Legends
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The Legend of The Anchorite
by Anonymous; Seyzinger, E Edmund (introduction)
Cambridge, UK: W Heffer and Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated, dated from introduction. [ii], 34pp. Quarter bound in linen over marbled paper boards, paper title label (boards a little rubbed and chipped at edges, rounded at spine tips and corners, minor paper scar on top edge near spine). Some faint, occasional spotting on first and last few pages, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. An attractive, slim volume. 12mo.
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NZ$53.16
Viking Myths and Legends
by Sullivan, K E
London (20 Bloomsbury Street): Brockhampton Press, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 128pp, with stunning full page colour plate illustrations from artists including Arthur Rackham, J Doyle Penrose, Sir Frank Dicksee, Willy Pogany, Richard Jack and many others. In pictorial boards (mild indentations on upper edge). Internally neat. clean, bright and tight. In its original pictorial dust jacket (very slightly bumped along upper edge)....
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NZ$31.89
Female Moses of the Peace. Essay in Alberta Folklore Quarterly. Vol. 1 No. 4. December 1945.
by Garrioch, Rev. Alfred
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press., 1945 First printing in stapled card covers. 29 pp. Some soiling to covers, has been folded vertically, some rippling to rear cover. Good.
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NZ$33.90
The Myths and of Greece and Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin
by Guerber, H A
London, UK: George G Harrap, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint (of 1907 first edition). 394pp, with colour plate frontispiece and 41 further monochrome plate illustrations. In green cloth boards , with gilt titles and decorations front and spine. Deckled edges. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends, very gently sunned on spine. Previous owner's name inked on front free endpaper. Hint of creaminess to first and last...
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NZ$42.53
Tales From Past Times
by Holme, Bryan (editor)
London, UK: Heinemann, 1977. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rackham, Arthur; Nielsen, Kay; Dore, Gustav; Dulac, Edmund; Greenway, Kate; Clarke, Harry; et al. 176pp, copiously illustrated in colour and black and white, with some page decorations. Pale green endpapers. Bright green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine (boards are strong, square and clean, very slightly rounded on corners). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight...
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NZ$31.89
Short Dictionary of Mythology
by Woodcock, P G
New York, NY, USA: Philosophical Library, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 156pp. Red cloth-covered boards; black titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends. Previous owner's name on and date on front free endpaper. Lender's stamps on free endpapers. Text block edges tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with Brodart style sleeve, attached to front boards; sun-faded, tape use to hold shelf number label discoloured. A...
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NZ$25.52
The Life and Death of Jason
by Morris, William
Morris' epic poem on Jason and the Argonauts. Green cloth cover with blind Embossed Vignette of a Ship on front. Similar design in Gilt on spine. Gift inscription on ffep and name faintly written at top of title page. No other inscriptions.
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NZ$53.16
White Heather
by Scott, Eva L
Arthur H Stockwell, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, first printing (true first). 48pp. Black and white illustrations. Card-covered boards (worn, tanning at edges, rubbed at spine ends). Front free endpaper absent, and a little spotting and fingering. A collection of five short fairy tale style stories for young readers from an author better known for her other works - the Great Adventure and Kingdom Stories. Very hard...
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NZ$74.42
Marblehead's Pygmalion: Finding the Real Agnes Surriage (Signed)
by Bauer, F Marshall
Charleston, SC, USA: The History Press, 2010. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 144pp, with numerous black and white illustrations. In laminated, illustrated card covers. Signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. Very slightly bumped on edges, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. A deconstruction of the legend of Agnes Surriage - the real life New England Pygmalion who found her own Henry Higgins. She modelled herself on the codfish widows, the wives...
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NZ$27.64
The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Myth and marvels
by (BARHAM, Richard). Ingoldsby, Thomas
London: Bentley, 1855. hardcover. near fine. Series I, II & III. Illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and Dalton. 3 volume, 8vo, full polished calf, gilt backs with green leather labels, gilt tops; original covers bound in. London: Bentley, 1855. Near fine.<br/><br/> Eleventh Edition. Humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry.<br/><br/>
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NZ$2,549.10
Die grüne Schule im Märchenwald beim Alten Haus :
by Matthiessen, Wilhelm:
Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder, 1931. Good. 8°, Leinen. Altersgemäß angedunkelt/altersspurig, Deckel lagerspurig, Schmutztitel mit Eintrag, Inhaltsverzeichnis mit Markierungen, sonst sehr gut erhalten
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NZ$76.47
XII Canadian Croatian Folklore Festival. Mississauga 1986
by Jurinic, Nick, Editor
The Croatian Folklore Federation of Canada., 1986 First printing in paper covers with French flaps. 160 pp. Photographs, maps, advertisements. Rubbing to covers and spine edges, contents fine. Very Good.
