Books on Folklore

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282p green cloth illustrated with rider on white horse, spine also shows illustrations, colour ...

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206p white paperback, fresh copy, very good, with many plates, no names or stamps

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520p hardback with yellow boards and grey cloth spine, nice clean and tight copy, no names or ...

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166p small format paperback, yellow cover, many illustrations throughout, uncommon title

£28.00

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xxvii 990p mustard cloth with red and gilt lettering, a solid and clean copy, name in pencil, a few ...

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99p extracted from binding, original print fresh, pages holding together very well, nice clean ...

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208p paperback, glossy beige and brown covers, very good condition, a little light wear to edges, ...

£10.00

The Myth of Morgan la Fey.

xiii 262p sturdy hardback, beige and brown covers with colourful artwork, tight binding and sharp ...

£48.00

The Arthur of the French. The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature.

xii 637p large paperback, shiny blue covers with colour artwork, good condition, a little light ...

£96.00

The Object and the Cause in the Vulgate Cycle.

170p large sturdy hardback, blue paper-covered boards, like new, tight binding, slight wear to end ...

£64.00

Arthurian Literature XVI.

ix 211p hardback journal in earth-brown cloth, like new condition, free from wear and marks, tight ...

£40.00

Arthurian Literature VIII.

206p sturdy hardback in earth-brown cloth, beige jacket, very good condition, a little light wear ...

£10.00

Arthurian Literature XV.

vii 216p sturdy hardback in earth-brown cloth, like new condition, free from wear, no marks or ...

£12.00

The Fool and the Trickster. Studies in Honour of Enid Welsford.

£10.00

viii 142p neat hardback, earth-brown cloth with off-white jacket, very good condition, free from ...

£10.00

Slovar Slavianskoi Mifologii.

£84.00

368p hardback, black laminated boards with yellow designs, very good condition, firm binding and ...

£84.00

Riazhene v Russkoi Traditsionnoi KultureIz. Fondov Kabineta Rukopisei Rossiiskogo Instituta Istorii Iskusstv.

233p neat paperback, grey card covers with brown lettering and illustration, excellent condition, ...

£40.00

Russkii Fol klor Bibliograficheskii Ukazatel 1800 - 1855.

£40.00

262p paperback, white and turquoise cover, firm binding, free from wear, spine a little creased, ...

£40.00

Épica Náhuatl.

100p paperback, like new condition, bright white and blue covers, tight binding, no sign of use, ...

£20.00

Arabian Nights. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Teheran Edition). 17 Volumes Complete Set including Supplemental Nights.

£800.00

17 large volumes in black cloth with gilt lettering (silver lettering for the Supplemental Nights), ...

£800.00

Kalevala - The Land of Heroes. Translated from the original Finnish by W F Kirby. Volume One.
(No Author)

£22.00

xvi 327p green cloth firm and square, "EL" monogram to spine, free endpaper had been glued down to ...

£22.00

Kalevala - The Land of Heroes. Translated from the original Finnish by W F Kirby. Volume Two.
(No Author)

£24.00

viii 285p green cloth firm and square, "EL" monogram to spine, light library markings to endpaper, ...

£24.00

The Mabinogion. Translated by Lady Charlotte Guest.
(No Author)

£34.00

432p green cloth EL monogram design to spine, a fresh and tight copy, spine without marking, front ...

£34.00

The Geoffrey Shaw Song Book. (Curwen Edition 6335)

£12.00

25p large format booklet, brown card cover, stapled, fresh copy, no names or stamps, very good

£12.00

A Book of Descants: Treble Parts and Supplementary Tunes.

£36.00

viii 58p 12p musical score, oblong format tight fresh copy, from the library of the composer, with ...

£36.00

The Legend of Rock-Buoy Bell. Ballad for Chorus and Orchestra. The Words Written by Susan K Phillips.

£14.00

30p musical score, large format booklet, cover missing, text clean, no names or stamps, a useful ...

£14.00

The Songs from Shakespeare's Plays. Set to the Old Tunes. Part 1. (Curwen Edition 6335)

£14.00

vii 42p large format booklet, brown card cover, stapled, some traces of use and light marginal ...

£14.00

Dionysos. Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life.

£68.00

xxiii 474p very large hardback with fresh red dustjacket, first edition, name to endpaper, many ...

£68.00

Saga-Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research. Volume 27, 2003.

156p blue paperback, fresh and tight copy, as new, various essays and reviews: Troublesome ...

£18.00

Forty-Two Fables of La Fontaine. Translated by Edward Marsh.

viii 89p slim booklet, fine buckram cloth with title label to front and spine, both perfect, tiny ...

£18.00

Christ and the Sailor. A Study of the Maritime Incidents in the New Testament.

£12.00

xviii 198p small neat hardback, sea-blue cloth with tanned blue and white jacket, very good ...

£12.00

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde.

viii 194p blue laminated boards, fresh clean copy, light library markings, never used, first edition

£48.00

Popular Orthodoxy in Late Imperial Rural Russia. Volume 1 and 2.

£46.00

763p thick paperback, blue card cover, title label to front, text reproduced from typescript, fresh ...

