Books on Folklore
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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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Die Zauberflöte: Oper und Mysterium.
383p hardback, fresh dustjacket, many illustrations, excellent copy, as new
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Volksstück: Vom Hanswurstspiel zum sozialen Drama der Gegenwart.
370p blue paperback illustration to front, excellent clean and tight copy, never used, no names or ...
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The Secret History of the Jersey Devil: How Quakers, Hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin Created a Monster.
x 147p hardback, dustjacket, as new, never used, excellent copy
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Early Irish Art.
60p paperback, grey-blue photograph cover, good condition, light wear to cover edges and corners, ...
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Kerr's 'Cornkisters' (Bothy Ballads) as Sung and Recorded by Willie Kemp.
72p large format paperback, musical notations and text on facing pages, a well preserved copy
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Legends of the Flowers. With Woodcut Illustrations by W R H Johnson.
96p blue cloth fresh, gilt flower to front, tight binding, fresh copy, some foxing to initial ...
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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
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Tom Tit Tot. An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-Tale.
viii 249p original burgundy cloth worn and aged but still holing, spine well in place, library ...
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The Pleasant History of Reynard the Fox: Translated by the late Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated with nearly one Hundred Designs by A T Elwes and John Jellicoe.
xv 136p original bright red cloth with gilt and black designs, spine holding well but a hint ...
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No! in Thunder. Essays on Myth and Literature.
xvi 341p paperback, bright red cover, tight and clean copy, never used, fresh
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The Works of James Hall: Legends of the West.
435p original blind-stamped cloth a little aged and front hinge a little soft, old paper label to ...
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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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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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Chine: Les Fetes.
63p paperback, colourful cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding tight, pages clean and ...
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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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Mongolische Epen, Band 3: Übersetzung der Sammlung G Rincinsambuu, Mongol ardyn baatarlag tuul's.
178p large format paperback, cover a little dusty, well preserved, German text throughout
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Iz istorii sem'i i byta sibirskogo krest'ianstva v XVII - nachale XX v.: sbornik nauchnykh trudov. (From the History of Family and Life of the Siberian Peasantry in the 17th and early 20th Centuries. A Collection of Scientific Works)
158p paperback, text reproduced from typescript, very good copy, uncommon title
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Traditsii russkogo zemledeliia: praktika i religiozno-nravstvennye vozzreniia. (Traditions of Russian Agriculture: Practice and Religious and Moral Beliefs)
163p paperback, illustrated front and additional illustrations in the text, a well preserved copy, ...
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Russkie obrâdovye pesni Ucebnoe posobie dla vuzov. (Russian Ritual Songs. Textbook for Higher Education Institutions)
272p hardback, blue cloth with white lettering, a tight and clean copy, very good
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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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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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Velikorusskie skazki Permskoj gubernii. (Velikorussian Tales from Perm Province)
543p thick volume, yellow cover illustrated with owl, reset "reprint" (?) of the 1914 edition, with ...
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Tradicionnyj fol'klor Novgorodskoj oblasti: skazki, legendy, predania, bylichki, zagovory, po zapisam 1963 - 1999. (Traditional Folklore of the Novgorod Region: Tales, Legends, Bylaws, Incantations from the Records of 1963 - 1999)
542p hardback with laminated boards, a fresh and clean copy, never used, as new
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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 ...
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The Odyssey.
374p paperback, black and yellow cover, good condition, light wear, spine a bit loose but binding ...
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Elephanta: The Legends about the Sculptures on Elephanta Island.
32p stapled booklet, illustrated throughout in colour, illustrations by C M Vitankar, slight ...
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British Names of Birds.
125p hardback, mud-brown cloth with blue jacket, very good condition, light wear to jacket edges ...
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Stories from Babylon and Persia.
190p laminated hardback, beige cover, very good condition, minimal wear, cover and spine slightly ...
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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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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 ...
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Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians.
xxii 393p large hardback, swamp-green cloth with bright gilt lettering to cover and spine, very ...
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Medieval Comic Tales. Translated from Seven Languages.
xi 160p paperback, blood-red card cover, very good condition, light wear to covers, binding stiff ...
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Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons.
ix 451p paperback, white cover with turquoise hippocampus, very good condition, some very light ...
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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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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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Christian Iconography. A Study of Its Origins.
158p + 341 black and white plates, large, heavy dark green paperback, very light wear, well ...
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Death-in-Life and Life-in-Death: 'Cuchulain Comforted' and 'News for the Delphic Oracle'.
63p paperback, beige card cover, very clean and fresh, almost as new.
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The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy.
xv 268p hardback, dustjacket, as new, never used, excellent copy
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Histoire Médiévale du Bhoutan: établissement et évolution de la Théocratie des Brug pa.
259p hardback, terracotta cloth as new, excellent copy, as new, never used, text in French
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Studies on the Secret History of the Mongols.
161p paperback, grey illustrated cover, text from typescript, a few marginal notes, Japanese (?) ...
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Indigenous Writing in the Spanish Indies. Special Issue of UCLA Historical Journal, Volume 12, 1992.
220p paperback, blue cover, excellent fresh copy, never used, papers by Terraciano, Sousa, Restall, ...
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The American Myth of Success: From Horatio Alger to Norman Vincent Peale.
Hardback with blue skies dustjacket, a fresh clean copy, first edition, Signed with best wishes, ...
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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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Les Cultures du Peuple. Rituels, Savoirs et Résistances au 16e Siècle.
444p paperback, sunned white cover, good condition, light wear, small tear to back cover, binding ...
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Mythe et Tragédie en Grèce Ancienne.
184p paperback, white and purple cover, very good condition, minimal wear, name to endpaper, ...
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Bog-Myrtle and Peat: Tales chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895.
426p original dark green cloth ribbed, top edge gilt, first edition, cloth fresh and tight, spine ...
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The Rediscovery of the Ancient Sagas of the Banu Hilal.
20p offprint, note by the author inserted, with plates, very good
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The Memorial Feast for Kokotoy-Khan: A Kirghiz Epic Poem.
xvi 283p large format (quarto size) green cloth fresh, top edge a little dusty, red stamp to title ...
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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 ...
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