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Wakima and the Clay Man - And Other African Folktales


Kalibala, E. Balintuma and Mary Gould Davis, Illust. by: Avery Johnson

Hardcover. NY, Longmans Green and Company, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white Illustrations by Avery Johnson, End papers illustrated. Light soil to cloth cover. corner a bit bumped, and cloth torn on top front corner.

Record # 200359


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

Folk Tales from Many Lands by: Kinscella, Hazel Gertrude

Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University Publishing Co, na, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 214 pages. Stamp of elementary school on front end paper. Rubbing to extremities. Light soiling to covers. Record # 803326
Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Welsh Legends and Folk-Tales


Jones, Gwyn, Illust. by: Joan Kiddell-Monroe

New York, Walck, 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 230 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Water stain to bottom book edge and dust jacket. Dust jacket has edgewear, protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 206966


Price: $20.00 

 

The Bold Heroes of Hungry Hill and Other Irish Folk-Tales


MacManus, Seumas, Illust. by: Jay Chollick

London, Dent, 1st UK, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 180 pages. Black & white illustrations by Jay Chollick. Cover has edgewear. Dust jacket chipping, missing a chunk from front and rear. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 206985


Price: $15.00 

 

Folk Tales of Brittany


Masson, Elsie, Illust. by: Thornton Oakley

Softcover. Philadelphia , Macrae Smith Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Edited by Amena Pendleton. B&W illustrations by Thornton Oakley. 191 pages. Light wear to corners of cardboard covers, gilt lettering on spine faded.

Record # 600384


Price: $35.00 

 

St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks - Volume XXVII - Part I - Six Months - November 1899 to April 1900


Dodge, Mary Mapes/St. Nicholas Magazine

Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1st US, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 568 pages. Hardcover. Collects six months of St. Nicholas Magazine for Young Folks - Volume XXVII - Part I - November 1899 to April 1900. Black & white illustrations. Brown leather spine and corners, with black pebbled cloth. Title in gilt on spine. Moderate abrasions to leather. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613854


Price: $38.00 

Wicked Weeds: A Zombie Novel by: Cabiya, Pedro Transl. Powell, Jessica
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Wicked Weeds: A Zombie Novel by: Cabiya, Pedro Transl. Powell, Jessica

Softcover. Simsbury, CT, Mandel Vilar Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a literary take on a zombie novel. A Caribbean zombie who is smart, gentlemanly, financially independent, and a top executive at an important pharmaceutical company becomes obsessed with finding the formula that would reverse his condition and allow him to become a real person. Clean copy. Record # 34256
Price: $16.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Book of the Ocean, and Life on the Sea, The (Two volumes bound together)


n/a

Hardcover. Auburn, NY, John Beardsley, 1st, 1850, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 671 pages. Hardcover. Two volumes bound together. Cover boards bound in brown textured, embossed leather. Corners bumped. Gilt title on spine (slightly faded). Pages and edges have tanning from age. Covers have soil and age wear. Binding tight, spine straight. Gutters split in some places, but no pages missing or detached, and binding good. Beautiful old book full of fanciful, ageless tales of the sea.

Record # 32019


Price: $100.00 

Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People by: Page, Michael Ingpen, Robert
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Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People by: Page, Michael Ingpen, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Time-Life Books, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is worn and bent with a few closed tears. Green cloth covers underneath are in good shape, with only one small spot of edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Gorgeous full color illustrations throughout. This book is a expansive collection of information on imaginary beings from folklore, mythology, and fiction from around the world. This is an oversize book, for domestic shipping only. Clean copy. Record # 33808
Price: $45.00 

Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural by: Schwartz, Howard
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Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural by: Schwartz, Howard

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, Reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 274 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book presents a translation of fifty of the best and most time-honored Jewish tales of the supernatural, collected into one volume. Clean copy. Record # 34393
Price: $22.00 

When the Sea Turned to Silver by: Lin, Grace
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When the Sea Turned to Silver by: Lin, Grace

Hardcover. NY, Little, Brown and Company, 1st Ed., 5th Pr., 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, white cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains beautiful full-color illustrations throughout. This book tells the story of Pinmei, a young woman who embarks on a fantastical journey to rescue her kidnapped grandmother, the storyteller. Clean copy. Record # 34444
Price: $24.00 

 

Babylonian Dragon and Other Tales, The


Zacharias, Alfred

Philadelphia, Muhlenberg Press, 1st , 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white woodcut illust. by author.

Record # 65558


Price: $25.00 

 

Dietrich of Berne - Hero Tales of the Austrian Tirol


Sawyer, Ruth and Emmy Molles

NY, Viking, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white drawings by Frederick T. Chapman. Library binding (not ex-lib). Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, spine fade.

Record # 65851


Price: $15.00 

In a Cornish Township with Old Vogue Folk Pentrath, 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 

 

Buried Moon and Other Stories, The


Bang, Molly

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, stories about the feelings buried deep within us, selected and illustrated by Molly Bang. 63 pages, dust jacket with tape residue, otherwise very good.

Record # 175591


Price: $15.00 

 

Days of the Blackbird


dePaola, Tomie

New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, With color Illustrations by Tomie dePaola. Some wear to cover.

Record # 176128


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

Strange Shadows - Spirit Tales of Early America


Raskin, Joseph and Edith Raskin, Illust. by: William Sauts Bock

New York, Lothrop, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Black & white illustrations by William Sauts Bock. Dust jacket price clipped. Library edition sticker on dust jacket spine, otherwise clean.

Record # 205303


Price: $15.00