£46.00

Russkie: Narodnaja Kultura: (Istorija i Sovremennost) Volume 5: Duchovnaja Kultura Narodnye Znanija. (Spiritual Culture, Folk Knowledge)

£64.00

376p orange paperback, clean and fresh copy, no names or stamps, very good uncommon title

£64.00

Mudrost Narodnaia: Zhizn Cheloveka v Russkom Folklore: Mladenchestvo Detstvo.

£56.00

590p terracotta cloth, gilt lettering, thick volume, solid binding, includes many color ...

£56.00

Vostochnoslavianskaia Etnografiia.

£48.00

507p green hardback with white lettering, nice clean copy, with illustrations, colour plates, ...

£48.00

Modern Tales.
(No Author)

£10.00

xii 415p large format hardback, grey cloth with gilt lettering, vivid colour artwork to cover, more ...

£10.00

Myths from Many Lands.

xiv 335p large format hardback, grey cloth with gilt lettering, vivid colour artwork to cover, more ...

£20.00

The Faerie Queene. Volume Two.

vii 480p small neat hardback, moss-green cloth with gilt title and floral crest to spine, very good ...

£20.00

Jewish Legends of the Second Commonwealth.

£12.00

xxviii 477p large hardback, grey cloth with green jacket, very good condition, light wear to jacket ...

£12.00

289p white paperback, light pencil annotation to a couple of pages, mostly to rear endpaper and a ...

£18.00

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Oblong paperback booklet, large format, printed on yellow paper, illustrated throughout, not ...

£30.00

Amori di Sicilia.

£16.00

134p well preserved paperback, small format, no names, no traces of use, based on a RAI radio ...

£16.00

338p large paperback, grey card showing light traces of use, introduction with a few words ...

£36.00

Harlekin. Eine Ausstellung im Österreichischen Theatermuseum.

68p large format paperback, white illustrated cover, light library markings, uncommon title with ...

£26.00

I Cinque Libri. Storie Fantastiche, Favole, Filastrocche.

£24.00

756p white paperback, designed by Bruno Munari, with interesting and colourful illustrations to ...

£24.00

Ter Herinnering aan de Uittocht uit Egypte.

£28.00

32p stapled booklet, tanned but with pages very clear and legible, very good reproductions of ...

£28.00

Myth. Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures.

£12.00

xii 299p large paperback with green illustrated cover, little use, nice fresh copy, no names or ...

£12.00

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96p paperback, square format with illustrated maroon cover, very good condition, minimal wear and ...

£24.00

two paperback volumes together 744p, fresh set, in their slipcase, with author dedication with ...

£28.00

Les Grenouilles dans l'Antiquité. Cultes et Mythes des Grenouilles en Grèce et ailleurs.

£20.00

139p white paperback, colour plates, excellent copy, no names or stamps, almost as new

£20.00

Sessanta Novelle Popolari Montalesi. A Cura di Roberto Fedi.

li 526p thick paperback, grey card cover, fresh copy, spine not creased

£18.00

232p large paperback, stiff binding, excellent cover, nice illustrations, excellent fresh copy

£30.00

134p blue card-covered boards with spine reinforced with grey crocodile-effect tape, cover rather ...

£68.00

150p large format paperback, singers to cover, additional photographic plates and a folding map in ...

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64p oblong hardback, colourful cover with title label to front, cloth spine a little soft, edges ...

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300p large purple paperback with matching slipcase, book very fresh and new, slipcase shows wear ...

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61p large format paperback, illustrations, a well preserved paperback, paper yellowing a little ...

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348p large paperback, paper cover front detaching, binding firm, this copy largely un-cut, a fresh ...

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185p large format white paperback, covers in very good condition with minor signs of wear and ...

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viii 400p large paperback, portrait to back cover, cover a little dusty, text is clean, never used, ...

£18.00

320p 317p two volumes paperback, tight and clean set, spines square, browning to top edge, text all ...

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xxviii 541p maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and charioteer to front board, dark green ...

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45p plus a large section of plates, a well preserved copy, uncommon title, no names or stamps, well ...

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225p well preserved paperback, faint mauve cover, fresh and clean copy, contains texts by Vernon ...

£18.00

viii 592p thick paperback, black and white cover with red eye design, very good condition, a little ...

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x 272p large format paperback, colourful dustjacket present, colour frontispiece and b/w plates in ...

£32.00

x 196p paperback, blue cover, first edition, very good

£18.00

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 ...

£22.00

Symbolik des Märchens. Versuch einer Deutung. Zweite verbesserte Auflage.

792p large and heavy hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, no names or stamps, binding ...

£54.00

The History of Galilee, 1538 - 1949. Mysticism, Modernization, and War.

£64.00

ix 390p large sturdy hardback, brown and blue covers with white spine, like new condition, no wear, ...

£64.00

Libro Piccolo di Meraviglie. A cura di Marziano Guglielminetti.

178p large format paperback, dark blue cover with bright colour illustrations, additional colour ...

£18.00

La Fiaba Popolare Europea. Forma e Natura.

£16.00

bright yellow paperback, some browning to initial pages, no names or stamps, very well preserved

£16.00

£14.00

xxvii 157p burgundy paperback, new, shrinkwrapped, Italian

£14.00

Initiation et Sagesse des Contes de Fées.

