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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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WOGGHEEGUY.
Australian Aboriginal Legends.
Adelaide: F.W. Preece and Sons. First edition, pp,xi,98, quarter black cloth with printed paper title label, pictorial paper-covered boards, b/w frontispiece plus 7 further b/w plates, in-text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; foxing to leaves adjacent to plates (including title), light foxing to edges, else very good indeed, in very good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly chipped to head of spine, with toning to spine, and is now in a protective cover. An attractive copy.
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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 WILD RUE.
A Study of Muhammadan Magic and Folklore in Iran.
London: Luzac and Co. First edition, 8vo., pp.216, brown cloth lettered in dark green, 6 b/w plates (including frontispiece); light partial foxing to free endpapers, small area of sunning to head and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, with rubbing to upper margin of front board, in patches, and staining to upper corner of rear board for apx.4x3cms, internally fresh and very good, a good(+) copy overall, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has chipping to extremities, with light loss at head and foot of spine, two small closed tears with light creasing to margins, good+, and now in protective cover.
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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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PATRAÑAS; OR SPANISH STORIES LEGENDARY AND TRADITIONAL.
London: Griffith and Farran. First edition, 8vo., pp.vii, 376 + 32 adverts, b/w illustrations throughout, decorative stamped green cloth, gilt; two small holes to front pastedown and marks from removal of bookplate?, small chip to front pastedown, tiny patch of wear to both head and tail of spine, overall a very good bright copy.
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GEORGE OF LYDDA: The Patron Saint of England. A study of the Cultus of St. George in Ethiopia. Translations of the Ethiopic texts as found in the manuscripts from Makdalâ now in the British Museum and an introduction.
London: Luzac and Co, 1930. First edition thus, limited to 250 copies, 8vo., pp.xviii,284, 13 b/w plates and 5 illustrations in the text, pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut; slightly sunned o/w a very good copy.
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