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ADDY, Sidney Oldall. 1895/1973. FOLK TALES AND SUPERSTITIONS.(Originally: "Household Tales with other Traditional Remains"). EP Publ, Sheffield, Yorks.. 4107-C15. HB DC 215x135 163pp music. CUSTOMS DIVINATION FAIRY GIANTS OMENS SONG STORY SUPERSTITIONS WEATHER WITCHCRAFT. ENGLAND DERBYSHIRE NOTTS SHEFFIELD

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. nd. SELECTIONS OF FAIRY TALES & STORIES.. William Clowes, London & Beccles.. 2928-C15. HB 185x120 320pp 9 plates. CHILDREN FAIRY STORY. EUROPE DENMARK

ANDERSON, Hans Christian. 1837/1955. SIX FAIRY TALES. published on the 150th anniversary of his birth (1805). Det Berlingske Bogtykke, Copenhagen.. 2500-C15. PB 210x140 72pp photo/drwgs. FAIRY STORY. DENMARK

ANDERSON, Hans Christian. 1959. LITTLE MERMAID, THE. with introduction by Eric Dahl. Host & Son, Copenhagen.. 2498-C15. PB 200x125 64pp 22 plates. MERMAIDS STORY. DENMARK COPENHAGEN

ANON. 1979. WHUPPITY STOORIE Folk Tale from Scotland.. Celtic Publications, Swansea.. 1128-C15. PB 200x120 47pp drawings. TOM-TIT-TOT STORY. SCOTLAND

BALFOUR, M Melville. 1938. VANISHING MAYOR OF PADSTOW, THE - AND OTHER TALES.. Faber & Faber, London.. 2876-C15. HB 205x135 233pp engravings. STORY. ENGLAND CORNWALL PADSTOW

BISHOP, G B H. 1916. TALES OF MUSCOVY AND THE UKRAINE.. Society of SS Peter & Paul, London.. 2607-C15. HB 190x125 79pp illustr. HERMITS ICONS RELIGION STORY WITCHCRAFT. RUSSIA

BOCCACCIO. nd. DECAMERON TALES.. Little Blue Book Co, London.. 2598-C15. PB 165x110 64pp. STORY. ITALY

BRIGGS, Katherine M. 1970. DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLK-TALES, A. Pt A - Vol 1 - Folk Narratives. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.. 4046-C15. HB 245x150 580pp no illustr. BIBLIOG CHILDREN DICTIONARY FAIRY GIANT STORY TYPEINDEX. BRITAIN

BRIGGS, Katherine M. 1971. DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLK-TALES, A. Pt A - Vol 2 - Folk Narratives. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.. 4047-C15. HB 245x150 580pp no illustr. BIBLIOG CHILDREN DICTIONARY FAIRY GIANT STORY TYPEINDEX. BRITAIN

BRIGGS, Katherine M. 1971. DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLK-TALES, A. Pt B - Vol 1 - Folk Legends. Indiana Univ Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.. 4048-C15. HB 245x150 524pp no illustr. BIBLIOG CHILDREN DEVILS DICTIONARY FAIRY GHOSTS GIANTS STORY TYPEINDEX. BRITAIN

BRIGGS, Katherine M. 1971. DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLK-TALES, A. Pt B - Vol 2 - Folk Legends. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.. 4049-C15. HB 245x150 774pp no illustr. BIBLIOG CHILDREN DICTIONARY SAINTS SUPERNATURAL STORY TYPEINDEX WITCHCRAFT. BRITAIN

BRIGGS, Katherine M. 1977. BRITISH FOLK-TALES AND LEGENDS. A Sampler. Paladin, London.. 2572-C15. PB 200x130 315pp no illustr. CHILDREN DEVILS DRAGONS FAIRY GHOSTS GIANTS LEGENDS TYPEINDEX SAINTS STORY WITCHCRAFT. ENGLAND

BRIGGS & TONGUE, Katherine M & Ruth. 1965/8. FOLKTALES OF ENGLAND.. Univ Chicago Press, USA.. 1084-C15. PB 200x130 174pp no illustr. BIBLIOG CHILDREN DEVILS DRAGONS FAIRY GHOSTS GIANTS LEGENDS TYPEINDEX SAINTS STORY WITCHCRAFT. ENGLAND

BRITTAIN, Frederick. 1952. TALES OF SOUTH MYMMS AND ELSEWHERE.. W Heffer, Cambridge.. 1575-C15. HB 150x110 55pp. GIPSIES STORY. ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGE HERTFORDSHIRE

CERVANTES. nd. SPANISH STORIES.. Little Blue Book Co, London.. 2599-C15. PB 165x105 64pp. HISTORY STORY. SPAIN

CHASE, Richard. 1943. JACK TALES, THE. Told by R M Ward & his kindred, Beech Mountain, N Carolina. Houghton Mifflin, Cambridge, Mass, USA.. 0055-C15. HB 240x175 202pp illustr. CHILDREN GIANTS GLOSSARY JACK STORY VARIANTS. USA NORTH- CAROLINA

CHASE, Richard. 1948. GRANDFATHER TALES. American-English Folk- tales. Houghton Mifflin, Cambridge, Mass, USA.. 0054-C15. HB 230x150 240pp illustr signed by author. CHILDREN DEVILS GLOSSARY STORY VARIANTS. USA NORTH-CAROLINA

