Books about popular myth and beliefs relating to a particular place, activity, or group of people
Time Life, 1986. 4th printing. Hardcover. 4to. Complete 21 volume hardcover set in multicolored cloth. Gilt titling + decor and color illustrated pastedown on each top board. Each volume is tightly bound with straight spine. Pages are crisp, unmarked and full of lovely color illustration throughout. Minor aging present in.....
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., 1932. Laboccetta, Mario. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 206pp. Color illustrated text remains unmarked on warmly toned pages with 10 full color illustrated plates throughout from Mario Laboccetta. Pages are only marked by a previous owners name penned in ink on the front flyleaf. Text block is.....
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.....
Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2002. Pinkney, Jerry. Signed. 4To Hardcover. Signed with a handsome signature by Pickney on pre-title 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.....
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.....
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.
Macmillan and Co., 1911. Goble, Warwick. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth covered boards show shiny, intact gilt titling on front board and spine and gilt woman in a dress in the center of the cover- faintly rubbed. Boards are mildly edge worn with bumped corners and a sunned spine. There is.....
Rinehart & Co, New York, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is in good condition with some staining to the front cover board, there is also a signature from the author on the first page along with some notes from the previous owners, the dust jacket has come apart with wear.....
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.....
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.
Nairobi University Press, 1994. 1st. 8Vo Softcover. 102pp. Text is unmarked on white pages. Orange covers are glossy with lightly bumped corners and surface wear. Binding is stiff and square; hinges are fully attached. Spine remains uncreased but lightly rubbed on edges. Soiling on bottom of text-block.
Dodo Press. Paperback. 8vo. Complete 15-volume paperback set in very good+ condition. Each volume is firmly bound, uncreased and with glossy covers. Text unmarked. Wear is shown by lightly scuffed and occasionally discolored text blocks with remainder mark on the foot. Cover surface of a few volumes marked by minor.....
Federal-Alpha, 1975. Mei, Kwan Shan. 3rd printing. Oblong Hardcover. 8vo. 236pp. Text is unmarked on slightly patinated pages with beautiful color illustrations from Kwan Shan Mei throughout. Binding is square though crown of spine is heavily chipped. Illustrated covers are edge rubbed with mild foxing along the margins. Rear cover.....
T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. Cameron, Katherine. Hardcover. 8vo. Incribed on the recto of the frontispiece, text is otherwise unmarked to barely patinated pages set between sets of gold endpapers. Includes all 29 color illustrated plates from Katherine Cameron. Gilt decorated brown cloth boards are lightly worn along the margins.....
Tower Publications, 1970. 1st printing. Paperback. 12mo. Spine uncreased and hinges tight. Wraps only lightly shelf worn. Rear bottom corner bumped, creasing last few pages. 251p. Text unmarked.
Dell Publishing, 1975. Paperback. 12mo. Spine square and uncreased. Hinges tight. Wraps lightly worn by small scuffed spots on cover, general rubbing to rear cover and light edge wear. 242p. Toned pages unmarked. Green painted text block vibrant with small remainder mark on top edge.
S. Chand & Co., 1925. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Early reprint edition hardbound in burgundy cloth with green endpapers and green dust jacket. 471p. Toned pages unmarked aside from revision stamp on copyright. Minor discoloration to margins of endpapers and small tear at fore edge of front fly. Boards are.....
Limited Editions Club, 1933. Limited Edition. 8Vo Hardcover. 211pp. Text remains unmarked on lightly patinated pages with numerous facsimiles of Florentine woodcuts throughout. Bound in brown marbled boards with nice, deckled pages. Binding is stiff and square; hinges are fully attached. A few rusted stains present on front end-paper and.....
University of British Columbia Press, 1997. Reprint. 8Vo Softcover. 217pp. Text is unmarked on clean pages. Covers are glossy with pointed corners, minor surface wear and a sticker on back. Tightly bound with fully attached hinges. Spine is lightly creased with faint foxing present on text-block.