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19270005609London: "The Children's Companion" Office 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 colour plates plus numerous black-and-whites by H. KA. Robinson. Quarto unpaginated clothbacked pictorial paper over boards a trifle loose extremities rubbed inked name on endpaper. <br/><br/>4 colour plates plus numerous black-and-whites by H. KA. Robinson. A scarce tome. Stories on "The Fairy of Simple Joy" "The Smile of the Sea Princess" " The Magic Knitting" "The Brave Tin Soldier" & "The Little Mermaid". Robinson's artwork is quite colorful and appealing the cover art is softer and more pastel and I am guessing that Robinson was an in-house illustrator for The Children's Companion but I find no listing of him/her in the DICTIONARY OF 20TH CENTURY BRITISH ILLUSTRATORS. "The Children's Companion" Office hardcover
1966008274Boston: American Folklore Society 1966. Typewritten. Very Good. No Binding. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. American Folklore Society unknown
19138182London Aberdeen Glasgow: Various imprints 1913. 8 pamphlets 8vo each retaining their printed wrappers bound together in contemporary blue cloth red leather label ’Medical Pamphlets’ to spine. Some pamphlets a little nicked and soiled to protruding fore-edges. Binding a little rubbed to extremities. Ink ownership stamps of James A. Stephen to flyleaf presentation inscription to third pamphlet: ‘J.A. Stephen from D.R.’ A sammelband of pamphlets assembled by Aberdonian doctor James Stephen with an emphasis on folkloric material and featuring many pieces by his fellow Aberdonian doctor the folklorist Dr. David Rorie. Although uncredited Rorie is probably the author of the pamphlet on the songs and names of the Garioch Medical Association a body he joined in 1905 and most likely the D.R. who has inscribed it making it a presentation copy. The full contents are: 1: Rorie David. Collectanea. Stray Notes on the Folk-lore of Aberdeenshire and the North-East of Scotland. extracted from: Folk-Lore. A Quarterly Review of Myth Tradition Institution and Custom. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. September 30th 1914. pp. 341-364. Original orange wrappers printed in black. 2: Newman Sir George. A Century of Medicine at Padua. London: British Periodicals Ltd. 1922. pp. 38 2. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 3: Rorie David. The Songs and Names of The Garioch and Northern Medical Association With Historical Notes. Printed in Celebration of The Sixtieth Annual Meeting held at The Kintore Arms Inverurie Saturday 27th September 1913. Aberdeen: For Private Circulation. The University Press 1913. pp. 42. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 4: Hay Matthew. Recognition of Professor Matthew Hay. Presentation Ceremony in Aberdeen January 14 1925. Aberdeen: The Aberdeen University Press Ltd. 1925. pp. 36. Original pale green wrappers printed in black. This a subscriber’s copy. 5: MacNaughton W.A. and David Rorie eds. The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. X No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall 1915. pp. 61-92. Original sage green paper wrappers printed in black. Includes articles on Folk-Medicine in Scots Ballad and Rhyme by Rorie and Medicine and Surgery in the Mabinogion. 6: MacNaughton W.A. and David Rorie eds. The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. XII No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall 1923. pp. 65-100 1 plate. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 7: Rorie David. The Mining Folk of Fife. Reprinted from “County Folk-lore” Vol. VII. 1914. pp. 386-419 1 2 double-sided plates. Offprint in original orange paper wrappers printed in black. 8: Mitchell John. Jeannie Lowrie o’ Laichie Toon. Aberdeen: William Smith & Son The Bon-Accord Press 1920. pp. 11 1. Original pale brown wrappers printed in dark brown. [Various imprints] hardcover
191837110Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1918. First Edition. Illustrated with 34 plates. 2 vols. 4to. Original maroon cloth titles in gilt. One corner slightly bumped other minor wear at extremities else very good. Inscribed by the author in both volumes. First Edition. Illustrated with 34 plates. 2 vols. 4to. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf of both volumes: in vol. I "To Mr. William A. Wood with much appreciation for interesting hours at Lichfield and kind hospitality even apart from the Bower Robert Withington" and again in vol. II "To Mr. William A. Wood Robert Withington.". Harvard University Press unknown
192956326Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Press 1929. First edition. xiii 634 pp. Folding map. 1 vols. 4to. Green cloth. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First edition. xiii 634 pp. Folding map. 1 vols. 4to. <br/><br/> Harvard University Press hardcover
198728691New York: Dial 1987. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Spirin Gennady. 1st ptg. Five stories illustrated in color by Gennady Spirin: MacDonald's "Little Daylight" Pushkin's "The Princess and the Seven Brothers" Hoffman's "The Nutcracker" de Cervantes' "The Beautiful Kitchen Maid" and Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes." Signed and dated by Spirin on the title page. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist. Dial hardcover
19932091502135410729Not Available 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
