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Allentown, PA: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1963. SCARCE. From the personal collection of noted folklorist Richard M. Dorson, his pencil signature front end page. Near Fine, red lettering at spine a bit faded. Posthumously edited with an introduction by John Joseph Stoudt. Volume 25, The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society . 355 pp., initial fraktur letters from the "Ephrata ABC Book". . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. The First Trade Edition, there was also a limited edition of 100 copies. Very Good in the original salmon cloth with black decorations to boards; title in red on front and spine, Unwin monogram likewise on rear. Color frontispiece. Spine darkened and red title dulled, 3" tear top edge half-title page, light foxing to end pages, period interesting bookplate front pastedown. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, the only library indicators being its stamp verso of frontispiece and blindstamp to title page. With RARE and important three page ALS tipped to front end page, sent from Leland at the Hotel Victoria, Florence, Italy, to Mr Sampson ( noted linguist John Sampson ), possiby dated 1899, with "99" after heading. "Dear Mr Sampson, I have written and sent you separately by this mail that which I contribute to our book." He then discusses his wishes for the Preface and Introduction… Read More

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1956. "The following brief study is intended to serve the special purpose of clarifying the history of the gesture of putting the thumb to the nose and the general purpose of showing the interest and variety that may be found in the historical study of gestures." From the collection of noted folklorist Richard Bauman, his signature front end page. Fine, price rear cover with pencil correction. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued.

Chico State College, Chico, CA: California Folklore Society , 1960. RARE. The complete first two volumes of this occasional newsletter, from Vol. 1, No. 1, Sept. 1960 through Vol. 2, No. 9, Jun. 1969, 16 issues in Vol. 1 and 9 issues in Vol. 2. 4, 1, 6, 5, 8, 3, 7, 6, 108, 103 pp. Bound in black notebook, Near Fine, some mailing labels present, just a hint of musty smell. From the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann. A true rarity in the folklore world !. First Edition. Binder. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: The Folk-Lore Society, 1890. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society No. XXV. Printed in Gaelic and English on facing pages. Bookplate of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society front paste down, along with small seller's label. Bookplate of noted Celtic scholar and folklorist Edgar M. Slotkin verso front end page. Very Good, slight spine lean, light wear to cloth at edges, scant toning at end pages. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1953. RARE in hardcover. Indiana University Publications. Folklore Series, 8. Handsomely bound in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, a Fine copy. . First Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stockholm: Riksmuseets Etnografiska Avdelning , 1928. Very Good, 2" triangular chip bottom corner front wrapper. pp. 13 + 6 of B&W photographs. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Co., 1943. Very Good Plus, sticker shadow front cover, stamped "Herzog Collection" front end page, from the collection of noted anthropologist, linguist, and ethnomusicologist George Herzog. SCARCE monographs, pp. 28 + 17. . First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Stockholm: Instituti Hungaricic Universitatis Holmiensis , 1944. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page and dated 10/28/45, to noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok. Wolfgang Steinitz, German linguist and folklorist, was an important pioneer of the German folk-revival in both East and West Germany. Sebeok, Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica, the leading periodical in the field. A nice folklore Association Copy. Book is Very Good, 2" tear at spine top edge, chips at ends of spine, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

London: David Nutt, 1897. Near Fine in the original green cloth, wonderfully decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, purple end pages, illustrated chiefly from photographs by A. M. Dixon, 351 pp., fold-out map Fine, from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page, no other markings or indications. Golspie is a village in Scotland on the North Sea coast. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Norwood, PA: Norwood Editions, 1974. A limited edition of 100 copies. SCARCE. Fine in blue cloth, gilt title at spine. Reprinted from v.2 of the 1903-07 ed. of "The House of Gordon", edited by J.M. Bulloch, printed for the New Spalding Club, Aberdeen, Scotland, which was issued as no. 26 and 33 of the New Spalding Club publications. Pages numbered 3-101 at top, also paginated 513-611 at bottom, contains 22 songs. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Private Bibliophile's Edition, 1979. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition, copy number 50 of 909 printed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR on copyright page. RARE. Near Fine, front board bowed, in a Very Good dust jacket, light edge wear, dampstains bottom edge, mostly visible inside of jacket. About 1.050 sketches of graves and mortuary objects typically found in the cemeteries of Greece. With map showing the over 100 cemeteries where the graves and mortuary objects are located. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, the only library indicators being its stamp of and blindstamp to front end page. . Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

No Place: Privately Printed, 1889. #35/52 copies privately printed. xl, 585 pp. Bound in contemporary dark blue pebbled morocco over blue buckram boards, blue end papers, top edge dyed red. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at edges of morocco. Unique bookplate of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research bottom corner front end page, with its faded call letters bottom edge of spine. A wonderful provenance.. Limited and Numbered Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1963. Collected from Oral Tradition. 94 pp. Near Fine, toning top edge front wrapper, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine, boards a bit darkened. 276 pp. + 12 pp. publisher's catalog, map, 20 black and white photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley, CA: Arhoolie Record, Inc., 1963. RARE. Early publication from the founder of Arhoolie Records. Details Strachwitz's account of his travels across the US in the summer of 1962 in search of blues music and musicians to record, in addition to news on recent Arhoolie releases. 8 pp, newspaper. Very Good, uniformly browned, a few small chips, 1" horiz. tear at fold edge across all pages, center fold as mailed with recipient's name and address, Frank A. Hoffmann, noted folklorist at Indiana University. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 14 3/4 ' h X11 1/2" h.

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Viking Society for Northern Research, Univ. Of London, 1937. RARE. Reprinted from Saga-Book, Vol. XII. Fine in stapled wrappers, small inked notations top edge front cover. 18 pp. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine, small inked letter bottom corner front end page, gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth, gilt titles and decorations bright, tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants, vii-xv, 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog, illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hancock, Michigan: Book Concern, 1950. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR at front end page -"To Professor Stith Thompson, with the wish that some day I shall learn a great deal more about the "Kalevala" as your student. With deep appreciation, Aili Kolehmainen Johnson". Stith Thompson has been described as "America's most important folklorist". ( Roberts, Warren E. (1996). "Thompson, Stith (1885-1976)". In Brunvand, Jan H. (ed.). American Folklore an Encyclopedia. New York; London: Garland. pp.1467-8) . Also with the blindstamp of noted Indiana University folklorist John W. Johnson. Near Fine, faint rubs to cloth at edges, in a Very Good dust jacker, small chips and edge tears. The Kalevala is a tale that strongly influenced J.R.R. Tolkien. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.