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More Greek Folktales by: Dawkins (Translator), R. M.
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More Greek Folktales
by: Dawkins (Translator), R. M.

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 178 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light wear - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613768

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Never-Empty: An African Folktale by: Schatz, Letta (Retold)
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Never-Empty: An African Folktale
by: Schatz, Letta (Retold)

Chicago, Follett, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a nice dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Sylvie Selig. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Soil and light edgewear to dust jacket. Through Elephant's greediness, Hare and his family lose the magic spoon that makes life easy for them and acquire in its place a magic stick that makes life miserable but also brings them revenge on Elephant.

Record # 203372

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Night Visitors by: Young, Ed
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Night Visitors
by: Young, Ed

Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st , 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Color illustrations by Young.

Record # 301571

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths And Legends Of The Old Plantation by: Joel Chandler Harris
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Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths And Legends Of The Old Plantation
by: Joel Chandler Harris

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth stamped in black with gilt title on front and spine. No date on title page but states Twenty-First Edition. 416 pages. An early printing of the second Uncle Remus book, illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates by Frederick Church. While working for the Atlanta Constitution in 1876, Harris "invented Uncle Remus" He published Uncle Remus pieces regularly in the Constitution, and they were extremely popular. In 1880 he collected them into his first book. Remus was a composite of three elderly slaves he had known, the stories themselves were his retellings of old African American tales. He rigorously researched his material, often collecting several versions of the same story until he felt he had the most authentic one. Hinges cracked, but generally a bright, clean copy of this title.

Record # 378494

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

Nimbo: The Story of an African Boy by: Pease, Josephine Van Dolzen
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Nimbo: The Story of an African Boy
by: Pease, Josephine Van Dolzen

Hardcover. Chicago, Whitman, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pgs w/ color & 2-color Illustrations throughout by Eleanor Mussey Young. Small blemish to back boards otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 24309

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Nine Crying Dolls, The by: Pellowski/Charles Mikolaycak, Anne
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Nine Crying Dolls, The
by: Pellowski/Charles Mikolaycak, Anne

New York , Philomel Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. A story from Poland retold by Anne Pellowski. Illustrated in color by Charles Mikolaycak. After following the advice of an old woman known for her wisdom, a beleaguered young mother is finally able to quiet her crying infant--but then the rest of the town's babies start wailing.

Record # 175954

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

North of Nowhere Stories and Legends from Many Lands by: Sleigh, Barbara (retold)
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North of Nowhere Stories and Legends from Many Lands
by: Sleigh, Barbara (retold)

Hardcover. NY, Coward-McCann, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, pictorial cloth in a matching bright dust jacket. 223 pages with b&w drawings by Victor Ambrus. Discard stamp to front and rear endpapers but otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 383055

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

Norwegian Folk Tales by: Asbjornsen, Peter Christen /Moe, Jorgen

Norwegian Folk Tales
by: Asbjornsen, Peter Christen /Moe, Jorgen

Hardcover. Oslo, Dreyers Forlag, 1st thus, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt titles in a bright dust jacket, 189 pages. Ever since they first appeared in translation more than a hundred years ago, the Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjornsen and Moe have maintained unrivaled popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. The best of these tales are presented, with b&w illustrations by Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383852

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Nursery Tales Around the World by: Sierra, Judy / Vitale, Stefano
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Nursery Tales Around the World
by: Sierra, Judy / Vitale, Stefano

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Judy Sierra's retellings are humorous, spirited, respectful of the stories' origins, and attuned to the needs of young listeners. She offers advice for the storyteller as well as source notes and a bibliography. Images and motifs from the traditional artwork or each country appear in Stefano Vitale's splendid illustrations. Eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes. Clean copy.

Record # 382353

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 
 

Old Aztec Story Teller, The by: Rickard, J. A.
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Old Aztec Story Teller, The
by: Rickard, J. A.

New York, Bernard Ackerman, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 59 pages. Black and brown line drawings by William Brady. previous owner's inscription front fly leaf. Dust jacket with edgewear.

Record # 301227

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Old Stories from Denmark by: Poul Lundsgaard / Illustrator
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Old Stories from Denmark
by: Poul Lundsgaard / Illustrator

Hardcover. Ebeltoft Denmark, Elles Boghandel, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 31 pages illustrated in color by Poul Lundsgaard.

Record # 384914

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

On the Road of Stars: Native American Night Poems and Sleep Charms by: Bierhorst/Judy Pedersen, John
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On the Road of Stars: Native American Night Poems and Sleep Charms
by: Bierhorst/Judy Pedersen, John

New York, Macmillan , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Judy Pedersen. Dust jacket with edgewear. Clean copy.

Record # 508453

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) by: Kloske, Geoffrey, Illustrator: Blitt, Barry
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Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds)
by: Kloske, Geoffrey, Illustrator: Blitt, Barry

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Blitt. A fresh approach to fractured fairy tales: take one small child's insatiable demand for Just one more story and add a sleepy parent's wish to get the bedtime ritual over with as quickly as possible. The result is this collection of eight condensed folktales. For example, Goldilocks and the Bears begins, There were some bears;/It doesn't really matter how many./There was a bunch./Let's get to the point: and ends, When the bears came back,/They found her asleep./She woke up, screamed, and ran home/So she could sleep in her own bed./Just like you. A few nursery rhymes (Hickory, dickory, dock,/A mouse ran up the clock./The clock struck eight./Oh, my, it's late!/So the mouse went straight to bed) and jokes round out the book. Blitt's ink-and-watercolor illustrations are amusing, with fine lines and soothing colors underscoring the comedy in the characters and situations. Clean copy.

