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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Good, minor wear visible. First Edition. The book is in very good condition, with a sturdy hardcover binding. The dust jacket is intact, showing only minor wear along the edges. There are no inscriptions or signatures, and it is not an ex-library copy. The pages are clean, and the spine is tight, making it an excellent addition to any collection. ###.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. The book is a hardcover edition in good condition, with no visible inscriptions or signatures. The binding is intact, and the pages are clean. The dust jacket condition is unknown from the images provided.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good/none, used, 2nd printing, illustrated stiff paper wraps, v-xix, 394pp. Intwerior clean, no marks, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners are rubbed and slightly rounded.

Paperbound. Etat : Good. Description: Includes a frontis portrait plate with tissue guard; the title page is printed in red and black. BINDNG/CONDITION: top edge gilt; plain white heavy paper covers, with a dust wrapper of a heavy decorative paper, printed with a light marbled background, gilt text and decoration on the front cover; this dust wrapper is bound at the spine; two small sets of holes are punched through the text block and the wrappers; these holes are threaded with a light blue ribbon, and tied in a bow. The bow is flattened with age, and faded; a few small stains on the rear cover, wear to the spine ends and corners; a light damp stain affects the bottom edge of the text throughout; no markings; the rear flap of the wrapper has been creased (the flaps are quite wide). In general: Good condition. 7.5 inches tall by 5.25 wide. 126 pages.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. one copy is B PRINTING one copy is E PRINTING STATED hardback book foil spine NEAR FINE/ cover VERY GOOD/ pages FINE.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Fine. These are the stories of people who left Ireland as young men and women and, after many years in exile, closed the circle of emigration by coming home again. Illustrated with photographs, 399 pages. Like new copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Assumed First Edition. Publisher's gray cloth binding with Art Nouveau motif on front cover, gilt stamped and remains bright. Bump to upper cover corners, else light wear, clean, gilt spine title remains bright with no sunning, tightly bound, remainder mark to bottom edge, brief gift inscription, else unmarked with just light paper toning. Some pages remain uncut. A nice book for the Brownings collector or as a gift.…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good copy, bound together with ribbon. Cover is a little faded, corners are bumped. Red stain to upper back cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition.

Hard Cover. Etat : Used: Good. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Faded cover, worn. Favorite poems lined and penned. Inscribed.

blue & black & white decorative trade paperback 8vo. fine cond. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. minor rubbing along the cover edges. edges clean. contents clean & free of markings. 10th printing. b&w map. xxiv +413p. 10 appendices. 9 b&w illustrations. concordances of old & new Kalevala. bio of Lonnrot by A. Anttila. Lonrott's prefaces. glossary of proper names. list of charms. reference list of finnish names. "A Prose Translation with Foreword and Appendices". cover of book embossed with the "hannunvaakuna" ancient finnish good luck sign. ancient history. ancient religion. prehistory. mythology. folklore. history of finland. anthropology. musicology. poetry. world literature. ancient europe. ~ The national folk epic of Finland is here presented in an English translation that is both scholarly and eminently readable. To avoid the imprecision and metrical monotony of earlier verse translations, Magoun has used prose, printed line for line as in the original so that repetitions, parallelisms, and variations are readily apparent. The lyrical passages and poetic images, the wry humor, the tall~tale extravagance, and the homely realism of the Kalevala come through with extraordinary effectiveness. "This authoritative new translation of the Kalevala, together with the materials the volume contains relating the poetic style of the Finnish songs to the style of other orally composed poetry, is especially significant to students of European folklore. Both Professor Magoun and the Harvard University Press have placed many generations of folklorists in their debt." ~ Journal of American Folklore. "For English students of theKalevala, unless they have a good working knowledge of both Swedish and Finnish, this is an indispensable book." ~Folklore. …

Hardcover. Etat : VG+. Reddish brown cloth hardcover with light wear to extremities, clean, tightly bound, clean and unmarked. No dust jacket if issued. OverviewA Checklist of American Imprints 1820-1829: Title Index by Frances M. CooperThis printers, publishers and booksellers index is modeled after Bristol's Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in his American Bibliography. Each entry contains a name and place, with item numbers listed underneath by date. Personal names are listed in the most complete form that could be determined. Corporate names are listed in the form used by the Library of Congress. Newspapers and magazines are entered by their full titles as recorded in Brigham's American Newspapers, 1821-1936 and Union List of Serials. Also included is a geographical index by city and a list of omissions with explanations.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Light discoloration to covers, otherwise text clean and solid; Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 152; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 257 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stapled paper covers. Staples not rusty. Pages tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. 28pp.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1932. North America, Native Americans. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 152, 257p. very good original paperback with sun fading to spine 2/26.

Paper Cover. Etat : Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. Green paperboard covers with fancy green and orange title box on the cover. Print in the box is black. Cover edges are chipped with two pieces missing , at spine and near center of lower edge.Gift inscription on fly dated 1917. Entire book has been pierced with two small holes for tye ribbon. Portion of ribbon still in rear. Do not know if this is original or add-on. Pages are in very good condition for age. Poems for everyday of the year.…

Paperback. Etat : Good Plus. First edition. Foxed and discolored cover, wraps, well bound, unmarked. 124 pages Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. Foreword by John McPhee; Introduction by Charles F. Rankin. Fourth paperback edition is very clean throughout, square along the edges, and tightly bound.