£18.00

186p white paperback with pink design to front, fresh and tight and clean copy, no traces of use, ...

£18.00

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xvii 330p black cloth hardback with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated dustjacket present, edges ...

£20.00

Il Femminile nella Fiaba.

214p well preserved paperback, black illustrated cover, a tight and clean and square copy, first ...

£20.00

The Romantic Fairy Tale - Seeds of Surrealism. (Facsimile)

133p paperback, grey card cover, facsimile of the 1964 edition, this copy with a few marginal ...

£16.00

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, ...

£20.00

The Wayland-Dietrich Saga. Part I - The Song of Wayland. Volume I.

£28.00

xii 378p large format hardback, moss-green cloth with attractive gilt lettering, binding firm, a ...

£28.00

Frankenstein.

156p large format paperback, fresh and clean copy, newspaper cutting inserted, very good indeed

£18.00

La Légende Arthurienne. Le Graal et la Table Ronde.

lii 1206p thick paperback, thin paper, many French words, a well preserved copy

£20.00

Mala Hrvatska Pjesmarica. Kroata kantlibreto.

£24.00

64p small format paperback, white cover with illustration, very good condition, binding tight, ...

£24.00

Hic Sunt Leones. Geografia Fantastica e Viaggi Straordinari.

120p large square format paperback, silver cover with colour map illustration, very good condition, ...

£64.00

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 ...

£24.00

Racconti Leggendi Ricordi della Vita Italiana.

£28.00

xlii 181p small paperback, tan covers, very good condition, cover detached but present, binding ...

£28.00

L'Opera dei Pupi.

242p large format hardback, very good condition, black cloth cover with gilt lettering, black ...

£82.00

Il Mito di Don Giovanni.

£18.00

164p white paperback with text to front and back covers, slight spotting to covers and pages edges, ...

£18.00

La Légende de Roland. De la Genèse Française à l'Épuisement de la Figure du Héros en Italie.

£28.00

340p large paperback, white cover with photograph of statue, very good condition, some very light ...

£28.00

Fiabe Irlandesi.

670p white cloth hardback, shrink-wrapped in place, crimson cloth slipcase with illustration ...

£58.00

Spanish Ballads.

£24.00

104p mauve paperback with white lettering, bibliography, fresh clean copy without names or stamps, ...

£24.00

Classical Mythography and Romantic English Literature: The First A M D Hughes Memorial Lecture, The School of English, University of Birmingham.

£16.00

53p stapled booklet, green card cover, many illustrations, author inscription, very good indeed, ...

£16.00

Non al suo Amante più Diana Piacque: I Miti Venatori nella Letteratura Italiana.

£20.00

359p large format paperback, a fresh and clean copy, as new

£20.00

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 ...

£18.00

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, ...

£36.00

Navigatio Sancti Brendani. La Navigazione di San Brandano.

280p large paperback, illustrated cover with blue framed title panel, a fresh and clean copy, ...

£20.00

Oeuvres Complètes.

xlv 875p thick volume, full red calf binding with gilt rules to spine, paper jacket present, ...

£34.00

Poesia Russa: Byline, Canti Storici e Conto d'Igor.

174p tan cloth fresh, corners sharp, square spine well gilt with floral carpet design, decorative ...

£22.00

La Maschera di Bertoldo.

390p dark blue paperback, excellent condition, as new, spine not creased, no names or stamps, ...

£26.00

Chronicles of King Arthur.

£14.00

191p large hardback, black cloth with colourful jacket, very good condition, little to no wear, ...

£14.00

Le Mythe de Faust.

£24.00

440p paperback, brown and turquoise cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, pages ...

£24.00

Le Astuzie Sottilissime di Bertoldo e Bertoldino.

145p hardback, white silk-like cloth cover with green fleur-de-lis and gilt lettering to front, ...

£28.00

Political Myth.

£46.00

157p fresh paperback, black cover with white lettering, excellent clean and tight copy, never used, ...

£46.00

Anthologie Populaire de la Grèce Moderne.

£24.00

276p original paperback, in glassine jacket, spine a little soft and worn, no names or stamps, well ...

£24.00

Ägyptische Volkslieder. Teil 1. Arabischer Text mit Anmerkungen.

ix 196p hardback, cloth spine and marbled paper boards, name stamp (Franz Taeschner), excellent ...

£88.00

Muzimbikana and Other Namibian Adventures. The Namibia Oral Tradition Project.

£20.00

48p stapled booklet, green cover, very good condition, minimal wear, staple binding firm, pages ...

£20.00

Monte Summano. Ascesa e discesa nel fiabesco.

235p large format paperback, red illustrated jacket present, as new

£46.00

Mar Nero. Storie e Miti del Mediterraneo d'Oriente.

£40.00

x 300p paperback, white cover with scarlet spine, very good condition, minimal wear to covers and ...

£40.00

The Brus. From a Collation of the Cambridge and Edinburgh Manuscripts.

£48.00

xliv 524p large quarto format, green cloth boards detached, spine backstrip absent, armorial ...

£48.00

Hermann von Fritzlar. Nikolaus von Strassburg. David von Augsburg. Zum ersten Mal herausgegeben.  Neudruck der Ausgabe Leipzig 1845.

