Folklore

NY: Coward McCann, 1953. Hardcover in sturdy decorated library binding. No dust jacket. A clean, snug ex-library book with only light signs of normal use. A collection of seven traditional Irish folk tales: Donaleen and Joanleen; The Two Bottles, Shaun and the Merman, The Three Sneezes, The Pooka, Clever Tom and the Leprachaun, The Strange Little Piper, and of course the title story about Little Dermot. Illustrated with drawings by the author.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Richard Bennett. Irish Folk Tales Folklore Ireland Traditional Stories. more information

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Riverside CT: Chatham Press, 1983. Hardcover in dust jacket. Ex-library book with some general wear from normal use. A sound Reading Copy. Subtitled 'Devilish Tales from Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.' 129 pages. Illustrated.. ISBN: 0856990825. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Folklore Southern States. more information

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Houghton Mifflin, 1949. Tan hardcover with cover illustration. A very clean, snug ex-library book with almost no visible wear. Singing games, dancing games for children. With musical notation, lyrics, and illustrations of dances. 57 pages. Some good old folklore here and traditional songs.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Joahua Tolford. Play Party Games Children's Dances Camp Activities. more information

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London: George Allen, 1896. Hardcover in dark green highly decorated binding. No dust jacket. Lovely, fine condition, with previous owner's name inside, dated 1904. Beautiful, bright, decorative gilt spine lettering and decoration. Translated from the French of Alex. Chodsko. 353 pages. A very handsome volume.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Emily J. Harding. Folklore Slavic Folk Tales. more information

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NY: Harcourt Brace, 1925. Hardcover in sturdy decorated library binding. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Cover is nice and hinges are sound. Text is clean and snug. Normal library marks present. Subtitled 'Sixteen Stories from Various Lands With a Chapter on Their Meaning.' 106 pages. Illustrated.. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folklore Traditional Stories. more information

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Blom, 1966. Trade softcover. Very good condition with no marks of any kind. Minor spine fading, but no other flaws. Legends and folklore from various parts of Africa. Illustrated with drawings. 236 pages.. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folk Tales Africa Folklore Legends Soninke Mande Nupe Ngona Horn Haussa Kabyl Wahungwe. more information

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Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press. Hardcover in green cloth binding with white spine lettering. No dust jacket. A very clean, nice ex-library book. No visible wear aside from normal library marks. Part of the Indiana University Folklore Series, Series No. 3. 84 pages.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Indiana University Folklore Series. more information

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NY: G. Schirmer, 1914. Hardcover in navy blue cloth binding with gilt cover decoration. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Nice condition overall, with a bit of fraying to spine ends. Hinges are sound; text is clean and unmarked. Chapter titles: Folksongs in General; Songs of the American Slaves; Religious Character of the Songs; Modal Characteristics of the Songs; Music Among the Africans; Variations from the Major Scale; Minor Variations and Characteristic Rhythms; Structural Features of the Poems. Funeral Music; Dances of the American Negroes; Songs of the Black Creoles; Satirical Songs of the Creoles. Appendix of ten characteristic songs (music and lyrics). 176 pages.. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. African American Folk Songs. more information

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Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1986. Hardcover in sturdy illustrated library binding. In a fresh and colorful dust jacket. Ex-library book that is still crisp and new-looking aside from minimal library marks. Chinese folklore in nice large print, with lovely color illustrations. 144 pages.. ISBN: 0688061923. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. MINORITIES CHINA ORIENTAL FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY. more information

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NY: Dover, 1994. Trade softcover. Thick ex-library book in VG condition aside from normal library marks. 625 pages including extensive Bibliography.. ISBN: 0486282767. Softcover. Very Good. BALLADS AMERICAN MUSIC FOLK TRADITIONAL FOLKSONGS. more information

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Knoxville, TN: Univ of Tennessee Press, 1977. Red cloth hardcover with gold spine lettering, in dust jacket. A very clean, bright, snug ex-library book in fine condition aside from normal library marks. Spine of the dust jacket is faded. 130 songs, some in more than one version, with music and comprehensive notes relating the songs to folklore and history. Includes traditional ballads, bawdy, tragic and humorous songs about love, work and death. Collected from source singers who are now being recognized as some of the most important in Britain. 387 pages including Glossary, Bibliography, and Index of First Lines.. ISBN: 0870491911. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FOLKSONGS TRADITIONAL SONGS CHILD BALLADS ENGLISH SCOTTISH MUSIC ETHNIC TROUBADOURS CAROLINE HUGHES MAGGIE McPHEE. more information

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NY: Children's Book Club, 1929. Hardcover in green cloth illustrated binding. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Cover has corner wear and substantial overall finger soil. Hinges are sound. Text is clean and snug with no tears. Illustrated endpapers. Lovely color frontis illustration. Other illustrations in black-and-white. The subtitle reads 'Being the Adventures of Yoshitsune the Brave and His Faithful Henchman Great Benkei of the Western Pagoda.' Japanese tale of how the isles of Nippon came into being. 229 pages. A decent Reading Copy.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Lynd Ward. Toshitsune Japanese Folklore Creation Stories Folk Legends Japan. more information

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NY: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1939. Hardcover in sturdy illustrated library binding. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Cover has light wear. Hinges are sound. Some text pages have finger smudges or other small stains, mostly in the margins. A satisfactory Reading Copy. Scandinavian fairy tales with lively illustrations by Marc Simont. 181 pages.. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Marc Simont. Folklore Scandinavian Fairy Tales. more information

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Gray, LA: Cypress Publishers, 1984. Trade softcover in bright new condition. No previous ownership marks. Twenty-nine lively and entertaining Cajun stories. 156 pages.. Softcover. Fine. Illus. by Maxine Witt. Southern Stories , Cajuns. more information

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World Publishing Co, 1961. Red cloth hardcover with black lettering and decoration. No dust jacket. This ex-library book is very clean and nice except that a child has scribbled badly on front endpapers and title page. No other marks nor tears anywhere in the book. Normal library marks present. Twenty-three folk tales and fables from Pakistan. 159 pages. Illustrated with drawings.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Pakistani Folklore Middle East. more information

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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1928. Brown cloth hardcover in generic library binding. A clean, snug ex-library book with just a touch of corner wear to cover. Text is clean, snug and un-marked. Part One covers ballads in general, touching on their common traits, their communal composition and communal transmission among other things. Part Two contains 'a small sheaf of surviving South Carolina ballads and two traditional songs.' Fourteen ballads, with 43 variants and twelve tunes. 174 pages.. Hardcover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. American Folk Songs, Balladry , Folklore , Barbara Allen , The Maid Freed from the Gallows. more information

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Norroena Society, 1907. Hardcover in maroon library binding. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Cover has only a touch of wear. Hinges are sound. Text is clean. There is a short closed tear where the frontispiece illustration meets the binding. Folk tales including the following: Amelungs Dietrich and Hildebrand Nibelung Story Hegeling Legend Beowulf Holy Grail Lohengrin Tristram and Isolde. 343 pages.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Amelungs Dietrich and Hildebrand Nibelung Story Hegeling Legend Beowulf Holy Grail Lohengrin Tristram and Isolde. more information

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Elizabeth NJ: Hollym, 1982. Red Cloth Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Both Book and DJ in FINE Condition, with no previous owner names or marks. 257 pages. Written to introduce the world to Korea's cultural heritage.. ISBN: 0930878264. Third Edition, 11th Printing. Fine/Fine. Folklore: Korea ; Children's Books Korea ; Folk Tales: Korea ; Korea ;. more information

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