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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF PRIMORDIAL MAN. Being an Explanation of the Evolution of Religious Doctrines from the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited, 1910. First edition, tall 8vo., pp.xxiii,449, pictorial red cloth, gilt, folding colour frontispiece, 14 further colour plates, 2 b/w plates and numerous b/w in-text illustrations; a little light pencil-scoring to margins, paper-cracking at inner hinges (joints remain firm), rubbing to extremities, with light wear to headband, splash-marking to cloth, spine lightly sunned and lightly rolled, a good+ copy.
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A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE ROBBERIES AND MURDERS OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PIRATES.
London: The Folio Society, 2018. 8vo.,pp. xxiii,439, pictorial black cloth, white and red lettering, decorative endpapers, b/w illustrations and b/w frontispiece; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine plan black card slip-case.
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THE STONE DRAGON AND OTHER TRAGIC ROMANCES.
Charleston, South Carolina: Charon House, 1998. Limited edition facsimile reprint of the 1894 first edition, with the addition of two b/w plates by Larry Creasy, and one by Brandon Lennert and Larry Creasy, as well as numerous pictorial headpieces and tailpieces chosen to appear sympathetic and contemporaneous with the original text, and not present in any previous edition, no. 207 of 250 copies, 8vo., pp.208, black cloth, silver gilt, 3 b/w plates, pictorial head- and endpieces and illuminated letters; a fresh and near-fine copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket with design by Larry Creasy, which is sunned to spine and margins, else near-fine.
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A BOOK OF MYTHS.
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd, 1914. First edition, large 8vo., pp.xv,340, green cloth, black lettering, colour frontispiece, 19 further colour plates; toning to endpapers and to half title, foxing to edges of text block and lightly throughout, hinges working slightly loose, edges cut, light wear to extremities and light bruising to spine, a good + copy overall. No dust-jacket.
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THINKING WITH DEMONS. The Idea of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 8vo.,pp. xvii,827, paperback; a near-fine copy.
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THE HEROIC BIOGRAPHY OF CORMAC MAC AIRT.
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1977. 8vo., pp.xii,138, green hardcover, gilt; a few very light marks to boards, else very good indeed.
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THE TRICKSTER AND THE THUNDERGOD Thor and Loki in Old Norse Myths The Poetic Edda [Volume 2]
Privately Published, 2018. 8vo., pp.xxiii,179, paperback, b/w illustrations; a very good copy.
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PEREDUR: A Study of Welsh Tradition in the Grail Legends.
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1975. 8vo.,pp. viii,336, hardcover, gilt; light toning to edges of text block, a very good copy, in a very good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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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 lightly rubbed, else very good indeed.
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HEROES: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures. [Part Two of Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths].
London: Michael Joseph, Penguin. Exclusive signed first impression of the first edition, published November 2018, 8vo., pp.xvii,462, black hardcover, copper gilt, pictorial endpapers, two sections of colour plates; slight creasing at foot of spine, an otherwise fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly creased at head and foot of spine. Author’s autograph to prelim.
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EARLY IRISH HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY.
Dublin: The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976. 8vo., pp.x,568, black hardcover, gilt; a near-fine 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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FABLES AND PROVERBS FROM THE SANSKRIT BEING THE HITOPADESA
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. First edition. 8vo., pp.277, hardcover; toned, a few spots of foxing to prelims, rubbed to boards, some light surface soil, else a good+ copy.
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E.S.P.: Beyond Time and Distance.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. First edition, 8vo., pp.x,148, black hardcover, gilt, with 21 b/w illustrations to text; lightly toned, with a few light spots of foxing to endpapers, else very good indeed, very good unclipped dust-jacket with some light surface soil and marks.
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THE SILENT ROAD In the Light of Personal Experience.
Suffolk: Neville Spearman, 1978. 8vo., pp.xiii,223, hardcover, gilt; foxing to fore-edge of text block, rubbed to extremities, light soil to very bottom of lower margin of boards, light tobacco aroma, else a good+ copy in a fair unclipped dust-jacket, worn to extremities, rubbed generally, some light surface soil.
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THE QABALAH: Secret Tradition of the West. Studies in Hermetic Tradition Volume IV.
Wellingborough: Thorsons Publishers Limited, 1977. 8vo,pp. 384, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; toned to margins, toned and lightly foxed to edges of text block, damp stain odour, with boards slightly marked, a good copy, in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and lightly soiled to extremities and sunned to spine, tears along rear upper edge and light wear to corners.
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EXPERIENCE OF THE INNER WORLDS. A Course in Christian Qabalistic Magic.
Helios, 1975. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,254, green hardcover, gilt; light marking to endpapers, foxing to top edges, light splash-marks to fore-edges, light sunning to upper edges of boards, a very good+ copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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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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THE KING'S MIRROR. Speculum Regale- Konungs Skuggsja. Scandinavian Monographs Volume III.
New York & London: The American Scandinavian Foundation and Oxford University Press, 1917. First edition, 8vo., pp.xvi,388, navy cloth, gilt; slight pencilling to endpapers, blind stamp to title reading “presentation copy”, slight ink mark to half title, slightly foxed, light toning to edges and slightly throughout, light bruising to extremities and light rubbing to boards, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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INHERITING POWER. The Story of an Exorcist.
University of Chicago Press, 1988. 8vo., pp.xviii,209, paperback; a very good, fresh copy, with light curling to wrappers.
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