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60p., illus. Contains 7 classic Andersen, Brothers Grimm, & Perrault fairy tales Hardcover Good condition; bookplate removed, pp.dampstained at lower hinge
39p., illus. by Quentin Blake Hardcover Very good condition good
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
170p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, lacking front free endpaper
493p. Hardcover Good condition
481p. Hardcover Very good condition
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
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
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.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 320 pages. Color illustrations. Text in Spanish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English and Turkish. 32, 32, p., ills. Tales of Thrace.= Trakya masallari. The book includes nine fables and fairy tales from Thrace region.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English, Turkish, and Laz. 299 p. Folk tales and translations in English and Turkish of Lazuri ethnic group with Caucasus origin. 'The mountain man and a man, The congress of the mice, The blackberry thorn story, The owl story, The tale of love' etc. Lazuri folk tales.= Lazuri paramitepe.= Laz halk masallari. Translated into English by Eylem Bostanci.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Pictorial cover. Text in French. Bumped top corner.
707p. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, fore-edges lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with double frame border stopped at corners with gilt rosettes, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt lozenge, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes recollections of the Pahang Disturbances of December 1890 - September 1891, and the expeditions into the 'Benighted Lands' of 1894 and 1895. VERY SCARCE
Very Good Russian Original pictorial fine cloth bdg. Stains boards. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Russian. 300, [1] p., color and b/w ills. Early Russian compilation of the Chuvash fairy tales including 44 tales. The Chuvash people are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of Oghurs, native to an area stretching from the Volga-Ural region to Siberia. Most of them live in Chuvashia and the surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout the Russian Federation. They speak Chuvash, a unique Turkic language that diverged from other languages in the family more than a millennium ago. (Source: Wikipedia).
Very Good French Paperback. Large demy 8vo. (23 x 14 cm). In French. 272, [2] p. Le Chevalier a la peau de tigre (Collection Caucase). Traduit du Georgien avec une introduction et des notes par Serge Tsouladze.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated and printed titles, numerous photographs and 2 full-page maps in the text, and 8 coloured maps; original green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 627).
pp. vii, 602, (6) [Publisher's catalogue]. 180mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Very good. CLASSICS BX 3
