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Boy Who Ate More than the Giant, and Other Swedish Folktales, The by: Lofgren, Ulf
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Boy Who Ate More than the Giant, and Other Swedish Folktales, The
by: Lofgren, Ulf

Hardcover. N.Y./Cleveland, Collins/World, 1st U.S. , 1978, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lofgren. Translated from Swedish by Sheila LaFarge.

Record # 302554

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Brave Soldier and a Dozen Devils, The by: Rudolph, Marguerita
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Brave Soldier and a Dozen Devils, The
by: Rudolph, Marguerita

NY, Seabury Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&W illustrations by Imero Gobbato. In a bight, unclipped dust jacket. A young soldier battle a dozen devils after being locked in the turret of an old mansion. Based on a Latvian folk tale.

Record # 600978

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales by: Zipes, Jack
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Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
by: Zipes, Jack

Hardcover. Austin TX, University of Texas Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 201 pages. A fascinating look at the theories behind fairy tales and fantasy. The works of J.R.R.Tolkien and his essay 'On Fairy Stories' is a major focus of the book as are German fairy tales or Marchen and Marx and Fairy tales. Clean copy.

Record # 382731

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 
 

Brogeen Follows the Magic Tune by: Patricia Lynch/Ralph Pinto; (Illustrator)
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Brogeen Follows the Magic Tune
by: Patricia Lynch/Ralph Pinto; (Illustrator)

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st US, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 165 pages with b&w drawings by Ralph Pinto. A leprechaun must recapture the tune he lost to a fiddler. Pinto's chapter-top illustrations liven this already lively chain of Irish folk tales, loosely tied together through Brogeen the Leprechuan. Clean copy.

Record # 396719

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Broken Wing by: David Budbill
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Broken Wing
by: David Budbill

Softcover. Brattleboro VT, Green Writers Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 213 pages, like new condition. A mythic tale about loneliness and survival set in the northern hills of Vermont. Illustrated by Donald Saaf.

Record # 377859

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Burmese Monk's Tales by: Maung Htin Aung
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Burmese Monk's Tales
by: Maung Htin Aung

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket, 181 pages. The tales contained in this collection were first told in the dark decade of Burmese history (1876-85) during the coming event of the British conquest. The stories combine exotic background with strong details that offer the Western reader both a picture of Burma in the nineteenth century and an understanding of the basic good sense, gaiety, and gentleness of the Burmese people and the Buddhist clergy. The characters that appear in the book illustrate timeless truths about human nature, which today's reader can apply to existing people and situations. For the first time since the eleventh century the future of Burmese Buddhism became uncertain, and there was widespread fear, both in Upper Burma still under a Burmese king and in Lower Burma already under British rule, that the final fall of the Burmese kingdom would result in the total extinction of both the national religion and the Burmese way of life. Told with the purpose of allaying this anxiety and fear, these tales give a full and faithful resume and appraisal of the position of Burmese Buddhism on the eve of the British conquest of 1886. Name on front fly leaf which has mild edgewear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 472143

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by: Protter (ed), Eric and Nancy Protter
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Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales
by: Protter (ed), Eric and Nancy Protter

Hardcover. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 209 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Charles Keeping. Dust jacket price clipped, has light edgewear.

Record # 207336

Price: $16.00
Price: $16.00 

Coyote Goes Walking by: Pohrt, Tom
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Coyote Goes Walking
by: Pohrt, Tom

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Pohrt. Coyote-a creator, a messenger, and, above all, a trickster-is at his mischievous best in these adventures retold from Native American sources. Brilliant illustrations depict the playful character in four tales: "Coyote Creates a New World," "Coyote and Mice," "Coyote and Woodpecker," and "Coyote and the Buffalo Bull."

Record # 375053

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest (SIGNED COPY) by: McDermott, Gerald
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Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest (SIGNED COPY)
by: McDermott, Gerald

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Barce & Co, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR TO FRONT ENDPAPER. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Record # 806733

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Cricket Boy: A Chinese Tale Retold by: Ziner, Feenie and Ed Young
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Cricket Boy: A Chinese Tale Retold
by: Ziner, Feenie and Ed Young

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations by Ed Young. Dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book.

