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FOLKTALES/MYTHOLOGY

FOLKTALES/MYTHOLOGY

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1 ANDERSEN, Hans (trans. Reginald Spink) FAIRY TALES AND STORIES
London J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1960 Everyman Hard Cover Good 
Small octavo, xiv + 416pp., mono. illustrations. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and with very small closed tear and crease at lower; spine a little sunned. Book very good, clean and sound. Clear protective wrap. Everyman's Library number 4. 
Price: 25.00 GBP
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2 BOASE, Wendy THE FOLKLORE OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT
London B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1976 0713430982 / 9780713430981 First Edition Hard Cover Good George Tute 
Octavo, 204pp., wood enravings. Dustwrapper with small corner tear, partial fading/discoloration; no significant defects. A good, sound copy. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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3 BOGDANOW, Fanni THE ROMANCE OF THE GRAIL: A STUDY OF TH STRUCTURE AND GENESIS OF A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ARTHURIAN PROSE ROMANCE
Manchester Manchester University Press 1966 First Edition Hard Cover Fair 
Octavo, mono. fronts., xii + 308pp., four further mono. illustrations. Light foxing at edges, slightly heavier but inextensive foxing at dustwrapper, dustwrapper also partially faded at spine, chipped with a little loss at head, tail and tips. Book very good. A sound copy in removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 20.00 GBP
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4 CHAMBERS, E.K. ARTHUR OF BRITAIN
London Sidgwick and Jackson 1966 Soft Cover 
Octavo, stiff wraps, vii + 299pp. Text block a little browned, some edge and wrap soiling, not particularly heavy, light wear, a little foxing at edges and endpapers. A good copy only, sound, perfectly usable. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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5 CHAPMAN, Vera BLAEDUD THE BIRDMAN
London Rex Collings 1978 0860360806 / 9780860360803 First Edition Hard Cover Good 
Octavo, 147pp. Dustwrapper partially, very slightly sunned, and with some minor browning. Book very good. A sound copy. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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6 DE TROYES, Chrétien, trans. L.J. Gardiner CLIGÉS: A ROMANCE
Duffield & Co. 1912 Hardcover 
12mo., full polished calf, gilt, fronts. (tissue guard present), decorated title, xii + 181pp., all edges gilt. Rubbed a little at spine, but without heavy loss; margins at prelims. and endpapers browned, but a nice, soild copy. 
Price: 20.00 GBP
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7 DOBIE, J. Frank (ed.) RAINBOW IN THE MORNING
Hatboro Folklore Associates 1965 Reprint Hard Cover Good 
(Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number V) Large octavo, 190pp. + 13pp. Dustwrapper with a few closed tears, and some minor smudging/soiling; a few leaves with creasing, more pronounced at pp.13-16, cosmetic only, text clean. A sound copy in removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 12.00 GBP
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8 EDWARDS, Gillian HOBGOBLIN AND SWEET PUCK: FAIRY NAMES AND NATURES
London Geoffrey Bles 1974 0713807105 / 9780713807103 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good 
Octavo, 229pp. Some light foxing at top edge of text block, otherwise minimal wear, and a very good, clean and sound copy in like, unclipped dustwrapper and removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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9 FAULKES, Anthony (intr.) STORIES FROM THE SAGAS OF THE KINGS
University Colleg London Viking Society for Northern Research 1980 Soft Cover 
Octavo, printed wraps with later (library) black spine, xxiv + 205pp. Ex-school library, pencil annotations at a few leaves only. Sound, usable. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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10 FAULKNER, William J. THE DAYS WHEN THE ANIMALS TALKED: BLACK-AMERICAN FOLKTALES AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE
Trenton Africa World Press, Inc. 1993 0865433747 / 9780865433748 Soft Cover Troy Howell 
Octavo, stiff pictorial wraps, xviii + 190pp., line illustrations. Bar code label at rear wrap, and no significant defects. A near-fine copy. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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11 GERRITSEN, Willem P., and VAN MELLE, Anthony G. (eds.) trans. Tanis Guest A DICTIONARY OF MEDIEVAL HEROES: CHARACTERS IN MEDIEVAL NARRATIVE TRADITIONS AND THEIR AFTERLIFE IN LITERATURE, THEATRE AND THE VISUAL ARTS
Woodbridge The Boydell Press 1998 085115381X / 9780851153810 Hard Cover Very Good 
Large octavo, vii + 336pp., mono. illustrations. Extremely minor wear only. A near-fine copy in like dustwrapper. 
