Books on Folklore

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The Story of Yves. A Breton Legend.

160p tan cloth with floral design to front, frontispiece, a well preserved copy, clean and firm

£20.00

Tom Tit Tot. An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-Tale.

£18.00

viii 249p original burgundy cloth worn and aged but still holing, spine well in place, library ...

£18.00

No! in Thunder. Essays on Myth and Literature.

£10.00

xvi 341p paperback, bright red cover, tight and clean copy, never used, fresh

£10.00

The Works of James Hall: Legends of the West.

£46.00

435p original blind-stamped cloth a little aged and front hinge a little soft, old paper label to ...

£46.00

Rocznik Orientalistyczny. Volume 54, 2002.
(No Author)

£58.00

190p 215p two issues making up volume 54 (2002) bound in plain brown library cloth, original paper ...

£58.00

Rocznik Orientalistyczny. Volume 36-37, 1973 - 1975.
(No Author)

£48.00

124p 166p 112p 116p four issues making up volumes 36 and 37, 1973 - 1975 bound in plain brown ...

£48.00

Chine: Les Fetes.

63p paperback, colourful cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding tight, pages clean and ...

£8.00

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. Patterns of Japanese Culture.

£12.00

324p paperback, terracotta cover with green wraparound slip, very good condition, minimal wear, ...

£12.00

Mongolische Epen, Band 3: Übersetzung der Sammlung G Rincinsambuu, Mongol ardyn baatarlag tuul's.

£22.00

178p large format paperback, cover a little dusty, well preserved, German text throughout

£22.00

Traditsii russkogo zemledeliia: praktika i religiozno-nravstvennye vozzreniia. (Traditions of Russian Agriculture: Practice and Religious and Moral Beliefs)

£36.00

163p paperback, illustrated front and additional illustrations in the text, a well preserved copy, ...

£36.00

Russkie obrâdovye pesni Ucebnoe posobie dla vuzov. (Russian Ritual Songs. Textbook for Higher Education Institutions)

£46.00

272p hardback, blue cloth with white lettering, a tight and clean copy, very good

£46.00

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 ...

£28.00

Velikorusskie skazki Permskoj gubernii. (Velikorussian Tales from Perm Province)

£46.00

543p thick volume, yellow cover illustrated with owl, reset "reprint" (?) of the 1914 edition, with ...

£46.00

Poetieskie vozzrenija slavjan na prirodu v trech tomach 2. (Slavic Poetic Views of Nature, Volume 2)

784p hardback, bright red boards with gilt lettering to front, volume 2 ONLY, reprint of the 1868 ...

£46.00

The Odyssey.

374p paperback, black and yellow cover, good condition, light wear, spine a bit loose but binding ...

£14.00

Elephanta: The Legends about the Sculptures on Elephanta Island.

32p stapled booklet, illustrated throughout in colour, illustrations by C M Vitankar, slight ...

£20.00

British Names of Birds.

125p hardback, mud-brown cloth with blue jacket, very good condition, light wear to jacket edges ...

£32.00

Stories from Babylon and Persia.

£34.00

190p laminated hardback, beige cover, very good condition, minimal wear, cover and spine slightly ...

£34.00

The Golem. Legends of the Ghetto of Prague.

247p turquoise hardback, light wear and sunning to spine, bookplate and name to endpaper, Behrman's ...

£48.00

Amiran-Darejaniani. A Cycle of Medieval Georgian Tales Traditionally Ascribed to Mose Khoneli.

xxxiii 240p hardback without jacket, navy cloth with bright gilt lettering to spine, very good ...

£36.00

Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians.

xxii 393p large hardback, swamp-green cloth with bright gilt lettering to cover and spine, very ...

£26.00

Tradition and Design in the Iliad.

£24.00

viii 278p hardback, moss-green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, very good condition, light wear ...

£24.00

Medieval Comic Tales. Translated from Seven Languages.

xi 160p paperback, blood-red card cover, very good condition, light wear to covers, binding stiff ...

£14.00

Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons.

