HARRIS JOEL CHANDLER

Uncle Remus, or, Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin

London, George Routledge. 1910. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: A. T. Elwes. undated but inscription to fep dated 1910, brown cloth with black titling and illustration of Brer Rabbit to upper and lower boards, lower joint split, backstrip torn vertically at middle, ends frayed, xxiiipp Introduction to the American Edition + 248pp, with fifty line illustrations by A. T. Elwes, in need or rebacking. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010578

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Uncle Remus, Folk Lore, Myth, American, Plantation, Brer Rabbit, Slavery, South, Southern States A.T. Elwes

HOSE CHARLES

The Field Book of a Jungle-Wallah: Being a Description of Shore, River and Forest Life in Sarawak (Oxford in Asia paperbacks)

Singapore, Oxford University Press. 1991, reprint. (ISBN: 0195826353) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) near fine, viii 216pp+ illustrations, facsimile of original. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007414

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Anthropology Sociology Borneo Malaysia Malay Malaya History Ethnology 0195826353

KINGSLEY CHARLES

The Heroes

London, Dent. 1965, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Joan Kiddell-Monroe. first edition with these illsutrations, bound in Sundour cloth decorative boards, Children's Illustrated Classics series book number 58, cloth to rear board is starting to lift where glue has started to loosen, dust jacket has some faint water soiling to the reverse side, and is worn to the edges with rubbed and chipped corners, ix 210+ 4pp adverts, +4 colour plates as well as line drawings in the text, TWO of the plates have light water stain to the lower margin at the spine edge, nearly VG copy, retelling of Classical greek myths by Kingsley. Good/Good.

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Book number: 004139

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Illustrated Young Adult Fiction Greek Roman Classical Myth Mythology Legend Pagan Paganism Joan Kiddell-Monroe Illustrations First Edition Thus Children's Illustrated Classics Series Book Number 58 Joan Kiddell-Monroe

DUFF CHARLES

A Mysterious People, an Introduction to the Gypsies

London, Hamilton. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, ex library with stamps, dust jacket with some adhesive onto the extreme edges at top and bottom, tape residue to the paste downs and boards, label with shelf mark to spine, 176pp + plates, mainly the British Romanies but with information on all aspects of gypsy culture and history. a few pages have scuffed corners, and the reverse of DW has faint waterstain. Good/Good.

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Book number: 013278

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Gypsies Gypsys Romany Tinkers Folklore Travellers Romanies British European

ALDRITT CHARLES

Tree Worship with incidental myths and Legends

Auckland, Strong and Ready. 1965, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Charles Aldritt. (500 gram rate) 122pp +plates, green cloth sunned to spine, titled in black to cover.includes line drawings, bibliography and index. DW sunned spine with title nearly completely faded. DW edges a little rubbed etc. Book contents near fine. SIGNED TITLE BY AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR. Covers most cultures with reference to tree lore. Privately printed for the author. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 012445

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Nature Worship Gaia Ecology Metaphysics Folklore Mythology Legends New Zealand Maori Self Published Charles Aldritt

ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN & HANS BRIX

Eventyr Og Historier I Udvalg Ved Hans Brix

Kobenhaven, Gyldendalske boghandel nordisk Forlag. 1948. Half Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Vilhelm Pedersen. ANDERSENS FAIRY-TALES IN DANISH, half-bound in red cloth with gilt titled spine, marbled boards, closed edges red sprinkles, DW has small hole in lower fore edge fold, spine slightly browned, gift inscription facing illustrated title page, I udvalg ved Hans Brix. Med tegninger af V. Pedersen og L. Frölich. 400 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010710

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Hans Christian Andersen Tales Danish Edition Dansk Redaktion Hans Brix Vilhelm Pedersen

ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN & HOLMES

Eventyr Og Historier I, II, III, IV ( in two Volumes )

Odense, Flensteds Forlag. 1949. Decorative Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Ill.: Vilhelm Pedersen. ANDERSENS FAIRY-TALES IN DANISH, blue cloth with gilt border and flower with fairy design, top edges gilt, vol 1- 1949, 186pp + 162pp / vol 2- 1950, 159pp + 170pp, line illustrations, clean unmarked copies, Udgivet i samarbejde med H.C.Andersens Hus i Odense. Titelvignet klipning av H.C.Andersen, Topp gullsnitt. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012127

