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1955biblio425380 pp. Opracowal wstepem i przypisami opatrzylRachmiel Brandwajn. Obwolute okladke i strone tytulowa projektowal Marek Rudnicki.Illustrated by French caricaturist Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard 1803-1847 generally known by the pseudonym of J. J. Grandville. More than 140 engraved woodcuts preceding each fable.The spine missing and front cover torn out. Otherwise in very good condition. Panstwowy, Instytut Wydawniczy hardcover
19699121London: Tetrad Press 1969. First edition of 200 copies from a total edition of 250. 30x26cm folded signatures for each song laid in paper box as issued with color illustrations by Ian Tyson. Inscribed by Tyson and dated in 1975 opposite the colophon though he has crossed it out perhaps meaning to give this to someone else. Light corner wear to signatures box with toning and chipped spine label. Near fine in very good box. <br /> <br /> A nice production featuring striking modern images of color symbolism by British artist Ian Tyson 1933-2021 alongside translations by Rothenberg of Navaho poems. These poems were taken from the bessingway of medicine man Frank Mitchell 1881-1967 of Chinle AZ. Tetrad Press unknown
1960008114Chico State College Chico CA: California Folklore Society 1960. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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 !. California Folklore Society Hardcover
194263383Faber London 1942. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 204 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm spine faded. Edges browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Magic Paranormal & Occult. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 63383. . Faber hardcover
197953015Andre Deutsch London 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Richard Kennedy. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 173 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Dust Jacket slightly marked. Edges browned. Illustrator: Richard Kennedy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Scotland; ISBN: 0233970207. ISBN/EAN: 9780233970202. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53015. . 9780233970202 Andre Deutsch hardcover
188361764Whittaker & Co London 1883. Fourth Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". cxvi 448 / lxviii 570 / x 541pp. 3-volume set complete. Text is in English & Latin. School prize binding with gilt emblems embossed on both boards. Title pieces and gilt decoration to spines. Bindings firm. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's address in ink. Edge marked. Boards bowed. Covers marked. This set is published over the period 1881-3. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: Poetry; Rome; Ancient BC; English & Latin Language; Myths Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61764. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Whittaker & Co hardcover
2010160139<p>Bilingual Greek - English edition. Hard coverjacket 37X27 cm 204 pp. ill. weight 2370 gr. ISBN: 978-960-492-011-2.</p><p>This is the third volume of a major publication devoted to traditional costumes and headdresses from all over Greece. The 12-volume bilingual publication on Hellenic Traditional Costumes is a monumental work of Greek folklore. When completed the publication will be the most extensive and possibly most complete inventory of Greek dress from the greek world of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Documentation: Hellenic Folklore Research Centre of the Academy of Athens.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><strong>IMPORTANT: The shipping cost in not included in the price. You will have to approve it at confirmation of the order.</strong></p> Hellenic American Union hardcover
199036828Walter De Gruyter. 1990. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Very minor shelfwear.; Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur Und Geschichte - Band 35; 6.14 X 0.75 X 9.21 inches; 301 pages . 3110122316 . Walter De Gruyter hardcover
2006PO-14London U.K.: Continuum Publishing 2006. This volume brings together research from international scholars focusing attention on the longevity and complexity of Blake`s reception in Japan and elsewhere in the East. It is designed as not only a celebration of his art and poetry in new and unexpected contexts but also to contest the intensely nationalistic and parochial Englishness of his work and in broader terms the inevitable passivity with which Romanticism and other Western intellectual movements have been received in the Orient. 348 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Continuum Publishing Hardcover
201824313U<p><em><strong>The Verses of the Songs of the Traditional Cypriot Marriage 4 VOLS.</strong></em></p><p>Nicosia 2018. In Greek. Four volumes. Soft cover 24 cm 1560 pp. ISBN: 9789925742103.</p><p><strong>VOL. 1:</strong> Τα Ï„ÏαοÏθκια του αντÏοΰνου<br /><strong>VOL. 2:</strong> Τα Ï„ÏαοÏθκια του γαμπÏοÏ<br /><strong>VOL. 3: </strong>Τα Ï„ÏαοÏθκια της νÏφης<br /><strong>VOL. 4: </strong>Τα Ï„ÏαοÏθκια του γάμου</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>==============================================================</p><p><b>IMPORTANT: The price does NOT include the shipping cost which depends on actual weight and destination. You will receive a message after placing the order with the exact cost and the options available; then you will have to approve / reject this cost; you may also ask about this cost before placing the order at dem.siatras@gmail.com .</b></p> paperback
1984BN150632Frankfurt/M ; Berlin ; Wien : Ullstein 1984. 1984. Do Kamo : die Person und der Mythos in der melanesischen Welt. Vorw. von Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz. Übers. von Eva Brückner-Pfaffenberger Ullstein ; Nr. 35185 : Ullstein-Materialien <br/><br/>Do Kamo : die Person und der Mythos in der melanesischen Welt. Vorw. von Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz. Übers. von Eva Brückner-Pfaffenberger Ullstein ; Nr. 35185 : Ullstein-Materialien Neukaledonien ; Melanesier ; Mythologie ; Alltag ; Persönlichkeit - Leenhardt Maurice Frankfurt/M ; Berlin ; Wien : Ullstein unknown
2003BN252549Düsseldorf Albatros Verlag 2003. 2003. Kelten Druiden und König Arthur. Mythologie der Britischen Inseln <br/><br/>Kelten Druiden und König Arthur. Mythologie der Britischen Inseln Mythologie - Ashe Geoffrey Düsseldorf, Albatros Verlag unknown
