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a43201Glasgow and London n.d. c.1850 Cameron & Ferguson. Library of Fairy Tales. 12mo. 16pp. wraps. Front wrap title page and text have a few illustrations in color. Fairy tale with Islamic theme. Good some foxing. Scarce. Unusual. . paperback
1887DEMO013716IBoston: Roberts Brothers 1887. Deluxe Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Wilhelm von Kaulbach. 4to 342 pages new full dark morocco leather spine label original pictorial top cover bound in at rear .top edge gilt fore-edge untrimmed; ex libris A. Freiberg of Cincinnati. <br/><br/>No. 224 of 400 copies printed for America of the English Edition De Luxe. Twelve India Proof steel engravings after Joseph Wolf engraved by Augustus Fox. Modern form of the traditional legend of REINHART FUCHS. "Under the veil of animals the symbolic representations of the diverse passions of men stand boldly in relief ." Roberts Brothers hardcover
192862742London & New York: Cassell & Co. Ltd.; Charles Scribner’s Sons 1928. 4to. 251 1 pp. Colour frontisp. 11 colour plates and text illustrations. Quarter vellum over blue cloth gilt ruling gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. minor shelfwear front inner hinge just barely starting still VG bright copy numbered & signed by Dulac on limitation page. First edition signed No. 602 of 1000 copies of this beautifully illustrated collection of fairy tales including the stories Puss in Boots Riquet with the Tuft Bablet Green Dragon Fortunata The Blue Bird Princess Rosetta and Mayblossom. Cassell & Co., Ltd.; Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
196054812Paris: Printed in France at the Imp. Ruegger 1960. 4to. 10 x 10 in. 14 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated throughout w/ 10 in. 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP inserted into rear pocket still retaining original protective sleeve. Colour-illustrated stiff softcovers slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition in English of this Atlas Tale-Spinners interactive version of the beloved fairy tale with voiceovers including Marjorie Westbury Judith Bailey Judith Whale Michael Murray Alan Rowe John Whale and Tony Church as Bluebeard. Westbury 1906-1989 was an English radio actress and singer for over 50 years best remembered as Steve Temple wife of Paul Temple in the long running series as well as Elsa Strauss in the Hilda Tablet series. Tony Church 1930-2008 was a founding member of the new Royal Shakespeare Company with Peter Hall and later appeared in Tess Krull and the 1963 BBC production of As You Like It. Worldcat locates 1 copy Bowling Green. Printed in France at the Imp. Ruegger, paperback
193462703New York: The Macmillan Co. 1934. 4to. 18 pp unpaginated. illustrated title colour and black & white illustrations on alternating pages. Blue pictorial publisher’s cloth white lettering & illust. front cover minor shelfwear dustsoiling w/ d.j. cover art by Sewell minor chipping & scuffing to spine dustsoiling edgewear still VG/G copy w/ former ownership markings on ffep. First edition of this uncommon Sewell title as she embellishes the classic fairy tale with her distinctive artwork. Sewell 1896-1957 was one of the most prolific artists in the 1930’s through 1950’s and this title was issued just the year after her collaboration with Laura Ingalls Wilder in the second Little House Book Farmer Boy 1933 and had also published with Macmillan “ABC for Everyday†“A head for happy†and “Blue Barns.†See: Anita Silvey Helen Sewell -- American Illustrator and Writer of Children’s Books 2025. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
118958London The Walter Scott Publishing Co. n.d. xxviii282pp. 8vo. Original red decorated cloth backstrip faded. Frontispiece black & white plates. Foxing to endpapers edges of leaves browned front gutter starting. A very good copy. From the library of Bill Wannan 1915-2003 noted author and folklorist. London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. n.d. hardcover
