Vernon Brelsford (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bottom edges of book & jacket have damp stain. Mild age yellowing. All else very clean and tight. Jacket price clipped. .Jacket slightly dusty w/ stain back panel. Light edge scuff w/ chipping at spine ends. ." account of surviving words, phrases, customs and beliefs with many examples from ancient civilizations to our own times . ".…

hardcover. 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. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. A well presented copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First U.S. edition, hardcover, Stanley Edgar Hyman's copy with his notes to rear of review slip, some wear to gilt spine title, page edges lightly foxed, otherwise a VG+ copy without dustjacket.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has ligh toning. DJ with some edge wear, small tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. small 8vo tan cloth, gilt text to spine in cream unclipped dustwrapper with red writing, a little sunned and rubbed on spine, head and foot a little chipped. Internally, title is near fine, fore edge a little sunned. no Annotaitons.

Hardcover w/ DJ & mylar cover. Condition: Good+ in Good dust jacket. Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders processed promptly and packaged with care. Satisfaction guaranteed. ; Chapters include: Mythical Words and Popular Phrases, Bird Lore, Ring Lore, Divination, Survivals of Heathen Rites, Old Superstitions Die Hard, The Hand. The Eye of Evil. Amulets. Swastika. , Rustic Festivals and Old Customs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An account of surviving words, phrases, customs and beliefs from ancient civilisations to modern times. This copy is from Centaur Press archives and effectively 'new old stock' and unread. Slight bumping to spine end and very light toning strip to end pages. Toning to jacket spine and very slight bumping to spine end.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 169 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm. Reprint of the 1946 ed. published by Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia Two fold. tables at the end of the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good book in yellow cloth covers; rather grubby to edges and spine; spine top bumped with small fray. Internally good; owner's names to ffep; library stamp to paste down. No dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 26 pages, illustrations : 22 cm. Occasional papers of the Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, new ser., no. 2.

Condition: fair, fair. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 803, illus. (some color), maps (some fold-out, some color), color fold-out charts, diagrams, tables, highlighting/underlining. DJ worn, torn and soiled, front board weak, ink notation inside front board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 12mo, pp. 175, unclipped dust jacket tanned to peripheries and spine, interior with some light foxing to preliminary pages and fore and bottom edges, otherwise largely clean, binding tight.

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With three illustrations and two fold-out maps. Scarce.

orig. boards. 2nd Edition. 22x14cm, xi,157,(16)pp. Minor rubbing. Title inked on spine. VG., dustwrapper. Frontis.,16pp photoplates. (illustrator).