Denville, New Jersey: Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1989 to 2016. Paperback. Parabola : Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Meaning is a quarterly magazine that explores mythology, spirituality, and the world's cultural and religious traditions. It was founded in 1976 and is published by a nonprofit..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Hardcover. “There are forces around us, and among us, which I shall ask you to call fairies, and these are ten thousand times more wonderful, more magical, and more beautiful in their work, than those of the old fairy tales. They, too, are..... More
London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5". 173pp. Blue cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Mild edgewear with sunning to spine. Lean to spine. Bookplate of Lt. Colonel V. S. M. de Guinzbourg (Victor de Guinzbourg, author of..... More
![In Nature's School [and] In the 'Once Upon a Time': A Fairy Tale of Science. Lilian Gask, Dorothy...](/pictures/thumb/5815_1.JPG?v=1595810772)
London; New York: George G. Harrap & Co.; Thomas Y. Crowell Co., circa 1915. Hardcover. These two volumes comprise Lilian Gask's early 1900s retelling of "earth's story-book," through the adventures of Phil, a young orphan boy, who over the course of these two books discovers a kinship and classroom in..... More
London: J. F. Dove, 1826. Dove's English Classics. Leather bound. 5" X 3". xvi, [iii], 18-354pp. Bound in full early 19th century red calf, with spine stamped in gilt and lettered in kind over black leather title label. Moderate wear to binding, with corners bumped and turned in, stains to..... More
Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 1987. Paperback. 7 1/8" x 4 3/4". 151pp. Mild shelf wear to cover, light toning to pages, overall very good. A collection of folktales of the Shona tribe, Zimbabwe's largest indigenous group. According to the book, this is the first english language translation of the folk tales..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". 514pp, plus 32 plates bound at rear. Rather heavy wear to binding, with damstaining to binding and text block throughout, creasing, and edgewear. Tears to upper edges of beginning pages. Rippling to pages due to exposure to moisture. Extensive notes..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. New Impression. Hardcover. This splendid, stage-ready guide to fourteen fairy tale plays is complete with full scripts, music scores, dance directions, costume designs, and even detailed directions for making an ogre's head, all illustrated in equally instructive and enchanting images at place in any..... More
![Andrew Lang's Rainbow Fairy Books [Complete 12 Volume Set]. Andrew Lang, H. J. Ford, Illust](/pictures/thumb/3027_1.jpg?v=1507847750)
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2016. Paperback. 8 3/8" X 5 5/8". A brand new complete 12 volume set of Andrew Lang's famous rainbow colored fairy tale books, including The Blue Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, The Green Fairy Book, The Orange Fairy Book, The..... More
San Francisco: Overland Publishing Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. This alluring 1925 book collects four tales by Mimei Ogawa (1882-1961), known today as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan as well as the father of modern children's literature in Japan, publishing more than 1,200 fairy tales in his lifetime. Ogawa..... More
Waco: Baylor University Press, 2011. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xviii, 277pp. Scattered rubbing and wear to covers of dust jacket. Sticker residue to bottom cover of rear panel of dust jacket. Creasing and wear to edges of dust jacket with 1 1/4" tear to bottom. Black cloth over..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, The Clarendon Press, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". xxiv, 327pp; 315pp. Red cloth over boards, with spines lettered in gilt. Very mild edgewear and gentle bumping to corners, with boards rather bowed inward. Bookplate of Lt. Colonel V. S. M. de Guinzbourg..... More
New York: Little Simon, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2010. Second Printing. Hardcover. 10 3/4" X 8 1/4". Unpaginated. Signed by Robert Sabuda to label adhering to rear board. Pictorial paper over boards. Hard bumping to tail of spine and closed tear to edge of head of spine at rear..... More
New York: MacMillan Company, 1923. Wilfred Jones. Hardcover. 8 1/4" x 5 3/4". 298pp. Green cloth cover boards with black lettering and gilt & black cover illustration and decorations, lightly soiled in spots. Drawings by Wilfred Jones include in text illustrations as well as brightly colored endpapers, title page, and..... More
