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Penzer, N.M. . POISON-DAMSELS AND OTHER ESSAYS IN FOLKLORE AND ANTHROPOLOGY
London 1952 Privately Printed for Chas.J. Sawyer, Ltd. Sm.4to., 319pp., hardcover. VG plus, tiny tear at heel of spine, in Good DJ, a bit worn but intact with no tears. No ownership marks. (a11840)
$20.00Jameson, R. D.. THREE LECTURES ON CHINESE FOLKLORE
Delivered before the Convocation of the North China Union Language School 1932. Octavo, 164pp., wraps. Some underlining. Fairly Good, backstrip reinforced. (a13181)
$25.00Burns, Thomas A. with Inger H. Burns. DOING THE WASH: AN EXPRESSIVE CULTURE AND PERSONALITY STUDY OF A JOKE AND ITS TELLERS (signed by Burns)
Norwood 1975 Norwood Folklore Originals No. 2. Truly unusual: scholarly study of one particular apparently widely known erotic joke, analysis of how it is told differently by men and women, social attitudes on masturbation and potency, thoughts on joke telling, joke remembering, joke recalling and joke recreating. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 359pp., index, royal blue buckram. ***Inscribed and signed by Burns. VG plus, very minor soiling on cover. (a14770)
$199.00Kindermann, Dr. Carl. ZWANG UND FREIHEIT, EIN GENERALFAKTOR IM VOLKERLEBEN
Jena 1901 Fischer. Hardcover large octavo. 351p. Text clean; cover 3/4 blue cloth but boards moisture stained and cover tips worn and bent. Fairly good. hinges not cracked in or out; text clean but faintly toned. no owner marks. no dj. (a15385)
$80.00 Modi, Juvanji Jamshedji . FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF THE PARSEES THEIR ORIGIN AND EXPLANATION
Bombay 1923 3rd British India Press. This paper was read before the Anthropological Society of Bombay ...Sept. 1891. Octavo, 31pp., foldout chart, original wraps bound in contemporary Library binder (stiff wraps.) Good, original wraps chipped. (a15883)
$45.00 Maclagan, Robert Craif . THE GAMES AND DIVERSIONS OF ARGYLESHIRE
London 1901 1st Folklore Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 270pp., index, cloth. institution stamp on verso of front blank and on title page. VG, small stain around edges of blank end paper; cover cloth bright and crisp, excellent condition. Original book, not a reprint. (a16654)
$75.00 Simpkins, John Ewart . EXAMPLES OF PRINTED FOLKLORE CONCERNING FIFE WITH SOME NOTES ON CLACKMANNAN AND KINROSS-SHIRES
London 1914 Folklore Society. Scotland. County Folklore Volume VII. Octavo., 419pp., hardcover. VG plus, very minor wrinkle on spine. (a19236)
$75.00 Frazer, Sir James George . THE GOLDEN BOUGH A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION ONE VOLUME EDITION
NY 1927 (later edition). 8vo., 752pp., index, hardcover. Good, minor staining, no DJ. (a23475)
$20.00 Lesser, Rose . DIE EIGENART DER JAPANISCHEN ALPEN; DAS JAPANISCHE BAUERNNEUJAHR
Tokyo and Hamburg 1957. In German. Lg.8vo., pp. 5-22, pp. 23-49, photo plates, errata, wraps. In German. Near Fine. (a23876)
$26.00 Robinson, Ray . CAJUN TALES OF THE LOUISIANA BAYOUS
Houma 1984. 8vo., 156pp., illus., wraps. VG. (a24127)
$30.00 Jaspan, M.A. . REDJANG KA-GA-NGA TEXTS
Canberra 1964. Folk Literature of South Sumatra. 4to., 92pp., wraps. Good, some spine and cover wear. (a24187)
$35.00 Labberton, C. van Hinloopen . THE WAJANG OR SHADOW PLAY AS GIVEN IN JAVA
Bandoeng n.d. (c.1920). 8vo., 17pp., wraps. Good, front wrap chipped, detached. (a24250b)
$40.00 Salomone-Marino, Salvatore . LA BARUNISSA DI CARINI POEM OF THE SICILIAN RENAISSANCE THE 1873 AND 1914 VERSIONS
Brooklyn 1986 Arba Sicula. Translation and Introduction by A.M. Cinquemani. Text in English and Italian. Octavo, 84pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a24490)
$35.00 Chesnutt, Charles W. . CONJURE TALES
NY 1973 Dutton. Retold by Ray Anthony Shepard. Hardcover. Octavo, 99pp., illustrated by John Ross and Clare Romano, cloth. Afro-american folktales. Fine in Good DJ, some light wear and a few small chips. (a25811)
$35.00 Shankle, George Earlie . AMERICAN NICKNAMES
NY 1955 Second Edition. Lg.8vo., 524pp. VG, no DJ. (a26160)
$35.00 Redfield, Robert . THE FOLK CULTURE OF YUCATAN
Chicago 1941 1st. 8vo., 416pp., index, hardcover. Owner inscription on front blank. Good, a few stains on covers, spine faded, tiny stain at edge of a few pages, no DJ. (a26660)
$28.00 Cohen, Hennig and Tristram Potter Coffin (editors) . THE FOLKLORE OF AMERICAN HOLIDAYS
Detroit 1987. Hardcover. 4to., 431pp., cloth. Library stamp on top fore-edge, 2 stamps on front and rear endpapers. No other library marks. VG. (a26872)
