Books about popular myth and beliefs relating to a particular place, activity, or group of people
Printed for J. Booker; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1819. Westall, R. 12Mo Hardcover. 583p. The first appearance of R. Westall's engravings complete in a two volume hardcover set. The four volumes are presented here bound instead into two, complete. Bound in quarter calf with forest green cloth sides, gilt titling.....
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Rackham, Arthur. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. Hardbound in blue cloth with gilt titling and characters on top board. Gilt titled spine sunned and rubbed around ends. Corners bumped and board margins faintly discolored. Light scuffing to surface of top board. Binding remains.....
The N-K-Fairbank Company, 1898. 2nd. Pamphlet. 12mo. Text block is loose and unattached from paper wrappers; all pages are present and without any folds or creases. Fully color illustrated pages are warmly toned and remain unmarked. Paper wraps are decorated with lovely two-tonal red and green illustration and titling and.....
Donohue, Henneberry & Co. Hardcover. 4to. No date listed though likely published in 1890s. Text is unmarked on clean, warmly toned pages with a lovely black and white illustration a vis to each page of text-- front flyleaf with black and white frontispiece on its other side is detached but.....
George G. Harrap & Co., 1926. Orr, Monro S. Hardcover. 8vo. Book has been rebound in cheap, textured brown buckram boards, ruled in gilt with gilt lettered and decorated spine. Binding is loosened. Pages rounded. Gray endpapers. Boards are scuffed across edges and spine margins. Spine ends and corners bumped.....
Milner and Sowerby, 1858. 24Mo, Hardcover. 256pp. Brown textured boards, gilt golden lettering on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased natural pages. Hinges are secure, textblock has slight lean and lightly bumped corners. Considerable overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, abrasions and small tears on boards, spottage and watermarks, foxing and full.....
The Folio Society. Hardcover. 4to. Complete two volume hardcover set in slipcase. Books are beautifully bound in full turquoise colored cloth with elaborate art deco decoration in gold, silver and deep blue on cover and spine. Firmly bound with unmarked interior. Books are faintly foxed over exterior and around text.....
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1928. Orr, Monro S. Reprint. Rebound. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in cheap brown buckram- boards are ruled in gilt, spine titled and decorated in gilt. Pages rounded. Includes all seven color plates and color frontis. Binding loosened. Boards are edge worn and moderately rubbed. Small.....
Phyllis Fogelman Books, 1999. Signed. 4To Hardcover. Signed with a handsome signature by Pickney on front end-page. Text is unmarked on white pages with colorful illustrations. Bound in vibrant, shiny boards with crisply pointed corners. Binding is square and tight; hinges are fully attached. Jacket is glossy with minimal wear.....
E.P. Dustton & Co., 1929. Beverly, Katharine & Ellender, Elizabeth. Hardcover. 8vo. 209pp. Deckle edged pages remain solely marked by faint age spots. Includes a color frontispiece + 49 lovely color illustrated plates in black, white and red throughout and fully illustrated end papers. Red cloth boards are decorated with.....
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. List, Hertha. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 166p. Warm pages are unmarked with sparse foxing and black and green silhouette illustrations. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Green cloth boards have bumped corners and a few paint splatters. Lacks a jacket.
Morrow Junior Books, 1999. Pinkney, Jerry. Signed. 4To Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator on title page. Text is unmarked with full-color pictures throughout. Bound in vibrantly illustrated boards with crisply pointed corners. Binding is square and tight; hinges are fully attached. Jacket is glossy with minimal wear and price remains.....
Luke-Gyesi Appiah, 2004. Pamphlet. 8vo. 67p. Crisp white pages unmarked. Stapled binding secure. Covers are moderately scuffed around margins and sunned.
Woeli Publishing Services, 2002. Pamphlet. 8vo. 27p. Crisp white pages unmarked. Stapled binding secure. Minor shelf wear present to covers. Small smudge on title.
Bjartur, 2008. 8Vo Obl. Hardcover. Pictorial boards, white lettering on spine. Text and artwork is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Minimal overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, abrasion on foot of spine.
Woeli Publishing Services, 2002. Abridged. 8Vo Softcover. 40pp. Text is unmarked on bright pages with b/w illustrations. Stapled binding is secure. Covers are worn with surface scratches, bumped corners and fading. Edges are lightly rubbed. Title page has oil stains and old pencil markings.
Altrurian Club of Springfield, 1922. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This first edition has boards bound in Green textured leather that remains clean with gold gilt titling and illustrations on front board. Spine is uncreased with lightly rubbed edges. Text block is square with lightly foxing edges. Binding is secured. 177p.....
New York: The Library of Facetious Lore, 1928. Hamza, Akos D. Limited. Hardcover. 4to. "Privately printed for The Library of Facetious Lore" limited to 750 copies, of which this is numbered 73 on limitation page. Bound in blue and yellow cloth with paper label on backstrip. Hinges are loosened but.....
Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1977. 1st edition. Hardcover. 4to. This first edition (with full number line) has burnt orange boards with straight edges and pointed corners. Debossed title on front board. Moderate patina and cover wear across front and back boards. Spine is uncreased with straight edges and gold gilt.....
The Burrows Brothers Company, 1895. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Numbered 494 of 600 printed. 125pp. Unmarked, handmade pages include double page frontispiece, nine b/w illustrated plates and 14 illuminated pages with woodcut initials from Will H. Bradley. Two tonal text in red and black. Top edge gilt of deckle edged.....
Vienna, Austria: John N. Vernay, 1925. 12mo Hardcover. 247p. Interior is unmarked on bright pages with b/w photos & illustrations with tissue flyleaf protection. Binding is firm to the touch, hinges are fully and securely attached. Navy blue cloth boards are clean with lightly bowed upper corners and gilt lettering.....
Bantam Books, 1974. Bantam edition. Softcover. 12mo. Dark wraps have bold lettering. Edges and corners are chipped and rubbed. Trivial rub marks across from handling on covers. Spine is uncreased with bumped edges. Text block is softly canted with yellow sprayed edges. Binding is tight. 181p. Interior is unmarked with.....
Woeli Publishing Services, 2000. Reprint. Pamphlet. 8vo. Stapled binding square and secure. Wraps sunned around margins and only lightly shelf worn. 24p. Crisp, white pages unmarked.
Pantheon Books, 1976. Paperback. 8vo. Text unmarked on white pages. Binding square, faintly creased and secure. Spine bumped at either end. Covers are clean with lightly bumped corners and edges beginning to bubble.
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1986. Bryan, Ashley. 1st Edition. 8Vo Hardcover. 87pp. Text is unmarked on bright pages. Grid cloth boards are clean with light corner bumps. Dust jacket is noticeably torn around edges; unclipped. Binding is tight and square. Author signed and inscribed title page.