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50 Strange Stories of the Supernaturalby J. CanningISBN 0517653567 (0-517-65356-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Aesop's Fablesby Lois Hill, Nora Fry, AesopISBN 0517679019 (0-517-67901-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Aesop's Fables : Santore Editionby Aesop, Charles SantoreISBN 0517641151 (0-517-64115-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Always Coming Homeby Ursula K. Le Guin, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Todd Barton, George HershISBN 0520227352 (0-520-22735-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Amazing World of Superstition, Prophecy, Luck, Magic and Witchcraftby Leonard R. AshleyISBN 0517665662 (0-517-66566-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Annotated Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Michael Patrick HearnISBN 0517500868 (0-517-50086-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Wizard of Oz'Book summary:An updated version of the definitive guide, The Annotated Wizard of Oz provides a facsimile color version of the first edition of L. Frank Baum's children's classic along with extensive notes and a thorough history of the immense Oz project. In his excellent introduction, Michael Patrick Hearn describes the author's early life and interests and the development of his collaboration with W.W. Denslow, the original illustrator for his books.
An energetic and excitable fellow, Baum's devotion to make-believe began in his early 20s, when he joined a small touring theatrical troupe on the East Coast. Later attempts to run a general store and a newspaper in South Dakota (then the Wild West) failed miserably. Although few of his business ventures or artistic efforts had met with success, in 1897 Baum's "Father Goose" rhymes (designed and illustrated by Denslow) became a surprise bestseller, and Baum was able to buy his family a summer cottage on Lake Michigan, christened "The Sign of the Goose," for which he made most of the furniture (goose-themed, of course) and stenciled the walls with a frieze of green geese.
The idea for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, "a modern fairy tale," as he considered it, soon followed, and the book appeared in May 1900. The 10,000-copy first printing sold out in two weeks, and about 90,000 sold within the first year. Hearn goes on to describe the many books that followed, as well as the 1902 musical extravaganza The Wizard of Oz and Baum's subsequent, ill-starred attempts to depict the world of Oz on film. (He died long before the 1939 MGM musical made his fairy tale known around the globe.) In 1907, he told a reporter for the Grand Rapids Herald why he preferred young readers:
To write fairy stories for children, to amuse them, to divert restless children, sick children, to keep them out of mischief on rainy days, seems of greater importance than to write grown-up novels. Few of the popular novels last the year out, responding as they do to a certain psychological demand, characteristic of the time; whereas, a child's book is, comparatively speaking, the same always, since children are always the same kind of folks with the same needs to be satisfied.
Hearn has gone to great lengths in his notes to this facsimile of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, often referring to subsequent volumes in the series, slowly building a key to the rules and history of Oz, pointing out inconsistencies as well as hints to Baum's literary sources (such as Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress), and providing, among other delights, a mini-treatise on malevolent vegetation in Oz. This is an essential volume for the Oz aficionado or the student of children's literature, and a wonderful resource for parents of young readers. --Regina Marler [via]More editions of The Annotated Wizard of Oz:
At the Back of the North Windby George MacDonaldISBN 0517691205 (0-517-69120-5)
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Black Beautyby Anna Sewell, Lucy Kemp-WelchISBN 0517221101 (0-517-22110-1)
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Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
Brush up Your Bible!by Michael MacroneISBN 0517201895 (0-517-20189-5)
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Child's Book of Stories from Many Landsby Jessie Willcox SmithISBN 051767128X (0-517-67128-X)
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A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seasby Richard E. StrassbergISBN 0520218442 (0-520-21844-2)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Talesby Jacob Grimm, Lily OwensISBN 0517229250 (0-517-22925-0)
Hardcover, Gramercy
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" "The Frog Prince"
" "Hansel and Gretel"
" "Snow-White and Red-Rose"
" "Rapunzel"
" "Little Red Riding Hood"
" "Rumpelstiltskin" [via]More editions of The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales:
A Complete Guide to the Tarotby Eden GrayISBN 0517500132 (0-517-50013-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Complete Mother Gooseby Ellen S. Shapiro, Ethel F. BettsISBN 0517633833 (0-517-63383-3)
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Decameronby Giovanni BoccaccioISBN 0520058720 (0-520-05872-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Dante AlighieriISBN 0520027124 (0-520-02712-4)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonologyby Rossell Hope RobbinsISBN 0517362457 (0-517-36245-7)
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Evil Eye: An Account of This Ancient & Widespread Superstitionby Frederick Thomas ElworthyISBN 0517559714 (0-517-55971-4)
Softcover, Julian Press
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Feud in the Icelandic Sagaby Jesse ByockISBN 0520082591 (0-520-08259-1)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand
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Fireside Tales of the Traveller Childrenby Duncan Williamson, Alan B. HerriotISBN 0517558521 (0-517-55852-1)
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A Flowering Tree: And Other Oral Tales from Indiaby A. K. Ramanujan, Alan Dundes, Stuart H. BlackburnISBN 0520203992 (0-520-20399-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Folk Tales and Fables of the Worldby Barbara HayesISBN 051764181X (0-517-64181-X)
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Gerards Herbalby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517464705 (0-517-46470-5)
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Gods of the Ancient Northmenby Georges DumezilISBN 0520035070 (0-520-03507-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Greek Mythology for Everyoneby Donald RichardsonISBN 0517665611 (0-517-66561-1)
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Grimm's Fairy Talesby Ellen S. ShapiroISBN 0517659603 (0-517-65960-3)
