Books about popular myth and beliefs relating to a particular place, activity, or group of people
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.....
White and Allen, 1889. Hardcover. 16mo. Complete three volume hardbound set with volumes titled, "Eastern", "German" and "Irish". Bound with floral patterned cloth boards and blue cloth spine titled in gilt. Boards are lightly bumped at corners and rubbed along edges. Faint erosion dots mark spine. Margins slightly toned. Gilt.....
Whitman Publishing Co., 1934. Young, Goldy. 4To Hardcover. 281pp. Text is unmarked on warmly toned pages with color illustrations. Bound in brown pictorial boards with heavy wear to edges and corners, back side is sunned from a green to yellow hue. Missing 3" inch chunk of illustration on front board.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.
Scarecrow Press, 1995. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 313pp. An ex-library copy with the typical stamps and markings present. Text is unmarked on white pages. Bound in green cloth boards with silver gilt lettering, crisply pointed corners and sticker residue over spine. Binding is square and tight, hinges are fully attached.
West Australian Texas Publishing, 1989. 1st edition. Paperback. 8vo. Signed by Stan Deyo on the title page. Binding square and secure though cover have a slight bow. Covers show minor edge and surface wear otherwise.
Avon Books, 1980. 1st printing. Paperback. 12mo. Spine square, lightly sunned with a creased cover hinge. Wraps otherwise only show minor edge wear. 401pp. Text unmarked on warmly toned pages with photo illustrated inserts attached in the center.
Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. A good copy with bright white pages & colorful illustrations throughout. Binding is square and hinges are intact. Illustrated endpapers are lightly foxed. Brown, illustrated cover boards show shelf wear from age and are lightly rubbed at the edges with a 1/2.....
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Hardcover. 1st. 127pp. Thick, deckle edged pages are warmly toned with all 17 color plates from Charles Robinson protected by original printed tissue. End papers are gilt illustrated. Contents are marked by a penciled in previous owners name on the front flyleaf. Text block is.....
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Avery Color Studios, 1993. 1st. 4To Softcover. 159pp. Text is unmarked on white pages with a few b/w illustrations. Bound in glossy brown covers with mild edge-wear and rubbing. Binding is square and tight, hinges are fully attached. Spine remains uncreased. Bookstore stamp present on front end-page and remnants of.....