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Tokyo: Hokideido Press, 1968. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to dj. DJ has small closed tears at top edge. Slipcase is very good, with some rubbing on the title board and slight wear to edges and corners and..... More
London: Constable, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover, which also has an image of a girl with deer on a tether in the forest. Some wear to edges and corners of boards, more so at head and heel..... 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
New York, NY: Franklin Watts, 1963. First edition thus. Hardcover. Small octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more to dust jacket. An omnibus edition of three of de Morgan's works, On a Pincushion (1877), The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde (1880), and The Wind..... More
Ann Arbor: Ars Ceramica, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 400 p. w/ b&w illus, recipes, appendices. A fun and interesting work covering all apsects of the Chinese New Year. More
Cambridge: DS Brewer and Rowan and Littlefield for the Folklore Society, 1979. First edition UK. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards and dust jacket. 145 p. w/ illus., distribution map, bibliography, geographical and general index. A study of the leaf and wicker or wood..... 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. First and last hinge reinforced with green tape. Gift inscription on a card glued in..... 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
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: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Limited edition, 173/350 copies. Decorated vellum binding. SIGNED by Dulac on limitation page. All illustrations after the text, instead of on various pages as the table of contents suggests. Vellum binding curves at edges. Missing silk ties. Bookplate removed at..... 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
Dublin / Atlantic Highlands NJ: Dolmen Press/ Humanities Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Thin octavo (smaller that standard) Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards, some suffing and marks to dj. Heel of spine bumped. 110 p. w/ notes, bibliography. A well done scholarly work translating two..... 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
