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Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe
by Philip, Neil
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed.
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781857340006
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$15.00
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England: Liber Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed.. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1857340000 . Many illustrations, including some color plates. A collection of fairy tales from Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Byelorussia, Czechoslovakia, Georgia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Romania. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 157 pages . Item Price
US$15.00
Our Father Story Teller
by Velarde, Pablita
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket lightly worn.
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1989
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780940666108
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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Santa Fe, NM: Clear Light Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket lightly worn.. 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 0940666103 . Black and white and color illustrations, color photographs. A solid copy of this collection of Pueblo legends by the noted Santa Clara Pueblo artist Pablita Velarde. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 56 pages . Item Price
US$15.00
Legends of the New England Coast
by Snow, Edgar Rowe
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled and worn, owner name on front free endpaper, front hinge cracked.
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$30.00
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NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled and worn, owner name on front free . endpaper, front hinge cracked.. 1957. Hardcover. Yellow cloth, xv, 268pp, index, illustrations and photos. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
US$30.00
The Study of Folklore
by Dundes, Alan
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Edges foxed, jacket waterstained.
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- Later Printing
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780138589448
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Good in Good dust jacket; Edges foxed, jacket waterstained.. 1965. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0138589445 . xi, 481pp. Illustrations, suggestions for further reading. Yellow decorated cloth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
US$15.00
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Ring-Tailed Roarers: Tall Tales of the American Frontier 1830-1860
by Chittick, V. L. O. (editor)
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards foxed at edges, jacket lightly worn and soiled.
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Published
- 1946
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$25.00
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Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards foxed at edges, jacket lightly worn . and soiled.. 1946. Third Printing. Hardcover. Edited and with introduction by V. L. O. Chittick, wood engravings by Lloyd J. Reynolds. Tan cloth binding. Reading list, endnotes. Anthology of tall tales by various authors from the 19th century American frontier. List… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans Christian
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, jacket tattered.
- Edition
- Ninth Printing
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$20.00
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London: Paul Hamlyn. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, jacket tattered.. 1969. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. White cloth binding. Color plates and numerous other illustrations by Czech artist Jiri Trnka. Twenty of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tales. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 207 pages . Item Price
US$20.00
I Was on the Wrong Bear
by Carr, Harvey; Ward, Vaughn (editor)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780912678849
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- 1
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Greenfield Center, NY: Bowman Books. Very Good. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0912678844 . Inscribed by the editor, the late folklorist, Vaughn Ward, on the title page. A collection of Adirondack tall tales by Harvey Carr, with illustrations by Deborah Delaney. Bibliography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages . Item Price
US$15.00
From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom
by Roberts, John W.
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- Used - Very Good; Covers toned, price sticker on rear cover.
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1991
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780812213331
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- 1
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Very Good; Covers toned, price sticker on rear cover.. 1991. Later Printing. Softcover. 0812213335 . Bibliography, index. Examines the Afro-American trickster and the trickster tale tradition, the conjurer as folk hero, the biblical heroic tradition, and the badman as outlaw hero (rear cover blurb). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 233 pages . Item Price
US$20.00
Compleat Anachronist 34: Russian Folklore
by Von Amrum, Lady Eichling; Chennault, Jenny
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- Used - Very Good
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- Second Printing
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- 1989
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- Softcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$10.00
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Milpitas, CA: Society for Creative Anachronism. Very Good. 1989. Second Printing. Softcover. Illustrated stapled pink card covers. Illustrations. A guide to Russian folklore, gods, and folk tales. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages . Item Price
US$10.00
Compleat Anachronist 35: An Introduction to Russian Costume
by Evodia, Lady Soraya
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
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- 1989
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- Softcover
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Milpitas, CA: Society for Creative Anachronism. Very Good. 1989. Second Printing. Softcover. Illustrated stapled tan card covers. Illustrations. A guide to traditional Russian costume and accessories, including simple patterns. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages . Item Price
US$15.00
Hawaiian Tales
by Berkey, Helen L.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers faintly scuffed.
