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P., Ed. de l'Abeille d'Or ( Les plus belles légendes du monde), 1921. 3 ouvrages en un volume In-8 : "Légendes bretonnes. (Marinik, Yan Postik, Peronik, La mort de Tristan)" 1921. 13 hors-textes couleurs par M. de Becque. En-têtes et culs-de-lampe. Ex.392/400 sur Japon. Relié avec : "Légendes japonaises. (L'eau, la terre, Le Ciel, le Feu)" 1922. 17 hors-textes couleurs, en-têtes et culs-de-lampe par Foujita. Ex. 995/2000 sur Bélin Alfa. ; "Légendes russes. (contes d'Ukraine, Histoire du lézard vert , de l'écureuil gris et de l'aigle, Rousslann et Tchernomor)".1922. 13 hors texte en couleurs par M. de Becque, en-têtes et-culs-de lampe. Couvertures conservées. Demi-chagrin grenat postérieur par A. LUGAN (Albi). Rare et bel exemplaire.
222 pages including index and glossary. Fold-out map at page 15. Black and white photographic plates. "This book is the outcome of forty years residence amongst the Haidas, and is an accurate description of what I have seen and heard in the villages and homes. Through my knowledge of their language I have been enabled to get all my information regarding their customs, traditions and social organization direct from the principal chiefs, men who at that time were from sixty to eighty years old." - from Preface. Chapters include: Queen Charlotte Islands; Early History; The Haidas; Haida Customs; Births, Marriages, Divorce, Death and Burial Ceremonies; Tools, Ornaments and Ceremonial Masks; Industries and Medicines; The Sa-ag-ga or Shaman; The Haida Pantheon; Haida Legends; The Haida Traditions of Creation; Chief Edenshaw; The Natural History of the Islands; Geology of the Islands and Natural Resources. Appendix lists cranial measurements. Average wear. Binding intact. Red cloth-covered boards. Black lettering and decoration legible upon spine. Prior owner's stamp to bottom edge, front fixed and free endpapers, and title page. Faint bookseller's stamp to back fixed endpaper. A sound copy. Edwards & Lort 1668, Thibault 2,231. Book
64 pages. Author's inscription upon title page appears to read "yath ch aw? iyus al? always be happy" Author has signed using her Salish name which is Kwulasulwut, which means 'Many Stars". In this blend of original and traditional Salish stories, the magical characters pass through many magical experiences and adventures. In each story the young reader travels on a journey through both nature and the supernatural, and at the end discovers one of life's lessons, just as they were once revealed to Salish children by their traditional Storyteller. Author lives in Nanaimo, B.C. where she teaches Native Studies and the Coast Salish language. The five tales which make up this book have been adapted from stories which author uses to teach her students at Nanaimo area elementary schools about Native traditions and culture. Illustrator is a Nootkan artist from Nuchatlitz on Nootka Island. Soiling and above average wear to colour-illustrated boards. Doodling upon back board. Front endpaper removed. Erasures from remaining portion of front endpaper. Book
Paris, J. Hetzel, s.d. Grand in-4, (28,5 x 39 cm) XXV-132 pp. Plein chagrin lie-de-vin, triple filet d'encadrement à froid sur les plats, dos à 5 nerfs, tranches dorées, double filet doré sur les coupes, contreplats bordés et ornés d'une large dentelle dorée, gardes de papier marbré rouge carmin (reliure signée FLAMMARION VAILLANT). 40 planches hors-texte. Un des plus beaux livres illustrés par Gustave Doré chez Hetzel en 1862. Jean Henri Maurice Vaillant (Paris, 1885-?) est un libraire et relieur français actif de 1900 à 1956. BEL EXEMPLAIRE EXEMPT DE ROUSSEURS.
