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NAVAJO CREATION MYTH: THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE [ NAVAJO RELIGION SERIES VOL. I ]

By Klah, Hasteen. Recorded By Mary C. Wheelwright

Santa Fe, NM: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1942. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1942. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Illustrated with a frontisportrait and 15 colorplates of sandpaintings. 237 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Aquamarine cloth. Ink name on front flyleaf, small stain on fore-edge, else a very good copy in a spine darkened, lightly chipped dust wrapper. Very good/Very good.

ORIENTAL FABLES, ANECDOTES, AND TALES

By [No Author Stated]

London, UK: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1797. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Translated from the French. London, UK: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1797. 176 pp. Hardcover. 16mo. Handsomely rebound in dark brown full brown calf. Gilt ruling to spine, with gilt lettering to red title label; gilt decorative device to front and rear boards; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled. Lacks half-title; pages lightly toned; else, interior clean and binding tight. A very nice copy. A beautiful gift. Very good/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).

TRADICOES POPULARES NO ESPIRITO SANTO / FOLKWAYS AND FOLK-PLAYS OF ESPIRITO SANTO

By Fondeca, Hermogenes Lima da and Rogerio Mediros

Espirito Santo: Government of Espirito Santo, 1991 . Hardcover. Very good/Very good-. Espirito Santo: Government of Espirito Santo, ( 1991 ). Numerous b/w photographs. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Black paper covered boards. End papers foxed, else a tight, clean copy in a mildly worn dust jacket. Very good/Very good-.

MORE GREEK FOLKTALES

By Dawkins, R. M., translator

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1974). 178 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Orange cloth. Head, heel and corners bumped and rubbed. Interior clean, bright and tight. Very good+/No dust jacket.

MYSTERY REVEALED, THE

By Goldsmith, Oliver

Westport: Richard W Ellis at the Georgian Press, 1928. Of an edition limited to 375 copies, this is # 375 of this reprint of a 1762 pamphlet. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. CONTAINING A SERIES OF TRANSACTIONS AND AUTHENTIC TESTIMONIALS RESPECTING THE SUPPOSED COCK-LAKE GHOST, WHICH HAVE HITHERTO BEEN CONCEALED FROM THE PUBLIC. Westport: Richard W Ellis at the Georgian Press, 1928. Isham, R H. Of an edition limited to 375 copies, this is # 375 of this reprint of a 1762 pamphlet. 41 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown leather backed, paper covered boards. Gilt lettering. Spine rubbed; head and moderately worn; edges untrimmed; boards mildly soiled. Else, a nice copy. Very good-/No dust jacket.

CHAMP: BEYOND THE LEGEND

By Zarzynski, Joseph W

Np: (Bannister Publications, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Np: (Bannister Publications, 1984. First edition. Signed by the author. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 224 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Dark green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Extremities very lightly bumped and rubbed; former ownerÕs sticker to front free endpaper. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Interior clean, bright and tight; quite sound. Very good+/Very good.

HORSE IN MAGIC AND MYTH

By Howey, M. Oldfield

London: William Rider & Son, 1923. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. London: William Rider & Son, 1923. Five full-page b/w plate, color frontis, numerous text illustrations, including many original drawings by the author. 238 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Red cloth. Pictorial of horse and horseshoes to front board. Light wear to covers, else clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket.