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Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. The hardcover shows signs of age-related wear, with noticeable rubbing on the spine and edges. The binding appears intact, ensuring the book is structurally sound. No dust jacket is present, and the cover has some fading and minor scuff marks. Internally, the pages are clean, with no inscriptions or library markings visible. unknown (no dust jacket visible) "Argonaut Edition" of The Works of Bret Harte. unknown (stated as illustrated, but no specific illustrator mentioned) (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Etat de la jaquette : no dust jacket present. The book is in fair condition with a red cloth cover showing signs of wear, including fading and some stains. The spine is intact but discolored. Internally, the pages are clean with no inscriptions or library markings. The binding remains firm. There is no dust jacket. Don Blanding (as stated on the title page) (illustrateur).…

Soft cover. Etat : New. 1st Edition. A collection of nine new Sherlock Holmes stories.

Etat : Very Good. 7 pages, 1 illustration, 1 plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Archaeological Journal; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Paperback. First Edition. 186p., lightly worn covers else a good first printing PBO in camp photo-pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. GPP 100. Color cover photo of a cocky sailor.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Firmly bound, cream cloth boards without a jacket, old gift inscription inside, frontispiece illustration has creases on the lower corner. No. 1 of a series of Saturn Books on the Arts. 30 tipped-in illustrations of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh plus frontispiece portrait of Van Gogh by A.S. Hartrick (illustrateur).…

Etat : Very Good. 19 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Annals of Agriculture; Printed before 1800; Farming & Rural Life. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Landscape format booklet nine inches wide, brown paper cover with a few minor marks and printed price 1/6, large oval hole in front cover designed to show first photographic illustration, no publication date, but signed gift inscription by the author and publisher, William Gough is dated 1931. Signed by Author(s). …

Softcover. Octavo, 185 pages. In Good plus condition. Paperback binding. Spine off-white with black lettering. Covers have moderate wear including slight scuffs/scratches, rubbing to the edges and mild sunning. Text block has slight wear including light age toning to the edges, minor wear to the front hinge. Light foxing to interior cover and three small stains to title page. Illustrated. Senator Hubert Humphrey's presentation card tipped in. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column T, ND-T. 1400127. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Paperback. 186p., price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp photo-pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. GPP 100. Color cover photo of a cocky sailor.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. BOTH BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND READY TO POST.

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First edition. A first edition of the brilliant intellectually challenging novel by A.S. Byatt, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work.In publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Written by A.S. Byatt, Babel Tower is the third part in a tetralogy, following The Virgin in the Garden, and Still Life.The novel continues to trace the life of protagonist Frederica Potter, a lover of books who reflects the author's life and times.Centering around two lawsuits, a divorce case and the prosecution of an 'obscene' book, the novel discusses private and public obsession of Britain in the 1960s. In publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to spine, with small crack at head. Dust wrapper is very smart. Light sunning to spine, with small closed tear to head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with slight age toning. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Good. First edition. A scarce first edition of this concise official study of grouse disease, habitat management, and ecology, illustrated with fourteen plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edition.This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at the National Trust Libraries and Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC).Illustrated with fourteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete.A practical reference work compiled to assist local government inquiry into grouse disease. The contents cover the life history of the grouse, feeding habits, management of heather, parasites, and grouse disease. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound. The odd spot of damp staining to boards, marking from dried clear residue, more so to front board. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to cloth, particularly to head of spine to rear joint, with binding materials slightly exposed. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Bookplate to Beville Stanier to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly cracked in places, but firm. Pages bright and clean, one or two minor handling marks to fore edge. Good. None Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Etat : Good. Frontispiece signed A.A. B. + 2 plates & titlepage illustrations and head & tailpieces. 16mo decorated cloth with gilt lettering panels to cover & spine (tips bit worn) 127pp. Reward inscription from Primitive Sabbath School Aug 1883 to Betsy Lengard + an unrelated bookplate. Two leaves with 1" tear without loss, inner hinge tender and some foxing. *Temptation and redemption in this story of a boy who is given a penny and buys an egg to place under the hen of a friendly dame, but bad company nearly cases the loss of temper, money and hen but recalling school lessons about the Bible he becomes a more thoughtful boy and all turns out happily. 1 volume. Hardcover.…

