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1 Lives and Exploits of the most noted Highwaymen,Robbers and Murderers, of all Nations Drawn from authentic sources and brought down to the present time
Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son, no date (circa early 1800's). Hard Cover acceptable 
Sm.8vo. Brown cloth. Engravings. Gilt lettering to spine. Cloth is worn Slightly cocked. Foxed.

Character's include Richard Turpin, Jack Shepherd, Capt. James Hind, Claude DuVall, Thomas Wynne, Mulled Sack, The Golden Farmer, The German Princess...,etc 
Price: 100.00 USD
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2 The History of Sindbad the Sailor containing an account of his Seven Surprising Voyages
New York: Desmond Fitzgerald Inc, 1911. facsimile edition Hard Cover vg 
24mo. Tan boards. This is a facsimile edition from the Glasgow edition of 1819. Illustrated

 
Price: 95.00 USD
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3 Abernethy,Francis Edward. T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore.
Dallas: E-Heart Press, 1982. vg 
Sm 4to, 277 pp. A collection of essays dealing wqith Texqan Folklore, includes b/w photographs. Good stuff!

 
Price: 20.00 USD
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4 Abrahams,Roger D. Jump-Rope Rhymes A Dictionary
Austin: Folklore Society Univerisity of Texas PRess, 1969. Cloth vg/vg 
8vo. 228pp.

 
Price: 35.00 USD
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5 Addy,Sidney Oldall. Household Tales with other Traditional Remains.
London: David Nutt, 1895. vg 
8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Inner signature loose

 
Price: 130.00 USD
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6 Asbjornsen,Peter Christen and Jorgen Moe. Norwegian Folk Tales.
Oslo: Dreyer, nd. 3rd printing vg/vg dj 
4to. A handsome copy in a very nice dust jacket.Full page black and white illustrations by Werenskiold and Kittelsen.

 
Price: 50.00 USD
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7 Aurand,A.Monroe. Little Known Facts about Bundling in the New World.
Penna.: Aurand Press, 1938. vg 
8vo, 31 pp. Slim pamphlet written by a member of the German folklore Society. Illustrated

 
Price: 15.00 USD
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8 Aurand,A.Monroe. Little Known Facts about Bundling in the New World.
Penn: Aurand Press, 1958. Wraps vg 
8vo. 31pp. Wraps. Illustrated Edition

"The Old-Fashioned Center-Board. The Pennsylvania Germans invented all kinds of ways and means to get the courting couples together- and all kinds of knick-knacks to keep them apart when they got together! Girls were safer in the old days, in bed with their beaux than they are today roaming the world over in search of adventure. 
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9 Baldwin,Cradock & Joy. The Encyclopaedia of Wit.
London: Baldwin,Cradock & Joy, 1823. a new edition vg 
24mo, 564 pp. Leather binding with spine title label. Some wear along spine crease.

 
Price: 53.50 USD
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10 Barnum,P.T. Barnum's Own Story For the Boys and Girls of America - Natural History from a New Standpoint
Chicago: R.S. Peale & Co., 1891. Hard Cover vg 
Bound in burgandy decorated cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Light scuffing around edges. Joints tight. A nice copy

Profusely illustrated with over three hundred striking and original engravings and five full page chromolithograph color illustrations. 
Price: 150.00 USD
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11 Bauman,Richard and Roger D. Abrahams. "And Other Neighborly Names": Social Process and Culture Image in Texas Folklore.
Austin: U. of Texas Press, 1981. First edition vg/vg dj 
Sm 4to, 321 pp. A collection of essyas dedictated to various aspects of Texan folklore.

 
Price: 25.00 USD
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12 Ben-Amos,Dan. Folklore Genres.
Austin: U. of Texas Press, 1976. First edition vg/vg dj 
Sm 4to, 291 pp. A collection of essays on folklore, some b/w illustrations, spine discoloured, pages very clean and tight.

 
Price: 30.00 USD
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13 Benson,E.F. The Valkyries A Romance.
Boston: L.C.Page & Co, 1905. vg 
8vo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine. 1st signature loose but intact. 12 illustrations.

 
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14 Bronner,Simon J. Folklife Studies from the Golden Age: Object, Rite, and Custom in Victorian America.
Ann Arbor: UMI, 1987. vg/vg dj 
Sm 4to, 291 pp. A collection of essays from 1887 to 1907 and filled with the variety of expression typical of the Victorian erra.

 
Price: 25.00 USD
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15 Brown,Eli F. Alcohol: Its effects on Body and Mind With Lessons on Anatomy and Physiology, experiments, etc.
Indiana: Norman Publishing House, 1898. 
139pp. Front and back covers loose but intact.

An interesting little book. Information is presented concerning "the relation of the use of alcohol to insanity and crime". Originally published in 1883. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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16 Buckley,Arabella B. The Fairy-Land of Science.
New York: D.Appleton & Co, 1885. Hard Cover good plus 
octavo. 244pp & ads. Green binding with gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine.

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Price: 35.00 USD
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17 Bulfinch. A Book of Myths Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable
1942. first with Helen Sewell illustration's Hard Cover vg/g 
127pp. Black and white illustrations by Helen Sewell. Pictorial dust jacket with pieces missing from jacket. Protected in brodart wrapper

 
Price: 30.00 USD
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18 C. S Wong. An illustrated cycle of Chinese festivities in Malaysia and Singapore.
Jack Chia-mph - MPH Ldt, 1987. 9971732246 / 9789971732240 Hard Cover vg/vg 
Quarto.237pp A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In an archival mylar protective wrapper. Ink inscription on dedication page.

 
Price: 45.00 USD
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19 C.Kerenyi and translated from the German by Christopher Holme. Zeus and Hera Archetypal Image of Father, Husband and Wife
Princeton - Bollingen Series, 1975. 0691098646 / 9780691098647 Hard Cover vg+/vg+ 
Quarto. 212pp A very good copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Protected in an archival mylar wrapper

Bollingen Series LXV - 5 
Price: 65.00 USD
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20 Cabell, James Branch. Chivalry.
New York & London: Harper & Brothers Pub., 1909. First edition vg 
218 pp. 12 color plates by Pyle.

 
Price: 153.50 USD
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