Books on Folklore
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The Heroes. Or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children.
296p green cloth pictorial boards, corners badly rubbed, inscription to front endpaper, stain ...
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A Book of Saints. First Edition.
124p light blue cloth first edition, slightly rubbed corners, spine sunned, pages clean and ...
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Legenden: Heiligengeschichten vom Altertum bis zur Gegenwart.
519p neat little cloth with blue illustrated jacket, page ribbon, illustrations, hardly used, ...
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Mythe et Science. Actes du Colloque.
218p blue/black paperback, some pages highlighted, near fine condition
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Proverbi Toscani. Raccolti ed illustrati da G Giusti, ampliati e pubblicati da Gino Capponi.
448p small format 12cm, dark green cloth, gilt lettering with bands and small library shelf label ...
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Der Ring. Nach der Ausgabe Edmund Wiessners übertragen und mit einer Einleitung versehen von Helmut Birkhan.
311p illustrated hardcover, lovely book, two illustrations, table and map, hardly used, very good
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Textauslegung und gesellschaftliche Selbstdeutung: Aspekte einer sozialgeschichtlichen Interpretation von Hartmanns Artusepen.
144p large white paperback, paper yellowed, hardly used, very good
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Games and Songs of American Children.
paperback with white cover, slightly used copy from a Cambridge college library but no faults, very ...
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Heroes of Asgard.
118p green decorated limp cloth, good condition, pages clean, edges slightly soiled, large school ...
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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
433p & 531p bound in one volume, from a Cambridge college library with minor signs of use, still ...
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Gipsies in Denmark. A Social-Biological Study.
179p original paperback, plates, minor library marks, a fresh and clean copy, largely uncut, with ...
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Arthurian legend and literature: An annotated bibliography.
467p black cloth, as new, fine copy
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Bibliographie zur deutschen Frauenmystik des Mittelalters.
444p blue paperback, as new, never used, very good mit einem Anhang zu Beatrijs con Nazareth und ...
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Gesellschaftskritische Tendenzen in deutschen Tierfabeln: Des 13. bis 15. Jahrhunderts.
205p white laminated paperback with blue band design, as new, never used, printed from typescript, ...
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Von Geheimnissen und Wundern des Caesarius von Heisterbach. Ein Lesebuch.
310p hardback, dustjacket, as new, excellent fresh copy unused
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Hans Folz and the Adam Legends. Text and Studies.
184p orange paperback, fresh clean copy, unused
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Die Tannhäuser-Legende: Eine Studie über Intentionalität und Rezeption katechetischer Volkserzählungen zum Bußsakrament.
157p blue cloth, a nice fresh copy, almost as new, first edition
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Zur frühesten Geschichte der europäischen Balladendichtung. Der Tanz in Kölbigk. Legendarische Nachrichten - Gesellschaftlicher Hintergrund - Historische Voraussetzungen.
x 281p original cloth, dustjacket present, fresh and clean
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Death in the Secular City: A Study of the Notion of Life After Death in Contemporary Theology and Philosophy.
192p blue hardback, from a Cambridge college library, a nice and clean and very little used copy
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Von Berg und Thal. Mit sechs Stahlstichen nach Originalzeichnungen von Rothbart.
vi 242p square green cloth, privately rebound and repaired, dritte durchgesehene Auflage, paper ...
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Jüdische Balladen. Aus dem Magyarischen übersetzt von Otto Hauser.
ix 28p green papercovered boards with printed label on cover, top of spine hurt, paper yellowing, a ...
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Folk Literature of the British Isles. Readings for Librarians, Teachers and Those Who Work With Children and Young Adults.
263p green hardback with white lettering to cover and spine, first edition, pages clean with ...
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Arthur of Britain.
vii 299p blue hardback, yellow dustjacket present, excellent copy, reprint of the 1929 edition, a ...
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Myth and Legend in French Literature.
252p blue hardback with gilt lettering to spine, hardly used first edition, pages clean with index ...
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The Map of Who We Are.
320p hardback with blue illustrated jacket, as new, wrapped in sealed plastic so completely ...
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The Link with Nature and Divine Meditations in Asia.
169p black / grey / white paperback with laminated cover, as new, pages clean with footnotes, very ...
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The Magic of Number.
96p paperback with lime green cover, a little yellowed but pages clean with diagrams, very good
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Stories from the Earthly Paradise. Retold from W Morris by Madalen Edgar.
xvi 239p half calf with green cloth, fresh gilt ornaments to front cover, top end of leather spine ...
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Mythologie de la Jeunesse; Ouvrage Elementaire par Demandes et par Reponses.
viii 460p index, 127 illustrations, full leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine, ...
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The Vision of Sir Launfal.
63p + Ariel Booklets catalogue, full flexible red morocco, with gilt lettering and decoration, from ...
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Tales of Bielkin.
84p red cloth with gilt title and picture and illustrated purple dustjacket, illustrated in black ...
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Fausts Leben: Das ärgerliche und schreckliche Leben des viel-berüchtigten Erz-Schwarzkünstlers D Johannis Fausti. Erstlich vor vielen Jahren fleissig beschrieben etc von G R Widman, jetzo aufs neue übersehen durch Joh Nicolaum Pfitzerum.
236p blue blindstamped cloth, title ctd: 'mit neuen Erinnerungen, als nachdenklichen Fragen und ...
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Von Sophokles zu Sartre. Griechische Dramenfiguren antik und modern.
222p rebound in plain cloth, a well preserved copy, discarded from a Cambridge college library
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The Countess Cathleen. Sage - Drama - Oper - Illustration.
193p large paperback, notes, bibliography, photographic plates, inscribed by the author to title ...
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Mythologies.
160p grey paperback, a fresh clean copy, translated and edited by Annette Lavers, a few faint ...
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Der Fliegende Holländer. Eine Seemannsage.
191p burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on cover, 41. Tausend, the book has been fitted with a unique ...
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Der Schneider von Ulm: Geschichte eines zweihundert Jahre zu früh Geborenen. Volksausgabe, Vols 1 - 2.
320p 363p 2 volumes bound in one, cloth with illustration on cover, Volksausgabe, in excellent ...
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Münchhausen. Eine Geschichte in Arabesken. Zweite Ausgabe. Zweiter Theil.
iv 189p original paper covered boards (a little dusty but firm), contains Acta ...
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Münchhausen: Eine Geschichte in Arabesken. Zweite Ausgabe, vierter Theil.
v 168p small green cloth, cover a little dirty, foxing, firm binding, still very well preserved copy
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Mythologie der Griechen und Römer unter stetem Hinweis auf die künstlerische Darstellung der Gottheiten. Mit 135 Abbildungen.
xiv 371p hardback with cloth spine, frontispiece, index, photographic plates, excellent copy, 6th ...
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Bulfinch's Complete Mythology: The Age of Fabel, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne.
778p original grey cloth, index, clean pages, hardly used, minimal library marking
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Disinformation and Distortion: An Anarchist Exposé of AIDS Politics.
64p stapled booklet, exploding myths about HIV and AIDS, very good
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