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In a Cornish Township with Old Vogue FolkPentrath, Dolly
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In a Cornish Township with Old Vogue Folk


Pentrath, Dolly

Hardcover. NY, Century Co., 1st, 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 243 pages, light green beveled boards stamped in red and gilt. Printed from English Sheets. 19 black & white illustrations by Percy R. Craft. Previous owner's signature on blank prelim page.

Record # 106453


Price: $15.00 

 

Joel Chandler Harris: Folklorist


Brookes, Stella Brewer

Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press , 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. Five pages with red underlining, otherwise a bright, clean copy.

Record # 401311


Price: $20.00 

 

Land of Pluck, The: Stories and Sketches for Young Folk


Dodge, Mary Mapes

Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1st, 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, with illustrations throughout. Stories and sketches about Holland and the Dutch. Gilt decorated cover and top edge. Moderate foxing throughout and previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Otherwise, bright and tight copy.

Record # 853268


Price: $18.00 

 

Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales from the Lousiana Bayou


Doucet, ed., Sharon Arms, Illust. by: Scott Cook

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages, color illustrations by Scott Cook, very clean, tight copy, like new.

Record # 801150


Price: $15.00 

 

Legends of Northeast Scotland


Wyness, Fenton

NY, Gramercy, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated by Author. Light edgewear to dust jacket and rubbing.

Record # 201102


Price: $12.00 

 

Longhouse Winter


Jones, Hettie, Illust. by: Nicholas Gaetano

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Nicholas Gaetano. Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Dust jacket shows some wear, tear on front cover. Hardbound.

Record # 109856


Price: $15.00 

 

Lore and Legend of Nepal


Lall, Kesar

Softcover. Kathmandu, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 2nd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 46 pages. Stiff cardboard covers. Black & white illustrations by Amar "Kalakar". Dust jacket with chipping along top edge of front cover - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 612124


Price: $23.00 

 

Make-Believe Tales - A Folk Tale From Burma


Troughton, Joanna

New York, Bedrick/Blackie, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 26 pages. Color illustrations by author.

Record # 204883


Price: $15.00 

 

Masoud the Bedouin


Crhart, Alfreda Post

NY, Missionary Education Movement, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&W photos, illust. by Jessie Gillespie. Ex-lib with bookplates. Light residue to end papers, small label on spine.

Record # 300954


Price: $30.00 

 

More Stories to Solve: Fifteen Folktales from Around the World


Shannon, George

New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages illustrated in b&w by Peter Sis. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 402121


Price: $12.00 

 

New England Bean-Pot - American Folk Stories to Read and to Tell


Jagendorf (Ed.), M.

Hardcover. NY, Vanguard Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages, b&w drawings by Donald McKay. Blue cloth with orange design, light fade to spine.

Record # 602382


Price: $12.00 

 

North American Legends


Haviland (ed), Virginia, Illust. by: Ann Strugnell

New York, Collins, 1st US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 214 pages. Black & white illustrations by Ann Strugnell. Dust jacket price clipped, edgeworn, missing small chunk from rear spine. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 206999


Price: $15.00 

 

North of Nowhere - Stories & Legends From Many Lands


Sleigh, Barbara, Illust. by: Victor G. Ambrus

New York, Coward-McCann, 1s US, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Black & white illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Library stamping on inside of front and rear covers, otherwise clean. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 207430


Price: $12.00 

 

Odd Folks


Read, Opie

Hardcover. New York, Neely, 1st, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 207 pages. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. One small stamp at lower left corner of inside front cover. Front hingecracked but holding. Minor foxing to areas of cloth cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608289


Price: $35.00 

One Day of Happiness (SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR)Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illust. by: Richard   Callner
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One Day of Happiness (SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR)


Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illust. by: Richard Callner

Hardcover. New York, Red Ozier Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR. Singer's signature to last story page in pen. Interior color lithographic frontispiece signed in pencil by Callner. Illustrated with three colored lithographs, each signed by Richard Callner in pencil. Violet morocco leather spine, sides, and corner-tips. Blue boards. Translated from the original Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Pollet. Light age toning to top text block edge. Heavy fading to spine. Rough-cut fore edge. Of 155 copies, this is number 76. Scarce. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952229


Price: $625.00 

 

Papa Alonzo Leatherby - A Collection of Tall Tales from the Best Storyteller in Carroll County


Davol, Marguerite W.

NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 70 pages, hardcover like new in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 602275


Price: $12.00 

 

People Could Fly, The - American Black Folktales


Hamilton, Virginia , Illust. by: Leo & Diane Dillon

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1985, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 177 pages, including bibliography. Illustrated in black and white by Leo and Diane Dillon. Some slight wear to front and corners of dust jacket.

Record # 176126


Price: $28.00 

 

People Could Fly, The


Hamilton, Virginia/Leo Dillon/Diane Dillon

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 178 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. Price clipped dust jacket with moderate wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611988


Price: $23.00 

 

Reynard the Fox


Hastings, Selina

New York , Tambourine Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 76 pages, illustrated in color by Graham Percy.

Record # 176151


Price: $20.00 

 

Sebgugugu the Glutton - A Bantu Tale of Rwanda


Aardema, Verna, Illust. by: Nancy L. Clouse

Hardcover. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Eerdmans, 1st?, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Really nice, new-looking condition. Color illustrations by Nancy L. Clouse. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Record # 109640


Price: $15.00 

Seven Simeons: A Russian TaleArtzybasheff (retold & Illustrated), Boris, Illust. by: Boris Artzbasheff
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Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale


Artzybasheff (retold & Illustrated), Boris, Illust. by: Boris Artzbasheff

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pretty soft green covers stamped center front with an unnoticeable flower design. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine is sunned at both ends. A wonderful story of seven brothers who each use their special magic powers to win the hand of Helena of Boozan Island for their King. Beautifully and elegantly illustrated.

Record # 408321


Price: $63.00 

 

Some Folks


Habberton, John

Hardcover. New York, Derby Brothers, 1st, 1877, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 502 pages. Black & white illustrations. Covers show very minor wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608254


Price: $30.00 

 

Spanish Fairy Tales


Marks, John

Hardcover. London, Frederick Muller, 2nd, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages, b&w drawings by Hazel Cook. Light soil to copy block edges. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, light fade to spine.

Record # 602381


Price: $15.00 

 

Spring of Butterflies and Other Chinese Folk Tales, The


Liyi, He

NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illust. by Pan Aiqing and Li Zhao. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 67644


Price: $19.00 


  
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