ROBIN HOOD: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND
Written by Bernard Miles. Illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus.
Stock no. 1830576
Published by Hamlyn. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A close study of the medieval legends and ballads where the story first appeared. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Green maps to endpapers. 125 pages. ISBN: 0600376060. Minor foxing to text block and inside board edges. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and lightly faded to spine.

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KING ARTHUR: THE SWORD IN THE STONE
Written by Hudson Talbott. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Stock no. 1830501
Published by William Morrow & Company Inc. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The only person able to draw a sword from an anvil, a young boy proves himself to be the successor to the throne of all Britain. Books of Wonder; Morrow Junior Books. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0688094031. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-worn to top & tail of spine, lightly scuffed, grease spot to top edge of rear panel, previous bookseller's label to rear.

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THE ICELANDIC SAGAS (VOLUME I)
Written by Magnus Magnusson. Illustrated by Simon Noyes.
Stock no. 1830473
Published by Folio Society. 2000. Very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Magnus Magnusson. Volume I only. 12 sagas. Leather spine. Cloth covers with dramatic Viking design to front. Endpapers are maps. Colour plates. 809 pages. Minor foxing to text block. Boards clean. A few minor marks to contents else a clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed.

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THE BOOK OF THE SAGAS
Written by Alice S. Hoffman. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1830279
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

Library binding. Terracotta cloth boards with gilt title to spine. First story is The Story of Odin and the Gods and of the Making of Heaven and Earth. 6 striking chromolithograph plates, many other b/w plates and illustrations. 320 pages. Ex-lib with the usual stamps and markings. Removal of label to front endpaper has led to surface paper damage and a chip to lower edge. All plates present. Spine is leaning. Contents are grubby. A reading copy only.

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THE WANDERINGS OF ODYSSEUS
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1330123
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Odyssey. Large format. Brown boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 071120862X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge creased and faded to spine.

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THE RED BOOK OF HEROES
Written by Mrs. Lang; Andrew Lang. Illustrated by A. Wallis Mills.
Stock no. 1830064
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Edited by Andrew Lang. Red covers with extensive gilt decorations. Containing 8 colour plates and numerous illustrations. 368 pages. All edges gilt. Light rubbing to board corners. Some fading and a few marks to boards. Large personal ink stamp to front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown. Joints are cracked, hinges pulled but binding is tight. Pencil underlining to contents in places (minimal). Some light marks to contents, mainly to margins.

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FOUR GREEK HEROES
Written by Jennie Hall.
Stock no. 1329758
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition.

All-Time Tales series. Leonidas, Phidias, Themistocles, Socrates. Blue cloth with red titles and decoration. 135 numbered pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some rubbing to cover edges and spine faded. Name and address(?) in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout, heavy to textblock. Originally published in 1913, reprinted in this series 1928.

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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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