1. Afanas’ev, Aleksandr. [Ed].

Russian Fairy Tales. Translated by Norbert Guterman. Illustrated by Alexander Alexeieff.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1980. 15 x 23.5cm. 662 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Sunning to spine, wear to edges, spine joint beginning to loosen, otherwise good condition. Some text annotations. [The Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library].

2. Arnott, Kathleen.

African Myths and Legends. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

London, Oxford University Press, 1970. 14.5 x 22cm. 211 pages, with illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with original dustjacket and illustrated endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, including small (1cm) tear to dustjacket spine. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. [Oxford Myths and Legends Series].

3. Best, Elsdon.

The Whare Kohanga (the ‘Nest House’) and its Lore. Comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal, &c.; contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu Tribe of the North Island of New Zealand. ‘He puta taua ki te tane, he whanau tama ki te wahine.’

First published 1929. Wellington, New Zealand, A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, 1975. 25 cm x 15.5 cm. 93 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very small tear in front of dustjacket. Rare !

4. Black, William George.

Folk Medicine: A Chapter in the History of Culture. Publication of the Folk-Lore Society, for collecting and printing relics of popular antiquities & c.

Special reprint edition of London, Elliot Stock, 1883. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2001. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. II, 228 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine with raised boards. Gilt design and ruling to boards. All edges gilt. Dutch marbling to pastedowns and endpapers. Red silk ribbon bookmarker. Near fine conditon externally and internally. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

5. Brockett, Eleanor.

Persian Fairy Tales. Retold by Eleanor Brockett. Illustrated by Harry Toothill.

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1965. 13 x 20cm. (8), 224 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover. Minor signs of external wear, including sunned spine and some fraying to cloth edges. Internally in very good condition, other than some minor text annotations on first twenty pages. [Muller World Fairy Tales Collection].

6. Brun, Samuel Jacques.

Tales of Languedoc. With an Introduction by Harriet W. Preston and Illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto.

San Francisco, William Doxey, 1896. 22cm x 16cm. 240 pages. With 33 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Burland, Cottie.

North American Indian Mythology.

London, Paul Hamlyn Ltd., 1965. 21 x 28.5cm. 153 pages, with text illustrations throughout and 26 colour plates. Original clothbound hardcover. Some signs of external wear including fading, bumping and staining. Internally in excellent condition other than minor text annotations.

8. Cagnolo, Fr. C.

The Akikuyu – Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore. English Translation, With Illustrations and a Map.

Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School, no year (c.1933). 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners.

9. Coudenhove, Hans.

My African Neighbors – Man, Bird, and Beast in Nyasaland. Illustrated.

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. 15 cm x 22.7 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. 12 illustrations, including the frontispiece, on 8 plates. Hardcover/ Publisher’s original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cracks to valley between endpaper and half-title. Binding still good and firm. Original, armorial bookplate of Somerset Saunderson(depicting the coat-of-arms with the motto: “Je suis veillant”) on front paste-down. Annotation on pastedown, half-title, table of contents and table of illustrations. Several annotations on rear paste-down.

10. Dahal, Charity.

The Orange Thieves and Other Stories. Illustrated by Beryl Moore.

East African Publishing House, 1971. 12 x 18cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [East African Readers Library, No. 5].

11. Dégh, Linda. [Ed].

Folktales of Hungary. Translated by Judit Halász. Foreword by Richard M. Dorson.

Second Impression. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1969. 13 x 20.5cm. (46), 381 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear including some paper loss to spine, creasing to front jacket, bumping to edges. Previous owner’s name on half-title page and some minor text annotations. [Folktales of the World, No. 6, Editor: R.M. Dorson].

12. Dennett, R.E.

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo). Illustrated. With an Introduction by Mary H.Kingsley.

London, David Nutt, 1898. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 169 pages. 5 full-page-photographic illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt stamp on front board and decorative tooling to boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled edges. Interior bright and clean. [Publications of the Folk-Lore Society – Volume XLI – 1897]

13. Dennett, R.E.[Richard Edward].

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo). With an Introduction by Mary H. Kingsley.

London, The Folk-Lore Society [David Nutt], 1898. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 169 pages. 5 illustrations, including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Emblem of Folk-Lore Society embossed on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue guard in excellent condition. Scarce. Inscribed by the author R.E. Dennett on half-title. Very important early account on the Congo. Dennett later would meet Roger Casement. This inscribded book by him is of extreme value. [Publications of the Folk-Lore Society – Volume XLI – (1897)].

