VIOLET ALFORD

The Hobby Horse and Other Animal Masks

Merlin. 1978. Hardcover. Traditions from all over Europe, with photographs, drawings, and the tunes of folksongs. A little foxing to map end-papers and edge of page block, but generally VG in edge-worn, good DJ. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 14292

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: folklore

ANON.

The Midlands in Legend and History

McDougall's Educational Co. London PB. Soft cover. Undated - 1930's? A children's reader, with tales and songs. Decorative cover worn and marked, pages yellowed and creased, good. 119pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 7781

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: FOLKLORE, FOLKTALES, STORIES, ENGLAND, ENGLISH, MIDLANDS, ST CHAD, KENELM, EDITHA

ASHE, GEOFFREY

King Arthur's Avalon

Fontana London 1979 PB. Soft cover. The story of Glastonbury. Includes the preface to the paperback edition dated 1972. Good 315pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 3193

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: MYTH, LEGEND, GRAIL, FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY

BARRETT, MICHAEL

Adam & Eve

Frogprints Hebden Bridge 2001 PB. (ISBN: 0954065301). Soft cover. Illustrations by the author. This little book sets out to tell the story of Adam and Eve in words and pictures, revealing a lot more than the biblical version. On the way it grapples with big questions about suffering, death, sex and God. VG 64pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6148

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 0954065301 FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, CARTOON

BLACKER, TERENCE

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Hodder & Stoughton London 1989 HB. (ISBN: 034051261x). Hardcover. A retelling of the tall tales of Rudolph Erich Raspe, illustrated and introduced by William Rushton. VG in VG DJ. 118pp 0. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 8409

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 034051261x FOLKLORE, FOLKTALES, STORIES, MUNCHAUSEN, RASPE, BLACKER

ELAINE BRADTKE

Truculent Rustics: Molly Dancing in East Anglia Before 1940

Folklore Society. 2002. (ISBN: 0903515180). Soft cover. Reprint. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Good.

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Book number: 14293

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 0903515180 folklore, folkdance

BRIGGS, KATHARINE M

Nine Lives - Cats in Folklore - Uncorrected Proof Copy

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1980. (ISBN: 0710006381). Soft cover. An uncorrected proof copy of this classic study of folklore. A re-typed version of chapter one is loosely laid in. The paper covers are worn and marked, with some creasing. Good. Good.

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Book number: 9169

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 0710006381 FOLKLORE, FOLKTALES, ANTHROPOLOGY, CATS, BRIGGS, UNCORRECTED PROOF

BRYANT, FRANK EGBERT

A History of English Balladry Through the Reign of Elizabeth

Norwood, PA, Norwood Editions. 1973. (ISBN: 0883050781). Hardcover. A reprint of the author's doctoral thesis, originally published in 1913, with a new introduction by Robert S Thomson - a study of ballads in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. VG, no inscriptions, no DJ. Very Good.

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Book number: 9436

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 0883050781 FOLKLORE, FOLKTALES, BALLADS, ROBIN HOOD, FRANCIS JAMES CHILD, CHILD BALLADS

CONCEPCION, JOSE LUIS, TRANS. ROBIN APRIL-STOCK

The Guanches Survivors and Their Descendants (Canary Island History)

Asociacion Cultural de las Islas Canarias Tenerife 1992 PB. (ISBN: 8439821735). Soft cover. Seventh edition. An historical study suggesting that the Guanches, original inhabitants of the Canary Islands, survived massacre and enslavement to form a genetic and cultural part of the islands today. VG, no inscriptions. 69pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 9092

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 8439821735 FOLKLORE, HISTORY, AFRICA, CANARY ISLANDS, GUANCHE

MARION DAVIES

Lore of the Sacred Horse

Capall Bann. 1995. (ISBN: 1898307199). Soft cover. The religio-magical aspects of our relationship with horses through history. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 14309

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 1898307199 folklore, mythology, legend, horses Legend Horses

DIVIN, MARGUERITE, ILLUSTRATED BY DANIEL DUPUY

Contes Et Legendes de L'Egypte Ancienne

Paris, Fernand Nathan. 1961. Hardcover. In the series Collection des Contes et Legendes de Tous les Pays. Text in French. Laminated illustrative covers worn and marked, erased names to front paste-down and ffep, sound, good, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 11848

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, LEGEND, EGYPT, FRANCE, FRENCH Legend Mythology

EMRICH, DUNCAN

Folklore on the American Land

Boston, Little Brown and Company. 1927. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Bump to base of spine, otherwise VG, no inscriptions, in sunned, chipped, mended, good DJ. A heavy book. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 11185

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: FOLKLORE, FOLK SONGS, AMERICA, USA

EVSLIN, BERNARD

Greeks Bearing Gifts: The Epics of Achilles and Ulysses

Four Winds Press New York 1976 HB. (ISBN: 0590174312). Hardcover. Illustrated by Lucy Martin Bitzer. Blue cloth lightly worn and marked, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good, in marked, chipped, mended, good DJ.p 0. Good/Good.

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Book number: 4569

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 0590174312 HISTORY, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, GREECE

EWING, JULIANA HORATIA

The Brownies and Other Tales

SPCK London HB. Hardcover. Contains: The Brownies, The Land of Lost Toys, Three Christmas Trees, An Idyll of the Wood, Christmas Crackers, and Amelia and the Dwarves. No date, is part of the SPCK authorized editions of Mrs Ewing's works. Good - corners and spine bumped and worn; inscribed by previous owner on FFEP, fold marks on the first three pages, pages have occasional marks and age spotting; hinge starting at rear. 238pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 5571

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKTALES, FAIRY TALES

GERALD FINDLER

Lake District Folk Lore

Dalesman. 1977. Soft cover. Abridged edition. Illustrative covers rubbed and worn, no inscriptions, internally clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 13460

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: folklore, folk lore