£46.00

xlviii 612p original grey cloth firm and tight, series title to front board, a tight and clean ...

£46.00

Florilegio di Canti Toscani. Folk Songs of the Tuscan Hills. With English Renderings.

£36.00

305p lilac cloth with gilt lettering, large format, top edge gilt, many colour plates and musical ...

£36.00

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 ...

£34.00

C'era una Volta.

255p hardback with full dustjacket, jacket strong but somewhat spotted and yellowed, text all clean ...

£36.00

El Cid. Storia del Nobile Cavaliere Rodrigo Diaz.

hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, clean and tight, no names and no stamps, never used

£24.00

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 ...

£46.00

Die Zauberflöte: Oper und Mysterium.

£24.00

383p hardback, fresh dustjacket, many illustrations, excellent copy, as new

£24.00

Volksstück: Vom Hanswurstspiel zum sozialen Drama der Gegenwart.

370p blue paperback illustration to front, excellent clean and tight copy, never used, no names or ...

£36.00

Early Irish Art.

60p paperback, grey-blue photograph cover, good condition, light wear to cover edges and corners, ...

£6.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

£16.00

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

£16.00

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

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

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

Ecelino da Romano nella Mente del Popolo e nella Poesia.

163p paperback, beige cover with flaps, good condition, some light wear to cover edges, notes to a ...

£16.00

The Life in the Forest: The Influence of the St. Giles Legend on the Courtly Tristan Story.

78p paperback, tanned white cover with blue calligraphic lettering, good condition, some wear to ...

£28.00

La Légende d'Alexandre le Grand dans la Littérature Française du 12e Siècle. Une Réécriture Permanente.

£36.00

394p paperback, white and yellow cover, good condition, minimal wear to covers, spine a little ...

£36.00

A Dictionary of Chinese Mythology.

£46.00

xxiii 627p large format hardback, black cloth fresh with bright red symbol to front, tight and ...

£46.00

Teach Yourself Bluegrass Fiddle.

£16.00

61p large format paperback, notation (tune and accompaniment) very large and clear, playing tips ...

£16.00

Morgenländische Spruchweisheit. Arabische Sprichwörter und Rätsel. Aus mündlicher Überlieferung gesammelt und übertragen.

£20.00

xi 64p large paperback, library stamp, related offprint inserted, very good

£20.00

The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant. (Harald Haardraade)

£64.00

219p paper-covered boards, title label to front, cloth spine holding well with aged title label to ...

£64.00

Arabic Proverbs, Collected by Mrs A P Singer. Edited by Enno Littmann.

xii 76p plus 16p in Arabic script, binding poor and cover detaching, scribbles to back endpaper, ...

£30.00

Arab Folk Epic and Identity.

x 328p hardback, fresh dustjacket, well preserved copy, some odd soiling to front endpaper, likely ...

£30.00

La Géomancie Arabe.

243p paperback, golden cover, good condition, light wear to cover, binding firm, light pencil marks ...

£96.00

Cuchulain. The Hound of Ulster.

279p hardback, grey cloth with black ornamentation, good condition, light wear and some marks to ...

£12.00

The Fury of the Northmen. Saints, Shrines and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age.

£8.00

xiv 194p hardback, grey cloth with black jacket, very good condition, minimal wear to jacket, a few ...

£8.00

Karmath. An Arabian Tale. By The Author of "Ramases", An Egyptian Tale, Etc, Etc.
(No Author)

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341p hardback, repaired grey cloth cover, good condition, binding intact, pages have tanning and ...

£72.00

The Darvishes, or Oriental Spiritualism.

xxiii 496p hardback, navy cloth, good condition, light wear commensurate with age, binding a little ...

£48.00

The Druids.

£24.00

236p hardback, green cloth with brown jacket, good condition, wear to jacket edges and flaps, marks ...

£24.00

Cuentistica Medieval en Espana: Los Origines.

£32.00

217p paperback, light green covers, good condition, minimal wear, some light marks to cover, ...

£32.00

Popol Vuh. The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings.

£12.00

380p paperback, grey and yellow covers, good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, light foxing to ...

£12.00

£24.00

26p hardback, rebound in brown cloth with bright gilt lettering, good condition, light wear and ...

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Khun Chang, Khun Phèn. Poème Folklorique Siamois. La Ferme, le Hèros et le Vilain ou Le Triangle eternel de l'Amour. Traduit J Kasem Sibunruang.

133p large format, A4 format, reproduced from typescript, plain paper wrapper, no lettering to ...

£36.00

Die orientalischen Literaturen. Mit Einleitung. Die Anfänge der Literatur und die Literatur der primitiven Völker.

£20.00

ix 419p original burgundy buckram cloth, a little dusty to front, large format, gilt lettering to ...

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Pages Arabico-Madécasses: Histoire, Légendes et Mythes. Together with: Deuxieme Série. / Un Syllabaire Antemahuri.

£160.00

The essay "Pages Arabico-Madécasses" by Julien was published in two parts in volume 3 (1929, 125 ...

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Noah's Flood: The Genesis Story in Western Thought.

£15.00

large format paperback, arch illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, very well preserved, nice ...

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Danmarks Folkeviser. Kaempeviser - Trylleviser - Legendeviser - Historiske Viser.

