BARRICK MAC E

German-American Folklore, a Living Legacy in Proverbs, Riddles, Crafts and More

Little Rock, August House. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0874830370) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 264pp very tidy, taken from German immigrant communities, mainly in Pennsylvania, includes, proverbs, riddles, rhymes, songs, folk narrative, games, customs, foodways, superstition and folk belief, folk art, folk architecture. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003313

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: German Germans America German-Americans Pennsylvania Folk Lore Customs Traditions Aryan White European 0874830370

LANDY EUGENE E.

The Underground Dictionary

London, MacGibbon & Kee. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0261100165) Pictorial Boards, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. minor foxing to closed edges, tidy, 206pp, counter-culture slang, includes symbols. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009711

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Slang Vernacular Beat Language Dictionary Underground Patois Counterculture Hippy Anarchist Punk 0261100165

ARNOLD EDWIN

Indian Idylls from the Sanskrit of the Mahabharata

London, Trubner. 1883, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. near fine tight clean copy, cloth with gilt Ganesh to upper board and titled spine, original black endpapers tidy, small Newbolds Bookseller label foot of paste down, very minor rubbing to corners, small slight bump to fore edge lower board, light spot of surface soiling, (xvi) 282 +6pp adverts, title and facing page are slightly darkened, very faint spots of foxing to closed edges. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012384

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Hindu India Mahabharata Anskrit British Raj Edwin Arnold Poetry Translation Hinduism

VICTOR PAUL-EMILE

My Eskimo Life

London, Hamilton. 1938, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. cloth boards sunned, faded and soiled with a few paint splashes, otherwise internally clean tidy but aged copy, name to fep, rear hinge completely split with board pulling away, lacks rear fep, 338pp + plates, translated from French, author spends time with Greenland Eskimos. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007307

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Eskimo Esquimaux Inuit Greenland Greenlanders Anthropology

GORER GEOFFREY

Africa Dances, A Book About West African Negroes

London, John Lehmann. 1949, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. red cloth faded and handling soiled, small marker pen in faded red to top corner of upper board, lending library rubber stamp to paste downs, list of red rubber date stamps to fep, 254pp + plates. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008042

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Africa Black Negroes Dakar Nigger West Africa Dahomey Fetish African Fetish Magic

PARRINDER GEOFFREY

Witchcraft: European and African

London, Faber. 1963, First Thus. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped dust jacket chipped to edges and reinforced on reverse with pasted brown paper, dust jacket spine has call number, but book is NOT ex-lib, 215pp, covers medieval European witchcraft and modern african witchcraft, originally published by Penguin Books, this is the first hard cover edition. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008422

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Witch Witches Witchcraft Occult Magic Fetish Juju Folk Religion Wicca Medieval European Witchcraft Witch Hunts

BORROW GEORGE

The Zincali, an account of the Gypsies of Spain

London, Dent. 1924, Second thus. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) small dark olive green cloth, titled to spine with dulled gilt and decoration, Everyman's Library edition #697, slight lean to spine, top edge dusted dark green, 251pp + 4pp adverts, nice paper and good sewn binding, double woodcut Wm Morris style title page, This is an in depth account of all Gypsy / Romany customs as observed in Spain in the period 1835-40, Short introduction to gypsy lore in general then much detail on the Zincali in particular including specimens of the language as well as much on the occult reputation of the Romany folk, Invaluable for students of these mysterious peoples. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012430

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Gipsies Gypsys Gypsies Spain Espana Romany Travel Occult Tarot Folklore

LEGMAN GERSHOM

No Laughing Matter, rationale of the dirty joke SERIES TWO

London, Granada. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246110228) Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2kg rate) leatherette 1132pp even bigger than the first series, book is VG with just a hint of foxing to page edges, dust jacket is VG with some wear starting on the corners, not price clipped, spine lightly sunned and a short lifting of the laminate at tail, This is the the companion to Rationale of the dity joke, these being the "dirty" ones, chapters include; homosexuality / prostitution / disease and disgust / castration / dysphemism and insults / scatology. some are very crude and gross, others chuckle inducing, the first few pages have a barely discernable crease, includes some excellent 'religious' jokes!. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000040

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Jokes Sex Folklore Humour Dirty Jokes 0246110228

