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Allardice, Pamela.
Aphrodisiacs & Love Magic: The Mystic Lure of Love Charms.
Prism P. 1989 Biblio., 114pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Amos, William.
Tales of Old Cumbria.
Countryside Books. 250g. Illus., 128pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Ashe, Geoffrey.
Mythology of the British Isles.
Guild Pub. Large 8vo. Plates, biblio., index, 304pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Bates, Brian.
The Real Middle Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages.
Sidgewick and Jackson. 600g. Plates, index, 292pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Beare, Beryl.
Ireland: Myths and Legends.
Parragon rep. Large oblong 8vo. Plates, index, 80pp., good in d/w. 2.50
Bemister, Margaret.
Thirty Indian Legends of Canada.
Toronto: Douglas and McIntyre 1973 150g. Illus., pronouncing vocabulary, 153pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Borski, Lucia Merecka. (Trans.)
Polish Folk Tales.
Sheed and Ward 1947
Illus., 123pp., sp. sl. worn else good. 5.00
Bottrell, W.
Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall.
Dyfed: Llanerch Enterprises 1989 Facsimile sel. Illus.,
glossary of local words, 158pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Breton Folktales.
Bell 1971 450g. Illus., 215pp., good in sl. frayed/marked d/w. 7.50
Brown, Raymond Lamont.
A Book of Superstitions.
David and Charles 1971 rep. Illus., index, 123pp., good in d/w. 3.50
Caldecott, Moyra.
Women in Celtic Myth.
Arrow 1988 200g. 259pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Drake-Carnell, F.J.
Old English Customs and Ceremonies.
Batsford 1938 Plates, index, 120pp., bkplate., some foxing else good. Presentation copy from the author with tipped in letter. 6.50
Carter, Angela (Ed.)
The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales.
Virago rep. 300g. Notes, 230pp., card covers, buckled; reading copy only. 2.00
Carter, Geraldine. (Comp.)
The Illustrated Guide to Latin American Mythology: Tales, from the Aztec, Maya, Inca and Amazon Peoples.
Studio Editions. Large 8vo. Plates, illus., 144pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Dalley, Stephanie. (Trans. and intro.)
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh & Others.
World's Classics.
Oxford UP. Biblio., 337pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 4.50
Dalley, Stephanie. (Trans. and intro.)
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh & Others.
Oxford Univ. Press 1989 650g. Glossary, biblio., 337pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Davidson, H.R. Ellis.
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe.
Penguin Pelican 1976 rep. Index, 250pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Delaney, Frank.
Legends of the Celts.
HarperCollins 1989 rep. Biblio., 237pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Dixon, E. (Ed.)
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights.
Dent 1975 rep. Plates and illus by Joan Kiddell-Monroe, 333pp., card covers, sl. rubbed else good. 4.00
Dobson, Scott.
Hadrian and the Geordie Wall.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham 1970 100g. Illus., 32pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Dobson, Scott.
History o' The Geordies.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham 1977 rep. 100g. Illus., 32pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Dobson, Scott.
Larn Yersel' Geordie.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham 1969 100g. Illus., 30pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Dobson, Scott.
Stotty Cake Row.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham 1971 100g. Illus., 32pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Dobson, Scott; Irwin, Dick.
Geordie on the Beer.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham c. 1970 Illus., card covers, good. 2.00
Ewald, Carl.
The Battle of the Bees and Other Stories.
Trans. from the Danish by Margaret Sperry.
Crane Russak 1977 450g. Illus., 114pp., inscr. on ffep. else good in d/w. 4.00
Fidler, Kathleen.
Tales of the Islands.
Lutterworth Press 1959 First edition. 350g. Illus., 1369pp., bookplate else good. 5.00
Frazer, Sir James.
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion.
MacMillan 1954 Abridged edition. 1200g. Index, 756pp., good in d/w. 15.00
Grace, Alfred.
Folktales of the Maori.
Senate rep. 257pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Graves, Robert.
The Greek Myths.
Intro. by Kenneth McLeish; illus. by Grahame Baker.
The Folio Society rep. 2 vols. Index, 700pp., vg. in slipcase. 15.00
Griffin, Victoria.
The Mistress: Histories, Myths and Interpretations of the Other Woman.
Bloomsbury. 700g. Biblio., 320pp., good in d/w. 6.00
Grigson, Geoffrey.
The Goddess of Love: The Birth, Triumph, Death and Return of Aphrodite.
Constable 1976 Plates, biblio., index, 256pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Guerber, H.A.
The Norsemen: Myths and Legends.
Senate. Glossary and index, 396pp., card covers, front creased else good. 2.00
Halliwell, James Orchard. (Coll.)
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales of England.
The Bodley Head 1970 Illus., 277pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in torn d/w. 8.00
Haviland, Virginia.
