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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Stated First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Clean black cloth boards with red lettering and illustration on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 422 pgs. with index. Illustrated. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight fading to spine, some edge chipping. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An informative and entertaining history of man and the animals around him. 8vo. Animals..

New York: Payson & Clarke, Ltd., 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean Stated First Printing (1928) in unclipped original dust jacket. Hardcover book with color patterned paper-covered boards, black cloth spine, red lettering and small red dragon decoration on spine. No bumping, fading or fraying. Tiny spots of wear at two corner tips. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks; red top stained upper page edges. With an Introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the American Museum of Natural History. Frontispiece illustration of the Persian hero Gushtap Killing the Dragon; additional b&w illustrations throughout. 203 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has light general soiling, chipping to spine ends, short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The dragon is the earliest known mythological creature. In the Western World it has been largely… Read More

Boston: Walter H. Baker Company, 1927. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in scarce dust jacket, signed by the author. Very clean unfaded green cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. " Louise M. Dusinberre from Maj. Going" in ink at top of front pastedown. No other marks. 245 pages. Jacket has brown lettering and line border, small illustration of fairies dancing on a garden bench; Louise M. Dusinberre's name is written in ink across top of jacket, otherwise clean, with slight browning to spine; several closed edge tears, one tiny edge chip; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition.. Nice hardcover edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Slight darkening to spine gutter. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. Sewn-in ribbon page marker. 267 pages with Index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

Garden City, New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Three large sturdy softcover books with clean covers, no chips or tears. Bindings are tight, pages and edges are clean (previous owner name and address neatly penned on first page of first book only). Illustrated with wonderful photographs. The Foxfire Book - 384 pages; Foxfire 2 - 410 pages; Foxfire 3 - 511 pages. Disappearing customs and crafts of the Appalachian culture, from midwifing to hunting to burial customs, wagon making, growing ginseng, faith healing, moonshining and countless other affairs of plain living. .

London: Hogarth Press, 1961. Book. Illus. by Maurice Wilson, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition in original dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering and small decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Brief name and inscription on front free endpaper - no other marks. Illustrations by Maurice Wilson. 256 pages. Jacket is clean with edge wear, small sticker scrape to lower spine, small closed tears, price clipped at lower corner of front inside flap; enclosed in clear mylar. .

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Clean cloth boards with silver lettering on spine; no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown; no other marks. Foreword by Carl Carmer. 212 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, tiny closed tear at base of spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Folklore of the fabled Catskill Mountain region of New York State. .

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Nice clean hardcover book with large color paste-on illustration (no rubbing or chipping). Small spot of wear at lower left corner of spine base. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Beautiful color frontispiece, with three additional full page color illustrations. 274 pages..

New York : Henry Holt & Company Inc., 1948. Book. Illus. by Susanne Suba, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book in scarce original dust jacket. Clean light brown cloth boards with dark brown illustration of two dancing children, brown lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Slightest hint of fading to board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. No edition stated, copyright 1948. Drawings throughout the book and jacket design by Susanne Suba. 214 pages with Index of first lines. Clean jacket has edge chipping and short closed edge tears, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A collection of over four hundred jingles, chants, tall tales, riddles, tongue twisters, banter, and other verbal nonsense from all parts of the United States. By-product of a large research project on the folklore of American children… Read More

New York: Villard Books, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Villard Books, 1992. Stated First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Very clean beige boards with burgundy cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 270 pgs. Clean dust jacket has tiny shadow from sticker on top right corner, mere hint of spine fade, hint of wear at top spine edge. Not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 Vo. Native American..