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Harlekin. Eine Ausstellung im Österreichischen Theatermuseum.
68p large format paperback, white illustrated cover, light library markings, uncommon title with ...
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I Cinque Libri. Storie Fantastiche, Favole, Filastrocche.
756p white paperback, designed by Bruno Munari, with interesting and colourful illustrations to ...
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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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Babylonian Wisdom Literature.
xix 358p plus 75 cuneiform plates in the back, large format hardback, larger than A4, dustjacket ...
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Ter Herinnering aan de Uittocht uit Egypte.
32p stapled booklet, tanned but with pages very clear and legible, very good reproductions of ...
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Myth. Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures.
xii 299p large paperback with green illustrated cover, little use, nice fresh copy, no names or ...
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Kalila wa Dimna. Fables From a Fourteenth-Century Arabic Manuscript.
96p paperback, square format with illustrated maroon cover, very good condition, minimal wear and ...
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Celtic Myth and Legend, Poetry and Romance.
xiv 450p thick volume, original olive cloth, frontispiece and many plates cleanly removed, spine ...
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Le Fiabe più Belle del Mondo.
two paperback volumes together 744p, fresh set, in their slipcase, with author dedication with ...
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He Who Saw Everything: Verse Translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
xxx 149p hardback, blue dustjacket, illustrations, a nice clean copy of an uncommon title
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I Beati Paoli. Storia, Letteratura e Leggenda.
242p dark green paperback with illustration to front, exterior fresh, text clean, no names or ...
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Les Grenouilles dans l'Antiquité. Cultes et Mythes des Grenouilles en Grèce et ailleurs.
139p white paperback, colour plates, excellent copy, no names or stamps, almost as new
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Sessanta Novelle Popolari Montalesi. A Cura di Roberto Fedi.
li 526p thick paperback, grey card cover, fresh copy, spine not creased
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Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno. A Cura di Nicola Lisi. Con Xilografie di Pietro Parigi.
232p large paperback, stiff binding, excellent cover, nice illustrations, excellent fresh copy
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Chinese Fables.
64p small format hardback, card covers with turquoise jacket, very good condition, minimal wear, ...
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Mediaeval Hebrew Minstrelsy. Songs for the Bride Queen's Feast. Sixteen Zemiroth Arranged According to the Traditional Harmonies.
134p blue card-covered boards with spine reinforced with grey crocodile-effect tape, cover rather ...
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Contes et Légendes de Hongrie. Choisis par D Simonnot.
150p large format paperback, singers to cover, additional photographic plates and a folding map in ...
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Contes Choisis de Perrault.
64p oblong hardback, colourful cover with title label to front, cloth spine a little soft, edges ...
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The Ballad of Sir Aldingar. Its Origin and Analogues.
ix 258p olive green hardback with gilt title to spine, excellent condition, firm and clean, first ...
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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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Contes de Suède et d'Islande. Illustrés par Nemours Bonin.
61p large format paperback, illustrations, a well preserved paperback, paper yellowing a little ...
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La Légende Dorée. Traduction et Notice par G B. Volume 2 ONLY.
348p large paperback, paper cover front detaching, binding firm, this copy largely un-cut, a fresh ...
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La Fée aux Miettes.
185p large format white paperback, covers in very good condition with minor signs of wear and ...
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More West Highland Tales, Volume 2.
xvi 383p red paperback, Gaelic text with McKay's English translation to facing pages, very good ...
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The Folklore of Capitalism.
viii 400p large paperback, portrait to back cover, cover a little dusty, text is clean, never used, ...
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Mythologie du Roman Policier. Two Volumes.
320p 317p two volumes paperback, tight and clean set, spines square, browning to top edge, text all ...
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Juventus Mundi. The Gods and Men of the Heroic Age.
xxviii 541p maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and charioteer to front board, dark green ...
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Perché le Feste. Con un Intervento di Goffredo Fofi.
45p plus a large section of plates, a well preserved copy, uncommon title, no names or stamps, well ...
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Il Sangue e la Rosa: Storie di Vampiri.
225p well preserved paperback, faint mauve cover, fresh and clean copy, contains texts by Vernon ...
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The Quest for Utopia. An Anthology of Imaginary Societies.
viii 592p thick paperback, black and white cover with red eye design, very good condition, a little ...
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Il Paese di Cuccagna e altri Studi di Folklore.
x 272p large format paperback, colourful dustjacket present, colour frontispiece and b/w plates in ...
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Il Mondo alla Rovescia.
viii 320p plus 16 pages with plates at the back, black illustrated cover, this copy as new, never ...
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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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Myth and Symbol: Critical Approaches and Applications.
x 196p paperback, blue cover, first edition, very good
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The Mystic Spiral. Journey of the Soul.
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Homerische Poetik. Band 1: Drerup: Das Homerproblem in der Gegenwart. Prinzipien und Methoden der Homererklärung; Band 3: Stürmer: Die Rhapsodien der Odyssee.
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Variazioni sul Don Giovanni. Mozart, Molière, Scott, Shakespeare e il Folclore.
163p paperback with grey illustrated jacket, author note to endpaper, also errata inserted which ...
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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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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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Libro Piccolo di Meraviglie. A cura di Marziano Guglielminetti.
178p large format paperback, dark blue cover with bright colour illustrations, additional colour ...
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La Fiaba Popolare Europea. Forma e Natura.
bright yellow paperback, some browning to initial pages, no names or stamps, very well preserved
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Initiation et Sagesse des Contes de Fées.
186p white paperback with pink design to front, fresh and tight and clean copy, no traces of use, ...
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Merpeople. A Human History.
318p grey hardback with blue lettering to spine, blue illustrated dustjacket present, minor wear to ...
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The Firebird and The Fox. Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks.
xvii 330p black cloth hardback with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated dustjacket present, edges ...
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Il Femminile nella Fiaba.
214p well preserved paperback, black illustrated cover, a tight and clean and square copy, first ...
