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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
1887DEMO013716IBoston: Roberts Brothers 1887. Deluxe Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Wilhelm von Kaulbach. 4to 342 pages new full dark morocco leather spine label original pictorial top cover bound in at rear .top edge gilt fore-edge untrimmed; ex libris A. Freiberg of Cincinnati. <br/><br/>No. 224 of 400 copies printed for America of the English Edition De Luxe. Twelve India Proof steel engravings after Joseph Wolf engraved by Augustus Fox. Modern form of the traditional legend of REINHART FUCHS. "Under the veil of animals the symbolic representations of the diverse passions of men stand boldly in relief ." Roberts Brothers hardcover
18938837London: David Nutt 1893. First edition thus Bibliotheque de Carabas Vol. VIII. 8vo lxv 5 92 2pp ads at rear. Frontis plate by Lockhart Bogle and one other vignette illustration preceding the Kirk text. Stitched in publisher's plain card wraps with printed paper jacket. Deaccession stamps and labels from Boston library to title and inner front cover worming to edge of ffep else clean internally. Staining to jacket spine mostly chipped away with remaining portion neatly adhered. A good sound copy. <br /> <br /> Gaelic folklorist Robert Kirk's 1644-1692 famous treatise on fairly folkore witchcraft and second sight. This edition published by David Nutt contains a lengthy introductory commentary by Andrew Lang. Scarce. . David Nutt unknown
18916815London: Walter Scott 1891. First edition. 8vo vii 372 4pp. publisher's ads at rear. Burgandy cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Bookplate of H. Ringwood Peace an expert on Irish fairy tales to front pastedown. Later ownership signature on ffep. Spine sunned with wear at ends and corners. Very good and sound. <br /> <br /> Interesting work from Hartland 1848-1927 whose works focused on folklore and mythology from a ethnological perspective. This book contains sections on Fairy Births and Human Midwives Changelings The Supernatural Lapse of Time in Fairyland Swan-Maidens and others. Walter Scott unknown
185345066Philadelphia: J.W. Moore 1853. Tall 8vo. 383 1 pp. Engravd frntsp. numerous engravd plates woodcut-engraved historiated initials and text illustrations. Dark-blue embssd cloth gilt lettrng & decrtn on spine a.e.g. interior foxing chppng hd & ft of spine soilng varished covrs wear rubbng couple interior clsd tears reference copy w/ frmr ownrshp signatures on endpapers. Early illustrated edition of this anthology of Irish fairy tales folklore and short stories. J.W. Moore, hardcover
1899009612No Place: Juvenile Publishers 1899 Unpaginated. Pictorial boards accented in gilt cloth spine corners worn edges rubbed clean overall with a few signs of use internally. The publishers really tried to pack a lot into this one little book! We start out with an alphabet with two examples and brief verse for each letter then we go on to counting then days of the week then months and finish off with some natural history. Peppered throughout the book are Mother Goose rhymes. The book is illustrated in two-color plus line art printed with blue ink and there is a color frontis depicting Little Red Riding Hood. There are even some Wain-esque cats! Something for everyone really. . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo. Juvenile Publishers unknown
18794999253Madrid: Gaspar 1879. Bound in 1/4 leather with red pebbled boards sunning to both panels. Endpapers professionally reatored and book tightened. Ex-college library with one faint stamp at bottom of title page. 365 pp. A very early copy of this book of fairy tales by Andersen printed in Spanish of course. Only five 5 copies on OCLC. Exceedingly scarce. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Con Grabados. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gaspar Hardcover
18700913636London: Bell & Daldy 1870. Bound in green cloth stamped in gold and black. All edges gilt top edge faded a bit. Some scuffing to spine but type still very readable. A handsome early copy in English of this 542 pp. book of Fairy Tales by the master storyteller. Handsome tight copy. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bell & Daldy Hardcover
18992221708<p>ORIGINAL 14 PARTS</p><p>First edition in the original 14 parts. 11" x 8 1/2" circa 400 b/w illustrations by Lemercier and Helen Stratton who gets sole credit on the title page. Original stitched green pictorial wrappers. Part 14 with half title title page contents and list of illustrations 320 pages. No dust jacket. Very good minor rubbing; signs of handling and some light foxing. Scarce.</p><p>Printed by Butler & Tanner The Selwood Printing Works.</p><p>Some illustrations in first two parts are signed "Lemercier" in the plate.</p> George Newnes paperback
189313006London: Lawrence & Bullen 1893. Limited ed. Hardcover. Weguelin J.R. #123 of 150 numbered copies 4to imitation parchment stamped in gilt. Translated by R. Nisbet Bain. J.R. Weguelin's illustrations were printed on tissue and mounted to the page then protected with tissue guards. Owner's name and date to front pastedown lightly edgeworn with soiling to cover and mild foxing to preliminaries else a very good copy of an uncommon collection of classic tales. Lawrence & Bullen hardcover
1853004458Schoonhoven: S.E. Van Nooten 1853 160 pagina's. 1 Gravure / titelplaat door W.F. Wehmeyer / H.F.C. ten Kate. Vertaling door C.M. Mensing. Kleine gebruiksspoortjes. 1ste / 1st. cloth / linnen hardcover. good / goed. A5 formaat. S.E. Van Nooten hardcover
1897006554London and Chicago: David Nutt and Way and Williams 1897. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. # 218 of an edition of 300 copies on hand-made paper for America there were also 50 copies on Japan paper for America and the same 350 copies with the same papers for London. Translated from the edition of the abbe J.J. Bourasse Tours 1858 by Andrew Lang. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp front end page and blindstamp title page spine a bit darkened closed 2" tear at top edge of spine. Illustrations by Selwyn Image. David Nutt and Way and Williams Hardcover
