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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
1909007965N. Wales: Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only 1909. Near Fine in original beige publisher's cloth Series of Welsh Texts emblem stamped in black front cover small bottom corner bump the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. Colophon states " Six hundred copies of this work were printed at the Private Press of the Editor in 1900-03; Nos. 1-110 on Japanese Vellum paper; 111-285 on toned linen-made paper; 286-600 on deckle-edge paper." This copy unnumbered on toned linen-made paper unnumbered and copy right page date of MDCCCCix 1909. Volume xi of the Series of Old Welsh Texts. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only Hardcover books
1932006650New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. First Edition stated. Very Good no jacket small sticker shadow bottom edge of spine stamp and blindstamp of Folklore Institute Indiana University front end page and title page respectively. light soiling to cloth. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Woodcuts by Richard Bennett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf 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
1845007972London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1845. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges binding solid contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover 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
1955008277London: Workers' Music Association Ltd. 1955. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush and still in operation the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec 1955 Annual Report 9 issues; 1956 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957 12 issues; 1958 8 issues; and 1959 9 issues. Additionally 14 related separate pieces of ephemera from both the WMA and Topic Records assorted brochures flyers and price lists. RARE collection individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better mailing stampings small corner creases. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Workers' Music Association, Ltd. Paperback books
1918L0253i-ii i-x-175printer's imprint with frontispiece and 7 plates. Small octavo 7 1/4" x 4 7/89" bound original publisher tan cloth with brown lettering to spine and pictorial cover in original jacket. BAL: 7168 First edition.<br /><br />Joel Chandler Harris December 9 1845 – July 3 1908 was an American journalist fiction writer and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton Georgia where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution. Harris led two professional lives: as the editor and journalist known as Joe Harris he supported a vision of the New South with the editor Henry W. Grady 1880–1889 stressing regional and racial reconciliation after the Reconstruction era. As Joel Chandler Harris fiction writer and folklorist he wrote many 'Brer Rabbit' stories from the African-American oral tradition and helped to revolutionize literature in the process.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Some staining to back cover previous owner's neat ink gift inscription to front end paper. Jacket edges and spine ends chipped else a very good copy in like jacket. Houghton Mifflin Company 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
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
1898006557London: Henry Frowde 1898. RARE in the First Edition. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page gilt titles and designs cloth a bit faded at spine end pages toned light rubbing to cloth at tips overall a well-cared for and lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Frowde Hardcover 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