$22.00 Petracek, Karel . DREI STUDIEN UBER DIE SUDSEMITISCHE VOLKSPOESIE
Prag 1966 Oreintalischen Institut in Academia. In German. Small octavo, 97pp., wraps. VG. (a27706)
$25.00 Braunfels, Dr. Ludwig . DER NIBELUNGEN-LIED, URTEXT MIT GEGEN�BERSTEHENDER �BERSETZUNG NEBST EINLEITUNG UND WORTERBUCH
Franklin am Main 1846 Literarische Anstalt. In German. 12mo., 597pp., 3/4 cloth with paper covered boards. Small bookplate of Dr. Walther Eckstein. Good plus, cover rubbed, a bit worn. Binding secure. (a27776)
$135.00 Burland, Cottie; Nicholson, Irene and Harold Osborne . MYTHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAS
London 1970. Hardcover. 4to., 407pp., illustrations, index, cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a28309)
$23.00 Hunt, Eva . THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMMINGBIRD CULTURAL ROOTS OF THE ZINACANTECAN MYTHICAL POEM
Ithaca 1977 Cornell. 8vo., 312pp., index. VG in Good DJ, light soiling, light wear. (a28463)
$35.00Nadel, Arno. DER SUNDENFALL SIEBEN BIBLISCHE SZENEN ( SUENDENFALL )
Berlin 1926. Sm.4to., 103pp., frontis illus. Blue cloth. Nadel was a Jewish musicologist and poet who perished at Auschwitz. VG, front hinge a bit tender, no DJ. (a28713)
$45.00 Aesop . SUBTYL HISTORYES AND FABLES OF ESOPE
1972 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Reprint of original Westminster 1483 edition. The English Experience No. 439. Hardcover. Large 4to., 284pp., illustrations, bright red cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a29788)
$240.00Hanks, John Richardson. MATERNITY AND ITS RITUALS IN BANG CHAN
Ithaca 1963. Data Paper Number 51. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University. Thailand Project Interim Reports Series Number 6. 4to., 128pp., red stiff paper wraps. Fine. (a30586)
$44.00de Verao, Ciclo. FESTAS TRADICIONAIS DE SALVADOR
Salvador 1978. Brazil. In Portuguese. Sq.8vo.,15pp., foldout photo illus., wraps. Near Fine. (a31033)
$23.00Seljam, Zora. NO BRASIL AINDA TEM GENTE DA MINHA COR?
Salvador 1978. Brazil. In Portuguese. Sq.8vo.,66pp., foldout photo illus., wraps. VG Plus. (a31034)
$27.00Hinz, Eike. ANTROPOLOGISCHE ANALYSE ALTAZTEKISCHER TEXTE TEIL 1: DIE MAGISCHEN TEXTE IM TRATADO RUIZ DE ALARCONS (1629)
Hamburg 1970 first edition. Beitrage zur Mittelamerikanischen Volkerkunde IX. 4to., 124pp., wraps. In German. Good Plus. original printing not modern remake. (a32083)
$42.00 Boissin, Ely . CONTES ET LEGENDES DU VENT SUD
no place (Provence?) no date (c.1965). In French. 4to., unpaginated (about 40pp.) illustrated by Pierre Frange, wraps. Small private library label on front. Good, soiled, spine a bit worn. Very Scarce. (a32332)
$49.00 Davdison, Levette J. . A GUIDE TO AMERICAN FOLKLORE
Denver 1951. Sm.8vo., 131pp. VG in worn, torn DJ. (a32622)
$25.00 Campbell, Vera . MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF COLORADO A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Greeley 1924. Colorado State Teachers College Bulletin. 8vo., 12pp., wraps. VG. (a32690)
$26.00 Singer, Milton (editor) . TRADITIONAL INDIA STRUCTURE AND CHANGE
Philadelphia 1959 American Folklore Society. Lg.8vo., 332pp., index, wraps. Good, light soiling, light wear. (a32727)
$50.00 Bowes, Anne Labastille and Ramon Castillo Perez . BIRDS OF THE MAYAS
Big Moose 1964. Folk tales, bird guide and checklist. Octavo, 50pp., xxiipp., illustrated by Anne Labastille Bowes, wraps. VG. (a33797)
$20.00Gupta, Sankar Sen. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INDIAN FOLKLORE AND RELATED SUBJECTS
India 1967 first edition. Indian Publications. Hardcover. Sm4to., 196pp. Good plus, no owner marks; cover corners bumped and bent inward. Good DJ, a bit worn. (a33831)
$23.00 Pugh, Grace Thompson . MEXICAN FOLK DANCES
NY 1944. Workshop in Inter-American Education. Octavo, 33pp., wraps. Owner signed on front. VG.Articles on Historical Background of Mexican Folk Dances and details about the dances of specific states and peoples in Mexico. Near Fine. (a33927)
$25.00 Wuessing, Dr. S. (director) . DAS NIBELUNGENLIED
Leipzig 1926. Deutsches Hort Heft 73. Nach der Ubertragung von Karl Simrock. In German. Octavo, 32pp., wraps. VG, some light wear and soiling. (a35130)
$28.00 Cimorra, Clemente . EL CANTE ORIGEN Y REALIDAD FOLKLORICA
Buenos Aires 1943. In Spanish. Octavo, 211pp., stiff wraps. Fair, pages browned, fragile, wraps a bit chipped at corners and edges, in chipped DJ. (a36889)
$24.00 Boryevich, T.P. . NASH NARODNI ZHIVOT (OUR NATIVE LIFE)
