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Akerman, John Yonge, writing as "J. Y. A." TALES OF OTHER DAYS. By J. Y. A. [pseudonym].

London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1830. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-v] vi-vii [viii-x] [1] 2-250 [note: half title and title leaves are inserts (probably integral)], engraved title and six inserted plates with illustrations engraved by J. Thompson and S. and T. Williams after drawings by George Cruickshank, early purple binder's cloth with leather title label affixed to spine panel, top edge untrimmed. First edition. (#152059)
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Akutagawa, Ryunosuke. JAPANESE SHORT STORIES ... Translated by Takashi Kojima. Introduction by John McVittie.

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1961]. Octavo, illustrations by Masakazu Kuwata, cloth. First edition in English of this selection and translation. (#134206)
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TALES OF FAIRY LAND; OR, LEGENDS OF THE OLDEN TIME. Anonymously Edited Anthology.

Anonymously Edited Anthology. TALES OF FAIRY LAND; OR, LEGENDS OF THE OLDEN TIME.

Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1860. Small octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [1] 2-312, eight inserted plates, original decorated black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind, top edge untrimmed, yellow coated endpapers. Later edition. (#156281)
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Anonymously Edited Anthology. TALES OF FAIRY LAND; OR, LEGENDS OF THE OLDEN TIME.

London: T. Richardson, Printer, 2, Took's Court, Chancery Lane, London, n.d. [1830s?]. Small octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [1] 2-312, inserted frontispiece and engraved title leaf, original decorated brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, a.e.g., yellow coated endpapers. First edition? (#156282)
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A COLLECTION OF NOVELS AND TALES OF THE FAIRIES. Written by That Celebrated Wit of France, the Countess d'Anois. In Three Volumes ... The Third Edition. Translated from the Best Edition of Original French, by Several Hands. Countess d' Aulnoy, Baroness d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville.

Aulnoy, Countess d' (Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy). A COLLECTION OF NOVELS AND TALES OF THE FAIRIES. Written by That Celebrated Wit of France, the Countess d'Anois. In Three Volumes ... The Third Edition. Translated from the Best Edition of Original French, by Several Hands.

London: Printed for J. Brotherton and W. Meadows in Cornhill; R. Ware in Amen Corner; T. Astley in St Paul's Church Yard; and J. Hodges on London Bridge, 1737. Small 12mo, three volumes: pp. [1-2] [i-ii] iii-ix [x] [1] 2-288; [1-3] 4-275 [276: ad]; [1-3] 4-239 [240: ad], eighteenth-century full brown calf, gauffered edges, red morocco title pieces. Third edition. (#137511)
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Bannet, Ivor. THE ARROWS OF THE SUN.

London: The Cresset Press, 1949. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#160874)
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GRETTIR THE OUTLAW: A STORY OF ICELAND. Baring-Gould.

Baring-Gould, S[abine]. GRETTIR THE OUTLAW: A STORY OF ICELAND.

London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin: Blackie & Son, 1890. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii] viii [ix-x] [11] 12-384 + undated 32-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, ten inserted plates with illustrations by M. Zeno Diemer plus inserted fold-out two-color topographical map of Iceland, original pictorial brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, gold and dark brown, rear panel ruled in blind, plum coated endpapers, all edges stained green. First edition. (#148143)
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THE WHITE WIFE; WITH OTHER STORIES, SUPERNATURAL, ROMANTIC AND LEGENDARY; Collected and Illustrated by Cuthbert Bede [pseudonym]. Cuthbert Bede, Edward Bradley.

Bede, Cuthbert (pseudonym of Edward Bradley). THE WHITE WIFE; WITH OTHER STORIES, SUPERNATURAL, ROMANTIC AND LEGENDARY; Collected and Illustrated by Cuthbert Bede [pseudonym].

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate Hill, 1865. Octavo, pp. [i-v] v--vii [viii-xi] xii [1] 2-252 + 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "Oct. 1864" inserted at rear, seven illustrations by the author of which four are full-page on inserted plates and the others are smaller textual illustrations, original decorated bevel-edged blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, all edges untrimmed, brown coated endpapers. First edition. (#151667)
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Bezbaroa, Sahitya Rathi Lakshminath. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER FROM ASSAM ... Translated from the Assamese and Illustrated by Aruna Devi Mukerjea.

Basavangudi, Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Culture Publications Department, [1955]. pp. 130, Illustration by Aruna Devi Mukerjea, cloth. First edition in English. (#135768)
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Bezbaroa, Sahitya Rathi Lakshminath. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER FROM ASSAM ... Translated from the Assamese and Illustrated by Aruna Devi Mukerjea.

Basavangudi, Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Culture Publications Department, [1955]. pp. 130, Illustrations by Aruna Devi Mukerjea, cloth. First edition in English. (#135769)
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STRANGE TALES OF THE WESTERN ISLES. Halbert Boyd.

Boyd, Halbert J[ohnston]. STRANGE TALES OF THE WESTERN ISLES.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, [1930]. Octavo, pp. [1-15] 16-295 [296], original dark orange patterned cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained orange, endpaper maps. First edition. (#118396)
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Boyd, Halbert J[ohnston]. STRANGE TALES OF THE WESTERN ISLES.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, [1930]. Octavo, pp. [1-15] 16-295 [296], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained orange, endpaper maps. First edition. (#140978)
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INDIAN FAIRY TALES. Lewis Allen Browne, "Lewis Allen."

