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1957008852Zurich: Wolfsbergdrucke 1957 Pictorial boards with cloth spine light shelf wear else fine. The classic fairy tale retold by Fischer and illustrated by him with clever artwork in color throughout. Fischer's last book before his death in 1958. Bilderwelt #1662. Early Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Hans Fischer. 4to. Wolfsbergdrucke unknown
67762Zürich Verlag der Wolfsbergdrucke 1957. . Erste Ausgabe. - Doderer Lex. KJL I S. 389; Doderer / Müller Bilderbuch S. 379; vgl. Bilderwelt 1662 16.-30. Tsd. - Hans Erich Fischer "fis" 1909-1958 Schweizer Graphiker u. Maler wurde besonders als Autor u. Illustrator des Kinderbuchs "Pitschi" bekannt vgl. Lex. KJL I S. 388 f.; Histor. Lex. d. Schweiz. - Rücken u. Kopfschnitt stockfleckig Ecken mäßig berieben; innen gut. Zürich, Verlag der Wolfsbergdrucke, 1957). unknown
1957011380<p>New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1957 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear; matching dust jacket with 3" tear at spine fold wear to extremities original price intact $4.50--first edition price was $3.00. The classic fairy tale retold by Fischer and illustrated by him with clever artwork in color throughout. Fischer's last book before his death in 1958. Bilderwelt #1662. Early American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Hans Fischer. 4to.</p> Harcourt Brace & World
1951008850Zurich: Wolfsbergdrucke 1951 Pictorial cover with red cloth spine spine sunned light cover soil and age toned lacks text sheet. A parade of fairy tale characters from 7 different tales including Puss in Boots The Traveling Musicians The Good-For-Nothings King Easter Rabbit The Death of the Rooster The Seven Ravens and The Frog King and His Merry Acrobats. Later published as a panorama leporello binding. Bilderwelt #778. . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Hans Fischer. Narrow Oblong 4to. Wolfsbergdrucke unknown
1927009657Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Page and Co. 1927. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Trade Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at dedication page in blue ink -"And now Margaret here's another of those books so gaily planned." CJF" . Tipped in at rear end page is the author's original manuscript in black ink of his recording of the songs Doo Me Ama and The Female Smuggler which is printed in facsimile in the book at page 4 where Finger states at bottom page 3 and top of p. 4 "Such notes as I made were made furtively and as this book aims to set forth things correctly by way of showing how I made my notes in places where blank paper was scarce here is a facsimile." And indeed the music for those two songs was written on the back of a letter 6' x 7 3/4" with ragged edges dated 10 Mars. March '90 1890 presumably sent to Finger by an unknown writer which includes part of the lyrics for the French folksong Les Trois Hussards. Additionally laid in is a publisher's 3 1/4' x 5 1/2' advertising card for the book The Incredible Marquis : Alexander Dumas by Herbert Goodman. In 1889 at age twenty Finger began to travel extensively visiting first Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. In Chapter One at ps. 15-20 he starts the book with his description of recording these two songs - "Aboard the three-master "The Fairy Queen" .Bill Curzon who was a sailor of the old school sang a song called Doo Me Ama a ballad with a faint Rabelaisian flavour about it ". Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and decorations front cover and spine Near Fine small rubs at corners in a Very Good dust jacket spine sunned small chips at edges. A remarkable Presentation Copy of the First Trade Edition. While Finger is best remembered for his 1925 Newberry Medal Winner "Tales From Silver Lands" his contributions to folklore were also considerable and he numbered Carl Sandburg among his friends and supporters. . Doubleday, Page and Co. Hardcover
1982Q-0394520955Pantheon Books 1982-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Pantheon Books hardcover
1945006648Pennsylvania: Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology 1945. Book. Very Good Plus. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the collection of noted semiotician linguist and folklorist Thomas A. Sebeok his last name signature in ink front end pages of all 4 bulletins. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. In addition to Fenton's 4-part article on the Cornplanter Senecas also contains Autumn L. Leonard's 4 part article "The Presque Isle Portage and the Venango Trail" and other related articles. The bulletins paginated 1-38 39-67 68-101 and 102-136. All 4 bulletins Very Good Plus or better in addition to Sebeok's signature there are handwritten titles on front covers and some marginal notes and checkmarks all in Sebeok's hand. SCARCE as a set. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Paperback
196427166Latomus. 1964. Softcover. Very Good. Signed by author to ffep "with best wishes Bernie". Wraps a bit browned. Faint creasing. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold.; Collection Latomus Volume 73; 63 pages; Signed by Author . Latomus paperback
192136800Oxford Clarendon Press. 1921. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Endpapers lightly browned. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Very solid condition.; 1970 Reprint of 1921 edition.; The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the Year 1920; 434 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
1944008846Zurich: Globi-Verlag 1944 Pictorial boards with cloth spine a bit darkened shelf wear top corner slightly bumped. The famous Grimm fairy tales with stunning color artwork by well-known Swiss graphic artist Herber Leupin including a fabulous dual-page centerfold. Text in German. Stated First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Herbert Leupin. Oblong 4to. Globi-Verlag unknown
1915010865<p>Amsterdam: S L Van Looy 1915 1915 per institutional copies.Pictorial boards with wear to corners old bookstore sticker to endpaper. The old fairy tale Puss in Boots retold in verse and illustrated by the brothers Jan & Mathieu Wiegman in silhouettes and line. Lovely and quite scarce. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jan Wiegman Silhouettes & Mathieu Wiegman Decorations. Small 4to.</p> S L Van Looy
1949009557New York: Limited Editions Club 1949 Three volumes #1302 of an edition of 2500 books Near Fine with slightly sunned spines one volume with a tiny pen mark to cover lacking glassine dust wrappers slip case chipped with wear. Ali Baba signed by Ardizzone Sleeping Beauty unsigned Ugly Duckling signed by the editor Jean Hersholt and Everett Gee Jackson. Signed by Artist. First Limited Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Everett Gee Jackson Sylvain Sauvage and Edward Ardizzone. 4to. Limited Editions Club hardcover
