Folklore/Mythology Europe

Cambridge Univ Press Cambridge 1st 1985 PB. In the series New Studies in Archaeology. Regional studies tracing the development of European farming. Cover lightly sunned, generally VG. 325pp. more information

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Geoffrey Bles London 1st 1934 HB. A story in verse; a loose insert (typed) 'with Sir Harold Boulton's compliments'. Green cloth, silver lettering, some age mottling, generally VG 20pp. more information

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Paul Hamlyn London 1965 HB. A faithful retelling of the Odyssey, illustrated in full colour, with map endpapers. In the series Adventures from History. VG, cover slightly faded, in edge-worn but generally sound, price-clipped, DJ 80pp. more information

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Penguin Classics Harmondsworth 1952 PB. The national epic of Portugal, translated by William C Atkinson. Good - cover marked and worn, pages yellowed. 249pp. more information

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Sagalands Reykjavik 2005 PB. A guidebook to the eight regions linked by the Icelandic Sagas - Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Canada - focussing on the events and places mentioned in the Sagas and on contemporary storytelling. VG. 192pp. more information

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Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet et Cie Paris HB. Undated. With an introduction by C.-A. Sainte-Beuve, engravings by T. Johannot. Text in French. Bound in red leather a little marked and sunned, with a school crest (The Grange, Folkstone) to the front board, raised bands to the spine with gold decorative compartments, spine edges strengthened with japanese paper, gold decorative band to board edges, marbled end-papers, marbling to edge of page-block, neat ink inscription to prelims, some age-mottling to tissue guarded frontis, pages yellowed, tissue-guarded engravings all present, clean, tight and sound, a handsome book. 393pp. more information

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Hamish Hamilton London 1967 HB. A children's tour of Britain's castles, much enlivened by Raymond Brigg's drawings. Ex-lib, missing ffep, small piece torn from half title, white tippex mark to half title, generally VG, in edge-worn but generally VG DJ 96pp. more information

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Four Winds Press New York 1976 HB. Illustrated by Lucy Martin Bitzer VG in edge-worn, neatly mended, marked DJ, not price-clipped. 324pp. more information

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Michael Joseph London 1975 HB. Lavishly illustrated, this is a study of the chivalric myth. VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ 251pp. more information

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Chatto and Windus London 1st 1972 HB. Well illustrated, there is a wealth of detail. Good , ex-lib but new endpapers. DJ fair - chipped, sun faded, large chip to inner fold, edge-worn. 64pp. more information

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Gallimard 1998 PB. Attractively illustrated, with games and puzzles, in French - the short story that has entered green folklore - The Man Who Planted Trees. VG, no inscriptions. 71pp. more information

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BCA London 1987 HB. The condensed, illustrated version, concentrating on the stories, and lavishly illustrated. VG in VG DJ 256pp. more information

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University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia 1st 1986 HB. The causes and consequences of the freeing of serfs in medieval France VG in VG DJ 149pp. more information

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P A Norstedt & Soner Stockholm 1950 PB. Swedish folklore review; in Swedish. Cover a little worn, some pages uncut, good. 274pp. more information

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Michael Haag London 1987 PB. A history and guide book. Cover just a little edge-worn, generally VG 200pp. more information

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Hodder & Stoughton London 2001 PB. Travels in the steps of the mediaeval fabulist. VG 228pp. more information

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Netherlands Open Air Museum Arnhem 1978 PB. A monograph on the traditional clog, including instructions for its construction. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Slight wear and marks to cover, generally VG 76pp. more information

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Collins London 1973 HB. Translated by Peter Wiles. A scholarly study of the mediaeval love story. VG in VG but price-clipped DJ 256pp. more information

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Collins London 1st 1975 HB. Stories from the Lay of Marie de France ( a collection of French narrative poems from the latter end of the 12th century) made available for children. VG, attractive bookplate to ffep, in slightly edge-worn, price-clipped, generally VG DJ 153pp. more information

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Hoursch & Bechsedt Koln-Ehrenfeld 1st HB. An undated collection of stories set on the Rhine, in a rather chuncky translation, but a pretty little book. VG in worn and marked but generally good DJ 125pp. more information

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Chez Lefevre Paris 1841 HB. An attractive early edition of the classic collection of rhymed fables, text in French. Black leather decorated with gold a little worn and marked, wear to spine top, marbled edges to page block, prize label dated 1845 to front paste-down, decorative endpapers just starting to weaken in the front gutter, some age-mottling throughout, tight and sound, good. 496pp. more information

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PEG Ltd San Gwann, Malta 1st 1998 PB. Custom and belief relating to birth, puberty, marriage, and death in the Maltese islands, from interviews with the elderly, reproduced verbatim with facing Maltese/English text. Illustrated with old photographs. A Maltese bookmark is loosely laid in. VG. 360pp. more information

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