Browne, Lewis Allen, writing as "Lewis Allen." INDIAN FAIRY TALES.

Boston: John W. Luce & Company, 1912. Octavo, pp. [1-14] 1-206 [207: tailpiece] [208-210: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], head and tail piece illustrations, original pictorial chocolate brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. (#160597)
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TALES OF LANGUEDOC. With an Introduction by Harriet W. Preston. Samuel Jacques Brun.

Brun, Samuel Jacques. TALES OF LANGUEDOC. With an Introduction by Harriet W. Preston.

San Francisco: William Doxey, 1896. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-240 [note: first leaf is a blank; a half title leaf with limitation statement on verso, conjoined with frontispiece, is inserted between the first blank and the title leaf], 33 illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto, including 27 on inserted plates, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black and silver, spine panel stamped in silver. First edition. (#149526)
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TOLD IN FURTHEST HEBRIDES: TRUE STORIES OF SECOND-SIGHT IN THE ISLANDS GIVEN THE AUTHOR FIRST-HAND. Florence Robertson Cameron.

Cameron, Florence Robertson. TOLD IN FURTHEST HEBRIDES: TRUE STORIES OF SECOND-SIGHT IN THE ISLANDS GIVEN THE AUTHOR FIRST-HAND.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-118 [119-120: ads], original two-part charcoal and gray-green cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained green, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. (#148330)
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Campbell, C[harles] G[rimshaw]. FROM TOWN AND TRIBE Translated & Set Down by C. G. Campbell.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#112837)
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POPULAR TALES OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS. Orally Collected with a Translation by J. F. Campbell. Campbell.

Campbell, J[ohn] F[rancis]. POPULAR TALES OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS. Orally Collected with a Translation by J. F. Campbell.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860-1862. Octavo, four volumes: pp. [i-v] vi [vii] viii-xiii [xiv] [ix] x-cxxxii [cxxxiii] cxxxiv-cxxxv [cxxxvi] [1] 2-353 [354: blank]; [i-v] vi-xiii [xiv] [1] 2-478; [i-v] vi-xi [xii-xiii] xiv-xv [xvi] [1] 2-422; [i-v] vi [vii] viii [ix-x] [1] 2-480 [note: preliminary leaves in volume one are complete despite gap in pagination], two inserted plates, other illustrations, some full page, in the text, nineteenth-century three-quarter brown pebbled leather and marbled boards, spine panels richly tooled in gold, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition. (#136834)
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Campbell, J[ohn] F[rancis]. POPULAR TALES OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS. Orally Collected with a Translation by J. F. Campbell.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860. Octavo, two volumes: pp. [i-v] vi [vii] viii-xii [ix] x-cxxxii [cxxxiii] cxxxiv-cxxxv [cxxxvi] [1] 2-353 [354: blank]; [i-v] vi-xiii [xiv] [1] 2-478 [479-480: blank][note: preliminary leaves in volume one are complete despite gap in pagination], original decorated maroon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, rear panels stamped in blind, top and fore edges untrimmed, bottom edges rough trimmed, gray coated endpapers. First edition. (#151656)
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NINE FAIRY TALES ... AND ONE MORE THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. Translation by Dagmar Herrmann. Karel Capek.

Capek, Karel. NINE FAIRY TALES ... AND ONE MORE THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. Translation by Dagmar Herrmann.

Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University, [1990]. Octavo, illustrations by Joseph Capek, cloth. First printing of this translation. (#139366)
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Carmer, Carl. THE HURRICANE'S CHILDREN: TALES FROM YOUR NECK O' THE WOODS.

New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1932]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xi [xii] xiii-xvi [1-2] 3-175 [176: blank], illustrations by Elizabeth Black Carmer, original tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in reddish brown, top edge stained reddish brown, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed, pictorial endpapers. First edition. (#118083)
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Carter, Angela. THE BLOODY CHAMBER.

New York, Cambridge, Hagerstown, Philadelphia, San Francisco, London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Sydney: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1980]. Square octavo, pink wrappers printed in black. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first U.S. edition. (#158761)
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Carter, Angela. THE BLOODY CHAMBER.

New York, Cambridge, Hagerstown, Philadelphia, San Francisco, London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Sydney: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1980]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. (#159945)
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Cline, Leonard. GOD HEAD.

New York: The Viking Press, 1925. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-221 [222-224: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original decorated navy blue cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in yellow. First edition. (#161477)
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THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: STORIES TO BE TOLD. Padraic Colum.

Colum, Padraic. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: STORIES TO BE TOLD.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Octavo, pp. [i-x] xi-xii [xiii-xiv] 1-206 [207: tailpiece] [208-210: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations by Jay Van Everen, original pictorial blue-green cloth, front panel stamped in orange and black, spine panel stamped in black, decorated endpapers. First edition. (#137585)
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TRADITIONAL TALES OF THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PEASANTRY. Allan Cunningham.