503p half calf binding still firm and nice, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, minor loss to ...

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Hibylahaettir á Midöldum.

152p large format hardback with green illustrated dustjacket, many plates, a fresh and clean copy, ...

£46.00

Thibaut de Champagne and the Art of the Trouvere.

£12.00

this is a 25 page essay published in Medium Aevum, for sale is the entire issue of the journal with ...

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Diocles of Carystos and German Popular Medicine.

£14.00

this is a 20 page essay published in Medium Aevum, for sale is the entire issue of the journal with ...

£14.00

English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. A Historical Dictionary.

£48.00

720p hardback bound in stunning half calf 18th century style binding with marbled boards, matching ...

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283p paperback, yellow cover, good condition, light wear to cover, some light marks to edges, pages ...

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399p hardback, red cloth without jacket, good condition, light wear commensurate with age, light ...

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I. Poems of Love.

xiii 161p paperback, maroon cover, good condition, some light wear to cover edges and corners, ...

£24.00

Athene. Virgin and Mother in Greek Religion.

£28.00

106p paperback, beige cover, good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, light foxing to edges, ...

£28.00

The Saga of the Volsungs. The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer.

£18.00

ix 145p paperback, grey cover, good condition, light wear and price sticker to cover, binding firm, ...

£18.00

£128.00

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£128.00

£36.00

iv 224p hardback, green cloth with gilt lettering, good condition, light wear to edges and ...

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vi 78p hardback, rebound in plain navy cloth, library stamps, a few light pencil marks to margins, ...

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Noble and Heroic Deeds of Men and Women.

£20.00

128p fragile paperback, back cover only present, some illustrations, very original, aged with minor ...

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174p hardback, dark green cloth with amber jacket, good condition, jacket sunned, binding firm, ...

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xiv 336p large hardback, red cloth without jacket, fair condition, wear commensurate with age, ...

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xiii 392p large paperback, green and purple cover, very good condition, minimal wear, spine tight, ...

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271p paperback, mustard cover with illustration, good condition, minimal wear to cover edges, spine ...

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(No Author)

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421p hardback, green cloth, fair condition, general wear commensurate with age, some marks to cover ...

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xvi 288p hardback, green cloth, good condition, light wear to cover, ink name on endpaper, light ...

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Indo-European Folk-Tales and Greek Legend. The Grey Lectures 1932.

£26.00

vii 158p hardback, terracotta cloth, title label to spine, very good condition, boards a little ...

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159p small hardback, beige cover, very good condition, light wear commensurate with age, spine ...

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446p hardback, olive cloth with gilt lettering, good condition, light wear commensurate with age, ...

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Der ewige Verlierer. Das Bild des Juden in der deutschen Volksliteratur.

30p many illustrations, very well preserved

£10.00

Volksmedizin und Aberglaube in Oberbayerns Gegenwart und Vergangenheit.

£24.00

xii 243p hardback, burgundy cloth with silver lettering, reprint of the 1888 edition, clean copy, a ...

£24.00

Popular Beliefs and Practices from Alabama.

£26.00

x 270p large paperback, yellow card cover, text reproduced from typescript, a well preserved copy, ...

£26.00

The Wandering Jew.

£48.00

641p 657p two volumes uniform in dark blue cloth with gilt decor to spine, top edge gilt, many ...

£48.00

So feiern die Bayern. Bilder, Texte und Untersuchungen zum öffentlichen Festwesen der Gegenwart.
(No Author)

£16.00

106p paperback, blue illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, well preserved, ...

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£12.00

54p stapled pamphlet, A4 format, with illustrations, from typescript, a little aged, well preserved

£12.00

The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile.

£42.00

ix 212p clean paperback, large format, very well preserved, with appendix

£42.00

Rosanders, des heblich flötenden Schäffers und klirrend Gassatim gehenden Purschen Studentengärtlein.

£14.00

194p hardback with paper covered boards, black cloth spine with shelfmarking, a clean and tight ...

£14.00

Verbrechen und Aberglaube. Skizzen aus der volkskundlichen Kriminalistik.

£26.00

vii 139p original brown cloth fresh with black lettering, first edition, a few neat notes in ink ...

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Ballad and the Scholars: Approaches to Ballad Study.

xii 54p paperback booklet, clean and tight copy

£16.00

Studia Mythologica Slavica. Volume 1.
(No Author)

£28.00

316p large format paperback, fresh and clean copy, name to endpaper, excellent condition, with ...

£28.00

Artes Populares. A Folklore Tanszek Evkönyve. Volume 7: Oblata Floclorica et Ethnologica Emerico Katona Sexagenario Dedicata.

£46.00

290p large format paperback, white cover with orange lettering, Imre Katona Festschrift, small dent ...

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Russian Epic Studies.

/223p burgundy cloth fresh with light sunning, tight copy, well preserved, first edition, uncommon ...

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£16.00

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£16.00

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vii 364p hardback, olive cloth with gilt lettering, very good condition, binding firm, light pencil ...

£32.00

El Romancero Judeo-Español en el Archivo Menendez Pidal.

408p 394p 358p three volumes in bright and firm burgundy cloth, bright gilt lettering and ornaments ...

£86.00

Die niedersächsischen Berggeistsagen.