196560131New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1965. 8vo. 254 pp. Frontisp. many illustrations. Brick-red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine slight shelfwear very slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art of Mask of Comedy half-covering African-American face minor shelfwear scuffing 1 small tear lower fore-edge back cover NF/VG copy. First edition of this anthology of humorous African-American folklore jokes some minstrel routines along with selections from W.E.B. Dubois Langston Hughes David Ross Locke George Schuyler Dick Gregory Ossie Davis and others. Sterling 1907-1989 was the author of Rachel Carson’s juvenile biography Sea and Earth 1970 and active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Harrington 1912-1995 was considered by Langston Hughes to be America’s greatest African-American cartoonist and vociferous advocate for Civil Rights and opponent of racism. Grosset & Dunlap, hardcover
193262106New York: The Vanguard Press 1932. Tall 8vo. 279 1 pp. Double-page photo-illustrated title 8 photo plates. Yellow publisher’s cloth rust-coloured decorative toning to fore-edges illustration front cover red lettering on spine rust-coloured upper fore-edge as issued pictorial maps on endpapers minor shelfwear slight rubbing couple corners w/ slight bumping w/ d.j. cover art photo of paddle boat on creek minor shelfwear rubbing a couple very minor closed tears still VG/VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce folklore and ethnology study of inhabitants of the Ozarks over Missouri and Arkansas referred to as “hill-billy†by lowlanders by the noted author and folklorist. Included are sections on “Witches and Witch-Masters†“School on Little Greasy†“Frolic up the Holler†“The Sport of Ballad-Hunting†and “The Singing-Teacher†featuring poetry and music & lyrics in dialect. Randolph 1892-1980 was a folklore specialist of the Ozarks who first began publishing on Ozark superstitions and dialect in 1927 and followed by decades of work including his later work on “Kate Bender The Kansas Murderess†published under the Allison Hardy pseudonym. Exceedingly scarce in the original dustjacket. The Vanguard Press, hardcover
196643700New York: The Folklore Center 1966. Very Good. New York: The Folklore Center 1966. First Edition. Three side-stapled mimeographed foolscap leaves printed on rectos only. Old folds tiny chips and creasing to bottom edge of each leaf else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Lengthy program to the Folklore Center's inaugural poetry reading given by the French-born poet Serge Gavronsky b.1932. The text provides a lengthy biography written by Gavronsky himself hinting at his escape as a youth from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. The program also provides the text for his four-part poem "The Window-Cleaner. The Folklore Center unknown
19238866New York: Harcourt Brace & Co 1923. First edition. 8vo 177pp. Plates vignette illustrations throughout. Publisher's green buckram with printed labels on upper board and spine in illustrated orange jacket. Near fine book in very good jacket with shallow chipping at spine ends and corners fading to spine and a couple of tears. <br /> <br /> First edition of this copiously illustrated overview of masks; both demonic and spiritual in religion and drama of various cultures of primitive man. Harcourt, Brace & Co unknown
19079022London: Cassell and Company Ltd 1907. First edition. 8vo x 3 312pp. Frontis and 7 plates. Presentation copy from the author signed to the former owner on date of publication on half title verso. Publisher's green cloth with black line illustration and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine darkened corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers toned pencil numbering of the fallacies about halfway through. Newspaper clipping tipped in at rear. A very good copy. <br /> <br /> A very curious and scarce book basically a compendium of debunked folk beliefs; or an early version of Myth Busters. Covered are Domestic Fallacies Fallacies Connected with Ourselves Animal Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms Musical Instruments Weather and more. The author deals with palmistry spiritualism and other occult practices. Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann 1867-1951 was a mechanical and civil engineer who served as consultant to the Controller of National Aircraft Factories and secretary of the Society of Engineers in England. Cassell and Company Ltd unknown
19469540New York: Harper & Brothers 1946. First edition. 8vo. 227pp. Blue and yellow stamped black boards in illustrated jacket some fading and minor wear illustrations by Simon Lissim signed by authors on title page very good. Harper & Brothers unknown
19506698Cape Comorin: Hari Kumari Arts 1950. First edition. 9x13cm 12ff with 12 photographs mounted at corners on stiff card stock with captions facing. Staple bound in printed card wrappers. One photo corner chipped otherwise very good. <br /> <br /> Interesting little booklet published by the Hari Kumari Arts Gallery in Kanyakumari India which was established in 1950. Tells the story of Anasuya an ascetic character in the Hindu epic Ramayana wife of Safe Atri and known for her great austerity. According to Hindu tradition Anasuya and Atri lived at Gnanaranya now called Suchindram in India's Tamil Nadu province site of the famous Thanumalayan temple. <br /> <br /> OCLC cites a single holding at the University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library in Australia. <br /> <br /> . Hari Kumari Arts unknown
196763149Rutland VT & Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Publishers 1967. Thick 4to. 623 1 pp. Title in red & black colour frontisp. 15 colour plates over 500 black & white photos. Pictorial red publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt lettered in black & gilt w/ d.j. price-clipped still NF/NF copy preserved in original open-backed slipcase w/ former ownership marking on ffep. First Tuttle edition of this lavishly illustrated work first issued in 1908 carefully examining how Japanese folklore and symbols influenced and permeated Japanese Art. Included is a special index allowing non-Japanese speakers to locate English translation of the traditional kanji or Chinese characters. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Publishers, hardcover