Cunningham, Allan. TRADITIONAL TALES OF THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PEASANTRY.

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet-Street, 1822. 12mo, two volumes in one: pp. [i-iii] iv-x [xi-xii] [1-3] 4-322 [323-324: ads]; [i-iv] [1] 2-357 [358: blank] [359-360: ads], nineteenth-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards, recently (?) rebacked to style, black leather title label affixed to spine panel. First edition. (#138051)
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Cunningham, Allan. TRADITIONAL TALES OF THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PEASANTRY.

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet-Street, 1822. 12mo, two volumes: pp. [i-iii] iv-x [xi-xii] [1-3] 4-322 [323-324: ads]; [i-iv] [1] 2-357 [358: blank] [359-360: ads], original boards rebacked with leather, facsimile title labels affixed to spine panels, untrimmed. First edition. (#151618)
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TALES OF THE FAIRIES AND OF THE GHOST WORLD COLLECTED FROM ORAL TRADITION IN SOUTH-WEST MUNSTER. Jeremiah Curtin.

Curtin, Jeremiah. TALES OF THE FAIRIES AND OF THE GHOST WORLD COLLECTED FROM ORAL TRADITION IN SOUTH-WEST MUNSTER.

[London]: Published by David Nutt in the Strand, 1895. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-ix [x-xi] xii [1] 2-198 [199-200: publisher's ads], original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in lavender, spine panel stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. (#147586)
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THE CAMBRIAN SKETCH-BOOK. TALES, SCENES, AND LEGENDS OF WILD WALES. R. Rice Davies.

Davies, R. Rice. THE CAMBRIAN SKETCH-BOOK. TALES, SCENES, AND LEGENDS OF WILD WALES.

London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Swansea: The Cambrian Welsh and English Book Publishing Company, n.d. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii] vii-xv [xvi] [1-3] 4-353 [354: blank] [1] 2-7: [list of subscribers"] [8: blank] three inserted plates, original decorated blue bevel-edged cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. (#156893)
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STORIES FROM EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, AND TRADITIONARY LORE. ADAPTED TO THE USE OF YOUNG STUDENTS. Sarah J. Venables Dodds.

Dodds, Sarah J. Venables. STORIES FROM EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, AND TRADITIONARY LORE. ADAPTED TO THE USE OF YOUNG STUDENTS.

London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2-280 + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "1.79" on page [1] inserted at rear, original decorated slate cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in black, top edge untrimmed, black coated endpapers. First edition. (#140671)
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BUYING THE WIND: REGIONAL FOLKLORE IN THE UNITED STATES. Richard M. Dorson.

Dorson, Richard M. BUYING THE WIND: REGIONAL FOLKLORE IN THE UNITED STATES.

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, [1969]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xvii [xviii] 1-571 [572-574], cloth. Fourth printing. (#160861)
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THE WOLF-LEADER. Edited from the Translation of Alfred Allinson by L. Sprague de Camp. Alexandre Dumas.

Dumas, Alexandre. THE WOLF-LEADER. Edited from the Translation of Alfred Allinson by L. Sprague de Camp.

Philadelphia: Prime Press 1950. Octavo, illustrations by Mahlon Blaine, cloth. First U.S. edition. (#111887)
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Dumas, Alexandre. THE WOLF-LEADER. Edited from the translation of Alfred Allinson by L. Sprague de Camp.

Philadelphia: Prime Press 1950. Octavo, illustrations by Mahlon Blaine, cloth. First U.S. edition. (#152462)
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EGIL'S SAGA: DONE INTO ENGLISH OUT OF THE ICELANDIC with an Introduction, Notes, and an Essay on Some Principles of Translation. Eddison.

Eddison, E[ric] R[ucker] (translator). EGIL'S SAGA: DONE INTO ENGLISH OUT OF THE ICELANDIC with an Introduction, Notes, and an Essay on Some Principles of Translation.

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1930. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xi [xii] xiii-xv [xvi-xvii] xviii-xxxiv [xxxv-xxxvi] [1] 2-346 [347-355: maps] [356: blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained red. First edition. (#149952)
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THE FOREST HOUSE AND CATHERINE'S LOVERS ... Translated by John Simms. Emile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian.

Erckmann, Emile and Alexandre Chatrian. THE FOREST HOUSE AND CATHERINE'S LOVERS ... Translated by John Simms.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-252, flyleaves at front and rear, original pictorial blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, brown coated endpapers. First U.S. edition. (#147785)
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KUNALA: AN INDIAN FANTASY. With a Foreword by C. A. Hewavitarne. Arpad Ferenczy.

Ferenczy, Arpad. KUNALA: AN INDIAN FANTASY. With a Foreword by C. A. Hewavitarne.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, n.d. [1925]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-10 [11-12] 13-255 [256: blank], original brown cloth, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, top edge stained brown, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition, U.S. issue. (#110051)
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STORIES FROM THE EARLY WORLD ... With an Appendix by H. J. Fleure. Fleming.

Fleming, R[achel] M[ary]. STORIES FROM THE EARLY WORLD ... With an Appendix by H. J. Fleure.

