SWEET THING: THE HISTORY AND MUSICAL STRUCTURE OF A SHARED AMERICAN VERNACULAR FORM
Written by Nicholas Stoia.
Stock no. 1827470
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

As children, many of us learn to sing, "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." Few of us realize that what we're singing is actually part of a pervasive - and centuries old - musical scheme known as the 'Sweet Thing' scheme. This book studies one of the most productive and enduring shared musical resources in North American vernacular music. Black paper boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780190881979. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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FOLKLORE AND DIALECT OF THE LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1325937
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

1000 copies printed of this edition. Green pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0900278161. Covers are lightly stained. Staples rusty. Crease to lower corner of front cover, also affects the pages. Date in biro to inside front cover. Foxing to textblock.

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LEARNING FROM THINGS: METHOD AND THEORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES
Written by W. David Kingery.
Stock no. 1826224
Published by Smithsonian Institution. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 18 essays linking material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence. Grey cloth spine, black paper boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 1560986077. Text block slightly grubby. Light vertical crease to prelims. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap, has the remains of label to rear panel and is lightly scuffed.

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TALES, TRADITIONS AND FOLKLORE OF IRELAND'S TREES
Written by Ben Simon.
Stock no. 2135316
Published by The Forest Of Belfast. 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black boards with silver titles. B/w and colour illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9780955158353. Some bumping/knocks to spine and corners. Contents are still excellent. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased and has remains of two sticky labels to rear panel.

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KI-DU (LE CHIEN NOIR)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128621
Published by Imagerie D'Epinal-Pellering & Cie. Very good condition.

Paperwraps. Serie A. colb Only 10 pages in length. Some corner creasing.

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THE COOL RIDE IN THE SKY
Written by Diane Wolkstein. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 1814296
Published by World's Work. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An adaption of the tale 'Straighten Up and Fly Right'. A sly buzzard entices one animal after another into taking a "cool ride" with him. Then the monkey, wanting to protect his friends, devises a plan to force the buzzard to "straighten up and fly right." Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437860205. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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THE PRINCES' GIFTS
Written by John Yeoman. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1507572
Published by Pavilion. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A rich collection of folklore from China, Iraq, Portugal, Romania, Norway, America etc. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 92 pages. ISBN: 1857938798. Slight wear to bottom edges of covers. A couple of small indents to rear cover. Security label stuck to rear pastedown. Small blue line to margin of page 26. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge worn.

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PASSING THE TIME
Written by Henry Glassie.
Stock no. 1605549
Published by The O'Brien Press Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Folklore and History of an Ulster Community. B/w photos and illustrations. 852 pages. ISBN: 0862780152. Corner creasing to a few pages. Wrapper is faded to spine and has a few tiny edge chips.

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THE HOODEN HORSE AN EAST KENT CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
Written by Percy Maylam.
Stock no. 815214
1st 1909. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 124 pages. 303 copies privately printed. Covers lightly scuffed. Top and tail of spine a little worn. Inscription in coloured pencil to front endpaper. One or two margin marks but generally a nice copy.

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FOLKLORE BELGE
Written by Henri Liebrecht.
Stock no. 683760
Published by Cote D'Or. Very good condition.

Quelques traditions et coutumes. Large format. Brown cloth spine, colour pictorial front board. Comprises 125 tipped-in colour cards. Text in French. Published to celebrate the 100,000,000 packet of Cote D'or Belgian chocolate. Corners lightly rubbed. Small hole to half-title. Includes separate paper slip with explanation of publication.

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