Rare books from Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books

Fine Collectible Hardcover. First New York Edition. 8vo. Handsome Designed 1926 NOT a library copy. Decorative Boards Two Color Red and Black Type. 69 pp. Limited to only 785 copies of this handsome telling of a Breton Grail quest with the Bowl and Diamond Spear (Spear of Destiny) i Arthurian telling of the healing of the land's fertility by Irish author George Moore. Fine printed in two colors. Printed at the Press of William Edwin Rudge designed by Bruce Rogers. Limited/Numbered First Edition. J. R. R. Tolkien was found of Breton storytelling as witnessed by his library and the publication of The Lay Of Aotrou & Itroun. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans of the cover and Printing

Original Original Folio 1875 Very Good First Edition Hardcover Volume An impressive 354 pp. Folio semi-diplomatic edition of four MSS 6, 7, 9, and 10, with introductory essay (1--25), corrigenda (26--31), translation, glossarial index (pages ccix--cccxxix), geographical index to the notes (pages cccxxxi--cccxxxviii), Index of persons mentioned in the notes.Dublin: SALE Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Very Good Hardcover. Folio Also Notes from The Leabhar Brecc. It appears to be the original boards but the spine has been handsomely re backed with the same material and the original leather title patch with gilt lettering restored. The title page seems to have vanished with the Vikings. N/D C.1875 This huge Folio work is a testament to Celtic Irish learning in the 'Age of the Saints'. Except for rubs at the farthest edges of the boards book and spine is very good and in clean shape except for several light pencil annotations. NO library markings NO numbers NO bookplates. See our Three Geese In… Read More

SALE Original Very Good Clean 1937 First Edition The King's Household in the Arthurian Court from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Malory Published by The Catholic University 166 pp. A focus on the placement of the Round Table and the Household officers at the Feasting hall in Camelot. The Steward, the Butler, the Seneschal, etc Very rare "Dissertation" study of Kay and Lucan the Butler etc in English and Norman Arthurian texts."Wace" "Layamon" "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" "Morte Arthure" Many later obscure Latin Chronicles that makes it really special This is a rare academic Arthurian treasure. Clean tight NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scan

Original 1941 Dublin Talbot Press First Irish Edition Thus With Una Hyde B/W Cover Illustration of the Three Sons Of Tuireann. Clean Very Good Clean Tight Condition. Some light sunning on board edges only. Hint of foxing on last two pages. NOT a library copy. NO inscriptions NO writing Wrap around Green Card stock cover.. 58 pp+ Glossary. Known in Irish Shanachie circles as, "One of the Three Sorrowful Tales of Storytelling" Tells of the Tuatha De Dannan having to perform impossible tasks before the battle against the monstrous Fomor. Here retold by one of the Fathers of the Gaelic revival, Douglas Hyde translated into English. One task is to retrieve a murderous spear that drips blood (Later Grail Spear and Spear of Destiny) from Persia. See Three Geese In Flight Celtic Book Scans

Rare Very Good+ First English Edition of this Window into late nineteenth Century Labrador and Quebec Wilderness, Salmon fishing, Lynx, Bear, Seals, hunting and fishing lore of the Montagnais and Algonkin architecture. Many b/w photos 440 pp. Clean condition, tight binding. Gilt stamping on cover. page toning and several pages creased slightly. tiny slit at upper extremity. NOT a library copy. No bookplates. NO numbers See our Three Geese in Flight Scans

Original 1922 Very Good First se story of the Dragon in roads folklore and roof Pagodas Printed and published in Shanghai pre-World War II China Referenced in John Michell View over Atlantis here in original edition, See our scans.

Very Good Original Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Hardcovers. Complete Two Volume set. Hard to find and still unsurpassed in depth and insight by Gertrude Loomis, one of the trio of academic wives of Roger Sherman Loomis. Here is the more desirable Second Edition with it's updated work by Roger Sherman Loomis. The Celtic Goddess aspect of the Fairy paramour was one of the themes of Loomis research. Here the French, German, Welsh, and English contributions are studied. While these are Ex-library copies the markings are not overwhelmingly so. NO Spine Numbers, NO library book plates. NO underlines in text. But there are library pockets and other library marks the shadow on one cover. 216 pp Vol.1. 618 pp. Vol. 2. Still these are nice copies of a hard set to find and if the Fairy Forest of Broceliande calls to you! See our Scans for Spine, Covers, Partial Table of Contents and Edition Information. Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books since 1977

Original 1836 First Edition Hardcover printed by the great Welsh printer William Rees (whose ancestor is writing a biography of him) Original blind stamped board with the uncommon gilt Title Patch on spine. Clean 350 pp. NO writing in text NOT a library copy. starting slightly on outer upper spine. Fading on front cover. Binding tight, pages clean. See our scans. The Rev. Rice Rees has one of the most rational takes on Arthur ap Uther. While much of this is dated from unreliable sources but the inherent wisdom and spiritual nature of the native Welsh rings true.

