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AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH RUNES.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1999. Second edition, 8vo.,pp. xv,249, hardcover, gilt, b/w figures; light dusting to upper edge of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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BRANWEN, DAUGHTER OF LLYR. A Study of the Irish Affinities and of the Composition of the Second Branch of the Mabinogi.
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1958. First edition, 8vo., pp.xi,199, hardcover, gilt; toning to endpapers, ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a few spots of foxing to edges of text block, else a very good copy, in good unclipped dust-jacket. toned and foxed, sunned to spine.
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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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ENGLISH RITUAL DRAMA: A Geographical Index.
London: The Folk-Lore Society, 1967. 8vo.,pp. 132, brown cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; toning to margins and endpapers, otherwise a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities with some soil marking to front upper margin, otherwise very good.
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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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FOLKLORE OF PREHISTORIC SITES IN BRITAIN.
London: David & Charles, 1976. 8vo., pp. 320, red hardcover, gilt, b/w plates; ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, small previous bookseller sticker to front paste-down, pencil annotations and underlining throughout, lower margin and tail band sunned, a good+ copy in a unclipped vg dust-jacket, sunned to spine, a few marks, lightly rubbed to extremities.
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GREAT THAMES MYSTERIES.
London: Selwyn and Blount (1928) Ltd. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, cloth, gilt, 8 b/w plates; edges foxed, occasional foxing to margins of text throughout, light foxing, a very good copy. (No dust-jacket).
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LES MABINOGION DU LIVRE ROUGE DE HERGEST AVEC LES VARIANTES DU LIVRE BLANC DE RHYDDERCH.
Traduits du gallios avec une introduction, un commentaire explicatif et des notes critiques par J. Loth.
Paris: Fontemoing. Second edition, ‘edition entierement revue, corigee et augmentee’, 2 volumes, royal 8vo., pp.436; 478, title page in red and black, original printed wrappers at rear, attractively bound in green library buckram with morocco label to spines, a fine set.
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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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NALA & DAMAYANTI.
London: A.M. Philpot, 1926. Edition limited to 1000 copies for England and America, of which this is No.416, 8vo.,pp. xi,207, gold coloured boards, vellum spine, gilt lettering to spine, colour plates and colour frontispiece; light off setting to endpapers, rubbing to extremities, lightly worn at corners, light foxing to spine, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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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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SAINTS.
London: riverrun, 2024. 8vo., pp.xx,426, black hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; a brand new copy. [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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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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