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CELTIC MYTH AND LEGEND: Poetry and Romance.
London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1914. 8vo., pp.xiv,450, highly ornamented decorative green cloth, gilt, t.e.g., colour frontispiece with guard leaf, three further colour plates and 20 monochrome plates; ink ownership autograph, dated 1914, to front free endpaper, foxing to prelims and edges, rubbing and slight wear to extremities, darkening and mottling to fore-margins of boards, with crease and stain to rear board, overall a very good copy indeed of this attractive and richly designed edition.
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DRAGONS AND DRAGON LORE
New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd, 1928. 8vo., pp. xii,203, hardcover, quarter bound in black cloth with contrasting marbled paper boards, 20 b/w illustrations; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light staining to front free endpaper where red colouring of the top edge has leached, also affecting margins of several pages, light damp staining to title page, plates and endpapers, two lines of very light scoring where pencil underlining has been rubbed out to a few pages, boards rubbed, sunned to spine, lettering faded, light wear to corners, overall a good+ copy.
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EARLY IRISH HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY.
Dublin: The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976. 8vo., pp.x,568, black hardcover, gilt; a near-fine copy, no dust-jacket.
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FABLES AND PROVERBS FROM THE SANSKRIT BEING THE HITOPADESA
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. First edition. 8vo., pp.277, hardcover; toned, a few spots of foxing to prelims, rubbed to boards, some light surface soil, else a good+ copy.
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FINN AND HIS COMPANIONS.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. 12mo., pp.xvi,182,8(adverts), decorative cloth, with matching endpapers and edges, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, further b/w plates, decorative b/w headpieces, pictorial half title; foxing to prelims, spine lightly rolled, sunning to spine, with light wear at head- and tailbands, internally fresh, a good+ copy.
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HEROES: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures. [Part Two of Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths].
London: Michael Joseph, Penguin. Exclusive signed first impression of the first edition, published November 2018, 8vo., pp.xvii,462, black hardcover, copper gilt, pictorial endpapers, two sections of colour plates; slight creasing at foot of spine, an otherwise fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly creased at head and foot of spine. Author’s autograph to prelim.
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LÉGENDES BOURGUIGNONNES RÉCITS HISTORIQUES ET LÉGENDAIRES. Raoul de Mont-Saint-Jean - Philippe Pot - Petites Légendes. Troisième Édition.
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, Éditeurs, 1879. Third edition, 8vo., pp.237, quarter bound in red morocco, four raised bands, gilt, textured red cloth, a.e.g., engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, textured endpapers; prize bookplate, dated 1879, to front paste-down endpaper, paper-cracking between front endpapers, foxing to prelims, with light toning and a little light foxing throughout, rubbing and light wear to extremities, a good+ copy.
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MAGIC AND THE DIVINATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds.
Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum, 2001. 8vo.,pp. xii, 370; turquoise hardcover, gilt, b/w figures and tables; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.
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MEMOIRS OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.
London: Hugh Evelyn, 1973. Facsimile reprint of the 1859 edition, 8vo., pp.viii(Foreword),xx,506, red cloth, gilt, pictorial title and numerous b/w illustrations within; light crease to upper corner of front free endpaper, a fresh copy, very good indeed. No dust-jacket.
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MYTHS OF THE NORSEMEN. From the Eddas and the Sagas.
London: George G. Harrap and Company, 1908. First edition, 8vo., pp.xvi,397,(i), uncut, pictorial green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, pictorial spine, t.e.g., b/w frontispiece and plates; marking to p.207 and margin of adjacent plate, light partial toning to endpapers, foxing to prelims, edges and margins throughout, rubbing and light creasing to extremities, paper-cracking to rear inner hinge (joint fine), a very good, rather bright copy.
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POTTS’ DISCOVERY OF WITCHES IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER. [Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. VI.]
New York/London: The Chetham Society, Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1968. Reprint from the 1613 original, 8vo., pp.lxxix(introduction),main body of text unpaginated,51(notes),unpaginated list of Chetham Society’s members, red hardcover, gilt; very light foxing to endpapers and fore-edge of text block, text block coming away from lower spine, lightly rubbed, a few marks to boards, larger stain to lower margin of rear board, overall a very good copy.
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Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales. Antholoyg of Classic Tales Epic Tales
London: Flametree Publishing, 2023. 8vo., pp. 430, hardcover, silver lettering; new. RRP £20
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SNORRI STURLUSON.
Boston: Twayne Publishers, A Division of G.K. Hall & Co, 1978. 8vo., pp.188, green cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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SPECULUM MENTIS; Or The Map of Knowledge.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1963. 8vo.,pp.327, navy cloth, gilt; light pencilling, light toning and foxing to edges of text block and endpapers, rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very good copy, in a good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is toned to spine, with some loss to head and foot of spine and corners. Now in a protective cover.
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STORYLAND: A NEW MYTHOLOGY OF BRITAIN.
London: Riverrun, 2021. 8vo., pp.361, black hardcover, gilt, pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations: new, in dust-jacket. [Please note: in order to make it possible to sell titles from our extensive remainder stock online, we have added the cost of postage to our shop prices. If you are ordering multiple remainders, any excess postage charged will be refunded.]
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STORYLAND. [Children’s edition] Discover the Magical Myths and Lost Legends of Britain.
London: Wren & Rook, 2021. 8vo., pp.239, pictorial blue hardcover, copper lettering, pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations and decorations: new, in dust-jacket. [Please note: in order to make it possible to sell titles from our extensive remainder stock online, we have added the cost of postage to our shop prices. If you are ordering multiple remainders, any excess postage charged will be refunded.] RRP £14.99
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TALES FROM ETERNITY.
The World of Faerie and the Spiritual Search.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1973. First edition, 8vo., pp.191, hardcover lettered in silver; a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE BATTLE GOD OF THE VIKINGS.
The First G. N. Garmonsway Memorial Lecture, delivered 29 October 1971 in the University of York. University of York Medieval Monograph Series.
York: William Sessions Ltd, 1972. 8vo., pp.33, paperback (stapled wrappers), b/w frontispiece, 14 b/w plates; very lightly rubbed, else very good indeed.
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THE FOOL: His Social and Literary History.
London: Faber and Faber, 1935. First edition, 8vo., pp.xv,374, uncut, marbled cloth boards, pictorial spine stamped in gilt and black, b/w frontispiece and plates; sunning and light rubbing to spine, else clean and very good.
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THE LEARNED TALES OF MEDIEVAL IRELAND.
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1980. 8vo., pp.ix,159, green cloth, gilt; light toning to margins, slight rubbing to cloth, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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