189946900George Newnes London 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Illustrator: W. H. Robinson Helen Stratton A. D. McCormick A. L. Davis & A. E. Norbury. Size: 4to <12". viii 472pp. Pencil illustration to rear end paper. Hinges cracked. Rear joint mostly split with spine coming away from rear board. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges gilt in good condition. Rear end paper nearly loose. Several hundred illustrations. Illustrator: W. H. Robinson Helen Stratton A. D. McCormick A. L. Davis & A. E. Norbury. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Early & Medieval 10th to 15thc; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 46900. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. George Newnes hardcover
18753624Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. 1875. Hardcover. Very Good-. Former classics scholar's name on ffep Alan E. Samuel. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Foxing to ffeps. Pages are browned. Corners are worn. Light chipping to a few pages. Browning to front cover.; Greek writer of fables who lived probably in the second century AD. Greek text with latin apparatus.; 100 pages . Weidmannsche Buchhandlung hardcover
18547798B. G. Teubner. 1854. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book has been rebound in dark green boards. Edgewear to spine ends light chipping. Rubbing to boards. Light bump to top corners. Front free Endpaper orange has section neatly excised about 1/3. Does not affect text. Inner hinges weakening but firmly attached. Browning to pages. Some foxing.; Text in Ancient Greek; Preface in Latin. Handbook of mythology formerly attributed to Apollodorus of Athens now generally regarded as spurious; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 143 pages . B. G. Teubner hardcover
18992020181Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Company 1899 . Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. W.W. DENSLOW. Quarto 102 unnumbered pages pictorial boards rubbed edgeworn corners worn rebacked in brown leather with new endpapers. Ex libris Elsie Walch 1929. Note: it appears that young Elsie helpfully provided pencilled page numbers at the top of each page. <br/><br/>Verse by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow who of course also did THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ the next year. Hand-lettered by Ralph Fletcher Seymour his first big job after arriving in Chicago from Indiana. and before he began his Alderbrink Press. The final page is a drawing of Ralph Seymour by W. W. Denslow. Geo. M. Hill Company hardcover
19000005500Chicago: George M. Hill Company 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Good. W.W. DENSLOW. Quarto 84 pages pictorial boards rubbed edgeworn corners worn rebacked in brown leather with new endpapers. <br/><br/>Verse by L. Frank Baum. Music by Alberta N. Hall. There was only one printing of this edition. Bienvenue & Schmidt p. 171 report no known copies with a dust jacket. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow who of course also did THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. George M. Hill Company hardcover
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
1898006557London: Henry Frowde 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Henry Frowde Hardcover
1885008866London: George Routledge & Sons 1885 8" x 9.5". 24 pgs. Paper wraps front cover printed in color edge wear closed tear near base of spine old bookseller sticker inside front cover. Published between 1886 and 1900 based on rear cover titles and size of book. This was Caldecott's last shilling picture book. The text a nonsense verse was written by Samuel Foote allegedly to test the actor Macklin who boasted that he could memorize anything with a single read-through Osborne pg 63. Illustrated with 6 color plates the balance in line. The best part is there is a bear wearing a dress!. Thwaite pg 197 Muir English Children's Books pg. 199 and British Book Illustrators 1860-1900 pg 36 C20. . Early Edition. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott. Small Oblong 4to. George Routledge & Sons unknown
1824001300London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme &. 1824. fifth edition edition. hardcover. 376 pp Good-/- half-leather binding shows wear & rubbing overall. repair to spine binding solid two pages ragged at bottom edgeone. blind stamp library bookplate on front end page. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & hardcover
1889008058No Place: Privately Printed 1889. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #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. Privately Printed Hardcover
1890007971London: The Folk-Lore Society 1890. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. The Folk-Lore Society Hardcover
183238233Philadelphia: Carey & Lea. Good with no dust jacket. 1832. 1st. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Light to moderate spotting. Paper covered boards. Unopened. Half titles present. Morgenthauer vol II c. Sound copies. A novel of 16th century Germany that focuses on the friction between the classes and the darker side of the Reformation. . Carey & Lea hardcover
1888009536London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1888 48 pgs. Grey-green cloth pictorially stamped in red ink cloth rubbed gift inscription thumbing to pages 2 pin holes through a number of pages. A facsimile of Doyle's 1842 manuscript which was sold at auction by Christie's and eventually published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1888. Each page contains hand-lettered text and color artwork reproduced from Doyle's manuscript. Scarce. Osborne pg 29. . Pictorial Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Richard Doyle. 4to. Eyre & Spottiswoode hardcover
