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DRAGONS: A NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Karl Shuker.
Stock no. 1828510
Published by Aurum Press.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Bringing more than thirty of these beguiling creatures to life with spectacular illustrations and engaging accounts of their origins, habitats and behaviour. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 120 pages. ISBN: 1854103725. Laminate at corners of cover is lightly rubbed. Contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- DRAGONS
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
- LEGENDS
THE ADVENTURES OF KING MIDAS
Written by Lynne Reid Banks.
Illustrated by George Him.
Stock no. 1828442
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1st
1976.
Almost very good condition.
An extension of the old legend of the greedy, dissatisfied king who wished for, and to his sorrow received, the magic 'golden touch'. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460067524. Spine slightly cocked, base of spine rubbed. Light scuffing to rear board. Front endpaper a little grubby. Some foxing throughout, heavy at times.
THE BOOK OF EPIC HEROES (ROMANCE OF KNOWLEDGE SERIES))
Written by Amy Cruse.
Stock no. 1828380
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1927.
Almost very good condition.
Attractive green cloth with gilt titles and borders, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w plates, b/w text illustrations. 316 pages. Reprint. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Texty block a little grubby to base, lightly browned with some foxing. Top corner of blank front endpaper cut out and removed. Some foxing to contents.
MAGICAL TALES: MYTH, LEGEND AND ENCHANTMENT IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Carolyne Larrington; Diane Purkiss.
Stock no. 1327098
Published by Bodleian Library.
1st
2013.
Slightly better than very good condition.
An engaging blend of words and images showing how books make magic by weaving old myth into new fantasy... Cardwraps. 188 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781851242641. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
- LEGENDS
- KING ARTHUR (CHILDRENS)
THE HAWK AND THE CROW: A QUEST FOR THE PENTANGLE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1326903
Published by Olfran Books.
1st
1993.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 140 pages. ISBN: 0952042614. Dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LEGENDS
- ARTHURIAN
ENID BLYTON'S ROBIN HOOD BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Joyce Johnson.
Stock no. 1326783
Published by Latimer House Ltd..
1st
1949.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A collection of the favourite stories of the outlaw of Sherwood Forest. Green boards. Black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine bumped. Covers unevenly faded. Foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Pencil name to half title-page. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with some very slight loss.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- LEGENDS
- ROBIN HOOD
TALES FROM EASTERN WONDERLANDS
Written by Oliver Brown.
Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1326356
Published by Carey Press.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles and illustration to front. B/w illustrations. 95 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Couple of marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edges foxed. Small bookworm holes to top margin of a couple of pages. Wrapper has loss to all edges and is grubby.
HEROIC LEGENDS
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson.
Illustrated by Helen Stratton.
Stock no. 1326259
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1908.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt. Crossed swords and laurel wreath decoration. 16 colour plates. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped, spine sunned. Some light scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink and an owl sticker to half title-page. There is pale edge browning else the contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LEGENDS
- ROBIN HOOD
- KING ARTHUR (CHILDRENS)
I MERLIN: AN HISTORICAL RECREATION
Written by Christopher Davson.
Stock no. 1826790
Published by The Book Guild Ltd..
1st
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Who was 'Merlin', and what is his true place in history? Did he advise King Arthur on his road to the throne and subsequent search for the 'Holy Grail'? Or should both Merlin and Arthur be consigned to the rich canon of myth long associated with Britain's 'Dark Age'? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857764803. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Top corner crease to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARTHURIAN
- LEGENDS
AT THE CROSSING-PLACES
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1325960
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
Blue cloth spine with silver title. Patterned boards. Colour frontis, colour and b/w illustrations to text. 321 pages. A fine copy in blue slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- KING ARTHUR (CHILDRENS)
- LEGENDS
KING OF THE MIDDLE MARCH
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1325956
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
Blue cloth spine with silver title. Patterned boards. Colour frontis, colour and b/w illustrations to text. 336 pages. A fine copy in slightly scuffed slipcase.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- KING ARTHUR (CHILDRENS)
- LEGENDS
A WONDER BOOK
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325862
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1922.
Very good condition.
Attractive red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 24 full page illustrations in colour, 16 of which are tipped-in to cream paper and have captioned tissue guards. 20 b/w drawings.206 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Plates present and in fine condition.