George Routledge & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., (n.d. but 1926). Hardcover. 368 pages. Text in English, translated from the Tibetan and the German. Broadway Translations series. New edition. A very good copy; no dust jacket. Edge wear, light foxing.
Cambridge University Press, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 372 pages. A pioneering work on the subject based on field work Abbott conducted in 1900-1901. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Blue cloth split at the spine folds.
Barnes & Noble Books, June 1993. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Southern Methodist University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. Very good, tight binding with no dust jackt. A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society. African-American folklorist J. Mason Brewer starts this volume with "Juneteenth," followed by Martha Emmons' "Dyin' Easy." Mexican-American folklore is explored in witch tales.....
University of Texas Press, 1981. Hardcover. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. Very good in a very good dust jacket with color faded spine.
University of California Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 521 pages. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Spine a bit concave. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
Maisonneuve & cie. Libraires-Editeurs, 1879-1883. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Tome II: 421 pp.; Tome IV: 275 pp.; Tome V: 264 pp.; Tome VI: 243 pp. Text in French. First editions (first printings). Near fine copies in original wrappers (paperback). Tanning to covers. Scattered foxing on pages. Pages uncut. Volumes not.....
Les Libraires-Commissionnaires, 1914. First Edition. School & Library Binding. 261 pages. Text in French. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in tan wrappers (paperback). Pages uncut. Spine is tanned. Contents fine.
University of Texas Press, 1969. Hardcover. 374 pages. Second printing, 1969. A very good copy in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Mild edge and corner wear. Spine ends rolled. No dust jacket.
Western Folklore, 1952. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Offprint, pp. 233-249, of Western Folklore, Vol. XI, No. 4, October, 1952. Bertrand Bronson (1902-1986) was professor of English at University of California, Berkeley, and the expert on child ballads. Inscribed by the author in pencil: 'To George for distribution, Bert.'. First.....
Journal of the American Name Society, 1967. First Edition. Trade Paperback. pp. 157-242. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Breakwater, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 531 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in photographic illustrated paper over board and gray cloth covers with bright gilt lettering on spine. No dust jacket as issued. First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.....
University of California, Los Angeles, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 684 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in cloth covers with black lettering on front cover and spine. In very good dust jacket with edge and corner wear, small closed edge tears and mild surface scuffs.
Clarendon Press, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 115 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in red cloth covers with bright gilt lettering, insignia and ruling on spine. Minor edge wear. No dust jacket. Bookplate of Victor de Guinzbourg, UN staff member and collector of proverbs since childhood.
Harrison and Sons, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 114 pages. Victor de Guinzbourg was a UN staff member and collectror of proverbs since childhood. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in brown cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine. minor edge and corner wear. 3 small stickers with letters/number.....
Harrison and Sons, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. 199 pages. Victor de Guinzbourg was a UN staff member and collectror of proverbs since childhood. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in brown cloth covers with bright gilt lettering on spine. Minor edge wear. 3 small stickers with letters/number at.....
Hippocrene Books, September 1998. Hardcover. This collection of folk tales focuses on humankind's struggle with evil in the world, particularly with naughty little devils. In Bohemia it seems that the devil is a little ill-natured, but far from the arch-fiend of the more Western parts of Europe.
Alpha, June 2005. Trade Paperback.
Pantheon, December 2004. Hardcover.
Pantheon Books, February 1987. Trade Paperback.
Horizon Press, (1961). Hardcover.
Barnes & Noble Inc., n..d. Hardcover.
George H. Doran Company, (1926). First Edition. Hardcover. 185 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white and with a color frontispiece. Kentucky Folklore. First edition (first printing with oval GHB symbol on copyright page). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A gift inscription on half-title page.
Dover Publications, January 2003. Trade Paperback. Long before people could turn to books for instruction and amusement, they relied upon storytellers for answers to their questions about life. Africa boasts a particularly rich oral tradition, in which the griot -- village historian -- preserved and passed along cultural beliefs and.....
Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 287 pages. A collection of 11 of Paredes's most significant articles. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.