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.
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.....
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.....
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.
Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura. Instituo National do Livro, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 660 pages. B/W illustrations. Text in Portuguese. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in marbled paper over boards and quarter red laether covers with title in gilt on spine. Spine with 5-raised bands. Decorated red.....
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.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.....
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.
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.
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.....
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.