Folklore from Mare Booksellers

Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1863. Cloth. Fair. Brown cloth decorated in blind. 468 pp. With a few black and white illustrated plates. 19th century edition of this classic collection of myths/tales. FAIR/GOOD condition. Uneven fading, toning, soiling and minor staining to the covers. Cloth worn along the edges. Several ownership signatures in the interior. Front interior hinge loose,… Read more about this item

London: Printed for William Osborne and J and H Mozley Gainsborough. Leather. Poor. no date, perhaps late 1700s. Stated new edition. Full calf leather. xlviii, 228 pp., plus index. Small woodcut illustrations throughout. A collection of fables, including some by Aesop, gathered by R. Dodsley and accompanied by a lengthy historical introduction. Separated into three books, Ancients, Moderns… Read more about this item

New York: The American Folklore Society, Publisher, 1930. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Pagination runs from 339 to 448. Single issue of this journal devoted to American folklore and mythology. This number devoted primarily to the mythology of the Oglala Dakota Native Americans, including myths and tales recalling history of various tribes. Included are myths from the Oglala Teton… Read more about this item

New York: Hurd and Stoughton, 1869. Cloth. Good. Brown cloth with illustrations in gilt on the front cover. Xix, 186 pp. Black and white illustrations by Henry L. Stephens and Gaston Fay throughout. An extensive collection of nursery rhymes attributed to Mother Goose, preceded by a history and lineage of the Goose/Vergoose family. The last part of the… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Shogakkan Showa Publisher, 1973. Cloth. Very Good. Red cloth in glassine jacket in beige paper covered board slipcase. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations throughout, with a few fold out color plates. All text in Japanese. An edition of Japanese short stories from the post late Heian period. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning and edgewear to the book.… Read more about this item

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, Publisher, 1925. Wraps. Good. Blue wraps (very faded). 57 pp. A collection of tales and fables relating to love and relationships of kings, queens and others. GOOD condition Heavy fading to the wrappers. Some browning, minor soiling and curling. Paper heavily browned in the interior.

No place(London): David Nutt, presumed Publisher, 1909. Wraps. Fair. Printed wraps, although MISSING the front wrapper and any pages up to the first page. Pagination runs 129-256. With a few black and white photo plates throughout. A journal devoted to the Folklore Society and folklore, containing papers on various topics. This issue contains "Head Hunting among the Hill… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: H.C. Peck and Theo. Bliss, 1856. Cloth. Fair. Red cloth. 4 ¾ by 3 ¾ inches. 95 pp. Small black and white illustrations throughout. A rendition for children, of various fables by Aesop, including the horse and the lion, the tortoise and the hare, the mischievous dog, the man and his wig, etc. FAIR condition. Heavy fading,… Read more about this item

Keene, NH: Ralph Page, Publisher, 1958. Wraps. Good. Blue-green printed wraps. 52 pp., plus ads. With a few illustrations and musical scores throughout. A single issue of this magazine devoted to folk dances and folk music. This issue discusses dances of the maritime provinces of Canada, including Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Included are descriptions of… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Charles Dilly and Thomas Evans, 1786. Full Leather. Poor/No Jacket. Full tree calf leather. xx, 197 pp. Volume 1 ONLY. Drawn from Greek, Roman, Spanish, Italian, German and Eastern books, this work presents a selection of jokes and jests from various countries, both for amusement and education. Preceded by an introduction discussing the sources of… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Presumed published in China. Illustrated paper covered boards. Unpaginated. Thick card paper. With 12 colored paper cuts mounted under clear plastic. Text in Chinese and English. A work perhaps issued for tourists, providing brief anecdotal legends recalling the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China during the 'Warring… Read more about this item

Lyon: Amable Leroy, 1805. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Full leather. 360pp. A selection of fables from Fontaine, with introductory commentary/history. All text in FRENCH. In GOOD condition. Minor scuffing to the covers and extremities, with some bumping and rounding to the corners. A few minor dark stains present to the leather. Upper front and rear hinge split about… Read more about this item

Lyon: Amable Leroy, 1805. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Two parts in one book. Bound in brown leather with very faded gilt ornamentation and titling on the spine. Marbled endpapers. 360 pages including index. A collection of La Fontaine's fables in verse. This volume contains a commentary on La Fontaine and the importance of his fables, as well as a… Read more about this item

New York: G.P Putnam, 1892. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 324 pages plus several pages of ads. With many black and white illustrations. Introduction in English, folksongs in German. Bound in a small print floral cloth with gilt embellishments, as well as a ¼ leather backstrip with extensive gilt ornamentation. In VERY GOOD condition. Light soiling to the covers.… Read more about this item