Belgrad 1923. In Bulgarian. 12mo., 194pp., printed boards. Good, pages browned, somewhat fragile. (a37136)
$90.00 (ethnography) . FOLKLORE I ETNOGRAFIYA (FOLKLORE AND ETHNOGRAPHY)
Moscow 1970. Essays in Russian. 8vo., 255pp., drawings, errata slip. Inscribed and **signed in Russian by V. Sokolov, one of the authors of an essay in this book. VG. (a37159)
$38.00 (folklore) . ISTORICHESKAYA DZIZN NARODNOY POEZII (HISTORICAL LIFE OF POPULAR POETRY) RUSKII FOLKLOR (RUSSIAN FOLKLORE) XVI
Leningrad 1976. In Russian. 4to., 309pp. Good, boards a bit worn, lightly soiled. (a37172)
$45.00 Borras, Gerard . ANALYSE D'UNE MEDIDA SERVANT A LA FABRICATION DE SYNTAX AYMARAS
Paris 1992. In Journal de la Societe des Americanistes, Tome LXXVIII-I, at pp. 45-56, illus. Whole journal has several articles on archeology and folklore of Latin America. 8vo., 215pp., illus., wraps. VG, light soiling. (a37456b)
$35.00 Neumann, Thomas W. . A BIOCULTURAL APPROACH TO SALT TABOOS: THE CASE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WITH CA COMMENT
Chicago 1977. In Current Anthropology, a World Journal of the Sciences of Man, Vol. 18, Number 2, June 1977 at pp. 289-308, printed in double column. Whole issue has several articles. 4to., wraps. VG, some wear at heel of spine. (a37496b)
$35.00 Chinese Folklore . ANCIENT CHINESE FABLES
Peking 1957 1st Foreign Languages Press. 8vo., 60pp., pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. VG, boards lightly bowed. (a37658)
$25.00 de Kan, Charles . BIRD GODS
New York 1898. Bird folklore. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 249pp., illustrated by George Wharton Edwards, decorated boards. Two bookplates, owner stamp. Owner blindstamp on title page. VG. (a38439)
$85.00 African Folklore . STRUCTURALISM AND AFRICAN FOLKLORE
Austin 1970. Entire issue of sociological journal The Conch, Vol. II No. 2, September 1970. 8vo., 121pp., wraps. Articles suc as: Gorog, A Method of Analysis of African Oral Tradition and Horner, A Structural Analysis of Bulu folktales. VG. (a40599)
$25.00Hsu Ch'in-t'ing. LAI CHIH-TEH'S THEORIES ON THE 'BOOK OF CHANGES'
Tapei 1969. In one complete issue of the Journal of Research Institute of Chinese Language and Literature of National Taiwan Normal University No. 13, at pp.1-462, illustrations. In Chinese. Whole volume has several articles, all in Chinese. 4to., 999p in entire issue., wraps. VG. (a40621a)
$79.00Karunaratne, Enid. LES LARMES DU COBRA LEGENDES DE LANKA
Paris 1925 1st Bossard. In French. Reueillies par Enid Karunaratne traduites et illustrees par Andree Karpeles. 12mo., 108pp., wraps. near VG. cover toned. no owner marks. (a41184)
$29.00Young, Eduard. DE CENTAURUS GEEN VERDICHTSEL
Amsterdam 1768 Meijer. In zes Brieven, aan een' vriend, Over de in Zwang Gaan de Leevenswyze der Menschen. Uit het Engelsch van den Eerwaarden Heere Eduard young vertaald en met eenige ophelderen de Aanmerkingen, enz. Voorzien. In Dutch. 8vo., 310pp., fine copperplate frontis, later wraps. Good, edges a bit frayed and curled. (a41749)
$200.00 Embree, John F. (comp, annotated) . JAPANESE PEASANT SONGS
Philadelphia 1944 1st American Folklore Society. 8vo., 96pp., hardcover. VG plus. no dj. Words, no music scores. (a42123)
$55.00 Laufer, Berthold . THE SWING IN CHINA
n.p. n.d. Offprint from the Memoires de la Societe Finno-Ougrienne LXVII. In English. 8vo., pp.212-223, wraps. Good, a few small chips on wraps. Unusual. (a43203)
$30.00 Kroeber, A.L. . KINSHIP IN THE PHILIPPINES
NY 1919. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. XIX Part III. Lg.8vo., pp.75-84, wraps. VG, light wear, a few chips, on edges. (a43270)
$20.00 Beier, Ulli . FOLKLORE IN MELANESIA SIX NBC BROADCASTS
n.d (c.1975). Presented with Kakah Kais and Apisai Enos, produced by Peter Trist. 4to., 79pp., wraps. Good, some cover wear and soiling. (a44899)
$85.00 Radin, Paul . THE TRICKSTER A STUDY IN AMERICAN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY
NY 1956 Philosophical Library. 8vo., 211pp., blue cloth. VG, in VG DJ. (a45071)
$25.00 da Silva, Armando bordallo . CONTRIBUICAO AO ESTUDO DO FOLCLORE AMAZONICO NA ZONA BRAGANTINA
1959. In Portuguese. Complete issue of Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. No. 5 Julho de 1959. 8vo., 76pp., 14 photo illustrations, one page of music, map, later wraps. Good. (a45545)
$60.00 MacBride, Thomas H. . ON THE CAMPUS ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT VARIOUS TIMES BEFORE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE AUDIENCES
