folk tales

Chicago, Judson, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Decorated cloth covers with bold black title, 142 pages. Black & white illustrations by Charles H. Steinbacher. A collection of folk tales from Burma. No dust jacket.

Softcover. Saranac Lake NY, self published, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 104 pages, light tan card wraps. SIGNED BY TYLER on title page. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 142 pages. In the late 1910s, in a Europe ravaged by World War I, Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen put the finishing touches on his illustrations of A Thousand and One Nights. The results are considered masterpieces of early 20th-century illustration: bursting with sumptuous colors of deep blues, reds, and gold leaf, and evoking all the magic of this legendary collection of Indo-Persian and Arabic folktales, compiled between the 8th and 13th centuries. However, publishers retreated from Nielsen's project in the financially strapped postwar climate, and the publication never happened. A rising star, Nielsen moved on to other work. This world heritage classic's spectacular pen, ink, and watercolor images remained under lock and key for 40 years. Published just once in the 1970s, the illustrations were rescued from oblivion after Nielsen's death in 1957 and are now held by the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Art Institute of Chicago, and in two private collections. This publication is a unique compilation of fine art prints and stunning illustrations reproduced directly from Nielsen's original watercolors--the only complete set of his extraordinary drawings to have survived. The book features descriptions of all of the images and three generously illustrated essays on the making of this series, the origin of Nielsen's unique imagery, and a history of the tales. In addition, it shows many unpublished or rarely seen artworks by Nielsen and intricate black-and-white drawings Nielsen created for the original publication. Text in English, German and French. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Vanguard Press, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt, gilt faded. 165 pages, 20 Native American myths. Emdossed stamp on title page, otherwise clean, very good. Uncommon title.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum Books, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black. Color art by Haley. Discover how an African trickster god made it possible for people to tell stories in this brightly illustrated, Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. Long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet-who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy-whom-men-never-see. Can Ananse capture these sly creatures and give the children of earth stories to tell? No dust jacket, clean copy.

New York, Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 30 pages. Color illustrations by Alexi Natchev. A long-suffering man who tries to please his crabby and demanding wife is bested by a sly fox in this Hungarian folktale. In the dead of winter, an old peasant woman insists that her husband rustle up some succulent fish to eat. Obsessed, she embroiders fish patterns on the napkins and hums fish songs until she drives her husband batty. In June he finally embarks on a fishing expedition and hauls in a great catch. Outfoxed by a fish-loving fox, the man returns home empty-handed, surely to endure more henpecking. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co., reprint, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 112 pages, 10" by 13" folio. Green cloth with color paste down on front cover. Gorgeous color illustrations throughout by Milo Winter. Clean, tight copy with only mild wear. Hinges are starting to crack slightly.

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday & Company,, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in worn dust jacket. First edition of Tony Palazzo's charmingly illustrated rendition of Aesop's Fables. 9 X 12 1/2" original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket with original price on flap ($2.50), chipped and short tears repaired on reverse. Clean, no marking.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 108 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Barry Moser. Dust jacket with spine fade, light edgewear. Clean, tight copy. Stories of the trickster hero Jahdu retold by Virgina Hamilton.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 108 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Barry Moser. Dust jacket with spine fade, light edgewear. Clean, tight copy. Stories of the trickster hero Jahdu retold by Virgina Hamilton.

NY, Knopf, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth covers with white cloth spine. Illustrated in color by Elizabeth Black Carmer. 244 pages. Previous owner's signature front end paper, light wear, spine a bit faded. A collecton of folk tales followed by a piece of music that was inspired by the story. Name on inside front cover. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 159 pages. Black & white woodcut illustrations by Michael McCurdy.

Hardcover. Cleveland, World Publishing Co., 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Marc Simont. Book store sticker on rear fly leaf. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt & Company, 4th, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in color by the author. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with a little sketch of a spider. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket with small tear to upper edge of spine. Faint sunning to spine. Internally very good. Caldecott Honor Book with silver sticker on cover.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st , 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardocver with dust jacekt. Color illust. by Robert Rayevsky. Tales told in verse by Paxton. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Folio Society, 4th Printing, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. color paintings by Detmold throughout, gilt decorated cover and spine, red slipcase. Clean, tight copy.

Philadelphia, Muhlenberg Press, 1st , 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Black & white woodcut illustrations by the author. 108 pages, a collection of humorous animal stories from the Old Testament. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 63 pages. 18 three-color illustrations by Desmond Smith. Child's writing in pencil front endpaper. Edgewear. Corners worn. Dust jacket with soiling, chipping. Brodart cover. Dust jacket price clipped.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 30 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A Haitian story illustrated by Marc Tolon Brown.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribners Sons, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a price-clipped dust jacket. Two-color illustrations by Helen Sewell. School stamp on front end paper, otherwise clean. Newberry honor book based on an old Pennsylvania folktale about bears on Hemlock mountain.

Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st U.S., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, unpaginated, color illustrations by P. J. Lynch, DVD "Making Fairy Tales" inside front cover, very clean, tight copy, like new. Brought to new life with enchanting illustrations by award-winning artist P. J. Lynch, this comic American folktale concludes with a final, satisfying twist that says much about fate, identity, and the captivating power of bees.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, 90 pages. Boards. Tri color illustrations by Josef Wenig. Tales of the devil being outwitted at every turn. Dust jacket very worn and tape repaired along spine and flaps.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 129 pages. Anthology of 20 stories gathered from 16th Century chronicles of missionaries. Illustrated by Bierhorst, Jane Byers. Clean copy. Dust jacket price-clipped.

Hardcover. Glendo, Wyoming , High Plains Publishing, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 244 pages. An incorrigible trickster, a clever thief, a rogue, sometimes a magnanimous hero, often a vengeful loser, but always a survivor, Coyote is the most complex character in the Nez Perce cycle of traditional myths. An anthropological analysis of Coyote's social relations with the other characters reveals how the myths, while entertaining stories, also impart traditional cultural values, proper social relations, and other practical information. Coyote's actions are often humorous, with consequences that account for many of the blessings and hardships of the Nez Perce experience. These translations from the native language are the most reliable and the most comprehensive available. Supplemented by myths from Archie Phinney and Herbert Spinden, Deward Walker's collection provides insights into the world and the myths of the Nez Perce Indians.