Original 1861 First Edition Very Good Hardcover Published Derby & Jackson New York 471 pp. Clean free of writing NOT a library copy. Sewn in signatures. Some random foxing. Rubbing at extreme edges of boars. Gilt titles. Far better than usually seen. Tight binding. Clean endpapers. Story of the terrorist burning of Esopus or Kingston during the American Revolution. Hudson river New York and the Catskill mountains during the Battle of Saratoga. Mohawks and Joseph Brant and John Johnson Loyalists battles with the Dutch Militia in the Catskills, Kingston/Esopus Woodstock New York in the American Revolution . Rare handsome tight copy. See our scans

Original Rare First Edition Very Good+ Blue Hardcover with Very Good- Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. Several jacket chips and creases. 1945 Clean 93 pp. B/W illus. Old inscription by a previous owner on title page. Great drawing by H. W. Lomas of British Goliath like Giant and King David like British boy facing him. See all our Three Geese in Flight Scans for Cover condition and interior.

Collectible Near Fine First Edition Decorative Hardcover.1921 NOT a library book. Clean 204 pp. NO writing. NO signatures Color Illus. George Carlson. No jacket but I do not think one was ever issued. Twenty-four Welsh Fairy and Arthurian stories From the "Sword of Avalon" to "The Fairy Congress" See our Scans for Table of Contents. The author a Welsh American in a preface to his grandfather praises "I am glad you were in 1783...among the first sea captains to carry the American flag around the world" Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books wrapping with respect and care since 1977 See all our Scans

Collectible Fine Red Limited Edition 50th. Anniversary Edition of The "Book of Three" by that brilliant multi faceted American World War II army and Veteran young adult Fantasy author Lloyd Alexander. Here gilt embossed spine and cover designs. Prydein Map endpapers. NOT a library copy. This Young Adult "Welsh" Fantasy was hugely popular and had a Lord of the Rings Heroic stance Beautifully done limited Edition. Since 1977 we wrap our Celtic and Arthurian books with care.

Original Two Folio Volumes Bound in One Hardcover Volume 1802 and 1808 112 pp. Two complete books bound in one. Rubs and fading to cover and spine. Board edges rubbed. Binding tight text. "Notes and comments hand written by Edward Jones with annotations "Arthurian Triads", "Bard to the Prince" Bardic Remains" a Full page hand Colored Plate and b/w plate. "Account of Taliesin" "A Dialogue Between Arthur And Gwenhwyvar"."Early Learning Among the Ancient Britons"Also "Musical And Poetical Relicks Of The Welsh Bards" A treasure of Harp music and Mabinogi First Branch. Music and Lyrics Second Volume by Jones is the Music notation and lyrics. Two Complete folio Volumes in one binding. See all our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans

Original 1849 Volume Two Volumes Bound in One. Near Fine Hardcover. Book 1 and 2. 12 mo. Clean 308 pp. Tight binding. NOT a library copy. Some age foxing else wonderful. Wild Arthurian fantasy epic of Arthur's conquest of the Arctic with Norse myth and Arthur on a Immram sea voyage. Loki makes an appearance. Lord Lytton was a opium smoking inspirer and author of Vril of the Victorian Occult. Sir Lytton supplies a summary in form of an "Argument" at beginning of every chapter which helps with Victorian Verse. Wonderful story. Tight clean and as Near Fine as can be. See all our Three Geese In Flight Celtic Book Scans

The One Club Volume 28 Large Folio Hardcover Good Condition Good Dust Jacket Clean 524 pp Color and B/W Plus Accompang Bonus Radio CD. Some shelf wear else Good+. NO Writing inside. NOT A LIBRARY COPY..Stunning Visuals... See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.