14. Drachmann, Holger.

Troldtøj: Folkesagn I Nutidsliv [Translates: “Witchcraft: Folklore in Contemporary Life”]. Med Billed-Fantasier af Joachim Skovgaard, Aug. Jerndorff og Th. Bindesbøll.

Kjøbenhavn, Ernst Bojesens Kunstforlag, 1889-90. 27.5 cm x 33 cm. 202 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Poor condition. Gilt title and ornamental decoration on spine. Binding and spine weakening. Boards, corners and spine rubbed. Minor foxing throughout. Pages separating from bookblock. Tanned deckled edges. Previous owner’s name in ink on front endpaper. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

15. Ellis, Alfred Burdon.

The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. VII, 343 pages. Map near front showing Gold Coast. Hardcover [publisher’s original burgundy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to boards. Dark brown surface-paper endpapers and pastedowns. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with minor scuff marks to boards. Very minor staining to spine. Cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpapers near head of spine. Cracking to gutter between rear pastedown and endpaper also but binding still strong. A hint of browning to a nice and clean interior.

16. [Haugaard, Erik Christian].

Collection of important and meaningful books on Art, History and Literature of Scandinavia from the private Reference-library of Danish-American writer Erik Haugaard, Black Mountain College-Alumni, Children’s Books author and eminent translator of the works of Hans-Christian Andersen / The collection includes publications on wider Scandinavian Themes but mainly on Danish History & Literature, Folklore, etc. etc.

København and others, Christian Ejlers Forlag and others, 1930 – 1980. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. More than 10000 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover & Softcover publications. Several books with some stronger signs of wear but mainly the collection in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the private reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard in Ballydehob, West Cork, many with the personal Exlibris / Bookplate of Erik Haugaard, designed by irish artist Brian Lalor.

17. Haviland, Virginia / Danska, Herbert.

Favourite Fairy Tales Told In Russia. Retold from Russian Storytellers by Virginia Haviland. Illustrated by Herbert Danska.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1967. 17 x 24cm. 88 pages, with colour illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Some signs of wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to edges. Otherwise in good condition. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

18. Helm Meade, Erica.

Tell It By Heart: Women and the Healing Power of Story.

First Printing. Chicago / La Salle, Open Court, 1995. 15 x 22.5cm. (8), 277 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear, including bumping to corners and some text annotations. [A Dreamcatcher Book].

19. Jacobs, Joseph. [Ed].

Indian Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten.

New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (12), 255 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creasing to jacket and minor paper loss to spine. Internally in very good condition, other than some text annotations. [Dover Children’s Classics].

20. Jiménez-Landi, Antonio.

The Treasure of the Muleteer and Other Spanish Tales. Translated from the Spanish by Paul Blackburn. Illustrated by Floyd Sowell.

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. 16 x 24cm. 94 pages, with black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover. Excellent condition other than slight bumping to corners and partial fading to boards.

21. Kollmann, Paul [trans. Nesbitt, H.A. / Hole, Hugh Marshall ].

The Victoria Nyanza – The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of some of the Dialects. With a Map and 372 Illustrations from Native Objects in the Author’s Own Collections.

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1899. 17 cm x 24 cm. IX, 254 pages. Large fold-out map of region near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt design and blind tooling to front board. Deckled edges. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some signs of foxing to edges and throughout. Binding strong and firm. Interior unmarked. From the library of Hugh Marshall Hole, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Hole’s name also in form of a name-stamp on front endpaper and titlepage. Rare ! But rather scarce in this excellent condition !

22. Krige, Eileen Jensen.

The Social System of the Zulus. With Illustrations and Maps.

Pietermaritzburg, Shuter & Shooter, no year (c.1950). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 420 pages. 12 illustrations. 2 maps near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

23. Lang, Andrew. [Ed].

The Blue Fairy Book.

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, n.d. (c.1950). 14 x 21cm. 428 pages, with colour frontispiece and black and white text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Poor condition ! Cloth lost from spine, although the joint is still firm. Some bumping and wear to edges and corners of boards. Internally in good condition, other than text markings to contents page.

24. Leamy, Edmund.

Irish Fairy Tales.

Cork / Dublin, Mercier Press, 1978. 11 x 18cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Poor condition !! Front jacket detached, otherwise good condition. Needs repair. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. Rare Book !

25. Manning-Sanders, Ruth.

A Book of Giants. Text illustrations by Robin Jacques.

