Studies Folk Life (191 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. no jacket. 6 1/4 x 10 " 344 pages. contributors: H. J. Fleure, Frank Price Jones, Dag Stromback, George Ewart Evans, Seamus O Duilearga, E. Estyn Evans, Caoimhin O Danachair and others.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Covers slightly scuffed otherwise Good Plus. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A few marks on the cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Faint creasing on top page and cover corner.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Great Britain; Anthropology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16396.

Trade Paperback. xviii, 240p., illus. in text, first wraps printing, very good condition. Chapters on Virginia, Texas, the south, and more.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex library copy.

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First Edition. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards, now slightly dust-toned and with minor edgewear. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall, with core text block strong and clean. Physical description; 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Introduction / by H.J. Fleure -- The Gwerin of Wales / by F.P. Jones -- The Institute for Dialect and Folklore Research in Uppsala / by D. Strombäck -- The Welsh Contribution to the Development of the Ulster Folk Museum / by G.B. Thompson -- Folk Life Studies in East Anglia / by G.E. Evans -- Once Upon a Time / by S.O. Duilearga -- The Concept of Diffusion in its Application to Vernacular Building / by J.T. Smith -- Sod and Turf Houses in Ireland / by E.E. Evans -- Representations of Houses on Some Irish Maps of c.1600 / by C.O. Danachair -- Megalithic Building Survivals / by J. Walton -- Historical Aspects of Peat-cutting in Wales / by T.M. Owen -- Fenland Peat / by E. Porter -- Sea Sand and Shells as Manure / by A.T. Lucas -- Sheep in North Ronaldsay, Orkney / by A. Fenton -- The Welsh Plough Team to 1600 / by F.G. Payne -- The 'Rope-wood' and its European Distribution / by R. Wildhaber -- The Tweed Salmon Coble / by S.F. Sanderson -- The 'Great Wheel' in the Scandinavian Countries / by M. Hoffmann -- Investigation of an Industry and its Products -- The Supernatural in Welsh Place-names -- Prefixed Pronominal Forms in a Welsh Dialect -- Appendix -- List of Contributors -- List of Subscribers -- Bibliography of Books and Papers. Subjects; Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog. 1901-1982. Folklore. Wales. Ethnology. Manners and customs. Material culture. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 341 pages. previous owner has his name in ink, stamped and blind-stamped on first page with small note about text, same blindstamp on title page. ; 6 1/2 x 10 ".

Hardcover. Ex-library, label and pocket neatly removed, the usual stamps. ".all the various aspects of folk life, from linguistics to sociology, from architecture to agrarian history, are covered, reflecting the wide interests of Dr. Peate and his valuable contribution to the development of the study of traditional life in Britain." 344 pages; Ex Library; 6 1/2 x 10 " Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First American Edition. University library withdrawl very well preserved with clean green cloth and unmarked text; illustrated with plates and drawings.; 344 pages.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 111 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Fish Weirs and Traps, Sea Bird Fowling in Scotland and Faroe, Oatbread in North Staffordshire, Sucan and Llymru in Wales, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411688.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 84 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Mud Horse Fishing in Bridgwater Bay, Collyweston Stone Slating Techniques, Mumming in Bampton, Building Birch Brooms, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411681.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 116 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: The Denby Dale Pies, Felt Hatmaking in Ceredigion, Woodmen of the Oxfordshire Chilterns 1300-1800, The Welsh Folk Narrative Tradition, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411693.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 109 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Trends in French Ethnology, Some Bird-Scaring and Herding Rhymes, Folk Medicine in Rural Ireland, The Barns of Craven, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411690.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 124 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Summer Pasture in Donegal, Turf-Walled Houses of the Central Highlands, Wooden Chain Carving, Rural Colliers of Wyre, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411689.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 97 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Working Class Food and Cooking in 1900, Cider and Folklore, Peasant Agriculture in Medieval Gwynedd, The Decline of Seaweed as Manure, Early Days of Distilling, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411686.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 102 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: The Funeral Wake in Wales, Single Storey Cottages in West Yokshire, Dress as Social Record, Scollop Thatch in Co. Mayo, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411687.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 70 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Corn Drying Kilns, Meal Milling and Flour in Ireland, Mole Trapping, Weaver's Cottages in the Huddersfield Area, Notes on Burial Customs in 17th Century Caernarfonshire, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411683.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 124 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Shellfish Gathering in Wales, The Craft of a Dry Stone Waller, Traditional Architecture of South-West Lancashire, Hedging Styles in Wales, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411685.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 126 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: Marriage Tokens and Disputed Contracts in North-East England 1560-1630, The Flail the Harvest and Rural Life, Food as Communication in Wales, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411682.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 110 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: The Lawless Courts of Rayleigh and the Rochford Hundred, Laundering in the Welsh Home, Sickles Hooks and Scythes in Ireland, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411680.

Condition: Very Good. None. Softcover, 108 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles include: The Grain Harvest in Scotland, Bark-Stripping in Wales, Some Flat-roof Thatch Survivals, Dress in 19th Century Ireland, others. Very good, clean. Record # 411684.

First Edition. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards, now slightly dust-toned and with minor edgewear. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall, with core text block strong and clean. Physical description; 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Introduction / by H.J. Fleure -- The Gwerin of Wales / by F.P. Jones -- The Institute for Dialect and Folklore Research in Uppsala / by D. Strombäck -- The Welsh Contribution to the Development of the Ulster Folk Museum / by G.B. Thompson -- Folk Life Studies in East Anglia / by G.E. Evans -- Once Upon a Time / by S.O. Duilearga -- The Concept of Diffusion in its Application to Vernacular Building / by J.T. Smith -- Sod and Turf Houses in Ireland / by E.E. Evans -- Representations of Houses on Some Irish Maps of c.1600 / by C.O. Danachair -- Megalithic Building Survivals / by J. Walton -- Historical Aspects of Peat-cutting in Wales / by T.M. Owen -- Fenland Peat / by E. Porter -- Sea Sand and Shells as Manure / by A.T. Lucas -- Sheep in North Ronaldsay, Orkney / by A. Fenton -- The Welsh Plough Team to 1600 / by F.G. Payne -- The 'Rope-wood' and its European Distribution / by R. Wildhaber -- The Tweed Salmon Coble / by S.F. Sanderson -- The 'Great Wheel' in the Scandinavian Countries / by M. Hoffmann -- Investigation of an Industry and its Products -- The Supernatural in Welsh Place-names -- Prefixed Pronominal Forms in a Welsh Dialect -- Appendix -- List of Contributors -- List of Subscribers -- Bibliography of Books and Papers. Subjects; Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog. 1901-1982. Folklore. Wales. Ethnology. Manners and customs. Material culture. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 344 pages; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 ".

hardcover. Condition: very good. very good(-). Illustrated. xvii + 344pp., 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; hinges cracked, but sound, dust wrapper edgeworn. New York: Barnes & Noble, (1969). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Publisher's original card-stock wrappers, quarto, pp. 112. Illustrations. Articles include: Sheep Shearing Stools; Welsh Language; Lacemaking in East Midlands; Dyeing Wool in Wales; Quilt Making in North of England; more. Just light shelf wear.