The folklore of the Cotswolds (The Folklore of the British Isles)
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Time Traveller's Bookshop.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd.. First edition.. Excellent condition, other than mild browning to the edges and some sunning to the spine. Signed by the author with a dedication on title page. Previous owner's library stamp on title page.. First edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1974. 14 x 22cm. Frontispiece, 208 pages, with illustrations and maps. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, other than mild browning to the edges and some sunning to the spine. Signed by the author with a dedication on title page. Previous owner's library stamp on title page. [The Folklore of the British Isles, Venetia J. Newall (Ed.)]. Includes for example the following chapters: General Survey of the Cotswolds / Seasonal Customs and Festivities / Songs, Dances, Games and Rhymes / Historical Traditions / The Traditions of Wychwood Forest / Rogues and Highwaymen / Plants, Trees and Animals / Witches in the Cotswolds / Supernatural Beliefs / Folk Motifs in Cotswold Churches / Trades and Crafts in the Cotswolds / Folk Museums in the Cotswold Area / Index of Tale Type / Motif Index Katherine M. Briggs attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, graduating with a BA in 1918 and an MA in 1926. She specialised in the study of traditional folk tales and 17th-century English history. Briggs continued her studies largely as a hobby, while living with her sisters and mother in Burford, Oxfordshire. When the Second World War started Briggs joined the WAAF and later taught at a school for the children of Polish refugees. After the war Briggs threw herself into her folklore studies, completing her PHD on the use of folklore in 17th-century literature. It was not until the 1960s and 1970s, following the deaths of her sisters and mother, that Briggs became a renowned folklorist. She became involved with the Folklore Society of the UK, later being elected as its president in 1967. Now a preeminent expert on fairy stories and folklore, she began to lecture across the country and by the 1970s she had been invited to give lectures in the United States and was regularly interviewed on television. In 1971 she published her masterpiece, the four-volume A Dictionary of Folk-Tales in the English Language. This work remains the definitive collection of British folk stories, becoming a vital resource for writers, academics and storytellers. [From The Folio Society].

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Castle Hill Books.
Batsford. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0713428317 . 208pp, illus , bound in grey cloth, pp edges sl darkening, with VG dustwrapper, d/w spine sunned. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page and her PRESENTATION COPY to Hilda Davidson, with a dedication on the endpaper dated The Ghost Conference York 1990; Octavo; Signed by Author(s) .

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Church Green Books [57128], Witney, OXON, United Kingdom.
Hard back book in Very Good condition with one small inscription. Page edges slightly browned. Unclipped Dust Wrapper slightly spine faded. 208 pp. with sketches and one map.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Morton's Books [64205739], Seaford, United Kingdom.
Some fading to edge of dust jacket. Sun browning to edges of pages.