New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-viii [ix] x-xi [xii-xiv] 1-162, twelve inserted plates, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver, bottom edge rough trimmed. First U.S. edition. (#113070)
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Fox, Middleton. A CHILD OF THE SHORE.

London & New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1905. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-307 [308] [309-312: ads], inserted frontispiece, original burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. (#151869)
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Gardner, John. IN THE SUICIDE MOUNTAINS.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Square octavo, illustrations by Joe Servello, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#161341)
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ALAN GARNER'S BOOK OF BRITISH FAIRY TALES. Alan Garner.

Garner, Alan. ALAN GARNER'S BOOK OF BRITISH FAIRY TALES.

New York: Delacorte Press, [1984]. Large octavo, illustrations by Derek Collard, boards. (#159227)
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RUMANIAN BIRD AND BEAST STORIES RENDERED INTO ENGLISH. Gaster.

Gaster, M[oses]. RUMANIAN BIRD AND BEAST STORIES RENDERED INTO ENGLISH.

London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1915. Octavo, pp.[i-vii] viii [ix] x-xx [1] 2-381 [382-384: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original decorated brown cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in black, top edge untrimmed, black coated endpapers. First edition. (#136354)
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HOUSEHOLD TALES, by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm.

Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Carl and Wilhelm Carl Grimm. HOUSEHOLD TALES, by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1946]. Square octavo, 56 drawings in black and white in the text and five color illustrations (including double-title page) on inserted plates by Mervyn Peake, publisher's decorated yellow cloth stamped in black. First printing of this edition. (#160065)
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Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Carl and Wilhelm Carl Grimm. THE JUNIPER TREE AND OTHER TALES FROM GRIMM. Selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak. Translated by by Lore Segal with Four Tales Translated by Randall Jarrell. Pictures by Maurice Sendak.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1973]. Octavo, two volumes, illustrations by Maurice Sendak, cloth. First edition. (#161707)
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UNCLE REMUS HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS THE FOLK-LORE OF THE OLD PLANTATION. Joel Chandler Harris.

Harris, Joel Chandler. UNCLE REMUS HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS THE FOLK-LORE OF THE OLD PLANTATION.

New York: D. Appleton and Company 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street, 1881. Octavo, pp. [1]-231 [232: blank] [333-340]: ads, flyleaves at front and rear, eight inserted plates, other illustrations in the text, by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, butterfly design endpapers. First edition. (#160344)
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FOOTPRINTS OF FORMER MEN IN FAR CORNWALL. Hawker.

Hawker, R[obert] S[tephen]. FOOTPRINTS OF FORMER MEN IN FAR CORNWALL.

London: John Russell Smith, 1870. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-257 [258: ad], original terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, all edges untrimmed, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. (#152143)
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Hewlett, Maurice [Henry]. LORE OF PROSERPINE.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. Octavo. pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-xi [xii] xiii [xiv] 1-287 [288] [1-4: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. (#113381)
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Hopper, Nora. BALLADS IN PROSE.

Boston: Roberts Brothers. London: John Lane: Bodley Head, 1894. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-6] 7-186 [187] [188: blank], decorated title page designed by Walter West, original pictorial light blue-gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g., bottom edge untrimmed. First U.S. edition. (#141946)
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Hughart, Barry. THE STORY OF THE STONE.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Doubleday, [1988]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#141825)
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THE WEIRD ORIENT: NINE MYSTIC TALES. Henry Iliowizi.

Iliowizi, Henry. THE WEIRD ORIENT: NINE MYSTIC TALES.

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1900. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-ii] iii-v [vi-x] [1-2] 3-360 [note: first leaf is a blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by William Sherman Potts, original pictorial gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in blue, black, white and gold, t.e.g., other edges rough trimmed. First edition. (#137614)
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THE LEGENDS AND MYTHS OF HAWAII. THE FABLES AND FOLK-LORE OF A STRANGE PEOPLE. By His Hawaiian Majesty Kalakaua. Edited and With an Introduction by Hon. R. M. Daggett, Late United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands. His Hawaiian Majesty Kalakaua.

Kalakaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. THE LEGENDS AND MYTHS OF HAWAII. THE FABLES AND FOLK-LORE OF A STRANGE PEOPLE. By His Hawaiian Majesty Kalakaua. Edited and With an Introduction by Hon. R. M. Daggett, Late United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-9 [10] 11-530, seventeen inserted plates, other illustrations in the text, one map, original pictorial mustard cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, floral patterned endpapers. First edition. (#160986)
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STORIES OF SECOND-SIGHT IN A HIGHLAND REGIMENT. William Kirk.

Kirk, William. STORIES OF SECOND-SIGHT IN A HIGHLAND REGIMENT.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1933. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-123 [124: blank] [125-128: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained red. First edition. (#150998)
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Laboulaye, Rene Edouard Lefebvre. LABOULAYE'S FAIRY BOOK. FAIRY TALES OF ALL NATIONS ... Translated by Mary L. Booth.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1867. 12mo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-ix] x [xi-xii] [13] 14-363 [364: blank] [1]-4: ads, flyleaves at front and rear, illustrations, original brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, brown coated endpapers. First edition of this translation. (#110115)
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HARVEST ... Translated by Florence and Naboth Hedin. Selma Lagerlof, Ottiliana Lovisa.