91 pages. First blank leaf features large hand-drawn illustration of a stylized whale signed and inscribed by "Bill Reid & his pet whale 'Spout'". Bill Reid "... is one of the finest living artists working in a native American tradition" - from back cover. Reid passed away in 1998 but is perhaps best-remembered for his sculpture 'The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe' which graces the international terminal of Vancouver International Airport and is featured on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill. Average wear. No other markings. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original quarter leather bdg. Slight wear on spine. Otherwise a very good copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 143 p. Extremely rare first Turkish edition of the legend of Hatem of Tai tribe, or "the tale of Hatemtai, or qissa-e Hatem-Tai" which was very popular in the Indian subcontinent, as well as the earliest printed separate form from the Arabian nights [Alf laila wa laila] in the Middle East. In Turkish literature, this story was printed nine times separately from the Arabian nights (1840, 1856, 1867, 1871, 1874, 1879, 1885, 1891, 1925). This is the very first edition of this book. Hatim al-Tai (?âtim bin Abd Allâh bin Sa'ad a't-Tâ'iyy; Hatim of the Tayy tribe; deceased 578), was the ruling prince and poet of the Tayy tribe of Arabia. Stories about his extreme generosity have made him an icon among Arabs up until today, as evident in the proverbial phrase "more generous than Hatim". His son was Adi ibn Hatim, who was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Al-Tai lived in Ha'il in present-day Saudi Arabia and was mentioned in some Hadiths by Muhammad. He died in 578 AD and was buried in Tuwarin, Ha'il. His tomb is described in the Arabian Nights. He lived in the sixth century CE and was also mentioned in the Arabian Nights stories. The celebrated Persian poet Saadi, in his work Gulistan (1259 CE) wrote: "Hatim Tai no longer exists but his exalted name will remain famous for virtue to eternity. Distribute the tithe of your wealth in alms; for when the husbandman lops off the exuberant branches from the vine, it produces an increase of grapes". He is also mentioned in Saadi's Bostan (1257). According to legends in various books and stories, he was a famous personality in the region of Ta'i (present-day Ha'il) and is also a well-known figure in the rest of the Middle East as well as the Indian subcontinent, featuring in many books, films, and TV series in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Hindi and various other languages. The books on the story usually consist of a short introduction describing his ancestry and character and tell the seven episodes based on seven riddles, asked by a beautiful and rich woman named Husn Banu, who will marry only the person who is able to obtain answers to all seven of them. A king, who falls in love with her but is unable to find answers, tells the generous Hatemtai, whom he meets by chance, all about it. Hatim undertakes the quest to find the answers and help the king marry her. Özege 3639.; TBTK 8155.; Only one copy in the Library of Congress according to OCLC 951465696.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original full leather bdg. in Islamic style with a flap. Demy 8vo. (22 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 285 p. Rebacked to spine, slight wear on binding. Overall a good copy. Early Turkish edition of the book of parrot (or the book of Humayun), which is a 14th-century series of 52 stories, originally written in Persian, translated by Sari Abdullah Efendi (1584-1660), who was an Ottoman mystic poet and scholar. The adventure stories narrated by a parrot, night after night, for 52 successive nights, are moralistic stories to persuade his female owner Khojasta not to commit any adulterous act with any lover, in the absence of her husband. She is always on the point of leaving the house to meet her lover until the loyal parrot detains her with a fascinating story. The authorship of the text of the Tutinama is credited to Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi or just Nakhshabi, an ethnic Persian physician and a Sufi saint who had migrated to Badayun, Uttar Pradesh in India in the 14th century, and wrote in the Persian language. He had translated and/or edited a classical Sanskrit version of the stories similar to Tutinama into Persian, around 1335 AD. It is conjectured that this small book of short stories, moralistic in theme, influenced Akbar during his formative years. It is also inferred that since Akbar had a harem (of women siblings, wives, and women servants), the moralistic stories had a specific orientation towards the control of women. The main narrator of the 52 stories of Tutinama is a parrot, who tells stories to his owner, a woman called Khojasta, in order to prevent her from committing any illicit affair while her husband (a merchant by the name Maimunis) is away on business. The merchant had gone on his business trip leaving behind his wife in the company of a mynah and a parrot. The wife strangles the mynah for advising her not to indulge in illicit affairs. The parrot, realizing the gravity of the situation, adopts a more indirect approach of narrating fascinating stories over the next fifty-two nights. The stories are narrated every successive night as an entertaining episode to keep Khojasta's attention and distract her from going out. The Persian text used was redacted in the 14th century AD from an earlier anthology 'Seventy Tales of the Parrot'in Sanskrit compiled under the title Sukasaptati (a part of katha literature) dated to the 12th century AD. In India, parrots (in light of their purported conversational abilities) are popular as storytellers in works of fiction. (Source: Wikipedia). Özege 21353., OCLC 165609299.
Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1895. In-12, demi-chagrin rouge à la Bradel, dos droit, 298 pp. Deuxième édition, bel exemplaire.
v, [3], 655 pages. Extensive glossary. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated endpapers. Text in English. "The Kojiki, the earliest source book in Japanese literature and history, was completed in 712 A.D. under the auspices of the imperial court. It is the oldest extant book in Japanese and, as its title (literally, 'Record of Ancient Things') suggests, an account of a still earlier era. It is the court's statement about the origins of the imperial clan and the leading families and the beginnings of Japan as a nation; and it is, at the same time, a compilation of myths, historical and pseudo-historical narratives and legends, songs, anecdotes, folk etymologies, and genealogies." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Strasbourg, Revue Alsacienne Illustrée, 1905; in-folio, environ 250 pp., broché. Exemplaire sur un fort papier. Avec un frontispice de Henner, illustrations de Spindler, Schnug, et Sattler. Superbe ouvrage dont l'illustration est fortement influencée par l'art nouveau et avec de superbes ornementations de Schnug. Bel exemplaire.
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. pp. viii, 46. "A selection of legends, folk stories and customs of the Haisla people, a branch of the Kwakiutl Indian language-group who live on the West Coast of British Columbia." - subtitle. Lovely line drawing illustrations. Sound and unmarked with light wear. A special first edition copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with 16 plates; handsomely bound in full burgundy morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, pictorial gilt from original upper board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first English edition of Andersen's 'Eventyr' was published by Pickering as 'Danish Fairy Tales and Legends' in 1846. The fourteen tales contained therein were translated by Mrs. Howitt. In 1852 the scarce second edition appeared, containing forty-five tales and at the time the sole complete collection in English. The translations were made from the original Danish and not from any of the later German versions. Enhanced by Heath Robinson's inimitable illustrations, this edition comprises a verbatim reprint of the fourteen tales of the 1846 edition and the remaining thirty-one tales of the second edition of 1852. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A VERY SCARCE EDITION.
8vo., Second and Best Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Frazer's Discourse was first published in 1909. This edition includes fresh illustrative examples and adds 'The Scope of Social Anthropology' first published in 1908. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Besterman CXXII.
P., W. Coquebert, 1842. 2 tomes reliés en un volume in-8, XV-330, 356 p. Demi-basane blonde de l'époque, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre et de tomaison en veau bleu, roulettes, filets et fleurons dorés, tranches jaunes. EDITION ORIGINALE. BEL EXEMPLAIRE. * Etiquette imprimée de la bibliothèque du château de Brunsee (pour Brünnsee) en Autriche ou vécu et mourut Marie Caroline Ferdinande Louise de Bourbon, princesse de Naples et de Sicile, duchesse de BERRY (1798-1870). Bel exemplaire. " Théodore Hersart, vicomte de La Villemarqué (7 juillet 1815 à Quimperlé - 8 décembre 1895 à Quimperlé) est un philologue français spécialiste de la culture bretonne. Il est notamment connu comme auteur du Barzaz Breiz, recueil de chants populaires bretons ".
Very Good Arabic Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 50 p., b/w plates. First edition of this rare excerpt book to "Masâlik al-absâr fi mamâlik al- amsâr" by Arab-Mamluk statesman, geographer and historian Shihâb al-Dîn Ah?mad ibn Yahyâ al-'Umarî al-ma'rûf bi-Ibn Fadl Allâh al-Kâtib al-Dimashqî, (1301-1349). "Masâlik al-absâr fi mamâlik al- amsâr" is an account of the Mohammedan kingdoms of the west, excluding Egypt, by Shihâb al-Dîn, who was descended from an old Arab family. The countries described in the book are Abyssinia, Kanem, Nubia, Mali, the Kingdom of the Berber mountains, Ifriqiya, Morocco, and Andalusia. This rare pamphlet includes North Africa (Maghreb) and Andalusia sections of Shihâb al-Dîn's book with a commentary by Al-Wahhâb. Al-Wahhâb was a polygraph and scholar born into a family of dignitaries and high officials of the Tunisian state. OCLC 78694883, 235966687, 863484408.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 15 plates, endpapers mildly spotted; original red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip faintly chafed at head else a remarkably bright, crisp copy. With contemporary prize bookplate and trade ticket of Combridges of Hove on front paste-down. The first English edition of Andersen's 'Eventyr' was published by Pickering as 'Danish Fairy Tales and Legends' in 1846. The fourteen tales contained therein were translated by Mrs. Howitt. In 1852 the scarce second edition appeared, containing forty-five tales and at the time the sole complete collection in English. The translations were made from the original Danish and not from any of the later German versions. Enhanced by Heath Robinson's inimitable illustrations, this edition comprises a verbatim reprint of the fourteen tales of the 1846 edition and the remaining thirty-one tales of the second edition of 1852. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A VERY SCARCE EDITION.
Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1932. Petit in-4, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs et rempliée, 207-[2] pp., étui. Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin chiffon et illustré de 41 ravissantes compositions en couleurs de Mario Laboccetta, dont une sur la couverture, une vignette de titre, 7 en-têtes, 10 hors-texte, 15 in-texte et 7 culs-de-lampe. Cette édition comprend cinq contes d'Hoffmann: La Chaîne des destinées - Coppélius - Le Mystère de la maison déserte - Le Reflet perdu - La Porte murée. Mario Laboccetta, dessinateur et artiste-peintre italien, a acquis une notoriété en illustrant des revues galantes ou de cabaret à Paris pendant les Années folles. Il a également illustré à l'aquarelle plusieurs ouvrages, dont celui-ci qui est considéré comme une de ses meilleures réalisations. Bel exemplaire.
Lyon, Imprimerie Louis Perrin, 1865. In-8, LXXX (Lettre critique)-300 pp. Demi-chagrin vert bronze, dos à nerfs richement orné (reliure époque), couverture conservée. Agréable et charmante édition lyonnaise de Louis Perrin imprimée sur papier vergé, ornée de deux portraits de Ch. Perrault, (frontispice de Rebel d'après Gerlier Revel d’après Eisen), 4 planches hors-texte, 12 vignettes gravées à l'eau-forte sous serpente rose. Table : Lettre crtique A la Princesse Charlotte Bonaparte, Comtesse Primoli. La Belle au bois dormant. - Le Petit Chaperon rouge. - La Barbe-bleue. - Le Chat botté. - Les Fées. - Cendrillon. - Riquet à la Houppe. - Le Petit-Poucet. Suivi de : CONTES EN VERS : Grifelidis. - Lettre d'envoi de Grifelidis. - Peau d'Âne. - Les Souhaits ridicules.- L'Adroite Princesse. - Lettre de Mademoiselle Lhéritier sur les Contes des Fées.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In 1/5 decorative leather bound with moon-star and tughra embossing. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm)., 288 p. Ozege:-. No bibliographic detail inside the book, and it seems study was not completed. Text is cut in last page, and informed us that study will have been as 4 volumes set in preface (moukaddimah), but the other volumes or/and any bibliographic details not found in any source and bibliographic study. Fîrûznâme.
Very Good Russian First Edition of this early Soviet compilation of Nart and Ossetian epics. Valentina Aleksandrovna Dynnik-Sokolova was a Russian and Soviet literary critic and translator, member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Dynnik-Sokolova has articles, where she considered, among other researchers, the question of the similarity of the ancient Russian composition of the 12th century with the works of Western European medieval poetry. Original cloth bdg. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 13 cm). In Russian. 78 p., ills. OCLC 4925492.
Fine English Three pamphlets in original wrappers. All are signed and inscribed. From the Collection Jarring. 1-) Stimulants among the Turks of Eastern Turkmenistan an Eastern Turki text edited with translation, notes, and glossary. Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, 1993. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 35, [1], [4 ]p. Signed and inscribed by Jarring to Steffan Rosen (?). ISBN: 9789122015376. 2-) The Moen collection of eastern Turki (New Uighur) popular poetry. Edited with translation, notes, and glossary. Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, 1996. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Uighur. 46, [6] p. Popular poems from a collection recorded by Rev. Sigfrid Moen, 1930-1938. Glossary: p. [38]-44. Signed and inscribed by Jarring to Steffan Rosen (?). ISBN: 9789140050885. 3-) Culture clash in Central Asia: Islamic views on Chinese theatre. Eastern Turki texts, edited with translation, notes, and vocabulary. Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, 1991. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Uighur. 40, [4] p., b/w ills. Signed and inscribed by Jarring to Steffan Rosen (?). ISBN: 9789122014447.