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NZ$84.89
Ancient Customs within the Towns of Knaresborough and Scriven
Knaresborough, Yorkshire: Printed by Willaim Parr, 1844. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 16pp booklet in printed card covers, stitched. Card covers a little faded and soiled, slightly rubbed along spine. Internally a few signs of fingering and the last page has a small chip on lower corner, but basically clean and tidy. Firmly bound. An account of the customs - fishing, fowling, markets, courts etc - and their origins of Knaresborough and Scriven and...
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NZ$106.32
Beasts of Fact & Fable
by Marchant, R A
London, UK: Phoenix House, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pratt, David. 152pp. With 14 full-page drawings. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Cocked. Text block edges just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 12mo. Facts and fancies behind the world's oddest...
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NZ$27.64
The Adventures of Grey-Dawn
by The Ghostwriter
Prince George: Caitlin Press., 2001 First printing in trade paperback. Minor curl to covers othewise Fine.
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NZ$25.41
Pendragon: King Arthur and His Britain
by Clancy, Joseph P
Macmillan, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 136pp. Lightly illustrated. 8vo. In brown cloth-covered boards (clean and sharp, just a little rounding on corners). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Image on front free endpaper. Bookplate on front paste down. In its original dust jacket (edge worn, a little shelf wear). Clancy pieces together the fragments of historical evidence, constructing a framework around them, filling the...
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NZ$23.39
The Trail of Tamowenuk. Essay in Alberta Folklore Quarterly. Vol. 1 No. 3. December 1945.
by Godsell, Philip H
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press., 1945 First printing in stapled card covers. 29 pp. Very light shelfwear. Very Good.
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NZ$33.90
The Life and Death of Jason : A Metrical Romance
by Morris, William
London (Bishopsgate): Headley Brothers, 1915. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Armfield, Maxwell. [1915]. x, 332pp, with tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, five further similar colour plates and numerous drawing and decorations in text. In purple cloth-covered boards, with white decorations and lettering (mildly rubbed at corners and spine tips, faded, especially around backstrip, text block edges a little toned and spotted). Mild page toning, gift inscription on...
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NZ$53.16
The Grail : From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol
by Loomis, Roger Sherman
Constable, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 288pp. In black cloth-covered boards (clean, square, sharp). Image on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (very gently rubbed at edges). A reissue of this classic study of the Grail legend, and its origins in history, myth and tradition, and particularly its alignment with the Celtic vessel of plenty.
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NZ$25.52
Names from the Dawn of British Legend : Taliesin, Aneirin, Myrddih/Merlin, Arthur
by Griffen, Toby D
Felinfach, UK: Llanerch, 1994. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 120pp. Printed light card covers. Text block edges tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Professor Griffen uses innovations in the modern science of linguistics to reveal new insights into the names of the historical figures behinds the legends.
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NZ$21.26
The Book of Reykjaholar
by Kalinke, Marianne E
Toronto: University of Toronto Press., 1996 First printing in trade paperback. 322 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Very minor shelfwear otherwise Fine.
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NZ$25.41
The Golden Town and Other Tales from Soma-Deva's Ocean of Romance-Rivers
by Barnett, L D
London,UK: John Murray, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 108pp. In decorated and illustrated blue cloth-covered boards (damp stained and faded, corners rubbed and soft, sunned around spine). Internally a little mild tanning on endpapers only, else neat, clean and bright. Firmly bound. A collection of tales of India which take their inspiration from Soma-deva's Ocean of Romance-rivers, a little book of fiction...
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NZ$85.05
Greek Myths & Legends
by Sullivan, K E
London, UK: Brockhampton Press, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 128pp, richly illustrated with full page, full colour images. In pictorial card covers (strong, square, clean and unblemished). Internally bright, neat and clean. With its original illustrated dust jacket (very mild shelf wear). 4to. A lovely copy of this collection of the myths and fables, vividly retold, of the Greek peoples.
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NZ$55.28
Myths and Legends of Britain and Ireland
by Jones, Richard. Photography By John Mason
London, England: New Holland Publishers. First edition in hardcover in dust jacket. 160 pp. Illustrations, reading list, index. Jacket has one short tear at the top of the rear panel, minor edgecreasing. Fine/Very Good.
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NZ$50.90
The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys
by Westwood, Jennifer Beatrice; Simpson, Jacqueline
London, UK: Penguin Books, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 918pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Red endpapers. 4to. A large and very heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has very light shelf wear, not price clipped.
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NZ$53.16