Lagerlof, Selma [Ottiliana Lovisa]. HARVEST ... Translated by Florence and Naboth Hedin.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-294 [295-298: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], original decorated blue cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained yellow, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition in English. (#117612)
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DEALINGS WITH THE DEAD: NARRATIVES FROM "LA LEGENDE DE LA MORT EN BASSE BRETAGNE." Authorized Translation by Mrs. A. E. Whitehead. Preface by Arthur Lillie. Anatole Le Braz, Mrs. A. E. Whitehead.

Le Braz, Anatole (Whitehead, Mrs. A. E. [translator]). DEALINGS WITH THE DEAD: NARRATIVES FROM "LA LEGENDE DE LA MORT EN BASSE BRETAGNE." Authorized Translation by Mrs. A. E. Whitehead. Preface by Arthur Lillie.

London: George Redway, 1898. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-220 [221-224: ads], original dark gray cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in silver, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition in English. (#145506)
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54.

MYSTERIES OF THE OLD CASTLES OF FRANCE, OR SECRET INTRIGUES OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS, PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, AND OTHER GREAT PERSONAGES OF THE TIMES. By a Society of Arch Seers, Under the Direction of A. B. Le Francois. Translated by William Thomas Haley. A. B. Le Francois, Alexandre Bailly.

Le Francois, A. B. (pseudonym of Alexandre Bailly). MYSTERIES OF THE OLD CASTLES OF FRANCE, OR SECRET INTRIGUES OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS, PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, AND OTHER GREAT PERSONAGES OF THE TIMES. By a Society of Arch Seers, Under the Direction of A. B. Le Francois. Translated by William Thomas Haley.

London: Published by W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row; E. Dipple, 42, Holywell Street; and all Booksellers, n.d. [1847-1848]. Large octavo, pp. [i-iii], iv [v] vi [vii] viii-x, [1] 2-348, printed in double columns, frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text, original brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind, yellow coated endpapers. First edition, bound from parts. (#161009)
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55.

CURIOUS STORIED TRADITIONS OF SCOTTISH LIFE. Alexander Leighton.

Leighton, Alexander. CURIOUS STORIED TRADITIONS OF SCOTTISH LIFE.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo ... London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1860. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv-vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-298 1-6: ads, inserted frontispiece, original dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind. First edition. (#151065)
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56.

Leighton, Alexander. MYSTERIOUS LEGENDS OF EDINBURGH. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME TOLD IN PRINT.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1864. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-272, nine inserted plates, original maroon cloth, spine stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. (#150798)
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57.

MYSTERIOUS LEGENDS OF EDINBURGH. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME TOLD IN PRINT. Alexander Leighton.

Leighton, Alexander. MYSTERIOUS LEGENDS OF EDINBURGH. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME TOLD IN PRINT.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1864. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-272, nine inserted plates, original maroon cloth, spine stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. (#151064)
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58.

A SECOND SERIES OF CURIOUS STORIED TRADITIONS OF SCOTTISH LIFE. Alexander Leighton.

Leighton, Alexander. A SECOND SERIES OF CURIOUS STORIED TRADITIONS OF SCOTTISH LIFE.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo ... London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1861. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv-v [vi-viii] [1] 2-305 [306: blank] 1-6: ads, inserted frontispiece, original purple cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, all edges untrimmed, brown coated endpapers. First edition. (#151066)
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59.

MacKenzie, Donald A[lexander]. TALES FROM NORTHERN SAGAS.

London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. [1923]. Octavo, pp. [i-x] 1-182, five inserted plates with illustrations, one in color, by A. E. Haswell Miller, original pictorial blue-gray boards with gray linen shelf back, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, red and black. First edition. (#119455)
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60.

MacKenzie, Donald A[lexander]. WONDER TALES OF THE EAST.

London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. [1923]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-viii 1-216, five inserted plates with illustrations, one in color, by Warwick Reynolds, original pictorial blue-gray boards with gray linen shelf back, front and spine panels stamped in light blue, white and black. First edition. (#119454)
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61.

MacLeod, Fiona (pseudonym of William Sharp). THE WASHER OF THE FORD: LEGENDARY MORALITIES AND BARBARIC TALES.

New York: Stone & Kimball, 1896. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-332 [333: colophon] [334-336: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], title page printed in orange and black, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in brown, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition, later binding ("Stone/Chicago" at base of spine panel). (#118704)
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62.

AT THE RISING OF THE MOON: IRISH STORIES AND STUDIES. Frank Mathew.

Mathew, Frank. AT THE RISING OF THE MOON: IRISH STORIES AND STUDIES.

New York: Tait, Sons & Company, n.d. [1893]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-ix] x [xi] xii [xiii-xiv] [1] 2-240 + 8-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, illustrations by Fred Pegram and A. S. Boyd, original pictorial two part green cloth, front panel stamped in dark green and silver, spine panel stamped in silver. First U.S. edition. (#150827)
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63.

McCulloch, William. BENGALI HOUSEHOLD TALES. Collected and Translated by the Rev. William McCulloch.