Cedar Rapids 1916 1st Torch Press. Numerous interesting addresses on plants including: The Alamodordo Desert the Plant's Response to Changes Terrestrial; Point Lobos the Plant's Response to Forces Cosmic; Folklore of Plants; Botany of Shakespeare etc. MacBride was for a number of years President of State University of Iowa. Octavo, 262pp., papercovered boards with mounted paper spine label. Good, second half of book has extremely light water stain on all pages, cover gently rubbed and spine ends slightly worn. (a45858)
$50.00 Haile, Charles Henry . KENNETH ROBERT'S BOOK OF GOTHIC RHAPSODIES I, I,I III (signed)
Chicago 1936-1938. Original published in a limited edition of 300 copies in 1936. This edition limited to 125 copies. Hardcover. Large octavo, 66pp., xxx pp. (appendix), photo frontis, printed boards. **Inscribed and signed by Haile, with a typed postcard signed by Haile laid in. Good, head of spine has very narrow chip and light wear, no DJ. (a45873)
$75.00 Gifford, Edward Winslow . MIWOK MYTHS
Berkeley 1926. University of California American Archeology and Ethnology Volume 12 No. 8. Lg.8vo., pp.283-338, wraps. Owner name stamp and label on front cover. VG. (a45910)
$45.00 Barrett, S. A. . MYTHS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA MIWOK
Berkeley 1919. University of California American Archeology and Ethnology Volume 16 No. 1. Lg.8vo., pp.1-28., wraps. Owner name stamp and label on front cover. Good. (a45912)
$45.00 Schlesier, Renate . FASZINATION DES MYTHOS STUDIEN ZU ANTIKEN UND MODERNEN INTERPRETATIONEN
Stroemfeld 1985 1st Roter Stein. In German. Octavo, 424pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a46098)
$80.00 Tae Hung Ha . MAXIMS AND PROVERBS OF OLD KOREA
Seoul 1967 Yonsei University Press. Korean Cultural Series Vol. VII. In English and Korean. 8vo., 237pp., indexed by subject, wraps. Good, some light wear and soiling. (a46101)
$28.00 Hartigan, Jane E. and Patricia Atkinson Wells (editors) . FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY STUDIES VOLUME 2
Los Angeles 1978. 4to., 35pp. (printed in double column), wraps. Good, light wear. (a46620)
$27.00(folklore). ABSTRACTS OF FOLKLORE STUDIES 11 YEARS (bound in 10 hardcover volumes)
NY and Austin. Twelve years of this quarterly journal, Volume 1, 1963 through Volume 3, 1965, and Volume 6, 1968 though Volume 13, 1975. Bound in ten volumes (Volume 11-12, 1973-1974 bound one volume). Volumes 1 and 2 are Kraus reprints. 8vo., bound in buckram (green orange, with covers for each issue. Institution stamps on fore-edges. VG no wear just the library marks. Set of 11 years in 10 volumes. (a46989)
$210.00Hamberg, Gustagf and Ulla Berlin-Hamberg. KYRKOR I HAERJEDALEN AELVROS OCH OEVERHOGDAL
Stockholm 1966. In Swedish. sm4to., 347pp., illustrations, index, wraps. near VG, light wear and soiling. (a47265)
$45.00Harris, George W.. SUT LOVINGWOOD
NY 1954 Grove Press. Introduction by Brom Weber. 8vo., 262pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, worn at edges and corners, a few closed tears. Mylar cover on dj. (a48232)
$25.00 Ellwood, T. . LAKELAND AND ICELAND
1995 Llanerch Publishers. Facsimile reprint of original 1895 edition. Comprising: The Landnama Book of Iceland as it illustrates the Dialect, Folk Lore, and Antiquities of Cumberland, Westmorland and North Lancashire, and a Glossary of Words in the Dialect of Cumberland Westmorland and North Lancashire Which Seem Allied to or Identical with the Icelandic or Norse. Octavo, xii, 8pp., xvii, 69pp, wraps. VG. (a49095)
$33.00 Gizelis, Gregory . NARRATIVE RHETORICAL DEVICES OF PERSUASION FOLKLORE COMMUNICATION IN A GREEK-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
Athens 1974 National Centre of Social Research. 8vo., 155pp., wraps. VG. (a49675)
$40.00 Dyer, Louis . STUDIES OF THE GODS IN GREECE AT CERTAIN SANCTUARIES RECENTLY EXCAVATED BEING EIGHT LECTURES GIVEN IN 1890 AT THE LOWELL INSTITUTE
NY 1894 Macmillan. 8vo., 457pp., 2 plans and one foldout colored plan, hardcover cloth. Small library stamp on titlepage. Faint residue of library pocket on rear end paper. Small rubbbed spot on spine. Good plus, top corners of a few leaves folded or chipped (not near text). (a49855)
$35.00 (connecticut) . THE LEGEND OF THE SLEEPING GIANT A POEM
New Haven 1887 first edition. Hardcover. Square 12mo., 25pp., original mounted photograph as frontis, original green cloth with gilt lettering on front. Photograph is of the countryside with man and his horse gazing off into distance with 4 line printed stanza of poem beneath, VG plus, light overall wear. Scarce. (a50686)
