Bain, R. Nisbet

Weird tales from Northern Seas: from the Danish of Jonas Lie.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1893. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardback bound in blue cloth with titles on dark blue panels, cloth is a little rubbed at the spine ends & corners and is dulled at the spine, nice bookplate of William Roughead, no inscriptions. x + 202 pages, tissue guarded frontispiece (tissue is a little foxed) & 11 illustrations on plates by Laurence Housman. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 62863

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Danish author Fairytales Fairy Stories Folklore Myth & legend Laurence Housman

Barber, Richard

Arthur of Albion: an introduction to the Arthurian literature and legends of England.

Barrie & Rockliff, 1961. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a tatty unclipped dustjacket, sunned at the edges and chipped at the corners. xii + 218 pages, appendices, bibliography, index. Very Good in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 66962

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Lancelot du Lac King Arthur Holy Grail

Hole, Christina (ed)

Folklore: the journal of the Folklore Society, volume 72, December 1961.

The Folklore Society, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine creased, card covers rubbed at corners, but generally appears little used, no inscriptions. 97 + xxii pages, indexes for volumes 71 & 72. Very Good.

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Book number: 55631

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Folk Customs King Arthur The Fens

Jones, Malcolm (ed.)

Essays in lore & language : presented to John Widdowson on the occasion of his retirement.

Sheffield: National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 368 pages, a few illustrations in the text, references. Very Good.

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Book number: 54367

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Folklore Folk & traditional customs Received pronunciation Social History Fairy Tales

Lloyd, Albert L.; Stabler, Gerhard & Uci, Alfred

Sonne uber Albanien: beitrage zur Albanischen folklore.

Germany: Deutsch-Albanische Freundschaftsgesellschaft, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Text in German. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, spine uncreased, card covers creased at corners, book rippled, no inscriptions. 122 pages, illustrations in the text. Good.

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Book number: 60207

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Folk Songs Traditional & folk customs

Malcolm, James Peller

Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London: from the Roman invasion to the year 1700, etc. [volume 3 only of a 3 volume set].

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in full brown mottled calf with gilt titles on a red spine panel, 7 raised spine bands, a recent professional rebind with the original boards retained inc. gilt bordering, original endpapers retained, no inscriptions. iv + 332 pages, 1 plate, index to all 3 volumes. A handsome copy but sadly an orphan - we don't have volumes 1 or 2. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 59767

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Conjuring Stage Magic Folklore

Moss, Fletcher

Folk-lore: Old customs and tales of my neighbours.

Manchester: Fletcher Moss, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, cloth worn and rubbed at edges, corners bumped, back board has minor damage (cat scratches?), top page edges gilt, page fore edges rough cut, 2 bookplates one on front endpaper and one on front pastedown. Pages 55-58 + 1 plate are detached but present. A note signed by the author is at the bottom of page 262 with a reference to this noted in ink by a previous owner on the title page. xviii + 332 pages + 2 pages of author's adverts, 20 photos on plates, 28 illustrations in the text, index; Signed by Author. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68221

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Didsbury Local History Farming Cheshire Cheese Cycling Legends

Reed, A. W.

Aboriginal tales of Australia.

Australia: New Holland Publishers, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. x + 94 pages, glossary. Very Good.

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Book number: 67485

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Australian fiction Aborigines Folktales

Rhys, Sir John

Celtic folklore Welsh and Manx: Volume One (1) only.

Wildwood House Limited, 1983. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, rubbed at corners, no inscriptions. xxx + 400 pages, bibliography. Good.

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Book number: 68545

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Fairies Little People Holy Wells Mermaids

Roberts, Morgan J.

Norse and Viking myths and legends.

U. S. A.: Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, top edge lightly foxed, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has a small nick at the bottom of the front cover/spine. 112 pages, photos and illustrations in the text, bibliography, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67830

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Folklore Iceland Norse Gods Sagas

Seal, Graham & Hults, David

Australian Folklore: a journal of folklore studies no. 5, September 1990.

Australia: Centre for Australian Studies, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, card covers slightly browned, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 154 pages, notes, references. Very Good.

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Book number: 57681

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Urban myths Australian goldfields Emigrants

van Thal, Herbert (ed.)

Oriental splendour: an anthology of Eastern tales.

Arthur Barker Ltd. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, light foxing to page edges & endpapers, no inscriptions. 328 pages, illustrations in the text, sources. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 62885

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Fairy Tales Fantasy

Tiddy, R. J. E.

The mummers' play with a memoir.

Paul P. B. Minet, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in maroon cloth with gilt titles, no inscriptions. 258 pages, photos in the text. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68709

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Folk & traditional customs Folk Singing Rural Life Morris Dance

Tyack, Geo. S.

Lore and legend of the English church.

William Andrews & Co. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners and has faded to grey at the spine, no inscriptions. xii + 270 pages + adverts, illustrations on plates, index. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 55228

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Folklore Superstition Ecclesiastical History

Uysal, Ahmet Edip

Selections from living Turkish folktales.

Turkey: Ataturk Culture Centre, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. x + 190 pages, illustrations on plates. English text. Very Good.

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Book number: 56267

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Fairy Stories Folklore