Folk Tales from China: First Series
Hong Kong: Seagull Publishing Company, 1975. Paperback. 146p., paperback, 5.4x8.1 inches. Foxing to free endpapers and edges of text block, neat ownership signature on title page, else good. More
Cat.No: 286537
Myths & fables
The forest rustling in the night. Tales, legends and stories from Vietnam, past and present.
Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1984. Paperback. 78p., pocketbook-sized wraps; pages mildly toned, two markings of the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library of Oakland, bookplate on inside cover, else very good. More
Cat.No: 301933
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Frank Lobdell: three phases, 1947-2001. [Exhibition] March 7-30, 2002
San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2002. Paperback. 74p., color plates facing minimal captions and about ten pages of prefatory text, 12x9 inch color cardstock wraps, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 170470
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Frank Lobdell: three phases, 1947-2001. [Exhibition] March 7-30, 2002
San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2002. Paperback. 74p., color plates facing minimal captions and about ten pages of prefatory text, 12x9 inch color cardstock wraps, a very good copy still in the publisher's shrink wrap. More
Cat.No: 266558
S. Hurok presents: Uday Shan-Kar and his Hindu ballet
New York: Printed by Spotlite Publicity Features for the Nicolas Publishing Co, Inc., 1937. Pamphlet. [38]p. including a photographic centerfold in color, some advertising also in color, the rest of the many production stills &c are b&w only. Oversize pamphlet in 12x9 inch yellow and gilt wraps; covers are edgeworn..... More
Cat.No: 228705
Woman as heroine Worcester art museum September 15 through October 22, 1972
Worcester: the museum, 1972. 63p., coated stock throughout, b&w exhibit repro's with facing commentary, staplebound 9 x 7 inch wraps. Mild handling wear. More
Cat.No: 65391
The adventures of Juan Chicaspatas
Houston: Arte Público Press, 1985. Paperback. 48p., 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrations, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Mock-epic poetry satirizing Mexican mythology. More
Cat.No: 30424
The Seven Golden Keys
London: Blackie & Son, [1889?]. Hardcover. 159, [1], 32p. + 1 plate (frontispiece illustration), boards. 7.25 x 5 in. Bound in publisher's decorated cloth boards, stamped in black, red, blue, and gold on front cover. Prize bookplate on front pastedown, noting presentation by the Plymouth School Board to a student..... More
Cat.No: 320243
Through the Ages with Father Time - A Series of World-wide Adventures on the Road from Long Ago to Now
Evanston IL [or Chicago]: author / watchmaker sponsor [Elgin], 1922. Paperback. 192p., plus two terminal leaves showcasing modern watchmaking contrasted with that of 200 years ago. Generously illustrated with b&w "historical" views: cave people and Babylon get extensive treatment, and at rear is a multiple-panel fold-out with a very long..... More
Cat.No: 313275
Paul Bunyan; the giant lumberjack
Bemidji: self-published, 1953. [32p.]5.5x8.5 inches, b&w and color illustrations, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. Likely tied to the Bemidji, MN Chamber of Commerce as the images reflect the Paul Bunyan attraction there. More
Cat.No: 131882
The woe shirt; Caribbean folk tales, translated by Howard A. Norman, drawings by Norman Laliberté
Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press, 1980. Paperback. 62p., b&w illustrations (photographs of what look like soft sculptures), rubricated titlings throughout, unlimited wraps edition of the original 1980 letterpress run done by Penmen Press. Cover bears a vertical crease and a small sticker shadow. Barton a Trinidadian folklorist; Norman's introduction incorporates..... More
Cat.No: 69231
The woe shirt; Caribbean folk tales, translated by Howard A. Norman, drawings by Norman Laliberté
Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press, 1980. Paperback. 62p., b&w illustrations (photographs of what look like soft sculptures), rubricated titlings throughout, a very good copy of the unlimited wraps edition of the original 1980 letterpress run done by Penmen Press. Barton a Trinidadian folklorist; Norman's introduction incorporates a page-long excerpt from..... More
