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Professor Elizabeth Robins Pennell
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition.
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Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Volume 1 of 2. With illustrations. A study of Leland primarily based on his memoirs. Chiefly known as the author of Hans Breitmann’s Ballads, Charles Godfrey Leland had not only…
Charles Godfrey Leland
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
""A Manual of Mending and Repairing"" is a comprehensive guide to repairing and fixing a wide range of household items that was first published in 1896. Written by Charles Godfrey…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
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The anointing of the psalmist is a very intimate relationship with God. It is an unconditional love relationship, a bond and a trust. It is an open and honest relationship…
Subtitle: Or, How to Develop and Strengthen Will Power, Memory, or Any Other Faculty or Attribute of the Mind, by an Easy Process General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication…
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1892 Original Publisher: T. F. Unwin Subjects: Folklore Superstition Etruria Eturia Magic, Etruscan Art / History / Ancient
The results of Mr. Leland’s researches has been the collection of such a number of magic formulas, tales, and poems. What he has given in this book is of very…
Illustrated by incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, tales. This work was published when the author was nearly seventy years of age. It represents twenty years’ collecting of spells, customs…
Professor Charles Godfrey Leland
Was the west coast of North America visited by travelers from China in the depths of antiquity? Ancient Asian documents provide extraordinary evidence that they did. For this intriguing 1875…
This is the case in Tartary, Africa, among the Eskimo, Lapps, or Red Indians, with all of whom the sorcerer, voodoo or medaolin, has the eye of the fascinator, glittering…
The Etruscans are one of history’s great mysteries – a sophisticated society that flourished at the heart of the Classical world and then vanished, leaving relatively few archaeological remains and…
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off…
Title: Ye Sneak yclepid Copperhead: a satirical poem.
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
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Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a…
Title: Fusang or the discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist priests in the fifth century. [Containing the narrative of Hoei-Shin, with comments by … C. F. Neumann; a letter from…
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books…
Title: The Egyptian Sketch-Book.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries holding over…
A collection of folk-tales and legends referring to places and buildings in Florence, such as the Cathedral and Campanile, the Signoria, the Bargello, the different city gates, ancient towers and…
The text is a composite. Some of it is Leland’s translation into English of an original Italian manuscript, the Vangelo (gospel). Leland reported receiving the manuscript from his primary informant…
Its accuracy is disputed by some, while others consider it a vital resource for studying and understanding Italian witch folklore of the 19th century. What is certain is that this…
Heinrich Heine,Charles Godfrey Leland
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
Heinrich Heine
Contents: Florentine Nights; The Memoirs Of Herr Von Schnabelewopski; The Rabbi Of Bacharach And Shakespeare’s Maidens And Women. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series…
Mary Alicia Owen
This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come…
Voodoo Tales As Told Among The Negroes Of The Southwest: Collected From Original Sources is a book compiled by Mary Alicia Owen. The book is a collection of stories and…
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