Favourite Tales told in Norway.
The Bodley Head 1974 rep. 400g. Illus. by Leonard Weisgard, 88pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Hsueh-Feng, Feng.
Fables.
Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1953 70pp., large card covers, sp. quite creased else good. 3.00
Hunt, Robert.
Cornish Folk-Lore.
Truro: Tor Mark Press c. 1970 48pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Hunt, Robert.
Cornish Customs and Superstitions.
Truro: Tor Mark Press c. 1970 32pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Hutton, Ronald.
The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain.
Oxford Univ. Press. 1100g. Plates, index, 542pp., good in torn d/w. 20.00
Irwin, Dick.
The Geordie Laff Inn.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham 1976 100g. Illus., 40pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Irwin, Dick; Dobson, Scott.
The Geordie Joke Book.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham 1970 100g. Illus., 32pp., card covers, sl. marked else good. 2.00
Johnson, A.E. et al. (Trans. from the French)
Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales.
Illus. by W. Heath Robinson.
Kestrel Books 1978 rep. 183pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Johnson, Donald S.
Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of the Seven Lands that never were.
Souvenir Press 400g. Index, 220pp., card covers, rear creased else good. 6.00
Jones, Eirwen.
Folk Tales of Wales.
Nelson 1959 rep. Illus., 135pp., good. 4.00
Jones, Gwyn.
Welsh Legends and Folk-Tales.
Penguin Puffin 1979 262pp., card covers. sl. creased else good. 2.50
Katz, Michael Jay.
Buckeye Legends: Folktales and Lore from Ohio.
Univ. of Michigan Press. 500g. 222pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Kennedy, Patrick.
Irish Fireside Folktales.
Ed. and sel. by Karen von der Schulenburg.
Cork: The Mercier Press 1969 Glossary, 128pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 2.50
Kilpatrick, Dorothy Hamilton.
The Romance of Prince Rama and other Indian Tales.
Toronto: World Friendship Press 1927 2nd. ed. Plates, 153pp., fep. sl. rubbed torn, sp. sl. loose; good reading copy. 5.00
King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table:
Ashe, Geoffrey.
King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury.
BCA 1974 Appendix, biblio., index, 315pp., good in d/w. 6.00
Ashe, Geoffrey.
King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury.
Fontana 1973 rep. Plates, biblio., index, 315pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Ashe, Geoffrey. (Ed.)
The Quest for Arthur's Britain.
BCA 1971 Plates, index, 238pp., good in d/w. 3.50
Barber, Richard.
Arthur of Albion: An Introduction to the Arthurian Literature and Legends of England.
Boydell P. 1981 Index, 216pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w. 6.00
Barber, Richard.
King Arthur: Hero and Legend.
BCA 1986 Plates, index, 209pp., good in d/w. 6.00
Coghlan, Ronan.
The Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends.
Element 1991 Map, biblio., 234pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Knowles, Sir James.
The Legends of King Arthur and his Knights.
Senate rep. Illus., 308pp., card covers, creased else good. 2.00
Phillips, Graham.
The Search for the Grail.
Century. Plates, biblio., index, 182pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., some pp. sl. marked else good in d/w. 5.00
Treharne, R.F.
The Glastonbury Legends.
Abacus 1975 Plates, 134pp., card covers, sl. stained/marked else good. 2.50
Kondratiev, Alexei.
Celtic Rituals: An authentic guide to ancient Celtic Spirituality.
New Celtic Pub. Biblio., 263pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Lang, Andrew. (Coll.)
Blue Fairy Book.
Ed. by Brian Alderson.
Kestrel Books 1975 rep. Illus., appendix, notes, 373pp.,
ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w. 7.00
Lang, Andrew.
Tales of Troy and Greece.
Faber 1978 Illus., 299pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Luce, J.V.
The End of Atlantis: New Light on an Old Legend.
Paladin 1970 Plates, notes, biblio., index, 187pp., card covers, good. 4.00
McCafferty, Patrick; Baillie, Mike.
The Celtic Gods: Comets in Irish Mythology.
Tempus 2005 224pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 5.00
McCulloch, William.
Bengali Household Tales.
Hodder and Stoughton 1912 Appendix, 320pp., badly wormed; working copy only. 2.50
Mackenzie, Donald A.
Myths and Legends.
Crete and Pre-Hellenic.
Senate rep. Index, 361pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Mackenzie, Donald A.
Myths and Legends.
South Seas.
Senate. Illus., 380pp., card covers, good. 3.50
MacLeod, C.I.N.
Stories from Nova Scotia.
Antigonish 1974 200g. Illus., 129pp., card covers, inscr. else good. 4.50
Markham, Leonard.
Tales from North Yorkshire.
Countryside Books. Illus., biblio., 96pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Martin, Brian P.
