Shinbaku Books, 2013. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 144 p. with illustrations by classic master Japanese artists. More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards , a bit more so to dust jacket. Sticker remnant on free endpaper, as well as the signature of the former owner. Much of the short forward is..... More
Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. xv, 317 (1) p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, index. Twelve scholarly essays covering topics from magic in the Dead Sea scrolls to lycanthropy to Theurgy and Reuchlin. in rare books..... More
Cambridge and Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. Later printing. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. more so to dust jacket. Front panet and first clap separated from spine of dj, dj is wrapped in mylar protector. SIGNED by author on he title page then..... More
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Thick, small quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 703 p. w/ foot notes and endnotes, annotated list of names, index. A serious stufy lookign not onlyy at the history of the..... More
Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers Inc., 1990. Reprint of a 1975 work. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 230 p. Over 75 short tales collected as part of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, specifically the Virginia WPA Writers..... More
Norwalk, CT. Easton Press, 1996. Hardcover. Tall octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. A bit of scuffing to the gilt on the foredge of the textblock. Illustrated. Grey-blue leather, gilt lettering and designs on spine and on front board. An attractive illustrated edition in an..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 227 p. w/illus., endnotes, index. Nine stories in narative poem form from the 19th c. Haida storyteller Ghandl. More
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a more so to dust jacket. DJ has closed tear along top of rear cover. 231 p. w/color and b&w illus., 11 fairy tales from this 19th c. German storyteller, who died from..... More
London & New York: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884. hardcover in full black leather. Thick quarto (oversized). Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Gilt top edge. Corners bumped. Some wear to joints. 2 inch tear in leather joint at lower front board, and a one inch tear..... More
Philadelphia: The American Folklore Society, 1975. Later printing of revised 1964 edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 298 p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, index of ballads and songs. Despite the title, this is a work noting home grown American ballads, not those of native..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. xxvi, 262 p. w/illus., endnotres, bibliography, index. A comparison of mask iconography and roles between ancient Greek and Eastern, esp. Indian, models. More
Cambridge, MA: American Folk-Lore Society, 1923. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Octavo ( standard size) . Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Spine slightly faded. Head and tail of spine bumped. 219 p. w/ list of informants and writers, bibliography, riddles, toasts, game songs, and a discussion..... More
London: Heinemann, 1918. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Bound in vellum with gilt lettering & design on front board. Limited edition 81/500, signed by Rackham on limitation page. Scuffing to boards, with one scratch at front board. Corners bumped. In newer slipcase. Sixteen color plates on white paper, with captioned..... More
South Hadley, MA: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1984. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards and a bit more so to dust jacket. xi, 298 (2) p. w/ color and b&w illus., notes, selected chronological bbliography or Red Riding Hood texts, general bibliography..... More