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The Romantic Fairy Tale - Seeds of Surrealism. (Facsimile)
133p paperback, grey card cover, facsimile of the 1964 edition, this copy with a few marginal ...
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Fiabe Russe Proibite. Con un Saggio Introduttivo di Boris Uspenskij.
319p large paperback, fresh and clean copy, first edition, no names or stamps, excellent copy, ...
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The Wayland-Dietrich Saga. Part I - The Song of Wayland. Volume I.
xii 378p large format hardback, moss-green cloth with attractive gilt lettering, binding firm, a ...
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Märchen und Wirklichkeit. Zweite Auflage.
vi 320p large format hardback, olive green cloth binding firm and tight, introduction with colour ...
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Storytellers and their Art. An Anthology.
xiv 381p paperback with bright orange cover, a tight and clean copy, name in ink, no traces of use, ...
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Frankenstein.
156p large format paperback, fresh and clean copy, newspaper cutting inserted, very good indeed
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La Légende Arthurienne. Le Graal et la Table Ronde.
lii 1206p thick paperback, thin paper, many French words, a well preserved copy
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Mala Hrvatska Pjesmarica. Kroata kantlibreto.
64p small format paperback, white cover with illustration, very good condition with no significant ...
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Hic Sunt Leones. Geografia Fantastica e Viaggi Straordinari.
120p large square format paperback, silver cover with colour map illustration, very good condition, ...
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Il Segreto di Shehrazàd. Erotismo, Folklore e Magia delle "Mille e Una Notte".
209p paperback, yellow card covers with flaps, very good condition, light wear to outsides, binding ...
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Racconti Leggendi Ricordi della Vita Italiana.
xlii 181p small paperback, tan covers, very good condition, cover detached but present, binding ...
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L'Opera dei Pupi.
242p large format hardback, very good condition, black cloth cover with gilt lettering, black ...
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Il Mito di Don Giovanni.
164p white paperback with text to front and back covers, slight spotting to covers and pages edges, ...
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La Légende de Roland. De la Genèse Française à l'Épuisement de la Figure du Héros en Italie.
340p large paperback, white cover with photograph of statue, very good condition, some very light ...
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Fiabe Irlandesi.
670p white cloth hardback, shrink-wrapped in place, crimson cloth slipcase with illustration ...
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Spanish Ballads.
104p mauve paperback with white lettering, bibliography, fresh clean copy without names or stamps, ...
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Classical Mythography and Romantic English Literature: The First A M D Hughes Memorial Lecture, The School of English, University of Birmingham.
53p stapled booklet, green card cover, many illustrations, author inscription, very good indeed, ...
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Non al suo Amante più Diana Piacque: I Miti Venatori nella Letteratura Italiana.
359p large format paperback, a fresh and clean copy, as new
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Romanzo e Mitologia. Un Carteggio. Traduzione di Ervino Pocar.
97p green and black hardback with white line to bottom, a fresh and clean copy, first edition, no ...
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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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Nang Loi. The Floating Maiden. A Recitation from an Episode of the Ramakien. A Thai Version of the Indian Epic Ramayana.
68p stapled paperback, green and white cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding intact, ...
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Navigatio Sancti Brendani. La Navigazione di San Brandano.
280p large paperback, illustrated cover with blue framed title panel, a fresh and clean copy, ...
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Poesia Russa: Byline, Canti Storici e Conto d'Igor.
174p tan cloth fresh, corners sharp, square spine well gilt with floral carpet design, decorative ...
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La Maschera di Bertoldo.
390p dark blue paperback, excellent condition, as new, spine not creased, no names or stamps, ...
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Chronicles of King Arthur.
191p large hardback, black cloth with colourful jacket, very good condition, little to no wear, ...
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Le Mythe de Faust.
440p paperback, brown and turquoise cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, pages ...
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Le Astuzie Sottilissime di Bertoldo e Bertoldino.
145p hardback, white silk-like cloth cover with green fleur-de-lis and gilt lettering to front, ...
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Political Myth.
157p fresh paperback, black cover with white lettering, excellent clean and tight copy, never used, ...
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A Flame in the Snow. A Russian Legend.
168p small hardback, navy cloth with silver lettering to spine, very good condition, minimal wear, ...
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The Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems.
x 319p paperback, colourful cover and white spine, very good condition, minimal wear, binding ...
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Anthologie Populaire de la Grèce Moderne.
276p original paperback, in glassine jacket, spine a little soft and worn, no names or stamps, well ...
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Ägyptische Volkslieder. Teil 1. Arabischer Text mit Anmerkungen.
ix 196p hardback, cloth spine and marbled paper boards, name stamp (Franz Taeschner), excellent ...
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The Moon People and Other Namibian Stories. The Namibia Oral Tradition Project.
iv 32p stapled booklet, beige cover, very good condition, minimal wear, staple binding firm, pages ...
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Muzimbikana and Other Namibian Adventures. The Namibia Oral Tradition Project.
48p stapled booklet, green cover, very good condition, minimal wear, staple binding firm, pages ...
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Monte Summano. Ascesa e discesa nel fiabesco.
235p large format paperback, red illustrated jacket present, as new
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Folktales from Somalia (Sheekoxariirooyin Soomaaliyeed). Dual-Language Edition, English and Somali.
209p large format hardback, beige cloth with illustrations, like new condition, little to no wear, ...
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Mar Nero. Storie e Miti del Mediterraneo d'Oriente.
x 300p paperback, white cover with scarlet spine, very good condition, minimal wear to covers and ...
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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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Hermann von Fritzlar. Nikolaus von Strassburg. David von Augsburg. Zum ersten Mal herausgegeben. Neudruck der Ausgabe Leipzig 1845.
xlviii 612p original grey cloth firm and tight, series title to front board, a tight and clean ...
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Florilegio di Canti Toscani. Folk Songs of the Tuscan Hills. With English Renderings.
