London, (1930): Methuen & Co. First Edition. Octavo. xv, 215 pages, index. This is a major collection of eight studies in the realm of folk-lore and mythology, in which the author betrays a wide learning and a capacity for noting the significance of small details, e.g., in the amphidromia rite..... More
Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1998. First Ediiton. Cloth. Ocatvo. 181pp. Collected articles 0n ceremonies, ranging from the media, sex-codes, and funerals. Bibliography. Index. Bound in dark blue cloth boards, with gold titles on black panels. "Conference Room" stamped on ffep. More
Austin, Tx;: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1927. Octavo. 49p. From the library of Mrs. J. Frank Dobie,[Bertha McKee Dobie] with her address plate. This was reprinted from the Texas and Southwestern Lore, publication number VI in 1927. Bound in tan wraps printed in black, chip to lower front corner, early clear..... More
Chicago; (1909): Canterbury. Octavo. 28p. Lullabies from a variety of cultures including Dutch, Japanese, Norse, Corsican, Armenian, Jewish, Cornish and Orkney with a final poem by Eugene Fields. A very good copy bound in paper covered boards lettered and decorated in red and blue with marbling, backed in white paper..... More
[Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1959]. Approx. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2. 1 folded sheet [4] pages. Little, Brown issued this broadsheet written by George Fuermann of the Houston Post on the publication of Dobie's book, Ben Lilly Legend. It has also been cataloged under the title: J. Frank Dobie..... More
St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1980. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 395 pp. Light rubbing on cover. Twenty-eight essays honoring the Manhattan-born Halpert, an early associate of Alan Lomax who expanded his early interest in folksongs to include folktales and..... More
New York: Bristol and Gloucestershire Arcaheological Society, 1917. Orginal Wraps. Printer Wrapper. fragile but complete 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Offprint from Bristol and Glouchestershire Archaeological Society Transactions, Vol. XXXIX; boy saint of Winchcombe; Gladys Reichard's copy. More
Astor Park, FL: Danubian Press, Inc. 1969. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 62 pp. Gilt cover devices bright. More
Van Nuys, California: J.E. Reynolds, Bookseller, 1956. Octavo. Catalogue 38, December 1956. 16 leaves. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell at the end of his (1) page Appreciation and perception of Christmas in the West. The major specialist J.E. Reynolds issued this catalogue with 36 scarce J. Frank Dobie items. Powell..... More
Adelaide, [Australia]: F.W. Preece & Sons, 1930. First Edition. Small Quarto. One of the best accounts of the beliefs and stories of the Aboriginal people of North-West New South Wales. The author lived among some of the finest aboriginal tribes most of her life recording their legends and stories. Unfortunately..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1950. Original Wraps. A Very Good Copy 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 124 pp. U. of New Mexico Publications in Language and Literature #3. More