A RIGHTE MERRIE CHRISTMASSE!!!
First edition of this collection of old-English Christmas legends, history, and lore, touching on both the origins of contemporary British Christmas rituals and many lost traditions.
First edition of this collection of old-English Christmas legends, history, and lore, touching on both the origins of contemporary British Christmas rituals and many lost traditions.
Collection of 18 Black folk tales adapted by Bagley, inscribed by him.
Junior Literary Guild edition of this Irish fantasy, in which young Patsy O'Flaherty plans to make a fortune capturing leprechauns.
Inscribed association copy of this Hawaiian legend, given by Brown to Margaret Evans, who worked with her on the first edition, with a complete set of the linoleum block prints used in the book, pulled on Japanese tissue and each signed by Brown.
First edition of this I Can Read Book, retelling an old folk tale and wonderfully illustrated in color by the author.
First edition of this collection of twenty-six tales gathered by folklorist Harold Courlander, with charming illustrations.
US-printed anthology of children's stories "told in prose by E. Veale," including a number of Palmer Cox Brownie stories.
Second edition, a lavishly illustrated survey in Dutch of myths and legends from Egypt, Greece, India, Scandinavia, and more.
First American edition of this collection of stories of the Nyanza people of Kenya, owned and annotated by noted storyteller/folklorist Diane Wolkstein.
Inscribed later printing with an original watercolor by Yashima, this illustrated collection of Korean folk tales "changed, elaborated, and combined" these stories for an American audience.
First edition, first impression in the second issue binding, of this children's classic with twelve myths about the origins of the animals, illustrated by the author himself.
First Parrish edition of Grahame's reminiscences of his boyhood, framed as a conflict between the Olympians (adults) and the Argonauts (children).
First printing of this slapstick tale for children derived from Jewish folklore.