The Child 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
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
Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads now Extant Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw: to which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of His Life.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820. Hardcover. 16mo. Green decorated boards. New spine. 240pp. Small gouge to top front edge of front cover. 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
The Giant and the Dwarf.
Boston: Degen, Estes and Co., no date. Wraps. Blue pictorial stapled wrappers. 7 1/2" x 5") 15pp. Seven color illustrations. Light stain at bottom of each page. Does not affect text or illustration. 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
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
A Treasury of Western Folklore.
New York: Crown Publishing. Hardcover. 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. 806 pages. This is the "Limited Edition made especially for The Southwest". Orange cloth in lightly chipped, price clipped, dust jacket. SIGNED by the editor in pencil on the first page. 500 stories and 50 folksongs. Foreword by Bernard DeVoto..... 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
In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents.
New York: Hill and Wang, 1969. second printing. Hardcover. octavo. (9" x 6") 645pp. Drawings by Alika Watteau. A very nice copy in dust jacket. More
Beauty and the Beast; Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 26.5 x 18.5 cm. 247pp. Brown cloth in dust jacket. Dust jacket spine is faded. More
ARTHURIANA; Volume 20. Spring and Summer
International Arthurian Society, 2010. Wraps. Purple wrappers. Two issues. Spring (No. 1) and Summer (Number 2) Special issue on The Alliterative Morte Arthure. More
ARTHURIANA; Volume 7. Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, and Number 4
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1997. Wraps. Purple wrappers. Complete issues from this year. 4 booklets. Very nice copies. No markings. Number 1: Special issue. William Matthews on Caxton and Malory. Number 2: Special issue on Le Roman de Silence, Number 3: Arthur's Channell Crossing, Number 4: special issue on Arthurian..... More
ARTHURIANA; Volume 15, Numbers 1,2, 3 and 4.
Dallas: Arthuriana, 2005. Wraps. Purple wrappers. Spring,Summer, Fall and Winter. Nice copies. No markings. More
ARTHURIANA; Volume 16, Nu. 1, No. 2, No.3 and No. 4
Dallas: International Arthurian Society, 2006. Wraps. Purple wrappers. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. No. 2 Special issue - On Malory; No0. 3: The Troubled Heart of T.H. White; Women and The Once and Future King, Issue 4: Saracens in Malory. More
ARTHURIANA; Volume 18. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter
International Arthurian Society, 2008. Wraps. Purpoel wrappers. Complete year of 2008. No. 1, No.2, No. 3 (essays on Chretien's Cliges). No. 4. Nice copies. No markings. More
ARTHURIANA; Volume 5, Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Number 4
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1995. Wraps. Complete in four volumes of Volume 5. Purple wrappers. Nice copies. No underlining. Number 2: Special issue on editing Malory (Michael Salda, Editor) No. 3: Issue on The Historical Arthur. No. 4: Special issue on Arthurian Arms and Arming. More
ARTHURIANA; Volume 6, Number 1, Number 2, Number 3 and Number 4
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1996. Wraps. Purple wrappres. All nice copies. No markings. Complete year of 1996 Number 2; Special issue on Chretien/s Knight of the Cart and Critical Theory (Robert Sturges, editor) Number 3: Special issue on William Morris and King Arthur (Debra Mancoff and Bonnie Wheeler, editors) Number..... More
100 Fairy Tales.
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1984. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Bound in full brown leather with gilt lettering and design to covers and spine. Four raised bands. Moire endpapers. AEG A beautiful copy. 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