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1845007972London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1845. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges binding solid contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover books
1905006666New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine small inked letter bottom corner front end page gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth gilt titles and decorations bright tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants vii-xv 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
1935006562New York: Columbia University Press 1935. RARE extract. Paginated 389-515. Very Good Plus from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog his signature last name in ink top edge front cover sticker shadow front cover wrappers toned at edges. Printed on cover and title page as coming from Vol. IV pencil corrected to Vol. III. . First Edition Thus. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Columbia University Press Paperback books
1896007624London: David Nutt 1896. Two volumes in publisher's original blue cloth gilt stamped lettering at spine and gilt stamped emblems front boards dark brown end pages. Very Good Plus end pages browned light rubbing to cloth at tips prior owner name spine a shade darkened. Bindings are tight text is clean and unmarked. A handsome set. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. David Nutt Hardcover books
200441938London: Orion 2004. First edition first prnt. Illustrated by Geoffrey Taylor. Signed by Paver on the title page. Includes an illustrated booklet with the same title containing the first four chapters of the novel and author's note distributed for promotional purposes by Ottaker's. 5.5 x 8.5 inches glossy pictoral stapled wraps. 30pp. The booklet is an unread copy in Fine condition. The book is an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. First volume in Paver's "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series. Paver's first book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Excerpt. Orion Hardcover books
1890007971London: The Folk-Lore Society 1890. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society No. XXV. Printed in Gaelic and English on facing pages. Bookplate of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society front paste down along with small seller's label. Bookplate of noted Celtic scholar and folklorist Edgar M. Slotkin verso front end page. Very Good slight spine lean light wear to cloth at edges scant toning at end pages. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Folk-Lore Society Hardcover books
1959008263Sacramento California: Folk Music Society of Sacramento 1959. RARE. Nineteen separate issues - Vol. 1 Nos. 911; Vol.2 Nos. 2-5 7 11 12; Vol.3 Nos. 2 5-8; Vol. 4 Nos. 1-3 5 6. Spanning the period September 1959 through September 1962. Mimeograph newsletters each one or two pages if two pages then stapled top left. Size 8 1/2" w x 14" h. Fine as Issued. . First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Fine as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folk Music Society of Sacramento Paperback books
2003108087NY: Knopf 2003. First trade edition first prnt. First hardcover edition. Preceded by a self-published paperback edition. Signed by Paolini on the title page. Shallow short wrinkle on the dustjacket spine topedge not immediately apparent; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
1899006605Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker 1849-1926 was a barrister and noted China scholar and although not a trained linguist his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kelly and Walsh, Limited Paperback books
1974006590Norwood PA: Norwood Editions 1974. A limited edition of 100 copies. SCARCE. Fine in blue cloth gilt title at spine. Reprinted from v.2 of the 1903-07 ed. of "The House of Gordon" edited by J.M. Bulloch printed for the New Spalding Club Aberdeen Scotland which was issued as no. 26 and 33 of the New Spalding Club publications. Pages numbered 3-101 at top also paginated 513-611 at bottom contains 22 songs. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Norwood Editions Hardcover books
1898006557London: Henry Frowde 1898. RARE in the First Edition. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page gilt titles and designs cloth a bit faded at spine end pages toned light rubbing to cloth at tips overall a well-cared for and lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Frowde Hardcover books
1928006685New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1928. Boas' classic treatise on race and culture RARE in the original 1928 First Edition and in collectible condition. 236pp. 10 pp references. Very Good in the original black cloth with paper labels front board and spine spine label a bit darkened and a trifle rubbed cloth a few small rubs contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover books
1960008114Chico State College Chico CA: California Folklore Society 1960. RARE. The complete first two volumes of this occasional newsletter from Vol. 1 No. 1 Sept. 1960 through Vol. 2 No. 9 Jun. 1969 16 issues in Vol. 1 and 9 issues in Vol. 2. 4 1 6 5 8 3 7 6 108 103 pp. Bound in black notebook Near Fine some mailing labels present just a hint of musty smell. From the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann. A true rarity in the folklore world !. First Edition. Binder. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. California Folklore Society Paperback books
1959008083Newport RI: Board of Directors Newport Folk Festival 1959. RARE program for the First Newport Folk Festiaval 24 pp. featuring daily programs and two artist biographies with black and white photos per page Introduction by Billy Faier editor and publisher of CARAVAN magazine. In original stapled pictorial wrappers Very Good foxing and slight discoloration to wrappers. Featured artists included are: Pete Seeger Odetta Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Josh White The New Lost City Ramblers Memphis Slim The Stanley Brothers The Kingston Trio Earl Scruggs Jean Ritchie and Bo Diddley among others. . First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Board of Directors, Newport Folk Festival Paperback books
1910007966N.Wales: Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only 1910. Bound in half vellum over dark blue buckram gilt rules and lettering top edge gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. Near Fine corners bumped small tear to buckram top edge rear cover. An unnumbered copy on Japanese Vellum Paper. . Limited Edition. Half Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only Hardcover books
