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1983750821983. ASSOCIATION FOR THE AINU FOLKLORE. FABLES OF MEN HITOBITO NO MONOGATARI Reports on the Ainu Folklore Vol. III. Sapporo: Association for the Ainu Folklore 1983. Paperback 202 pp. Near fine. Trilingual - Ainu Japanese & English renderings of folktales. unknown books
197830282NY: Norton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0393090485 . Second edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Norton hardcover books
197635398Memphis TN: Center for Southern Folklore 1976. 4to pp. 338. Paper wraps. Edges little soiled o/w a nice tight copy. Center for Southern Folklore unknown books
1936029077N.pl: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1936. 137p. b/w illus. original cloth partially unopened. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society unknown books
19382367New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1938. Hardcover. Blue illustrated boards. Very good in good dust wrapper. 137 pages. 19.5 x 14 cm. Songs and poems for children. Illustrated throughout by Isobel and John Morton Sale. Interior clean dust wrapper soiled and chipped. <br/><br/> Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
1981003403Koln Germany: E.J. Brill 1981. Near Fine tiny tear at top edge of rear wrapper. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. E.J. Brill Paperback books
193013078New York: Fleming H. Revell 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 223 pp illustrated with line drawings by Oliver Whitwell Wilson. Brown pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Private library stamp on title page and bookplate on front pastedown brief gift inscription on front flyleaf; otherwise a lovely copy with minimal wear. Folklore of the Bura people of northeastern Nigeria. Say Boas in the introduction "Folk tales.are of particular interest because they illustrate with great clarity the mode of thought the homely wisdom and the ethical concepts of the people. In Africa more than among other so-called primitive tribes many a tale illustrates a proverb relating to the proper everyday behavior. The Negro is fond of moralizing by means of moralizing tales." Fleming H. Revell hardcover books
1993181151Elkton Virginia: Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society 1993. Softcover. VG. edge-wear & light toning to covers. rubbing to corners. interior clean. tight binding. glossy glued white wraps w/ cover illustration & black printing. 127 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Number 143 of 1000 Copies. Profusely illustrated. Each chapter has a short historical introduction on the folk and decorative arts of the Shenandoah Valley. Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society unknown books
1992180787Pakistan: Royal Book Company 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. some light smudging to the textblock edges; contents clean and binding sound; dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Royal Book Company unknown books
1980003830Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1980. From the collection of noted sociologist Allen Grimshaw with his name stamp front endpage and top edge of page block. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page -" To the Grimshaws Affectionately Roger". Additionally laid in is a single page handwritten letter from the author to Allen Grimshaw requesting his help with a reference he was using in the book. The book is Fine in Wrappers As Issued. A nice Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Association Copy. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Paperback books
196830226New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 118 pp. A collection of "strange and humerous tales from many lands". With illustrations by John E. Johnson. A handsome near fine copy in clipped but otherwise near fine dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Withers and dated in year of publication. Nice copy. Holt, Rinehart & Winston hardcover books
1928006635Stockholm: Riksmuseets Etnografiska Avdelning 1928. Very Good 2" triangular chip bottom corner front wrapper. pp. 13 6 of B&W photographs. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Riksmuseets Etnografiska Avdelning Paperback books
1964006796Tucson: The Kiva 1964. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok his name stamp front cover. Seri blue is a paint used by the Seri Indians in face painting. A SCARCE offprint 15 pp. . Reprint. Stapled Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Kiva Paperback books
1904006639Cambridge MA: Peabody Museum 1904. 26 pp. 5 plates and 8 text illustrations. Near Fine sticker shadow front wrapper faint top corner crease some pages still uncut SIGNED in ink "Herzog" front wrapper and stamped "Herzog Collection" title page from the collection of noted folklorist George Herzog. An excellent copy. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Peabody Museum Paperback books
1963006638Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1963. Collected from Oral Tradition. 94 pp. Near Fine toning top edge front wrapper contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of California Press Paperback books
1932006650New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. First Edition stated. Very Good no jacket small sticker shadow bottom edge of spine stamp and blindstamp of Folklore Institute Indiana University front end page and title page respectively. light soiling to cloth. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Woodcuts by Richard Bennett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
1987007409Athens OH: Swallow Press/ Ohio Univ. Press 1987. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR John Matthias on title page to a colleague and friend. Fine in Wraps as Issued. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Trade Paperback Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Swallow Press/ Ohio Univ. Press Paperback books
1935006794Harlan KY: Pine Mountain Settlement School 1935. SCARCE. Both issues Near Fine with vertical or horizontal mailing folds. Both stamped "Herzog Collection" verso from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog. . Appalachians Folk Music "Singing Willie" Nolan. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Paperback books
1966008274Boston: American Folklore Society 1966. Eight pages typed one side stapled top left on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Very Good uniformly browning light soiling. SCARCE piece of American Folklore Society history. The Society was originally founded in 1888. . First Thus. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. American Folklore Society Paperback books
1974005852New York: Gilgamesh Publishing Co. 1974. Text in English and Hungarian. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilgamesh Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1963006606Tempe Arizona: Indian Education Ctr. Arizona State Univ. 1963. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. RARE in the 1963 true First Edition. Very Good Plus prior owner name title page bottom corner creases light soiling to wrappers. Contains 19 stories translated from the Pima language to English and illustrated by the author herself a Pima Indian. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Indian Education Ctr., Arizona State Univ. Paperback books
1937006795London: The Viking Society for Northern Research Univ. Of London 1937. RARE. Reprinted from Saga-Book Vol. XII. Fine in stapled wrappers small inked notations top edge front cover. 18 pp. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Society for Northern Research, Univ. Of London Paperback books
1982005849Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies 1982. First Edition. Cloth. As New/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies Hardcover books
1963006619Allentown PA: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1963. SCARCE. From the personal collection of noted folklorist Richard M. Dorson his pencil signature front end page. Near Fine red lettering at spine a bit faded. Posthumously edited with an introduction by John Joseph Stoudt. Volume 25 The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society . 355 pp. initial fraktur letters from the "Ephrata ABC Book". . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Hardcover books
1949006628Knoxville TN: University of Tennessee Press 1949. 67 pp. SCARCE. Near Fine sticker shadow front wrapper. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of Tennessee Press Paperback books
