THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS OR MIRTH & MARVELS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1829502
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1955. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title & vignette to spine. Plain endpapers. Colour frontispiece. B/w illustrations throughout. Top edge green. xxiii and 638 pages. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block slightly grubby. Browning to endpapers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Orange and green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, strengthened to verso top and tail of spine with tape which is leaving tape marks. Publisher's price label to front flap, price-clipped to top of front flap.

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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, 12 pages. Paperwraps. B/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine.

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MAN, DRAGON AND DEATH: THE GLORY OF SAINT GEORGE
Written by Laurent Busine; Manfred Sellink.
Stock no. 1829229
Published by Mercatorfonds. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name which ran from October 2015 - January 2016. This book offers the first-ever survey of artistic depictions of the legend of Saint George defeating the dragon. White paper boards, black title to spine, red title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 287 pages. ISBN: 9780300215755. A few grubby marks to white boards, else a lovely copy.

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ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.

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A WONDER BOOK
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by S. Van Abbe.
Stock no. 1328596
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Cream and orange decorated cloth. 8 colour plates and numerous b/w line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to textblock, light foxspot to title-page. Dustwrapper is price-cut and badly edge worn, faded to spine and edges.

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THE FLYING HORSES: TALES FROM CHINA
Written by Jo Manton; Robert Gittings. Illustrated by Derek Collard.
Stock no. 1828847
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chinese stories taken from translations of Chinese history and literature, the dialogue and poems often embody and give substance to ancient Chinese sayings. They range in time from the earliest popular legends, which deal with the origins of the universe, to a twentieth-century account of the Revolution. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Full page b/w illustrations. 172 pages. ISBN: 041683440X. Text block lightly browned. Light browning to vertical edge of front endpaper and small foxspot else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little scuffed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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