87 résultats
1959008272London: Reg Hall 1959. RARE. Only 4 numbers published during the course of 1959 still an influential and useful source in the early heydays of the folk music revival in England. Overall Near Fine the summer issue with bottom corners creased two of the four numbers with "return to Pete" in red ink front covers. Laid in a 4 page handwritten letter from Reg Hall editor and publisher of Ethnic to Irwin Silber editor of the highly influential Sing Out ! A Folk Song Magazine which he co-founded with Pete Seeger and for which he served as editor from 1951 to 1967. Silber also founded Oak Publications. In the letter which begins " Dear Mr. Silber Thank you for your letter. I think it would be extremely important to us both to exchange copies of our magazines and I have entered your address in our files". Hall goes on to talk about Ethnic's editorial viewpoint apologizes for a misunderstanding over his reference to and use of the term "hootenanny" requests comments and criticisms discusses British traditional singers and offers his hospitality and advice on "who to see and hear and contact" for anybody coming to England. " In an aggressive style Ethnic championed the collection and study of authentic traditional style and repertoire in contradistinction to what its editors saw as a burgeoning revival movement based on false principles little knowledge and cosy middle-class fashion. The magazine included several important articles based on first-hand experience such as one on May Day at Padstow in issue number three and several on particular singers and musicians and its criticisms are also useful for evidence of a critical time in the post-war development of folklore studies and the folk-song and dance revival." From: Ethnic in A Dictionary of English Folklore Oxford Univ. Press 2000. . HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reg Hall Paperback books
200441938London: Orion 2004. First edition first prnt. Illustrated by Geoffrey Taylor. Signed by Paver on the title page. Includes an illustrated booklet with the same title containing the first four chapters of the novel and author's note distributed for promotional purposes by Ottaker's. 5.5 x 8.5 inches glossy pictoral stapled wraps. 30pp. The booklet is an unread copy in Fine condition. The book is an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. First volume in Paver's "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series. Paver's first book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Excerpt. Orion Hardcover books
1914006621London: Luzac & Co. 1914. SCARCE in 1914 First Edition. In original red cloth top edge gilt Very Good 1 1/2" tear to cloth top edge at spine cloth rubbed at tips stamp and blindstamp of the highly-regarded Folklore Institute Indiana University front end pages. Stories of cultivating caste lower castes Western Provinces & Southern India & Sinhalese texts. With index 479 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Luzac & Co. Hardcover books
1899006605Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker 1849-1926 was a barrister and noted China scholar and although not a trained linguist his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kelly and Walsh, Limited Paperback books
1904006639Cambridge MA: Peabody Museum 1904. 26 pp. 5 plates and 8 text illustrations. Near Fine sticker shadow front wrapper faint top corner crease some pages still uncut SIGNED in ink "Herzog" front wrapper and stamped "Herzog Collection" title page from the collection of noted folklorist George Herzog. An excellent copy. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Peabody Museum Paperback books
1897006573London: David Nutt 1897. Near Fine in the original green cloth wonderfully decorated in gilt top edge gilt purple end pages illustrated chiefly from photographs by A. M. Dixon 351 pp. fold-out map Fine from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page no other markings or indications. Golspie is a village in Scotland on the North Sea coast. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. David Nutt Hardcover books
1951008276Palmer Michigan: National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange 1951. RARE. 16 issues of Disc Collecto; Official Organ of National Hillbilly Record Collectors' Exchange later renamed Disc Collector: "The Country Record Collectors Bible". This mimeographed country and folk music journal which has been called a veritable "research discography". Published quarterly starting in 1951 the 16 issues are Vol. 1 Nos.1-4 1951; Vol. 2 Nos. 1-3 1952; and Nos. 10 12-19 1957-1961. With a hand-written artist index on 4" x 6" index cards giving artist name issue number and page number no indication of author but from the collection of noted folklorist Frank Hoffman. Additionally Disc Collectors New Letter Nos. 1-5 Jan.-Sept. 1964 along with 2 pages of New Releases and a blank application for membership to Disc Collectors Record Club. Very Good or better overall slight musty smell assorted small corner creases. A remarkable and RARE treasure trove for the collector of early country and folk music. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange Paperback books