193457015Racine WI: Whitman Publishing 1934. Folio. 9.75 x 13 in. 48 pp unpaginated. colour plates and black & white plates throughout. Quarter-blue cloth over colour-illustrated boards cover art by Lorioux some edgewear minor dampstain to spine a few pages w/ evidence of a young child trying to aid the illustrator still a G- copy. First Whitman omnibus edition of this delightfully inventive rendition of Fontaine’s fables by one of France’s most beloved artists. In 1919 he was recruited by Walt Disney who was driving an ambulance at the time following World War I and hired him to illustrate his works released in French. Lorioux would leave Disney in the early 1930’s when he refused to relocate to California to join the studio Whitman Publishing, hardcover
189544723Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs. & Co. 1895. 12mo. xxxvi 392 pp. plus 4 pp. publ. ads. 150 text illusts. Illust. gray cloth silver red & blk lettrng on frnt cvr & spine soot soilng on cvrs edgewear some rubbng slght bmpng to crnrs still a G- copy inscribed by the author on 2nd flyleaf to Miss Anna Springer 1895. First edition inscribed of this fascinating collection of fairy tales based on the author’s naturalist studies of the behaviors of ants and spiders. McCook 1837-1911 is perhaps best remembered for his expansive work American spiders and their spinning work 1889-1893 and he had most of the illustrations executed by Daniel Carter Beard founder of the Boy Scouts of America. George W. Jacobs. & Co., hardcover
196054813Paris: Printed in France at the Imp. Ruegger 73 rue Pigalle 1960. 4to. 10 x 10 in. 16 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated throughout w/ 10 in. 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP inserted into rear pocket still retaining original protective sleeve. Colour-illustrated stiff softcovers slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition in English of this Atlas Tale-Spinners interactive version of the beloved fairy tale with voiceovers including Robert Hardy as Robin John Wood Geoffrey Lewis Tony Church John Baddeley Ralph Hallett Judith Whale as Lady Marian and others. Robert Hardy 1925-2017 is best remembered as Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films and Winston Churchill in many different productions. Worldcat locates 1 copy National Library of New Zealand. Printed in France at the Imp. Ruegger, 73, rue Pigalle, paperback
195260673New York: Modern Library 1952. Thick 8vo. xxi 1 746 pp. Blue cloth red & gilt lettering w/ verso of d.j. listing to 370 titles wonderful cover art NF/NF. First Modern Library Giant edition No. G-76 containing 177 Fairy tales. Uncommon in original dustjacket. Modern Library, hardcover
199648221Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1996. 4to. 159 1 pp. Colour frontisp. 6 colour plates. Full burgundy-coloured calf elaborate gilt & red illustrated decorative border on front cover & spine gilt lettering raised bands silk endpapers a.e.g. NF copy. First Easton Press edition of this beloved collection of Fairy Tale stories by the noted author of Babes in Toyland and the wonderful illustrations of Jessie Willcox Smith. The Easton Press, hardcover
196154811Paris: Printed in France at the Imp. M. Gros 155 rue de belleville 1961. 4to. 10 x 10 in. 14 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated throughout w/ 10 in. 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP inserted into rear pocket still retaining original protective sleeve. Colour-illustrated stiff softcovers slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition in English of this Atlas Tale-Spinners interactive version of the beloved fairy tale with voiceovers including Denise Bryer Jocelyn Page Judith Whale Gillian Wood and Peggy Butt. Bryer b. 1928 is perhaps best remembered as the voice actress as Twizzle in the late 1950s Adventures of Twizzle Terrahawks science fiction series as well as the Junk Lady in Labyrinth. Worldcat locates 1 copy National Library of New Zealand. Printed in France at the Imp. M. Gros, 155, rue de belleville, paperback
19699236Editions A. Et J. Picard. 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Spine mildly sunned. Light edgewear to wraps with a few small chips. Light Creasing to top corners of wraps.; En Francais.; 396 pages . Editions A. Et J. Picard paperback
1985WA6774Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1985. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to full red leather gilt all edges gilt some foxing. Out-of-print thus. <br/><br/>With color plates by Michael Hague. Easton Press hardcover