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Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena: Eyewitness Accounts of Nature's Greatest Mysteriesby John C. Holden, William R. CorlissISBN 0517605236 (0-517-60523-6)
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Harukor: An Ainu Woman's Taleby Katsuichi Honda, Honda Katsuichi, Kyoko Iriye SeldenISBN 0520210204 (0-520-21020-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harukor: An Ainu Woman's Tale'Book summary:In this engaging tale, Honda Katsuichi reconstructs the life of an Ainu woman living on the northern island of Japan over five hundred years ago. Harukor's story, created from surviving oral accounts of Ainu life and culture as well as extensive scholarly research, is set in the centuries before the mainland Japanese nearly destroyed the way of life depicted here.[via]
In the first person, the fictional Harukor tells us of her childhood, her adolescence, and her motherhood, drawing on tales and songs performed by her grandmother and other bards. She describes festivals, weddings, childbirth and midwifery, traditional healing methods, battles, and funerals in detail. Her story is followed by the adventures of her oldest son, Pasekur, which end by foreshadowing an early Ainu rebellion against Japanese encroachment.
Amply illustrated and prefaced by an extensive introduction to Ainu history, the natural surroundings, and the sources used to construct Harukor and her world, this volume is a unique portrait of Ainu gods and humans, of matters sacred and mundane, and of the distinctive Ainu respect for nature's bounty.More editions of Harukor: An Ainu Woman's Tale:
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Heidiby Johanna SpyriISBN 0517618141 (0-517-61814-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heidi'Book summary:Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps is retold in it's entirety in this beautifully bound hardcover edition. Heidi has charmed and intrigued readers since it's original publication in 1880. Much more than a children's story, the narrative is also a lesson on the precarious nature of freedom, a luxury too often taken for granted. Heidi almost loses her liberty as she is ripped away from the tranquility of the mountains to tend to a sick cousin in the city. Happily, all's well that ends well, and the reader is left with only warm, fuzzy thoughts. Spryi's story will never grow wearisome--and this is a very appealing edition. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Cultureby Patricia TurnerISBN 0520089367 (0-520-08936-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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In Search of England: Journeys into the English Pastby Michael WoodISBN 0520225821 (0-520-22582-1)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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In the Beginning: The Navajo Genesisby Jerrold E. LevyISBN 0520212770 (0-520-21277-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand
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In the Presence of Wolvesby Art Wolfe, Gregory McNameeISBN 0517700212 (0-517-70021-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the Worldby Jack M. WeatherfordISBN 0517569698 (0-517-56969-8)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Indians to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history.
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The Irish Fairy Bookby Alfred Percival Graves, George DenhamISBN 0517421593 (0-517-42159-3)
Hardcover, Greenwich House
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Irish Sagas and Folktalesby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517391007 (0-517-39100-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 0517227754 (0-517-22775-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Jane Eyre : Oxford World Classicsby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517606100 (0-517-60610-0)
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A January Fog Will Freeze a Hog, and Other Weather Folkloreby Hubert DavisISBN 0517528118 (0-517-52811-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowersby Kate GreenawayISBN 0517261820 (0-517-26182-0)
Hardcover, Gramercy Pub Co
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King Arthur and His Knightsby James KnowlesISBN 0517618850 (0-517-61885-0)
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Knock on Wood and Other Superstitionsby Carole PotterISBN 0517459442 (0-517-45944-2)
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Kofi and His Magicby Maya Angelou, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Isley, Alexander, Design StaffISBN 0517704536 (0-517-70453-6)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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LA Terra in Piazza: An Interpretation of the Palio of Sienaby Alan Dundes, Alessandro FalassiISBN 0520047710 (0-520-04771-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Leprechaun's Kingdomby Peter HainingISBN 0517540800 (0-517-54080-0)
Softcover, Harmony Books
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The Leprechaun's Kingdom: The World of Banshees, Fairies, Demons, Giants, Monsters, Mermaids, Phoukas, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, and Many Othersby Peter HainingISBN 0517540797 (0-517-54079-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Clausby L. Frank BaumISBN 0517205793 (0-517-20579-3)
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Lines in the Water: Nature and Culture at Lake Titicacaby Benjamin S. OrloveISBN 0520229592 (0-520-22959-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Little Treasury of Brer Rabbitby Joel Chandler HarrisISBN 0517665670 (0-517-66567-0)
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London Stories: Being a Collection of the Lives and Adventures of Londoners in All Agesby John O'LondonISBN 0517494655 (0-517-49465-5)
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The Mabinogi, and Other Medieval Welsh Talesby Patrick K. FordISBN 0520034147 (0-520-03414-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklynby Karen McCarthy BrownISBN 0520224752 (0-520-22475-2)
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Mama Lola is also an important experiment in feminist ethnographic writing designed to address current questions in the field. Brown begins with the assumption that ethnography is not so much a science as a social art form rooted in human relationships, and as such it is open to moral and aesthetic questions as well as to those more routinely addressed to it. Weaving several of her own voices--analytic, descriptive, and personal--with the voices of her subjects in alternate chapters of straightforward ethnography and ethnographic fiction, Brown presents herself as a character in Mama Lola's world and allows the reader to evaluate her interactions there. Mama Lola's story thus rises from a chorus of equally authoritative voices.
