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192230401New York: Doran 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. Rackham Arthur. 1st US edition. 4to full red cloth with pictorial gilt cover design.16 tipped in color plates and 8 additional pastel colored illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 208pp. A fine bright copy no previous owner's marks. Doran hardcover
1869007788Melbourne Australia: George Robertson 1869. Book. Near Fine. Morocco. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition containing prefaces to First and Second Editions xliii 255 pp with six full page color illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations. Master Tyll Owlglass is the Anglicized name for the German jokester Till Eulenspiegel. Finely bound in lovely Art Deco brown morocco with vertical sets of double gilt rules five raised bands with gilt lettering decorative end pages all edges gilt wide inner dentelles with double gilt rules. Likely an early 20th c. California binding. Bearing the small leather bookplate of Alfred Sutro General Counsel of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company of which organization he had been a director since 1940 and noted bibliophile whose leadership as President of the Book Club of California was indtrumental in its growth. Near Fine original cloth covers bound in front and rear moderate toning to end pages and first few pages two small rubs to morocco at rear joint prior owner name half-title page. George Robertson Hardcover
19921121 O42<p>SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING stated complete number line to 1 Cambridge Candlewick Press 1992 ISBN #156402072X. Deluxe Limited Slipcased Edition #7 of 350 numbered copies. Signed by Sendak and Iona Opie. New and includes publishers paper with original price of $75 and Limitation Number No. 7 on the label. A collection of traditional children's poems and riddles illustrated by Maurice Sendak mostly in color. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed.</p> Candlewick Press hardcover
1929009180Paris: Chez Firmin-Didot 1929 Printed paper wraparound covers over card light soil creasing to spines in a worn marbled slip case. Facsimile reprints of the 1695 editions of Perrault's poems fairy tales and fables limited to a total of 500 copies the first 185 on vellum. This is number 419 or 479 on arches paper. Scarce. Limited Edition. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. Chez Firmin-Didot hardcover
1935003221Los Angeles: Suttonhouse 1935 181 pgs. Blue cloth hardcover titled in gilt mild discoloration of cloth near spine else fine in color pictorial dust jacket with wear at folds small chips to spine ends and corners spine slightly darkened slip case is wornand dusted. A collection of seven prize winning stories illustrated by Pogany with 7 full page color plates and small b&w drawings on almost every page. Uncommon with wrapper and slipcase. First Trade. Hard Cover. Very Good to Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Willy Pogany. 4to. Suttonhouse hardcover
1926010499Philadelphia & London: J B Lippincott Co 1926 229 pgs. Top edge stained red. Burgundy cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt minor wear to extremities; pictorial dust jacket sunned and worn with small losses price-clipped. A selection of folk and fairy tales from India retold for a modern audience. Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates. . First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fair. Illus. by Katharine Pyle. Large 8vo. J B Lippincott Co hardcover
193830284Philadelphia: David McKay 1938. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Marge. 4to full red cloth with color cover plate and interior color plates and line drawings by Marge of Littel Lulu fame. Ogres pirates robbers and wizards in the vein of Thompson's Oz continuation tales. Sticker from Green Dolphin Bookshop affixed to rear pastedown. Fine no dj or previous owner's marks. David McKay hardcover
1913700006Macmillan 1913. This is the scarce and desireable edition that contains 32 full color illustrations by Warwick Goble. This book is a former library copy and does not have the original binding. It has a library binding in red with black designs. Simple black text on spine. Original book has no library markings new rear endpaper attached to library binding show some remnants of card slot removal. No other markings that I can find. 32 colour illustrations by Warwick Goble with captioned tissue-guards all present. List of illustrations indicated that there should be a plate on page 299 "They were very friendly however and inquired her name. Snowdrop' answered she." is actually bound in at page 304. Pages show some soil and foxing wear at edges a few pages have small closed tears. All illustrations were printed on glossy stock paper and show much less soil. 7 inches by 9 inches with 379 pages. Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by WARWICK GOBLE. Macmillan Hardcover
198334385New York: Holt Rinehart Winston 1983. 1st ed. Hardcover. Hague Michael. #341 of 350 copies signed by Michael Hague and containing a specially commissioned drawing that appears only in the limited edition. 4to brown cloth over green tweed cloth in matching brown coth slipcase. With color illustrations throughout by Hague and quite a charming dragon. Fine in slightly faded cloth-covered slipcase with a trace of soil no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist. Holt, Rinehart, Winston hardcover
1950005068Saint Michaels AZ: St. Michaels Press 1950. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 372 pages. Book in English and Navajo with two beautiful fold-out color reproductions of sandpaintings. SCARCE especially so in such lovely condition. Near Fine small date in ink front endpage spine a bit bowed. St. Michaels Press Paperback
1939006603Goteborg Sweden: Dr. Walter Kaudern Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum 1939. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front wrapper - "To G. Herzog with the compliments of A. Metraux". A wonderful folklore Association Copy Alfred Metraux published landmark studies of South American Indians Haitian Voodoo and Easter Island. As a human rights leader he participated in the framing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was a permanent member of UNESCO's Department of Social Science. George Herzog was a noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist who studied under Franz Boas at Columbia University and later assembled the Archives of Folk and Primitive Music at Columbia University. Reprinted without changes of paging from "Ethnological Studies 9 1939 the book is Very Good light soiling and edge wear to wrappers. 127 pp. Stamped Herzog Collection at first page. SIGNED works by Metraux are RARE. Dr. Walter Kaudern, Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum Paperback