$195.00 Northcote, James . ONE HUNDRED FABLES ORIGINAL AND SELECTED
London 1828 first edition Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage. Printed by J. Johnson. Hardcover. Octavo, 272pp., embellished with 280 engravings on wood, 3/4 blue leather with blue cloth, raised bands and gilt trim on spine. Top edge gilt. VG plus, light cover wear, occasional slight foxing in text. Fine binding. Beautiful book. (a51208)
$330.00 Jackson, J. Wilfrid . THE AZTEC MOON-CULT AND ITS RELATION TO THE CHANK-CULT OF INDIA
Manchester 1916. Memoir V, May 25th, 1916 of the Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, 1915-1916, Volume 60, Part II, pp. 1-5, later wraps. VG. (a51393)
$38.00(astrology). CURIOUS ASTROLOGICAL MANUSCRIPT: ASTROLOGICAL APHORISMS I, II (2 volume set, complete)
Appears to be 19th century. No author or transcriber given. Hardcovers. Two volumes in English entirely in manuscript. Fine and neatly hand written in brown ink with contrastiing red ink headings. Large octavos, 642pp., index, bound in matching full leather with mounted red leather spine labels titles "Astrological Aphorisms I" and "Astrological Aphorisms II." Contains the following: Meysonnier's Aphorisms from 2000 Natal Figures; The Aphorisms of Louis Regiis, dedicated to the Patriarch of Constantinople; the Aphorisms of Almansor, Astrologer to the King of the Saracens and The Seven Sections of the Astronomical Aphorisms of Cardan. Likely written with a view towards publication. A few light pencil notations in a different hand on end papers. VG, light cover wear. 2 manuscript volumes. (a51792)
$570.00 Boatright, Mody C.; Wilson M. Hudson and Allen Maxwell (editors) . TEXAS FOLK AND FOLKLORE
Dallas 1974 3rd. 8vo., 356pp., drawings by Jose Cisneros, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a51872)
$29.00 Sanchez, Rafael Jijena y Bruno Jacovella . LAS SUPERSTICIONES
Buenos Aires 1939. Contribucion a la metodologia de la investigacion folklorica. Con numerosas supersticiones recogidas en el Norte Argentino. In Spanish. 8vo., 154pp., wraps with later paper spine. Good, light wear/ (a5313)
$25.00 Zender, Matthias . ATLAS DER DEUTSCHEN VOLKSKUNDE NEUE FOLGE - ERLAUTERUNGEN ZUR 1. LIEFERUNG, KARTE NF 1-12
Marburg 1964 Elwert. Auf Grund der von 1929 bis 1935 durchgefuhrten Sammlungen im Auftrage der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. In German. Large 4to., 232pp., orange wraps. Institute blind stamp on cover and first page. Tiny cancel stamp on front cover. VG. (a53388)
$99.00 Zender, Matthias . ATLAS DER DEUTSCHEN VOLKSKUNDE NEUE FOLGE - ERLAUTERUNGEN ZUR 2. LIEFERUNG, KARTE NF 13-24
Marburg 1964 Elwert. Auf Grund der von 1929 bis 1935 durchgefuhrten Sammlungen im Auftrage der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. In German. large 4to., pp.233-528, orange wraps. Institute blind stamp on cover and first page. Tiny cancel stamp on front cover. VG. (a53389)
$99.00 Zender, Matthias . ATLAS DER DEUTSCHEN VOLKSKUNDE NEUE FOLGE - ERLAUTERUNGEN ZUR 3. LIEFERUNG, KARTE NF 25-36
Marburg 1964 Elwert. Auf Grund der von 1929 bis 1935 durchgefuhrten Sammlungen im Auftrage der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. In German. large 4to., pp.531-752, map transparency in pocket, orange wraps. Institute blind stamp on cover and first page. Tiny cancel stamp on front cover. Laid in: index volume for volumes 1-3. VG. (a53390)
$120.00 Zender, Matthias . ATLAS DER DEUTSCHEN VOLKSKUNDE NEUE FOLGE - ERLAUTERUNGEN ZUR 4. LIEFERUNG, 1. TIEL , KARTE NF 37-42
Marburg 1964 Elwert. Auf Grund der von 1929 bis 1935 durchgefuhrten Sammlungen im Auftrage der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. In German. large 4to., 233pp., orange wraps. Institute blind stamp on cover and first page. Tiny cancel stamp on front cover. VG. (a53391)
$99.00 Davidson, Levette J. . A GUIDE TO AMERICAN FOLKLORE
Denver 1951 Second Printing. Sm.8vo., 132pp., hardcover. VG in Fair DJ, rubbed and a bit chipped. (a53712)
$30.00 Laville, Jean and J. Berkowitz . PACIFIC ISLAND LEGENDS
Noumea 1944 1st Librairie Pentecost. Life and Legends in the South Pacific Islands. 8vo., 167pp., illustrations, hardcover. Owner name and inscription crossed off with black marker lines. Good, no DJ. (a5404)
$30.00 Casanowicz, I. M. . SHAMANISM OF THE NATIVES OF SIBERIA
Washington 1925. 8vo., 20pp., 2 plates, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a54255)
