Search Results: myth and ritual in dance game by spence lewis

Watts & Co., 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Second Impression. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Book has a smoky odour. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Some marks to boards.

Uk: Watts & Co.. Good. Hardcover. 1947. pp 202 .

London: Watts & Co, 1947. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, 1947. A Very Good copy lacking dust jacket. 8vo., 202 pp., bound in publishers red cloth. Spine is sunned, minor signs of shelf wear. Pages slightly age toned. Text is unmarked.

London: Watts & Co., 1947. x, 202pp [some soiling to covers]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B&w plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Watts & Co., 1947. Hardcover. See Description. Second impression. 8vo. pp. x, 202. With 24 photo plates. Bound in red publisher’s cloth. Binding is clean and tight. Interior pages are clean. The dust jacket contains wear and chipping to the extremities; a large 35 x 41 mm piece is chipped away fr0m the upper inner corner of the front wrapper, almost completely obscuring the word "myth." The top 23 mm of the jacket spine is also chipped, obscuring the lettering. The author tries to reveal the myths and religious backgrounds to folk-dances, nursery-rhymes, and children’s games. Included are chapters on "the religious origin of primitive games", "dancing and primitive religion", "vestiges of ritual in folk-dancing", "traces of myth and ritual in popular rhyme," etc. Lewis Spence was a British occultist and popular folklore writer.

London: Watts, 1947. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket x + 202pp., b/w pls., references, index, Nice copy in like slightly chipped but unclipped dust jacket

Hardcover. 1947 1st Edition HARDBACK. (SEE MY 2 PHOTOS). Same Day Dispatch

London: Watts, 1947 spine sunned, joints rubbed, light foxing to edges and prelims, second impression, vii 202pp+ plates, covers the many varied sacred dances, games and recitations, from the British Isles and primitive societies, . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Unknown Binding. 1947 1st Edition HARDBACK (SEE MY 2 PHOTOS). Same Day Dispatch

United Kingdom: Watts & Co, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Watts & Co., London 1947. illus x + 202pp hb dw worn, discoloured, torn & part missing, pict yellow dw, gilt red cloth, spine stained, covers rubbed, pages browned, book good