Folklore and Customs of Rural England
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1975. Many photo Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, (1975). Fine. More
Books
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
Folklore and the Sea.
illus. 4to, 1/2 cloth, boxed. Wesleyan UP, (1973). Limited First Edition. very good Signed by the author. One of 500 copies. 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
The Secret Country; An Interpretation of the Folklore of Ancient Sites in the British Isles.
illus. 8vo, tall 8vo, cloth, chipped d.w. N.Y.: Walker, (1976). 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
New York City Folkore.
New York: Random House, 1956. Illus. 492pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w.. New York: Random House, (1956). First Edition. Fine. 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
L'Art Folkorique en Chine
Peking: Langues Etrangeres, 1955. Introduction by Jack Chen. 23 plates plus text illustrations. 69pp., thin 8vo, boards, d.w. Peking: Editions en Langues Etrangeres, 1955. First edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Afro-American Folk Lore.; Told Round Cabin Fires of South Carolina.
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Black & white frontispiece, 116 pages, slim 12mo, brown cloth (lightly rubbed, library stamp on inside front cover, slight remnants of sticker at spine foot). New York: Negro Universities Press, (1969). A very good(+) copy with some discoloration near bottom of front cover. 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