305p lilac cloth with gilt lettering, large format, top edge gilt, many colour plates and musical ...
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Marlowe's Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and Goethe's Faust, Part 1.
xxx 235p dark green hardback, binding firm, green title and frontispiece, names to endpaper, ...
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La Grande Stagione della Critica Letteraria Russa. Belinskij, Cernyscevskij, Dobroljubov, Pisarev.
479 large format paperback, a little yellowed and aged, some underlining of a few passages re ...
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C'era una Volta.
255p hardback with full dustjacket, jacket strong but somewhat spotted and yellowed, text all clean ...
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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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El Cid. Storia del Nobile Cavaliere Rodrigo Diaz.
hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, clean and tight, no names and no stamps, never used
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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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Man in the Panther's Skin: A Romantic Epic.
xviii 273p hardback, black cloth fresh, a clean and tight copy, translated from the Georgian
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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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Tradition and Design in the Iliad.
viii 278p hardback, moss-green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, very good condition, light wear ...
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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.
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Homer's Iliad, Books XXIII and XXIV. The Greek Text, with an Accurate English Version, Notes Grammatical, Critical and Explanatory, and Short Prolegomena.
viii 76p 51p original green cloth with printed title label to front board, light library markings, ...
£36.00
£8.00
The Hammer of Thor.
156p paperback, illustrated cover in very good condition, clean pages, firm binding, illustrations ...
£8.00
£40.00
Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe. With Illustrations in Colour by John Duncan ARSA and from Photographs.
liv 361p thick volume, original olive cloth, colour frontispiece, addtl plates, spine with bull's ...
£40.00
£84.00
Russkaja Chudozestvennaja kul'tura konca XIX - nacala XX veka. 1908-1917. Volume 3: Zreliscnye Iskusstva, Muzyka:.
511p large format hardback, with dark red dustjacket, clean and tight copy, illustrated throughout, ...
£84.00
£10.00
Folk Quilts. A Universe Calendar.
spiral bound collection of 12 large postcards depicting quilts, doubling as a desk-top calendar, ...
£10.00
£14.00
The Archetypal Context of Political Experience. (= Tract # 14)
35p paperback, green illustrated cover, uncommon title
£14.00
£14.00
The Archetypal Context of Political Experience. (= Tract # 9)
30p paperback, blue illustrated cover, uncommon title
£14.00
£20.00
Myth and Symbol in Education. (= Tract # 29 & 30)
104p paperback, illustrations throughout, essays by Abbs, Marshak, Gravett, Moulson, Wiles, etc, ...
£20.00
£14.00
Griechische Mythologie. 4. Aufl., bearb. v. C. Robert. Bd. 1 Hälfte 1./ Vierte Auflage von Carl Robert, Erster Band, Erste Hälfte.
428p original paperback, spine broken once or twice, text clean, light library markings, paper ...
£14.00
£9.00
The Faber Book of Ballads.
267p paperback, well preserved, collection of traditional, poluar and broadside ballads from the ...
£9.00
£36.00
Vas privetstvuet skazka.
237p hardback with laminated colourfully illustrated boards, excellent copy, very fresh and clean, ...
£36.00
£46.00
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs. The Sixth Edition.
vi 123p full calf binding with gilt rule to boards, spine hinges precarious and yielding, binding ...
£46.00
£18.00
Erscheinungsformen kultureller Prozesse. Jahrbuch 1988 des Sonderforschungsbereichs "Übergänge und Spannungsfelder zwischen Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit".
350p green paperback, two or three essays with faint pencil marks to margin, some of which are ...
£18.00
£80.00
The Every-Day Book or a Guide to the Year, describing the Popular Amusements, Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events.
two very large and very thick volumes bound in illustrated blue cloth, with 460 illustrations ...
£80.00
£110.00
Jesus. In History, Legend, Scripture, and Tradition.
2 volume complete set, fresh, in excellent condition, clean and firm, new, still sealed
£110.00
£10.00
Old Scottish Christmas Hymns. Designed by Joan Hassall.
12p sewn pamphlet, well preserved, with illustrations, very good indeed
£10.00
£6.00
The Fause Knight and other Fancies. Designed by Joan Hassall.
12p sewn pamphlet, well preserved, with illustrations, very good indeed
£6.00
£62.00
Supernatural and Secular Power in Early Modern England.
ix 237p hardback, a fresh copy, small tear to dustjacket corner, in excellent condition overall, ...
£62.00
£22.00
Groundless. Rumors, Legends, and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier.
ix 391p hardback, a fresh copy, in excellent condition, clean and firm, new
£22.00
£16.00
Little Red Riding Hood.
8p blue booklet, 1966 facsimile of the 1852 edition attractivelyprinted by John Foreman, the ...
£16.00
£10.00
Tales of Ancient Greece.
viii 325p original faint blue cloth, a fresh and clean copy with foral carpet design to spine, now ...
£10.00
£15.00
Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics.
oblong format, illustrated throughout, hardback with dustjacket, fresh and clean copy of the ...
£15.00
£30.00
Tales from the Arabian Nights. With 48 Colour Plates by A E Jackson.
340p tan cloth with black lettering, to spine and front, colour illustrated endpapers, a nice clean ...
£30.00
£40.00
Fox Fables.
64p large format hardback, lovely fresh copy, very well illustrated, Russian folk tales retold
£40.00
£12.00
Knights-Errant of the Western World. Population Migrations in Pre-History.
258p paperback with illustrated cover, excellent condition, as new
£12.00
£20.00
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 ...
£20.00
£46.00
The Myths that Make Us.
136p large format paperback, excellent fresh copy, as new, includes many illustrations, uncommon ...
£46.00
£24.00
A Book of British Song for Home and School.
141p hardback, green paper-covered boards and brown cloth spine, gilt title to spine, some foxing, ...
£24.00
£10.00
Energie aus dem Nichts. Macht, Magie und Wissenschaft.
