Folk Tales

New York: Frederick Warne, 1979 A little used library copy.. First Edition Ex-lib. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Diane Stanley Zuromskis . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1940 Legends of the Otoe tribe of Nebraska, nicely illustrated. First edition (same date, nap), a tight solid copy in library binding, soiled and with library pockets and markings, crayon markings on one page. 145 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Sears and Bernice Anderson . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1969 Illustrated boards, tight nearly crisp copy with beautiful illustrations of the Galway countryside by George Armstrong, old folk tale retold by Gerry Armstrong, library pocket and stampings. Includes the music and words to a tune called "The King of the Fairies," 40 pages.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Armstrong. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: The Junior Literary Guild and Albert Whitman, 1936 Green boards, illustrated and lettered in blue, two cows and a cabin on front cover. Corners bumped. Bright color illustrated endpapers, scar from pocket removal front endpapers. Full page color illustrations, b/w drawings head each story. This is a collection of selected Finnish folk tales, similar to what Asbjornsen and Moe did in Norway. 273 pages. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Laura Bannon . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974 English folk tales. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962 Pictorial covers, sturdy library binding but no evidence of library use except name on bound endpaper. Tales include The Twelve Brothers, The Husband Who Stayed Home to Mind the House, The Princess Whom None Could Silence, Frederick's Violin, among others. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Emilio Freixas . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred .A Knopf, 2003 An as new copy, very nicely illustrated by Anita Lobel. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Anita Lobel. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Boston: Little Brown, 1961 Retold from Russian storytellers by Virginia Haviland, one in a series of such books by her. First edition stated. The five stories in this book are To Your Good Health; Vasilisa the Beautiful; Snegourka, the Snow Maiden; The Straw Ox; and The Flying Ship. Moderate wear to covers, else a clean tight copy. Dust jacket tanned and chipped at the folds and spine, has the original price. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Herbert Danska. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972 Pocket removal residue, else very good condition even though a library copy. . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by James Houston . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1970 The author has collected these stories, traditional "rondaies" from the island of Majorca in the Balearics, from an old grandmother called Sa Padrina up in the hills. . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Isabel Bodor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Charlotte, Vermont : Williamson Publishing, 1995 Folk tales from Russia, Argentina, India, Ghana, Canada, Italy, Australia, Japan, and Turkey, with related games and activities for each, and with language, cultural, and geographic information associated with each tale. Colorfully illustrated with full page paintings and marginal designs. A smudge on front endpapers, else a clean, tight copy, 109 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Michael A. Donato . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Minsk : Yunatstva Publishers , 1985 A clean tight copy, glossy illustrated covers, translated from the Byelorussian by Mary Mintz, Slauk's illustrations show the main characters in color and the background in black and white.. First English Language Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by V. Slauk . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1983 Glossy pictorial covers, music and lyrics to The Baboushka Carol on endpapers, full page color illustrations. One closed tear in dust jacket, else fine. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ray and Corinne Burrows . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993 A crisp clean nicely illustrated copy. Includes Coyote's Cave, Coyote and Sun, Coyote Learns a Lesson, Coyote's Carving, Coyote and the Crow Buffalo-Ranchers, Coyote's Eyes, and Coyote's Revenge. 75 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Abigail Rorer . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1983 This work contains two books of Irish folklore collected and edited by William Butler Yeats; Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) and Irish Fairy Tales (1892). There is a foreword by Benedict Kiely. A tight clean trade paperback copy, 387 pages.. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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