201215566Latomus. 2012. Softcover. Fine. Among the stories surrounding the legendary foundation of the city of Rome by the twins Romulus and Remus previous scholarly attention has focused primarily on one scene – the depiction of the she-wolf nursing the twins following their miraculous salvation from the floodwaters of the Tiber. This book examines another event in the cycle the conception of the twins in which the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia is visited in her sleep and raped by the god Mars. Some fifty-one examples of the encounter of Mars and Rhea Silvia are analyzed drawn from coins relief sculpture gems wall painting mosaics and pottery covering a time frame from the motif’s origin in the early 1st century B. C. To its disappearance in the late 4th century A. D. An analysis of the scene's iconographical evolution and its documented periods of popularity both in the public and private sphere are associated with contemporary trends in Roman literature religion and art. This monograph on the representation of Mars and Rhea Silvia is not simply a self-contained study of a single motif over a specific time frame. Within the realm of Roman art the book discusses larger issues concerning the relationship between art myth and religion and political propaganda drawing from methodologies of appropriation Kopienkritik word and image semiotics and memory culture. As such the book constitutes a case study whose conclusions may serve as guidelines for the study of Roman art in general.; Collection Latomus Volume 336; 241 pages . 2870312776 . Latomus paperback
19971036Cummington Historical Commission 1997. Paperback. Very good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has light wear and slight fading of spine. Cummington Historical Commission paperback
19945115New York: Derrydale Press 1994 . First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. 8vo 137 pages green cloth small name label on endpaper; glassine dj torn in the repaired publisher's box lacking one edge panel <br/><br/>Copy no. 149 of 322 copies signed by Alvord on the title-page and by its "sponsor" Harold "Pick" Pickering at the end of his letter. 98 pages on Paul the remainder on the North Woods. The first state of 322 copies signed on the title. . Siegel 81; Frazier A1. Nine charming full-page plates by Alvord with a number of humourous black-and-white sketches. Laid in in a memo from the original owner of the book explaining that Alvord was the brother of her friend Charlotte. Alvord was a commercial artist in Superior Wisconsin and told these stories at the Happy Home Club there. Derrydale Press hardcover
19140005909Chicago: Rand McNally 1914 . First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Octavo green cloth spine sunned hinge cracking at frontispiece short tear in the fore-edge of one plate otherwise tight and fresh; attractive period bookplate on front free endpaper. <br/><br/>Seven of the Nights including Sinbad the Sailor. Illustrated by Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Rand McNally hardcover
197530324London: Panther 1975 Book. Fine. Pbk. Reprint. The Cadbury project the search for the true site of Camelothas been a major tourist atraction. Here its secretary examines not only all the conflicting and scarce facts but the remarkable power of the legend itself. Who was Arthur Crisp tight unmarked copy.269p. bibliography. index. Panther paperback
18753624Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. 1875. Hardcover. Very Good-. Former classics scholar's name on ffep Alan E. Samuel. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Foxing to ffeps. Pages are browned. Corners are worn. Light chipping to a few pages. Browning to front cover.; Greek writer of fables who lived probably in the second century AD. Greek text with latin apparatus.; 100 pages . Weidmannsche Buchhandlung hardcover
18547798B. G. Teubner. 1854. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book has been rebound in dark green boards. Edgewear to spine ends light chipping. Rubbing to boards. Light bump to top corners. Front free Endpaper orange has section neatly excised about 1/3. Does not affect text. Inner hinges weakening but firmly attached. Browning to pages. Some foxing.; Text in Ancient Greek; Preface in Latin. Handbook of mythology formerly attributed to Apollodorus of Athens now generally regarded as spurious; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 143 pages . B. G. Teubner hardcover