240p hardback with fresh dustjacket, excellent copy, never used

£46.00

Varifran kommer vara sagor Utkast til de svenska folksagornas uppkomst- och utbredningshistoria. Jämte översiktstabla.

xv 537p large format paperback, faint green cover with gilt lettering to spine and horse design to ...

£86.00

Bilmece: A Corpus of Turkish Riddles.

vii 1063p large paperback, yellow card cover, very thick volume, text reproduced from typescript, a ...

£56.00

Two Studies on Modern Greek Folklore.

132p plus 14 plates in the back, large format paperback, fresh jacket, well preserved, clean and ...

£46.00

129p paperback, white and blue cover, very good condition, minimal wear, covers lightly tanned, ...

£16.00

£24.00

xxiii 250p original blue cloth with gilt design to front and spine, first edition, colour ...

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117p small hardback, red cloth, very good condition, minimal wear to cover, ink stamps on endpaper, ...

£6.00

Saltanat: The Saga of a Desperate Warrior.

£46.00

219p (re-?)bound in grey library cloth without lettering, a tight and clean copy, never used, ...

£46.00

Textauslegung und gesellschaftliche Selbstdeutung: Aspekte einer sozialgeschichtlichen Interpretation von Hartmanns Artusepen.

£20.00

144p large white paperback, very good condition, minimal wear to cover edges, binding strong, pages ...

£20.00

Das Deutsche Volksrätsel.

£12.00

88p slim paperback in light brown cover, acceptable condition, general light wear, cover detached ...

£12.00

Das Deutsche Sprichwort.

77p slim paperback, light brown cover, good condition, pages rough-cut but clean and bright, text ...

£12.00

Da Saul a David: Le Origini della Monarchia Israelitica alla Luce della Storiografia Contemporanea.

30p offprint, "with best wishes", grey card cover a little aged, text clean, text printed in two ...

£18.00

Cleomenes on the Acropolis. An Inaugural Lecture.

£10.00

33p stapled booklet, blue card cover, this copy with extensive highllighting in yellow, still very ...

£10.00

Nordisches Geistesleben in heidnischer und frühchristlicher Zeit.

£14.00

xiii 230p hardback in navy cloth, minimal wear, some light sunning to spine, binding firm, pages ...

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The Cult of Harmodius and Aristogeiton.

26p offprint, well preserved, a clean copy

£12.00

£8.00

28p stapled booklet, blue card cover, staples rusted, otherwise very clean, photographic ...

£8.00

(No Author)

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376p large format, brown cloth with black and red illustration to front, illustrated endpapers and ...

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86p large format hardback, tan cloth, plus an additional 63 pages of illustrations, some in ...

£86.00

238p large format paperback, card cover with white and dark burgundy panels, an excellent copy, as ...

£38.00

large folio volume, half morocco binding with red spine, red morocco medallion with gilt arms inset ...

£120.00

£16.00

51p stapled booklet, brown card cover, excellent clean copy, stamped "Preliminary Publication, Not ...

£16.00

The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent.

xvi 307p hardback with fresh dustjacket, a new copy, never used, with frontispiece and maps, ...

£22.00

The Myths of the New World: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America.

£30.00

viii 307p original terracotta cloth, spine complete but torn, piece secured with magic tape, text ...

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Miners' Folk Songs of Sri Lanka.

£26.00

ii 78p slim booklet, very well preserved, private shelfmark to spine, this copy un-cut, never read, ...

£26.00

The Ring of the Forgetful Husband in World Mythology.

£12.00

24p stapled booklet, well preserved, clean copy

£12.00

Gling ge sar rgyal po'i sgrung: Mon gling g.yul 'gyed.
(No Author)

£46.00

470p yellow paperback, with colour plates, Tibetan text: Legend of King Gesar of Ling.

£46.00

Mthing gling g'yul 'gyed dpa' bo rtsal 'gran zhes bya ba bzhugs so.

241p paperback with blue illustrated cover: An episode from the Tibetan epic.

£46.00

£36.00

115p 115p small format paperback, illustrated throughout, text in Chinese and Tibetan, story from ...

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Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études. Section des Sciences Religieuses. Annuaire 1971 - 1972, Tome 79.
(No Author)

£36.00

539p yellow cloth fresh with gilt lettering to front, spine a hint dull only, excellent clean and ...

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Folklore in Buddhist and Jaina Literatures.

xv 120p hardback red dustjacket, well preserved, clean and tight copy, never read, partly un-cut

£24.00

Folk Tales of Orissa.

£24.00

110p hardback with coloured boards, old shelfmark to spine, a clean and tight copy, very good

£24.00

Raganius. Prieskariniu Laiku Sodziaus Gyvenimo Seseliai.

£26.00

192p paperback, illustrated cover, this copy in an old transparent jacket which left traces of ...

£26.00

Frankfurter Sagen- und Geschichten-Buch.

£14.00

vii 312p original grey cloth with gilt décor, a fresh and tight copy of the first edition, without ...

£14.00

xxviii 322p terracotta cloth fresh and tight, gilt lettering to spine, light library markings, a ...

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x 569p bound in plain green cloth (1910?) with gilt lettering, binding fresh, last page of text is ...

