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19971036Cummington Historical Commission 1997. Paperback. Very good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has light wear and slight fading of spine. Cummington Historical Commission paperback
19140005909Chicago: Rand McNally 1914 . First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Octavo green cloth spine sunned hinge cracking at frontispiece short tear in the fore-edge of one plate otherwise tight and fresh; attractive period bookplate on front free endpaper. <br/><br/>Seven of the Nights including Sinbad the Sailor. Illustrated by Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Rand McNally hardcover
1927DEMO012896IJoliet: P. F. Volland Company 1927. Second edition. Hardcover. Gustaf TENGGREN. 8vo 128 pages pictorial boards bumped blue cloth spine with 2 in. split <br/><br/>The Golden Youth series. ". as this joyous rascal climbs to the golden back of Pegasus" The final chapter here one page is "To be read by Grown-ups only'. Swedish-born artist Tenggren illustrated this while he was employed at the Milton Bradley game company before he became Disney's chief illustrator for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." P. F. Volland Company hardcover
1824001300London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme &. 1824. fifth edition edition. hardcover. 376 pp Good-/- half-leather binding shows wear & rubbing overall. repair to spine binding solid two pages ragged at bottom edgeone. blind stamp library bookplate on front end page. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & hardcover
1970040565Athens OH: Ohio University Press 1970 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Edition. Surveys American Educational and Missionary organizations and charities active in Greece Turkey the Balkans and the Middle East. Chapters on : The Grecian adventure/Strivings in Malta and Syria 1820-1861/ Christian philanthropists in Turkey 1831-1861 Independent colleges 1863-1914 / Philanthropy progress and nationalism 1861-1914 / New ventures in the Balkans 1858-1914 Near East relief 1915-1930 / Philanthropy in transition 1920-1930 /Near East Foundation 1930-1940 / Independent colleges since 1930 /Near East Foundation since 1940 /Retrospect and prospect 322p. map. index DJ repaired now in plastic sleeve. Name of owner on ffep else fine. Ohio University Press hardcover
193013320New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Grey cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover has minimal wear lettering has darkened and spine faded. Binding sound pages clean and unmarked. Top edge of text block is darkened. Lacking DJ. With 16 plates. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages . E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc hardcover
1938w120111996J.J. Augustin Publisher 1938. 460pp. Blue hard back faded spot on lower spine Rebound in library buckrum EX-Library minimal markings VG B & W photos indices for titles and first lines Collection of 180 folk songs and ballads from the Southern Highlands; each with short historical comments research reference known verses and with a few alternate verses and some with music for the tune. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. J.J. Augustin Publisher Hardcover
1900DEMO015089IBaltimore: John Murphy Company 1900. First edition. printed wrappers. Good . 8vo 77 pages chipped printed wrappers light waterstain on bottom edge <br/><br/>Prof. Krapp's doctoral dissertation. A later history of the legend of St. Patrick's Purgatory. Also gives a typical example of the later forms of the legend in the " Vision of William Staunton" here edited for the first time from the two manuscripts of the "Vision" in the British Library. John Murphy Company unknown
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
192728985Philadelphia: John C. Winston 1927. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Near Fine. Godwin Frank. Small 4to full green cloth stamped in gilt with color cover plate frontis and 4 full color plates plus 12 full page b&w drawings and illustrated endpapers by Frank Godwin. Largely based on Malory's version introduced with clarity by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant then head of the English Department of William Penn High School in Philadelphia. This publisher did not indicate editons or printings but judging by the binding design this is an early if not a first edition. Light bumping to corners else fine no dj or previous owner's marks. John C. Winston hardcover
200726601New York: Marshall Cavendish 2007. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Spirin Gennady. 1st ptg. 4to picture book pictorial boards an Arthurian tale illustrated with Gennady Spirin's richly colored paintings and signed by the artist in gold ink on the title page. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Signed by Spirin. Marshall Cavendish hardcover
192253688Chicago: The Bald Eagle Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn. 1922. Hardcover. Black and white illustrations by Worth D. Griffin. Blue illustrated paper-covered boards. Unpaginated. Frontispiece illustration with caricatures of the Keystone Bards who are described in the preface as having told these humorous reptilian tall tales at Benny Brown's store in Lock Haven PA. Told in dialect. Not found in WorldCat nor offered for sale in the trade at time of listing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . The Bald Eagle Press hardcover
20131220Unknown 2013. Paperback. Acceptable. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has wear in the lower right front corner and a long slight crease lengthwise along the left side. Eight consecutive pages have a crease in lower right corner. Gift inscription on inside front cover. It appears that the front endpaper and title page are missing because the first page is number three Table of Contents. Possible production error because it does not appear that they were removed. Unknown paperback
199967002Yerevan Armenia: National Center of Aesthetics / Tigran Mets Publishing House. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight clean book in lightly rubbed illustrated boards unmarked but for inscription to front endpaper. Lovely brilliantly coloured illustrations done by children aged 6-13 years. ; 10 x 13"; 159 pages; Hovhannes Tumanyan 18691923 is widely regarded as Armenia's national poet and one of its greatest writers. Born in the rural village of Dsegh in the Lori region of what was then the Russian Empire now Armenia he drew deeply from Armenian folklore peasant life and the natural beauty of his homeland. Tumanyan's works often blend tragedy humor and moral lessons reflecting the hardships and resilience of ordinary people. He was a prolific poet novelist playwright and translator but his fairy taleswritten in simple rhythmic prose reminiscent of oral traditionsremain especially beloved for children and adults alike. . National Center of Aesthetics / Tigran Mets Publishing House hardcover
1961041376London: Bodley Head. 1961 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.UK Ed. Story based on the legend of Jason & the Golden Fleece 381p. Donor inscripton else almost as new. Bodley Head. hardcover
0364451343.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1333075693.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
0243969104.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
S6009Academy of Athens 1971. Brand new. Soft cover 24 cm. Academy of Athens, 1971 paperback
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
198336975University of California Press. 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward. Dustjacket has a couple of large tears with chipping.; Blood sacrifice the ritual slaughter of animals has been basic to religion through history so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred This question is posed in Walter Burkert's famous study.; 360 pages . 0520036506 . University of California Press hardcover
199337528Cornell University Press. 1993. Softcover. Very Good. Minor edgewear with laminate lighting along edges. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward.; Twelve Essays address such subjects as the influence of Dionysus on Greek tragedy and art his connection with mystery religions and concepts of the afterlife and the spread of his cult to Etruria.; Myth and Poetics; 344 pages . 0801480620 . Cornell University Press 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
199037083Cornell University Press. 1990. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Very Light shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward.; Myth and Poetics; 382 pages . 0801419859 . Cornell University Press hardcover