$40.00 Stanley, Paul C. . ORCHID COLLECTING IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Washington 1925. 8vo., 25pp., 26 plates, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a54256)
$39.00 Messing, Marcel . SYMBOLIEK SLEUTEL TOT ZELFKENNIS
Amsterdam 1977 Van Gorcum Assen. ISBN 90 232 1541 9. In Dutch. 8vo., 215pp., wraps. VG, cover rubbed. (a55547)
$35.00Melichercik, Andrej. TEORIA NARODOPISU
1945 Tranoscius v LIptovskom SV. Mikulasi. In Czech. Sm.4to., 169pp., wraps. Uncut. VG. no owner marks. (a55671)
$79.00Russell, John (J.R.). THE PIASA AN INDIAN TRADITION OF ILLINOIS
NY 1836. An Indian Legend created and popularized by Russell. Two pages (single leaf), removed from The Family Magazine, or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge (1836). Good, some toning and light foxing in margins. (a56856)
$20.00 Ales, Mikolas . VENEC NARODNICH PISNI
Prague 1950 Tvar. Nakladatelstvi Svazu Ceskoslovenskych. In Czech. 4to., 95pp., illustrations, papercovered boards with orange cloth spine. Institution stamp inside front cover. VG in Good DJ. (a57017)
$65.00Brinton, Daniel G.. THE LENAPE AND THEIR LEGENDS; WITH THE COMPLETE TEXT AND SYMBOLS OF THE WALAM OLUM
Philadelphia 1885. Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature, Number V. Hardcover. Large octavo, 262pp., text illustrations, index, original black cloth with new paper spine. Good plus, cover tips slightly bent inward, some offsetting on the series title (precedes title page) from a label (in Spanish) tipped onto the verso of the front free blank, uneven fading on covers. Binding secure. Text clean but slightly evenly toned. No owner marks. (a57327)
$75.00 Busk, R. H. . ROMAN LEGENDS A COLLECTION OF THE FABLES AND FOLK-LORE OF ROME
Boston 1877 1st Estes and Lauriat. 8vo., 433p., original green cloth hardcover with bold black decoration and gilt lettering. Good, spine ends worn down a bit, corners worn, occasional light foxing. (a57896)
$115.00 Thurston, Philip H. . SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES RESPONSIBILITY....AN ADMINISTRATIVE VIEW OF THE DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN OPERATING PEOPLE AND SPECIALISTS FOR SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES WORK.
Boston 1959 Harvard. 8vo., 110pp., original printed wraps. Includes printed Abstract. VG. (a58045)
$40.00 Morita, Genevieve . UN COUP D'OEIL SUR LA MUSIQUE ET LA DANSE TRADITIONNELLES AU JAPON
Japan 1936. Much on Geishas. In French. Sm.4to., color and monochrome illustrations, accordian fold, Japanese style book bound with wide orange silk ties. Printed slip tipped-in apologizing for the printer who knew no French. VG, light soiling and wear on cover. (a60818)
$95.00Levy, Howard S. (translator). CHINA'S DIRTIEST TRICKSTER FOLKLORE ABOUT HSU WEN-CH' ANG (1521-1593) ISBN 910878-00-X (signed)
Arlington 1974 1st Warm-Soft Village Press. Copy No. 215 of of 300. Octavo, 157pp., red cloth hardcover. Signed by Levy. Near Fine, no DJ. Scarce. (a61210)
$38.00 Elliot, Sir Henry M. . MEMOIRS ON THE HISTORY, FOLK-LORE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE RACES OF THE NORTH WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA; BEING AN AMPLIFED EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL SUPPLEMENTAL GLOSSARY OF INDIAN TERMS (2 volume set, complete)
London 1869 Trubner. Edited, revised and re-arranged by John Beames. Much on detailed information on Hindu caste system, revenue collection, rural life, customs, rites and superstitions. High quality scholarly study-recommended. 2 volumes. Octavo., 386pp., 4 fine color maps (3 of which are large foldout maps), 2 litho plates, original red cloth hardcovers. Small library blind stamp on title page and on one text page in each volume. Faint residue of numbers at heel of each spine. Good, inner hinges cracked, small chip along outer hinge of Volume 1. Text clean and bindings secure. Two volume set: (a61421)
$290.00 (china) . FOLK TALES FROM CHINA - FIRST SERIES
Peking 1959 (1st 1957) 2nd Foreign Languages Press. Hardcover. Octavo., 147pp., original printed green, pink and black with ivory cloth spine. Good plus, light soiling, no DJ. Stories for Children. (a61577)
$24.00 Culbertson, Rev. M . Simpson . DARKNESS IN THE FLOWERY LAND; OR RELIGIOUS NOTIONS AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS IN NORTH CHINA
