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Very Good Russian Original orange cloth bdg. The illustration depicted hunting Zulus between the titles of Cyrillic and Latin ones. Demy 8vo. (22,5 x 15 cm). The text is fully in Russian. Fading on cloth. Otherwise a good copy. [iii], 246, [2] p., 10 color plates and many unnumbered illustrations (b/w and color). First edition of the first-ever comprehensive compilation of Zulu tales in the Soviet Union, printed as the first volume in the African Literature Series. The book contains 43 selected tales of Zulus, with an index and "with an introductory article, translated and annotated by I. L. Snegireva; illustrated by N. A. Ushin [OCLC]". Nikolai Alexeyevich Ushin (1898-1942) was a Soviet graphic artist, theatre designer, and book illustrator. In the 1920s, Ushin began designing theatrical decorations for stage performances. He creatively adapted the themes of medieval Russian painting and Palekh miniature. As a particularly recognized work by him, Ushin illustrated the Russian translation of One Thousand and One Nights published in eight volumes by Academia. His illustrations for One Thousand and One Nights were awarded the gold medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition. Ushin also made lithographs and bookplates. OCLC 869825603 / 28384126.
Very Good Russian First Edition of this early Soviet compilation of Nart and Ossetian epics. Valentina Aleksandrovna Dynnik-Sokolova was a Russian and Soviet literary critic and translator, member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Dynnik-Sokolova has articles, where she considered, among other researchers, the question of the similarity of the ancient Russian composition of the 12th century with the works of Western European medieval poetry. Original cloth bdg. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 13 cm). In Russian. 78 p., ills. OCLC 4925492.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. Previous owner's inscription inside. 7 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h. 372 pages. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
Book appears in mint unread condition. 202pp. Tales from the land of the Iroquois people of North America. The author was a friend of General Washington. Originally published 1938. Illustrated. Very scarce in the UK.
13 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with full-page maps, pedigrees and glossary of place names in the text, and printed endpapers; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. An elegant set. The sequence comprises: The Last Kingdom (2004); The Pale Horseman (2005); The Lords of the North (2006); Sword Song (2007); The Burning Land (2009); Death of Kings (2011); The Pagan Lord (2013); The Empty Throne (2014); Warriors of the Storm (2015); The Flame Bearer (2016); War of the Wolf (2018); Sword of Kings (2019); War Lord (2020). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Ex-library book with stamp but no other markings. Full green cloth boards. Edge wear to dust jacket. 6 3/4"w x 10 1/4"h. 76 pages. Illustrations by Anne Anderson. The stories are The Hearth Rug Goblin; The Strange Ship; The Rose Colored Spectacles; and Barney Loon.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 320 pages. Color illustrations. Text in Spanish.
Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers, slightly curled corners as only blemish. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 618 pages with b&w illustrations. Contents include: Abakwa drumming, Vodoun, Rituals, Ibo dance, Haitian animal tales, Ballads from the Bahamas, Trinidadian healing remedies, Black caribs today, Brazilian cult songs, Surinam tales, spiritual and religious epics, Rituals in New Orleans, Creole ballads, etc.
352 pages including index. Part memoir, part entertainment, part commentary on a life lived as art, Toller Cranston tells tales as only he can, including: The only skating show in Haiti; The Broadway triumph that failed; The pachinko wizard; Upstaging Joan Collins; The decimation of John Curry; Sex in Holiday on Ice; Golf among the Mambas; and other stories too strange not to be true! Clean, bright and unmarked with only the very faintest trace of handling. Splendid copy. Book
24 pages. 10.5 x 8.3 cm. Aborably illustrated in color on every page. Simple text helps youngsters learn how to tell time. Prior owner's name on first page. Small scribble inside back cover. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy of this charming item. Book
481p. Hardcover Very good condition
493p. Hardcover Good condition
170p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, lacking front free endpaper
Travel stories from Ancient Egypt to the United States to China and many more in between. Spine heavily faded. School presentation label on front pastedown. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
39p., illus. by Quentin Blake Hardcover Very good condition good
60p., illus. Contains 7 classic Andersen, Brothers Grimm, & Perrault fairy tales Hardcover Good condition; bookplate removed, pp.dampstained at lower hinge
278 pages. Index. "People and animals and events of long-ago days in Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas." - subtitle. Black and white illustrations. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Worthy reading copy. Book
Very Good French Paperback. Large demy 8vo. (23 x 14 cm). In French. 398, [2] p. David de Sassoun: Epopee en vers (Collection Caucase). Traduit de l'Armenien avec une introduction et des notes de Frederic Feydit. Preface de Joseph Orbeli. David of Sasun [= Sasuntsi Davit] is the main hero of Armenia's national epic Daredevils of Sassoun, who drove Arab invaders out of Armenia. As an oral history, it dates from the 8th century, and was first put in written form in 1873 by Garegin Srvandztiants.
4to., First Edition thus, with 32 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), some light and obtrusive spotting as often; original decorative cloth gilt, boards elaborately blocked and patterned in gilt, back gilt extra, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, clean copy. Lal Behari Day's collection of folklore was first published in 1883. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
182 pages. A book of lively anecdotes of the Klondike and Alaska told by a beloved writer who was part of the great Gold Rush and who stayed in the North until he died. You'll enjoy strolling with a Klondike newsman vicariously through the scenes he saw and vastly appreciated. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear and large repaired tears to back of dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
First two volumes only (of a multi-volume set) with greeen leather spine and corners and marbelized paper-covered boards and marbelized endpapers. Tooled leather volume numbers and titles on spine (missing title on Volume 2). Gilt top edges. Bottom two inches of leather spine on Volume 1 is detached. The front board of volume 2 is completely detached and the leather spine is loose. Interior pages are clean and unmarked; binding is tight. Text in French. Decorations by Pierre Laprade and illustrations by Edmond Malassis and Fred Money; color engravings by Andre Baudier and Paul Baudier.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards. Tattered dust jacket.
Book is in excellent condition, new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Chapters include: History of the Szeklers; Social and economic life in old Andrasfalva; Resettlement procedures (1883 - 1941); Settlers of Kakasd. Part II: Survey of the results oin folktale research to the present; The tale occasions; The tale material: the narrative body of Kakasd; The storytellers; Mrs. Zsuzsanna Palko; Gyorgy Andrasfalvi, Mrs. Anna Sebestyen and Marton Laszlo; with afterword, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. 453 pages.
Fine English Paperback., 28 x 20 cm, 80 p. "Afyonkarahisar masallari, Derleyen ve Yazanlar: MEHMET S. AYGEN - SÜLEYMAN BOZOK - HÜSEYIN GENÇ, Türkeli Yayinlari, Afyon, 1983"
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 256 p. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. B/w ills. Efsaneler dünyasinda Anadolu. Anadolu mitolojisi.