Deeply exploring the role of women in religious practices and the related themes of family and of religion and social change, Brown provides a rich context in which to understand the authority that urban Haitian women exercise in the home and in the Vodou temple. A broad range of general readers and scholars will find insights and new understandings in this startlingly original work.More editions of Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn:
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Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Formby Marina WarnerISBN 0520227336 (0-520-22733-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Morder Guss Reims: The Gustave Leberwurst Manuscriptsby John HulmeISBN 0517545594 (0-517-54559-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Culturesby Geoffrey Stephen KirkISBN 0520023897 (0-520-02389-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Off With Her Head!: The Denial of Women's Identity in Myth, Religion, and Cultureby Wendy Doniger, Howard Eilberg-SchwartzISBN 0520088409 (0-520-08840-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in Historyby Thomas Carlyle, Michael K. GoldbergISBN 0520075153 (0-520-07515-3)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand
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People Studying Peopleby Robert GeorgesISBN 0520040678 (0-520-04067-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand
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The Poems of Catullusby Gaius Valerius CatullusISBN 0520050827 (0-520-05082-7)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Portable North American Indian Readerby Frederick W. TurnerISBN 0517618885 (0-517-61888-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Prince Valiant and the Golden Princessby Hal Foster, Max Trell, Crown Publishing Group StaffISBN 051752564X (0-517-52564-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthurby H. FosterISBN 0517515849 (0-517-51584-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Religions of the American Indiansby Ake HultkrantzISBN 0520042395 (0-520-04239-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Renard the Foxby Patricia TerryISBN 0520076842 (0-520-07684-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Rip Van Winkle, Illustrated Stories for Childrenby Random House Value Publishing Staff, Washington Irving, N. C. WyethISBN 0517204266 (0-517-20426-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Robin Hoodby Louis RheadISBN 0517671298 (0-517-67129-8)
Hardcover, Children's Classics
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Russian Legendsby Pola WeissISBN 0517309246 (0-517-30924-6)
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Sacred Mountains of the Worldby Edwin BernbaumISBN 0520214226 (0-520-21422-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Stories of Romance from the Age of Chivalryby F. J. Harvey Darton, Arthur G. WalkerISBN 0517447347 (0-517-44734-7)
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Swedish Legends and Folktalesby John LindowISBN 0520035208 (0-520-03520-8)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Tales of the Punjab Folklore Oby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517425874 (0-517-42587-4)
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Treasures of Irish Folkloreby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517411237 (0-517-41123-7)
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A Treasury of American Horror Storiesby Charles G. Waugh, Frank D. McSherry, Martin Harry GreenbergISBN 0517480751 (0-517-48075-1)
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Treasury of Mississippi River Folkloreby Benjamin A. BotkinISBN 0517246058 (0-517-24605-8)
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Treasury of Southern Folkloreby B. A. BotkinISBN 0517641364 (0-517-64136-4)
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A Treasury of Western Folkloreby B.A. BotkinISBN 0517336472 (0-517-33647-2)
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Uncle Remus : Oxford World Classicsby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517606054 (0-517-60605-4)
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The Vampire Encyclopediaby Matthew E. BunsonISBN 0517881004 (0-517-88100-4)
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Who's Who in Greek and Roman Mythby David A. KravitzISBN 0517527472 (0-517-52747-2)
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Who's Who in Greek and Roman Mythologyby David KravitzISBN 0517527464 (0-517-52746-4)
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Willy Ley's Exotic Zoologyby Willy Ley, Olga LeyISBN 0517625458 (0-517-62545-8)
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The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Traditionby Joseph Falaky NagyISBN 0520052846 (0-520-05284-6)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 0517227827 (0-517-22782-7)
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Wuthering Heightsby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517415119 (0-517-41511-9)
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