1884000390James R. Osgood and Company 1884. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. pp. 225 1. Original publisher's yellow-green cloth with black oriental design on front cover. Re-hung / re-cased preserving end papers ; small repairs to head and tail caps of spine and to outer corner tips of boards.; spots of wear to extremities; some fading or discoloration along the upper edge of the rear board. Inner hinges are neatly strengthened; color book plate on inside front cover. Pages are clean. This edition contains the JR.O & Co insignia at the bottom of the spine. Lafcadio Hearn's first book. The contents contain supernatural stories based on folklore from Buddhist and Indian literature the Finnish Kalavala The Jewish Talmud Muslim literature Egyptian papyri etc. Many of the stories deal with the themes of the pursuit of wisdom and of the spectral lover. BAL 7912. <br/> <br/> James R. Osgood and Company hardcover
199533577E. J. Brill. 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Minor creasing and edgewear to DJ. Very light wear to book.; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 473 pages; The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons. . 9004100776 . E. J. Brill hardcover
199518694E. J. Brill. 1995. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Front upper corner bumped and a bit creased. Else light shelfwear.; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 473 pages; The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons. . 9004100776 . E. J. Brill hardcover
199034305Konrad Triltsch Verlag. 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Beiträge Zur Archäologie 19; 453 pages . 3878250428 . Konrad Triltsch Verlag paperback
199136993Oxford University Press. 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ.; "Much influenced by structuralism she insisted long before it was fashionable to do so that cultural products - texts images myths rituals - do not bear their meaning on their face but need to be decoded: the title of a collection of her essays Reading Greek Culture 1991 summed up her approach."; 336 pages . 0198147503 . Oxford University Press hardcover
BN67435Die Blätter von Yggdrasil. Runen Götter Magie Nordische Mythologie & Weibliche Mysterien Perfect Paperback <br/><br/> paperback
1889008058No Place: Privately Printed 1889. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #35/52 copies privately printed. xl 585 pp. Bound in contemporary dark blue pebbled morocco over blue buckram boards blue end papers top edge dyed red. Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges of morocco. Unique bookplate of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research bottom corner front end page with its faded call letters bottom edge of spine. A wonderful provenance. Privately Printed Hardcover
1948008115Chapel Hill North Carolina: The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina 1948. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Thick 8vo. 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. The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina Hardcover
2002S9061Nicosia: Politistiko Hidryma Trapezes Kyprou 2002. Brand new. In greek. Two volumes. Hard cover 31X24 cm 788 pp. This two-volume edition presents the collections of Sozos Tombolis including both published works and a large amount of unpublished material recorded in Byzantine and European musical notation. The collection includes about 300 songs and dances as well as musical examples of traditional music from the broader Hellenic regions also encountered in Cyprus. Volume 1 includes an introduction to traditional Cypriot music and its characteristic features such as rhythm melody and form. The 228 songs are divided into various thematic unities. Volume 2 contains the dances and a short biography of its author. Politistiko Hidryma Trapezes Kyprou hardcover
19945115New York: Derrydale Press 1994 . First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. 8vo 137 pages green cloth small name label on endpaper; glassine dj torn in the repaired publisher's box lacking one edge panel <br/><br/>Copy no. 149 of 322 copies signed by Alvord on the title-page and by its "sponsor" Harold "Pick" Pickering at the end of his letter. 98 pages on Paul the remainder on the North Woods. The first state of 322 copies signed on the title. . Siegel 81; Frazier A1. Nine charming full-page plates by Alvord with a number of humourous black-and-white sketches. Laid in in a memo from the original owner of the book explaining that Alvord was the brother of her friend Charlotte. Alvord was a commercial artist in Superior Wisconsin and told these stories at the Happy Home Club there. Derrydale Press hardcover
1978044118London: Thera & the Aegean World 1978 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Comprehensive collection of papers presented at the second International Scientific Congress Santorini Greece August 1978 by a wide range of specialists and scholars. In three sections : Part I - Geosciences; Part II Archaeology; Part III Related Sciences. 822p. diagrams plates tables illus. maps NOTE : Seriously over sized 30x22x6 cm VERY heavy volume 3 kg Name of previous owner else as new. Thera & the Aegean World hardcover
1754000354Paris: Duchesne 1754. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 12mo. pp. lxviii 129 15. Fleuron on title and three chapter head vignettes by Aliamet Pitre-Martenaise and Sornique after Eisen. Bound in period mottled calf boards re-backed with original gilt spine preserved; well rubbed but still attractive; morocco spine label is renewed; corner tips to boards are neatly repaired. Early ownership ticket on inside front cover "D.F. Lesne Maitre en Chirurgie rue S. Benoit." First French translations from the German of Christian Furchtegott Gellerts fables. Some of John Gays fables are also translated. The fables are preceded by Boulenger de Riverys essay "Discours sur la literature allemande" pp. lxvii which discusses the Fables of Gellert Gay and Fontaine. Cohen-De Ricci p. 182; Lewine p. 79; Cioranescu 13457; Barbier II p. 414. <br/> <br/> Duchesne hardcover
1897140428-B02Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1897. Good hard cover. 1897. 366 pages. color plates . Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Government Printing Office Hardcover
