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By: ADAMS, Richard
Price: $7.95
Publisher: UK, Allen Lane: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 33487
Nineteen folktales from around the world deal with robins, nightingales, wolves, crabs, parrots, dogs, dragons, cats, and woodpeckers. Published outside Great Britain under title: 'The unbroken web'. 141 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, inside and outside. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Near new! Weight, 600g View more info
By: AESOP
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Century Co.: 1911
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 045248
Aesop's Fables illustrated in b&w by E. Boyd Smith. xii, 172 p. ill. 22 cm. Ornamental borders to each page.Interior is clean though a few small a small stain noted to blank page p2. Ginges sound, no cracking. No ownership marks. Brown cloth is very bright and clean and the gilt titles and decoration shos no fading. Minor wear to cloth at tips. Weight, View more info
By: ALEXANDER, Marc
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Crescent Books: 1982
Edition: New Edition
Seller ID: 20730
The book examines the rich and varied folklore, legends and beliefs that provide a unique insight into Britain's history. 224pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy. Previous owner's bookplate to htp. No wear to cloth or to dustjacket. Weight, 1.01kg. View more info
By: ALLAN, Thomas
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Frank Graham: 1972
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Seller ID: 047385
Classic collection of Folk Songs from the Tyneside area of Northern England. Facsimile reprint of 6th ed., Newcastle upon Tyne: T. & G. Allan, 1891. xxx, xvi, 578 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 22 cm.Book is very bright and clean, still fresh. Binding is tight and square and there is no wear to the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is very nearly similar. Weight, 941g. View more info
By: ALLEN, Louis A.
Price: $14.50
Publisher: U.S.A., Thomas Crowell Co: 1976
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 19404
Marvellously illustrated collection of the myths and legends of the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia's Arnhem Land. xii, 304 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked copy, inside and outside. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. The price-clipped dustjacket shows minor edge wear and a couple of short, closed margin tears. Weight, 1.072kg. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United State... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, John W, Lovell Company:
Edition: Later Edition
Seller ID: 19330
Attractive edition of Hans Christian Andersen's Tales. 36 tales in all, 380 pages, not illustrated. Undated, circa late 19th century. Attractive copy with a red leather spine, gily titles and decoration with marbled boards and marbled page edges. Interior is clean and unmarked excepting a light ink signature to a front endpaper. Minor wear to edges of boards and a small., lost chip at the head of the spine. Weight unpacked, 464g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Ca... View more info
By: ANON
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, Canada Games Co.: 1919
Edition: First Edition, Presumed
Seller ID: 051633
Canada Toy Books, A1 Series. Nursery Rhymes for young children. Size - 22.5cm tall. 12pp. Colorful wrappers. Each nursery rhyme has its own two-color illustration. Weight, 34g. Clean and unmarked. Slight wear to foot of spine. Scan available. Inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates may apply to most locations, Canada, the U. S. A. and International. View more info
By: AUERBACH, Loren; SIMPSON, Jacqueline; DUNCAN Baird Publishers
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Amsterdam, Time Life Books: 1997
Edition: Fourth Printing
Seller ID: 044755
The Mythology of the Viking and Germanic world. Includes Gods, Goddesses, the Viking and Germanic world, tales of myths and more. 144 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy in a nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket, showing some minor surface rubbing to the rear panel. Weight, 863g. View more info
By: BAIN, F. W.
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Oxford, James Parker and Co.: 1908
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 039129
Indian mythology translated from Sanskrit. Translated from the original manuscript, by F.W. Bain. OCLC Number: 1674852. xxiii, 108 p. front. 21 cm. Bound in stiff, card boards covered in great paper with a velum spine. Interior is a good VG, no foxing, Boards are sound, binding is tight and square. However, the top 1.5" of the vellum spine is damaged and partly lost. Weight, 396g. View more info
By: BARBEAU, Marius
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Department of Northern Affairs: 1961
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 044847
Myths of one of the principal Indian Nations occupying the Central Coast of British Columbia, the Tsimsyan. National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 174, Anthropological Series No. 51. 97pp, photo illustrated, color illustrated endpapers. Very bright copy with a tight, square spine and firm binding. Small defect on frontis - a small 1/4" hole, perhaps a printing defect. See scan. Weight, 225g. View more info
By: BART, Benjamin F.: COOK, Robert Francis
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Downsview, Ontario, Canada, Univ of Toronto Press: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 039843
Examination of the sources used by Gustave Flaubert in his work, 'Legende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier'. xii, 203 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. A near fine, 'as new' except for slight wear to the bottom corner tip of the front board. Weight, 514g. View more info
By: BEARE, Beryl
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom, Lomond Books: 1999
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 28743
Myths and legends of Scotland accompanied by sumptuous color photography. 80pp, color photo illustrated. Bright, fresh, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. About as new. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 506g. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press: 1971
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 23062
The first scholarly work on Hawaiian Mythology, originally published in 1940. 575pp. Very bright, clean copy. Unmarked. Tight, square binding. Unclipped dustjacket has some top edge wear and a 1.5" tear at head of spine. Otherwise bright and clean. Heavy book weighing just over 1kg. View more info
By: BELLINGHAM, David; WHITTAKER, Clio; GRANT, John
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, New Burlington Books: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 041568
he material in this book previously appeared in 'An introduction to Viking mythology', 'An introduction to Greek mythology' and 'An introduction to Oriental mythology'. 208 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding and no wear to the cloth.. The unclipped dustjacket is neraly similar. Large. heavy book weighing 1.125kg. View more info
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & MacIntyre: 1993
Edition: Ninth Printing
Seller ID: 046082
Originally published Toronto, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1912. 153 p. ill. 23 cm. Illus. by Douglas Tait. Bright, unmarked, 'fresh' copy, 'as new'. Weight, 180g. View more info