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BELL, ENID  Legends of the Coochin Valley
Bunyip Press Brisbane HB Undated. Unpaginated. Aboriginal tales. Illustrated by Marjorie de Winter. Eps browned, DJ a little grubby and worn, generally VG
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: BYB5038
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COWAN, JAMES  The Patu-Paiarehe - Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol XXX No 2 and No 3
HB Notes on Maori folk-tales of the fairy people, parts one and two, privately bound journal extracts, with original pink paper covers. Signed by the author, with a dedication dated '21; small corrections to the text a similar hand. Red cloth spine, marbled boards, gold lettering to the spine, nine blank leaves bound in to the back, some age-mottling and light wear but good, clean, tight and sound. 15pp
GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 US$ 124.58 | JP¥ 11006] Book number: BYB8396
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GILLISON, GILLIAN  Between Culture and Fantasy - a New Guinea Highlands mythology
University of Chicago press Chicago 1993 PB The myths and social rituals of the Gimi people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, in particular from the women's point of view. VG 392pp
GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 US$ 39.86 | JP¥ 3522] Book number: BYB7029
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RICHARDSON, M K  Akiko and Kumiko
Benwig Books Slough HB Undated. A little Japanese tale, illustrated by Garnham Elmore. Cover a little marked and worn, good.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB7697
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RICHARDSON, M K  Tsu Yo's Night Light
Benwig Books Slough HB Undated. A little Japanese tale, illustrated by Garnham Elmore. Cover a little worn and marked, good.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB7698
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RUST, DORIS  Tales from the Australian Bush
Faber and Faber London 1st 1968 HB Eight animal tales based on Aborigine legends VG but ex-lib and missing ffep, in DJ that is edge-worn and a little scratched, but generally VG 56pp
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4269
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STONE, WALTER ED. (ED.WALTER STONE)  The Treasury of Australian Folklore
GP New South Wales 1987 PB Larger-than-life characters and events from Australia's history Piece cut from fly leaf, o/w VG 160pp
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB3183
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WILSON, BARBARA KER  Tales Told to Kabbarli - Aboriginal Legends collected by Daisy Bates
Angus & Robertson Sydney 1st 1972 HB Dreamtime tales collected from 1899 - 1945 by this extraordinary folklorist. Illustrated by Harold Thomas. VG in VG DJ 101pp
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 | JP¥ 1101] Book number: BYB5035
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