Norwegian Folk Tales
The Viking Press, 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 189 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition thus. Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Prio owner name in ink on title page.
Folklore
Russian Folklore
Macmillan Company, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 760 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with a few chips and tears to the edges.
Ancient Tales and Folklore of China
Bracken Books, 1986. Hardcover. 453 pages. Ilustrated. A facximile of the 1922 edition. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Waking the World: Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine
TarcherPerigee, June 1996. Hardcover. Notes on well-known myths and case studies from the author's therapy practice accompany a collection of folktales that reveal the complexity, and meaning of femininity.
Sagen, Gebrauche & Sprichworter des Allgaus aus dem Munde Ses Volkes gesamelt. I und II Band
n.p., n.d., ca. late 1890s. Hardcover. Band I: 567 pages. Frontispiece 'Die Sage.' Band II: 764 pages. Frontispiece 'Das Kinderfelt.' B/W illustrations both volumes. One of the standard works on the Allgau region. Text in German. Later printings. Near fine copies in marbled paper over boards and moroccan leather. Edge.....
Torias: Contes et Proverbes creoles
College Vertieres, 1945. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 50 pages followed by errata sheet with additions in ink. Text in French and creole. First edition (first printing). Very good in yellow wrappers (paperback). Wrappers are tanned and mildly soiled. Small chips missing from cover edges. Pages are browning. Bookplate of Lt.....
The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland, to which are added Dialect and other Poems; with Biographical Sketches, Notes, and Glossary
Geo. Routledge and Sons, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 560 pages with glossary and index to first lines. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in green cloth with bright gilt titles on front cover and spine. Cover edges bevelled. Brown endpapers. Hinges cracked but binding tight. Pages 369-372.....
Myth, Legend, and Romance: An Encyclopaedia of Irish Folk Tradition
Prentice Hall Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 453 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. Vols. I and II bound together
Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, et al. 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. Vol. I: xxvi, 486; Vol. II: xi, 731 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy rebound in black cloth covers with title in gilt on spine. New endpapers. Slight scuffing to covers.
Sprichworter: Proverbs, Proverbes, Proverbi, Proverbios
Frommann's Verlag, n.d., ca 1935. Hardcover. 171 pages with 3 pages of book ads. Proverbs in German, with translations into English, French, Italian and Spanish. Inscribed by the author on title page: 'Lisbeth Ta'kle - spendiert vom Verfasser, 1930' and under author name 'gest. 1. Febr. 1935.' Near fine in.....
Prabad-Ratnakar (Bengali proverbs)
Orient Longmans, n.d., ca. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 908 pages. 'A Treasure House of Proverbs.' Text in Bengali. No publishing date but introduction dated 1957. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in white paper over boards and red cloth covers with title in Bengali on front cover and.....
Lamba Folklore
American Folk-Lore Society, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 570 pages with 1-page list of publications of the American Folk-Lore Society. Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society, Vol. XX, 1927. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in dark brown cloth with ruling and title in gilt. No dust jacket.
Maharashtra Vaksampradaya Kosa. Vol. 1. (Marathi proverbs and idioms)
Maharashtra Kosamandala, 1942-7. First Edition. Hardcover. About 450-500 pages. Color illustrated frontispiece. 9 pages of ads in book. Text in Marathi. First edition presumed (first printing). A very good copy in paper over boards and green cloth covers with title in black in Marathi on front cover and spine. Covers.....
Kalila Wa Dimna: Fables from a Fourteenth-Century Arabic Manuscript
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Trade Paperback. 95 pages. 9-3/4 by 9-3/4 inches. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap.
Gems of the Orient: Part I: Rabbinical Proverbs and Sentences. Part II: Arabic Proverbs and Sentences
Russell Borthers, Printers, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages: ii, 1 leaf, [7-138, [1]. Errata leaf at end. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in brown cloth covers with gilt lettering and illustration on front cover and spine. Mild edge and corner wear. AEG. Bookplate of de Guinzbourg, U.N. diplomat.....
The International Folk-Lore Congress of the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago, July, 1893
Charles H. Sergel Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 512 pages. B/W illustrations of authors. Limited edition. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in blue cloth and quater blue leather covers with gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. TEG. Leather worn along edges and at spine edges. Pages partially.....
Tauta par Baznicu un Macitajiem Folkloras Materialu Izlase
Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 294 pp plus index. Text in Latvian. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate of Lt. Col V. S. M. de Guinxbourg, UN diplomat and noted proverb and aphorism collector.
Proverbes du Pays de Bearn
Societe pour l'Etude Langues Romanes, 1876. First Edition. Trade Paperback. pp. vi, 7-107. Text in French First edition (first printing). Very good copy in tan wappers (paperback). Covers with mild soiling. Spine darkened. Bookplate of de Guinzbourg, UN diplomat and noted proverb and aphorism collector.
Literary Folklore of the Hispanic Southwest
The Naylor Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 247 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with edge and corner wear and tanning to spine.
Burmese Proverbs
John Murray, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 114 pages. 'The Wisdom of the East' series, edited by J. L. Cranmer-Byng. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Maxims and Moral Reflections, also Shakespearian Aphorisms
Trade Paperback. 224 pages. A very good copy in brown cloth covers with black ruling on front cover and bright gilt illustrations and lettering on front cover and spine. Edge and corner wear. Binding tight. Inscription to prior owner on front free endpaper and prior to aphorisms. Prior owner's signatures.....
Wit and Wisdom in Morocco: A Study of Native Proverbs
Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 448 pages. First U. S. edition (first printing). Near fine copy black cloth covers with bright gilt lettering on spine. In a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
Arabic Proverbs
F. Diemer, 1913. First Edition. Trade Paperback. xii, 76 numbered pages in English, 14 pp. in Arabic. Text in English and Arabic. First edition (first printing). Very good in plain unmarked wappers (paperback). Text separated from wrapper and signatures loosening.
Forschungen zur Geschichte der Volsballade im Mittelalter
Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 1961. Trade Paperback. Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae Tomus X, Fasciculi 3-4, pp. 241-294, with folding map at rear. B/W illustrations. Text in German. Lajos Vargyas (1914-2007) was a prominent Hungarian researcher of folk music and folklore and a specialist in folk ballads. Inscribed by.....
And Other Neighborly Names: Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore
University of Texas Press, 1981. Hardcover. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. Very good in a very good dust jacket with color faded spine.