A book of songs for merry melody-makers
Stockholm: Tidens, [1950s]. 74 p., pocket sized wraps in very good condition. More about A book of songs for merry melody-makers
Cat.No: 121315
Folklore
Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster
London: John Murray, 1915. xvii, 360p., hardcover, fourth edition reprint. Light shelfwear, endpapers toned. Preface by W. B. Yeats. More about Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster
Cat.No: 233441
Dai 8-kai Nihon dento kogei ten [8th exhibition of Japanese traditional handicrafts]
Tokyo: Nihon Dento Kogeikai, 1961. [32p], wraps, Japanese text; with 10-page English catalog tipped in. B&W photos of items from the exhibition held at Mitsukoshi Department Store. English version not found in OCLC. More about Dai 8-kai Nihon dento kogei ten [8th exhibition of Japanese traditional handicrafts
Cat.No: 142370
Exhibition of Rumanian Tapestry
Bucharest: Arta Grafica, 1965. Paperback. Unpaginated, about fifty pages of color and b&w exhibit photography, with captioned reproductions recto-only, facing blank versos. Softbound in 7.5-inch-square color wraps. Fore margins affected by stain or age (front cover) and a heavy crease (back cover), otherwise good copy. More about Exhibition of Rumanian Tapestry
Cat.No: 229693
History of Raper commandery No.1 Knights templar Indianapolis. Commemorating the seventy-fifth year of its charter in Indianapolis October 16, 1850
Indianapolis: the Templar Masons, 1925. 216p., coated paperstock throughout; 10x7 inch printed cardstock wraps are detached, re-attachable; yapp (overlapping) edges are worn and a little torn with a tiny chip, very serviceable copy but as is. Many many period mugshots. Not the (or one of the) notorious Templar tendencies. More about History of Raper commandery No.1 Knights templar Indianapolis. Commemorating the seventy-fifth...
Cat.No: 160750
International, Interdisciplinary Conference on World Traditions of Puppetry and performing objects; June 13 and 14, 1980, Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of History and Technology, Washington, D. C. (program)
Austin & Washington: Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Ethnomusicology, University of Texas at Austin and The Smithsonian, 1980. 23p., 8.5x11 inches, schedule, statements by presenters and puppeteers, photos, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. More about International, Interdisciplinary Conference on World Traditions of Puppetry and performing...
Cat.No: 132503
Late Imperial culture edited by Roman de la Campa, E. Ann Kaplan, Michael Sprinker
London: Verso, 1995. vii, 226p., first wraps issue, trade-size softbound. Endsheet bears a datestamp, otherwise faint sings of handling, a very good copy. "Bram Stoker's sexual ethnology and the question of Irish nationalism," for starters. But it's more than just lit crit, another essay recounts how remote Brazilian tribes are... More about Late Imperial culture edited by Roman de la Campa, E. Ann Kaplan, Michael Sprinker
Cat.No: 86050
Marriage in Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby: Law Reform Commission of Papua New Guinea; Administrative College of Papua New Guinea, 1986. xi, 223 pages, paperback, trace of old price label on front cover, upper right corner bumped. Research Monograph no. 4. More about Marriage in Papua New Guinea
Cat.No: 238684
North Carolina Folklore Journal; vol. 27, numbers 1, 2 and 3 May, November and December1979
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1980. Three volumes [112p], 6x9 inches, photos, illustrations, plans, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. The Society usually published only twice a year, May and November, but occasionally put out a special issue, usually in December but sometimes in summer. More about North Carolina Folklore Journal; vol. 27, numbers 1, 2 and 3 May, November and December1979
Cat.No: 133027
North Carolina Folklore Journal; vol. 28, numbers 1 and 2, May and November 1980
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1980. Two volumes [92p.], 6x9 inches, photos, illustrations, plans, music transcriptions, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. The Society usually published only twice a year, May and November, but occasionally put out a special issue, usually in December but sometimes in summer. More about North Carolina Folklore Journal; vol. 28, numbers 1 and 2, May and November 1980
Cat.No: 133025
North Carolina folklore journal; volume 23, no. 2 May 1975
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1975. pp34-64., 6x9 inches, illustrations, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More about North Carolina folklore journal; volume 23, no. 2 May 1975
Cat.No: 149286
North Carolina folklore journal; volume 23, no. 3 August 1975
