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35881Joliet: Volland. 35th ed. Hardcover. Rae John. 8vo pictorial boards illustrated in color throughout by John Rae stories adapted from legends collected by Henry R. Schoolcraft ethnologist and government agent for the lLake Superior country which were published in 1839 under the title "Algic Researches." Fine in near fine box with light wear to corners no previous owner's marks. Volland hardcover
1911010159London & New York: Augener Ltd / G Schirmer 1911 Light blue cloth titled in gilt with oval pastedown light shelf wear and darkening to cloth at extremities a few spots to endpapers mild reading wear. Illustrated with 31 oval illustrations in color and each tune is surounded by a line art floral border. Nursery rhymes are set to music harmonized by Alfred Moffat. . Probable First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Oblong 4to. Augener Ltd / G Schirmer hardcover
193230832London: Oxford University Press 1932. Nicoll Gordon. Small 4to full blue cloth printed in silver illustrated with colored endpapers and 12 tipped in color plates by Gordon Nicoll plus b&W vignettes at the head of each of 20 chapters/stories including Aladdin sindbad and Ali Baba as well as less familiar tales. From the lane translation introduced by E. O. Lorimer. Lightly cocked with faint foxing to early pages and fore edge 1940 gift inscription to verson of front free endpaper very good. Oxford University Press unknown
19630006635Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Dick Martin. Octavo 303 pages white cloth cocked <br/><br/>There was only one printing of this edition. OZIANA p.119. A second edition appeared in 1989. Illustrated by Dick Martin. Reilly & Lee hardcover
19892110502151104988Miyoshi Town Board of Education 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Miyoshi Town Board of Education paperback
1924010263Harrisburg PA: Miller Advertising Company 1924 Color pictorial card cover with cloth spine minor wear clean. Each page contains a nursery rhyme accompanied by a small color illustration by Ray Snow a paragraph about the rhyme it's history and/or meaning followed by text which incorporates a local Harrisburg business. Scarce. Another edition was published featuring businesses from Mechanicsburg. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Ray Snow. 8vo. Miller Advertising Company paperback
1943008757Springfield MA: McLoughlin Bros 1943 Pictorial boards with plastic comb binding light edge wear light internal soil mended tear to last moveable. The famous fairy tale illustrated with six scenes that change when you slide a slotted panel. . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Emma C. McKean. Large Oblong 4to. McLoughlin Bros unknown
1973011184<p>London: Macmillan 1973 Illustrated boards with minor rubbing to extremities matching dust jacket with light edge wear and three creases to front panel that appear to be a manufacturing defect. A book of Danish nursery rhymes illustrated in full color throughout. Humorous. British and American editions issued simultaneously. First British Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by N. M. Bodecker. Oblong 4to.</p> Macmillan hardcover
19952091British Columbia: Theytus Books Ltd. 1995. Paperback. Good . Oversized trade paperback green with a tribal design to the cover. No additional printings stated so assumed to be a first edition. Good condition with all wear being external. Bumping at the corners and at the cover edges and remnants of sticker removal to the top of the rear cover spineward. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is solid with no splits or creases at the spine column. 254 pp. some black and white photos of tribal elders. A collection of wisdom and history from the elders of the Nuu-chah-nulth first nations in British Columbia Canada. <br/><br/> Theytus Books Ltd. paperback
1899006605Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1899. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Kelly and Walsh, Limited Paperback
1949PGS75 Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Allentown: 1948-1949. 1949 256p. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Extremely important and increasingly scarce study of loom woven coverlets. PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY. Hardcover. Very Good. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Allentown: 1948-1949. hardcover
1920007081New York: George Sully 1920 Pictorial boards in pictorial box which is slightly worn with two corners split. The well-known fairy tale illlustrated in color throughout by Julia Daniels. Uncommon edition. Fine. Illus. by Julia Daniels. 12mo. George Sully hardcover
1995011071<p>Kingston NY: Battledore 1995 9 x 6.5 inch. Grey paper folder titled in black ink old tape mark and light creasing to edges houses two cards one an explanation of this unpublished work by Beatrix Potter illustrating an old nursery rhyme compiled by Anne Stevenson Hobbs of the V&A Museum the other a reproduction of Potter's drawing printed in brown ink on fine art paper. #2 of 100 copies 125 copies printed 25 hors commerce. . Loose Portfolio. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Beatrix Potter.</p> Battledore paperback
198829938San Diego: Harcourt Brace 1988. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Hague Michael. 1st ptg small 4to green cloth-backed boards with Michael Hague's color illustrations throughout inscribed with a goofy face sketch by Hague on half-title. Fine in near price-clipped dj with small scuffs to head and foot of spine no previous owner's markings. Inscribed by the illustrator. Harcourt Brace hardcover
198831751San Diego: Harcourt Brace 1988. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Hague Michael. 1st ptg small 4to green cloth-backed boards with Michael Hague's color illustrations throughout inscribed with a goofy face sketch by Hague on half-title. Fine in near price-clipped dj with small scuffs to head and foot of spine no previous owner's markings. Inscribed with a drawing by the illustrator. Harcourt Brace hardcover
