Folklore And Mythology from
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From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom
by Roberts, John W.
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- Used - Very Good; Covers toned, price sticker on rear cover.
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- Later Printing
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- 1991
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- Softcover
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- 9780812213331
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- 1
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Very Good; Covers toned, price sticker on rear cover.. 1991. Later Printing. Softcover. 0812213335 . Bibliography, index. Examines the Afro-American trickster and the trickster tale tradition, the conjurer as folk hero, the biblical heroic tradition, and the badman as outlaw hero (rear cover blurb). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 233 pages . Item Price
$20.00
Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend: Volume 1: A- L / Vol 2 J-Z
by Leach, Maria (editor) ; Fried, Jerome (editor)
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, spine cracked in volume one, tear to top edge of first two leaves
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- First Printing
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$50.00
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NY: Funk and Wagnalls. Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, spine cracked . in volume one, tear to top edge of first two leaves of volume two.. 1949. First Printing. Hardcover. Volume 1, blue cloth, xii, 531pp; Volume 2, orange cloth, 532-1196pp. Contributors list, survey articles, and abbreviations list. Useful folklore reference. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11"… Read more about this item Item Price
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Compleat Anachronist 34: Russian Folklore
by Von Amrum, Lady Eichling; Chennault, Jenny
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- Used - Very Good
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- Second Printing
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- 1989
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- Softcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$10.00
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Milpitas, CA: Society for Creative Anachronism. Very Good. 1989. Second Printing. Softcover. Illustrated stapled pink card covers. Illustrations. A guide to Russian folklore, gods, and folk tales. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages . Item Price
$10.00
Compleat Anachronist 35: An Introduction to Russian Costume
by Evodia, Lady Soraya
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- Used - Very Good
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- Second Printing
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- 1989
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- Softcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Milpitas, CA: Society for Creative Anachronism. Very Good. 1989. Second Printing. Softcover. Illustrated stapled tan card covers. Illustrations. A guide to traditional Russian costume and accessories, including simple patterns. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages . Item Price
$15.00
Hawaiian Tales
by Berkey, Helen L.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers faintly scuffed.
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Books. Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers faintly scuffed.. 1968. Hardcover. Green pictorial cloth. A volume in the Told-Again Tales from Many Lands series. A collection of 17 Hawaiian legends and folk tales. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages . Item Price
$20.00
Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster
by Augusta, Isabella; Lady Gregory
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly toned.
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- Fifth Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$35.00
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Gerrards Cross, UK: Colin Smythe. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly toned.. 1970. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Preface by W. B. Yeats, foreword by Daniel Murphy. Navy cloth. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Lady Gregory. Jacket art by Dara O'Lochlainn. Notes. Volume two of the Coole Edition reprinting this 1902 collection of epic Irish myths arranged and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Farmer and the Poor God: A Folktale from Japan
by Wells, Ruth
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
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- First Printing
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$25.00
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NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1996. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page and inscribed by the illustrator on the copyright page. A version of a traditional Japanese folk tale retold by Ruth Wells about a virtuous but poor family who learn what matters most in life… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danann and of the Fianna of Ireland
by Lady Gregory
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops scuffed, jacket toned.
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- Second Edition; First Printing
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780900675270
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$85.00
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Gerrards Cross, UK: Colin Smythe. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops scuffed, jacket toned.. 1970. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0900675276 . Blue cloth with TEG. Black and white frontispiece portrait, foreword, and notes. Contains all Lady Gregory's final corrections, W. B. Yeats' preface in a foreword by Daniel Murphy. The third volume of the… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
Old Swedish Fairy Tales
by Wahlenberg, Anna
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Bookplate on front free endpaper, jacket tattered.
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- Reprint
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- 1925
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$50.00
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NY: The Hampton Publishing Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Bookplate on front free endpaper, jacket . tattered.. 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. Brick cloth binding with color illustration affixed to front boards. Six color plates and numerous black and white illustrations by Jeannette Berkowitz. Translated by Antoinette DeCoursey Patterson. A collection of 18 famous Swedish fairy tales. Originally published in… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Tales from Silver Lands
by Finger, Charles J.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly soiled and worn.
