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Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales

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	MODY C BOATRIGHT, DONALD DAY From Hell to Breakfast Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number XIX Texas Folk-lore Society. 1944, First Edition. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, light toning on endpapers. Some tales included: Negro Baptizings by Ruby Terrill Lomas, Tale of the Two Companions by J Frank Dobie, Legend of Tengo Frio Bird by Henry Yelvington, Indian Sign on the Spaniard's Cattle by Hortense Warner Ward, and Ear Marks by Hortense Warner Ward, Panther Yarns by Dee Woods, Moron Jokes by Dunny Sims, The Low Down on Jim Bowie by Edward S Sears, and more. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 018266 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	B A BOTKIN A Treasury of American Folklore Stories Ballads and Traditions of the People Crown Publishers. 1944. Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Very good condition, minor library markings, back endpaper missing. Twenty-second printing, 1960. Backwoods Boasters, Pseudo Bad Men, Killers, Free Lances, Miracle Men, Patron Saints, Tall Talk, The Sky's the Limit, Local Cracks and Slams, Pranks and Tricks, Humerous Anecdotes and Jests, Yarns and Tall Tales, From the Liar's Bench, Animal Tales, Nursery Tales, Witch Tales, Ghost Tales, Devil Tales, Queer Tales, Play Rhymes and Catch Colloquies, Singing and Play-Party Games, Ballads and Songs. 932 pages. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 018263 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	V L O CHITTICK Ring-Tailed Roarers Tall Tales of the American Frontier 1830-60 Caxton Printers. 1946. Ill.: Lloyd J Reynolds. Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Good condition, minor library markings, both ends of spine and corners bumped, boards have lost some cloth on edges, front joint is beginning to separate, rear hings is beginning to separate. Text and illustration are bright and clean. Original copyright 1941, this is the third printing. David Crockett, Whoppin' Tall Tales, Frontier Mishaps, B'ars and Panters, Ring-Taled Roarers, Two-Fisted Fights, Mississippi Steamboatin', Horse and Horse, Simon Suggs, Mike Fink. The wood engravings add to the tall tales!. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 018264 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	E ADAMS DAVIS Of the Night Wind's Telling Legends from the Valley of Mexico University of Oklahoma. 1946, First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine, small chip on bottom of front board, light soiling on top of book pages. DJ is good, has some chips and small ears and shows edgewear. Indian myths, Spanish tales, and more. Mexican folktales. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 019793 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Coffee in the Gourd Texas Folk-Lore Society Number II Texas Folk-lore Society. 1935. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor sundarkening of spine and outside page edges. Interior is clean and bright. Original edition 1923, this is the 1935 reprint. Some sample articles: Indian Pictographs of the Big Bend in Texas (illustrated) by Victor J Smith, Brazos Bottom Philosophy by A W Eddins, Customs and Superstitions among Texas Mexicans by Florence Johnson Scott, Pedro and Pancho by Mary A Sutherland. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 018267 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Foller De Drinkin' Gou'd Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number VII Texas Folk-lore Society. 1928, First Edition. Hardcover, no DJ, in mylar. Very good condition, top of spine bumped, top outside page edges sun darkened and have minor spotting, a little piece of title page is missing at spine . Text and illustrations are clean and bright. Some stories included: Folk-Lore Relating to Texas Birds by John K Strecker, Tall Tales for the Tenderfeet by A W Penn, Fishback Yarns from the Sulphurs by J M Deaver, Paul Bunyan: Oil Man by John Lee Brooks, Pioneer Folk Tales by Mary Jourdan Atkingson and J Frank Dobie, Some Negro Folk-Songs of Texas by Mary Virginia Bates, How Mr. Polecat Got His Scent by Kate Stoner O'Connor, More Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Golk by J Frank Dobie, and more!. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 018269 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Spur-of-the-Cock Texas Folk-Lore Society Number XI Texas Folk-lore Society. 1933, First Edition. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor sun darkening of spine and outside page edges, some spotting on spine. Interior is clean and bright. The Spur-of-the-Cock by Hugh M Taylor, El Nino Perdido by Mary R Van Stone and E R Sims, Folk Names of Texas Cacti by David Hall, Cats and the Occult by Martha Emmons, Old-Time Negro Proverbs by J. Mason Brewer. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 018268 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Texas and Southwestern Lore Texas Folk-Lore Society Number VI Texas Folk-lore Society. 1934. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Original copyright 1927, this is the second printing. Very good condition, front cover has a small ink line and some color lightened in a spot the size of a dime, outside page edges toning and have some foxing, front and rear endpapers toning. Interior is clean and bright. Some of the stories: Folk-Lore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero by Jovita Gonzales, Lore of the Llana Estacado by J Evetts Haley, The Devil's Grotto by Mody C Boatright, Myths of the Teja Indians by Mattie Austin Hatcher, The Ballad of "Davy Crockett" by Julia Beazley, "Annie Breen from Old Kaintuck" by George E. Hastings, and more!. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 018270 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	DUNCAN EMRICH Folklore on the American Land Little Brown & Co. 1972. Oversized hardcover, ex-library. Very good condition, minor library marking, glue markings on front and back endpapers. DJ is good, shows glue stains, bottom of spine is turned in, in mylar cover. 18 chapters on everything from children's rhymes to epitaphs ("Here snug in grave my wife doth lie, Now she's at rest, and so am I!"). Another quote: "Him? He's so stingy he'd chase a mouse to hell for a punkin seed." 707 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 018262 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	BOYCE HOUSE Tall Talk From Texas The Naylor Company. 1945. Hardcover, no DJ. Good condition, corners bumped, front hinge starting to separate, endpapers are darkly toned, as well as the last page of the book. Interior lightly toned and very readable. 14th printing. Lone Star Laughs (includes a section on "Colored Folks"), In Rhyme, How I took Hollywood by Storm, Still More Texas Jokes. 104 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 018265 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	TUMBLEWEED SMITH The Tumbleweed Collection Orange House Productions. 1976, First Edition. Softcover. Near fine condition. Signed by author on half-title page. Stories and lore of Texas. 56 pages. Signed by Author. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 018288 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	RICK STEBER Tall Tales Tales of the West Volume 13 Bonanza. 1997. (ISBN: 0945134134) . Ill.: Don Gray. Trade paperback. Very good condition, some edgewear. If this guy was Pinocchio, his nose would be real long.. Outlandish stories with very nice illustrations. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 018287 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	MARGARET STONE Supernatural Hawaii Aloha Graphics and Sales. 1979. Softcover. Near fine condition. Actual mysteries, blessings, curses, rituals, legends. 38 pages. Under the Spell, the Kahuna, Unusual Customes (then and now), Aumakua, Stories: Personal and Heresay, The Gods of Hawaii, Religion and Kapus, Dream Lore, Portents, Bones and Caves, What Really Happened to Captain Cook's Body, What Really Happened to Captain Cook's Body?. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 018641 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	TRIMBLE, MARSHALL It Always Rains After a Dry Spell Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. Treasure Chest Pubns. 1992. (ISBN: 0918080673) . Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Tall tales and western lore with vibrant illustrations. Settlers, miners, cowboys and a few politicians of the southwest. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 018261 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.

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	MODY C BOATRIGHT, DONALD DAY From Hell to Breakfast Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number XIX Texas Folk-lore Society. 1944, First Edition. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, light toning on endpapers. Some tales included: Negro Baptizings by Ruby Terrill Lomas, Tale of the Two Companions by J Frank Dobie, Legend of Tengo Frio Bird by Henry Yelvington, Indian Sign on the Spaniard's Cattle by Hortense Warner Ward, and Ear Marks by Hortense Warner Ward, Panther Yarns by Dee Woods, Moron Jokes by Dunny Sims, The Low Down on Jim Bowie by Edward S Sears, and more. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 018266 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	B A BOTKIN A Treasury of American Folklore Stories Ballads and Traditions of the People Crown Publishers. 1944. Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Very good condition, minor library markings, back endpaper missing. Twenty-second printing, 1960. Backwoods Boasters, Pseudo Bad Men, Killers, Free Lances, Miracle Men, Patron Saints, Tall Talk, The Sky's the Limit, Local Cracks and Slams, Pranks and Tricks, Humerous Anecdotes and Jests, Yarns and Tall Tales, From the Liar's Bench, Animal Tales, Nursery Tales, Witch Tales, Ghost Tales, Devil Tales, Queer Tales, Play Rhymes and Catch Colloquies, Singing and Play-Party Games, Ballads and Songs. 932 pages. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 018263 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	V L O CHITTICK Ring-Tailed Roarers Tall Tales of the American Frontier 1830-60 Caxton Printers. 1946. Ill.: Lloyd J Reynolds. Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Good condition, minor library markings, both ends of spine and corners bumped, boards have lost some cloth on edges, front joint is beginning to separate, rear hings is beginning to separate. Text and illustration are bright and clean. Original copyright 1941, this is the third printing. David Crockett, Whoppin' Tall Tales, Frontier Mishaps, B'ars and Panters, Ring-Taled Roarers, Two-Fisted Fights, Mississippi Steamboatin', Horse and Horse, Simon Suggs, Mike Fink. The wood engravings add to the tall tales!. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 018264 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	E ADAMS DAVIS Of the Night Wind's Telling Legends from the Valley of Mexico University of Oklahoma. 1946, First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine, small chip on bottom of front board, light soiling on top of book pages. DJ is good, has some chips and small ears and shows edgewear. Indian myths, Spanish tales, and more. Mexican folktales. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 019793 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Coffee in the Gourd Texas Folk-Lore Society Number II Texas Folk-lore Society. 