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Hans Christian Andersen Tales Danish Translation Dansk Redaktion Svend Larsen Vilhelm Pedersen

LEVI-STRAUSS CLAUDE

A World on the Wane

London, Hutchinson. 1961, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. dec. cloth with rubbing to bottom edges. inscription paste down and minor tidy tape remains, also two small pieces tape on rear paste down. 404pp+ plates. top edge a little soiled/ dusty. Damaged DW under plastic. rubbed along spine folds and with some loss to head of spine (missing first line of title 'A") some tape repairs evident. A good solid reference copy. a classic foundation work of modern anthropology. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000260

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Anthropology Mato Grosso Brazil Bororo Nambikwara Tupi-Kawahib

GAISSEAU P-D

The Sacred Forest the fetishist and magic rites of the Toma

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson. 1954, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. DW cipped head and tail of spine with 15mm loss. corners small chip, small edge tears, book VG 199pp + plates. Describes the attempt to film the rites of the Toma of French West Africa in 1953. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000757

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: French West Africa Guinea Anthropology Witch Doctor Shaman Black Magic Fetish Toma Human Sacrifice

CAPONI GENA DAGEL

Signifyin(G), Sanctifyin', & Slam Dunking: a Reader in African American Expressive Culture

Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 155849183X) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. some minor wear to covers, unmarked internally, 467pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010999

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: African American, Music, Dance, Culture, Black, Afro-American, Popular Culture, Usa, United States 155849183x

DOTEN DANA

The Art of Bundling, Being an Inquiry into the Nature & Origins of That Curious But Universal Folk-Custom, with an Exposition of the Rise & Fall of Bundling in the Eastern Part of N America

The Countryman Press and Farrar & Rinehart. 1938, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Lee Brown Coye. brown cloth lightly sunned to spine, paper title label has lost very small part from bottom corner, bookplate [ ex libris with initials ASP with a naked wench on a bookreaders knee in woodcut ] 190pp with woodcuts throughout, the history of a curious form of courtship in the Northern American states. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011973

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: American Custom Folk Custom Sexual Mores Sexuality Marriage Courting Dating Bundling Yankee Lee Brown Coye

SIMPSON RUTH DEETTE

The Hopi Indians; Southwest Museum Leaflets Number 25

Los Angeles, Southwest Museum. 1971, reprint. Stapled Sheets, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) stapled sheets in pictorial paper wrapper, browned wrapper, small black mark to rear wrapper, clean copy, 90pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009636

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Hopi Indians of Northern Arizona Anthropology Native American Indian

STARKEY DINAH

Kings, Conjurors & Crocks of Gold

London, Kaye & Ward. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718211243) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Barbara Swiderska. unclipped dust jacket, Folktale Folklore Myth Mythology British Welsh. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013265

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Folktale Folklore Myth Mythology British Welsh 0718211243 Barbara Swiderska

CLEBERT JEAN-PAUL TRANSLATED CHARLES DUFF

The Gypsies

London, Readers Union. 1964, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. first thus Reader's Union edition, translated form the French, cloth has some minor insect surface damage to edges, unclipped dustjacket has some handling soiling, pictorial endpapers, xxi 234pp + plates, comprehensive study of Gypsy / Roma etc including Indian origin, includes extra chapter by translator on the British and American gypsies. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011420

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Gypsies Gipsies Roma Gypsy Gitanos Manush History

YATES DORA E.

A Book of Gypsy Folk-Tales

London, Phoenix House. 1948, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. DW some wear and rubbing, gift inscr to paste down, xvii 197pp, selected by secretary of Gypsy Lore Society, frontis and plates, gypsy lore and legend from following traditions; Welsh Polish Russian Latvian Bulgarian Serbo-Bosnian Hungarian Rumanian Piedmontese German Belgian English Scottish Anglo-Welsh. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012350

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Gypsy Gypsies Gipsies Roma Zigeuner Zingali Zincali Folk Tales Myths Legends Romani Welsh Polish Russian Latvian Bulgarian Serbo-Bosnian Hungarian Rumanian Piedmontese German Belgian English Scottish Anglo-Welsh