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Homeri Ilias. Annotationes in usum serenissimi principis Gulielmi Augusti, Ducis de Cumberland, etc. Volume 1 & 2.
375p 383p frontispiece map (browned but intact) to each part, Greek text throughout with extensive ...
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Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts. New Edition.
481p very attractive single volume, full vellum binding only slightly worn, leather title label and ...
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Les Chants Oraux du Peuple Russe.
254p paperback a little worn, from a Cambridge college library with transparent tape to spine, ...
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Muslim Philippines.
108p stapled booklet with illustrated cover, b/w illustrations, from a Cambridge college library, ...
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Russkie: Narodnaja Kultura: (Istorija i Sovremennost) Volume 5: Duchovnaja Kultura Narodnye Znanija. (Spiritual Culture, Folk Knowledge)
376p orange paperback, clean and fresh copy, no names or stamps, very good uncommon title
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The Folklore of Morocco.
278p hardback, navy cloth without jacket, good condition, light wear commensurate with age, foxing ...
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The History of Galilee, 1538 - 1949. Mysticism, Modernization, and War.
ix 390p large sturdy hardback, brown and blue covers with white spine, like new condition, no wear, ...
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The Iliad of Homer, in English Hexameter Verse.
xii 550p text printed in a red frame, long hexametrical lines, this copy bound in library quality ...
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The Legends of King Richard I Coeur de Lion: A Study of Sources and Variations to the Year 1600.
161p hardback with blue dustjacket, rear of jacket sunned, very well preserved first edition.
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The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant. (Harald Haardraade)
219p paper-covered boards, title label to front, cloth spine holding well with aged title label to ...
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Supernatural and Secular Power in Early Modern England.
ix 237p hardback, a fresh copy, small tear to dustjacket corner, in excellent condition overall, ...
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Fiabe Irlandesi.
670p white cloth hardback, shrink-wrapped in place, crimson cloth slipcase with illustration ...
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Medizin, Aberglaube und Geschlechtsleben in der Türkei. Mit Berücksichtigung der moslemischen Nachbarländer und der ehemaligen Vasallenstaaten. Volume 1 ONLY.
437p original paperback, green card cover well preserved but hinge fragile, text clean and tight, ...
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Rocznik Orientalistyczny. Volume 54, 2002.
190p 215p two issues making up volume 54 (2002) bound in plain brown library cloth, original paper ...
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A Collection of Seventy-Nine Black-Letter Ballads and Broadsides. Printed in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Between the Years 1559 and 1597.
xxxvi 319p cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, blindstamped and sunned cover, from a Cambridge ...
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Bilmece: A Corpus of Turkish Riddles.
vii 1063p large paperback, yellow card cover, very thick volume, text reproduced from typescript, a ...
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Cornish Literature.
174p hardback, dark green cloth with amber jacket, good condition, jacket sunned, binding firm, ...
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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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Macedonian Folklore.
x 372p original blue cloth, title label to spine, also white title label with gilt lettering to ...
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Stars and Keys: Folktales and Creolization in the Southwest Indian Ocean.
xxv 413p large hardback fresh dustjacket, clean and tight copy, pencil marks to half a dozen pages, ...
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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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A Hundred Fables of Aesop, from the English Version of Sir Roger L'Estrange, with Pictures by Percy Billinghurst and an Introduction by Kenneth Grahame.
xv 201p large format, original illustrated cloth with red foxes to front, spine well preserved and ...
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English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. A Historical Dictionary.
720p hardback bound in stunning half calf 18th century style binding with marbled boards, matching ...
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Faro de Jose Ignacio. Su historia y su gente.
158p paperback, illustrations, very good: A village in Uruguay
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King Arthur on Film. New Essays on Arthurian Cinema.
xi 275p hardback, maroon cloth with silver lettering, like new condition, little to no wear, ...
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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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Rocznik Orientalistyczny. Volume 36-37, 1973 - 1975.