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Books. Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers faintly scuffed.. 1968. Hardcover. Green pictorial cloth. A volume in the Told-Again Tales from Many Lands series. A collection of 17 Hawaiian legends and folk tales. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages . Item Price
US$20.00
Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster
by Augusta, Isabella; Lady Gregory
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly toned.
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$35.00
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Gerrards Cross, UK: Colin Smythe. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly toned.. 1970. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Preface by W. B. Yeats, foreword by Daniel Murphy. Navy cloth. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Lady Gregory. Jacket art by Dara O'Lochlainn. Notes. Volume two of the Coole Edition reprinting this 1902 collection of epic Irish myths arranged and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Farmer and the Poor God: A Folktale from Japan
by Wells, Ruth
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$25.00
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NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1996. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page and inscribed by the illustrator on the copyright page. A version of a traditional Japanese folk tale retold by Ruth Wells about a virtuous but poor family who learn what matters most in life… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tales from Silver Lands
by Finger, Charles J.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly soiled and worn.
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- Later Edition
- Published
- 1924
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$20.00
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly soiled and worn.. 1924. Later Edition. Hardcover. Winner of the 1925 Newbery Medal. Circa 1970s reprint. Color frontispiece and many other black and white woodcut illustrations by Paul Honore. A collection of South American indigenous folk tales and legends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kinder- Und Hausmärchen Nach Sammlung Der Brüder Grimm
by Fraungruber, Hans (editor)
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, penciled gift inscription on first page of text.
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- Hardcover
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Vienna and Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, penciled gift . inscription on first page of text.. Hardcover. Circa 1970s collection of eight fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm with prints in color and in black and white by Jurgen Taschner. Gray illustrated boards. Text in German. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall;… Read more about this item Item Price
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By His Own Might: The Battles of Beowulf
by Hosford, Dorothy
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned and chipped, endpapers toned.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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NY: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned and chipped, endpapers toned.. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth binding. Bold black and white endpapers and illustrations by Laszlo Matulay. A retelling of the traditional Beowulf legends for young adults. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 69 pages . Item Price
US$30.00
Rude Tales and Glorious: Being: the Only True Account of Diverse Feats of Brawn and Bawd Performed by King Arthur and His Knights or the Table Round
by Seare, Nicholas; Trevanian
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and lightly worn.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780517549865
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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NY: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and lightly worn.. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0517549867 . xv, 207 pages. Black and white frontispiece illustration, author preface, black and white illustrations, and glossary. A bawdy Aurthurian tale. Nicholas Seare was a pen name of Rodney William Whitaker who, under another of pen names,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bluenose Magic: Popular Beliefs and Superstititions in Nova Scotia
by Creighton, Helen (editor)
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and rubbed.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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US$30.00
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Toronto: Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and rubbed.. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. x, 297pp. Bibliography, index. Navy cloth binding. Nova Scotia folkore including such subjects as the supernatural, witchcraft, treasure, Micmac people, fairies, dreams, supersititions, divination, home remedies, weather, crops, and animals. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .… Read more about this item Item Price
US$30.00
The Glass Mountain and Other Arabian Tales
by Larson, Jean Russell
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on front pastedown endpaper, boards rounded and lightly worn.
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780825551901
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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Philadelphia: MacRae Smith Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on front pastedown endpaper, . boards rounded and lightly worn.. 1971. Hardcover. 0825551900 . Illustrated hardcover. A collection of traditional folk tales from the Middle East: The Glass Mountain, Ali and the Griffin, The Lion, the Fox and the Bird, Feraz and the Magic Lute, The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Son of Two Worlds: A Retelling of the Timeless Celtic Saga of Pryderi
by Middleton, Haydn
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket scuffed.
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780712617796
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- 1
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London: Rider. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket scuffed.. 1987. Hardcover. 0712617795 . Beautiful and expressive color illustrations by Anthea Toorchen. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 167 pages . Item Price
US$15.00