnography, in North East Scotland. VG 326pp. ... more information

Offered by Byre Books (United Kingdom) +/-

London: Cassell & Co., 1999. 8vo - 9 1/2 in. tall. 324pp. VG+ DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. ... more information

Offered by Dan Behnke Bookseller (Illinois, United States) +/-

Gainesville, FL: Southeastern Folklore Society, 1949.. First edition. Vol.XIII, No.3 Southern Folklore Quarterly, September. Printed covers, yapp edges. 8vo. pp. 161-226. VG. Ink owner, some crushing to edges, red pencil mark in margin of introduction. Scarce folklore library classification for books, articles, cards, papers, film, slides, sound recordings, museum pieces and other folklore materials according to group, category, type, form, division and subdivisions A-Z groups with keyword index.. ... more information

Offered by OLD WORKING BOOKS (since 1994) (Massachusetts, United States) +/-

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart (1976). . First Edition.. Yellow cloth hardcover. Laszlo Gal.. Book FINE. Illustrated dustjacket VERY GOOD (price clipped; light shelfwear; spine & edges lightly sunned). [C] 349 pages; 24cm. Bibliography, Index.. ... more information

Offered by Canterbury Books (Quebec, Canada) +/-

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1970. Later Printing. paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Moderate/heavy rubbing around edges and corners of covers. Some reading creases, previous owner name on inside front cover. A few instances of underlining, more towards beginning of book. ... more information

Offered by Adventures Underground (Washington, United States) +/-

NY: Crescent, 1982 Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/NEAR FINE. ... more information

Offered by Black Swan Books, Inc. (Virginia, United States) +/-

West Yorkshire, England: EP Publishing, 1977 No pencil or ink markings in text. Brown cloth binding with light edgewear primarily at head and tail of spine. Light edgewear to dustjacket.. Hardcover. Very Good Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. ... more information

Offered by Black Swan Books, Inc. (Virginia, United States) +/-

Little Rock, AR: August House, 1988. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book shows some shelfwear. Corners are creased and beginning to split. Edges are dented and rubbed.. Trade Paperback. Quality trade Paperback. Good -. ... more information

Offered by after-words bookstore (Illinois, United States) +/-

Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Hard Cover. An ex-library copy, with the usual associated markings. Otherwise shows minimal wear; clean, tight, and unmarked. . ... more information

Offered by Blue Jacket Books (Ohio, United States) +/-

Waltham, Mass: African Studies Association, 1972. Soft Cover. Very Good. 62 pages. Square and solid vintage chapbook. Light/moderate age and reading-wear. Cover a little loose/shaken with one short tear. Interior Clean, square and unmarked. ... more information

Offered by Hang Fire Books (New York, United States) +/-

Philosophical Library, 1959. HDJ. VG / G-. VERY-GOOD HARDBACK BOOK IN EDGEWORN AND CHIPPED DUSTJACKET. ... more information

Offered by Early Republic Books (New Jersey, United States) +/-

New York: Crescent Books, 1982 Brown cloth-textured paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, pictorial endpapers, 224 pp, many b & w and color illustrations, index. Slight wear to corners & spine ends, one light bump to top edge. DJ is covered with adhesive plastic, else fine. A comprehensive compendium of British folklore, including survivals of early Druid lore, giants, strange beasts, fairies, witches, ghosts, early Christian relics, historic figures who have taken on legendary proportions ... more information

Offered by Twin City Antiquarian Books (Minnesota, United States) +/-

Belize UNESCO Commission. F+. [1991]. Second Printing. Hardcover. Appears to be new. Second printing 1998. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 60 pages . ... more information

Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (Virginia, United States) +/-

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1979. Many black and white photographs.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Catherine O'Toole, Bookseller (Washington, United States) +/-

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. 349 pp. Orange boards lettered in brown on the spine; brown endpapers; illustrated with drawings by Laszlo Gal. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. This collection contains: THE NATIVE PEOPLES: The Shaking Tent by Alexander Henry; The Last Sun Dance by Richard Hardisty; Tahltan Tales by James A. Teit; Ojibwa Tales by Diamond Jenness; Micmac Tales by Silas T. Rand; Blood Indian Tales by Kenneth Peacock; Eskimo Tales by F... more information

Offered by W. Fraser Sandercombe (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Lon, Batsford, octavo hardcover, 2nd Ed, Revised, 1944-45, 184p, illsts. An interesting summary. Illustrated with numerous drawings, bw photos and other illustrations. Includes illustrations of branks and ducking-stools. There is a full chapter on Witches and Witchcraft, with an interesting colour plate from Rowlandson. Indeed, this is a most fascinating book. The cloth is, however, sun-faded (unevenly) and it shows signs of wear but is a fairly good and certainly solid copy. No dust-jacket. ... more information

Offered by Felicity Books (Australia) +/-

Cape Town: Struik Timmins Publishers. VG/NONE. 1996. Softcover. Yellow wraps, light wear and soil, mild creasing to front cover.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to; 111 pages . ... more information

Offered by Adams Avenue Book Store (California, United States) +/-

New World Press. Near Fine; First Edition; Paperback with no dust jacket; Firm unread in a . bright illustrated wrapper.. 1983. First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pp . ... more information

Offered by aridium books (Idaho, United States) +/-

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Hard Cover. Later reprint edition. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean but slightly age-darkened pages. Cloth over boards is clean, edge rubbed with bumped corners. 510 pp. Nature and forms of the folktale, folktale from Ireland to India, North American Indian folktales, studing the folktale. Bibliography, index.; 9.5" (24 cm) Tall . ... more information

Offered by Cat's Cradle Books (North Carolina, United States) +/-