Record # 383827

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

One Day of Happiness (SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR) by: Singer, Isaac Bashevis

One Day of Happiness (SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR)
by: Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Hardcover. New York, Red Ozier Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR. Singer's signature to last story page in pen. Interior color lithographic frontispiece signed in pencil by Callner. Illustrated with three colored lithographs, each signed by Richard Callner in pencil. Violet morocco leather spine, sides, and corner-tips. Blue boards. Translated from the original Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Pollet. Light age toning to top text block edge. Heavy fading to spine. Rough-cut fore edge. Of 155 copies, this is number 76. Scarce. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952229

Price: $500.00
Price: $500.00 

One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes by: Eric A. Kimmel and Dirk Zimmer
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One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes
by: Eric A. Kimmel and Dirk Zimmer

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Dirk Zimmer. The monster family portrait on the cover sets the tone of comic exaggeration in this Ukrainian-Hutzul version of an age-old story. When a traveler is lost in the woods, the witch Three Eyes agrees to help him find his way back if he agrees to give her his most precious possession. Only when he gets home does he realize that he has bargained away his beloved daughter, Larissa.

Record # 372099

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Out of This World and Back Again - Three Stories by: Nye, Robert
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Out of This World and Back Again - Three Stories
by: Nye, Robert

Hardcover. NY - Ind., Bobbs Merrill, 1st , 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Bill Tinker. Three stories -- one based on a Scottish ballad, another on a Japanese folktale, and the other on Greek mythology, with the common thread that the character in each story is taken out of this world, then back again.

Record # 51993

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Over Indian and Animal Trails by: Thompson, Jean M. and Paul
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Over Indian and Animal Trails
by: Thompson, Jean M. and Paul

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with a color paste-down on cover, 263 pages, A collection of 35 Native American animal folklore tales. Wood-lore (or, the ways of wild things) are told in an engaging format - a wise old chief holds evening "story-time" sessions with his very curious grandson, Little Beaver. Running through the linked narrative is the little black bear Moween, of whom Little Beaver is particularly fond. Illustrated with 8 color plates, a color title page and an endpapers drawing by Paul Bransom. Light shelf wear.

Record # 401231

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Over Indian and Animal Trails by: Thompson, Jean M. and Paul
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Over Indian and Animal Trails
by: Thompson, Jean M. and Paul

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with a color paste-down on cover, 263 pages, A collection of 35 Native American animal folklore tales. Wood-lore (or, the ways of wild things) are told in an engaging format - a wise old chief holds evening "story-time" sessions with his very curious grandson, Little Beaver. Running through the linked narrative is the little black bear Moween, of whom Little Beaver is particularly fond. Illustrated with 8 color plates, a color title page and an endpapers drawing by Paul Bransom. Light shelf wear.

Record # 358370

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Papa Alonzo Leatherby - A Collection of Tall Tales from the Best Storyteller in Carroll County by: Davol, Marguerite W.
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Papa Alonzo Leatherby - A Collection of Tall Tales from the Best Storyteller in Carroll County
by: Davol, Marguerite W.

NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 70 pages, hardcover like new in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 602275

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Paul Bunyan Comes West by: Turney, Ida Virginia
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Paul Bunyan Comes West
by: Turney, Ida Virginia

Hardcover. Boston, Haughton Mifflin, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 45 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white by Helen Rhodes. Cover faded.

Record # 176021

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Pecos Bill and Lightning by: Peck, Leigh and Kurt Wiese
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Pecos Bill and Lightning
by: Peck, Leigh and Kurt Wiese

Hardcover. Boston , Houghton Mifflin , unknown, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Kurt Wiese. 68 pages. Decorated light tan cloth binding. Previous owner's inscription on front pastedown. A solid G+ copy of this fragile book. No date on title page, assume reprint.

Record # 600183

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Pecos Bill Texas Cowpuncher by: Felton, Harold W. /Aldren Watson
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Pecos Bill Texas Cowpuncher
by: Felton, Harold W. /Aldren Watson

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with illustrated yellow cloth. Vigorously brings to life the story of the western folktale hero. Dramatic two-color drawings by Watson. 177 pages. Only date is 1949 but titles listed in front were printed in 1950s so a reprint. Clean copy.

Record # 378341

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

People Could Fly, The - American Black Folktales by: Hamilton, Virginia, Leo and Diane Dillon
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People Could Fly, The - American Black Folktales
by: Hamilton, Virginia, Leo and Diane Dillon

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 2nd pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 177 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illust. by Leo & Diane Dillon. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 65040

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Peronnique: A Celtic Folk Tale from Brittany by: Michel-Dansac, Monique
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Peronnique: A Celtic Folk Tale from Brittany
by: Michel-Dansac, Monique

Hardcover. New York , Atheneum, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards with a yellow cloth spine. 32 pages with color illustrations throughout by Michel-Dansac. Clean copy. No dust jacket.

Record # 410609

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00