New York: Pantheon, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the dual origins (old English and African) of the corn-shucking ceremony on antebellum plantations. Illustrated, extensive notes, appendix with original accounts of the ceremony, index. 342 pages. ISBN: 0-394-555910.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1941. Hardcover first edition - Collects many ballads, arranged topically - from the shantyman's life to moniker songs, French Canadian songs, bunkhouse ballads, Paul Bunyan songs and more. Illustrated with drawings of Paul Bunyan by Gustave Hildebrand, who also provided the colored endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Perry Allen, an old time lumberjack. Appendix of tall tales from the North Woods, bibliography, index. 291 pp.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1941. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects many ballads, arranged topically - from the shantyman's life to moniker songs, French Canadian songs, bunkhouse ballads, Paul Bunyan songs and more. Illustrated with drawings of Paul Bunyan by Gustave Hildebrand, who also provided the colored endpapers. INSCRIBED on the first blank page "To the one who gave me the idea" and signed by the author with his initials. Frontispiece portrait of Perry Allen, an old time lumberjack. Appendix of tall tales from the North Woods, bibliography, index. 291 pp.

Thousand Oaks, CA, Burn, Hart & Co., (1994.). SIGNED - Originally published in 1976, this revised bilingual edition: English and Vietnamese with a Study guide. Contains 10 folktales and legends told by Duong Van Quyen and written in English, plus a 'very brief history of Vietnam' and selected stories condensed and in English and Vietnamese, and one Laotian folktale translated into English, Vietnamese, and Cambodian. Study guide. Illustrated with drawings by Nena Grigorain Ullberg. SIGNED on the title page by Coburn. Large format. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-918060-087.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Unusual mystery by this Edgar award winning author, featuring folklorist Fever Devilin and set in the Georgia Appalachians. 310 pp. ISBN: 9780-312-699468.

New Milford, CT: Roaring Brook Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel which continues the adventures of Anand - This time his journey takes him back from the present where he is living in the Himalayan Silver Valley back to Moghul times, as he encounters powerful sorcerers, spoiled princes, noble warriors and evil jinns. 329 pp. ISBN: 1-596430672.

New York & London: Norton, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A well-researched look at vampires in American life - whether considered as entertainment or taken seriously - by this folklorist - a scholarly book but one written with humor. Illustrated, notes, appendix, bibliography, index, 255 pp. ISBN: 0-393-026787.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, (1973). First edition - Selections which deal with race pride and jokes,the blues, the Ku Klux Klan and Brer Rabbit and much more. Contributions by Zora Neale Hurston, Howard Odum, Eldredge Cleaver, A. Philip Randolph, Bernard Wolfe, Langston Hughes, John Lovell Jr., Alan Lomax and many others. Suggestions for further reading. xiv, 673 pp. ISBN: 0-136030017.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, (1988). Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Combines "A history of the encounter between Europeans and the colonized people with a groundbreaking analysis of four types of Malagasy folklore: riddles, proverbs, hainteny (dialogic exchanges of traditional metaphors), and oratory." A title in New Series of the Publications of the American Folklore Society, under the editorship of Patrick B. Mullen. Notes, sources, index. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-812231414.

New York: Harper Collins, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes sections on buried treasure and ghosts, civil war ghosts, how to protect yourself against haunts, and more. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated throughout with thirty black & white drawings by Ben Otero. Bibliographical references. xii, 116 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0229942.

New York: Oxford University Press, (1977.). A landmark book at the time of its publication - one which showed - contrary to the prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness - that there was a rich and complex African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts--work that dated from before and after emancipation. Notes, index. 522 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5023749.

New York: Minerva Press, (1975.). The definitive book on contemporary country blues, one which focuses on the songs rather than the musicians, although it includes a 16 page insert of wonderful photographs. While this includes chapters on the Setting of the Blues, their history, and a defintiion of the blues, as well as one on the blues as poetry, the majority of the book contains complete annotated lyrics to over 200 songs, some with scores. The author, a folklorist, recorded thousands of songs in Louisiana, especially at Anglola Prison and the Cajun country in the southwestern part of the state.Index xv, 464 pp. ISBN: 0-308-102363.

New York: Doubleday, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of five short tales about Americanfolklore heroes - including John Henry, Old Stormalong, Slue-Foot Sue and Pecos Bill, Strap Buckner and Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Illustrated in full color by Andrew Glass. Large format. 59 pp. ISBN: 0-385249071.

London: Allison & Busby, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Arranged topically - from girl and woman through beauty and life to witchcraft and poisoning. Map. Notes on oral sources, bibliography. ISBN: 0-85032-8637.

New York: Philomel Books, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of poems, stories, folklore, songs and recipes on the theme of love, with delicate and charming full color illustrations on every page by Tudor. Oblong format. 93 pp. First issue with all the points including the error on page 90. ISBN: 0-689-82842X.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by the illustrator, Rosemary Wells, on the half-title page. A collection of little-known nursery rhymes collected and with an introduction by renowned folklorist Iona Opie, beautifully illustrated in full color by the award-winning artist Rosemary Wells. Meet some unknown characters - Mrs Whirly the Fish Fryer, the Wee Melodie Man and many others - and hear some unfamilliar ryhmes in this unique collection for all ages. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 9780763636555.

New York: Blue Sky Press / Scholastic, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A portrayal of a larger-than-life folk hero and his family introduces young readers to Paul Bunyan, his giant wife Carrie, and their king-sized children, Little Jean and Teeny, as they carve out famous sites in early America" from Bryce Canyon to the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado, California's Big Sur and more. Illustrated in full color by David Shannon. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-590480898.