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	AMADES, JUAN. Morfología Del Cuento Folklórico Hispánico [Morphology of the Hispanic Folklore Tale - Trans. ]: Folklore Americas. Edited by Ralph Steele Boggs. December, 1956, Vol. XVI, No. 2 Coral Gables, Florida, Univ Miami, 1956, 1st ed.. Octavo in white wraps, 33p.. Paperback. . Near Fine- with light wear; sun stain to edge., Text in Spanish. USD 10.80 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 953] Book number: 2769 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	ANDERSEN, H. C. ; ALDERSON, BRIAN (TRANS) ; RIDDELL, CHRIS (ILLUSTRATOR). The Swan's Stories ;: [by] Hans Christian Andersen ; selected and translated by Brian Alderson ; illustrated by Chris Riddell. Cambridge, Mass., Candlewick Press, 1997, First U.S. edition, first printing (full number line). Quarto in glossy color illus blue DJ; 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 1564028941. Fine in Fine price-clipped DJ, Wonderfully illustrated. Originally published in London by Walker Books, 1997. Contents: Story of the stories -- Flying trunk -- Steadfast tin soldier -- Money pig -- Jumpers -- Lovers -- Collar -- Darning needle -- Grief -- Shepherdess and the chimney sweep -- Browney at the grocer's -- Snowman -- Fir tree. \|\| Fairy tales -- Denmark. Children's stories, Danish -- Translations into English. Fairy tales. Short stories. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 14162 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	NO AUTHOR. Historia Oral de Los Barrios Paceños: Fascículos 1 y 2. La Paz, Gobierno Municipal, 1998, 1st edition. Two volumes, 4to, illus sw, 88 and 145p, bw photos. . . As new., Text in Spanish USD 23.04 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2033] Book number: 1689 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	BERNAL, DIONICIO RODOLFO. . La Muliza Cerreña ; Teorías é Investigaciones, Origin y Realidad Folklórica, Su Técnica Literaria y Musical, Folklore Peruano, Con Un Estudio Sobre El Origen Del Cantar Popular En El Però. Lima, NP, 1947, 1st edition. Octavo in illus self-wraps, 239p, bw photos,18 cm, bibl.. Paperback. . Some foxing, else Very Good, A nicely done work. USD 16.58 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1463] Book number: 2674 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	CAMPBELL, JOSEPH. The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology. New York, Viking Press, 1969, First edition. Octavo in grey-beige buckram boards with red lines; red DJ; xvi, 504 p. : ill. 22 cm. bibliographical references.. Hardcover. . Fine in Very Good(+) lightly edge-worn DJ (not price clipped; original price of $6.00 visible), A nice copy. Sections entitled: Enigma of the inherited image -- Imprints of experience -- Culture province of the high civilizations -- Province of the immolated kings -- Ritual Love-death -- Shamanism -- Animal master -- Paleolithic caves -- Mythological thresholds of the Paleolithic -- Mythological thresholds of the Neolithic -- Functioning of myth. \|\| Mythology; Comparative Literature USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 13295 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	CORTAZAR, AUGUSTO RAOEL. Panorama y Perspectivas de Nuestro Folklore: Publicada en "Verbum" , Diciembre 1942 ; Nos. 2 y 3 Buenos Aires, [s.n.], 1942, First printing thus (offprint0. Octavo in light beige printed wrappers; 31 p. 24 cm. Paperback. . Very Good with general wear., Uncommon. Inscribed to Arturo Jimenez Borja by the author in 1943. Text in Spanish // Folklore -- Argentina. -- Social life and customs. Folklore USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 8008 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	DEMORIZI, EMILIO REDRIGUEZ; KURATH, GERTRUDE P. ; BOGGS, RALPH STEELE, ED.; . Folklore Americas [Offprint] Vol XVIII. No. 2: La Palabra Folklore en Santo Domingo por Emilio Rodriguéz Demorizi ; La Transculturacion en la Danza Hispanoamericanapor Gertrude P. Kurath Miami, University of Miami Press, 1958, First offprint ed. thus. Octavo in orig, printed wrappers; 25pp. . Paperback. . Near Fine with very sprase spotting to wrappers., Text in Spanish. Republica Dominicana. Caribbean, Dance, Folklore USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 8020 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	FARRER, CLAIRE R. . Women and Folklore. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1975, First edition thus (offprint of articles). Octavo in b/w illus aqua self-wrappers; xvii, 99 p. : ports., music ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references.. Paperback. ISBN: 0292790066. Very good+, Contains: Kalcik, S. "... like Ann's gynecologist or the time I was almost raped."; Cardozo-Freeman, I. Games Mexican girls play.'; Stoeltje, B. J. A helpmate for man indeed.; Stone, K. Things Walt Disney never told us.; Hostettler, A. F. The native costumes of the Oberwallis.; Abrahams, R. D. Negotiating respect.; McLeod, N. and Herndon, M. The Bormliza. // Women; Folklore. Folklore. // Previously published in Journal of American folklore 88, no. 347 (January-March 1975) USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 4952 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	FRANCO, ALBERTO. La Leyenda: Bosquejo de un Estudio Folklórico BA, np, 1940, 1st edition. Octavo, illus sw, 36p, bibl. . Paperback. . VG(-) with general wear., Uncommon. // Text in Spanish. // Argentina; Latin America; South America; analysis of folkroe & legends USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 1750 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	IBÉRICO MÁS, LUIS. Folklore Médico de Cajamarca. Cajamarca, Peroe, Centro de Investigaciones Folklóricas de la Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, 1979-1984? D. Octavo in red & white illus self-wrappers; 238 p., 4 [pages of plates] ; 20 cm; includes biographies of local curanderos./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235).. Paperback. . Very Good+ in lighty worn Wraps, Folk medicine -- Peru -- Cajamarca (Dept.) Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric. Medicine -- Peru -- Folklore. Medicine, Traditional -- Peru. USD 19.80 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1747] Book number: 6346 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	IMBELLONI, J. ; ET AL. Folklore Argentino: Humanior. Biblioteca del Americanista Moderno. Dirigida por el Dr. J. Imbelloni. Seccion E Tomo VI Buenos Aires, Editorial Nova, 1959, First edition. Octavo, self-wrappers, 397p, a few b/w illus, (maps), footnotes, bibliog.. Paperback. . Appears to lack front free endpapers, else VG, with general wear to exterior., USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 3302 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	KELLER, JOHN ESTEN ; THOMPSON, STITH. Motif-Index of Mediaeval Spanish Exempla. Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 1949. Octavo; xvii, 67 p. 23 cm. Paperback. . Ex-lib with minimal markings; never circulated; Very Good in Wraps, Uncommon // "Follows the plan of classification of Dean Stith Thompson's Motif-index of folk literature ... [and] will be of greatest service only when used in conjunction with Thompson's work."/ "Abbreviations and bibliography": p. xi-xii. // Folklore -- Classification. Folk literature, Spanish -- Themes, motives. Exempla -- Indexes. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 12707 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	LAVAL, RAMON A. Contribucion Al Folklore de Carahue (Chile). Madrid, Libreria general de V. Suarez, 1916. Octavo in pink printed sw; 188 p. p., 24 cm. Paperback. . Very Good- to Good+, with spine wear and some foxing, Folklore; Chile. USD 20.73 [Appr.: EURO 14 \| £UK 12.5 \| JP¥ 1830] Book number: 3715 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	MICHELL, JOHN. Natural Likeness : Faces and Figures in Nature. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1979, First edition, first printing (full number line). Quarto in offwhite wraps; 128 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. . Paperback. ISBN: 0525475842. Fine with very faint edgewear, A very nice copy of the first printing of this fun book. \|\| Simulacra ; Nature -- Miscellanea. Visual perception. Optical illusions. Nature (Aesthetics) USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 14358 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	MORGAN, MARLO. Mutant Message Downunder ;: author, Marlo Morgan ; illustrated by Carri Garrison. Lees Summit, Mo., MM Co., 1991, First edition (unstated). Octavo in pale yellow wraps illus in b/w; 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.. Paperback. ISBN: 1883473004. Near Fine with a few small creases and some very mild edgewear., A nice copy of the first edition. Written in a simple lucid style. \|\| Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction. Americans -- Travel -- Australia -- Fiction. USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 14278 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	MURRAY, AMELIA JANE. A Regency Lady's Faery Bower. New York, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston,, 1985, 1st American ed.. Medium Octavo in yellow-creme color-illus DJ; 64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 0030061091. Fine in Near Fine (+) DJ. A very nice copy., Fairies; Faery; illustration; Regency England; Magic; Fine and decorative arts USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 8222 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	PAREDES, RIGOBERTO. El Arte Folklórico de Bolivia: Segunda Edicion. Corregida y aumentada La Paz, Gamara, 1949, 2nd Revised. 