1869007788Melbourne Australia: George Robertson 1869. New Edition containing prefaces to First and Second Editions xliii 255 pp with six full page color illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations. Master Tyll Owlglass is the Anglicized name for the German jokester Till Eulenspiegel. Finely bound in lovely Art Deco brown morocco with vertical sets of double gilt rules five raised bands with gilt lettering decorative end pages all edges gilt wide inner dentelles with double gilt rules. Bearing the small bookplate of Alfred Sutro English author dramatist and translator of the works of Maurice Maeterlinck. Near Fine original cloth covers bound in front and rear moderate toning to end pages and first few pages two small rubs to morocco at rear joint prior owner name half-title page. . New Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Robertson Hardcover books
008268New York: Corydon Publications Inc. No Date circa early 1970s. 20 pp. in stapled wrappers. Fine as issued. Loaded with classified advertisements for swingingers with black and white nude photographs numerous ads for sex-related items. Named the Pioneer Swinger in honor of Eddie Abel of "the Corydn Insider" fame. Intended for swingers in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and members of the Jet Set Club founded in Dallas in 1971. SCARCE. . First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Corydon Publications, Inc. Paperback books
1793WRCLIT65501Vienna: Herausgegeben von den Unternehmern von Ovids Verwandlungen i.e. Schaumburg 1793. 1251pp. plus engraved title and 24 plates. Small quarto. Contemporary calf and boards raised bands gilt labels. Binding extremities shelfworn small nick at crown of lower joint the engravings exhibit varying amounts of sporadic light foxing else a very good crisp copy. Second edition. An ambitious pictorial representation of the pantheon of the gods of mythology accompanied by relevant quotations in classical languages with German translations and commentary. The copperplate engravings bear cutlines attributing them to J.G. Mansfield J. Stöber J. Gerstner et al. OCLC/Worldcat locates a 1790 edition and reprintings continued to appear into the 1820s. Herausgegeben von den Unternehmern von Ovids Verwandlungen [i.e. Schaumburg] hardcover books
192056445Paris: F. Sant'Andrea et L. Marcerou 1920. First edition. 2 vols. Folio. Half tooled leather over patterned papered boards. Spines lightly rubbed hinges tender else Fine. First edition. 2 vols. Folio. F. Sant'Andrea et L. Marcerou unknown books
178556791Paris: L'Auteur ; 1785. First edition. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf spines with red and green morocco lettering pieces gilt emblems marbled endpapers. Head of volume II a little rubbed corners and edges likewise but overall a very attractive binding from the period and internally immaculate. First edition. 2 vols. 12mo. A very interesting work on the part of this enterprising author who laments the lack of any single guide ito the myths of the Greeks and Romans and aims to supply a "useful and pleasant work" to the public and "especially to women" OCLC 39209520 one copy L'Auteur ; unknown books
1939006603Goteborg Sweden : Dr. Walter Kaudern Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front wrapper - "To G. Herzog with the compliments of A. Metraux". A wonderful folklore Association Copy Alfred Metraux published landmark studies of South American Indians Haitian Voodoo and Easter Island. As a human rights leader he participated in the framing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was a permanent member of UNESCO's Department of Social Science. George Herzog was a noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist who studied under Franz Boas at Columbia University and later assembled the Archives of Folk and Primitive Music at Columbia University. Reprinted without changes of paging from "Ethnological Studies 9 1939 the book is Very Good light soiling and edge wear to wrappers. 127 pp. Stamped Herzog Collection at first page. SIGNED works by Metraux are RARE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Dr. Walter Kaudern, Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum Paperback books
199810320North Haven: Linnet Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0208024697 . Woodcut illustrations by Imna Arroyo. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Linnet Books hardcover books
1843008932Hartford CT: S. Andrus and Son 1843. Recent expert reback with new back with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering and rules original embossed calf boards new end papers original marbled edges. Three frontis illustrations numerous illustrations in text 520 pages. Early prior owner gift inscription in pencil preserved at front paste down prior owner gift inscription in ink at title page. Uniform browning to pages scattered spotting. Overall a quite handsome copy. . First American Edition. Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. S. Andrus and Son Hardcover books
1928006635Stockholm: Riksmuseets Etnografiska Avdelning 1928. Very Good 2" triangular chip bottom corner front wrapper. pp. 13 6 of B&W photographs. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Riksmuseets Etnografiska Avdelning Paperback books