London, New York, Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-xi [xii] 1-320, original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#118073)
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64.

McHugh, Vincent. CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA.

New York, Harrisburg, Pa: Stackpole Sons, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-23] 24-340, original tan cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. (#104977)
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65.

McNally, Raymond T. (editor). A CLUTCH OF VAMPIRES: THESE BEING AMONG THE BEST FROM HISTORY AND LITERATURE.

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, [1974]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-255 [256: blank], illustrations, cloth. First edition. (#86518)
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66.

A CLUTCH OF VAMPIRES: THESE BEING AMONG THE BEST FROM HISTORY AND LITERATURE. Raymond T. McNally.

McNally, Raymond T. (editor). A CLUTCH OF VAMPIRES: THESE BEING AMONG THE BEST FROM HISTORY AND LITERATURE.

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, [1974]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-255 [256: blank], illustrations, cloth. First edition. (#158383)
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67.

ANOTHER GREY GHOST BOOK: WITH A CHAPTER ON PROPHETIC DREAMS AND A NOTE ON VAMPIRES. Jessie Adelaide Middleton.

Middleton, Jessie Adelaide. ANOTHER GREY GHOST BOOK: WITH A CHAPTER ON PROPHETIC DREAMS AND A NOTE ON VAMPIRES.

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1914. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-viii [9-10] 11-320, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. (#150738)
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68.

Morgan, Fred T. GHOST TALES OF THE UWHARRIES.

Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, Publisher, [1968]. Octavo, illustrations by Virginia Ingram, cloth. First edition. (#118774)
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69.

PROSE ROMANCES: REYNARD THE FOX, FRIAR BACON, ROBERT THE DEVIL, GUY OF WARWICK, VIRGILIUS, HISTORY OF HAMLET, FRIAR RUSH. Henry Morley.

Morley, Henry (editor). PROSE ROMANCES: REYNARD THE FOX, FRIAR BACON, ROBERT THE DEVIL, GUY OF WARWICK, VIRGILIUS, HISTORY OF HAMLET, FRIAR RUSH.

London, Glasgow, Manchester, and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1889. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv [v-xi] 12-30 [31] 32-446 [447-448: ads], original pictorial olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. (#136351)
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70.

THE WANDERING UNICORN ... Translated by Mary Fitton. Manuel Mujica-Lainez.

Mujica-Lainez, Manuel. THE WANDERING UNICORN ... Translated by Mary Fitton.

[Toronto]: Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers, [1982]. Octavo, boards. First edition in English. (#3849)
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71.

Mujica-Lainez, Manuel. THE WANDERING UNICORN ... Translated by Mary Fitton.

[Toronto]: Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers, [1982]. Octavo, boards. First edition in English. (#157643)
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72.

Mujica-Lainez, Manuel. THE WANDERING UNICORN ... Translated by Mary Fitton. With a Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. (#104474)
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73.

THE WANDERING UNICORN ... Translated by Mary Fitton. With a Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges. Manuel Mujica-Lainez.

Mujica-Lainez, Manuel. THE WANDERING UNICORN ... Translated by Mary Fitton. With a Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. (#160210)
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74.

LEGENDS OF NUMBER NIP. By [i.e. adapted by] Mark Lemon. Johann Karl August Musaeus.

Musaeus, Johann Karl August. LEGENDS OF NUMBER NIP. By [i.e. adapted by] Mark Lemon.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1864. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xi [xii] [1] 2-140, six inserted plates with illustrations by Charles Keene, original decorated brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, all edges untrimmed, slate coated endpapers. First printing of this adaptation. (#149502)
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75.

O'Donnell, Elliott. FAMOUS CURSES.

London: Skeffington & Son, Ltd., 1929. Large octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8-10] 11- 286 [287-288] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], twelve inserted plates with woodcut illustrations by Vere Campbell, original blue cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#147454)
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76.

O'Donnell, Elliott. ROOMS OF MYSTERY.

London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1931. Large octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-282, original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#147452)
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77.

THE WONDER GARDEN: NATURE MYTHS AND TALES FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER FOR STORY-TELLING AND READING ALOUD AND FOR THE CHILDREN'S OWN READING. Frances Jenkins Olcott.

Olcott, Frances Jenkins. THE WONDER GARDEN: NATURE MYTHS AND TALES FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER FOR STORY-TELLING AND READING ALOUD AND FOR THE CHILDREN'S OWN READING.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vii] viii-ix [x-xi] xii-xiv [xv] xvi-xxiii [xxiv-xxvi] [1-3] 4 [5-7] 8-483 [484: printer's imprint] [485-486: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], four inserted plates with color illustrations by Milo Winter, original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, color illustration (duplicating the illustration facing page 186) pasted to front cover. First edition. (#134835)
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78.

THE SILENT MAID: BEING THE STORY OF STILLE MAEGTH, HER STRANGE BEWITCHMENT AND HER WONDROUS SONG, AND HOW SHE CAME TO LOVE A MORTAL MAN. Frederic Werden Pangborn.

Pangborn, Frederic Werden. THE SILENT MAID: BEING THE STORY OF STILLE MAEGTH, HER STRANGE BEWITCHMENT AND HER WONDROUS SONG, AND HOW SHE CAME TO LOVE A MORTAL MAN.