1935. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor sundarkening of spine and outside page edges. Interior is clean and bright. Original edition 1923, this is the 1935 reprint. Some sample articles: Indian Pictographs of the Big Bend in Texas (illustrated) by Victor J Smith, Brazos Bottom Philosophy by A W Eddins, Customs and Superstitions among Texas Mexicans by Florence Johnson Scott, Pedro and Pancho by Mary A Sutherland. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 018267 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Foller De Drinkin' Gou'd Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number VII Texas Folk-lore Society. 1928, First Edition. Hardcover, no DJ, in mylar. Very good condition, top of spine bumped, top outside page edges sun darkened and have minor spotting, a little piece of title page is missing at spine . Text and illustrations are clean and bright. Some stories included: Folk-Lore Relating to Texas Birds by John K Strecker, Tall Tales for the Tenderfeet by A W Penn, Fishback Yarns from the Sulphurs by J M Deaver, Paul Bunyan: Oil Man by John Lee Brooks, Pioneer Folk Tales by Mary Jourdan Atkingson and J Frank Dobie, Some Negro Folk-Songs of Texas by Mary Virginia Bates, How Mr. Polecat Got His Scent by Kate Stoner O'Connor, More Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Golk by J Frank Dobie, and more!. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 018269 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Spur-of-the-Cock Texas Folk-Lore Society Number XI Texas Folk-lore Society. 1933, First Edition. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor sun darkening of spine and outside page edges, some spotting on spine. Interior is clean and bright. The Spur-of-the-Cock by Hugh M Taylor, El Nino Perdido by Mary R Van Stone and E R Sims, Folk Names of Texas Cacti by David Hall, Cats and the Occult by Martha Emmons, Old-Time Negro Proverbs by J. Mason Brewer. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 018268 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	J FRANK DOBIE Texas and Southwestern Lore Texas Folk-Lore Society Number VI Texas Folk-lore Society. 1934. Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Original copyright 1927, this is the second printing. Very good condition, front cover has a small ink line and some color lightened in a spot the size of a dime, outside page edges toning and have some foxing, front and rear endpapers toning. Interior is clean and bright. Some of the stories: Folk-Lore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero by Jovita Gonzales, Lore of the Llana Estacado by J Evetts Haley, The Devil's Grotto by Mody C Boatright, Myths of the Teja Indians by Mattie Austin Hatcher, The Ballad of "Davy Crockett" by Julia Beazley, "Annie Breen from Old Kaintuck" by George E. Hastings, and more!. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 018270 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	DUNCAN EMRICH Folklore on the American Land Little Brown & Co. 1972. Oversized hardcover, ex-library. Very good condition, minor library marking, glue markings on front and back endpapers. DJ is good, shows glue stains, bottom of spine is turned in, in mylar cover. 18 chapters on everything from children's rhymes to epitaphs ("Here snug in grave my wife doth lie, Now she's at rest, and so am I!"). Another quote: "Him? He's so stingy he'd chase a mouse to hell for a punkin seed." 707 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 018262 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	BOYCE HOUSE Tall Talk From Texas The Naylor Company. 1945. Hardcover, no DJ. Good condition, corners bumped, front hinge starting to separate, endpapers are darkly toned, as well as the last page of the book. Interior lightly toned and very readable. 14th printing. Lone Star Laughs (includes a section on "Colored Folks"), In Rhyme, How I took Hollywood by Storm, Still More Texas Jokes. 104 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 018265 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	TUMBLEWEED SMITH The Tumbleweed Collection Orange House Productions. 1976, First Edition. Softcover. Near fine condition. Signed by author on half-title page. Stories and lore of Texas. 56 pages. Signed by Author. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 018288 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	RICK STEBER Tall Tales Tales of the West Volume 13 Bonanza. 1997. (ISBN: 0945134134) . Ill.: Don Gray. Trade paperback. Very good condition, some edgewear. If this guy was Pinocchio, his nose would be real long.. Outlandish stories with very nice illustrations. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 018287 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	MARGARET STONE Supernatural Hawaii Aloha Graphics and Sales. 1979. Softcover. Near fine condition. Actual mysteries, blessings, curses, rituals, legends. 38 pages. Under the Spell, the Kahuna, Unusual Customes (then and now), Aumakua, Stories: Personal and Heresay, The Gods of Hawaii, Religion and Kapus, Dream Lore, Portents, Bones and Caves, What Really Happened to Captain Cook's Body, What Really Happened to Captain Cook's Body?. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 018641 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.
	TRIMBLE, MARSHALL It Always Rains After a Dry Spell Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. Treasure Chest Pubns. 1992. (ISBN: 0918080673) . Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Tall tales and western lore with vibrant illustrations. Settlers, miners, cowboys and a few politicians of the southwest. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 018261 Click here to order or inquire at The Book Faerie.