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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
1958008061London: Collett's Holdings Ltd. 1958. A RARE complete run of this early and influential British review filled with substantial authoritative articles. Near Fine in 20th c. green decorative cloth boards a slight musty smell else Fine. A. L. Lloyd 1908-1982; English folk singer and collector of folk songs has been described as "the father confessor of the British Folk Revival".Gramophone May 1967. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collett's Holdings, Ltd. 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
1937006795London: The Viking Society for Northern Research Univ. Of London 1937. RARE. Reprinted from Saga-Book Vol. XII. Fine in stapled wrappers small inked notations top edge front cover. 18 pp. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Society for Northern Research, Univ. Of London Paperback books
1958006602Cairo Egypt: Self-published 1958. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baheega Sidky Rasheed in Cairo and dated by him Jan. 1961 on title page. small corner creases light wear to paper at spine. Stamped " Folklore Institute Reading Collection" on dedication page. 97 pp. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Self-published Paperback books
198527277NY: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0688041450 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover books
1928006685New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1928. Boas' classic treatise on race and culture RARE in the original 1928 First Edition and in collectible condition. 236pp. 10 pp references. Very Good in the original black cloth with paper labels front board and spine spine label a bit darkened and a trifle rubbed cloth a few small rubs contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover books
1937006611Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska 1937. A notable folklore Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Stith Thompson - "Hop skip down the wilderness" BA Botkin 6/30/37". Botkin is best remembered for his "A Treasury of American Folklore" and for his government positions at the Federal Writers Project Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the Works Progress Administration and as chief editor of the Writers Unit of the Library of Congress Project. Stith Thompson is best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume "Motif-Index of Folk-Literature "1955-1958 is considered the international key to traditional material. The book is Good only mostly because of wrappers- old tape mends at spine 1/3 approx. of rear wrapper torn and missing label taped at spine and stamped "Folklore Institute Reading Collection" title page. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. A SCARCE thesis and 1st book for this noted folklorist. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. University of Nebraska Paperback books
1957006613Bruxelles Belgium: Academie Royale Des Sciences Morales et Politiques 1957. SCARCE. pp. 792 fod-out map and a section of black and white photographs at rear. Near Fine prior owner name at top edge front wrapper sticker shadow and slight wear at spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Academie Royale Des Sciences Morales et Politiques Paperback books
197830282NY: Norton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0393090485 . Second edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Norton hardcover books
1938006571Washington D.C.: American Council of Learned Societies 1938. RARE. Very Good tears and some loss of cloth to cloth tape spine chips to corners rear wrapper. a bit age toned. 84 pp. Contents include Introduction; Summary of the Activities of the Committee on Musicology; Name-List of some Persons Engaged in Research and Publication in Musicology and Allied Fields in the United States 1932-1938; Notes and News; Graduate Theses; and General Bibliography 1932-1937. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. American Council of Learned Societies Paperback books
1941006598Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society 1941. RARE. Very Good from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog stamped "Herzog Collection" at title page 1/2" paper loss to wrappers at spine ends light soiling to wrappers.sticker shadow front wrapper paginated 763-904. With numerous diagrams. Davidson was noted for his anthropological work among the Australian Aborigines. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The American Philosophical Society Paperback books
1978005855Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica Paperback books
1982005849Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies 1982. First Edition. Cloth. As New/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies Hardcover books
1978006092Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Turkish Studies 1978. SCARCE. Indiana University Turkish Studies No. 1. Near Fine wrappers evenly browning. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. Indiana University Turkish Studies Paperback books
1959008263Sacramento California: Folk Music Society of Sacramento 1959. RARE. Nineteen separate issues - Vol. 1 Nos. 911; Vol.2 Nos. 2-5 7 11 12; Vol.3 Nos. 2 5-8; Vol. 4 Nos. 1-3 5 6. Spanning the period September 1959 through September 1962. Mimeograph newsletters each one or two pages if two pages then stapled top left. Size 8 1/2" w x 14" h. Fine as Issued. . First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Fine as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folk Music Society of Sacramento Paperback books
1930008099Cambridge MA: Folk - Song Society of the Northeast 1930. RARE Worldcat shows 3 holdings worldwide all in Europe and no individual numbers found in any commercial database. The complete 12 issue run of this seminal folksong journal published 1930-1937 from the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann his folk music-inspired bookplate front paste down. Bound in green cloth with two black leather labels at spine lettered in gilt Near Fine staining to rear board and rear paste down the bulletins are all Fine. The Folk-Song Society was founded by Phillips Barry American academic and collector of traditional folk ballads in New England in 1930 and he edited this journal until his death in 1937. . First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Folk - Song Society of the Northeast Hardcover books
1953008100Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press 1953. RARE in hardcover. Indiana University Publications. Folklore Series 8. Handsomely bound in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt a Fine copy. . First Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana University Press Hardcover books
1978007893Bloomington Indiana: Folklore Institute / Indiana University 1978. RARE. Vol. 4 Monograph Series of the Folklore Publications Group. Near Fine slight curl bottom corner. 92 pp. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Folklore Institute / Indiana University 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
1963006619Allentown PA: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1963. 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". . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 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
1945006648Pennsylvania: Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology 1945. 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. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Paperback books
1931006570York PA: Privately Printed 1931. Hand set in Italian Old Style designed and printed at The Maple Press York PA. Near Fine minor toning to end pages in the original Very Good Minus fragile acetate dust jacket chips and tears at spine 1" x 2 " chip bottom edge and a Near Fine SCARCE slipcase dampstain early reinforcement of edges with linen tape. "An Account and Particular Relation of how that Master Logger so wrought with Babe the Blue Ox and his Companions that many Notable Things were done to change the face of these United States". . First Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Helen Finger. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed. Privately Printed Hardcover books
198435657London: Penguin Books. Near Fine. 1984. Paperback. 0140076026 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. Ninth printing thus paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps. . Penguin Books paperback books