285p hardback, a fresh copy, clean pages, firm binding, in excellent condition, like new
£10.00
£580.00
Fables Heroiques, où sont renfermées les plus importantes maximes de la politique & de la morale; avec des discours historiques sur chaque fable. Two Volumes in One.
two volumes bound in one, full vellum binding a little darkened and soiled but holding well, spine ...
£580.00
£14.00
Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song… A Texas Chronicle.
328p paperback, very clean and firm copy, musical transcriptions by Jessie Ann Owens and David Skuse
£14.00
£44.00
Jonson Versus Bakhtin. Carnival and the Grotesque.
267p paperback, excellent condition, as new
£44.00
£74.00
The Odyssey of Homer, Edited, with Marginal References, various readings, Notes and Appendices. Volume 1 & 2 ONLY.
ciii 240p clii, cxxxviii 292p xli, burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine, text in Greek with ...
£74.00
£200.00
Njala. Udgivet efter gamle Handskrifter af det kongelige nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab. Förste Bind.
xv 910p binding tight but both boards detached and spine missing, first edition, volume 1 ONLY, ...
£200.00
£18.00
Nibelungenstudien: Nibelungenlied, Thidrikssage und Balladen.
x 274p blue cloth fresh, large folding table not opened, excellent copy, first edition
£18.00
£28.00
Danmarks Helte Digtning. First Part: Rolf Krake og den Aeldre Skjoldungraekke.
353p original paperback, grey card cover, binding firm, text clean except for a few faint pencil ...
£28.00
£24.00
Wurd - Das Sakrale in der altgemanischen Epik.
204p hardback with dustjacket, seemingly an excellent copy, but on closer inspections we find faint ...
£24.00
£14.00
Moograbah. An Australian Aboriginal Legend. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
32p small format, stapled, colour illustrations, very good
£14.00
£24.00
Fünf Geschichten von Aechtern und Blutrache.
353p hardback with fresh dustjacket, two folding plans well preserved, excellent copy
£24.00
£140.00
Cherkesskie Razskazy. Tom I.
301p original paperback, front cover detaching, spine with slight loss, Rouse donation bookplate, ...
£140.00
£240.00
Narodnyia Russkiia Skazki i Zagadki. Sobrannyia sel'skimi uchiteliami Tul'skoi gub. v'' 1862 i 1863 godakh''
190p original period paperback, paper cover loose and fragile, light markings from a Cambridge ...
£240.00
£12.00
Über die Entstehung des Nibelungenliedes.
32p offprint, Sitzungsbericht, very good, cover fragile
£12.00
£26.00
Yanagita-gaku zenshi.
353p paperback, excellent condition, clean and tight copy, as new
£26.00
£18.00
Das Anegenge. Textkritische Studien, Diplomatischer Abdruck, Kritische Ausgabe, Anmerkungen zum Text.
298p grey cloth with blue title panel to front, this copy clean and fresh, never used, excellent
£18.00
£12.00
Folkloristische Streifzüge.
238p crude rebinding in plain card with tape along spine, title page largely missing, first ...
£12.00
£36.00
Streifzüge auf dem Gebiete amerikanischer Volkskunde. Altes und Neues.
284p original grey cloth well preserved, first edition, library stamp, also bookplate of Ralph ...
£36.00
£30.00
Zauberwahn, Inquisition und Hexenprozess im Mittelalter und die Entstehung der großen Hexenverfolgung.
xvi 538p original yellow cloth binding with black title label to spine, reprint of the 1900 ...
£30.00
£18.00
Begegnung der Völker im Märchen. Rencontre des peuples dans le conte. Band 1: Frankreich - Deutschland. France - Allemagne.
336p original green cloth fresh, gilt lettering to front, tight and clean copy, light library ...
£18.00
£34.00
Kulturelles Erbe und Aneignung: Festschrift für Richard Wolfram zum 80. Geburtstag.
310p yellow paperback, well preserved, reproduced from typescript, illustrations in the back, very ...
£34.00
£22.00
Ausstellung Südtiroler Volkskunst. Katalog.
approx 160pp complete issue of Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire ...
£22.00
£14.00
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 ...
£14.00
£14.00
Literarisches und Graphisches auf Habaner Keramiken.
40p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
£14.00
£36.00
Allgemeine Methodik der Volkskunde: Berichte über Erscheinungen in den Jahren 1890 - 1897.
134p brown bound in plain brown cloth, a few marks in red pencil, very good copy, only 100 copies ...
£36.00
£46.00
Die Gestalt des Teufels in der deutschen Volkssage.
84p original cloth binding, author inscribed, excellent copy
£46.00
£14.00
Volkserzählungen aus dem nördlichen Böhmerwald.
xi 135p large white paperback, illustration to front, spine a little worn, light library markings
£14.00
£24.00
Einführung in den Atlas der schweizerischen Volkskunde.
xv 110p cloth, dustjacket, maps, this copy from the library of Wayland Hand with his name to ...
£24.00
£20.00
El Negro y la Brujeria en Venezuela.
40p essay in the first issue of the Revista Venezolana de Folklore, for sale is the complete issue, ...
£20.00
£24.00
Töpferwerk in der Oberlausitz. Beiträge zur Geschichte des Oberlausitzer Töpferhandwerks.
viii 200p hardback with cloth spine, more than 100 plates, author inscription, very good
£24.00
£24.00
Amerikanischer Aberglaube der Gegenwart. Ein Beitrag zur Volkskunde.
156p rebound hardback, library markings, tight clean copy, Ralph Boggs bookplate
£24.00
£36.00
Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Volksrätsels.
152p bound in plain green cloth, excellent fresh copy, first edition, from the library of Wayland ...
£36.00
£22.00
Rheinisches Sagenbuch. Zweite Auflage.
xii 397p original pictorial cloth showing castle, gilt lettering bright, library stamp, bookplate, ...
£22.00
£24.00
Gemeinwerk im Wallis: Bäuerliche Gemeinschaftsarbeit in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.