180254390George Nicholson Poughnill 1802. First Thus. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Size: 18mo 5 1/2 - 6 1/2". 60 / 49 / vi 23 / 24 / 28 / 24 / 28pp. Rebacked with original boards retained. Gilt titles to spine. Scattered foxing. Previous owner's book-plate laid in and ink signature dated 1804. Edges browned. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Published over the period 1801-2. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Politics & Government; Myths Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54390. . George Nicholson hardcover
19742092902141301096Chuokoron Art Publishing 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 7 Chuokoron Art Publishing paperback
1847000110London: Longman. Brown Green & Longmans 1847. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 2 volumes. Vol. I. pp. viii xxxviii 2 391 1. Vol. II. pp. 4 vii 1 xxii 2 447 1. Frontispiece in each volume. Wood engravings by F.W. Fairholt. Green cloth with gilt front cover image of Medieval knights. Some shelf wear and rubbing. Hinges and corner tips carefully repaired. Inner joints strengthened. Name and date 1858 written in an old hand on front fly leaf of each volume. Some foxing to frontispieces and title pages. Occasional mild marginal soiling on several pages. Otherwise a generally clean copy. An excellent source book of Robin Hood lore. Volume I contains J.M. Gutch's biography of Robin Hood; a printing of the Middle English ballad "The Lytell Geste of Robin Hode" accompanied by a modern English version; W. Hone's "Dissertation upon the Morris Dance and Maid Marian" taken from his "Year Book"; Francis Douce's "A Dissertation on the ancient English Morris Dance" from his "Illustrations of Shakspeare"; "The Lament of Simon de Montfort" in Anglo-Norman French with a translation by Sir Walter Scott; "Life of Robin Hood" - taken from Sloane MS No. 715 - an early biographical sketch of Robin Hood. Volume II contains a collection of many other ballads songs and poems about Robin Hood; "Musical Illustrations of the Robin Hood Ballads" edited by E.F. Rimbault. Lowndes p.2108; CBEL I p.272. <br/> <br/> Longman. Brown, Green, & Longmans hardcover
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
1903010271New York: G W Dillingham Co 1903 Color printed stiff card covers some edge wear and cover soil faint creasing to covers and pages gift inscription in pencil. The familiar fairy tale illustrated in Denslow's whimsical style in color throughout. Scarce. First Edition. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by W W Denslow. 4to. G W Dillingham Co paperback
1937008692Racine WI: Whitman Publishing 1937 140 pgs. Pictorial boards with mild external edge wear inner front hinge strengthened pages age-toned as usual last three pages with edge tears and creases not affecting text; dust jacket frayed with small losses. Mother Goose rhymes some original and some with Disney characters worked into the verses. Fun Disney artwork in color and line throughout. The book was produced with inexpensive materials so few copies survived in collectible condition. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Good Minus. Illus. by Walt Disney Studio. Thick 8vo. Whitman Publishing unknown
1987180527-MYB98Dorset Press 1987. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket illustrated folio 491 pages . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Dorset Press hardcover
197943841Institut Historique Belge De Rome. 1979. Softcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. A bit of chipping to djs. Creasing to corners of some pages.; Vol. 1: 318 pp; vol. 2: 106 pp; Études De Philologie D'Archéologie Et Histoire Anciennes. Tome XVIII . Institut Historique Belge De Rome paperback
65767München F. Bruckmann 1920. . Nr. 130 von 150 numerierten Exemplaren der Normalausgabe auf echt Bütten GA 200 im Druckvermerk SIGNIERT von Max Slevogt. - Rümann 108 c. - Erste Ausgabe des Märchens das der Kunsthistoriker Fritz eigtl. Friedrich Wichert 1878-1951 Direktor der Städtischen Kunsthalle Mannheim während des Ersten Weltkriegs für seine Kinder schrieb u. das Slevogt u.a. zu seinen "Zauberflöten"-Illustrationen inspirierte. - Rücken angestaubt Deckel etwas gebräunt; gutes Exemplar München, F. Bruckmann, (1920). unknown
19612091502135417818Not Available 1961. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 Not Available paperback
1897000015247Philadelphia: William Finley & Co 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 10 vol. 8vo. For pagination please inquire. Half contemporary brown sheep over marbled paper boards ruled in gold gold lettering and decorations on the spines; top edges gilt fore-edges and bottom edges deckled. Green floral endpapers and pastedowns. Title pages in red and black. Illustrated with over 100 photogravures from paintings by the world's best artists these are plates. Edited by Julian Hawthorne and Professor J.P. Lamberton. The Imperial edition limited to 1000 copies numbered 430 on the limitation page and signed by the editor. With excerpts from the literature of the Celts Greeks Chinese Hindus Native Americans Middle Eastern peoples Ango-Saxons and from many other cultures with literary and oral traditions. This is a large set and may require extra shipping. Light wear to the boards' edges. Overall a sharp set. William Finley & Co hardcover
1851008553New York: Elton & Co Publishers 18 Division Street 1851 Pictorial yellow paper wraps overall wear light soil and foxing uncolored. The familiar and sad verse about Jenny Wren with 8 engravings after Harrison Weir followed by 4 pages of the text of The Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go. This copy makes no mention of John McLoughlin and the publisher was located at 18 Division St in 1851 only. Scarce. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Weir . 16mo. Elton & Co, Publishers, 18 Division Street paperback
1938007476New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1938 Red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt which is slightly oxidized light sunning to edges previous owner's name on endpaper; color illustrated dust jacket with wear at folds edge tears creasing original price intact $2.00. This classic Russian fairy tale illustrated with 11 full color illustrations and partial page b&w artwork all by Willy Pogany. A scarce Pogany title in nice condition. . First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover
1974ZB394332Indiana University Research Center for the Language Sciences 1974. volume 7. 1974. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight . - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Indiana University Research Center for the Language Sciences unknown