Search Results: Folklore from Berthoff Books

Oliver Ditson, 1916. Soft cover. Good. 235 pages, with index of song titles, plus 40-page introduction and notes on each song by Sharp. The songs are given with piano accompaniment and their many verses. The songbook with sewn binding opens compfortably to be read by pianist. Soft cover 4to (9-1/2" x 12-1/2"), covers worn/soiled/age-toned with 1-1/2" chip to backstrip at bottom, edges age-toned, pages lightly so. Former library book - stamped accordingly on first free end paper, where subsequent owner's name is also written. Pencil underscoring and/or notations on a few pages.

Indiana University Press, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 439 pages, with Notes and Sources section. Fourth printing of Midland Giant edition (1974), collection first published 1968. Drawings by Franz Altschuler. The Table of Contents lists the country whose version of each tale is included - all European except for one ancient Egyptian. Trade paperback, spine sunned, wraps lightly worn, black marker remainder mark (?) on front cover and front free end paper, edges a little smudged with faint foxing to top edge. Binding tight, pages unmarked.