003816New York: Saml Gabriel Sons 1937. Pictorial boards with cloth spine edges rubbed pictures completed; matching dust jacket with wear and soil small losses at corners and spine ends. A collection of fairy tales originally published in 1927 with Becker's illustrations but not a "Put-Together" book. The pictures have all been very neatly completed and are actually very nice to look at. The text is surrounded by lovely green pictorial borders. First Thus. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Saml Gabriel Sons hardcover
1947004410Chicago: Ziff-Davis 1947 1947. Illustrated boards with light shelf wear small abrasion on endpaper in matching dust jacket with minor wear child's sticker over jacket price. A selection of familiar fairy tales arranged for bedtime reading and illustrated in b&w and full color by Violet LaMont. Scarce. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Violet LaMont. 4to. Ziff-Davis hardcover
1955010837Culver City CA: Radex 1955 Circa 1950s. Color printed book-shaped box with light wear slide images are slightly dusty or perhaps it's the viewer. Inside the box is a Radex stereoviewer and six slides with brief text and scenes from Jack and the Beanstalk to be viewed through the viewer appearing 3-dimensional. Uncommon to find complete sets in the original box and with Radex order form laid in. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Radex. Radex unknown
1942006961<p>New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1942 Pictorial boards spine lean faint child's name on endpaper and half title; dust jacket with small losses and light wear price intact $.50. Tales include GoldilocksChicken Little Gingerbread Man Three Little Pigs Red Riding Hood Three Little Kittens and Little Red Hen. Illustrated in line and full color. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Small Square 4to.</p> Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1933009349Racine WI: Whitman Publishing 1933 Color printed covers light soil and wear clean inside the entire book is printed on stiff card with a linen-like finish. The tale of goldilocks told in 12 pages including covers each page with color artwork by Charlotte Stone. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Charlotte Stone. 4to. Whitman Publishing unknown
20132080202102704923University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Law and Literature Department of Human Sciences Folklore Laboratory 2013. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 230 pages Size: B5 size University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Law and Literature Department of Human Sciences Folklore Laboratory paperback
20112080202102705955University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Law and Literature Department of Human Sciences Folklore Laboratory 2011. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 232 pages Size: B5 size University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Law and Literature Department of Human Sciences Folklore Laboratory paperback
1996S9060<p>Nicosia: Politistiko Hidryma Trapezes Kyprou 1996. Brand new. In Greek. Hard cover 29X24 cm 320 pp. 275 images; net weight 1620 gr. ISBN: 9789963420544.</p><p>This extensive and exhaustive study of Cypriot urban costume during the last century of Ottoman occupation presents valuable information derived not only from extant Cypriot items of clothing and jewellery but also from engravings water-colours and rare or unpublished written sources · such as the register with the dragoman Hadjigeorgakis Kornessios's estate and other lists with the estates of deceased persons from Nicosia and Larnaca. The author currently an assistant professor at the University of Cyprus has conducted an original research based on a combination of ethnographical methods and historical documentation. Amply illustrated this luxurious edition is an important contribution to the study of the modern cultural heritage of Cyprus and the preservation of memories and traditions.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>==================================================================</p><p><b>IMPORTANT : The shipping cost in not included in the price. You will have to approve it after the confirmation of the order.</b></p> Politistiko Hidryma Trapezes Kyprou hardcover
200318729Oxford University Press. 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Very faint spotting to top of textblock. Else book is fine. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve.; In this book Andrew Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower. The book seeks to understand the significance of Rome's Trojan origins for the Greeks by considering the place of Troy and Trojans in Greek culture. It moves beyond the more familiar spheres of art and literature to explore the countless overlapping local traditions the stories that cities told about themselves a world often neglected by scholars.; 336 pages . 0199240337 . Oxford University Press hardcover
200316159Oxford University Press. 2003. Paperback. Near Fine. In this book Andrew Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower. The book seeks to understand the significance of Rome's Trojan origins for the Greeks by considering the place of Troy and Trojans in Greek culture. It moves beyond the more familiar spheres of art and literature to explore the countless overlapping local traditions the stories that cities told about themselves a world often neglected by scholars.; 336 pages . 0199265801 . Oxford University Press paperback
1963006619Allentown PA: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1963. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE. From the personal collection of noted folklorist Richard M. Dorson his pencil signature front end page. Near Fine red lettering at spine a bit faded. Posthumously edited with an introduction by John Joseph Stoudt. Volume 25 The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society . 355 pp. initial fraktur letters from the "Ephrata ABC Book". The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Hardcover
198233107New York: Dutton 1982. 1st ed. Hardcover. Jeffers Susan. 1st ptg. large 4to picture book pictorial boards the classic tale illustrated in delicate color throughout by Susan Jeffers and signed by her on the title page. Fine in near fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. signed by the artist. Dutton hardcover
196337929Berlin: Weidman / Apud Weidmannos. 1963. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Minor bump to 1 corner. Slight sunning to spine.; Parallel text in Greek and Latin; prolegomena and epimetra in Latin.; 254 pages . Weidman / Apud Weidmannos hardcover
