Search Results: Mythology/Folk from Callaghan Books South

Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, 1899. Cloth. Very Good. Smaller, green cloth book, illustration set in center front--lightly rubbed, gilt just bright, very slight surface wear to spine bottom edge and spine top left and right edge, 146 pages and catalog. Near Very Good.

Colonial Williamsburg/Little, Brown, 1957. First Edition . Cloth. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st) Brown cloth spine, colorfully in leafy pattern in shades of brown-designed boards, 402 pages, in slipcase. Very Fine book/Very Fine slipcase.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Phaidon Inc Ltd, 1998. Soft cover. As New. Large, squarish, very thick, sturdy softcover with flaps, glossy white wrappers with colorful illustration at center fron of folk art, smaller on spine, 447 heavy stiff glossy pages, color-photo illustrations throughout Mint.

Reed Books, 1991. Original Wrappers. As New. Original wrappers, glossy with a beautiful color-illustration of man throwing a boomerang amid rocks and sunset on front wrapper, orange spine and back wrapper, 141 pages. Mint.

Doubleday Anchor, 1972. First Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Good. (1st) Mass-market paperback, thick, beautiful illustration on front wrapper by Zevi Blum, 587 pages. Three major parts: Africa and the Folklorist, Papers of the African Folklore Conference, Texts of African Folklore (Sudan, Liberia, Ghana, Mali, Cameroon, Gabon, South Africa--Xhosa) Light crease to top tips of pages 251-310, light crease to bottom tips of pp. 176-182. Tiny creases near bottom front tip, very tiny tear with very slight wear at spine top middle edge, crease down spine, light crease at top back edge. Good+ copy.

Doubleday, 1963. First Edition . Cloth. Faiir. Escourido, Joseph. Large, sturdy book, blue cloth worn in several places to white, very slight surface wear to tips, an ink crossout to owner information at top inside front cover, some full-page illustrations throughout. Fair.

Thomas Y. Crowell. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Small book, red cloth, spine faded, gilt design on top front very fine, gilt lettering and design near fine on spine, 460 lightly browned pages. Dedicated to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Lightly soiled overall, slightly faded at top back left. Near Good.

Review of Reviews, 1913. Cloth. Good. (New Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Smaller, sturdy book, blue cloth with thin embossed borders to front, embossed title and author with embossed face of Mercury at center front, gilt lettering bright on spine, ink name and address on first front end paper, pages 647-899. Top tips creased pages 835-864. Very light wear to tips and spine top edge, lightly rubbed at bottom front and back. Good.

Harper & Row, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. (1st, M-Q) Slightly smaller book, blue cloth spine, green boards, silver lettering bright on spine, 222 lightly browned pages. DJ illustrated by Marian Ebert with twelve color-illustrations representing each month of the year on front and spine. DJ has light crease at top front edge, very tiny smudge at spine top left edge. Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Octopus Books, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (1st) Very large book. DJ has two nicks on front bookfold, one at back bookfold, all near middle. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

The Heritage Press, 1968. Hardcover. Fine. Jackson, Everett George. Heavy, squarish book, dark yellow cloth spine, beautifully designed darker boards, bookplate and owner's emboss on first front end paper, color-illustration along bottom of frontispiece page and title page, 406 lightly browned pages, color-illustrations throughout. In dark yellow badly worn slipcase. Fine book, Fair slipcase. Includes a copy of Sandglass pamphlet.

Pleasantville, NY, U.S.A.: Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The, 1985. Illustrated Boards. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (4th ptg.) Large, heavy book, color-illustrated boards, front and back, 448 pages, color illustrations throughout. Top tips very lightly bumped. Near Very Fine. Second copy: 1978. Large, sturdy heavy book, glossy gray background with several color-illustrations on front of folklore folk, a man and strange creature in field at center back, dark green color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 448 pages. profusely illustrated, most in color, three-column format for text. As New.

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968. 2nd Ed. . Cloth. Very Good. (2d) Brown cloth, 211 lightly browned heavy pages, photo section. Light wear to top front tip, very slight wear to bottom front tip, creased at spine top edge, two tiny white spots near center back. Near Very Good.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton, 1990. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (Based on Text edited by Muhsin Mahdi) Trade paperback, glossy blue wrappers with beautiful ornate montage in grays and black at center front wrapper, 428 pages, final page's bottom tip creased. A red stamp at pages' bottom edge "Sample Copy, Not for Sale." Light crease at top front tip, light wear to spine top edge, light creases at bottom back edge. Very Good.

The Aquarian Press, 1988. 2d . Cloth. As New/As New. Large, sturdy book, quality blue cloth, very bright gilt lettering on soine, 351 pages plus ad. DJ glossy white background, a vellum look to front and back center, a color-illustration at center front. DJ and book, both As New.

Happy Camp, California, U.S.A.: Naturegraph Co., 1966. Soft cover. Near Very Good. Masson, Charles E.. Title on title page: The Wintu Myths of a Trinity River Indian. Preface by Adan E. Treganza. Illustrations by Charles E. Masson. Larger softcover, glossy orange-tinted photo of boulders on front wrapper, white spine and back wrapper very slightly and uniformly browned, b/w photo of Wintu Grant Towendolly (1873-1963) on back wrapper, 130 heavy glossy pages. Light smudge at top of page ix. Very tiny nick at spine top right edge. Near Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Philomel Books, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ray, David. (1st impression) Very large book, children's format, dark blue cloth spine, lavender boards, bright gilt lettering on spine, blue inside covers and adjacent end papers, heavy photo paper pages, beautiful color-illustrations throughout. DJ glossy blue background with color-illustration of sleeping child and friendly spirit on front in white and yellow thin frames. DJ has microtear at bottom front tip, light crease at bottom front edge and top front spine indentation. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Watkins Publishing, 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very large, sturdy softcover, glossy blue-tinted wrappers with illustration of forest and pool on front, brown spine and back wrapper, 246 pages including a glossy photo section. Very Fine.

J. B. Lippincott, 1940. Cloth. Fair. Tales, legends and ballads of New York State. Tan burlap cloth, badly browned, blue lettering, detailed map of New York counties with notes and illustrations, 530 browned pages, tear at bottom of half-title page. Fair, considering it is ex-library.

Dover, 1962. Soft cover. Good. Large softcover, glossy yellow wrappers with red illustration of pugilst fighting the devil on front, back wrapper in pink and orange, very slight surface wear to spine edges, some ink notes and underlining. Good copy.