1892006542London: T. Fisher Unwin 1892. The First Trade Edition there was also a limited edition of 100 copies. Very Good in the original salmon cloth with black decorations to boards; title in red on front and spine Unwin monogram likewise on rear. Color frontispiece. Spine darkened and red title dulled 3" tear top edge half-title page light foxing to end pages period interesting bookplate front pastedown. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University the only library indicators being its stamp verso of frontispiece and blindstamp to title page. With RARE and important three page ALS tipped to front end page sent from Leland at the Hotel Victoria Florence Italy to Mr Sampson noted linguist John Sampson possiby dated 1899 with "99" after heading. "Dear Mr Sampson I have written and sent you separately by this mail that which I contribute to our book." He then discusses his wishes for the Preface and Introduction before adding "The Tinkers. This is quite unfinished. It needs a great deal from you. Please note that I have got some queer items as to the Tinkers of old times." In the next paragraph he mentions Shelta Shelta Thari being an esoteric language spoken by the tinkers which Leland had discovered in 1876. He goes on to ask "Can you send me an Old Irish alphabet' and later "I hope it will not take you long to put together what you and Professor Meyer will give" referring to Professor Kuno Meyer a German scholar distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. Then an address in Hamburg Germany where he can be reached after June and "Sincerely Charle G. Leland". While I can find no book that these three men published together Sampson and Meyer did much work later to carry forward research and knowledge of the Shelta language and customs. A quite fascinating correspondence and ASSOCIATION COPY. . HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. First Trade Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. T. Fisher Unwin Hardcover books
1967005490London: Cambridge Univ Press 1967. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page. Near Fine top edge soiled in a Near fine dust jacket front flap corners clipped. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cambridge Univ Press Hardcover books
199931966Detroit: Wayne State University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0814327400 . Sayings presented in Yiddish characters in transliteration and in English translation. First printing. Previous owner's address label on front paste-down else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Wayne State University Press hardcover books
1965006465Monuments Serica 1965. RARE. Reprint from Monumenta Serica Vol. XXIV 1965. Near fine slight soiling rear cover. Paginated 207-272. Addenda sheet laid in. . Reprint. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Monuments Serica Paperback books
1949006628Knoxville TN: University of Tennessee Press 1949. 67 pp. SCARCE. Near Fine sticker shadow front wrapper. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of Tennessee Press Paperback books
1959008083Newport RI: Board of Directors Newport Folk Festival 1959. RARE program for the First Newport Folk Festiaval 24 pp. featuring daily programs and two artist biographies with black and white photos per page Introduction by Billy Faier editor and publisher of CARAVAN magazine. In original stapled pictorial wrappers Very Good foxing and slight discoloration to wrappers. Featured artists included are: Pete Seeger Odetta Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Josh White The New Lost City Ramblers Memphis Slim The Stanley Brothers The Kingston Trio Earl Scruggs Jean Ritchie and Bo Diddley among others. . First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Board of Directors, Newport Folk Festival Paperback books
1948008115Chapel Hill North Carolina: The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina 1948. RARE. Volumes 1-8 with Vol. 9 No.3 An Analytical Index to North Carolina Folklore Vols I - VIII. Bound in later 20th c. green cloth gilt lettering at spine Near Fine slight musty smell. Includes story " A Job of Work" by Manly Wade Wellman. Numerous folk songs and ballads many with music and numerous stories and articles on North Carolina folklore. Individual issues SCARCE this collection of the first eight volumes RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina Hardcover books
1943006634Menasha Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Co. 1943. Very Good Plus sticker shadow front cover stamped "Herzog Collection" front end page from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog. SCARCE monographs pp. 28 17. . First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George Banta Publishing Co. Paperback books
1960008114Chico State College Chico CA: California Folklore Society 1960. RARE. The complete first two volumes of this occasional newsletter from Vol. 1 No. 1 Sept. 1960 through Vol. 2 No. 9 Jun. 1969 16 issues in Vol. 1 and 9 issues in Vol. 2. 4 1 6 5 8 3 7 6 108 103 pp. Bound in black notebook Near Fine some mailing labels present just a hint of musty smell. From the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann. A true rarity in the folklore world !. First Edition. Binder. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. California Folklore Society Paperback books