194528944Boston:: Houghton Mifflin 1945. Later printing. A Near Fine copy in orange cloth binding in a Very Good dust jacket with some light edgewear and tape shadows to the front and rear flaps. Uncommon in dust jacket. Long considered the finest collection of Louisiana folktales and customs this anthology of short stories from Lyle Saxon Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant chronicles the tales and legends that emerged from the bayou country more than seventy years ago.On every page are new delights: garlic hangs from the rafters the Loup Garou holds a convention on Bayou Goula spiders dwell in haunted houses and images of St. Rosalia are carried from church to church. All aspects of the bayou state's society are detailed in this wonderful album of Louisiana tradition. Even ghosts haunt the pages including the headless horseman of Natchitoches and the whimsical apparition who startled citizens of Monroe. Houghton Mifflin, hardcover
19842080202103703756Nakatane Town History and Folklore Museum 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Page number: 30p Size: 26cm B5 Nakatane Town History and Folklore Museum paperback
19259859Chicago: Lyons and Carnahan Publishers 1925. First edition. 8vo 355pp. Illustrations throughout by Alexander Key. Publisher's beige cloth with red and black illustration and lettering in original illustrated jacket matching the boards. Book lightly worn at spine ends and corner tips else near fine in a very good example of the scarce jacket with chipping along upper edge of rear panel head of spine and corners. <br /> <br /> Attractively illustrated text for the young reader with Native American Legends grouped by U.S. state and with a pronunciation guide at the rear. From the Long Ago Series by the Chicago text and school book publisher Lyons and Carnahan. We have not before witnessed a copy in the exceedingly scarce jacket. Lyons and Carnahan Publishers unknown
19509919New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1950. Fourth printing. Hardcover in dust jacket with photos facsimiles illustrations throughout. Inscription from van Vechten dated in 1958 to a Janet Brenner via Joe Solomon on ffep. Blue cloth boards with some light edge toning and wear spine ends pushed. Jacket price-clipped and with chipping at spine ends and toning to rear panel. Very good. <br /> <br /> Uncommon inscribed copy of van Vechten's treatise on the cat in history. Sections on the occult folklore music theatre fiction and others. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
19388934Seattle: Printed by C. Ellis Shephard 1938. First edition. 8vo 8 64 1pp. Presentation inscription from Shephard to a T.D. Schindler on the ffep. Printer's ornaments devices borders vignette's throughout. 2pp of musical notation at rear. Bound in beige cloth boards stamped in black on front cover. Few bumps and scuffs to boards clean internally and near fine. <br /> <br /> Scarce book of poetry from American folklorist writer and critic Esther Shephard 1891-1975. Shephard is most well-known for her work Paul Bunyan published in 1924 with an illustrated edition by Rockwell Kent appearing in 1941. As a teacher Shephard held posts at Reed College in Portland the University of Washington in Seattle Lower Columbia College in Longview WA and San Jose State University. <br /> <br /> This collection was printed by her then husband C. Ellis Shephard and contains 31 pieces on topics from Seattle to Dante and Demeter. <br /> <br /> OCLC cites just 6 holdings. Printed by C. Ellis Shephard unknown
198927896New York: Dial 1989. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Pinkney Jerry. 1st ptg. 4to picture book glossy pictorial boards illustrated in rich color throughout by Jerry Pinkney and signed and dated by him with a cartoon of Lion's head on the front free endpaper. Fine in fine unclipped dj with hint of wear to top of spine no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist. Dial hardcover
1955006733Copenhagen: Thaning & Appel 1955 Pictorial boards with wear to spine ends sunned spine. Published in commemoration of HCA's birth in 1805. The verses were recreated by Dutch artist Dagmar Starcke as cloth appliques which were reproduced for this book. Opposite each illustration is an English translation of the verse. This copy was a gift from the artist's sister to her son's pediatrician and it is inscribed by her and includes a brief note. First Edition Thus. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Dagmar Starcke. 12mo. Thaning & Appel hardcover
19699236Editions A. Et J. Picard. 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Spine mildly sunned. Light edgewear to wraps with a few small chips. Light Creasing to top corners of wraps.; En Francais.; 396 pages . Editions A. Et J. Picard paperback
200027913New York: Chronicle 2000. Hardcover. Fine. Pinkney Jerry. Later printing after Chronicle took the title over from SeaStar. 4to picture book paper-covered boards with Jerry Pinkney's dreamy water color illustrations and signed by the artist on the title page. 88pp. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Chronicle hardcover
200031884New York: SeaStar 2000. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Pinkney Jerry. 1st pg. 4to picture book paper-covered boards with Jerry Pinkney's dreamy water color illustrations and signed by the artist on the title page. 88pp. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist. SeaStar hardcover