Fables & Folklore

Thomas Ingoldsby, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
£75.00

The Ingoldsby Legends, or, Mirths and Marvels

Fiction
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PUBLISHERJ.M. Dent & Co. London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed. Binding remains tight. Opened pages....

R.T. Gould
£300.00

The Loch Ness Monster

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERGeoffrey Bles, London.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards with red lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, with scuffing, bumped corners and some cracking at ends of spine. Discoloured, especially spine, with various marks and scratches, and a 1 cm white paint splash on back cover. Hinges a little weakened, but...

Iona and Peter Opie
£15.00

The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards. 
BOOK CONDITIONBumping to spine edges with some marks and light scratches to surfaces of boards. Few marks and discolouration to block edges. Foxing to edges of title page and end papers. 
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1959, first edition. 
DESCRIPTIONA study...

Tickner Edwards
£18.00

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

Non-Fiction
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A fascinating look at "The oldest craft under the sun," the long human history of bee-keeping from ancient times and the mythology and lore surrounding it.

Giambattista Basile
£15.00

The Pentameron

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERWilliam Kimber, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGenerally shelf worn with light scuffing to edges and bumping to spine. Some discoloration to spine and boards....

Örnólfur Thorsson
£25.00

The Sagas of Icelanders

Fiction
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PUBLISHERAllen Lane, The Penguin Press.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards show a few signs of shelf wear with light bumping to corners and spine. Some...

Aldis Dunbar
£18.00

The Sons O' Cormac, An' Tales of Other Man's Sons

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PUBLISHERE.P. Dutton, New York.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt decoration.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed. Spine faded. uneven opened pages. Some browning, but...

Hsaio Ch'ien
£60.00

The Spinners of Silk and Etching of a Tormented Age (signed copies)

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PUBLISHERGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. (both books)
BINDINGSpinners of Silk: red cloth boards.
Etching of a Tormented Age: pictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSpinners: boards are quite worn at edged, with bumped corners and some fading. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Text is little marked....

Richard Payne Knight
£65.00

The Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERJ.W. Bolton, New York.
BINDINGTan and cream cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Gilt top block edge. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and discoloured,...

Lady Maxwell Wallace
£45.00

Will-O'-The-Wisps, or Lights and Sprites

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERBell and Daldy, London.
BINDINGTextured blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Gilt block edges. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn, with scuffing around edges and...

John Hartley
£20.00

Yorksher Puddin': A Collection of Most Popular Dialect Stories

Fiction
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PUBLISHERW. Nicholson & Sons, Limited, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and design and embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear, scuffing at edges and corners bumped. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves and edges of...

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