Tales of the Old Gamekeepers.
David and Charles rep. 200mm. by 275mm., 950g. Plates, illus., index, 189pp., good in sl. marked d/w. 8.00
Mercatante, Anthony S.
Good and Evil: Mythology and Folklore.
Harper and Row 1978 Illus., biblio., index, 242pp., sl. marked else good in sl. marked d/w. 10.00
Morrison, Sophia.
Manx Fairy Tales.
The Manx Experience. Rep. 400g. 232pp., inscr. else good in d/w. 7.00
Noall, Cyril.
Tales of the Cornish Fishermen.
Truro: Tor Mark Press 1970 100g. Plates, 46pp., card covers, sticker marked else good. 2.50
O'Brien, Joanne.
Chinese Myths and Legends.
Trans. by Kwok Man Ho.
Arrow 1990. 192pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Opie, Iona and Peter (Ed.).
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.
Oxford 1966 2nd. imp. 900g. Index, 467pp., ex-lib. copy with a few stamps/inscr. else good in worn d/w. 12.00
O'Sullivan, Sean.
Legends from Ireland.
Batsford 1977 400g. Illus., index, 176pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, corner of ffep. cut off, else good in d/w. 5.00
Palmer, Kingsley.
The Folklore of Somerset.
Batsford 1976 400g. Illus., index, 186pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Plunket, Emmeline.
Calendars and Constellations of the Ancient World.
Senate rep. 255pp., index, card covers, good. 3.50
Ranelagh, E.L.
Men on Women.
Quartet Books 1985 700g. Plates, notes, biblio., index, 253pp., inscr. else good in d/w. 8.00
Robin Hood:
Phillips, Graham; Keatman, Martin.
Robin Hood: The Man Behind the Myth.
Michael O'Mara. Illus., appendix, chronology, biblio., index, 185pp., good in d/w. 6.00
Sadeh, Pinhas. (Sel)
Jewish Folk Tales.
Trans. from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.
Collins 1990 443pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Scott, Michael.
Irish Folk and Fairy Tales.
Volume II.
Sphere 1985 rep. 214pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 2.50
Stemman, Roy.
Atlantis and the Lost Lands.
Aldus Books 1976 Large 8vo. Plates, 144pp., good in torn d/w. 3.50
Stewart, Bob; Matthews, John.
Legendary Britain: An illustrated journey.
Blandford 1989 Large 8vo. Illus., plates, index, 178pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., a bit marked else good reading copy. 3.50
Storm. Rachel.
Asian Mythology: Myths and Legends of China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Anness Pub. Plates, index, 96pp., large card covers, good. 5.00
Storm. Rachel.
Indian Mythology: Myths and Legends of India, Tibet and Sri Lanka.
Anness Pub. Plates, index, 96pp., large card covers, good. 4.00
Surmelian, Leon.
Apples of Immortality: Folktales of Armenia.
Allen and Unwin 1968 Illus., intro., notes, 319pp., some foxing to fore-edge, inscr., else good. 10.00
Tor Mark Press.
Strange Tales of the Cornish Coast.
Redruth. 100g. 32pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Vivian, John.
Tales of the Cornish Smugglers.
Tor Mark P. rep. Illus., 47pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Walker, Barbara G.
The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom and Power.
HarperSanFrancisco 1988 Notes, biblio., 191pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Warner, Marina.
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and their Tellers.
Vintage. 900g. Plates, index, 458pp., card covers, good. 8.00
Wentz, W.Y. Evans.
The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries.
Colin Smythe 1988 rep. Index, 524pp., car covers, sl. marked, sp. sl. creased else good. 10.00
Westwood, Jennifer; Simpson, Jacqueline.
The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys.
Penguin 2005 917pp. Hardback. Large sized.Condition: good in dustwrapper. 22.00
Whitlock, Ralph.
A Calendar of Country Customs.
Batsford 1978 Large 8vo. Plates, index, 168pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Wilkins, W.J.
Hindu Mythology: Vedic and Puranic.
Calcutta 1986 2nd. ed. Illus., index, 499pp., card covers, sp. sl. creased else good. 6.00
Yeats, W.B. (Ed.)
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry.
Dover rep. 326pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 6.00
Zheleznova, Irina. (Trans.)
A Mountain of Gems: Fairy Tales of the Peoples of the Soviet Land.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House. nd. c. 1970 Illus., 332pp., pictorial cloth in d/w. Good. 8.00
Zheleznova, Irina. (Comp.)
Tales of the Amber Sea: Fairy Tales of the Peoples of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Moscow: Raduga Pub. 1987 rep. Illus. Anatoly Bilyukin.
259pp., pictorial boards, good. 8.00
Zipes, Jack. (Trans. and intro.)
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.
Bantam. 1050g. 750pp., card covers, good. 5.00