CLARK HALL, John R. 1911/1963. BEOWULF & the Finnesburg Fragment. A Translation into Modern English Prose. George Allen & Unwin, London. (see also GORDON & WRIGHT). 2497-C15. HB 185x125 194pp. EPIC HISTORY POETRY TRANSLATION. ENGLAND

CLODD, Edward. 1898. TOM TIT TOT. An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk Tale. Duckworth, London.. 2699-C15. HB 195x115 249pp no illustr. BIBLIOG LANGUAGE MAGIC PHILOSOPHY SAVAGES STORY TABOOS VARIANTS WHUPPITTY-STOORIE. EUROPE ENGLAND

CROXALL, Samuel. 1722/1836. FABLES OF AESOP. and others translated into English. Longman London. (see also WRIGHT 1957). 0053-C15. ANIMALS FABLE STORY TRANSLATION. MIDDLE-EAST GREECE.

DOUGLAS, Sheila. 1987. KING OF THE BLACK ART, THE. & other folk tales. Aberdeen Univ Press.. 1540-C15. PB 230x150 170pp. BURKERS FOLKLORE STORY TINKER. SCOTLAND PERTHSHIRE

DOYLE, Richard. 1851/1968. Story of JACK AND THE GIANTS, The. Illustrated with 35 drawings by Doyle. Cundall & Addey, London.. 0630-C15. PB 210x140 48pp. GIANT JACK STORY. ENGLAND

GORDON, R K. 1926/67. ANGLO-SAXON POETRY. (see also CLARK HALL & WRIGHT). J M Dent, London. (Everyman Ed 1954). 1165-C15. HB 180x115 334pp. BEOWULF POETRY TRANSLATION RIDDLES STUDY. ENGLAND

HARRIS, Joel Chandler. 1949. ESSENTIAL UNCLE REMUS, THE.. Jonathon Cape, London.. 4127-C15. HB 200x130 288pp sketches. AMERICA ANIMALS DIALECT LANGUAGE NEGRO STORY. USA GEORGIA

ILLYES, Gyula. 1964. ONCE UPON A TIME. Forty Hungarian Folk-Tales (in English). Corvina Press, Budapest.. 0713-C15. HB DC 185x130 286pp. CHILDREN STORY. HUNGARY

KIRK, G S. 1965/75. HOMER AND THE EPIC. A Shortened version of the Songs of Homer. Cambridge Univ.. 2711-C15. PB 205x130 243pp. EPIC HISTORY HOMER POETRY STORY TRANSLATION. GREECE

LAROUSSE. 1959. ENCYLOPEDIA OF MYTHOLOGY. Intro by Robert Graves. Paul Hamlyn, London.. 1099-C15. PB 290x210 500pp photos & 8 clr plates. BIBLIOG HISTORY MYTH RELIGION STORY SUPERSTITION. WORLD

LEGMAN, G. 1963. RATIONALE OF THE DIRTY JOKE. An Analysis of Sexual Humour. Jonathon Cape, London.. 4040-C15. HB DC 215x140 811pp no illustr. BAWDY HUMOUR JOKES LANGUAGE POETRY POPULAR SONG STORY. BRITAIN USA

LUTHI, Max. 1909/82/6. EUROPEAN FOLKTALE, THE. Form and Nature. Indiana Univ Press, Bloomington, N C, USA.. 2977-C15. PB 210x135 173pp no illustr. STORY STUDY TYPEINDEX. EUROPE

MADDOCK, Llewelyn W. 1965. WEST COUNTRY FOLK TALES.. James Brodie Bath.. 4126-C15. HB DC 215x135 109pp diagrams. STORIES. ENGLAND

NATIONS, Opal L. 1972. MAN WHO ENTERED PICTURES, THE.. Beau Geste Press, Devon (copy no 39).. 1389-C15. 205x325 37pp typed + stencil pictures. ART COMMUNES DREAMS SEX STORY. ENGLAND DEVON

PHILLPOTTS, Bertha S. 1931. EDDA AND SAGA.. Thornton Butterworth, London. Gift of MK. 2489-C15. HB 165x100 256pp. BIBLIOG EPIC POETRY STUDY. NORWAY

SAYERS, Dorothy. 1957. SONG OF ROLAND, THE. A New Translation. Penguin Classic.. 1166-C15. PB 180x110 206pp. HISTORY POETRY SONG TRANSLATION. FRANCE

SMITH, Paul. 1983/84. BOOK OF NASTY LEGENDS, THE. Illustr by David Austin. Routledge & Kegan Paul/ Fontana-Collins.. 2934- C15. PB 230x150 109pp cartoons. CONTEMP DEATH POPULAR STORY. BRITAIN

VANSINA, Jan. 1961/1965. ORAL TRADITION. A Study in Historical Methodology (transl from French). Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.. 2702-C15. HB DC 220x140 226pp diagrams. BIBLIOG LANGUAGE MYTH NAMES PERFORMING POETRY SONG STORY. WORLD

WRIGHT, David. 1957. BEOWULF. A new Translation. Penguin Classic. (See also CLARK HALL & GORDON). 1167-C15. PB 180x110 122pp. EPIC GLOSSARY HISTORY POETRY TRANSLATION. ENGLAND

 
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