London: William and Peterson, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo [4" x 5.5"]. [Nuggets for Travellers Series] In slipcase. Pictorial red cloth binding. Vol I (Scottish): [5], 6-256 p.p. plus [2] p.p. ads. Light rubbing to spine ends and edges. Faded yellow soil to boards. Interior clean, crisp. Vol. II (English)..... More
London: William Andrews & Co., 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Half brown cloth over brown paper boards. 301 pp., ads. B&W illustrations in text. Rubbing to extremities, slight fading to spine, a few stains to boards. Light foxing to endpapers. Prize bookplate to ffep from Gunnersbury High School for Girls..... More
Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, 1959. Soft cover. 8vo (medium). Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Mines and Geology Branch. National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 107, Anthropological Series No. 26. Yellow card wrappers. 59 pp. illustrated throughout with line drawings and musical notes, pages a bit yellowed, some creased..... More
Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1948. Sturges, Katherine. Hardcover. 4to. 191 p.p. Blue cloth boards with colour illustrated onlay and gilt lettering to spine and front board. Front board is discoloured in a few places, light rubbing to fore edge, rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, onlay..... More
Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1925. Sturges, Katherine. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Blue buckram boards with colour illustrated onlay and gilt lettering to spine and front board. 191 pp. Vibrantly illustrated endpapers and colour illustrations throughout. Spine sunned and tilted, extremities rubbed. Scuff to gutter at front endpapers. An illustrated..... More
Bloomington: Indiama University Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full purple cloth. viii, 248 pp. B&W illustrations in-text. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine ends, some very slight sunning to top edge. Dust jacket sunned at spine, bumping to spine ends and corners, short tear to top edge of rear..... More
The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, 1986. Limited. Hardcover. 9.3 x 6.3 Inches. Volume 10. Title in gilt on front board, with gilt illustration of pioneers on horse-ridden wagon. 80 p.p. Many in-text maps and photographs (some colour). SIGNED by Lorna L. Bergey on half-title. A form from The..... More
Toronto: M.F. Feheley Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. 10" x 8.5" 144 p.p. Cloth. Slight scratching to edges of dust-jacket. Bumping to corners of boards. Light discolouration to edges of boards. Inscription and signature from author on f.f. endpaper. Small mark with blue ink to dedication page. Newspaper taped to endpaper. Bird..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1944. Hardcover. 8vo. xxv, 932 p.p. Edited by Botkin, B.A. Foreword by Sandburg, Carl. Small chip to bottom spine of dust-jacket and chip measuring about 1.5" on top spine of dust-jacket, both not affecting text. Small stain to top edges of dust-jacket, from back inner flap..... More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1994. Randy Babb. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (tall). Pictorial softcover with colour photo of vampire bat on front cover, lettered in red, [6], ii, 148pp.Illustrated, a fine copy. Exploring the vampire bat in natural history, interactions and attacks on people, and fantastical elements including..... More
Washintong, D.C. American Folklore Society, 1979. Soft cover. 8vo. January-March, 1979. Soft cover. 142 pp. Covers are age toned, some damp staining, bumping and creasing to corners. More
London and Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xi, 232 pp. Light shelf wear, light staining to rear. Ink ownership inscription to half title. Very good overall. More
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New York: Avenel Books, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). Beautiful dark blue publisher's binding. Title in gilt with decorative face of mythological creature and fountain designs on spine. xvii, 957 p.p., [42] illustrations, [5] maps, [5] charts. Stiff boards. Light wear to edges. Some scratches on rear board and small bump..... More
Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only, 1885. Hardcover. 8vo. Library edition. With introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of the Nights. Half red leather, marbled paper boards, gilt compartments, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G...... More
Toronto: Belford Bros. 1875. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. brown publisher's cloth, beveled edges. 154 pp., ads, [8] B&W plates + illustrations in text. Some staining and rubbing to cloth, rubbing and wear to extremities, cockling to cloth at rear board. Gold ownership stamp to ffep. Light foxing and soiling to interior..... More
Toronto: William Sloane Associates, 1936. O'Hara Cosgrave, John. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED to flyleaf. Original cream cloth with green tree vignette to boards. Top edge green. xii, 430 p.p. B&W illustrations. Laid in Nova Scotia check stub w/ notation. Dust jacket has some wear to extremities, front flap is..... More
New York: Exeter Books, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Glossy pictorial paper boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. 205 pp. Several full-page colour illustrations + B&W illustration in text. Fine overall. Here is a collection of the most unusual folk and fairy tales. The Irish stories go back to the great Sagas, and..... More
London: Saqi, 2005. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 268 pp. Scuff to spine foot, bumping to upper corner of rear cover. Interior age toned. More
London: Heinemann, 1973. Copper, Bob. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In dust jacket. xv, 297 p.p. [12] p.p. of plates. Pictorial endpapers. Wear to jacket corners and head and tail of spine. Tiny chips to jacket edges. Scratch along jacket spine, partially affecting ttile. Inner..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 223 pp. B&W illustrations. Sunning to spine, light warping to covers. Includes more than 75 spells, rituals and ceremonies. More
New York: Exposition Press, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. tan cloth. 63 pp. Offset panels to cloth, light spotting to front board and turn-ins, damp stain to lower corner and bruising to top edge of front board. Spine cocked. Interior age toned. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Cropping to..... More
London: David Nutt, 1902. Soft cover. 8vo (small). Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance & Folklore, No. 12. Volume I only. Green paper wraps, sewn and glued binding, unlettered spine. 51 p.p. Darkening to spine and edges, creasing to corners, front cover loose at foot of front joint, chafing to rear..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1879. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Full brown cloth, gilt titling to spine and device to front board, beveled edges. xxx, 315 pp. Professionally rebacked. Ffep repaired with tape. Rubbing to extremities, wear to spine. Interior clean. Bookplate of Victor de Guinzbourg to front pastedown..... More
Plainfield, New Jersey: The Somerset Press, 1935. Perard, Victor. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to flyleaf. Scarce. 158 p.p. Illustrated blue cloth boards with black stamping. Boards are foxed, sunned at spine, a few damp stains, wear to edges and spine ends. Foxing to endpapers but interior clean..... More
London and Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 18mo. Green cloth binding on decorative hand sewn boards.xvi, 254, [13 p.p.] illustrations including frontis. Sewn image of man chopping a tree on front board, with images of a bird, sheep, and rabbit on rear board. Some..... More