200414540Ferdinand Schöningh. 2004. Softcover. Very Good. Light rubbing to wraps. Some pencil marginalia to text by R. E. Fantham. Minor shelfwear.; Wohl kaum ein anderer Mythenkomplex griechischen Ursprungs übte auf Rom eine solche Faszination aus wie die Geschichte von den Pelopiden. Welche Bedeutung man dem Thema beigemessen hat bezeugen die zahlreichen Tragödien mit dem Titel Atreus oder Thyestes in deren Zentrum der den sittlichen Tiefpunkt des Geschlechtes markierende Frevel der coena Thyestea stand. Die Untersuchung geht den Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen nach die den außergewöhnlichen Erfolg gerade dieses Mythos ermöglichten. Es zeigt sich dass die große ideologische Aussagekraft die der Mythos im Verständnis des römischen Publikums entfaltete auf die ganz spezifische Gestalt zurückzuführen ist welche der Tragiker Accius dem Stoff in mehreren seiner Dramen verliehen hat.; Studien Zur Geschichte Und Kultur Des Altertums Neue Folge 1. Reihe: Monographien. Band 24; 336 pages . 3506717855 . Ferdinand Schöningh paperback
199418030I. B. Tauris. 1994. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Former owner's name in pencil and blindstamp to ffep. Else very minor shelfwear to book and DJ.; This study in comparative mythology interprets the Greek myths in the light of the mythologies of other Indo-European cultures - Indian Celtic Scandinavian Roman Greek Iranian and Ossetian. The author uses a modified version of the schema proposed by the French theorist Dumezil to consider the profound connections between such works as the "Iliad" the "Odyssey" the Indian epics - the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata" - the Iranian "Book of Kings" and the Scandinavian "Yaglingasaga". The book includes a long critical exposition of the discipline of comparative mythology from its 18th-century origins to the revival of the discipline by Dumezil and his followers from 1938 to the present. It also reassesses the profound critique of Dumezil which linked him with Nazi ideology.; 256 pages . 1850438315 . I. B. Tauris hardcover
200439082University Press of America. 2004. Softcover. Near Fine. 388 pages; In dramatic representations and narrative reports of inner deliberation the Odyssey displays the workings of the human mind and its hero's practical intelligence epitomized by anticipating consequences and controlling his actions accordingly. Once his hope of returning home as husband father and king is renewed on Calypso's isle Odysseus shows a consistent will to focus on this purpose and subordinate other impulses to it. His fabled cleverness is now fully engaged in a gradually emerging plan as he thinks back from that final goal through a network of means to achieve it. He relies on "signs"—inferences in the form "if this then that" as defined by the Stoic Chrysippus—and the nature of his intelligence is thematically underscored through contrast with others' recklessness that is failure to heed signs or reckon consequences. In Homeric deliberation the mind is torn between competing options or intentions not between "reason" and "desire." The lack of distinct opposing faculties and hierarchical organization in the Homeric mind far from archaic simplicity prefigures the psychology of Chrysippus who cites deliberation scenes from the Odyssey against Plato's hierarchical tri-partite model. From the Stoics there follows a psychological tradition leading through Hobbes and Leibniz to Peirce and Dewey. These thinkers are drawn upon to show the significance of the conception of "thinking" first articulated in the Odyssey. Homer's work inaugurates an approach that has provoked philosophical conflict persisting into the present and opposition to pragmatism and Pragmatism can be discerned in prominent critiques of Homer and his hero which are analyzed and countered in this study. . 076183026X . University Press of America paperback
20096721Franz Steiner Verlag. 2009. Softcover. Fine. 183 pages; The constructive and critical-reflexive potential of myth in its varied literary and everyday contexts is the focus of this volume. Taking a wide-ranging interdisciplinary approach the contributions study universal concepts and life models in pre-modern myths from a variety of angles. They focus on humans heroes and gods as the protagonists of myths mythopoietics and the constant actualization instrumentalization transformation and presentation of mythical themes in vase painting architecture and literature. German text. . 3515092943 . Franz Steiner Verlag paperback
