Benjamin Albert Botkin (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine is warped. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. usual library markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Botkin,Benjamin A. Albert Civil War Treasury Of Tales,Legends And Folklore Edge and corner wear to dust jacket. Creases to dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition. Edge and corner wear to book. Pages still clean and tight. Book is in good condition. All U.S. orders shipped with tracking number and e-mail confirmation. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

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

Condition: Good. Ex-library book with usual markings. Meets or exceeds the good condition guidelines. Nice copy. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. dj in mylar; 625 clean, unmarked pages. b/w Illus (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The stories, legends, tall tales, traditions, ballads, and songs of the people of the plains and Far West. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Mylar protector included. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing. Gift inscription on ffep. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. Clean, no writing, no marks.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 530 pages.

Reprint. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xx, 620p : music ; 24cm. Notes: Originally published: New York : Crown, 1955. Includes indexes. Subjects: Mississippi River Valley ; Social life and customs. Folklore ; Mississippi River Valley. 1 Kg.…

Reprint. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xx, 620p : music ; 24cm. Notes: Originally published: New York : Crown, 1955. Includes indexes. Subjects: Mississippi River Valley ; Social life and customs. Folklore ; Mississippi River Valley. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition first editoon book. An ex-library rebind with the usual amount of stamps. No dust jacket. Light shelf wear. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. The inter NET calls Botkin a folklorist. These 286 pages certainly would apply. LEARN more about : Choska, Mammy, Old Man Cooledge, Helena, Missionary Ridge, Roger Stielszen, Uncle Tom, whippings, Baton Rouge, Klu Klux days, and yaller gal. Size: Octavo.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages; Description: 321 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Anecdotes. American wit and humor 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages; Description: 321 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Anecdotes. American wit and humor 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1937, First Edition, Good/no dj, octavo, 400pp., navy blue cloth hardcover, bright gold lettering on backstrip, light water-traces at margins of title page and first & last few pages, binding tight, author's uncommon first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xxii, 605p.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED by the editor with the publisher's letter-head ephemera loosely inserted; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 806 pages; Description: xxvi 806 p. Includes indexes. Subjects: Folklore --West (U. S. ) 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED by the editor with the publisher's letter-head ephemera loosely inserted; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 806 pages; Description: xxvi 806 p. Includes indexes. Subjects: Folklore --West (U. S. ) 1 Kg. …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 32. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 32.…

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A notable folklore Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Stith Thompson - "Hop, skip, down the wilderness" BA Botkin 6/30/37". Botkin is best remembered for his "A Treasury of American Folklore" and for his government positions at the Federal Writers' Project, Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the Works Progress Administration and as chief editor of the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress Project. Stith Thompson is best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume "Motif-Index of Folk-Literature "(1955-1958) is considered the international key to traditional material. The book is Good only, mostly because of wrappers- old tape mends at spine, 1/3 approx. of rear wrapper torn and missing, label taped at spine and stamped "Folklore Institute Reading Collection" title page. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. A SCARCE thesis, and 1st book for this noted folklorist. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Book.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 564.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 32 Language: English Pages: 32.…