New York 1857 Scribner. Culbertson, (1819�62) was a Presbyterian Missionary in China. He who was educated at West Point and at Princeton Theological Seminary, and worked on a Chinese Bible.12mo., 235pp., original grey cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Owner bookplate. A few light pencil lines in margins. Good, cover lightly worn with a small bit of chipping on spine. Very scarce. (a61758)
$600.00 Harper, Francis P. (bookseller) . CATALOGUE OF STANDARD AND OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS COMPRISING LITERARY EDITIONS, CURIOUS WORKS ON WITCHCRAFT, AND FOLK-LORE, ART, AMERICANA, ETC., ETC WITH A FEW AUTOGRAPH LETTERS THE ENTIRE BEING THE RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE STOCK OF FRANCIS P. HARPER, NO. 17 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET, (UNION SQUARE, WEST,) NEW YORK
NY 1892 (May). Catalogue No. 54. Octavo, 32pp. (652 books listed andescribed), printed wraps. VG. (a61898)
$35.00 Hudson, Arthur Palmer . NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE
Chapel Hill 1954. North Carolina Folklore Society, Volume II No. 1. September 1954. Octavo, 41pp., original printed blue wraps. VG. (a62173)
$35.00 Chaplin, Dorothea . MYTHOLOGICAL BONDS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Copenhagen 1938 Munksgaard. Square octavo, 152pp., illustrations, hardcover with mounted paper label on front and spine. Good, spine browned, cover faded and lightly worn, no DJ. (a62604)
$29.00 Schwabe, Julius . ARCHETYP UND TIERKRIES GRUNDLINIEN EINER KORMISCHEN SYMBOLIK UND MYTHOLOGIE
Basel 1951 1st Benno Schwabe. In German.Hardcover. 4to., 662pp., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a63085)
$77.00Dole, Edmund P.. HIWA A TALE OF ANCIENT HAWAII (first edition)
New York 1900 first edition. Harper. Small octavo, 108pp., hardcover. VG, slight cover soiling; solid, clean, no owner marks. no dj. (a65991)
$25.00 Wilson, Laurence L. . ILONGOT LIFE AND LEGENDS
Philippines 1947. Luzon Island folklore. Small octavo, 109pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a66358)
$69.00 d'Aquili, Eugene G; Charles D. Laughlin, Jr.; John McManus and others . THE SPECTRUM OF RITUAL A BIOGENETIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. ISBN 0-231-04514-X
New York 1979 1st Columbia University. ISBN 0-231-04514-X. Chapters include: Mamalian Ritua by Charles D. Laughlin, Neurobiology of Myth by d'Aquili, Ritual and Social Power by Tom Burns. Octavo, 375pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a66986)
$300.00 Carneiro, Serafina Garrigo de . EL OLIMPO INTERPRETACIONES DE LA MITOLOGIA
La Habana 1949 Seoane, Fernandez. In Spanish. Octavo, 332pp., hardcover. VG, corners of covers and a few leaves bruised, no DJ. (a67352)
$75.00 Armitage, George T. and Henry P. Judd . GHOST DOG AND OTHER HAWAIIAN LEGENDS
Honolulu 1944 1st Advertiser.Edited by helen Berkey. Octavo, illustrated by Juliette May Fraser, hardcover. VG, light wear on spine ends. (a69681)
$22.00Hulst, Cornelia Steketee. ST. GEORGE OF CAPPADOCIA IN LEGEND AND HISTORY
London 1909 1st David Nutt. Octavo, 156pp., color frontis, illustrations, blue-grey silk cloth hardcoverr with gilt lettering and gilt circular medallion in middle of front.. Good plus, corners and spine ends worn, spine faded. (a69810)
$80.00 Owen, Mary Alicia . VOODOO TALES AS TOLD AMONG THE NEGROES OF THE SOUTHWEEST COLLECTED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES
NY 1893 Putnam. Introduction by Charles Godfrey Leland. Hardcover. Octavo, 310pp., illustrated by Juliette Owen and Louis Wain, hardcover. Institute blindstamp on titlepage (stamped cancelled) but no other library marks at all. Good,spine browned and spine ends worn down about 1/4 inch. (a70248)
$97.00 Wimsatt, Genevieve . A GRIFFIN IN CHINA, FACT AND LEGEND IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC
NY 1927 1st Funk and Wagnalls. Hardcover. Octavo, 252pp., hardcover with very attracive gilt end papers. Near Fine, cover very bright and clean, in Good DJ. a fle closed tears and a few small chips. The jacket is by Will Andrews, and is rare. It is also a publisher's defect, with printing from other jackets on top of panels and flaps. DJ spine is correctly printed. (a70809)
$65.00 Indreb�, G. (utg.) . SVERRIS SAGA ETTER COD. AM 327 4o
Kristiania 1920 Jacob Dybwad. Hardcover. In Norwegian. Octavo, 214pp., green buckram. Near Fine, top corner of front blank chipped. (a70853)
$60.00 Plopper, Clifford H. . CHINESE RELIGION SEEN THROUGH THE PROVERB