£16.00

ix 451p paperback, white cover with turquoise hippocampus, very good condition, some very light ...

£16.00

Stars and Keys: Folktales and Creolization in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

£56.00

xxv 413p large hardback fresh dustjacket, clean and tight copy, pencil marks to half a dozen pages, ...

£56.00

A Eva Barbada: Ensaios de Mitologia Medieval.

£46.00

250p large format paperback with silver cover, excellent copy, almost as new, first edition, with ...

£46.00

Christian Iconography. A Study of Its Origins.

£38.00

158p + 341 black and white plates, large, heavy dark green paperback, very light wear, well ...

£38.00

Death-in-Life and Life-in-Death: 'Cuchulain Comforted' and 'News for the Delphic Oracle'.

£16.00

63p paperback, beige card cover, very clean and fresh, almost as new.

£16.00

The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy.

£20.00

xv 268p hardback, dustjacket, as new, never used, excellent copy

£20.00

Histoire Médiévale du Bhoutan: établissement et évolution de la Théocratie des Brug pa.

£44.00

259p hardback, terracotta cloth as new, excellent copy, as new, never used, text in French

£44.00

Studies on the Secret History of the Mongols.

£24.00

161p paperback, grey illustrated cover, text from typescript, a few marginal notes, Japanese (?) ...

£24.00

Indigenous Writing in the Spanish Indies. Special Issue of UCLA Historical Journal, Volume 12, 1992.

£26.00

220p paperback, blue cover, excellent fresh copy, never used, papers by Terraciano, Sousa, Restall, ...

£26.00

The American Myth of Success: From Horatio Alger to Norman Vincent Peale.

£28.00

Hardback with blue skies dustjacket, a fresh clean copy, first edition, Signed with best wishes, ...

£28.00

King Arthur on Film. New Essays on Arthurian Cinema.

£48.00

xi 275p hardback, maroon cloth with silver lettering, like new condition, little to no wear, ...

£48.00

Les Cultures du Peuple. Rituels, Savoirs et Résistances au 16e Siècle.

£24.00

444p paperback, sunned white cover, good condition, light wear, small tear to back cover, binding ...

£24.00

Mythe et Tragédie en Grèce Ancienne.

184p paperback, white and purple cover, very good condition, minimal wear, name to endpaper, ...

£12.00

Bog-Myrtle and Peat: Tales chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895.

£18.00

426p original dark green cloth ribbed, top edge gilt, first edition, cloth fresh and tight, spine ...

£18.00

The Rediscovery of the Ancient Sagas of the Banu Hilal.

£10.00

20p offprint, note by the author inserted, with plates, very good

£10.00

The Memorial Feast for Kokotoy-Khan: A Kirghiz Epic Poem.

£46.00

xvi 283p large format (quarto size) green cloth fresh, top edge a little dusty, red stamp to title ...

£46.00

The Hudsailian Poems. Contained in the Manuscript of Leyden.

viii 297p hardback, large format, fresh dustjacket, as new. Reprint of the edition of 1854, Arab ...

£36.00

Magic in the Middle Ages.

xv 219p paperback, illustrated cover, like new condition, no noticeable wear, binding tight, spine ...

£12.00

Narratives and Poems from Hesban. Arabic Texts Recorded Among the Semi-Nomadic Al-Agarma. Tribe (Al-Balqa District, Jordan).

£96.00

110p paperback, beige cover, very good condition, minimal wear to covers and spine, binding tight, ...

£96.00

Mohammed in Volksepos. Ein Neuarabisches Heiligenlied.

£24.00

93p paperback, brown cover, very good condition, light wear commensurate with age, name to ...

£24.00

The History of the Forty Vezirs, or, The Story of the Forty Morns and Eves.

xl 420p hardback, mustard cloth, very good condition, some wear to covers and spine, binding intact ...

£36.00

Les Dieux de la Gaule.

134p paperback, beige cover with illustration, good copy, light pencil marks, binding a little ...

£24.00

La Leggenda di Vergogna.

107p small paperback, red cover, very good condition, minimal wear, faint stain to front cover, ...

£12.00

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