Item 133153Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece
Walters Art Museum, 2009. 1st edition. PAPERBACK. 328pp, quarto, tight binding, clean and colorful throughout, glossy and clean wraps with a thin scratch on bottom of front cover.
MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE
Item 162103Voluspa and Havamal; Nordic Wisdom in English, Old Norse, and Younger Futhark
No Publisher, 2023. Reprint Ed. Paperback. 336pp, smaller octavo paperback. mild uplift at cover fore-edge corners yet wraps clean, tight binding, interior text clean.
Item 161003Studies in Slavic Folklore and Folk Culture (complete in two volumes) - CYRILLIC TEXT
Berkeley Slavic Specialties, 1997. 1st edition. Paperback. 2 vol. set, small octavo, tight binding, clean throughout, faint cup ring stain on Vol. I, light toning to top edges of the wraps, Volume I in Good condition, Volume II in Very Good condition. CYRILLIC TEXT.
Item 129687Galdra Sogur
Reykjavik: Isafold, 1971. 1st edition. HARDCOVER. 224pp, octavo, hc w/jacket, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards and titles, slight lean when laid flat jacket is colorful with mild wear and soiling to the back.
Item 107619The Lion's Whiskers and Other Ethiopian Tales
Linnet Books, 1999. Helen Siegl. Hardcover edition. HARDCOVER. 96pp, octavo.
Item 122610Four Old Icelandic Sagas and Other Tales
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985. Paperback edition. PAPERBACK. 224pp. Octavo in wraps. Crisp and unworn.
Item 161989Haida Myths: Illustrated in Argillite Carvings
Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover. 417pp, octavo, b/w ill, paperback rebound into blue cloth, shaken at top of secure page block,, clean throughout, clean boards with light of corner wear, bookplate, toned pastedowns & endpapers, title and author printed on spine. Bulletin No. 127, Anthropological Series.....
Item 77221Folklore in Action Essays For Discussion in Honor of MacEdward Leach
Philadelphia: AmericanFolkloreSociety, 1962. First edition. PAPERBACK. 210pp b/w illustrations octavo paper. Publications XIV tls from MacEdward Leach to contributor laid in Includes Beck Folksong Afflications of Maine, Roger Abrahams The Toast a Neglected Form of Folk Narrative, Helen Creighton Cape Breton Nicknames and Tales, etc....
Item 122735Oral Tradition, Literary Tradition: A Symposium
Odense University Press, 1977. Paperback edition. PAPERBACK. 121pp. Octavo in wraps. Spine faintly cocked, else crisp and unworn; interior unmarked.
Item 77220Folklore in Context Essays
New Delhi: South Asian Pub. circa 1982. First edition. HARDCOVER. 187pp octavo hardbound.
Item 126945Erex Saga and Ivens Saga, The Old Norse Versions of Chretien de Troyes's Erec and Yvain
University of Nebraska Press, 1977. Hardcover edition. HARDCOVER. 88pp. b/w photos, illustrations; Octavo cloth hardbound; tight binding, crisp boards, scuffed on rear; interior clean throughout; Very Good.
Item 129680Editiones Arnamagnaenae Series B, vol. 19 - Erex Saga Artuskappa
Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1965. 1st edition. PAPERBACK. 109pp, octavo, tight binding, mildly soiled and worn wraps, edge wear, clean throughout. Danish text.
Item 129684Skaebne Anekdoter
Gyldendal, 1958. 1st edition. PAPERBACK. 230pp, octavo, tight binding, clean throughout, worn wraps with old price sticker on corner. Danish text.
Item 79167Miscellanies Volumes One and Two
London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1924. Reprint. HARDCOVER. 533pp+589pp octavo hardbound. From The Works of George Borrow (Norwich Edition) vol.15 & 16 edited by Clement Shorter.
Item 162423A Treasury of American Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People
Easton, 2007. 1st thus. Hardcover. 932pp, octavo, full leather with gilt titles and decor, aeg, ribbon bookmarks, tight binding, clean throughout, clean & bright boards with sharp corners, mild bow to right edge of front cover.
Item 79160Legendes de la Gruyere w/ illustrations Eug. Reichlen
Lausanne: Editions Spes, 1919. eugene reichlen. First trade edition. HARDCOVER. 120pp b/w illustrations octavo cloth. edition of 25 and 5 hors commerce noted, this copy is unnumbered.
Item 129688Speculum Regale. Ein Altorwegischer Dialog nach Cod. Arnamagn. 243 Fol. B und den Altesten Fragmenten
Munich: Christian Kaiser, 1881. 1st edition. HARDCOVER. 212pp, octavo, tight binding, clean throughout, mild edge and corner wear, clean boards. multi-lingual.
Item 122577RgVeda as the Key to Folklore: An Imagery Experiment
Copenhagen: Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1987. 1st edition in English. PAPERBACK. 78pp. 8vo in wraps. Light wear to wraps; interior clean and crisp. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title. Dansk Folkemindesamling Studier nr. 16-17.
Item 130230Vikings of the Isles, 1066 to 1266
Minx Tales, 2005. 1st edition. PAPERBACK. a38pp, quarto, tight binding, clean throughout, a few dimpled creases to the colorful wraps.
Item 122789The Structuralists on Myth: An Introduction
New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. 1st edition. HARDCOVER. 222pp. Octavo in green cloth. Boards crisp and unworn; pencil name on front free endpaper, else interior clean, tight, and bright.
Item 158359Traditional Chinese Folktales
M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1989. Lu Wang. 1st Ed. Hardcover. 180pp, octavo hardcover in white glossy boards. book covers lightly worn but clean, binding solid and strong, interior text clean.
Item 160711Folktales of Norway
U. of Chicago, 1968. 2nd printing. Hardcover. 284pp, small octavo, hc w/jacket, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, clean & tight jacket with light soiling. translated be Pat Shaw Iverson.
Item 122676The Birth of the Ballad: The Scandinavian Medieval Genre
Stockholm: Svenst Visarkiv, 1989. Paperback edition. PAPERBACK. 244pp. Octavo in wraps. Faint crease to spine, light smudging to rear wrap; interior clean and crisp. Skrifter Utgivna av Svenskt Visarkiv 10.
Item 128961Ballad Composition in Faroese Heroic Tradition: The Case of Hernilds Kvaeoi
Frodskaparrit, 1979. Reprint. PAPERBACK. 75-101pp. octavo paperbound. staple binding. paper wrap, oxidized, stained, small tears, creasing. interior clean throughout.
Item 128962Sniolvs Kvaeoi. The Growth of a Ballad Cycle
Frodskaparrit, 1978. Reprint. PAPERBACK. 33-53pp. octavo paperbound. staple binding. paper wraps faded. interior text clean throughout.