19540006636Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/price-clipped. Octavo; x 277 pages tawny cloth slight crease in the last half dozen leaves. <br/><br/>There was only one printing of this book OZIANA p.117. This encyclopedia of Oziana shows nearly 500 illustrations from the original drawings by John R. Neill Frank Kramer and "Dirk" with identifications of over 630 of the characters of the 39 Oz books. Additionally the owner of the book has an alphabetical key to becoming a registered citizen of the Land of Oz. Map endpapers. Reilly & Lee hardcover
1845DEMO015623ILondon: E. Appleyard 1845. Roscoe's Library edition. Hardcover. Very Good. linecuts. 8vo 554 pages half black leather extra gilt spine rehinged <br/><br/>Possibly the first book appearance in English of Sue's August 25 1845 letter to his dedicatee. "This romance was one of the most popular specimens of the roman feuilleton the episodic melodramatic novel published by the cheap dailies of the mid-nineteenth century. The Jew who refused hospitality to Jesus has been doomed to a life of sorrow and wandering until his last descendant shall have died. . It is an interesting very compelling story as good as the best of Alexandre Dumas per - THESAURUS OF BOOK DIGESTS." Illustrated with linecuts. E. Appleyard hardcover
1973008334New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux 1973 Blue cloth very slightly sunned at edges; color pictorial dust jacket worn at extremities a few edge tears with old tape repair on verso original price intact $5.95. Re-telling of an old Cornish play that was performed at Christmas time. Brilliantly pictured by Zemach in color throughout. Caldecott Medal. Very scarce. Stated First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Minus. Illus. by Margot Zemach. 4to. Farrar Strauss Giroux hardcover
74103Kopenhagen Andreasen & Lachmann 1940. . Nr. 479 von 500 num.en Exemplaren für Direktor Ejler Jörgensen s. Druckvermerk. Werbegabe für die Freunde des Verlages mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift des Verlegers Andreasen am Schluß des Vorwortes. Mit Faksimiles von Andersens Handschrift seiner Erzählung aus "Eventyr og Historier" sowie Faksimiles von handschriftlichen Versionen auf Deutsch "Zwölf mit der Post" auch "Die Zwölf in der Postkutsche" Englisch und Französisch einem Text von H. G. Olrik einer Reproduktion des Original-Umschlages von 1861 und 12 farbigen Monatsbildern von dänischen Künstlern. - Einband gebräunt u. etwas bestoßen innen gering gebräunt u. vereinzelt leicht stockfleckig Kopenhagen, Andreasen & Lachmann, 1940. unknown
69563Berlin-Charlottenburg Vita Deutsches Verlagshaus 1911. . Just so stories for little children dt. - Nur so Märchen für kleine Kinder Das Elefantenkind; Wie der Walfisch seinen Schlund bekam; Wie das Kamel seinen Buckel bekam; Wie das Rhinozeros seine Haut bekam; Die Entstehung des Gürteltiers; Wie der Leopard seine Flecke bekam / Nur so Geschichten für Kinder Die Katze die allein spazieren ging; Der Krebs der mit der See spielte; Der Sing-Sang vom alten Mann Känguruh; Wie der erste Brief geschrieben wurde; Wie das Alphabet entstand; Der Schmetterling der mit dem Fuß stampfte. - Einband berieben Rücken gebräunt u. leicht fleckig Besitzvermerk aV. Berlin-Charlottenburg, Vita, Deutsches Verlagshaus, [1911]. unknown
197911817Adolf M. Hakkert. 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Very light shelfwear else Fine. Textblock is foxed.; 265 pages; What relationship if any do the stories preserved in ancient Greek legendary traditions have to real events and circumstances of the periods and places to which they ostensibly refer A wide range of answers to this question is to be found in the works of both popular and scholarly writers not only where it has been debated explicitly but also -and more frequently- where some kind of answer seems to be presupposed in the course of their general discussions of Greek literature and history. The present book sets out to study the development and interpretation of a substantial group of Greek legends associated with one well-known figure who was said to have originated in the East. . 9025607969 . Adolf M. Hakkert paperback
197841890Oxford Clarendon Press. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very light pencilling to margins. Scholar's name to ffep Martin Cropp. DJ spine is sunned and discolored. Faint edgewear to DJ.; 414 pages; Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose Works and Days discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and ancient historians have turned to Works and Days for its insights on Greek mythology and religion. The poem also sheds light on economic history and ancient agriculture and is a good resource for social scientists interested in these areas. This translation emphasizes the activities and problems of a practicing agriculturist as well as the larger changing political and economic institutions of the early archaic period. The authors provide a clear accurate translation along with notes aimed at a broad audience. The introductory essay discusses the changing economic political and trading world of the eighth and seventh centuries B. C. E. while the notes present the range and possible meanings of important Greek terms and references in the poem and highlight areas of ambiguity in our understanding of Works and Days. . 0198140053 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
198718409Oxford University Committee of Archaeology. 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Former owner's name to half-title. Laminate lifting to 1 corner. Else very minor shelfwear.; Oxford University Committee for Archaeology. Monograph No. 12; 140 pages; A comprehensive study of the mythological scenes and isolated mythical figures which appear in Laconian art chiefly on black-figure vases from about 580 BC until the end of the sixth century . 0947816127 . Oxford University Committee of Archaeology paperback
2013210705-MB50Three Hands Press 2013. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket As New. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Three Hands Press Hardcover
19752090202120100941Nihon Bunkyo Publishing 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Nihon Bunkyo Publishing paperback
