Folklore, Myths And Legends from Tom Heywood Books

A very nice copy of the first edition of Platt's excellent book around superstitions. Pages are exceptionally clean and bright, remarkably so. No inscriptions and just the lightest of scattered foxing here and there. Binding is totally tight. Boards are clean and the nice green covers are unusually bright. The most minor of shelf wear and corner crimping. An excellent… Read more about this item

A very nice copy of Lamont-Brown's comprehensive coverage of superstitions. This is the revised edition of 1971. Pages are bright, clean and unmarked with nothing more than slight age wear. A previous owner's neat name is on the FEP. DJ is excellent, unclipped, just some mild standard age wear. All in all excellent. Pp 123 with many lovely illustrations. Now… Read more about this item

Rare copy of Montalba and Doyle's Fairy book, no date but presumably the first edition of 1868. NB this isn't the later 1890 edition with the Doyle memoir. Pages are tanned around the edges though generally clean otherwise. Some pages especially at the beginning have some additional spotting and marking. Inside boards and initial pages (front and rear) have remains… Read more about this item

A good first edition copy of Thorpe's collection of popular Yule tales and traditions. Pages are generally clean and bright. This was owned by folklorist and author Ruth Manning-Sanders and she has inscribed her name on title page. There are a few light pencil notes in the text which are assumed to be hers and so have been left (eminently… Read more about this item

A first (thus) edition of Keightley's collection of fairy stories. He published this 'reissue' as he called it some five years after the original, with amendments. Sometimes known as the second issue. Overwhelmingly, pages are very good indeed: bright and clean. Some have spotting, and a few especially at the start have a little light staining. But most are really… Read more about this item

A very nice first edition (1954) of this collection of Ten Tang Dynasty stories, published in English in Peking. Pages are clear and bright with no inscriptions or markings, a few have minor corner curl at base. Pull out map present and clean. Binding is tight. Cardboard covers are very good, just minor age wear. See all photos - we… Read more about this item

A nice copy of Gillham's work on Alaskan folk tales. This is the First UK edition, illustrated by Chanimun, part of the Medicine Men of Hooper Bay series. Original cloth, clipped DJ which is generally very nice, a little browning to edges and an old mark at bottom right front cover. Pages have a little staining to bottom edge… Read more about this item

Professor Vernaleken's collection of folk stories from Austria and Bohemia. This is the Swan Sonnenschein first edition of 1889, in original binding unlike many sale copies. Book is very good. Pages are largely clean and bright, a few pages with some browning patches on. Some scattered spotting. Many pages have no marks at all. Text block is the original gilt.… Read more about this item

Garnett's translations of Greek folk verses and songs, along with Stuart-Glennie's additional essays. This is the 2 Volume first edition from 1896. A very nice copy. Both volumes have clear and unmarked rough cut pages, just the odd patch of spotting here and there. Boards are clean with just normal minor shelf wear and corner impacts. Spines both very… Read more about this item

A nice copy of this undated edition of Henderson's book on folk tales from Wales, Spain, Japan and elsewhere. Assumed perhaps 1920s-30s. Pages are clean and unmarked, a little scattered spotting. Pictures are clean and present. Boards are clean and spine tight. Just normal age wear such as slight impacts on corners and spine ends, a little blanching. No DJ,… Read more about this item

A nice first edition of Denton and Mijatovies' book on Serbian folk tales. Pages are very good: aside from age wear on the outside block, inside the pages are clean and mostly bright with very few spots. No marks or inscriptions. Boards are good: cover is clear and bright and has a 'Property of St Mary's College Strawberry Hill' stamp… Read more about this item

A really nice copy of the Harrap 1921 edition. Pages are clean and bright with only the most scattered foxing. Uncut pages. All pages and colour plates present, tight and bright. Boards are clean and spine is tight. Cover is very good, very little age wear. Spine is bright and clean, just a little shelf wear top and bottom.… Read more about this item

An excellent copy of the first edition of Jones and Kropf's collection of Magyar folklore, along with analysis of the Magyars and their beliefs. A very good copy: pages are clean and unmarked with just some age wear here and there. No inscriptions. Not ex library. Covers are very good: just a few marks and age wear, and a… Read more about this item

A nice copy of the first edition of Bombas's collection of folk tales related to the Santal Parganas tribe in India. A fair amount of foxing spots on some pages, with many pages having none at all. A few pages at start and end have rust coloured imprint of a paper clip (see photos ). This book is from the… Read more about this item

Lockhart's excellent work on curses and related. Skulls, stones, lucky charms and others. No DJ. This is the 1938 first. Covers have some marking (see photos) and wear especially to top off spine. However the spine is completely intact and tight. Pages are generally very good indeed: largely bright and clean. There is a previous owner's inscription on FEP, and… Read more about this item

Ray Hammond considers whether the potential creation, manipulation and alteration of human life by science is a step toward control of our own evolution. Hammond wrote the screenplay for the BBC drama documentary on the same theme. A very nice copy. Pages are clean and bright with no foxing or inscriptions. Ironically, the only flaw is a neat stamp (presumably… Read more about this item

Historian Radu Florescu examines the link between Shelley's famous novel and the history and myth of the barons Frankenstein. A fascinating, well written and illustrated work. This is the 1977 NEL British paperback. In near Fine state: pages are nice and clean with no markings; cover is excellent juts the most minor corner wear. See all photos

Paperback. Very nice quality. Creases on front cover , apart from all excellent. See photos

An excellent copy of the first abridged version. Uncut pages are clean and bright with no markings. FEP has a light brown strip 9see photos). Boards are clean and tidy. Spine tight. Really nice copy. See all photos

Julian Franklyn's examination of ancient and modern witchcraft. A very nice copy, no DJ but otherwise excellent. Bright clean pages with no markings, clean tight boards and very good spine. See photos