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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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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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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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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. 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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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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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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PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING. Two volumes.
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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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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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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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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