Search Results: Folklore from Sparkle Books

Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.: Macmillan General Reference, 1997 This Is One Of A Series Of Three, Actual Volume Not Indicated. The Age Of Chivalry Is The Section On King Arthur, Illustrated By Artist-Archeologist Giovanni Caselli. Includes The Original Text By Bullfinch And Index. No Writing Or Marks. Appears Unread, No Reading Creases, Loer Front Corner Is Rubbed. Stated First Printing Of The 1997 Macmillan Edition.

U.S.A.: Bedrick, 1991 1991 Peter Bedrick Books First U.S., First Printing. This Is A Mixture Of Folk Lore And An Explanation Of The Jewish Tradition, Illustrated In Color And Black And White By Claire Bushe. No Writing Or Marks, Book Is Very Good, Jacket Is Chipped At Lower Back And Has Some Rubbing To Corners.

Red Deer, Ab, Canada: Northern Lights Books For Children, 1991 An Entertaining Icelandic Folktail Retold By Peter Eyvindson And Illustrated By Craig Terlson. Signed And Inscribed By The Author On The Title Page. Former Owner Name In Calligraphic Style On Ffep. There Is A Fine Two Inch Crack At Lower Front Spine Gutter, Otherwise Very Nice Condition. No Dj, If Issued.

Poland: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1971 Very Good and attractive collection of LaFontaine's Fairy Tales published in Poland in 1971 with illustrations by i[Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard]. Purple boards with white black illustration and gold highlights. Lacking dust jacket. Spine a bit faded. Violet endpapers.

Prague: Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1969 This Is A 1969 Copy Of This Czech Folktale Collection In Very Good Condition In A Fair Dust Jacket Which Is Quite Ragged. It Is Illustrated By Josef Lada And Has Numerous Full Page Colour Plates And Decorative Endpapers. Note It Is In The Original Czech Language

New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1967 This Is An Ex School Library Book In Nice Condition Save Some Tape Stains. Date Due/Card Pocket Traces On Rear Inner Endpaper And One Stamp On Title Page Else Very Good. Dust Jacket Is Laminated And Clipped With Spine Label. Very Nice 1960'S Nouveau Art Nouveau Illustrations By Leo & Diane Dillon.

Havana Cuba: Gente Nueva Editorial, 2001 Very Good - illustrated soft cover edition of this folktale in Spanish. Black and white illustrations by Miriam Gonzalez Giminez. No reading crease, appears unread but pages are dogeared lower outside corner, and there is a stray pencil park on back cover. Lower spine is rubbed and tearing. Still very good with clean crisp interior

Kiev: Tob, 2008 Bilingual English Ukrainian Fairy Tales, Near New Condition: The Roguish Goat, The Cat And The Cock And The Fox And The Wolf.

Denmark: Carlsen Verlag, 1992 Near fine copy of this 1975 Danish collection of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales, translated by Patricia Crampton and illustrated by Svend Otto S. in 1985. This edition printed in 1992 by Carlsen Verlag, Denmark. Very light rub to corners else like new. No writing or marks, clean clear and bright colours. 65 full colour illustrations, sixteen stories. Decorative endpapers, Giftable.

U.S.A.: Signet Classics, 1990 Frank Stockton (1834-1902) Is Acknowledged As The First American Fairy Tale Writer And Was Said To Have A Strong Influence On L. Frank Baum (Wizard Of Oz). Cover Art Of This Signet Classic Paperback Is By Maurice Sendak. Stated First Printing With Full Number Line. Edited By Professor Jack Zipes With An Afterward And Bibliography By Him. Very Good Condition. Intact Yellow Edge Tint. Former Owner Name And Rubbing To Lower Edge Of Back Cover, Small Spot On Front Cover. Foxing To Preliminaries And Outline Of A Label Which Presume Was Responsible For This. Light Toning Throughout.

U.S.A.: Brookfield Reader, 2000 Very Good First Edition, Inscribed By The Author. No Dust Jacket If Issued. Also First Instance In Which I Have Encountered A Punjabi Troll! ;-) Shakta Kaur Khalsa Who Was Born In Minneapolis Is Apparently One Of The Best Yoga Teachers In The World. Inscribed By Author(S).

Uk: Notreallybooks, 2007 The Geat: Story Of Beowulf And Grendel. Near Fine Paperback Inscribed By The Author, John Harris, On Title Page: 'For Ella (Don't Read It In The Dark!)' Very Light Wear, Apparent First (2007). Card Covers, Colourfully Illustrated And Lightly Told.

New York: David White, 1969 Near Fine In Near Fine Dj, Appears To Be First Us Printing In 1969. Very Nice Condition. There Is A Faint Crease To Dj But It Is Very Clean, Crisp And Brightly Coloured. It Is Clipped, But Original Price Of $3.95 Remains Intact. There Is A Brief Gift Inscription. Clean Yellow Boards With Silver Spine Lettering, Good Corners And Binding. Jacket States This Is The Artist's First Book, A West Country Folktale. Beautiful Illustrations And Wraparound Dust Jacket Art.

New York: Free Press, 2006 This Is A Retelling Of The Ancient Masterpiece, Gilgamesh, By A Very Interesting Man Who Has Already Retold The Book Of Job And The Bhagavad Gita, As Well As Editing The Selected Poetry Of Rainer Maria Rilke. Very Good Plus Copy, Stated First Printing, With No Writing Or Marks, Apparently Unread, But With Small Light Crease To Lower Rear Coverand Light Rub To Spine Ends.

New York: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006 Very Good first printing, first edition 2006 Harry Abrams 30th Anniversary Edition of Gnomes. Unclipped Dust Jacket .has some rubbing across spine top and a 1/3 inch tear at front, Small puncture at rear. No writing or marks in text, clean bright pages and solid binding. bumping to outer top corners and rub to bottom. Large quarto with 212 pages.

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.: Peter Bedrick Books, 1994 ex library, first printing full number line this good 1994 edition. Covers have some creasing and corners turning up, inside hinge has been taped. Page edges soiled. Library markings are quite minimal (spine label and one stamp on first half title). Interior is clean and bright, save occasional markings with a black pen. Very attractive illustrations by Giovanni Caselli in black and white and colour, some double-page.

UK: Moonlight Publishing, 1980 First UK edition, translated from the French by Brian Alderson. Very good near new but first register has come unsewn. Very slight rub to corners and light surface wear.

Iqaluit And Toronto: Inhabit Media, 2007 Amazing Bilingual English And Inuktitut Book Describing Inuit Folk Characters With Drawings By Mike Austin. From The Series: Strange Creatures And Fantastic Beings From Inuit Myths And Legends, Volume I: The Mother Of The Sea Beasts And The Giants Of The North. Title, Kappianaqtut, Or 'That Which Is Frightening' Is A Collection Based On Early Anthropologists And Local Storytellers By The Nunavut Bilingual Education Society. The Characters (And The Drawings) Are Truly Scary!

Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Editions J.-C. Dupont, 2001 Jean-Claude Dupont Is An Ethnologist And Anthropology Professor At The Universite De Laval In Quebec Canada. He Collects Legends And Draws And Paints Them In A Very Suitable Naive Style. This 64 Page Booklet Is In As New Condition And Presents The Legendes With Black And White Illustrations Of His Paintings. Scarce.

U.K.: Neugebauer Press, 1990 A Version Of Little Red Riding Hood Illustrated By The Talented Austrian Artist, Lisbeth Zwerger. Small 16Mo Format With Glossy Boards. No Dust Jacket If Issued. Very Good With Slight Rub To Lower Spine. Former Owner Surname On Inside Cover. Not many copies around.