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xi 397p x old full ribbed cloth binding dark green with black title label to spine, light library ...

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375p 383p frontispiece map (browned but intact) to each part, Greek text throughout with extensive ...

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viii 76p 51p original green cloth with printed title label to front board, light library markings, ...

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The Hammer of Thor.

156p paperback, illustrated cover in very good condition, clean pages, firm binding, illustrations ...

£8.00

liv 361p thick volume, original olive cloth, colour frontispiece, addtl plates, spine with bull's ...

£40.00

Celtic Myth and Legend, Poetry and Romance. With Illustrations in Colour and Monochrome after Paintings by J H F Bacon ARA and other Artists.

£56.00

xiv 450p thick volume, original green cloth with gilt decor, gilt lettering to spine fresh, colour ...

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xxxviii 463p thick volume, original olive cloth, colour plates well preserved, top edge gilt, spine ...

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511p large format hardback, with dark red dustjacket, clean and tight copy, illustrated throughout, ...

£84.00

spiral bound collection of 12 large postcards depicting quilts, doubling as a desk-top calendar, ...

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35p paperback, green illustrated cover, uncommon title

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30p paperback, blue illustrated cover, uncommon title

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104p paperback, illustrations throughout, essays by Abbs, Marshak, Gravett, Moulson, Wiles, etc, ...

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428p original paperback, spine broken once or twice, text clean, light library markings, paper ...

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267p paperback, well preserved, collection of traditional, poluar and broadside ballads from the ...

£9.00

£36.00

237p hardback with laminated colourfully illustrated boards, excellent copy, very fresh and clean, ...

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vi 123p full calf binding with gilt rule to boards, spine hinges precarious and yielding, binding ...

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two very large and very thick volumes bound in illustrated blue cloth, with 460 illustrations ...

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£110.00

2 volume complete set, fresh, in excellent condition, clean and firm, new, still sealed

£110.00

12p sewn pamphlet, well preserved, with illustrations, very good indeed

£10.00

£6.00

12p sewn pamphlet, well preserved, with illustrations, very good indeed

£6.00

ix 237p hardback, a fresh copy, small tear to dustjacket corner, in excellent condition overall, ...

£62.00

ix 391p hardback, a fresh copy, in excellent condition, clean and firm, new

£22.00

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8p blue booklet, 1966 facsimile of the 1852 edition attractivelyprinted by John Foreman, the ...

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viii 325p original faint blue cloth, a fresh and clean copy with foral carpet design to spine, now ...

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(No Author)

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oblong format, illustrated throughout, hardback with dustjacket, fresh and clean copy of the ...

£15.00

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340p tan cloth with black lettering, to spine and front, colour illustrated endpapers, a nice clean ...

£30.00

Fox Fables.

64p large format hardback, lovely fresh copy, very well illustrated, Russian folk tales retold

£40.00

£46.00

136p large format paperback, excellent fresh copy, as new, includes many illustrations, uncommon ...

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£24.00

141p hardback, green paper-covered boards and brown cloth spine, gilt title to spine, some foxing, ...

£24.00

285p hardback, a fresh copy, clean pages, firm binding, in excellent condition, like new

£10.00

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328p paperback, very clean and firm copy, musical transcriptions by Jessie Ann Owens and David Skuse

£14.00

267p paperback, excellent condition, as new

£44.00

Njala. Udgivet efter gamle Handskrifter af det kongelige nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab. Förste Bind.

£100.00

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£100.00

x 274p blue cloth fresh, large folding table not opened, excellent copy, first edition

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Danmarks Helte Digtning. First Part: Rolf Krake og den Aeldre Skjoldungraekke.

£28.00

353p original paperback, grey card cover, binding firm, text clean except for a few faint pencil ...

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Wurd - Das Sakrale in der altgemanischen Epik.

204p hardback with dustjacket, seemingly an excellent copy, but on closer inspections we find faint ...

£24.00

(No Author)

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32p small format, stapled, colour illustrations, very good

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353p hardback with fresh dustjacket, two folding plans well preserved, excellent copy

£24.00

187p hardback with dustjacket, as new, author note inserted

£14.00

Cherkesskie Razskazy. Tom I.

£140.00

301p original paperback, front cover detaching, spine with slight loss, Rouse donation bookplate, ...

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190p original period paperback, paper cover loose and fragile, light markings from a Cambridge ...

£240.00

32p offprint, Sitzungsbericht, very good, cover fragile

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12p offprint, very good

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353p paperback, excellent condition, clean and tight copy, as new

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200p hardback with fresh dustjacket as new

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298p grey cloth with blue title panel to front, this copy clean and fresh, never used, excellent

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xvi 538p original yellow cloth binding with black title label to spine, reprint of the 1900 ...

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310p yellow paperback, well preserved, reproduced from typescript, illustrations in the back, very ...

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approx 160pp complete issue of Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire ...

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84p original cloth binding, author inscribed, excellent copy

£46.00

£14.00

xi 135p large white paperback, illustration to front, spine a little worn, light library markings

£14.00

40p essay in the first issue of the Revista Venezolana de Folklore, for sale is the complete issue, ...