4to, illus sw, 151p, toc. Paperback. . VG-, with wear anda few stains to wrappers., USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 1753 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	PENZER, N. M. ; SOMADEVA BHATTA,; 11TH CENT. Poison-Damsels, and Other Essays in Folklore and Anthropology. London, Priv. Print. for C.J. Sawyer, 1952. Small quarto in red cloth; 319 p. 26 cm; footnotes; bibliography ; index. . Hardcover. . Exterior lightly worn; else very Good+ and tigh/tclean., Contents: Poison Damsels, the Tale of Two Thieves; Sacred Prostitution; and The Romance of Betel-Chewing. // South Asia, Folklore -- Asia. "Based on appendixes originally published in C.H. Tawney's edition of: Katha-sarit-sagara ; called : The Ocean of Story," edited by the author. USD 33.37 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2945] Book number: 9160 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	PUCHER DE KROLL, LEO. El Estudio Biológico Del Auquénido Llama En Comparación Con El Zodiaco Amerasiano : Ilustrado Con 100 Copias Fotográficas y Dibujos Originales: por Leo Pucher de Kroll. Potosí, n.p., 1950. Tall octavo in illus off-white self-wrappers; viii, 294 p. : ill., port. ; 26 cm; bibliography and index. Paperback. . Ex-library with usual markings; Inscribed and signed by the author on half-title page, which is torn out but neatly laid in; else a NEAR FINE copy with extremely light external wear., Scarce, curious title. Numerous illus. in b/w. OCLC lists but tow holdings. Text in Spanish. // Llamas -- Folklore. Llamas -- Religious aspects. Cosmology. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 10073 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	RAMON Y RIVERA, LUIS FELIPE. El Jaropo: Baile Nacional de Venezuela Caracas, Ministerio de Educación, 1953, 1st edition. 4to, illus sw, 92p + 32p of musical scores, numeous bw photos, bibl., index. Paperback. . VG with wear and a few chips to white wrappers., Text in Spanish USD 18.43 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1627] Book number: 1729 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SANCHEZ ROSSEL, ALBERTO. Tierruca Chapaca: Cuentos y Relatos del Folklore Tarijeño Tarija, Bolivia, np, 1942, 1st edition. Octavo, illus sw, 121p, index.. Paperback. . VG+, folklore, Tarija USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 1748 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SHUKER, KARL. Dragons : A Natural History ;: [by] Karl Shuker ; foreword by Desmond Morris. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995, First edition, first printing (stated). Small square quarto in red-maroon cloth and color-illus yellow DJ; 120 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm; bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684814439. Fine in Fine DJ, with very faint edge wear to DJ. Nearly As New with neat reminder mark to bottom edge., One of the more detailed accounts of dragon lore I have seen. Very well done, with numerous illustrations in color and black and white. // Dragons. Dragons -- Mythology. Dragons in literature. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 13179 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SHUKER, KARL. Dragons : A Natural History ;: [by] Karl Shuker ; foreword by Desmond Morris. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995, First edition, first printing (stated). Small square quarto in red-maroon cloth and color-illus yellow DJ; 120 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm; bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684814439. Fine in Fine DJ. As New, A beautiful copy, as new. One of the more detailed accounts of dragon lore I have seen. Very well done, with numerous illustrations in color and black and white. // Dragons. Dragons -- Mythology. Dragons in literature. USD 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2868] Book number: 13180 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SOBOL, DONALD J.,. The Amazons of Greek Mythology. South Brunswick, A.S. Barnes, 1972, First edition, first printing. Octavo in black illus DJ and black cloth; 174 p. 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 163-165. Hardcover. . Edges and end papers lightly browned and foxed; else very tight and clean in a rubbed, mildly shelf-worn Very Good+ DJ. A nice copy thus,., Uncommon in the first editoin, first printing thus. Women Warriors; Amazons. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 13766 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SOLLNER, WILLIAM J. Menehune Scrolls. Kapaa, Hawaii :, Solfilm Int'l.,, 1979, 2d ed.. Octavo illus self-wraps, 158 p., [1] leaf of plates : bw illus & drawings., 22 cm. . Paperback. . Very good+ to Near Fine, Menhune humor. USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 2763 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.

