Early Irish History and Mythology by Thomas F. O'Rahilly - 1976

Dublin Ireland: School of Celtic Studies Dublin Institute for Advance Studies, 1984. reprint. hardcover. very good/no jacket. 5 1/2 x 8 7/8" 568 pages. With margin- references to O'Rahilly's additional notes. rubbing in two areas on front cover.

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. 008451-Netherlands 1976. x, 568 pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering, no dustjacket. An excellent copy of a scarce standard work. Pictures on request. 1976. x, 568 pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering, no dustjacket. An excellent copy of a scarce standard work. Pictures on request.

Dublin : Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; x, 568 pages 26 cm. Subjects; Mythology, Celtic. Irish literature To 1100 History and criticism. Irish literature To 1100 Themes, motives. Ireland History To 1172. Celtic history.

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

From the museum Del Prado, a monograph dedicated to this Dutch master of fantasy images. Bosch illustrated both the joys of heaven and imaginative tortures of hell. Softcover has minor scuffing to back cover, interior bright and tight, Very Good condtion.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

No dust jacket, O'Keefe frontispiece in color with bottom corner crease to page, not affecting frontis image. Pages are age toned and exterior board edges have minor shelf wear. Index and b/w plates on glossy paper among 531 pages. Northrop, a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, presents a very good analysis of the philosophical foundations of world cultures.

Conan Doyle Uniform Edition (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. July, 1955. John Murray, London. USED. Good-/Good- original price-clipped dust jacket. Partial front flap only. Front flap: has been cut at odd angle. Red boards with black titling. 5 1/8 X 7 ½. 248 pages. Synopsis: Detectives "Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate as following his uncle's death, Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire." Please see our stock photo.

771HigginsJuggler Higgins, Violet Moore. THE LITTLE JUGGLER and Other French Tales Retold. Story-Time Tales. 1917, Whitman Publishing Company Racine and Chicago. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ included if issued. 70 pages 6 ½ X 8 5/8. A nice copy.

Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More

Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2001. xiii, (3), 226 pages. The book is divided into 4 sections: Gods, Demons, and Ogres; Animals and Monsters; Witches and Deceivers; and Abductors and Pursuers. Each section includes scholarly studies (sixteen in all) ranging from "beliefs of the Ancient World and the lore of the Middle Ages in Europe to modern traditions about Killer Clowns among Scottish children, sightings of the Black Dof in East Anglia and beliefs in supernatural abduction." The book is as-new condition in an as-new dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

W.W. Norton, 2017. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed. SIGNED IN PERSON BY NEIL GAIMAN for a favored local bookshop in upstate NY as part of a lecture event. Not a tipped-in signature, not a bookplate, signed directly to the title page. A lovely later printing in brand new gift-worthy condition. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, offsetting to endpapers, pencil marking to rear board else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, light scuffing & creasing to covers else still bright, intact and whole.