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- Later Edition
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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$20.00
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly soiled and worn.. 1924. Later Edition. Hardcover. Winner of the 1925 Newbery Medal. Circa 1970s reprint. Color frontispiece and many other black and white woodcut illustrations by Paul Honore. A collection of South American indigenous folk tales and legends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Kinder- Und Hausmärchen Nach Sammlung Der Brüder Grimm
by Fraungruber, Hans (editor)
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, penciled gift inscription on first page of text.
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- Hardcover
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$25.00
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Vienna and Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, penciled gift . inscription on first page of text.. Hardcover. Circa 1970s collection of eight fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm with prints in color and in black and white by Jurgen Taschner. Gray illustrated boards. Text in German. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall;… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
By His Own Might: The Battles of Beowulf
by Hosford, Dorothy
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned and chipped, endpapers toned.
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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NY: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned and chipped, endpapers toned.. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth binding. Bold black and white endpapers and illustrations by Laszlo Matulay. A retelling of the traditional Beowulf legends for young adults. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 69 pages . Item Price
$30.00
Rude Tales and Glorious: Being: the Only True Account of Diverse Feats of Brawn and Bawd Performed by King Arthur and His Knights or the Table Round
by Seare, Nicholas; Trevanian
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and lightly worn.
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780517549865
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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NY: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and lightly worn.. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0517549867 . xv, 207 pages. Black and white frontispiece illustration, author preface, black and white illustrations, and glossary. A bawdy Aurthurian tale. Nicholas Seare was a pen name of Rodney William Whitaker who, under another of pen names,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bluenose Magic: Popular Beliefs and Superstititions in Nova Scotia
by Creighton, Helen (editor)
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and rubbed.
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$30.00
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Toronto: Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and rubbed.. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. x, 297pp. Bibliography, index. Navy cloth binding. Nova Scotia folkore including such subjects as the supernatural, witchcraft, treasure, Micmac people, fairies, dreams, supersititions, divination, home remedies, weather, crops, and animals. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
The Glass Mountain and Other Arabian Tales
by Larson, Jean Russell
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on front pastedown endpaper, boards rounded and lightly worn.
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780825551901
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$20.00
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Philadelphia: MacRae Smith Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on front pastedown endpaper, . boards rounded and lightly worn.. 1971. Hardcover. 0825551900 . Illustrated hardcover. A collection of traditional folk tales from the Middle East: The Glass Mountain, Ali and the Griffin, The Lion, the Fox and the Bird, Feraz and the Magic Lute, The… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Son of Two Worlds: A Retelling of the Timeless Celtic Saga of Pryderi
by Middleton, Haydn
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket scuffed.
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780712617796
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- 1
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$15.00
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London: Rider. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket scuffed.. 1987. Hardcover. 0712617795 . Beautiful and expressive color illustrations by Anthea Toorchen. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 167 pages . Item Price
$15.00
Profile of Old New England: Yankee Legends, Tales, and Folklore
by Taft, Lewis A.
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Library label on spine of jacket.
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- Second Printing
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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$10.00
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NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Good in Good dust jacket; Library label on spine of jacket.. 1965. Second Printing. Hardcover. Black and white illustrations. Bibliography. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages . Item Price
$10.00
The Frenzied Prince: Being Heroic Stories of Ancient Ireland
by Colum, Padraic
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, pages toned.
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- First Edition
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- 1943
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$35.00
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Philadelphia: David McKay Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, pages toned.. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations in color and black and white by Willy Pogany. Green boards. Map endpapers. A collection of 17 folk stories from ancient Ireland retold by Colum and an endnotes by him. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
Fenist the Falcon: Russian Folk Tales
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9785050046505
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Moscow: Raduga Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 5050046505 . Four Russian folk tales: Fenist the Falcon, Marya Morevna, Vasilisa the Beautiful, and The Frog Tsarevna. Color illustrations by I. Bilibin. Yellow glossy lllustrated boards. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 48 pages . Item Price
$20.00
Russian Fairy Tales
by Ponsot, Marie (translator)
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, light wear to jacket.
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780824981600
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- 1
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$20.00
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Nashville, TN: IDEALS Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free . endpaper, light wear to jacket.. 1987. Hardcover. 082498160X . Five Russian fairy tales: Prince Ivan and the Firebird, Vassilissa the Beautiful, Stupid Emilien, The Frog Princess, and Maria Marina. Dramatic color illustrations by Benvenuti. Glossy illustrated boards. ; 4to 11"… Read more about this item Item Price
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