91p large format paperback, library stamp, very good, first edition
£24.00
£16.00
Der Abdecker. Seine Bedeutung als Träger magischer Vorstellungen im Zeitalter des Barocks.
30p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
£16.00
£16.00
Bienenhaltung und Bienenaufwecken zur Petri Stuhlfeier.
20p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
£16.00
£20.00
Volkskunst der Ostkirche. Katalog mit 8 Abbidungen.
40p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
£20.00
£16.00
Volkstümliche Fiebervorstellungen. Ein Beitrag zur steirischen Volksmedizin.
20p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
£16.00
£16.00
Jagglschutzen und Fuchsprellen. Zur Bezeugungsgeschichte eines Brauchelementes.
30p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...
£16.00
£18.00
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 ...
£18.00
£58.00
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, ...
£58.00
£46.00
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 ...
£46.00
£46.00
Nederlandsche Volksoverleveringen, Verzameld en met Aanmerkingen Voorzien. Op nieuw bewerkt en met bijvoegselen vermeerderd.
ix 218p rebound in plain red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, excellent fresh copy, name of ...
£46.00
£68.00
Chants Populaires de la Grèce, de la Serbie et du Monténégro.
180p original paperback, from a university library, adhesive tape to spine, paper cover missing, ...
£68.00
£30.00
Die Knaffel-Handschrift. Eine obersteirische Volkskunde aus dem Jahre 1813.
172p large format paperback, paper cover with crude repair, library stamps, first edition, includes ...
£30.00
£40.00
Tradition Wallonne. Volume 3, 1986. Special Issue on Carneval.
315p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...
£40.00
£26.00
Artisanat et Folklore au Pays de Châtelet.
164p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...
£26.00
£26.00
Tradition Wallonne: Congrès de Namur. Ethnographie, Dialectologie, Onomastique.
194p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...
£26.00
£40.00
Fêtes d'hiver et calendrier liturgique des Pays-Bas méridionaux.
272p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...
£40.00
£26.00
De Malmédy et d'Ailleurs.
342p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...
£26.00
£46.00
Le Hainaut. Ethnographie, Dialectologie, Onomastique.
two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...
£46.00
£36.00
Limes. 1: Les langues régionales Romanes en Wallonie. 2: Choix de textes en langues régionales Romanes de Wallonie.
two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...
£36.00
£46.00
Les Témoins de l' Au-Delà. Tome 1 & 2.
two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...
£46.00
£36.00
Le Culte Populaire en Province de Liege. Inventaire A - G & H - W.
two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...
£36.00
£46.00
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
£46.00
£14.00
Mexican Mining Tales.
48p stapled booklet, paper yellowing, excellent condition: The dead men's mine -- Mendoza was game ...
£14.00
£36.00
Tradiciones y Leyendas de Puebla y otros Poemas.
210p original paperback, this copy entirely un-cut, first edition, never used, tight binding, paper ...
£36.00
£12.00
The Last Word. The Lure and Lore of Early New England Graveyards.
39p grey paperback, excellent copy, almost as new, well illustrated with photographs and rubbings ...
£12.00
£36.00
Studies in the Demonic in Selected Middle High German Epics.
ix 245p blue paperback, text is bright and unmarked, a firm and useful copy, scarce, includes note ...
£36.00
£18.00
Sprecher als Träger der "Tradition Vivante" in der Gattung "Märe.".
110p red paperback, light pencilled lines to margins of many pages, reviewed copy, text is bright, ...
£18.00
£36.00
The Czech Chivalric Romances Vévoda Arnost and Lavryn in their Literary Context.
viii 312p red paperback, text is bright and unmarked, a firm and useful copy, scarce, like new
£36.00
£20.00
Motivgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zur Artusepik: Szenen an und auf dem Meer.
223p green paperback, reproduced from typescript, faint pencil marks to margins on some pages, ...
£20.00
£24.00
Fortuna im Alexanderroman Rudolfs von Ems: Studien zum Verhältnis von Fortuna und Virtus bei einem Autor der späten Stauferzeit.
223p green paperback, reproduced from typescript, faint pencil marks to margins on some pages, ...
£24.00
£24.00
Motivation und Menschenbild der Eneide Heinrichs von Veldeke als Ausdruck der geschichtlichen Kräfte ihrer Zeit.
355p blue paperback, reproduced from typescript, faint pencil marks to margins on some pages, notes ...
£24.00
£26.00
Beiträge zur Eddaforschung, mit Exkursen zur Heldensage.
vi 512p original paperback in worn state, back cover missing, spine fragile, binding broken at one ...
£26.00
£14.00
The Spanish Novelists.
xiv 515p burgundy cloth with blindstamped floral thistle design to boards, spine lettered gilt, ...
£14.00
£12.00
The German Novelists.
xv 623p burgundy cloth with blindstamped floral thistle design to boards, spine lettered gilt, very ...
£12.00
£26.00
A Book of British Ballads.
xxiv 333p green cloth, "EL" monogram to spine, light library markings to endpaper, pages are bright ...
£26.00
£12.00
Asgard and the Norse Heroes Retold.
x 268p red cloth, "EL" monogram to spine, light library markings to endpaper, worn cloth, spine a ...
£12.00
£8.00
The Age of Fable.
x 371p red cloth, "EL" monogram to spine, light library markings, endpaper removed, spine a bit ...
£8.00
£12.00
Spanish Folk Songs.
58p small hardback with printed red boards and matching red dustjacket, a couple of tears and small ...
£12.00
£10.00
Gargantua and Pantagruel Volume 2 only.
ix 332p blue cloth, publisher's blindstamp to cloth, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated, clean ...
£10.00
£48.00
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 ...
£48.00
£16.00
Alpha Centauri.
255p hardback, a clean dustjacket, firm binding, illustrated by Kurt Mitchell, a fresh copy, like ...
£16.00
£20.00
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
£20.00
£10.00
Le Feu du Ciel. Introduction à la Littérature Prométhéenne.