Price: 12.50 GBP
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12 GRANT, John AN INTRODUCTION TO VIKING MYTHOLOGY
Limpsfield: The Apple Press 1991 Hardcover Dustwrapper 
Quarto, 128pp., profusely illustrated in colour. Minor wear at dustwrapper, otherwise a clean, sound copy. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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13 GRAVES, Robert MYTHS OF ANCIENT GREECE [Retold for Young People]
London Cassell 1961 Hard Cover Fair Joan Kiddell-Monroe 
Octavo, 155pp., index, line illustrations. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and chipped at extremities, minimal loss. Christmas gift inscription at fly-leaf, book very good. A sound copy in removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 15.00 GBP
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14 GRINSELL, Leslie V. FOLKLORE OF PREHISTORIC SITES IN BRITAIN
Newton Abbot David & Charles 1976 0715372416 / 9780715372418 First Edition Hard Cover Good 
Octavo, 320pp., mono. illustrations, maps. Light foxing at top edge, dustwrapper with two marginal tears (a little loss only) at front panel, tiny chip at head of spine, and a little marginal soiling, not at all obtrusive; otherwise a very good, clean and sound copy in removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 30.00 GBP
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15 HUGHES, Wendy, Illustrated by Trefor Davies TALES OF OLD GLAMORGAN
Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 1994 Soft Cover 
First Edition. Small octavo, stiff pictorial wraps, 130pp., line drawings. A fine copy. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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16 JACOBS, Melville THE CONTENT AND STYLE OF AN ORAL LITERATURE: CLACKAMAS CHINOOK MYTHS AND TALES
Chicago The University of Chicago Press 1959 First Edition Hard Cover Fair 
Quarto, viii + 285pp. Ex-library, edges tanned, a few small tears at dustwrapper, but with minimal loss, now in a fresh clear protective wrap. Reasonably presentable, a sound, usable copy. 
Price: 15.00 GBP
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17 JAMES, E.O. MYTH AND RITUAL IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND DOCUMENTARY STUDY
London Thames and Hudson 1958 First Edition Hard Cover Fair 
Octavo, 352pp., map, folding table. Dustwrapper a little torn and chipped (chiefly rear panel), minimal loss; edges and endpapers tanned. Book good, without remarkable wear. A sound copy in removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 20.00 GBP
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18 JONES, Gwyn (selected, trans.) EIRIK THE RED AND OTHER ICELANDIC SAGAS
London Oxford University Press 1961 The World's Classics Hard Cover Very Good 
12mo., xvi + 318pp., double-page map. Very slight foxing at edges and endpapers. A very good, clean and sound copy in like, unclipped dustwrapper and removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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19 KILLIP, Margaret THE FOLKLORE OF THE ISLE OF MAN
London B.T. Batsford 1975 0713430877 / 9780713430875 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Norman Sayle 
Octavo, 207pp., line illustrations, map. Dustwrapper very slightly faded at spine, no remarkable wear. A very good, clean and sound copy in removable clear protective wrap. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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20 LURKER, Manfred (trans. G.L. Campbell) DICTIONARY OF GODS AND GODDESSES, DEVILS AND DEMONS
London Routledge 1988 0415039436 / 9780415039437 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good 
Octavo, x + 451pp., line illustrations. Pages quite tanned, but a sound, clean, perfectly usable copy in very good dustwrapper. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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