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  • AN ENYCLOPEDIA OF FAIRIES. by BRIGGS, Katharine.
    BRIGGS, Katharine.
    AN ENYCLOPEDIA OF FAIRIES. Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures.

    New York: Pantheon, 1976. First American edition, 8vo., pp.xiii,481, black cloth, gilt, b/w plates; a good, clean copy, in chipped and lightly edgeworn unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • SQUIRE, Charles. Illustrated by J.H.F. Bacon et al.
    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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  • DEUTSCHE MYTHOLOGIE. Vollstandige Ausgabe. by GRIMM, Jacob.
    GRIMM, Jacob.
    DEUTSCHE MYTHOLOGIE. Vollstandige Ausgabe.

    Wiesbaden: Marix Verlag, 2007. 8vo., pp.1385, green hardcover, gilt; a fresh and near-fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • DRAGONS AND DRAGON LORE by INGERSOLL, Ernest; Introduction by OSBORN, Henry Fairfield.
    INGERSOLL, Ernest; Introduction by OSBORN, Henry Fairfield.
    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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  • FINN AND HIS COMPANIONS. by O’GRADY, Standish. Illustrated by J.B. Yeats. [Jack B. Yeats]
    O’GRADY, Standish. Illustrated by J.B. Yeats. [Jack B. Yeats]
    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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  • O’DONNELL, Elliott.
    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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  • BURNETT, Charles.
    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. by MORLEY, Henry. Illustrated by The Brothers DALZIEL. Foreword by: BRAITHWAITE, David.
    MORLEY, Henry. Illustrated by The Brothers DALZIEL. Foreword by: BRAITHWAITE, David.
    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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  • MYSTERY ANIMALS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND. by McEWAN, Graham J.
    McEWAN, Graham J.
    MYSTERY ANIMALS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

    London: Robert Hale, 1986. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 224, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w illustrations; toned and foxed to edges of text block, with light foxing to endpapers and margins, spine slightly rolled, with light toning to extremities, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities, with creased tears to head and foot of spine and to upper corners, light sunning to spine and extremities, overall a very good copy, now in a protective plastic dust-jacket covering.

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  • MYTHS OF THE NORSEMEN. by GUERBER, H.A.
    GUERBER, H.A.
    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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  • PENZER, Norman M. Illustrated with Ten Miniatures by, ZENKER, P.
    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.] by POTTS. With introduction and notes by CROSSLEY, James.
    POTTS. With introduction and notes by CROSSLEY, James.
    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. by JEFFS, Amy.
    JEFFS, Amy.
    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. by GALBRAITH, Alison.
    GALBRAITH, Alison.
    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. by CIKLAMINI, Marlene.
    CIKLAMINI, Marlene.
    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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  • COLLINGWOOD, R.G.
    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. by JEFFS, Amy.
    JEFFS, Amy.
    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] by JEFFS, Amy.
    JEFFS, Amy.
    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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  • HAUGHTON, Rosemary.
    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. by ELLIS DAVIDSON, Hilda.
    ELLIS DAVIDSON, Hilda.
    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 light shelf-wear, a near fine copy.

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