1888007970Liverpool: L. Foulkes 1888. First published for the Welsh MSS. Society in 1848 this the 1888 Second Edition. Very Good in publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering the boards blind tooled corners a bit turned in scant toning at end pages only 1938 gift inscription and the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. A handsome and well-bound copy and SCARCE THUS. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. L. Foulkes Hardcover books
191837110Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1918. First Edition. Illustrated with 34 plates. 2 vols. 4to. Original maroon cloth titles in gilt. One corner slightly bumped other minor wear at extremities else very good. Inscribed by the author in both volumes. First Edition. Illustrated with 34 plates. 2 vols. 4to. Presentation copy. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf of both volumes: in vol. I "To Mr. William A. Wood with much appreciation for interesting hours at Lichfield and kind hospitality even apart from the Bower Robert Withington" and again in vol. II "To Mr. William A. Wood Robert Withington.". Harvard University Press unknown books
1958008061London: Collett's Holdings Ltd. 1958. A RARE complete run of this early and influential British review filled with substantial authoritative articles. Near Fine in 20th c. green decorative cloth boards a slight musty smell else Fine. A. L. Lloyd 1908-1982; English folk singer and collector of folk songs has been described as "the father confessor of the British Folk Revival".Gramophone May 1967. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collett's Holdings, Ltd. Hardcover books
1889008058No Place: Privately Printed 1889. #35/52 copies privately printed. xl 585 pp. Bound in contemporary dark blue pebbled morocco over blue buckram boards blue end papers top edge dyed red. Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges of morocco. Unique bookplate of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research bottom corner front end page with its faded call letters bottom edge of spine. A wonderful provenance. Limited and Numbered Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed Hardcover books
1948008115Chapel Hill North Carolina: The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina 1948. RARE. Volumes 1-8 with Vol. 9 No.3 An Analytical Index to North Carolina Folklore Vols I - VIII. Bound in later 20th c. green cloth gilt lettering at spine Near Fine slight musty smell. Includes story " A Job of Work" by Manly Wade Wellman. Numerous folk songs and ballads many with music and numerous stories and articles on North Carolina folklore. Individual issues SCARCE this collection of the first eight volumes RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina Hardcover books
1909007965N. Wales: Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only 1909. Near Fine in original beige publisher's cloth Series of Welsh Texts emblem stamped in black front cover small bottom corner bump the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. Colophon states " Six hundred copies of this work were printed at the Private Press of the Editor in 1900-03; Nos. 1-110 on Japanese Vellum paper; 111-285 on toned linen-made paper; 286-600 on deckle-edge paper." This copy unnumbered on toned linen-made paper unnumbered and copy right page date of MDCCCCix 1909. Volume xi of the Series of Old Welsh Texts. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only Hardcover books
1878VBF05Folklore<br /><br /><i><b>English Folk-Lore</b></i> by T. F. Thiselton Dyer.<br /><br />London: Hardwicke & Bogue with a rare announcement slip at the front endpaper dated 1 July 1879 with change of address and business name 1878.<br /><br />8vo viii 290pp vi adverts 32pp catalogue dated November 1878; original brown cloth gilt-titled on front cover and spine.<br /><br /><b>First edition</b> of this fascinating history and discussion on English folklore created and published in response to the formation of the Folk-Lore Society U.K. earlier this same year. It includes an interesting look into English folklore: plants the moon birds animals charms birth death marriage and more. Written by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer a curate who was known for his popular non-fiction works including 'British Customs: Past and Present' and 'Strange Papes From Family Papers'. Hardwicke & Bogue, with a rare announcement slip at the front endpaper dated 1 July 1879 with change of address and business nam hardcover books
1947008095New York: Moe Asch DISC Company of America 1947. 48 pp. Illustrations by Woody Guthrie and York Cunningham Jr. Contains a short biography reminiscences and a collection of Guthrie's song lyrics. Very Good in original wrappers rubbed at spine edge and bottom corner rear wrapper residue along spine edge small stain inside rear wrapper and rear end pages. A quite nice copy of this SCARCE Woody Guthrie book. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. Moe Asch, DISC Company of America Paperback books
1937006611Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska 1937. A notable folklore Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Stith Thompson - "Hop skip down the wilderness" BA Botkin 6/30/37". Botkin is best remembered for his "A Treasury of American Folklore" and for his government positions at the Federal Writers Project Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the Works Progress Administration and as chief editor of the Writers Unit of the Library of Congress Project. Stith Thompson is best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume "Motif-Index of Folk-Literature "1955-1958 is considered the international key to traditional material. The book is Good only mostly because of wrappers- old tape mends at spine 1/3 approx. of rear wrapper torn and missing label taped at spine and stamped "Folklore Institute Reading Collection" title page. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. A SCARCE thesis and 1st book for this noted folklorist. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. University of Nebraska Paperback books
1843008932Hartford CT: S. Andrus and Son 1843. Recent expert reback with new back with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering and rules original embossed calf boards new end papers original marbled edges. Three frontis illustrations numerous illustrations in text 520 pages. Early prior owner gift inscription in pencil preserved at front paste down prior owner gift inscription in ink at title page. Uniform browning to pages scattered spotting. Overall a quite handsome copy. . First American Edition. Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. S. Andrus and Son Hardcover books