Cat.No: 144971
The Cyclops; Poems, Translations and Essay; With illustrations by Fran Burden
London: Menard Press, 2002. Paperback. 96p., line illustrations, first edition softbound in 8x6 inch glossy black wraps; slightest edgewear, entirely clean and sound, a near-fine copy. Following his quirky essay, described below, come a variety of poems, shorties and lengthies. Beake's delightful long title poem is in blank verse and..... More
Cat.No: 188460
The First Australians.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1954. Hardcover. First American edition: 144p., illustrated with many b&w vignettes and cuts, hardbound in pale orange cloth boards gilt and a colorphoto dust jacket. Book itself is sound and square but pervasively splotched with foxing, the dust jacket too, which is also edgeworn. A good..... More
Cat.No: 297159
Didgeridoo - a beginners guide
Magil, South Australia: Alastair Lachlan Black, 1994. Pamphlet. 16p., 5.75x8 inch wraps; illus., photos., small price sticker on rear wrap, else very good. More
Cat.No: 295467
Long River: A Novel
Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. xiv, 298p. first printing. Inscribed to Suzi & Piri (Thomas), and signed by Bruchac on the title page. Boards a bit soiled in a fine jacket. "Set in a time and place before memory." Sequel to his first novel, "Dawn's Land." More
Cat.No: 206418
To Be Heard
np: Self-published by the author, 1972. [52p] 5.5x8.5 inches, lightly soiled and worn first edition poetry chapbook in stapled blue pictorial wraps with some toning at spine fold. African American poet writes on gnosticism, Goddess mythology, women's liberation, integration, his parents, and other topics of daily life. More
Cat.No: 169389
The Writings and the World of Mary Butts: A Conference The University of California, Davis February 23rd and 24th, 1984
Davis: University of California, 1984. Brochure. Six panel brochure for the conference in very good condition. Contains a poem by Butts, the conference program, comments by speakers Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser, and Barabra Wagstaff, plus an excerpt from Themis. More
Cat.No: 334055
Idols
no place: Self-published by the author at Turtle Island, no date. [12p] printed recto-only, 7.5x4.5 inches landscape format, sewn cream wraps, soiled at spine (possibly from binder's tape removal). Odd little booklet with mostly blank pages and a few poems and prose pieces about the 13 moons of the Native..... More
Cat.No: 203410
Ritos y mitos equívocos
Madrid: Ediciones Istmo, 1974. Paperback. 391, [1] pages, illustrations, paperback. Covers dustsoiled. Text in Spanish. Biblioteca de estudios criticos. More
Cat.No: 346001
Norse Mythology; Sketchbook 1
no pl. Self-published by the author with Jon Schindehette and Artorder LLC, 2017. Hardcover. [36p.], pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket, 7.5x9.5 inches; first printing, in very good condition. Limited edition sketchbook nr. 144/800. More
Cat.No: 277376
Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems
Grafton VT: Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2018. Paperback. 141p., plus a lengthy publisher's menu of similar/earlier material, each featuring a photo of cover decoration. Softbound in 8x5 inch decorated white wraps, nice clean copy, unmarked in any way. Item is not fully sound, the early leaves occupying an area that did..... More
Cat.No: 323850
Orphan's quest; book one of The chronicles of Firma
Dixfield, ME: Glynworks Publishing, 2007. 327p., first edition glossy pictorial trade-size wraps, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 163943
The sword of the West
Dublin & London: Maunsel & Roberts, Ltd., 1921. Hardcover. [iii] 95p., [i] foreword, two long poems; "Concobar" and "The Death of Cuchullin," pronunciation note on last page, first edition in quarter cloth over gray boards, paper spine title, endpapers are toned, mild wear and spotting to covers, plain cream (or..... More
Cat.No: 196606
Some Indian legends done into verse
San Francisco: Sanborne, Vail & Co., 1924. Paperback. 90p., softbound in plain printed 5.25x7.75 inch grey-brown cardstock wraps. Entirely clean and sound, faintest signs of any handling or age, a near fine copy. Earnest doggerel, imitation Longfellow, only six copies found in OCLC. More
Cat.No: 116258