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  • LÉGENDES BOURGUIGNONNES RÉCITS HISTORIQUES ET LÉGENDAIRES. by M. L’ABBE E.B***.
    M. L’ABBE E.B***.
    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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  • SCOTT, Sir Walter. With an Introduction by Henry Morley.
    LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT: Morley’s Universal Library.

    London: George Routledge and Sons, 1884. 8vo., pp.320, blue cloth with lettering and decorations in black; small abraded area to upper margin of title (tear and small area of loss, presumably to remove a small ownership inscription), foxing to prelims, superficial paper-cracking to inner hinges, rubbing to extremities, a little light marking to cloth, a near-very good copy.

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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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  • NORSE SAGAS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH: A Bibiography. by FRY, Donald. Foreword by, SCHACH, Paul.
    FRY, Donald. Foreword by, SCHACH, Paul.
    NORSE SAGAS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH: A Bibiography.

    New York: AMS Press, 1980. 8vo.,pp. xx,139, pictorial blue hardcover, gilt; a very good clean copy.

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  • BUSK, Rachel Harriet (Illustrated by E.H. Corbould).
    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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  • GURNEY, Edmund; MYERS, Frederic; PODMORE, Frank.
    PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING. Two volumes.

    London: Rooms of the Society for Psychical Research/Trubner & Co, 1886. First edition (complete with the corrections added to the later copies of this edition), 8vo., two volumes, 8vo., pp.lxxxiv,573;(ii)further corrections and additions,xxvii,733,(2)adverts, dark blue cloth, gilt; ink ownership inscription, dated [18]’91, to half title of first volume, some superficial paper-cracking to the inner hinges, foxing to prelims and edges, a little musty, rubbing to the extremities, showing light wear to the corners, splash-mark to front board of Volume II, otherwise a very good set. Both volumes bear their original bookseller’s sticker to upper corner of front paste-down endpaper (T. Brear & Co., Bradford). A seminal work detailing early experimentation with thought-transference by telepathic means and hypnotic suggestion, with…

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    London: Rooms of the Society for Psychical Research/Trubner & Co, 1886. First edition (complete with the corrections added to the later copies of this edition), 8vo., two volumes, 8vo., pp.lxxxiv,573;(ii)further corrections and additions,xxvii,733,(2)adverts, dark blue cloth, gilt; ink ownership inscription, dated [18]’91, to half title of first volume, some superficial paper-cracking to the inner hinges, foxing to prelims and edges, a little musty, rubbing to the extremities, showing light wear to the corners, splash-mark to front board of Volume II, otherwise a very good set. Both volumes bear their original bookseller’s sticker to upper corner of front paste-down endpaper (T. Brear & Co., Bradford). A seminal work detailing early experimentation with thought-transference by telepathic means and hypnotic suggestion, with the aim of discerning and documenting a supra-physical quality of mind able to be sustained beyond the barrier of material incarnation. Gurney and Myers were both part of the founding committee of the Society for Psychical Research.

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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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  • SAGA AF VICTOR OK BLAVUS, A FIFTEENTH CENTURY ICELANDIC LYGISAGA. by CHAPPEL, Allen H.
    CHAPPEL, Allen H.
    SAGA AF VICTOR OK BLAVUS, A FIFTEENTH CENTURY ICELANDIC LYGISAGA. An English Edition and Translation.

    Netherlands: Mouton & Co, 1972. 8vo., pp.,113, grey paperback; offsetting to end-papers, slightly toned, small closed tear and crease to upper corner of half-title, small ink stain to top edge, light shelf-wear to wrappers which are slightly soiled to rear, small crease to upper right corner, overall a very good copy.

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  • SERIES B. REPRINTED GLOSSARIES. by Edited by SKEAT, Rev. Walter W.
    Edited by SKEAT, Rev. Walter W.
    SERIES B. REPRINTED GLOSSARIES. I. North of England Words; From ‘A Tour to the Caves,’ by J.H.; 1871. II. Provincialisms of East Yorkshire; by Mr. Marshall; 1788. III. Provincialisms of East Norfolk; by Mr. Marshall; 1787. IV. Provincialisms of the Vale of Gloucester; by Mr. Marshall; 1789. V. Provincialisms of the Midland Counties; by Mr. Marshall; 1790. VI. Provincialisms of West Devonshire; by Mr. Marshall; 1796. VII. A Glossary of Words Used in the West Riding of Yorkshire; by Dr. Willan; 1811.

    London: published for The English Dialect Society by N. Trubner & Co. 8vo., pp.vi,111, half publisher’s navy blue leather, gilt, textured blue cloth boards, red speckled edges; free endpapers toned, slight bowing to boards, rubbing to extremities, with wear to leather at lower corner of front board, light scuffs to leather, internally a clean, fresh copy, which is overall very good.

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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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  • SOME REMINISCENCES AND FOLK LORE OF DANBY PARISH AND DISTRICT. by FORD, Joseph.
    FORD, Joseph.
    SOME REMINISCENCES AND FOLK LORE OF DANBY PARISH AND DISTRICT.

    Whitby: M.T.D. RIGG PUBLICATIONS, 1990. 8vo., pp.192, paperback; lightly rubbed to extremities, sunned to spine, else a very good copy.

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  • SORCERY. by HURLEY, J. Finley.
    HURLEY, J. Finley.
    SORCERY.

    London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. First edition, 8vo., pp.232, black hardcover, gilt, a fine copy in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • SPACESHIPS IN PREHISTORY. by KOLOSIMO, Peter. Translated by Lovett F. Edwards.
    KOLOSIMO, Peter. Translated by Lovett F. Edwards.
    SPACESHIPS IN PREHISTORY.

    Secaucus, N.J: University Books, Inc, 1976. 8vo., pp.379, navy cloth, silver lettered, b/w illustrations; small bruise to upper edge of front board, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and lightly chipped to extremities.

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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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  • TATAR, Maria M.
    SPELLBOUND. Studies on Mesmerism and Literature.

    Princeton University Press. 8vo., pp.xvi,293, black cloth, gilt, 10 b/w illustrations; top edges foxed, else very good, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has just slight creasing to extremities, else vg and now in a protective cover.

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  • REICHARD, Gladys A.
    SPIDER WOMAN. A Story of Navajo Weavers and Chanters.

    New York: Macmillan Company. 8vo., pp.xi,287, cream cloth, b/w plates; light surface soil to cloth, light foxing to edges, a very good copy.

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