London, Pan Books Ltd., 1972. 12.5 x 19cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, spine sunned. [A Piccolo Book].

26. Maspero, Henri.

Taosim and Chinese Religion. Translated by Frank A. Kierman, Jr.

First published in French by Gallimard 1971. Amherst, Massachussetts, The University of Massachussetts Press, 1981. 16 cm x 22 cm. 578 pages. Two pages of black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Rare Hardcover Edition !

27. Megas, Georgios A. [Ed].

Folktales of Greece. Translated by Helen Colaclides. Foreword by Richard M. Dorson.

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1977. 13 x 20.5cm. (57), 287 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear including some bumping to corners. Inscribed with previous owner’s name, some text annotations. [Folktales of the World, No. 10, Editor: R.M. Dorson].

28. Müller, Werner.

Glauben und Denken der Sioux – zur Gestalt Archaischer Weltbilder.

First Edition. Berlin, Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1970. 18.5 cm x 25.5 cm. XII, 413 pages with 66 illustrations and 5 maps. Softcover mit originalem Schutzumschlag. Very good, excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some pages unopened.

29. Nisbet Bain, R. / Kunos, Ignacz.

Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Collected by Dr. Ignacz Kunos. Translated from the Hungarian version by R. Nisbet Bain. With illustrations by Celia Levetus.

New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (8), 275 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creasing to jacket and spine and minor paper loss to edges. Internally in very good condition other than some text annotations. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. [Dover Children’s Classics].

30. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 1976: Magic.

Seventh printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 115 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlining.

31. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 1, No. 4, Fall 1976.

Seventh printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition / Tamarack Press, 1991. 17 x 25.5cm. 129 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlining.

32. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 3, No. 4, November 1978: Androgyny.

Sixth printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition / Tamarack Press, 1992. 17 x 25.5cm. 143 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

33. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 4, No. 1, February 1979: The Trickster.

Fifth printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition / Tamarack Press, 1990. 17 x 25.5cm. 135 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

34. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 4, No. 4, November 1979: Storytelling and Education.

Fifth printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition / Tamarack Press, 1992. 17 x 25.5cm. 144 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text annotations.

35. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 5, No. 4, November 1980: Woman.

Seventh printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1992. 17 x 25.5cm. 127 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlining.

36. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 8, No. 3, August 1983: Words of Power.

Third printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1993. 17 x 25.5cm. 128 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlining.

37. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Meaning. Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 1998: Fear.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1998. 16.5 x 25.5cm. 127 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text annotations.

38. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 11, No. 2, May 1986: Mirrors.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1986. 17 x 25.5cm. 127 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text annotations.

39. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 12, No. 4, November 1987: The Sense of Humor.

Second Printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1993. 17 x 25.5cm. 128 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

40. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 13, No. 1, February 1988: The Creative Response.

Second Printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 135 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

41. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 13, No. 2, May 1988: Repetition and Renewal.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1988. 17 x 25.5cm. 135 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on title page.

42. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 19, No. 1, February 1994: The Call.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 127 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text annotations.

43. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer 1994: Twins.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 127 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlining.

44. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer 1994: Twins.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 127 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text annotations.

45. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 19, No. 3, August 1994: Clothing.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 128 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

46. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 19, No. 4, November 1994: Hidden Treasure.

New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1994. 17 x 25.5cm. 128 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

47. Parabola.

Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 1977.

Seventh Printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1992. 17 x 25.5cm. 126 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text annotations.

48. Parent, Michael / Olivier, Julien.

Of Kings and Fools: Stories of the French Tradition in North America. Collected, translated and retold by Michael Parent and Julien Olivier.

Little Rock, August House Publishers, 1996. 13.5 x 21cm. 206 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, other than sunned spine and some minor text markings. Handwritten dedication by author to previous owner. [American Storytelling from August House].

49. Piggott, Juliet.

Mexican Folk Tales. Illustrated by John Spencer.

London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1973. 15 x 22cm. 128 pages, with illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, including sunning to spine.

50. Roberts, Peter.

The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, An Account of some Traditions, Customs and Superstitions of Wales with observations as to their Origins etc. [With a section: “Mry Thomas the fasting woman – near Dolgelley”]. Illustrated with Copper – Plates (Coloured from Nature).

London, E.Williams, 1815. Octavo. VIII, 3536, (1) pages with 10 illustrations of which 9 are handcoloured. Original Hardcover / Vintage 19th century Bayntun Binding (Bayntun-Riviere,Bath). In full red morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Boards a little shaky. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.