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	AMADES, JUAN. Morfología Del Cuento Folklórico Hispánico [Morphology of the Hispanic Folklore Tale - Trans. ]: Folklore Americas. Edited by Ralph Steele Boggs. December, 1956, Vol. XVI, No. 2 Coral Gables, Florida, Univ Miami, 1956, 1st ed.. Octavo in white wraps, 33p.. Paperback. . Near Fine- with light wear; sun stain to edge., Text in Spanish. USD 10.80 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 953] Book number: 2769 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	ANDERSEN, H. C. ; ALDERSON, BRIAN (TRANS) ; RIDDELL, CHRIS (ILLUSTRATOR). The Swan's Stories ;: [by] Hans Christian Andersen ; selected and translated by Brian Alderson ; illustrated by Chris Riddell. Cambridge, Mass., Candlewick Press, 1997, First U.S. edition, first printing (full number line). Quarto in glossy color illus blue DJ; 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 1564028941. Fine in Fine price-clipped DJ, Wonderfully illustrated. Originally published in London by Walker Books, 1997. Contents: Story of the stories -- Flying trunk -- Steadfast tin soldier -- Money pig -- Jumpers -- Lovers -- Collar -- Darning needle -- Grief -- Shepherdess and the chimney sweep -- Browney at the grocer's -- Snowman -- Fir tree. \|\| Fairy tales -- Denmark. Children's stories, Danish -- Translations into English. Fairy tales. Short stories. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 14162 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	NO AUTHOR. Historia Oral de Los Barrios Paceños: Fascículos 1 y 2. La Paz, Gobierno Municipal, 1998, 1st edition. Two volumes, 4to, illus sw, 88 and 145p, bw photos. . . As new., Text in Spanish USD 23.04 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2033] Book number: 1689 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	BERNAL, DIONICIO RODOLFO. . La Muliza Cerreña ; Teorías é Investigaciones, Origin y Realidad Folklórica, Su Técnica Literaria y Musical, Folklore Peruano, Con Un Estudio Sobre El Origen Del Cantar Popular En El Però. Lima, NP, 1947, 1st edition. Octavo in illus self-wraps, 239p, bw photos,18 cm, bibl.. Paperback. . Some foxing, else Very Good, A nicely done work. USD 16.58 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1463] Book number: 2674 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	CAMPBELL, JOSEPH. The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology. New York, Viking Press, 1969, First edition. Octavo in grey-beige buckram boards with red lines; red DJ; xvi, 504 p. : ill. 22 cm. bibliographical references.. Hardcover. . Fine in Very Good(+) lightly edge-worn DJ (not price clipped; original price of $6.00 visible), A nice copy. Sections entitled: Enigma of the inherited image -- Imprints of experience -- Culture province of the high civilizations -- Province of the immolated kings -- Ritual Love-death -- Shamanism -- Animal master -- Paleolithic caves -- Mythological thresholds of the Paleolithic -- Mythological thresholds of the Neolithic -- Functioning of myth. \|\| Mythology; Comparative Literature USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 13295 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	CORTAZAR, AUGUSTO RAOEL. Panorama y Perspectivas de Nuestro Folklore: Publicada en "Verbum" , Diciembre 1942 ; Nos. 2 y 3 Buenos Aires, [s.n.], 1942, First printing thus (offprint0. Octavo in light beige printed wrappers; 31 p. 24 cm. Paperback. . Very Good with general wear., Uncommon. Inscribed to Arturo Jimenez Borja by the author in 1943. Text in Spanish // Folklore -- Argentina. -- Social life and customs. Folklore USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 8008 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	DEMORIZI, EMILIO REDRIGUEZ; KURATH, GERTRUDE P. ; BOGGS, RALPH STEELE, ED.; . Folklore Americas [Offprint] Vol XVIII. No. 2: La Palabra Folklore en Santo Domingo por Emilio Rodriguéz Demorizi ; La Transculturacion en la Danza Hispanoamericanapor Gertrude P. Kurath Miami, University of Miami Press, 1958, First offprint ed. thus. Octavo in orig, printed wrappers; 25pp. . Paperback. . Near Fine with very sprase spotting to wrappers., Text in Spanish. Republica Dominicana. Caribbean, Dance, Folklore USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 8020 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	FARRER, CLAIRE R. . Women and Folklore. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1975, First edition thus (offprint of articles). Octavo in b/w illus aqua self-wrappers; xvii, 99 p. : ports., music ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references.. Paperback. ISBN: 0292790066. Very good+, Contains: Kalcik, S. "... like Ann's gynecologist or the time I was almost raped."; Cardozo-Freeman, I. Games Mexican girls play.'; Stoeltje, B. J. A helpmate for man indeed.; Stone, K. Things Walt Disney never told us.; Hostettler, A. F. The native costumes of the Oberwallis.; Abrahams, R. D. Negotiating respect.; McLeod, N. and Herndon, M. The Bormliza. // Women; Folklore. Folklore. // Previously published in Journal of American folklore 88, no. 347 (January-March 1975) USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 4952 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	FRANCO, ALBERTO. La Leyenda: Bosquejo de un Estudio Folklórico BA, np, 1940, 1st edition. Octavo, illus sw, 36p, bibl. . Paperback. . VG(-) with general wear., Uncommon. // Text in Spanish. // Argentina; Latin America; South America; analysis of folkroe & legends USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 1750 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	IBÉRICO MÁS, LUIS. Folklore Médico de Cajamarca. Cajamarca, Peroe, Centro de Investigaciones Folklóricas de la Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, 1979-1984? D. Octavo in red & white illus self-wrappers; 238 p., 4 [pages of plates] ; 20 cm; includes biographies of local curanderos./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235).. Paperback. . Very Good+ in lighty worn Wraps, Folk medicine -- Peru -- Cajamarca (Dept.) Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric. Medicine -- Peru -- Folklore. Medicine, Traditional -- Peru. USD 19.80 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1747] Book number: 6346 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	IMBELLONI, J. ; ET AL. Folklore Argentino: Humanior. Biblioteca del Americanista Moderno. Dirigida por el Dr. J. Imbelloni. Seccion E Tomo VI Buenos Aires, Editorial Nova, 1959, First edition. Octavo, self-wrappers, 397p, a few b/w illus, (maps), footnotes, bibliog.. Paperback. . Appears to lack front free endpapers, else VG, with general wear to exterior., USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 3302 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	KELLER, JOHN ESTEN ; THOMPSON, STITH. Motif-Index of Mediaeval Spanish Exempla. Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 1949. Octavo; xvii, 67 p. 23 cm. Paperback. . Ex-lib with minimal markings; never circulated; Very Good in Wraps, Uncommon // "Follows the plan of classification of Dean Stith Thompson's Motif-index of folk literature ... [and] will be of greatest service only when used in conjunction with Thompson's work."/ "Abbreviations and bibliography": p. xi-xii. // Folklore -- Classification. Folk literature, Spanish -- Themes, motives. Exempla -- Indexes. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 12707 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	LAVAL, RAMON A. Contribucion Al Folklore de Carahue (Chile). Madrid, Libreria general de V. Suarez, 1916. Octavo in pink printed sw; 188 p. p., 24 cm. Paperback. . Very Good- to Good+, with spine wear and some foxing, Folklore; Chile. USD 20.73 [Appr.: EURO 14 \| £UK 12.5 \| JP¥ 1830] Book number: 3715 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	MICHELL, JOHN. Natural Likeness : Faces and Figures in Nature. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1979, First edition, first printing (full number line). Quarto in offwhite wraps; 128 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. . Paperback. ISBN: 0525475842. Fine with very faint edgewear, A very nice copy of the first printing of this fun book. \|\| Simulacra ; Nature -- Miscellanea. Visual perception. Optical illusions. Nature (Aesthetics) USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 14358 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	MORGAN, MARLO. Mutant Message Downunder ;: author, Marlo Morgan ; illustrated by Carri Garrison. Lees Summit, Mo., MM Co., 1991, First edition (unstated). Octavo in pale yellow wraps illus in b/w; 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.. Paperback. ISBN: 1883473004. Near Fine with a few small creases and some very mild edgewear., A nice copy of the first edition. Written in a simple lucid style. \|\| Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction. Americans -- Travel -- Australia -- Fiction. USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 14278 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	MURRAY, AMELIA JANE. A Regency Lady's Faery Bower. New York, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston,, 1985, 1st American ed.. Medium Octavo in yellow-creme color-illus DJ; 64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 0030061091. Fine in Near Fine (+) DJ. A very nice copy., Fairies; Faery; illustration; Regency England; Magic; Fine and decorative arts USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 8222 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	PAREDES, RIGOBERTO. El Arte Folklórico de Bolivia: Segunda Edicion. Corregida y aumentada La Paz, Gamara, 1949, 2nd Revised. 