Cultural Studies/Popular & Folk Culture/Countercultures from Gargoyle Books

Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Kang, Chi; Katakura, S.. Collection of 12 traditional folk & fairy tales from China, rediscovered & retold by Cheou-Kang Sié, former ambassador to the Holy See from the Republic of China & member of the Belgian Royal Academy of French… Read more about this item

Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc./Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1965. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sonobe, Kiyoshi. Massive, profusely illustrated guide to folk toys from across Japan's history, arranged by region of origin. In 516 pages with decorative endpapers, maps, & black-and-white & full-color photographs throughout. Orig. published in Japanese in 6 parts… Read more about this item

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1972. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The authors, experts on all things Dracula, horror films & literature, & Eastern European/Russian history, examine the real-life Dracula, Vlad the Impaler of Transylvania, & his many incarnations in movies & books. A true FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1972,… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, California: General Publishing Group, Inc., 1997. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. So rad! This is an insider's look at the evolution of modern beach culture & the sport that gave rise to it, in 216 pages with Index, lavishly illustrated on nearly every page with full-color & black-and-white photos. Foreword by Bruce Brown,… Read more about this item

SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1996. First American Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Pioneering cross-cultural research project explores the psychological adaptation of 3 different tribal groups in the Indian state of Bihar: the Birhor, the Asur & the Oraon. Published simultaneously in India, this is the First American (U.S.) Edition, first printing, from 1996, in 271 pages with… Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1997. First Trade Paperback 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. A social anthropologist examines the Sicilian-Canadian evil-eye complex & how people use it to make sense of their personal experiences, despite its inherent ambiguities & inconsistencies. In 159 pages with Index & Bibliography. Vol 10 in the Anthropological Horizons series, originally… Read more about this item

Doubleday, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cult expert & founder of the world-renowned Freedom Counseling Center in Burlingame, CA, discusses the state of cults in the 1980s, examining both well-known & virtually unheard of groups, with ominous implications for today, as the meglomaniacal leaders who become the object of cult adoration & the situations… Read more about this item

Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, 1954. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Cross-cultural perspective on male initiation rites, focusing on the Australian Aborigines, in 286 pages with full-color plate in front. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1954, this hardcover is in Near Fine condition: completely clean & unmarked with a mild rubbing to extremities, bumped… Read more about this item

Praeger, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is… Read more about this item

SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996. First Softcover Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is what… Read more about this item

New York, New York: International Universities Press, Inc., 1976. First American Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. In a work characterized by mentor Sigmund Freud as "brilliant,'' the noted psychoanalyst & expert on the psychology of religion examines religious & other rituals across times & cultures, "connecting the superstitious beliefs of prehistoric times with contemporary practices." Preface… Read more about this item

Cambridge, England/New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Examines the 1870 & 1890 Ghost Dance movements among American Indian peoples from the perspective of not only revitalizing Native American cultures that had been devastated by contact with European white, but their purpose in achieving a "demographic revitalization,'' ie, increasing tribal numbers by returning… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Praeger, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Analyze the rise of Welsh nationalism in the post-WWI period, focusing on the electoral successes of nationalist movements & examining the influence of political, economic, structural, & cultural factors on this resurgence. In 139 pages with References. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1989,… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: General Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, 1914. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Essential guidebook to this Masonic order, which was founded in 1850 & unusual in that it was open to both men & women & prominently featured women in positions of authority (the highest being Worthy Matron). The book… Read more about this item

Farmingdale, New York, U.S.A.: Corners of the World Inc, 1986. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First work published in the US to go behind the scenes of a traditional Russian art form: lacquer miniature painting. This book explores the fairy tales & legends that served as inspiration for paintings on lacquer boxes & panels. Artists from… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Workman Publishing Company, 1994. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. A fun book in which a wide range of contemporary artists incorporate the world's most iconic doll--Barbie--into their altered art works in photography, mixed media, pastels, Papier-mâché, acrylics, pen-and-ink, & more, often with hilarious results. Foreword by the Editor (himself… Read more about this item

Wellington/Sydney/London: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1978. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hart, Roger. Supernatural beings & creatures & concepts drawn from the rich Maori traditions of the Pacific Basin are brought to new life here with text by folklorist A. W. Reed & illustrations by Roger Hart. In 48 pages with Glossary. Orig. published in… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Funk & Wagnells, 1939. New and Enlarged Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Provides an insider's glimpse of early 20th-century high society & its mores & manners, in this book of "how-to's" for every possible social situation that might confront the modern hostess/host or upper-middle-class person of good breeding in the 1930s. Orig. published… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1971. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Offers a scathing look at the modern world and popular culture c. the late 1960s-early 1970s, featuring the first ever collection of 22 of the author's original newspaper & magazine essays. In 299 pages. Orig. published in hardcover in 1965… Read more about this item

Tyndale House Publishers, 1987. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Comprehensive expose of over 50 currently flourishing cults, arranged alphabetically, delineating each one's core founding, history, leadership, core beliefs, followers, dogma, purpose & "errors,'' or where the cult deviates from the "Christian truth" espoused by the author, head of Bob Larson Ministries in Denver, Colorado,… Read more about this item