170p paperback, a fresh copy, seems unused, an excellent copy
£10.00
£12.00
The Religion of Ancient Rome.
112p original green green cloth, spine gilt, small format, this is a very well preserved copy of ...
£12.00
£8.00
The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales.
148p green cloth discoloured and aged, binding a little soft but holding, frontispiece removed, ...
£8.00
£46.00
The Anglo-Saxon Sagas. An Examination of their Value as Aids to History.
xi 178p original green cloth blindstamped, light markings from a Cambridge college library, first ...
£46.00
£24.00
Hausa Folk Tales.
xii 240p burgundy cloth fresh and tight, spider design to front board, includes text in Hausa and ...
£24.00
£16.00
The Ozark Culture Region as Revealed by Traditional Materials.
25p offprint, maps, very good, author compliments, together with a second related offprint (The ...
£16.00
£18.00
Spoken en Kastelen in Nederland.
large format hardback with dustjacket, fresh clean copy, with illustrations, first edition
£18.00
£12.00
100 Canti Popolari Ordinati per 3 e 4 Voci ad Uso deo Cori Misti senza Accompagnamento.
239p thick grey paperback, tight and clean copy
£12.00
£26.00
Heldensagen des Firdusi. In deutscher Nachbildung nebst einer Einleitung.
295p 324p 327p three volumes bound in one thick volume, brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering ...
£26.00
£14.00
Gesta Romanorum. Das älteste Märchen- und Legendenbuch des christlichen Mittelalters.
286p half calf binding with marbled paper boards, spine a little dry and fragile but still holding ...
£14.00
£24.00
Engaging With Animals. Interpretations of a Shared Existence.
262p new paperback, excellent copy, black spine with white titles
£24.00
£46.00
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, ...
£46.00
£12.00
Benches and Stalls in Suffolk Churches.
39p slim booklet, brown card cover, stapled binding, excellent condition, many plates, previously ...
£12.00
£86.00
Essays und Studien zur Sprachgeschichte und Volkskunde.
412p plain brown cloth with gilt title label to spine, faint library stamp, very well preserved, ...
£86.00
Apollonius de Rhodes et Virgile. La Mythologie et les Dieux dans les Argonautiques et dans l'Énéide.
viii 778p bound in plain green cloth, excellent copy, without library markings, first edition
£64.00
£36.00
Nalopakhyanam. Story of Nala, an Episode of the Maha-Bharata: The Sanskrit Text.
330p original cloth, binding very poor, boards detatching, spine consumed, text thoroughly ...
£36.00
£42.00
Legends of Eastern Saints Chiefly from Syriac Sources. Volume 1: Archelides.
xxi 20p, plus approx 150 pages with print in Arabic, Syriac and Aethiopic script, original ...
£42.00
£56.00
Macedonian Folklore.
x 372p original blue cloth, title label to spine, also white title label with gilt lettering to ...
£56.00
£240.00
Rymovana Kronika Ceska tak receneho Dalimila: Podle Prvotniho Textu Ceskeho i s Pripojenim Obou Prekladuv Nemeckych.
xxviii 301p large format, recently rebound in plain green cloth, title printed red and black, text ...
£240.00
£6.00
Contes Dramatiques. With French Songs, Exercises, Directions for Acting and Vocabulary.
x 206p olive cloth, black lettering to cover, vocabulary and notes in back, many illustrations, ...
£6.00
£48.00
Maha-Bharata. The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse. Introduction F Max Müller.
188p 12 tinted gravure plates, white cloth with gilt lettering and décor, spine a little dull but ...
£48.00
£16.00
Folk-Lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend and Law. Abridged Edition.
476p hardback, navy cloth, good condition, minimal wear to cover edges and spine, rough-cut pages ...
£16.00
£34.00
Fonti per la Storia della Religione Cyrenaica.
xxii 168p large paperback, grey card cover, light library markings, very well preserved, first ...
£34.00
£8.00
Die hebräische Version der Sage von Arthur und Lanzelot aus dem Jahre 1279.
approx 10p, removed from binding, uncut, German language
£8.00
£8.00
Myth and History. Special Issue of 'African Literature Today'.
231p red and white paperback, cover and text bright and fresh, appears hardly used, binding firm, a ...
£8.00
£30.00
Børnespejl (Bornespejl)
xi 45p fragile pamphlet, paper cover front and back missing, text clean, partly un-cut, colour ...
£30.00
£360.00
Bibliotheke Marasle: Meletai peri tou biou kai te s glosses tou Hellenikou Laou.
(xxxvi?) 600p, 699p, 686p scarce copy of the first edition, three volume set, extremely well ...
£360.00
£120.00
Romantic Tales from the Punjab, with illustrations by Native Hands.
xlvi 483p original green cloth, floral pattern to front and gilt lettering, spine a little dull but ...
£120.00
£88.00
Legends of Eastern Saints Chiefly from Syriac Sources. Volume 1: Archelides; Volume 2: Hilaria. Bound with: Eusebii Pamphilii Historiae Ecclesiasticae Lib X, Ed A Schwegler.
xxi 20p, plus many pages with print in script, xxxiv 93p plus many pages with print in script, ...
£88.00
£46.00
Svarnalata. Scenes from Hindu Village Life in Bengal. Translated by Dakshinacharan Roy.
vi 281p brown cloth with black lettering very fresh, frontispiece, bookplate and small library ...
£46.00
£6.00
Ballads and Ballad-Plays.
268p bright blue cloth with gilt lettering, slightly aged, pages unmarked binding firm, very good
£6.00
£18.00
Tessiner Legenden.
131p grey cloth, nice clean copy, tight and fresh, first edition, excellent condition
£18.00
£75.00
God and Man in African Religion. A Case Study of the Igho of Nigeria.
181p rare blue paperback, scarce title in good condition, only very minor wear to edges, book firm ...
