Browse by Subject Category—Mythology, Customs & Folklore
The Glass Harmonica (Signed copy)
A Lexicon of the Fantastical, signed by Barbara Ninde Byfield
Barbara Ninde Byfield, illustrated by the author
Macmillan, New York, 1967
£60.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales
1926, with 16 colour plates by Warwick Goble
Grace James, illustrated by Warwick Goble
Macmillan, London, 1926
£50.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover
The Quest for Arthur's Britain
1968, first edition of Geoffrey Ashe's study of King Arthur's Britain
Geoffrey Ashe
The 'Pall Mall' Press, London, 1968
£15.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
English Folk Heroes
1948, Christina Hole's account of Robin Hood, King Arthur etc
Christina Hole, illustrated by Eric King
Batsford, London, 1948
£12.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
The King's Drum
A collection of African folk tales (1963)
Harold Courlander, illustrated by Enrico Arno
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1963
£15.00
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Heroes of Kalevala
1973, a collection of folk tales from Finland
Irma Kaplan, illustrated by Barbara Brown
Frederick Muller, London, 1973
£15.00
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Three Apples Fell from Heaven
A collection of Armenian folk and fairy tales
Mischa Kudian, illustrated by Ann Tout
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1969
£20.00
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Witches, Druids and King Arthur
Nine essays from Professor Ronald Hutton
Ronald Hutton
Hambledon & London, London, 2003
£30.00
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Legends and Folktales of Lappland
32 tales, illustrated by Arnulf Bjorndal
Valerie Stalder
Mowbrays, London and Oxford, 1972
£20.00
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Legends and Stories of Ireland
1832, the second edition of Samuel Lover's tales from Irish folklore
Samuel Lover, with six etchings by the Author
W F Wakeman, Dublin, 1832
£70.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Language and Poetry of Flowers
1857, an early edition of this charming miniature Victorian book
Miss S C Edgarton
Thomas Nelson, London, 1857
Sold
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover
A World of Folk Tales
Five volumes of illustrated folk stories from around the world
James Riordan, with various illustrators
Paul Hamlyn, London, 1981
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Heroic Legend (A Russian Bylina)
How the Holy Mountains Let Out of their Deep Caves the Mighty Heroes of Russia
N Misheyev, translated by Gleb Struve and Bernard Pares
The Centenary Press, London, 1935
£20.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Soft Cover | First Editions
West African Folk Tales
1917, many featuring Anansi, and illustrated by Cecilia Sinclair
William H Barker, and Cecilia Sinclair
George G. Harrap, London, 1917
£20.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
owned by folklorist Francesa Claremont, with a handwritten letter from fellow-folklorist Barbara Lowe
Iona and Peter Opie
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1952
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Association Copy
Contes Populaires Berberes, Recuillis, Traduits et Annotes
The myths, legends and poems of the North African Berbers
Rene Basset
Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1887
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Crafty Farmer, A Spanish Folk Tale (Signed copy)
Signed by the illustrator, Gregorio Prieto
Gregorio Prieto, illustrator. Translated and introduced by Henry Thomas
The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938
£60.00
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Project Water Horse
The true story of the monster quest at Loch Ness
Tim Dinsdale
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1975
£12.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Soft Cover | First Editions
Contes Indiens
1883, Les Trente-deux Recits du Trone (Batris-Sinhasan / Singhasan Battisi)
Leon Feer
Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1883
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
Recueil de Contes Populaires Grecs
1881, a collection of Greek folk tales
Emile Legrand
Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1881
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions