Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1979], 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. 130 pp. Bound in brown leather with gilt decorations on the boards and the spine. Textblock in gilt with pastel pink decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. A new version written by Munro Leaf with illustrations by Robert Lawson. More about Aesop's Fables
London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". 243 pp. Bound in dark brown cloth with gold designs embossed on the boards and the spine. The front board's design shows a vampire flying and grinning evilly. Frontispiece and fifteen plates plus additional black... More about Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry
Austin: The Encino Press [1969], 1969. First printing. Hardcover. 109 pp. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Number four of Paisano Books, a series that was published at irregular intervals by the Texas Folklore Society. A collection of African-American folklore and songs as written down by Professor Emmons. More about Deep Like the Rivers; Stories of My Negro Friends
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 155 pp. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by Joe Servello. A collection of fairy tales, some of which are inspired by Russian folklore. A Very Good book with a tiny tear to the paper... More about In the Suicide Mountains
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 304 pp. Price of $18.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Some age toning to rear panel and flaps, else Fine. More about Gilgamesh
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1980], 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 329 pp. Bound in navy leather with gilt decorations on the boards and the spine. Textblock in gilt with bright yellow decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. Selected and edited by Louis and Bryna Untermeyer, with a foreword by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated by Lucille Corcos. More about Grimm's Fairy Tales
London: Printed by Charles Rivington, 1760. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 11 volumes. [iv-xli], 240 pp.; 272 pp.; 316 pp.; 277 pp.; 280 pp. [19], [28].; 175 pp.; 189 pp.; 304 pp.; 301 pp.; 287 pp.; 212 pp., [76]. The set is illustrated with numerous wood-cut head and tailpieces (each new... More about The Odyssey of Homer; The Iliad of Homer
New York: HarperCollins Publishers [2001], 2001. First printing. Hardcover. 279 pp. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Foreword by John Edgar Wideman. A collection of African-American folk tales from one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century. A very near Fine book... More about Every Tongue Got to Confess; Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States
New York: Hill and Wang (1967), 1967. First printing. Hardcover. 121 pp. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Includes several black and white illustrations by Dorothy Maas. A Near Fine book with mild rubbing to the boards in a Very Good+ dust jacket with age... More about Taliesin