32 pages. Features: Dave Cobb's cross-Canada motorcycle journey - part 1; Steve Roman and his $2.5 Billion Uranium Empire - with great photo in back of limo; Great nostalgic full-page colour-photo ad for Dodge/Fargo pickup trucks; Full-page Skiroule ad; Tales of Igloolik - Henry Evaluardjuk's oil paintings keep the legends of his people alive - article with colour reproductions of paintings; Exotics to Go - photos of interesting takeout foods; The old man and the kid - early article about the new NHL franchise the Vancouver Canucks with great full-page photo of Dale Tallon and his Trans-Am and a nice family photo of Orland Kurtenbach, plus a photo of Bud Poile and Hal Laycoe; Two nice pages of colour fashion photos including fur; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
32 unnumbered pages. Oblong 8" x 10.75". Black and white illustrations. Contents: Biographical details of the authors, Notes on the Cosmogony and History of the Squamish Indians, The Beginning of the People of Squamish, Creation of the Squamish People, The Coming of Religion to the Squamish People, The Sea Serpent of Burrard Inlet, The Sea Serpent of Howe Sound, and a tribute to Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this precious Squamish Nation memento. Hale 5738 Book
PARIS, collection "Les littératures populaires de toutes les Nations" 1887 - 3 volumes in-12, XX-452, 434 et 480 pages. & PARIS, Maisonneuve et Ch. Leclerc, 1881 - 2 volumes in-12, XI-363 & 379 (2 pages jaunies)- Les 5 volumes, Edition Originale, dans une reliure uniforme toile rouge - dos ornés, titrés et tomés or, insolés - Ex-libris Le Blohic- Intérieur très frais et en très bon état - Bel ensemble - Réf. 47951 "Ces récits populaires de Basse-Bretagne sont le fruit de vingt ans de recherches, depuis sa mission sur le conte, commencée en 1868, jusqu’à la publication, en 1887 Il lui faudra vingt ans pour publier ces Légendes chrétiennes qui sont, telles quelles, son premier grand livre et, avec les trois volumes de Contes populaires de la Basse-Bretagne, publiés six ans plus tard, l’œuvre majeure de la Basse-Bretagne dans le domaine du conte". Françoise Morvan
48 pages. Features: Lovely photo cover of the Empress Hotel Gardens, Victoria, B.C.; Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Great full-page photo of old-timer in hip-waders cleaning his gun; Photo of an amazing and successful tree surgery of a majestic elm on the estate of J.A. Turner in Hamilton, Ontario; Nice full-page ad for Canadian General Electric radios - the 9-tube popular console and the 10-tube de luxe lowboy; A Saga of the Moose - intimate facts of life habits - suggestions to photographers; October in the Outdoors; Watch that Match - true story of Jack Wainrwright's missing match, by Alwin Gissing; Photo of yound doe reared by motherly cow; photo of Mrs. C.W. Gafvert of Tonasket, WI holding her 32-lb winning fish!; Junior Fire Wardens Study the Ways of the Woods; A New Conservation - That of Hunters - safe handling of firearms; North America's Game Bird Problem - by Jack Miner - a plea for consideration, justice and prevention; Indian Legends and Lore, by Grey Owl; ; Panther Hunting with "Cougar" Smith; The Cowboy's Friend; - the working of rawhide is still an art in the west; Dogs of the Labrador Indians, by Frank G. Speck - article with photos; A Boss with a Bird's-eye View - F.A. MacDougall, Superintendant of Algonquin Park, spends much time in the air over his park; What Trees are Doing for Prairie Folk; As Dry as Tinder - a forest fire experience; Park Plans in Western Canada - ambitious scheme under consideration in Alberta; ; Hunting the Lordly Woodcock; Junior Fire Wardens in Word and Deed; Forest and Outdoors in the Classroom; Many nice small ads; Western Super-X Shotgun Shell ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book