£75.00
£80.00
Hayots hin grakanutian patmutyun.
xvi 599p original hardback brown boards with silver lettering, portrait frontispiece, clean text, ...
£80.00
£10.00
Composer and Nation: The Folk Heritage in Music.
342p paperback, laminated cover well preserved, school library bookplate to title page, binding ...
£10.00
£10.00
Folksong and the Culture of Hate. Essay in: The Use of English, Volume 18, No 1, 1966.
short essay by Holbrook, for sale is the complete issue, orange paper cover, very good, clean and ...
£10.00
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Sea Fights and Land Battles, From Sluys to the Bombardment of Alexandria and from Hastings to the War in the Soudan.
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The Fall of the Nibelungen, translated by Margaret Armour.
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336p blue paperback, nice clean copy, many adverts, illustrations, plates, compelling period piece
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The Epic Songs of Russia.
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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.
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The Popular War-Songs of Switzerland.
6p extract from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 14, 1843, disbound, original print, very good
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Cossmann: Die Entwicklung des Gerichtsgedankens bei den Alttestamentlichen Propheten; Messel: Die Einheitlichkeit der Jüdischen Eschatologie; Eichrodt: Die Quellen der Genesis von neuem Untersucht.
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xxiv 392p thick paperback, reprint of 1851 edition, illustrations, nice copy, well preserved
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Spanish Ballads.
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Saga 1960.
176p paperback, cover detaching, library markings, still very useful, papers in Icelandic (?)
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Pocahontas, Little Wanton: Myth, Life and Afterlife.
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Literarische Einflüsse in schottischen Volksballaden. Versuch einer kritischen Variantenvergleichung.
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The Religion of Ancient Rome.
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Counting-Out Rhymes. A Dictionary.
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Myth in Africa.
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The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights, Drawings V Konashevich.
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271p hard cover, grey boards quite soiled, tape repair to spine with title handwritten on the tape, ...
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Mythes, Rêves et Mystères.
305 original paperback, second edition, with marginalia (mostly in pencil) to approx 10 pages
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Klingende Kostbarkeiten. Tischglocken aus 5 Jahrhunderten in Bronze, Porzellan, Silber, Glas.
80p catalogue, paperback, many b/w illustrations, nice copy - Pieces from the Sammlung Lange
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Annuaire des Traditions Populaires. Deuxieme Annee.
xxx 183p original paperback with crude blue cloth tape to spine, from a Cambridge college library, ...
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Märchen und Erzählungen der Suaheli.
264p small period paperback, tape along spine, library shelfmark, well preserved, first edition, ...
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Légendes et traditions orales d'Alsace. Tome 3: Basse Alsace.
485p period paperback with orange paper cover, tape along spine and minor library markings, aged, ...
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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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Le Folklore de la Touraine. Préface de René Boylesve.
377p original paperback with private plain paper jacket, clean firm copy of the first edition, with ...
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La Tradition au Pays Basque. Art Populaire, Ethnographie, Folk-Lore, Hagiographie, Histoire.
589p some plates, large format paperback with minor library markings and transparent tape along ...
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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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In Yancuic Nahua Tlahtolli: Relatos y Cantos en Nahuatl.
59p slim paperback with red illustration to cover, very good, as new
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Nastennyi Kalendar. Russian Language.
365p metal clasp, some pages detached, but all present, pages clean, browned
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Historie en Legende. Vervolg op Mozaiek.
250p original cloth binding, a very good copy from a Cambridge college library, hardly used
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Eusko-Jakintza. Revue d'Etudes Basques. Vol 3, no 4-6, 1949.
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Folk-Songs du Midi des Etats-Unis.
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Ballad Formulas.
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Eight Nursery Rhymes set to music for mixed voices (S A T B) or for ladies' voices only (S S A) With or without Piano Accompaniment. New Edition.
26p purple card covers a little aded otherwise very good, binding firm, pages clean
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La Roumanie Pittoresque.
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Villotte e Canti Popolari Friulani a cura della Società Filologica Friulana G I Ascoli. Edizione sovvenuta dal Comune di Udine. Fascicolo 1.
69p undated grey paperback, card covers a little dusty, page edges tanned otherwise very good, 30 ...
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of World Myth.
240p hardback, dustjacket, from a school library, a fresh copy
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Volkstümliche Redekunst: Erfahrungen und Ratschläge.
88p grey paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good
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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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Folk Traditions in Westmorland (Journal of the Folklore Institute, Vol 3, No 3)
276-293p green card cover, offprint, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good
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A Glossary of North Country Words with their Etymology and Affinity to other Languages and occasional Notices of Local Customs and Popular Superstitions.
254p 242p 2 vols bound in one, engraved frontispiece, library donation bookplate, oversized "Do Not ...
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Märchenhafte Elemente bei Chrétien de Troyes.
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A Bundle of Ballads.
245p cloth with brown dustjacket with plastic protective covering, some creasing to plastic cover, ...
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Indonesian Folk Tales.
101p small illustrated green card cover, small tear to front cover, pages unmarked with b&w plates, ...
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A Thorn in the King's Foot: Stories of the Scottish Travelling People.
304p illustrated paperback, minor shelfwear, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good
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Legends and Lyrics together with a Chaplet of Verses.
viii 298p blue cloth with slightly faded gilt ornaments and lettering to spine, no date, looks like ...
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English Popular Ballads.
ix 382p small format blindstamped brown cloth, 13 cm, boards worn, gilt lettering to spine faded, ...
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Tales, Songs, Traditions: Selected from the Archives of the School of Scottische Studies. Tocher, No 28.
approx 80p, green card cover, stapled, pages unmarked, with musical notation, binding firm
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Faro de Jose Ignacio. Su historia y su gente.
158p paperback, illustrations, very good: A village in Uruguay
£48.00
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Leyendas Guanajuatenses. Segunda Parte de Relatos y Sucedidos de Guanajuato.
120p large paperback, with illustrations, very good
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£12.00
La Fiaba come Racconto.
