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BRITISH MYTHS & LEGENDS
Written by Richard Barber. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.
Stock no. 1827561
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

This is the combined edition, with leather spine. Marvels and Magic; Heroes and Saints; History and Romance. Pictorial boards depicting Excalibur. Edited and Introduced by Richard Barber. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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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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THE STORY OF SIEGFRIED
Written by James Baldwin. Illustrated by Peter Hurd.
Stock no. 1326250
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Circa 1931. Good condition.

Scribner Illustrated Classics Series. Dark cloth with gilt title to spine; large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, light rubbing to cover edges and a small dent to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Some foxing and light marks to page margins.

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THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
Written by Howard Pyle. Illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Stock no. 1326212
Published by Barnes & Noble Inc.. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Red boards with white titles and blue and silver silhouette illustrations. Colour illustrations. 437 pages, all edges silver. ISBN: 9781435142060. Some slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
Written by George Fyler Townsend.
Stock no. 1325914
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1879. Good condition.

"A New Edition Revised With Notes by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townesend, M.A.". Lansdowne Fairy Library. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w plates. 632 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Hinges are cracked and pulled causing contents to be a little loose and a couple of slightly ragged page edges. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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CORNISH TALES
Written by Eric Quayle. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1325876
Published by Mabecron Books. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1986 as "The Magic Ointment", this is an enlarged coloured edition. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780956435095. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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