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1975. pp66-96., 6x9 inches, illustrations, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More about North Carolina folklore journal; volume 23, no. 3 August 1975
Cat.No: 149287
North Carolina folklore journal; volume 23, no. 4 November 1975
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1975. pp97-128., 6x9 inches, illustrations, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More about North Carolina folklore journal; volume 23, no. 4 November 1975
Cat.No: 149288
North Carolina folklore journal; volume 25, no. 2, Nov. 1977
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1977. pp46-88., 6x9 inches, illustrations, photos, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More about North Carolina folklore journal; volume 25, no. 2, Nov. 1977
Cat.No: 149284
North Carolina folklore journal; volume 26, no. 1, May 1978; folklore in the schools
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1978. 48p., 6x9 inches, illustrations, photos, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More about North Carolina folklore journal; volume 26, no. 1, May 1978; folklore in the schools
Cat.No: 149282
North Carolina folklore journal; volume 26, no. 3, Nov. 1978
Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1978. pp146-180., 6x9 inches, illustrations, photos, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More about North Carolina folklore journal; volume 26, no. 3, Nov. 1978
Cat.No: 149283
Poesías folklóricas y patrióticas: diez corridos de la revolución
México: Editores Mexicanos Unidos, 1971. 158 p., edgeworn floral pictorial wraps, paper toned. More about Poesías folklóricas y patrióticas: diez corridos de la revolución
Cat.No: 172632
Proverbs of Arabia
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1924. 32p., staplebound 3.5 x 5 inch orange wraps, mildly aged, faintest signs of handling. Little blue book no. 121. More about Proverbs of Arabia
Cat.No: 78241
Proverbs of Japan
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, no date. 59p., v (ads), 5 x 3.5 inch staplebound (two staples!) blue wraps faded to sand-color, mild external wear, and inside someone has lightly pencil-ticked favorites. Little blue book no. 115. More about Proverbs of Japan
Cat.No: 71116
Romania si America: Interferente Culturale in Perspectiva. Simpozion care a avut loc la Biblioteca Americana Bucuresti, Romania; 16, 17, 18 mai 1979
Bucurest: La Biblioteca Americana, 1979. Paperback. 209p., reproduced from keyboard-set text; softbound, 9x6.5 inch wraps with a binder's-tape spine as issued. One small corner of the binderstape has lifted up, edges are a little worn, a very good clean copy. First text is by Robert Coover, who appears to have... More about Romania si America: Interferente Culturale in Perspectiva. Simpozion care a avut loc la...
Cat.No: 198815
Saturday night and Sunday morning; a national black heritage tour of blues, gospel, buckdancing and storytelling
Washington: National Council for the Traditional Arts, 1986. [16]p., 8.5x11 inch program, photos in text (some historical, some of the performers), very good in wraps. More about Saturday night and Sunday morning; a national black heritage tour of blues, gospel, buckdancing...
Cat.No: 125847
Yartútan 'ammayta / Turathuna al-sha`bi. Volume 1, no. 2
Duhok, Iraq: Dar-almashreq for Culture, 2010. 137p., glossy 11.5x8 inch colorphoto wraps, rejected as a surplus duplicate from the LOC, with a stamp on the English title page, otherwise evry good. Single issue of the biannual magazine on Syriac folklore. Text mostly in Arabic. More about Yartútan 'ammayta / Turathuna al-sha`bi. Volume 1, no. 2
Cat.No: 226393
Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki; An Ashanti Tale Retold by Verna Aardema and with Pictures by Diane Stanley Zuromskis
New York: Frederick Warne, 1979. Hardcover. Unpaginated, about 30p., sewn text printed in color throughout and hardbound in oblong 8x9 inch boards in color dust jacket. The slightly edgeworn jacket shows freckles of foxing on the verso (only), clean and sound, a very good copy. More about Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki; An Ashanti Tale Retold by Verna Aardema and with Pictures by Diane Stanley...
Cat.No: 188270
Ananse and the king's cow
Glendale: BOWMAR, 1975. 29p., 6x9 inches, illustrations, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Best in Children's Literature, Series IV. Story from Aardema's book "Tales from the Third Ear." More about Ananse and the king's cow
Cat.No: 173286
What's going on? (in Modern Texas folklore)
Austin: The Encino Press, 1976. xi, 309p., preface, illustrated with photos, mild foxing otherwise very good first edition stated in cloth and gilt, worn and price-clipped dj. More about What's going on? (in Modern Texas folklore
Cat.No: 149013