174p large orange paperback, first edition, faint marginal ink notes on one or two pages and to ...
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Von Volksliederen: Aus dem Wunderhorn.
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Rumpelstilzchen. Illus Otto Schott.
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Mumming Plays in Oxfordshire: An Interim Checklist.
42p stapled booklet (blue), reproduced from typescript, library stamp, very good
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An Interim List of Nottinghamshire Folk Plays and Related Customs.
42p stapled booklet (green), reproduced from typescript, library stamp, very good
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Muslim Philippines.
108p stapled booklet with illustrated cover, b/w illustrations, from a Cambridge college library, ...
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 6, 1964. Haiti and Voodoo History.
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 4, 1963. Lithuanian Christmas Ornaments Contest.
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 5, 1964. The Bavarians.
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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. 4, 1964.
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 2, 1963. The Amerindians.
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Hope Viltis. A Folklore Magazine. Vol. 22, No. 1, 1963.
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Swiss Dress.
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Il meraviglioso e il sogno nella narrativa inglese del Medioevo.
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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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Index of Archived Resources for a Folklife and Cultural History of the Inland Pacific Northwest Frontier.
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An Anthropologist at Play: Balladmongering in Ireland and its Consequences for Research.
152p paperback, library marking, very good
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Folklore Studies in Honor of Arthur Palmer Hudson.
157p card cover, frontispiece, illustrations, very good condition
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Inteligência do Folclore.
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The Handbook of Folklore. New edition, Revised and Enlarged.
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Political Ballads of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. In Two Volumes.
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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.
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Oral Literature. Seven Essays.
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Fifty Folk Songs: Compiled at the Request of the English Folk Dance Society.
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John Dietrich and other Stories from The Fairy Book.
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Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk undersökning. Med 93 färgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten.
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History. First Series. Book 1: Children of Athens, London and Rome.
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Folklore Studies: Past, Present - and Future? (= Special issue of Lore and Language, 1997)
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The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children.
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Der rote Großvater erzählt: Berichte und Erzählungen von Veteranen der Arbeiterbewegung aus der Zeit von 1914 bis 1945. Herausgegeben von der Werkstatt Düsseldorf des Werkkreises Literatur der Arbeitswelt.
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Rübezahls Grab: Erzählungen, mit einem Nachwort von Wilfrid Bade.
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The Laird of Logan. Anecdotes and Tales illustrative of the Wit and Humour of Scotland.
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Heldensage und Epos: Zur Konstituierung einer mittelalterlichen volkssprachlichen Gattung im Spannungsfeld von Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit.
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Arabian Love Tales Being Romances From The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Night.
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The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales.
248p blue cloth with gilt lettering, minor shelfwear, front endpaper browned, very good condition
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Der Hamburger Musikant, Teil A - B. Vom 3 - 6. Schuljahr; vom 7. Schuljahr ab.
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Folk-Lore: Being the Quarterly Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society. Volume 62, No 3, September 1951.
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Tales from the Arabian Nights.
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Devonshire and Cornish Stories. Fourth Edition.
76p white paperback, many ornaments, a slightly worn copy, spine rubbed, light wear, original item
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Erzähl noch was: 300 kleine Geschichten. Gesammelt von W Stendel.
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Mille et un Contes, Récits & Légendes Arabes. Volume 1: Contes Merveilleux, Contes Plaisantes.
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Mutter der Barmherzigkeit: Mittelalterliche deutsche Mirakelerzählungen von der Gottesmutter. Ausgewählt und aus dem Altdeutschen übertragen von Manfred Lemmer.
271p cloth gilt dustjacket, colour illustrations, as new
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The Heroes. Or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children.
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A Book of Saints. First Edition.
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Legenden: Heiligengeschichten vom Altertum bis zur Gegenwart.
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Mythe et Science. Actes du Colloque.
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Proverbi Toscani. Raccolti ed illustrati da G Giusti, ampliati e pubblicati da Gino Capponi.
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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.
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Heroes of Asgard.
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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Gipsies in Denmark. A Social-Biological Study.
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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.
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Hans Folz and the Adam Legends. Text and Studies.
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Die Tannhäuser-Legende: Eine Studie über Intentionalität und Rezeption katechetischer Volkserzählungen zum Bußsakrament.
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Death in the Secular City: A Study of the Notion of Life After Death in Contemporary Theology and Philosophy.
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Folk Literature of the British Isles. Readings for Librarians, Teachers and Those Who Work With Children and Young Adults.
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Arthur of Britain.
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Myth and Legend in French Literature.
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The Map of Who We Are.
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The Link with Nature and Divine Meditations in Asia.
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The Magic of Number.
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Romance and Legend of Chivalry. With Illustrations in Colour and Monochrome.
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Stories from the Earthly Paradise. Retold from W Morris by Madalen Edgar.
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Mythologie de la Jeunesse; Ouvrage Elementaire par Demandes et par Reponses.
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The Vision of Sir Launfal.
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The Countess Cathleen. Sage - Drama - Oper - Illustration.
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Mythologies.
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Apollonii Rhodii. Argonautica.
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The Anatomy of Puck: An Examination of Fairy Beliefs among Shakespeare's Contemporaries and Successors.
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Mythologie der Griechen und Römer unter stetem Hinweis auf die künstlerische Darstellung der Gottheiten. Mit 135 Abbildungen.
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Bulfinch's Complete Mythology: The Age of Fabel, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne.
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Disinformation and Distortion: An Anarchist Exposé of AIDS Politics.
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Folk Dance Progressions.
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Odysseys and Oddities: A 'Tarpaulin Muster' of Seagoing Facts and Whimsicalities.
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The Arabian Nights: A Selection.
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Pennsylvania Dutch American Folk Art. (revised and enlarged edition)
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Spanish Ballads.
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Estoire; Prophecies.
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Bibliografia do Folclore Brasileiro.
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Mythology. Ed. Piere Maranda.
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