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1956002131Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1956. "The following brief study is intended to serve the special purpose of clarifying the history of the gesture of putting the thumb to the nose and the general purpose of showing the interest and variety that may be found in the historical study of gestures." From the collection of noted folklorist Richard Bauman his signature front end page. Fine price rear cover with pencil correction. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica Paperback books
1993008860New York: Scholastic Press 1993. Publisher's promotional poster 28" h x 18"w featuring Troy Howell's cover art for the book. Near Fine faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 28" h x 18"w. Scholastic Press 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
001074Morrow 1986 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-688-06135-4. Morrow, 1986 Hardcover 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
19002440Port Sunlight U.K.: Lever Brothers Ltd. c. 1900. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. Neilson Harry B. Unpaginated. 8 pp. 12 x 9 cm. Charming advertising pamphlet establishing a connection between big business and the homemaker's new purchasing power. The solid yellow bar of soap first introduced in 1884 was one of the first packaged branded soap used to clean clothes dishes and hair. Some light bleeding to illustrations staple rust to spine. <br/><br/> Lever Brothers Ltd. 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
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
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
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
200341984Cambridge:: Candlewick Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0763617229 . The 2004 Newbery Medal winner. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. First printing. Fine in a near fine light vertical crease to rear flap dust jacket with no Newbery Medal emblem on the front panel. . Candlewick Press, hardcover books
001147Lothrop 1987 Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. ISBN:0-688-04045-4. Lothrop, 1987 Hardcover books
1936029077N.pl: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1936. 137p. b/w illus. original cloth partially unopened. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society unknown books
200224454Wooster: Wooster Book Company. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1888683872 . Illustrated by Gwynn Conrad-Wolf. First edition. Slight spine slant else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Wooster Book Company hardcover books
