Sports & Recreation
-
Santal Folk TalesSantal Folk TalesOf late years the Folk tales of India have been the subject of much study and research, and several interesting collections of them have been published. But I am not aware that as yet the folk lore of the Santals, has received...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
RowingRowingMy thanks are due to the proprietors of the Daily News and of the English Illustrated Magazine for permission to include in this book the substance of articles originally contributed to their columns. I have not added to the Appendix any lists of winning...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists and DressmakersDress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists & DressmakersThe subject of Historical Costume covers such a multitude of detail that a volume on each century could be written, with hundreds of illustrations. Thus it is, most works on costume are expensive and bewildering;...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque LanguageBasque Legends; With an Essay on the Basque LanguageThe study of the recent science of Comparative Mythology is one of the most popular and attractive of minor scientific pursuits. It deals with a subject-matter which has interested most of us at one period of...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic CountriesThe Fairy-Faith in Celtic CountriesI have told what I have seen, what I have thought, and what I have learned by inquiry.Herodotus. I. The Religious Nature of the Fairy-Faith There is probably no other place in Celtic lands more congenial, or more inspiring for...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
The Evolution of FashionThe Evolution of FashionIn compiling this volume on Costume (portions of which originally appeared in the Ludgate Illustrated Magazine, under the editorship of Mr. A. J. Bowden), I desire to acknowledge the valuable assistance I have received from sources not usually available to the...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Under Nordenvindens SvøbeUnder Nordenvindens SvøbeAh qujanaq! Den sidste Replik virkede. Vor Gaben blev til Latter, og Kuldegysene skylledes hurtigt ned med den varme Drik. Efter en 14 Timers Rejse i Kajak sammen med to Fangere fra Kangamiut, Carl og Alafitdle, havde jeg sgt Hvile paa det...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Nord-Sud: Amérique Angleterre Corse SpitzbergNord-Sud: Amérique; Angleterre; Corse; Spitzberg23 avril.Promptement, la mer a t mauvaise. Toute la nuit, le vent a pouss contre nous, droit sur l'avant, les longues barres de la houle. J'entendais comme des cloches qui appelaient. taient-ce les lames faisant sonner les tles? Je disais:...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and TraditionsBritish Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and TraditionsIn the ground it covers, while this volume deals especially with Wales, and still more especially with South Waleswhere there appear to have been human dwellers long before North Wales was peopledit also includes the border...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West AfricaFolk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West AfricaMany years ago a book on the Folk-Tales of the Eskimo was published, and the editor of The Academy (Dr. Appleton) told one of his minions to send it to me for revision. By mischance it was sent...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
A Narrative of the Death of Captain James CookA Narrative of the Death of Captain James CookThis publication affording a convenient opportunity, I embrace it, to offer a few remarks upon a subject in some degree affecting the reputation of the late voyages to the South Sea Islands. If we for a...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Origin and Early History of the Fashion PlateOrigin and Early History of the Fashion PlateThis text uses UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that your browsers character set or...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of LegerdemainHocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain - Or, the art of jugling set forth in his proper colours, fully, plainly, and exactly, so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practise. COurteous Reader, doe...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
The BansheeThe BansheeIn a country, such as Ireland, that is characterised by an arrestive and wildly beautiful scenery, it is not at all surprising to find something in the nature of a ghost harmonising with the general atmosphere and surroundings, and that something, apparently so...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess ChampionThe Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess ChampionI am much indebted, in the following pages, to the kind assistance of that able writer and veteran chess-player, Mr. George Walker, who has furnished me with most of the very interesting and...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
A Cursory History of SwearingA Cursory History of SwearingIt lay in the heart of Bohemia. It was approached through a labyrinth of streets that grew denser and darker as one neared the precincts of the club. Could any of the brother Scufflers have seen the neighbourhood by day,...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese SeasA Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese SeasWhen I first related to you the following strange and eventful episode, you advised me, inexperienced as I was, to write and publish it. I had never written a book in my life; but you...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Farthest North, Vol. IIFarthest North, Vol. II - Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896Who are to be the two members of the expedition? Sverdrup and I have tested each other before at this sort of work, and we could manage...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Op den Uitkijk, Jaargang 1909Op den Uitkijk, Jaargang 1909 - Bijblad bij De Aarde en haar VolkenHet beslag, dat de Bulgaren gelegd hebben op den spoorweg door Oost-Roemeli, brengt allerlei belangen in gevaar; vooral duitsche en oostenrijksche maatschappijen worden erdoor getroffen. Die Orint-spoorweg is als een ruggegraat van...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish PeasantryFairy and Folk Tales of the Irish PeasantryDr. Corbett, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies. "In Queen Mary's time" he wrote But now, in the times of James, they had all gone, for "they were of...
- ¥1,088 JPY
¥2,177 JPY- ¥1,088 JPY
- Unit price
- per