LEGMAN GERSHOM

No Laughing Matter, rationale of the dirty joke SERIES TWO

London, Granada. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246110228) Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2kg rate) leatherette 1132pp even bigger than the first series. near fine in same unclipped dust jacket, This is the the companion to Rationale of the dity joke, these being the "dirty" ones. chapters include; homosexuality / prostitution / disease and disgust / castration / dysphemism and insults / scatology. some are very crude and gross, others chuckle inducing, includes some excellent 'religious' jokes! EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES WILL APPLY. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005898

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Jokes Sex Folklore Humour Dirty Jokes 0246110228

LEGMAN GERSHOM

No Laughing Matter, rationale of the dirty joke SERIES TWO

London, Granada. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246110228) Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2kg rate) leatherette 1132pp even bigger than the first series. book is VG but has been crushed at head and tail of spine, dust jacket with some wear on the corners, not price clipped, tear at corner of lower panel fold, waterstain in areas to the reverse of the wrapper not showing on cover This is the the companion to Rationale of the dirty joke, these being the "dirty" ones. chapters include; homosexuality / prostitution / disease and disgust / castration / dysphemism and insults / scatology. some are very crude and gross, others chuckle inducing the first few pages have a barely discernable crease. includes some excellent 'religious' jokes!. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011999

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Jokes, Sex, Folklore, Humour, Dirty Jokes, Homosexuality, Prostitution, Disease, Disgust, Castration, Dysphemism, Insults, Scatology 0246110228

LEGMAN GERSHOM

No Laughing Matter, rationale of the dirty joke SERIES TWO

London, Granada. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246110228) Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2kg rate) leatherette 1132pp even bigger than the first series. book is VG but has been crushed at tail of spine, dust jacket with some wear at the base of the spine, not price clipped. This is the the companion to Rationale of the dirty joke, these being the "dirty" ones. chapters include; homosexuality / prostitution / disease and disgust / castration / dysphemism and insults / scatology. some are very crude and gross, others chuckle inducing the first few pages have a barely discernable crease. includes some excellent 'religious' jokes!. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012000

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Jokes, Sex, Folklore, Humour, Dirty Jokes, Homosexuality, Prostitution, Disease, Disgust, Castration, Dysphemism, Insults, Scatology 0246110228

LEGMAN GERSHOM

Rationale of the dirty joke, an analysis of sexual humour FIRST SERIES

London, Cape. 1969, First Edition. Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2kg rate) blue cloth 811pp heavy thick book, dust jacket has edge rubbing and small nicks mainly to corners, one short tear at head of rear panel.not price clipped, First series being the less 'dirty' or offensive ones, arranged into the following chapters; children / fools / animals / the male approach / sadistic concept / women / premarital sexual acts / marriage / adulter, all are researched into their antecedents and variants and sociologically interpreted, A wonderful collection of witty and sometimes lewd folklore etc extra large and heavy book will incur extra postage by weight. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000039

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Dirty Joke Sociology Anthropology Curiosa Sex Sexology Folklore

BOLINDER GUSTAF

Devilman's Jungle

London, Dennis Dobson. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. gift inscription to fep, unclipped dust jacket has minor old tape residue to the spine ends and corners, and some ofsetting from tape rust to the feps and fold in flaps, closed edges foxed, nice bright dust jacket by Rudland, 190pp + many plates, investigation of the secret animal cults and cannibalism and human sacrifice in the Niger Delta, Sierra Leone, Liberia and South Africa, witch doctors, human sacrifice etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005557

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Africa Secret Societies Cults Sierra Leone Liberia Human Sacriifice Cannibal Cannibalism Witch Doctors Black Magic Sociology Anthropology Fetishes

NEAL JAMES H.

Ju-ju in My Life

London, Harrap. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, ex-library but minimal marks, just stamp to fep, head margin of prologue and tail margin of final page, clipped dust jacket under removable plastic sleeve, a little discolouration and tape stains to endpapers, internally clean, 191pp + plates, author was Chief Investigations Officer for the Government of Ghana, and investigated many witch-doctors, ju-ju curses etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006068

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Ju-Ju Black Magic African Witchcraft Ghana Law Enforcement Colonial

HOLMES J H

Way back in Papua

London, Unwin. 1926, assumed first. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, rebound in half cloth which has been rubbed/ insect nibbled to surface. papered board edges rubbed also. library plate/ stamps to endpapers.320pp + plates, a good tight reading ( or better) copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000438

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Papua New Guinea Missionary Christian