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1903. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-223 [224-226: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank; publisher's pagination counts the frontispiece], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Frank T. Merrill, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. (#156552)
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79.

AUSTRALIAN LEGENDARY TALES: FOLK-LORE OF THE NOONGAHBURRAHS AS TOLD TO THE PICCANINNIES. Collected by Mrs. K. Langloh Parker. With Introduction by Andrew Lang. Mrs. K. Langloh Parker, Field, later Mrs. Percival R. Stow Catherine Somerville Parker.

Parker, Mrs. K. Langloh [Catherine Somerville (Field) Parker, later Mrs. Percival R. Stow]. AUSTRALIAN LEGENDARY TALES: FOLK-LORE OF THE NOONGAHBURRAHS AS TOLD TO THE PICCANINNIES. Collected by Mrs. K. Langloh Parker. With Introduction by Andrew Lang.

London: David Nutt, 270-271, Strand. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen & Slade, 1897. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [ix] x-xvi [1] 2-132 1-12: publisher's ads, twelve Illustrations by a "native artist" (now identified as Tommy Macrae) and a specimen of the native text, original pictorial pea green cloth stamped in black on front and spine panels, all edges untrimmed. Second edition. (#138924)
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80.

HOW MR. RHODDA BROKE THE SPELL. Mark Guy Pearse.

Pearse, Mark Guy. HOW MR. RHODDA BROKE THE SPELL.

New York [and] Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, [1899]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-37 [38: blank] [39: ads] [40: blank], original pictorial white boards, front panel printed in light green, pink and gold. First (first separate?) edition. (#156327)
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81.

Peretz, I[saac] L[eib]. THE BOOK OF FIRE: STORIES ... Translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich.

New York, London: Thomas Yoseloff, n.d. [1960]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#117780)
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82.

Pigott, Percy. HEROES OF OLD INDIA.

London: The Theosophical Publishing House Limited, [1926]. Octavo, pp. [1-14] 1-83 [84: printer's imprint], four inserted plates with tipped-in color illustrations by S. Drigin, original drab boards with salmon shelf-back, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#134105)
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83.

THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER ... Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Arthur Rackham, John Ruskin.

(Rackham, Arthur) Ruskin, John. THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER ... Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-47 [48], four inserted plates with color reproductions of illustrations by Arthur Rackham, fifteen black and white illustrations by Rackham in the text, preliminary leaves printed in red and black, publisher's limp vellum, front panel lettered in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, pictorial endpapers. First printing with these illustrations. (#160384)
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84.

THE SHADOW OF ARVOR: LEGENDARY ROMANCES AND FOLK-TALES OF BRITTANY. Translated and Retold by Edith Wingate Rinder. Edith Wingate Rinder.

Rinder, Edith Wingate. THE SHADOW OF ARVOR: LEGENDARY ROMANCES AND FOLK-TALES OF BRITTANY. Translated and Retold by Edith Wingate Rinder.

Edinburgh: Patrick Geddes & Colleagues, n.d. [1896]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-309 [310: blank] [311: ads] [312: blank] [1]-22 ads [23: blank] [24: printer's colophon], title page printed in orange and black, original decorated navy blue cloth, front and spine panels richly stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, t.e.g., fore and bottom edges untrimmed, heavy blue endpapers with Celtic design. First edition, first issue. (#147388)
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85.

Rinder, Edith Wingate. THE SHADOW OF ARVOR: LEGENDARY ROMANCES AND FOLK-TALES OF BRITTANY. Translated and Retold by Edith Wingate Rinder.

Edinburgh: Patrick Geddes & Colleagues, n.d. [1896]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-309 [310: blank] [311: ads] [312: blank] [1]-22 ads [23: blank] [24: printer's colophon], title page printed in orange and black, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel plain, top edge stained gray, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, plain endpapers. First edition, variant issue. (#149300)
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86.

FAIRY TALES FOR GROWN FOLKS. By Miss Thackeray. Lady Richmond Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray.

Ritchie, Lady Richmond (Anne Isabella Thackeray). FAIRY TALES FOR GROWN FOLKS. By Miss Thackeray.

Boston: Loring, Publisher, Cor. Bromfield and Washington Streets, n.d. [not before 1871]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-115 [116: blank], double columns, original tan paper wrappers printed in black. First U.S. edition, probable later printing. (#136330)
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87.

THE GERMAN NOVELISTS: TALES SELECTED FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS IN THAT LANGUAGE: FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Translated from the Originals: With Critical and Biographical Notices by Thomas Roscoe. Thomas Roscoe, and.

Roscoe, Thomas (editor and translator). THE GERMAN NOVELISTS: TALES SELECTED FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS IN THAT LANGUAGE: FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Translated from the Originals: With Critical and Biographical Notices by Thomas Roscoe.

London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1826. 12mo, four volumes: pp. [i-v] vi-xi [xii-xiii] xiv-xx [1-3] 4-413 [414: printer's imprint]; [i-iii] iv [misnumbered "vi"] [1-3] 4-405 [406: blank] [407-408: publisher ads]; [i-iv] [1-3] 4-374; [i-iv] [1-3] 4-374, half title in volume one only; none called for in other volumes, early full leather, all panels stamped in gold and blind, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. First edition. (#136033)
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88.

