Il Folklore Piacentino
Piacenza: 1979. Text in Italian. Color frontispiece and a handful of b/w illustrations throughout. 430 pages + index. Thick 4to, green boards. Piacenza: Tipografia Editoriale Piacentina, 1979. A very good(+) copy. More
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The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth & Marvels.
London: Heinemann, 1929. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 24 color plates, 12 tinted plates, and 66 black & white drawings in the text. 549pp. Thick tall 8vo, brownish pictorial cloth with gilt lettering (spine repaired). William Heinemann, 1929. Later printing. A good(+) copy. Humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry. More
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels.
London: Dent, 1898. 12 color plates with tissue guards, 90 in-text figures, and pictorial end papers, all by Arthur Rackham. xxiv, 638 pages. Thick 8vo, original green gilt pictorial cloth (light wear at spine ends; front end paper detached and with bookplate), t.e.g., uncut edges. London: J.M. Dent, 1898. First edition with these illustrations. A very good copy. Latimore & Haskell 11. Humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry. More
The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Myth and marvels.
London: Bentley, 1855. Series I, II & III. Illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and Dalton. 3 volume, 8vo, full polished calf, gilt backs with green leather labels, gilt tops; original covers bound in. London: Bentley, 1855. Near fine. Eleventh Edition. Humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry. More
China: Lore, Legend and Lyrics.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1960. Illustrated with photos. 238 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Philosophical Library, (1960). Very good. More
The Elizabethan Jig and Related Song Drama.
Chicago: Chicago U. Press, 1929. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 642pp., tall thick 8vo, red cloth; ownership signature front free endpaper, small library numbering on spine. Chicago: UP Chicago, (1929). First Edition. Very good copy. More
Current Superstitions: Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk
Boston: American Folk-Lore Society, 1896. With notes and an introduction by William Wells Newell. x + 161 pages, tall 8vo, purple cloth; ex-lib., with library markings on title page and small stamp on first page, spine ends mended. Boston: American Folk-Lore Society, 1896. A very good copy. Number 137 of 450 copies printed. Memoirs of The American Folk-Lore Society, Vol. IV. More
Sidewalks of America: Folklore, Legends, Sagas, Traditions, Customs, Songs, Stories and Sayings of City Folk.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. xxii + 605pp., thick 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1954). First edition. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends, and Folklore.
illus. 625pp. small 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1960). vg. More
Folk-Say IV; The Land is Ours.
University of Oklahoma, 1932. 8vo, cloth, d.w. University of Oklahoma Press, 1932. First Edition. vg. More
A Treasury Of Mississippi River Folklore.
620pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. chipped). N.Y.: Crown, (1955). Signed by the author. More
Alt-Russische Heiligen Legenden.
Munich: Hyperion, 1922. 16 plates, mounted on heavy black stock. 125pp. 4to, pictorial cloth. Munchen, 1922. Very good (+). With William Salloch's bookplate. More
The English Folk-Play
Oxford: Clarendon, 1933. frontis. plus 1 illustration. vi + 248pp., 8vo, green cloth; spine evenly faded to brown, corners slightly bumped. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1933. Internally fine, a very good(+) copy. More
Folk-Tales of Angola.; Fifty Tales with Ki-Mbundu Text Literal English Translation, Introduction, and Notes.
Boston: American Folk-Lore Society, 1894. 315 pages, 2 large folding maps, tall 8vo, burgundy cloth (label removed from spine, small blind stamp on title page). Boston: American Folk-Lore Society, 1894. First Edition. Very good. Volume I of the Memoirs of The American Folk-Lore Society. More
The Old Ball Game; Baseball in Folklore and Fiction
New York: Herder and Herder, 1971. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. slightly chipped. (New York): Herder and Herder, (1971). Very good. More
The Parade of Heroes; Legenedary Figures in American Lore.
630pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Doubleday, 1978. vg. More
Indiana Folklore; A Reader
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1980). More
Texas and Southwestern Lore.
Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1934. 258pp. 8vo, red cloth. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, (1934). Second Edition. Near Fine. More
The British Folklorists: A History.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. Illus. 518pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1968). More
In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World.; With a poem by William Allingham, and The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland, by Andrew Lang.
New York: Viking, 1979. Introduction by Bryan Holme. Biographical Notes by Dr. Patricia Thomson. Illustrated. 64 pages. Slim 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, 1979. Fine. The superb watercolor illustrations of the first edition (1870) are faithfully reproduced, along with the text. More
L'Imagerie Populaire. Les Images de Toutes les Provinces Francaises du Xv Siecle, au Second Empire. Les Complaines Contes, Chansons, Legendes Qui Ont Inspire les Imagiers
Paris: Librairie de France, 1925. Profusely illustrated in black & white with 20 charming full page color plates. 4to, 447 pages, pictorial boards (dust soiled spine). Paris: Librairie de France, (1925). Very good. Images of all the French provinces of the fifteenth century. the Second Empire, laments, stories, songs, legends that inspired the image makers. More
The Study of Folklore.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1965. 481pp. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1965). Reprint. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Gog and Magagog. The Giants in Guildhall; Their Real and Legendary History. With an Account of Other Civic Giants, at Home and Abroad
London: John Camden Hotten, 1859. Color frontis and illustrations by the author. 152pp. plus ads, 12mo, cloth with small gilt decoration on front cover and lettering on spine; covers worn, spine ends mended. London: John Camden Hotten, 1859. A very good copy. More
African Decameron.
Folk Tales from Central Africa. N.Y., (1963). More
A Set of Six Folksongs and Ballads, decorated by Cynthia Fuller.; [The Twa Sisters; Lord Lovel; A Sweet Country Life; The Bitter Withy; O Waly Waly; O No, John!
London: [cgi name="publisher" filter="sql "], 1927. Large slim folio with striking sunflower design on cover; string ties are lacking and now neatly re-backed in plain cloth. The portfolio containins 6 large folded sheets -- each with beautifully illustrated cover and with the music and lyrics within. (London: J & E Bumpus, and New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927). Limited edition -- one of 500 copies. Near fine sheets within very good covers. More