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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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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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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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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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FOLKLORE OF PREHISTORIC SITES IN BRITAIN.
London: David & Charles, 1976. 8vo., pp. 320, red hardcover, gilt, b/w plates; ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, small previous bookseller sticker to front paste-down, pencil annotations and underlining throughout, lower margin and tail band sunned, a good+ copy in a unclipped vg dust-jacket, sunned to spine, a few marks, lightly rubbed to extremities.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH RUNES.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1999. Second edition, 8vo.,pp. xv,249, hardcover, gilt, b/w figures; light dusting to upper edge of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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MERLIN AND THE GRAIL: Joseph Of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval. The Trilogy of Prose Romances Attributed to Robert De Boron.
Woodbridge: D.S. Brewer, 2001. 8vo., pp.172, hardcover, gilt; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, otherwise a very good, clean copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has a small closed tear to front lower margin and light creasing along upper margin.
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THE GODDESSES AND GODS OF OLD EUROPE: 6500-3500 BC. Myths and Cult Images.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1996. New and updated reprint edition, 8vo.,pp. 304, paperback, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to half title page, slight pencilling, slight cracking to inner hinge, all contents firm, creasing to spine and corners, overall a very good copy.
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TOPSELL’S HISTORIES OF BEASTS.
Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1981. 8vo., pp.xiii,185, brown hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; foxing to upper edge of text block, rubbing to extremities of boards, otherwise very good, in a good+ unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, adhesive stain to front where label has been removed, small areas of loss to head and foot of spine and to corners.
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BRANWEN, DAUGHTER OF LLYR. A Study of the Irish Affinities and of the Composition of the Second Branch of the Mabinogi.
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1958. First edition, 8vo., pp.xi,199, hardcover, gilt; toning to endpapers, ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a few spots of foxing to edges of text block, else a very good copy, in good unclipped dust-jacket. toned and foxed, sunned to spine.
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THE GOLDEN DAWN.
An Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies of the Order of the Golden Dawn.
St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications. Reprint of the fourth, revised and enlarged edition, complete in one volume, 8vo., pp.227,300,276,368, pictorial boards, b/w and colour illustrations; a very good, clean copy, with some rubbing to extremities. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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A.E. WAITE: MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS.
Wellingborough: Crucible, 1987. First edition, 8vo., pp. 208, light grey hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; foxing to edges of text block, a few spots to first few pages but margins of the rest of the text unaffected, very light yellowing to margins of pages, else a very good copy in very good unclipped dust-jacket, lightly rubbed, a few marks to front and rear.
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THE UNKNOWN PHILOSOPHER: THE LIFE OF LOUIS CLAUDE DE SAINT-MARTIN AND THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE.
New York: Rudolf Steiner Publications. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.464, turquoise cloth, gilt; evidence of removed bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to fore-edges, some very light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, partially protected with adhesive plastic.
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WITCHCRAFT.
The Statford-Upon-Avon Library, 6.
London: Edward Arnold, 1969. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xii,407, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; light toning to margins and edges text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities.
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ENGLISH RITUAL DRAMA: A Geographical Index.
London: The Folk-Lore Society, 1967. 8vo.,pp. 132, brown cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; toning to margins and endpapers, otherwise a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities with some soil marking to front upper margin, otherwise very good.
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THE FAIRY TRADITION IN BRITAIN.
London: Rider and Company, 1948. First edition, 8vo., pp.374, black hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; very light foxing to early leaves, occasionally affecting margins of later pages in text, light foxing to edges, light rubbed, with a few surface marks, light bruises to corners of boards, gilt lettering completely faded/rubbed away, overall still a very good copy, without dust-jacket.
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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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ADVENTURES IN LEGEND. Being the last historic legends of the western highlands.
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1898. First edition, 8vo., pp. xvi, 340, 32 (publisher’s adverts), uncut, pictorial navy cloth, gilt, pictorial spine in gilt, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w plates; ink ownership gift inscription, dated 1959, to front free endpaper, toning to prelims, a few very occasional light spots of foxing, spine sunned, gilt still bright, small bruise to fore-edge of lower board, a very good copy.
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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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THE VERMILION BIRD: T’ang Images of the South.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. 8vo.,pp. viii,380, paperback; slight creasing to lower edge, a very good copy.
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