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The Religion of Ancient Rome.
112p original green green cloth, spine gilt, small format, this is a very well preserved copy of ...
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Jonson Versus Bakhtin. Carnival and the Grotesque.
267p paperback, excellent condition, as new
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Ungava. A Tale of Esquimau Land.
272p brown illustrated cloth, inscribed "Fred Shakespear with my love, 1902"
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The Folk-Dance of India.
128p original cloth with black lettering, many illustrations, a slim booklet well preserved, ...
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Folklore in Buddhist and Jaina Literatures.
xv 120p hardback red dustjacket, well preserved, clean and tight copy, never read, partly un-cut
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Eusko-Jakintza. Revue d'Etudes Basques. Vol 3, no 4-6, 1949.
single issue of journal, paginated 299 - 530, original paper cover aged, minor library markings, ...
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Russkij prazdnik: prazdniki i obrjady narodnogo zemledel'ceskogo kalendarja ; illjustrirovannaja enciklopedija. (Russian Holiday: Prazdniks and Rites of the Folk Farming Calendar: Illustrated Encyclopaedia)
668p large hardback, illustrated dustjacket present, many illustrations and plates, excellent copy ...
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Motifs Concordantes dans le Narrations Populaires de Peuples de la Péninsule Balkanique (=Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Jahrgang 9, Heft 1 und 2)
5-10p green offprint (Sonderdruck), this is not the entire issue, pages unmarked, very good
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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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Mythologies.
160p grey paperback, a fresh clean copy, translated and edited by Annette Lavers, a few faint ...
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The Pentameron.
399p hardback, red cloth without jacket, good condition, light wear commensurate with age, light ...
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Mille et un Contes, Récits & Légendes Arabes. Volume 1: Contes Merveilleux, Contes Plaisantes.
552p large format hardback with cloth spine and corners, private binding, covers and spine rubbed ...
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Deutsche Balladenbibel für die Höheren Schulklassen Frankreichs und die Mittleren Deutschlands. Kritisch-objektive Auswahl nach der Methode Herrn Professors Ernest Lichtenberger.
xiv 282p (lacking last page), binding yielding/poor, cover absent, portraits and printer's ...
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De Malmédy et d'Ailleurs.
342p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...
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Le Culte Populaire en Province de Liege. Inventaire A - G & H - W.
two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...
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Chastushki v zapisiakh sovetskogo vremeni.
495p tan cloth with red lettering, title page printed red and black, includes musical notation, ...
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The Wolf and the Lamb. Popular Culture in France from the Old Regime to the Twentieth Century.
252p large paperback, white cover with brown band, a well preserved copy, light pencil marks to ...
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Symbolik des Märchens. Versuch einer Deutung. Zweite verbesserte Auflage.
792p large and heavy hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, no names or stamps, binding ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 1, 1963.
Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 4, 1963. Lithuanian Christmas Ornaments Contest.
Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 5, 1964. The Bavarians.
Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 1, 1964.
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 2, 1963. The Amerindians.
Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 3, 1964.
Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 4, 1964.
Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 6, 1964. Haiti and Voodoo History.
Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...
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The Legend of Spring Heeled Jack. Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures.
vii 262p hardback, illustrated dustjacket, several colour plates, a bright and firm copy, like new
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Die Germanische Ermanarichsage und die Französische Heldendichtung.
vi 78p hardback, rebound in plain navy cloth, library stamps, a few light pencil marks to margins, ...
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Le Voyage Nocturne de Mahomet suivi de L'Aventure de la Parole.
300p large purple paperback with matching slipcase, book very fresh and new, slipcase shows wear ...
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. Patterns of Japanese Culture.
324p paperback, terracotta cover with green wraparound slip, very good condition, minimal wear, ...
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Playing Cards. The History and Secrets of the Pack.
196p hardcover with dustjacket still bright though a little edgeworn, red cloth boards faded but ...
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Märchen aus Tausend und einer Nacht. Neu bearbeitet für die Jugend. Mit 6 Farbdruckbildern nach Original-Aquarellen von E Offterdinger.
171p original half cloth with colour illustration to front, red cloth spine, colour frontispiece ...
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The Pendle Witches.
32p stapled booklet, brown card cover faded to edges, a few small stains to cover, text unmarked, ...
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of World Myth.
240p hardback, dustjacket, from a school library, a fresh copy
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La Leggenda di Vergogna.
107p small paperback, red cover, very good condition, minimal wear, faint stain to front cover, ...
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Volkserzählungen aus dem nördlichen Böhmerwald.
xi 135p large white paperback, illustration to front, spine a little worn, light library markings
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Der Bildinhalt der hochmittelalterlichen Wiener und verwandten Pfennige in volkskundlicher Sicht.
30p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
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Frankfurter Sagen- und Geschichten-Buch.
vii 312p original grey cloth with gilt décor, a fresh and tight copy of the first edition, without ...
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The Myths of the New World: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America.
viii 307p original terracotta cloth, spine complete but torn, piece secured with magic tape, text ...
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Rübezahls Grab: Erzählungen, mit einem Nachwort von Wilfrid Bade.
73p small cream paperback, light foxing to covers, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, # 7377 ...
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Alte Puppenspiele in und um Innsbruck. Ein Beitrag zum Höttinger Peterlspiel.
20p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
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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 Golem. Legends of the Ghetto of Prague.
247p turquoise hardback, light wear and sunning to spine, bookplate and name to endpaper, Behrman's ...
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Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs. The Sixth Edition.
vi 123p full calf binding with gilt rule to boards, spine hinges precarious and yielding, binding ...
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Kulturelles Erbe und Aneignung: Festschrift für Richard Wolfram zum 80. Geburtstag.
310p yellow paperback, well preserved, reproduced from typescript, illustrations in the back, very ...
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Semiotica della Cultura Popolare. Feste, Tradizioni, Abbigliamento, Teatro, Marionette, Grida degli Ambulanti, Insegne di Commercianti e Artigiani, Canzoni Popolari. A Cura di Maria Solimini.
263p large paperback, very fresh and clean copy, no names, no signs of use, as new
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Ballads of All Nations. Translated by George Borrow. A Selection Edited by R Brimley Johnson.
342p green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, text clean, binding tight, corners a bit worn, nice ...
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La Tradition en Poitou et Charentes. Art Populaire, Ethnographie, Folk-Lore, Hagiographie, Histoire.
xxi 479p plates, large format paperback with minor library markings and transparent tape along ...
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