4to, illus sw, 151p, toc. Paperback. . VG-, with wear anda few stains to wrappers., USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 1753 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	PENZER, N. M. ; SOMADEVA BHATTA,; 11TH CENT. Poison-Damsels, and Other Essays in Folklore and Anthropology. London, Priv. Print. for C.J. Sawyer, 1952. Small quarto in red cloth; 319 p. 26 cm; footnotes; bibliography ; index. . Hardcover. . Exterior lightly worn; else very Good+ and tigh/tclean., Contents: Poison Damsels, the Tale of Two Thieves; Sacred Prostitution; and The Romance of Betel-Chewing. // South Asia, Folklore -- Asia. "Based on appendixes originally published in C.H. Tawney's edition of: Katha-sarit-sagara ; called : The Ocean of Story," edited by the author. USD 33.37 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2945] Book number: 9160 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	PUCHER DE KROLL, LEO. El Estudio Biológico Del Auquénido Llama En Comparación Con El Zodiaco Amerasiano : Ilustrado Con 100 Copias Fotográficas y Dibujos Originales: por Leo Pucher de Kroll. Potosí, n.p., 1950. Tall octavo in illus off-white self-wrappers; viii, 294 p. : ill., port. ; 26 cm; bibliography and index. Paperback. . Ex-library with usual markings; Inscribed and signed by the author on half-title page, which is torn out but neatly laid in; else a NEAR FINE copy with extremely light external wear., Scarce, curious title. Numerous illus. in b/w. OCLC lists but tow holdings. Text in Spanish. // Llamas -- Folklore. Llamas -- Religious aspects. Cosmology. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 10073 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	RAMON Y RIVERA, LUIS FELIPE. El Jaropo: Baile Nacional de Venezuela Caracas, Ministerio de Educación, 1953, 1st edition. 4to, illus sw, 92p + 32p of musical scores, numeous bw photos, bibl., index. Paperback. . VG with wear and a few chips to white wrappers., Text in Spanish USD 18.43 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1627] Book number: 1729 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SANCHEZ ROSSEL, ALBERTO. Tierruca Chapaca: Cuentos y Relatos del Folklore Tarijeño Tarija, Bolivia, np, 1942, 1st edition. Octavo, illus sw, 121p, index.. Paperback. . VG+, folklore, Tarija USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 1748 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SHUKER, KARL. Dragons : A Natural History ;: [by] Karl Shuker ; foreword by Desmond Morris. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995, First edition, first printing (stated). Small square quarto in red-maroon cloth and color-illus yellow DJ; 120 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm; bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684814439. Fine in Fine DJ, with very faint edge wear to DJ. Nearly As New with neat reminder mark to bottom edge., One of the more detailed accounts of dragon lore I have seen. Very well done, with numerous illustrations in color and black and white. // Dragons. Dragons -- Mythology. Dragons in literature. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 13179 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SHUKER, KARL. Dragons : A Natural History ;: [by] Karl Shuker ; foreword by Desmond Morris. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995, First edition, first printing (stated). Small square quarto in red-maroon cloth and color-illus yellow DJ; 120 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm; bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684814439. Fine in Fine DJ. As New, A beautiful copy, as new. One of the more detailed accounts of dragon lore I have seen. Very well done, with numerous illustrations in color and black and white. // Dragons. Dragons -- Mythology. Dragons in literature. USD 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2868] Book number: 13180 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SOBOL, DONALD J.,. The Amazons of Greek Mythology. South Brunswick, A.S. Barnes, 1972, First edition, first printing. Octavo in black illus DJ and black cloth; 174 p. 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 163-165. Hardcover. . Edges and end papers lightly browned and foxed; else very tight and clean in a rubbed, mildly shelf-worn Very Good+ DJ. A nice copy thus,., Uncommon in the first editoin, first printing thus. Women Warriors; Amazons. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 13766 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	SOLLNER, WILLIAM J. Menehune Scrolls. Kapaa, Hawaii :, Solfilm Int'l.,, 1979, 2d ed.. Octavo illus self-wraps, 158 p., [1] leaf of plates : bw illus & drawings., 22 cm. . Paperback. . Very good+ to Near Fine, Menhune humor. USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 2763 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.