Record # 806771

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Cricket Warrior, The - A Chinese Tale by: Chang, Margaret and Raymond
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Cricket Warrior, The - A Chinese Tale
by: Chang, Margaret and Raymond

Hardcover. NY, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Warwick Hutton. Clean copy.

Record # 373562

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Cricket Warrior: A Chinese Tale, The by: Chang, Margaret and Raymond
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Cricket Warrior: A Chinese Tale, The
by: Chang, Margaret and Raymond

Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Warwick Hutton. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 368459

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Cucumber Stem, The - Adapted From a Bengali Folktale by: Bang, Betsy
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Cucumber Stem, The - Adapted From a Bengali Folktale
by: Bang, Betsy

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nice condition, some wear to cover but mostly new-looking. Color illustrations by Tony Chen. Hardbound, no dust jacket.

Record # 109653

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales by: Bierhorst, John
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Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales
by: Bierhorst, John

Hardcover. New York, Willia Morrow and Company, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Mary K. Okheena. Remainder line to bottom edge otherwise clean.

Record # 396635

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales by: Bierhorst, John
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Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales
by: Bierhorst, John

Hardcover. New York, Willia Morrow and Company, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Mary K. Okheena.

Record # 368364

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

Danish Fairy Tales by: Hack, Inge
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Danish Fairy Tales
by: Hack, Inge

Hardcover. London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 194 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Illustrated by Harry and Isle Toothill. Light bumping to bottom cover boards, light soiling.

Record # 4450194

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Day Hans Got His Way, The by: Atwell, David Lewis
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Day Hans Got His Way, The
by: Atwell, David Lewis

Boston , Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Debby Atwell. In a humorous rendition of a famous Norwegian folktale, Hans challenges his wife, Gertrude, to exchange chores with him and soon learns how difficult housework really is.

Record # 202895

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Diane Goode Book of American Folk Tales & Songs, the by: Goode, Diane
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Diane Goode Book of American Folk Tales & Songs, the
by: Goode, Diane

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nice color illustrations by Goode. Stories compiled by Ann Durell. Great condition, clean and new-looking. Hardcover, no dust jacket.

Record # 109911

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Diane Goode's Book of American Folk Tales and Songs by: Durell, Ann / Goode, Diane
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Diane Goode's Book of American Folk Tales and Songs
by: Durell, Ann / Goode, Diane

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 64 pages illustrated in color by Diane Goode. Selections include: Buffalo Gal, Clementine, I've Been Working. 17 selections in all. Musical arrangements included. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397535

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Doctor Bird - Three Lookin' Up Tales from Jamaica (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR) by: Hausman, Gerald and Ashley Wolff
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Doctor Bird - Three Lookin' Up Tales from Jamaica (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)
by: Hausman, Gerald and Ashley Wolff

Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF WITH A SKETCH OF DR. BIRD on front fly leaf.

Record # 371349

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Doctor Coyote - A Native American Aesop's Fable (SIGNED COPY) by: Bierhorst, John and Wendy Watson
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Doctor Coyote - A Native American Aesop's Fable (SIGNED COPY)
by: Bierhorst, John and Wendy Watson

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Wendy Watson. INSCRIBED BY BIERHORST on front fly leaf . SIGNED BY WENDY WATSON on title page.

Record # 59778

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Duffy and the Devil by: Zemach, Harve & Margot
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Duffy and the Devil
by: Zemach, Harve & Margot

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Strauss Grioux, 2nd pr., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. A Cornish folk tale. Color illustrations by Margot Zemach. Mild edgewear to dj. 1974 Caldecott Medal Winner.

Record # 12878

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Dwarf Giant, The by: Lobel, Anita
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Dwarf Giant, The
by: Lobel, Anita

Hardcover. New York , Holiday House, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Lobel. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 406225

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Fables: Five Hundred Years of Illustration and Text by: Anne Stevenson Hobbs [Ed]
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Fables: Five Hundred Years of Illustration and Text
by: Anne Stevenson Hobbs [Ed]

Hardcover. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. "This collection of illustrations from the National Art Library at the V&A contains well-known and unfamiliar fables accompanied by contemporary texts and translations, often with a topical or satirical content. It gives a cross-section of illustrative styles from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Fabulous color and b/w illustrations throughout. A wonderful reference volume, with a small bibliography and an "Analysis by Theme" at rear (plus Index)." Clean copy.

Record # 382311

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00