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194336557Philadelphia: David McKay 1943. 1st edition US. Hardcover. Pogany Willy. 1st ed. small 4to full green cloth with gilt titling and blind-stamped decorations a collection of tales illustrated in color and shades of gray by Willy Pogany. A fine bright copy in edgeworn price-clipped dj. David McKay hardcover
20052675D. S. Brewer. 2005. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Library barcode on ffep--however no other library markings. Cloth has a tear along bottom of spine-- 2" but does not cut through the actual board.; The essays in this volume offer a general overview and a number of detailed examinations of Arthur's fortunes in two senses. First is the role of Fortune itself often personified and consistently instrumental in accounts of Arthur's court and reign. More generally the articles trace the trajectory of the Arthurian legend - its birth rise and decline - through the middle ages. The final essay follows the continued turning of Fortune's wheel emphasizing the modern revival and flourishing of the legend. The authors all distinguished Arthurian scholars illustrate their arguments through studies of early Latin and Welsh sources chronicles romances in English French German Italian Latin and Welsh manuscript illustration and modern literary texts.; Arthurian Studies LXIV; 1.02 x 9.21 x 6.22 Inches; 288 pages . 1843840618 . D. S. Brewer 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
19762091502135307521Doumura Board of Education 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Doumura Board of Education paperback
195852610Collins London 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi 272pp. Binding firm. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket marked and chipped with slightly faded spine slight loss and a couple of small internal tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. Corner of front end paper cut out. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Myths Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52610. . Collins hardcover
1330258460.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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19972092902143401490Seto City Museum of History and Folklore 1997. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A4 size Seto City Museum of History and Folklore paperback
rja592416<p>UK8vo HB minus issued dw/djillustrated1st edn thus.Originaltrue UK 8vo HBillustrated 1st edn published in 1910 by SmithElder & Co.London.Also issued simultaneously in the US.This UK8vo HBb/w illus is the then new and revised edn by Chapman & Dodd of 1922so a 1st edn thus. VG. No owner inscrptnminus issued dw/dj.Generally bright and clean - apart from an incomplete partial cup-ring to upper boardand basically the major detracting fault - publisher's original brick-red cloth boards with black ink printed caricature illustration reproduced from an internal b/w illustration plate and black ink lettering to front boardblack ink printed lettering to spine/backstrip alsorear board plain: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and sharp corners.Plain grey endpapers with some off-set page edge browning/toning.Top edges slightly aged/tonedfore-edges cleaner and brighter but are lightly and sporadically foxed/spotted; contents generally brighttight cleansolid and sound with very little foxing throughout the text's body - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread.UK8vo HB1st edn thus newrevised9-256pp paginated includes 25 chapters16 frntis unpaginated b/w illustrations by Charles Folkard - all attachedall called for and present throughout the text and the book; plus unpaginated foxed/spotted half-title pageb/w illustrated frntisa lightly and faintly foxed/spotted title page and separate Contents Illustrations lists/tables. Charles James Folkard 1878-1963.Worked as Charles Folkard. Born LewishamLondonson of a printer.Became an expert conjurerandwhile designing his own programmesdiscovered his preference for drawing.Studied at various schools of art including the St John's Wood School of Art.He illustrated nursery literature and children's classics in black and white and full colour with professionalismoften combining naturalistic detail with a strong element of caricature.He was the creator of the Daily Mail's children's strip cartoon Teddy Tail 1915 which continued until 1960and the author of a number of children's plays and pantomimes.He lived in LondonKent and Sussex. <br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.CHAPMAN & DODD,1922. hardcover
20032080202102705973Kasari Town Board of Education 2003. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 118 pages Size: B5 size Kasari Town Board of Education paperback
191250353Boston: Little Brown and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings pages toned . and finger soiling throughout spine cocked. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy rebound in orange patterned reinforced cloth. xii 333pp. Black and white plates and many other smaller elegant illustrations by Alexander Popini. A collection of 41 fairy tales from Grimm and Andersen as well as traditional fairy tales from Greece Norway Roumania Ireland India Turkey China and some other countries. Johnson notes in his introduction that he has edited the stories to remove savagery distressing details and excessive pathos and removed references to cruel fathers and wicked stepmothers. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Little, Brown, and Company 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
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
1988773771988. 1988 Mercantante Anthony THE FACTS ON FILE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY AND LEGEND NY: Facts on File c1988 4th printing 807pp index illus b/w 4to As new hardcover in d/j. unknown
1988LL-b884-08New York: Facts on File 1988 Presumed first edition. 4to. Cloth. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. Containing nearly 3000 entires this remarkable lavishly illustrated encyclopedia presents an incomparable survey of myths fables and legends from around the world. An essential reference work. As-new in as-new dustjacket in mylar cover. Facts on File 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
1911200914-MB15Rand McNally 1911. Very Good Hardcover pictorial cover 12 color plates plus b & w illustrations throughout by Lucy Fitch Perkins . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Perkins Lucy Fitch. Rand McNally Hardcover