124p 166p 112p 116p four issues making up volumes 36 and 37, 1973 - 1975 bound in plain brown ...
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Shona Praise Poetry.
xiv 401p hardback, black cloth without jacket, very good condition, binding tight, minimal wear, ...
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Tales of the Castle, or Stories of Instruction and Delight, Being Les Veillees du Chateau. Vol 2, 3 and 5 ONLY.
3 volumes (of 5), second edition, bound in full calf, spines decorated gilt, title labels lost, ...
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Teutonic Myth and Legend. An Introduction to the Eddas and Sagas, Beowulf, the Nibelungenlied, etc.
xlvii 469p hardback, green decorative cloth, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, clean text, a ...
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The Brus. From a Collation of the Cambridge and Edinburgh Manuscripts.
xliv 524p large quarto format, green cloth boards detached, spine backstrip absent, armorial ...
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The Composition of Mutanabbi's Panegyrics to Sayf al-Dawla.
viii 128p large format hardback, fresh dustjacket with dark brown design, excellent copy, never ...
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The Darvishes, or Oriental Spiritualism.
xxiii 496p hardback, navy cloth, good condition, light wear commensurate with age, binding a little ...
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The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde.
viii 194p blue laminated boards, fresh clean copy, light library markings, never used, first edition
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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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The Man of Wiles in Popular Arabic Literature. A Study of a Medieval Arab Hero.
x 254p hardback, black cloth with black and yellow jacket, very good condition, very light wear to ...
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The Wandering Jew.
641p 657p two volumes uniform in dark blue cloth with gilt decor to spine, top edge gilt, many ...
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A Dictionary of Chinese Mythology.
xxiii 627p large format hardback, black cloth fresh with bright red symbol to front, tight and ...
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A Eva Barbada: Ensaios de Mitologia Medieval.
250p large format paperback with silver cover, excellent copy, almost as new, first edition, with ...
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Aberglaube des Mittelalters. Ein Beitrag zur Culturgeschichte.
xxiv 359 bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to front, Wayland Hand's copy with his name to ...
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Artes Populares. A Folklore Tanszek Evkönyve. Volume 7: Oblata Floclorica et Ethnologica Emerico Katona Sexagenario Dedicata.
290p large format paperback, white cover with orange lettering, Imre Katona Festschrift, small dent ...
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Babylonian Wisdom Literature.
xix 358p plus 75 cuneiform plates in the back, large format hardback, larger than A4, dustjacket ...
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Der Teufels- und Hexenglaube. Seine Entwickelung, seine Herrschaft und sein Sturz.
159p original hardback with cloth spine, light library markings, fresh clean copy, first edition
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Die Gestalt des Teufels in der deutschen Volkssage.
84p original cloth binding, author inscribed, excellent copy
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Die niedersächsischen Berggeistsagen.
240p hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, never used
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Die Sprichwörter der Russen die einen allgemeinen Charakter haben, im Gegensatz zu denen, die eine lokale Färbung tragen. Jahrbücher für Slavische Literatur, Kunst und Wissenschaft. Heft 6 & 7, 1855.
pp 377 - 536, original green paperback, back cover with tear, spine fragile, contains 150p essay by ...
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Dix-Huit Chants et Poèmes Mongols. Avec Notations Musicales, Texte Mongol, Commentaires et Traductions.
31p 28p very large format paperback, greyish cover, very good condition, light wear, some spots and ...
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Draussen vor dem Ghetto: Leopold Kompert und die 'Schilderung jüdischen Volkslebens' in Böhmen und Mähren.
399p paperback, sky blue cover with white and black lettering, very good condition, as new, no ...
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Gender and Print Culture. New Perspectives on International Ballad Studies.
xv 164p light blue paperback, collection of essays, first part entitled: Women in the Folk Ballad, ...
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Gling ge sar rgyal po'i sgrung: Mon gling g.yul 'gyed.
470p yellow paperback, with colour plates, Tibetan text: Legend of King Gesar of Ling.
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