Shanghai 1935 1st Shanghai Modern Publishing House. Fascinating examination of Chinese beliefs, wisdom, superstitions and folklore. Chapters on: Survivals of Ancient Nature Worship, Magic, Animism, Buddhism, Life Beyond the Grave, and so on. Hardcover. Octavo, 81pp., many photo illustrations, shiny black cloth with bright gilt picture of Chinese rooftops on front. Spine has "1", but this was only volume published. Good, some cover wear, front hinge tender, rear hinge cracking. (a70981)
$200.00 Zeitlin, Ida; Theodore Nadejen (illustrator) . SKAZKI TALES AND LEGENDS OF OLD RUSSIA
NY 1926 Doran. Hardcover. 4to., 335pp., attractive goldtone or full color mounted plates (collated complete), bright colorful end papers, original cloth. Good, most all pages have slight water stain in top corner of margin only, most of spine lettering faded away, some light cover wear and soiling, no DJ. (a71133)
$25.00 Leader, Ninon A. M. . HUNGARIAN CLASSICAL BALLADS AND THEIR FOLKLORE
Cambridge 1967 1st University. Hardcover. Octavo, 365pp., cloth. VG plus, no DJ. (a71404)
$25.00 Bouvier, J B . LEGENDES VALAISANNES D'APRES LES WALLISERSAGEN DE LA SOCIETE D'HISTOIRE DU HAUT-VALAIS
Paris 1931 Victor Attinger. In French. Octavo, 14 text illustrations, wraps. VG. (a71650)
$20.00 Hudson, Arthur Palmer (ed) . NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE - GROUP OF 4 ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL
Four separate issues of this journal: Sep 1954, Dec 1960, May 1967, Oct 1968. Octavo wraps. Many fascinating articles including: Witchcraft in Henderson county by Robert Morgan; Riddles from New York State; many folktales; Catalogue of death on Three-Miile Creek Folk Obituraries; Mountain Music by W Todd Reece; Foods in early North Carolina by Hazel Griffin and many more. Set of 4 issues: (a71716)
$45.00 Owen, Guy and Richard Walser (eds) . NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE - ALL APPALACHIA ISSUE NOVEMBER 1968
octavo wraps. One complete issue of this journal. A few photo illus. Contents: A Visit with Doc Waton by Rogers Whitener, Horror in the Mountains by John Wheeler More, Animal Products and minerals in Folk Medicines in the Mammoth Cave Region by Gordon Wilson, etc. Paginated pp. 142-188. Date stamp on cover o/w Fine. (a71717)
$35.00 Hudson, Arthur Palmer (editor) . NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE - SEPTEMBER 1954
1954. Numerous North Carolina folk stories, Riddles from New York State, Games from Western North carolina, 25th Annual Ramp Vonvention, etc. One complete issue of this journal. Octavo, 41pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. Good, top corner cut from cover. (a71725)
$35.00 Sen, Rai Saheb Dineshchandra . FOLK LITERATURE OF BENGAL
1920 University of Calcutta. Foreward by W. R. Gourlay. 8vo., 362pp., index, hardcover. Good, some worming along spine. (a7182)
$49.00Schwendener, Norma and Averil Tibbels. LEGENDS & DANCES OF OLD MEXICO
NY 1934 1st Barnes. Hardcover. Octavo, 111pp., illustrations cloth. Owner bookplate. VG plus, no DJ. (a71888)
$29.00 Nielsen, Otto . TALES FROM THE FOUR WINDS
c. 1959. Compiled by Scandinavian Airlines System. Folk tales. Large oblong 4to., monochrome and color illustrations by Nielsen with text in English, wraps with metal spiral spine. Good, title page becoming detached, light cover wear and soiling. (a72314)
$30.00 Eitrem, S. . DIE G�TTLICHEN ZWILLINGE BEI DEN GRIECHEN
Christiania 1902 1st Dybwad. In German. Sm.4to., 125pp., removed and rebound in later blue wraps. Fine. (a72698)
$95.00 Barbier, Jean . LEGENDES DU BASQUE D'APRES LA TRADITION TEXTE FRANCAIS ET TEXTE BASQUE
Paris 1931 1st Librairie Delagrave. In French. Lg.4to., 158pp., illustrations de P. Tillac, original printed wraps bound in later wraps. Text in VG. Good, original wrapper chipped and soiled, new wrap is Fine. (a73515)
$500.00(folklore). REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOLKSONG OF THE POPULAR LITERATURE SECTION OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
Gainesville 1937 University of Florida. Single complete issue of the Southern Folklore Quarterly vol 1 # 2. June, 1937. Octavo, 73pp., original printed wraps. VG, wraps a bit soiled, lower corner of rear wrapper folded. (a74814)
$25.00 Thompson, Stith . TALES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
Cambridge 1929 1st Harvard University. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 386pp., large folding map, red cloth. VG plus in Good DJ, a bit browned and chipped. (a76371)
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