CHRISTMAS LORE AND LEGEND
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Louise Armour-Chelu.
Stock no. 1329072
Published by Candle Books. Very good condition.

Candle Book Number Five. Small format. Paperwraps. B/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine.

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SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose. Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1328976
Published by Harper & Row. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot affecting inner margins of last few pages. Some light damp staining to inner margins of endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and foxed, tear to top corner of rear panel.

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THE MABINOGION
Written by Gwyn Jones; Thomas Jones. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1829171
Published by Dragon's Dream. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Eleven stories vividly translated from medieval Welsh, replete with magicians, hags, dragons, ogres and magical animals. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Superb illustrations in colour. ISBN: 9063329113. Light fading to top of spine. A few grubby marks to covers. Text block browned. Contents clean. Cigarette odour present.

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IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEYS
Written by Mathew Lyons.
Stock no. 1328890
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Attempted journeys to places that did not in fact exist; claims to have visited or seen such places; journeys it is not longer possible to make; and journeys that, whether in planning, the execution or the outcome, were implausible or unlikely, if not actually wholly impossible. Blue cloth spine with gilt title and decoration, blue pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations. Contained in a slipcase which has surface paper damage to one of the opening edges (corner bumped to same).

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LEGENDS OF THE RING
Written by Elizabeth Magee. Illustrated by Simon Brett.
Stock no. 1828835
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and edited by Elizabeth Magee. Leather spine with gilt titles. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 694 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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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.

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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.

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ECHO! ECHO! ECHO!
Written by A.M. Campbell; W. Mord. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325881
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. Circa 1911. Good condition.

Noel, Mary and Teddy Bear travel to the Land of Myths in order to hear some new stories. Cloth spine. Dark red boards with red title, decoration and colour onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Fading to covers and some scuffing to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint has been repaired. Browning to free-endpapers. Some grubby fingermarks to contents.

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THE VOYAGE OF ARGO THE ARGONAUTICA
Written by Apollonius Of Rhodes; E.V. Rieu; Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Daniel Egneus.
Stock no. 1822839
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Translated by Rieu with an introduction by Norfolk. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE VOYAGE OF ARGO THE ARGONAUTICA
Written by Apollonius Of Rhodes; E.V. Rieu; Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Daniel Egneus.
Stock no. 1321751
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Translated by Rieu with an introduction by Norfolk. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MINI MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OKLAHOMA INDIANS
Written by Lu Celia Wise. Illustrated by Various.
Stock no. 1321627
Published by Oklahoma State Department Of Education. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. Covers are edge rubbed and lightly scuffed. Some loss of paper covering to top and tail of spine. Pencil erasure mark to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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THE LEPRECHAUN COMPANION
Written by Niall Macnamara. Illustrated by Wayne Anderson.
Stock no. 1320337
Published by Pavilion Books Limited. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Looking at the link between leprechauns and the other faery folk of Ireland, and at their cousins in neighbouring countries - brownies, boggarts, piskies, spriggins, kobalds and many more. Large format. Cream pictorial padded boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862051933. Spine slightly faded. Small nicks in covers to front edge of spine.

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