Myth and Ritual in Dance Game and Rhyme by Lewis Spence (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp 202.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, red cloth lettered gilt to a very faded spine, no wrapper. Faded square to the top left of the upper board. The stitching remains tight, the text clean and unmarked, b&w plates, x + 202pp.

Condition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine and board edges. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

In-8°, pp. VII, (3), 202, legatura editoriale t. tela rossa con titolo oro al dorso. Numerose tavv. fotografiche in b.n. f.t. Buon esemplare. Prima edizione di questo studio foklorico-antropologico del noto studioso, poeta e giornalista scozzese, teso a svelare i fondamenti religiosi di molte forme tradizionali della cultura, dalle danze etniche ai giochi infantili alle filastrocche. Contiene: religious origin of primitive games; seasonal games and their sources; games associated with traditions; traces of myth and rite in games; dancing and primitive religion; sources of religious dancing; vestiges of ritual in folk dances; traces of myth and religion in popular rhyme.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo x + 202pp., b/w pls., references, index, Nice copy in like slightly chipped but unclipped dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. B&w plates (illustrator). First Edition. x, 202pp [some soiling to covers] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: See Description. Second impression. 8vo. pp. x, 202. With 24 photo plates. Bound in red publisher's cloth. Binding is clean and tight. Interior pages are clean. The dust jacket contains wear and chipping to the extremities; a large 35 x 41 mm piece is chipped away fr0m the upper inner corner of the front wrapper, almost completely obscuring the word "myth." The top 23 mm of the jacket spine is also chipped, obscuring the lettering. The author tries to reveal the myths and religious backgrounds to folk-dances, nursery-rhymes, and children's games. Included are chapters on "the religious origin of primitive games", "dancing and primitive religion", "vestiges of ritual in folk-dancing", "traces of myth and ritual in popular rhyme," etc. Lewis Spence was a British occultist and popular folklore writer.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1947. A Very Good copy lacking dust jacket. 8vo., 202 pp., bound in publishers red cloth. Spine is sunned, minor signs of shelf wear. Pages slightly age toned. Text is unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First Edition. Watts & Co., London 1947. illus x + 202pp hb dw worn, discoloured, torn & part missing, pict yellow dw, gilt red cloth, spine stained, covers rubbed, pages browned, book good.