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viii 200p hardback with cloth spine, more than 100 plates, author inscription, very good

£24.00

£24.00

156p rebound hardback, library markings, tight clean copy, Ralph Boggs bookplate

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152p bound in plain green cloth, excellent fresh copy, first edition, from the library of Wayland ...

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Rheinisches Sagenbuch. Zweite Auflage.

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£18.00

91p large format paperback, library stamp, very good, first edition

£24.00

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20p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...

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30p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...

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30p essay in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, for sale is the entire issue, with light ...

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xxiv 359 bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to front, Wayland Hand's copy with his name to ...

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ix 218p rebound in plain red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, excellent fresh copy, name of ...

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172p large format paperback, paper cover with crude repair, library stamps, first edition, includes ...

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315p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...

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194p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...

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272p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...

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342p large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations throughout, ...

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two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...

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two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...

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two volumes, large format black paperback, colour illustration to front, many illustrations ...

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159p original hardback with cloth spine, light library markings, fresh clean copy, first edition

£46.00

48p stapled booklet, paper yellowing, excellent condition: The dead men's mine -- Mendoza was game ...

£14.00

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

39p grey paperback, excellent copy, almost as new, well illustrated with photographs and rubbings ...

£12.00

£36.00

ix 245p blue paperback, text is bright and unmarked, a firm and useful copy, scarce, includes note ...

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110p red paperback, light pencilled lines to margins of many pages, reviewed copy, text is bright, ...

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viii 312p red paperback, text is bright and unmarked, a firm and useful copy, scarce, like new

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223p green paperback, reproduced from typescript, faint pencil marks to margins on some pages, ...

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355p blue paperback, reproduced from typescript, faint pencil marks to margins on some pages, notes ...

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Beiträge zur Eddaforschung, mit Exkursen zur Heldensage.

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Teutonic Myth and Legend. An Introduction to the Eddas and Sagas, Beowulf, the Nibelungenlied, etc.

xlvii 469p hardback, green decorative cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge bright gilt, colour ...

£48.00

£16.00

255p hardback, a clean dustjacket, firm binding, illustrated by Kurt Mitchell, a fresh copy, like ...

£16.00

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170p paperback, a fresh copy, seems unused, an excellent copy

£10.00

151p hardback with dustjacket, as new

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112p original green green cloth, spine gilt, small format, this is a very well preserved copy of ...

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xii 240p burgundy cloth fresh and tight, spider design to front board, includes text in Hausa and ...

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25p offprint, maps, very good, author compliments, together with a second related offprint (The ...

£16.00

10p offprint, grey paper cover, library stamp, excellent condition

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Heldensagen des Firdusi. In deutscher Nachbildung nebst einer Einleitung.

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Anglo-Saxon Poetry.

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Ballads and Ballad-Plays.

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Household Guide and Almanac 1953.

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Household Guide and Almanac 1954.

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The Epic Songs of Russia.

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Contes Dramatiques. With French Songs Exercises, Directions for Acting and Vocabulary.

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Kniga Bylin: svod izbrannykh obraztsov russkoi narodnoi epicheskoi poezii.

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Snakes in Fact and Fiction.

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Spanish Ballads.

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Ballads of All Nations. Translated by George Borrow. A Selection Edited by R Brimley Johnson.

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The Nibelungenlied, translated by Margaret Armour.

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Aurelias Sagenkreis. Die schönsten Geschichten, Sagen und Märchen von Baden-Baden und dem Schwarzwalde. 4te Auflage.
(No Author)

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De l'Expression des Voeux dans l'Art Populaire Chinois.

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John Dietrich and other Stories from The Fairy Book.

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Left in Charge. Designed by F Volski.

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80p catalogue, paperback, many b/w illustrations, nice copy - Pieces from the Sammlung Lange

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(No Author)

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Légendes et traditions orales d'Alsace. Tome 3: Basse Alsace.

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(No Author)

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Ballad Formulas.

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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.

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Volkstümliche Redekunst: Erfahrungen und Ratschläge.

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Folk Traditions in Westmorland (Journal of the Folklore Institute, Vol 3, No 3)

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(No Author)

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158p paperback, illustrations, very good: A village in Uruguay

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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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Single issue of large format journal, 30p, stapled, with many illustrations, minor wear to cover, ...

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Il meraviglioso e il sogno nella narrativa inglese del Medioevo.

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(No Author)

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Fifty Folk Songs: Compiled at the Request of the English Folk Dance Society.

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(No Author)

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88p slim booklet with illustrations and musical notation, very good

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Santa Catarina.

88p slim booklet with illustrations and musical notation, very good

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Fable Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography.

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382p green cloth, as new

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An Annotated Bibliography of "Reinhart Fuchs" Literature.

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Myth and Legend in French Literature.

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The Link with Nature and Divine Meditations in Asia.

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Tales of Bielkin.

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Mythologies.

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64p stapled booklet, exploding myths about HIV and AIDS, very good

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The Heroes.

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The Arabian Nights: A Selection. With Illustrations by A B Houghton.

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Macht auf das Tor. Alte deutsche Kinderlieder, Reime, Scherze und Singspiele, zum Teil mit Melodien.

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272p brown illustrated cloth, inscribed "Fred Shakespear with my love, 1902"

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50 Flerstemmige Danske Folkeviser og Sange.

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£20.00

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