The Children in the Wood; (Comic Illustrations)
London: Read & Co. Publishers and Printers, no date (circa 1890's). Wraps. Stapled pictorial wrappers. With 8pp of text and color comic illustrations. 9 1/2" x 7". Very nice copy. More
Folklore, Fairy Tales & Social History
The Fiddlers and the Elves; From the French of Henry Carnoy
London: Blackie and Son Ltd, no date. Hardcover. 16mo. 7" x 5"). Color pictorial covers. 62pp. A pristine copy. The "Beacon Library " More
The History of Sindbad the Sailor; containing an account of his Seven Surprising Voyages
Glasgow: Desmond FitzGerald Inc, 1911. facsimile edition. Hard Cover. 24mo. Tan boards. This is a facsimile edition from the Glasgow edition of 1819. Illustrated. More
Le Petit Poucet; Les Contes Des Fees
unknown: unknown, unknown. Wraps. Color pictorial stapled wrappers. Six full page color illustrations (including one double spread page). Six pages of French text. Front cover has a three inch closed tear starting at top of spine. Some light scattered soiling. Tape used to re-inforce front hinge... More
Lo schiaccianoci. Una fiaba di Natale.
Roma: Donzelli Editore, 2011. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5" x 6". 251pp. A very nice copy in Italian. Book is in Near Fine and dust jacket is in Very Good/. More
Riquet a La Houppe; Les Contes des Fees
unknown, no date. unknown. Wraps. Color pictorial wrappers. (10' x 6 1/2") Five full page color illustrations (including double spread pages in middle) Six pages of French text. Small piece chipped at front cover near spine. More
Household Tales with other Traditional Remains.
London: David Nutt, 1895. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Inner signature loose. More
Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple, and his Five Disciples Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, Zany and Foozle.
London: Trubner & Co223pp, 1861. Hard Cover. Octavo. 223pp Green cloth with decorative design and lettering in gilt to both covers and spine. Color frontispiece. and fifty illustrations drawn on wood. Some wear to front and rear gutter. Tip of corner of last page missing. A lovely copy... More
On Monsters and Marvels.
University Of Chicago Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 224pp. Illustrated. Laid in is "advance promotion copy", slip. Sun-faded spine to dust jacket. "A marvelous encyclopedia of curioosities - monstrous human and animal births, bizarre beasts, natural phenomena. " Surgeon and scientist, Pare, was also philosopher, critis, historian, storyteller, philologist, moralist..... More
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales.
London: Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover. Octavo. 10" x 7.5" 288pp. A beautigful copy in Near Fine condition. Has 16 full color illustrations and 93 black and white illustrations. Housed in a Near Fine red slipcase. A spectacular volume. More
Le Mille E Una Donna (A Thousand and One Woman); Fiabe Da Tutto Il Mondo
Donzelli Editore, 2020. Hardcover. Italian text. Illustrations by Cecilia Campironi. A lovely copy in dust jacket. More
Fables; Five Hundred Years of Illustration and Text
Frederic C. Bell/Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986. First edition. Hard Cover. A very nice copy in an equally nice jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
The Encyclopaedia of Wit.
London: Baldwin,Cradock & Joy, 1823. a new edition. 24mo, 564 pp. Leather binding with spine title label. Some wear along spine crease. More
Mantle of Dreams.
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1974. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75" x 6" 123pp. A Very good copy with some rubbing along the bottom of the spine and along the bottom and outer edges of front and back cover. No Jacket. Box is in Very Good condition but rubbed along the edges anda dime..... More
Bell's New Pantheon; or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi-Gods, Heroes, and Fabulous Personages of Antiquity:; Also, of the images and idols adored in the Pagan world; together with their temples, priests, altars, oracles, fasts, festivals, games, & c. as well as descriptions of their figures, representations, and symbols, collected from statues, pictures, coins and other remains of hte ancients
London: J. Bell, Bookseller at hte British Library, Strand, 1790. First edition. Full Leather. 31 x 24.5 cm. Quarto. Two volumes bound as one, seperate paginations and title pages. 407pp 329pp. No half-titles. 36 plates, one of which is an in-text diagram for a total of 37, mostly of classical..... More
Werewolves, Magical Hounds, and Dog-Headed Men in Celtic Literature; A Typological Study of Shape-Shifting
Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 498pp. Bibliography, index. Bound in blue cloth. Some soiling to the cloth. Boards are a bit cocked. More
Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat; Fairy Tales from a Living Oral Tradition
Logan: Utah State University Press, 2019. Paperback. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 315pp. Bibliography, index. With illustrations by Graham Blair. Gift inscription. More
Work on Myth.
MIT Press, 1990. 2nd printing. Paperback. 684pp. Softcover. More
Scottish Rite Bodies; Valley of Northeast Kansas Centennial
Kansas: Valley of Northeast Kansas Scottish Rite, 1999. Hard Cover. Quarto. 150pp This is limited to 500 copies ofr which this is number #0080. A fine copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a mylar protective wrapper. More
Theorizing Myth.
University Of Chicago Press, April 3, 2000. First edition. Paperback. octavo. 298pp Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. Also laid in is letter from author. Lacking dust jacket. More
An illustrated cycle of Chinese festivities in Malaysia and Singapore.
Jack Chia-mph - MPH Ldt, 1987. Hard Cover. Quarto.237pp A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In an archival mylar protective wrapper. Ink inscription on dedication page. More
Italian Fairy Tales by Capuana.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc., 1929. Third Printing. Hardcover. 21 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 209pp. Bound in green cloth. Stated third printing done the same month as the first. With small black and white illustrations throughout by Margaret Freeman as well as a color frontispiece. The spine..... More
The Legend of Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak; And their Adventures Heroical, Joyous, and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere
Doubleday,. Page and Co., 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. Octavo. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". English text. Green paper over black cloth. Paper title labels to spines. Tear at top edge of spine of volume one. Spotting to covers. Edge rubbing to boards. Gutters tight. De Coster was..... More
The Tale of the Three Oranges Folklore Fellows Communications No. 263.
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1997. Paperback. 23.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. Paperback copy in dust jacket. SIGNED by the author to noted folklorist Jack Zipes. FF Communications No. 263. More
Essays on the Duty of Parents and Children; Designed for the Use of Families and the Higher Classes in Schools
Hartford: Oliver D.Cooke, 1810. hardcover. 16mo. 343pp. Original boards. Front end-paperi is missing a small piece of corner. Corners Some library markings. More