New York, NY: Eaton & Mains, nd (circa 1910). Hardcover. Small 8vo. 288 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board; index. Light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, edges, and corners. A little underlining and a few notes to margins; edge of pages slightly browned; owner's..... More
Oxford: The University Press, 1938. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 96pp. Printed papered boards. B/w frontis, map, plates, illustrations & tables. Bibliography & index. Boards rubbed & discolored, otherwise VG (no dust jacket). More
London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756. Hardcover, Two volumes bound as one. Folio (14 3/4" x 9 1/2")., [xxvi], [iv], 606; xiv,563, [21] pp. Contemporary full brown calf, elaborately gilt tooled spine within raised bands, gilt stamped rules to margins of boards, gilt decorations to inner margins. Contemporary marbled..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii + 252 pp. Green cloth with black titling to spine; b&w illustrations; map; notes; bibliography; index. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket price clipped.). More
New York, NY: Crown Publishers Inc., 1974. Hardcover. Quarto. 256 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; frontis, b&w and color illustrations; index, bibliography. The author C. A Burland served 40 years in the British Museum Department of Ethnography and was the author of numerous works on related subjects..... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 270 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt illustration to upper board; pictorial front and end papers; b&w and color illustrations, bibliography, index. Very light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Overall, a tight and bright Near..... More
New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi + 314 pp. Quarter Green Cloth w/ green papered boards; gilt titling to spine and blind stamped illustration to upper board; b&w illustrations and maps by Carol Pentleton; glossary, appendix, index. Very small bump to bottom edge of upper..... More
London: Printed for R. Goadby, and W. Owen, [1750?]. 'Second Edition with Considerable additions.'. Hardcover, Octavo. xx + iv + 240pp. Old calf beautifully restored, later leather spine; original leather of boards neatly laid down, gilt stamped title label between raised bands. The full title reads: An Apology for the..... More
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Hardcover. Large 8vo. x + 168 pp. Beige cloth with red titling to spine; bibliography, index, appendices. A study of the background of "Jubilee" - the apparently true story of the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress in the..... More
Chicago, IL: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, viii + 112pp. Quarter blue cloth w/ cream papered boards which are illustrated and titled in blue, gilt title etc. to spine, b&w frontis and illustrations. An examination by Paul Carus (1852 – 1919) a German-born American..... More
New Delhi, India: Sterling, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 120 pp. Original printed paper boards. Thirty seven tales. Folk Tales of India Series: 20 Volumes - number 15. B&W illustrations. Boards bumped on all outer corners, otherwise VG in G+ dustjacket. (Spine chafed, corners creased and top of jacket rubbed.)..... More
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2012. "Special" Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 66pp. Illustrated title page, bibliography. Full black leather with elaborate gilt sigil on upper board, textured endpapers, ribbon marker. The "Special Edition" which is limited to 77 hand numbered copies. "Chumbley traces the metamorphosis of the toad-bone..... More
Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications Inc., 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xii + 276 pp. Quarter orange papered boards and beige papered boards with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations; index, bibliography. Very light bumping to edges. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket..... More
London: Watts & Co., 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 80pp. Original maroon publisher's cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Two essays reprinted with Additions from the "Hibbert Journal" of October, 1921 and January, 1922. Although the title is "occultism" the author largely equated the term with Spiritualism and Psychical research..... More
Wickford, Essex: An Earthquest Production by the Supernaturalist Magazine, Spring, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 59pp pages (inclusive of printed inside covers). White wrappers titled and elaborately illustrated in black, b&w illustrations and "centerfold" map. This copy INSCRIBED and signed by the author on the title page in November 1991..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 170pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w plates. A modern examination of the mystery of the "photos" of the Cottingley fairies which captured the attention of British society shortly after WWI. Upper corner and spine ends lightly..... More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 182 pp. Purple cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w and color illustrations, bibliography, index. From the publisher: "In this visually stunning work, anthropologist Michèle Coquet presents the power and the brilliance of African court art. Grounding..... More
The Hague / Paris: Mouton, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index & bibliography. 'Studies in English Literature, Vol. LX.' Tiny spot on rear board, minor foxing to endpapers, tiny fore-edge nicks to pages 17/18 & 19/20, otherwise a tight, clean VG copy in..... More
London: Neopantheist Society, ND ( circa 1985 ). First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 40pp. Glossy stapled navy blue wrappers, upper cover printed and illustrated in silver. Contents include: Editorial, letters, book reviews, and essays: "Urgent Alert USA: A threat to religious freedom. Stop Press reprint from Spirit Within News"; "A Satanists..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcovers. 8vo. Two Volumes. xx + 376 pp. & viii + 342 pp. Dark green cloth with blind stamped titling to spine; index, bibliography. A revised and expanded edition of this early classic work on anthropology and primitive psychology which was..... More
Delhi, India: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1968. Third Revised and enlarged. Hardcovers. large 8vo. Two volumes. 294 pp & 360 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spines, b&w illustrations, index. Very light rubbing to lower edges and spine ends, paper lightly browned, otherwise Near Fine condition in Near fine..... More
London: Trübner & Co., 1861. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 224 pp. + 4 pp. advertisements. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and black rules and illustration to upper board; hand-colored frontis, b&w illustrations (drawn on wood), some uncut pages. A free English paraphrase of the story of Guru Paramartan, based..... More
Calcutta: Visvabharati, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. viii + 184 pp. Brown binder's cloth with gilt titling to spine, bibliography. A study of the folk-lore and native religion of the east Indian state of Orissa. It is based largely on the folk songs and stories of the region, of..... More
Oosterhout, N.B.-Netherlands: Anthropoligical Publications, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 262 pp. Gray cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w diagrams, index, bibliography. Spine ends and edges lightly rubbed. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed with a few small tears along..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo.xiv + 212pp + adverts. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography & indexes. Illustrated in b&w. From the publisher: "This monograph represents a critical juncture in Thomas studies since it dispels the belief that the Gospel..... More