Roscoe, Thomas (editor and translator). THE GERMAN NOVELISTS: TALES SELECTED FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS IN THAT LANGUAGE: FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Translated from the Originals: With Critical and Biographical Notices by Thomas Roscoe.

London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1826. 12mo, four volumes: pp. [i-v] vi-xi [xii-xiii] xiv-xx [1-3] 4-413 [414: printer's imprint]; [i-iii] iv [misnumbered "vi"] [1-3] 4-405 [406: blank] [407-408: publisher ads]; [i-iv] [1-3] 4-374; [i-iv] [1-3] 4-374, half title in volume one only; none called for in other volumes, nineteenth-century three-quarter leather and marbled boards, spine panels richly tooled in gold, leather title and volume number pieces affixed to spine panels, marbled endpapers. First edition. (#147759)
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89.

THE WEREWOLF AND OTHER TALES ... Translated by Richard Goddard. Herberto Sales.

Sales, Herberto. THE WEREWOLF AND OTHER TALES ... Translated by Richard Goddard.

London: Rex Collins, 1978. Octavo, boards. (#155997)
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90.

THE PRIESTESS OF THE HILLS. Susan Fontaine Sawyer.

Sawyer, Susan Fontaine. THE PRIESTESS OF THE HILLS.

Boston: Meador Publishing Company, [1928]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-8] 9-262 [263-265: ads] [266-268: blank], four inserted plates, original green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, First edition. (#155991)
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91.

Sharpe, Elizabeth. INDIAN TALES.

London: Luzac & Co., 1939. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-228, original green and black mottled cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#114306)
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92.

AMERICAN MYTHS & LEGENDS. Charles Skinner.

Skinner, Charles M[ontgomery]. AMERICAN MYTHS & LEGENDS.

Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1903]. Small octavo, two volumes: [1-4] 5-10 [11-12] 13-352; [1-4]5-7 [8-10] 11-345 [346-348] [note: title leaves are conjugate with frontispieces and are inserts not counted in the publisher's foliation], nine inserted plates, title pages printed in red and black, original decorated red cloth stamped in black, green and gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. (#159013)
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93.

THE CARDBOARD GOD. Tevis Clyde Smith, Jr.

Smith, Tevis Clyde, Jr. THE CARDBOARD GOD.

Brownwood, Texas: Published by Tevis Clyde Smith, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#62541)
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94.

Smith, Tevis Clyde, Jr. THE CARDBOARD GOD.

Brownwood, Texas: Published by Tevis Clyde Smith, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#160747)
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95.

TALES OF THE PUNJAB TOLD BY THE PEOPLE ... Notes by R. C. Temple. Flora Annie Steel.

Steel, Flora Annie. TALES OF THE PUNJAB TOLD BY THE PEOPLE ... Notes by R. C. Temple.

London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Octavo, pp. [1-2] i-v] vi-ix [x-xi] xii-xiii [xiv-xv] xvi [1] 2-395 [396: blank], illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, original dark green cloth, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, cream endpapers. First edition. (#157578)
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96.

MALAY SKETCHES. Frank Athelstane Swettenham.

Swettenham, Frank Athelstane. MALAY SKETCHES.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1895. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xi [xii] 1-288 [289] [290: blank] [291-292: blank following 16-page publisher's catalogue dated 1895 inserted between leaves (T1)and (T2)], title page and cover design by Patten Wilson (1868-1928), original pictorial yellow cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white and black, all edges untrimmed. First edition. (#156591)
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97.

Tagore, Rabindranath. THE HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES ... Translated from the Original Bengali by Various Writers.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-271 [272: blank] [273-289: ads] [290: blank], original blue-gray cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition, first printing. (#117290)
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98.

DARBY O'GILL AND THE GOOD PEOPLE. Herminie Templeton, Herminie Templeton Kavanagh.

Templeton, Herminie (Herminie Templeton Kavanagh). DARBY O'GILL AND THE GOOD PEOPLE.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-294 [295-305: ads] [306-308: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original decorated green cloth, front, rear and spine panels stamped in blind, printed label affixed to spine panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. (#114362)
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99.

CANAPÉ-VERT ... Translated by Edward Larocque Tinker. Philippe Thoby-Marcelin, Pierre Marcelin.

Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe and Pierre Marcelin. CANAPÉ-VERT ... Translated by Edward Larocque Tinker.

New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., [1944]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-ix [x] xi-xxvii [xxviii] [1-2] 3-225 [226-228: blank], inserted frontispiece with color woodcut illustration by Edward Larocque Tinker, decorated boards, top edge stained black, fore-edge untrimmed, pictorial endpapers. First edition. (#161700)
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100.

THE BAN OF THE GUBBE. Cedric Dane Waldo, Cecil Drummond Wolff.

Waldo, Cedric Dane (pseudonym of Cecil Drummond Wolff). THE BAN OF THE GUBBE.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1896. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-195 [196: printer's imprint], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top and fore-edges untrimmed, brown coated endpapers. First edition. (#147779)
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