No Binding. Etat : Very Good. Wanted Poster 264 x 204 mm. In acid free Mylar sleeve. Will be shipped flat between heavy cardboard layers, never rolled. [Transcription:] POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Office of Inspector in Charge, Cincinnati, Ohio CASE NO. 28022-F, CINCINNATI, OHIO SEPTEMBER 21, 1939 WANTED! The persons named herein are under indictment at Cincinnati, Ohio, charged with using the mails to defraud and conspiracy to commit such offense, through the sale of cemetery lots for investment purposes. Forty-two of the co-defendants named in these indictments are under arrest and the case will be set for trial about October 16, 1939. [Photo 39226 of George O. Wells / Photo of L. J. Ascher] GEORGE O. WELLS | L. J. ASCHER GEORGE O. WELLS, alias A. G. Mautner. Austrian by birth; age 35; 5 ft. 9 in.; 155 pounds; brown hair; blue eyes. High pressure salesman. Married Dorothy Heavner of Canton, Ohio. Wife said to be traveling vaudeville circuit. L. J. ASCHER German Jew; age 61; 5 ft. 1-4 in.; medium complexion; medium stout build; 183 pounds; wears glasses. High pressure salesman and reloader. Sentenced June 22, 1931, at Minneapolis, Minn., for mail fraud to 2 years and 6 months in Leavenworth Prison. Wife Mabel and daughter Emily resided at 5408 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill. Brother-in-law Walter Sturn, R. R. 1, Wichita, Kansas. CHARLES FIGART. Age about 35; Jewish descent; native of Cleveland, Ohio; son of Mrs. Evelyn Hughes who operates a real estate business at 1739 East 115th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Associates with gamblers and short change experts. Last known connection was with Morris Lehman, alias Morris Lober, operating as Midwest Refunding Company, Kansas City, Mo., and trafficking in tobacco warehouse receipts and cemetery lots. GEO. C. ALTMAN. Jewish descent; said to be brother-in-law of Otto Schechtel of Chicago, Illinois. High pressure salesman and reloader. Last reported in New York City. (Cashed checks thru Argyle Shore Apartments and Northmere Hotel, and thru Lazar & Co., Chicago, Illinois, April and May, 1936.) IRWIN T. MOSS. Jewish descent. Said to be resident of Chicago, Illinois, and partner in Cosmopolitan National Sales Company, Inc., 140 No. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill., selling Arlington Cemetery lots during early part of 1937. JOSEPH SALAVAN, alias H. Goodwin. Jewish descent. High pressure salesman; heavy dark beard gives face a bluish appearance when closely shaven; dapper dresser. In July 1936 resided at Sherone Apartment Hotel, Chicago, Illinois; later Hotel Detroiter, Detroit, Michigan. HARRY A. SIDEMAN. Jewish descent. High pressure salesman; sentenced at New York, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1924 to 1 year and 1 day in Atlanta, Ga. - Paroled. Checks in his favor cashed thru Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, during 1936. Salesman in shingle racket at Milwaukee, Wisconsin during June 1939.JOHN (JACK) VON ELGORT. Resident of Chicago, Illinois; separated from wife, Irene, who has small child. His parents are said to be residents of Los Angeles or vicinity, and he spends some time there. LUTHER B. WOODRUFF. Age about 65; 5 ft. 11 in.; white hair; ministerial appearance; said to have been ordained as a Baptist minister. During 1935 resided at The Windsor, Apartment 402, 4209 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. Said to claim Lexington, Ky.; as his permanent residence but unknown there. Late report indicates that he may be confined in either the Nebraska or the Iowa State Penitentiary. S. J. (JOHN) HAMILTON. Office employee. Said to be native of Florida and to reside in the vicinity of Miami. Photographs and descriptions are not available except as set out herein. If apprehended, please wire Post Office Inspector in Charge, Cincinnati, Ohio, Government rate, Collect. J. W. THOMPSON, WALTER JOHNSON, Inspectors, Cincinnati, Ohio. W. R. BRIGGS, Inspector in Charge, Cincinnati, Telephone: CHerry 5820.CI PO X78 9-22-39 150)2.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First edition. A first edition, first impression of this Booker-Prize-winning novel by A. S. Byatt, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.A best-selling novel by British writer A. S. Byatt, which won the 1990 Booker Prize for Fiction. A postmodern work, blending historical fiction and metafiction, which spans two time periods as modern-day academics research the relationship between famous fictional poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte. This novel explores themes of ownership and independence. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is smart and bright with a little bumping to the upper extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light marginal age toning to pages, with the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages; otherwise clean. Spotting to fore edge, not affecting the pages. Dust wrapper is bright and generally smart, with a little creasing to the upper extremities of the wrap. Spotting to the reverse of the wrap. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrateur). book. …

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First edition. A marvelous signed first edition of 11 captivating short stories by Booker Prize winning author A.S. Byatt. The first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the front free endpaper.In publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Written by A.S. Byatt, an English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer whose books have been translated into more than fifty languages.This volume holds a collection of 11 unforgettable short stories that explores the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it.A.S. Byatt compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder. In publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Author's signature to front free end paper. Dust wrapper is very smart. Very light shelf wear to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning to edges. Fine. Not Stated (illustrateur). signed by author. book.…

Leather. Etat : Good. First edition. A smartly bound first edition of this fascinating study of the times of Dr. Samuel Johnson, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece with a total of one hundred and fifty-eight illustrations between them, many of which are plated. Containing a series of contributions descriptive of the England that "Dr. Johnson knew" with the objective of depicting the life of the period in English history between 1709 to 1784. With reference to institutions - the Church, the Army and Navy, the Law; developments in industry, exploration, science and farming; and the social and literary life of bookshops, coffee-houses, theatres, and more. Edited by Arthur Stanley Turberville, a British historian. Bound by Gray, Cambridge. Bound in quarter red crushed morocco with red cloth boards. Externally, smart apart from rubbing to the spine of volume two. Some minor wear to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Bound by Gray, Cambridge. Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Two volumes on the England of Samuel Johnson's time, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes.A reprint copy.These two volumes describe the England that Dr. Johnson knew, its habits, clothes, culture and amusements from the period 1730 to 1790. Samuel Johnson was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright essayist and citric.With seventy four plates to volume one and a frontispiece and sixty six plates and a frontispiece to volume two.Collated, complete.In the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a light mark to the front board of vol. i. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper of vol i. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrappers which are smart with creasing to the extremities and head and tails of the spines and fading to the spines. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. First edition. The first edition of this very scarce guide and history of Benares, or Varanasi, an illustrated work by Anant Sadashiv Altekar. The first edition of this very scarce work.A concise history of Bearnes, also known as Varanasi or Kashi, a city on the Ganges river in northern India.Illustrated with two folding plates and two plates. Collated from WorldCat, complete.By Anant Sadashiv Altekar, a historian and archaeologist from Maharashtra.One page of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Backstrip is a little worn, with a small amount of loss. Spine is sunned. Light spots and handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound, though the staples of the binding are a little rusted. Pages are generally bright and clean. Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good Indeed. Two volumes of the corrected edition of this study on the England of Samuel Johnson's time, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Later edition, with corrections. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighty images across seventy-two plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and seventy-eight images across sixty-six plates. Collated complete. A study depicting life in the period of English history which may legitimately be described as the Age of Johnson, from 1709 to 1784. From his experiences as a small child being "touch for the evil" by Queen Anne, to the third decade of the reign of George III, and the triumphant election which established the Younger Pitt in power. Samuel Johnson, often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. This work explores his life and the historical and social context of his experiences, being a description of conditions rather than a critical study of the era. Edited by Arthur Stanley Turberville, a British historian who was Professor of Modern History at the University of Leeds. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrappers are smart with light wea to the extremities. Sunning to the spine of volume one with light chipping to the extremities of volume two. The odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. A collection of insightful and informative angling titles, featuring 3 first editions, and numerous illustrations. An informative collection of historic works on angling, featuring 3 first editions: volumes 2, 3 and 4.Each title features a variety of illustrations.Volume 1 features a monochrome frontispiece, and 7 further unlisted monochrome plates, with illustrated advertisements to the front and rear of the work. Collated from a copy held by the University of Reading Library, complete.Volume 2 features a monochrome frontispiece, and is bound in very scarce green variant cloth.Volume 3 features numerous vignette illustrations throughout.Volume 4 features a monochrome frontispiece, 11 further monochrome plates, and 2 colour plates. Collated, complete.Volume 1 dated approximately from a copy held by the University of Cambridge Libraries. Bound in original cloth. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. Significant fading to vol4 spine. Occasional age toning to endpapers. The odd mark to boards. Slight mark to vol4 front board. WH Smith embossed stamp to vol3 front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Slight infrequent strain to vol3. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Several pencil annotations throughout vol4. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. A very scarce history of the family and charities of Samuel Brunts of Mansfield. Very scarce.In the original wraps, with string binding.Samuel Brunt is most known today for his bequest in 1709 which led to the establishment of a school focused in teaching local children practical skills. This eventually became The Brunts Academy, a large comprehensive academy.This volume details his family history, as well as his charity, which was also founded by a bequest in 1711, and provides finance for Brunts Educational Foundation and benefits for the elderly, almshouses and other projects.Illustrated with seven plates. Collated, complete.'With the Surveyor's Compliments' slip loosely inserted. In the original wraps, with yapp edges and string binding.Externally, with edge wear and sunning to the wraps. Loss to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only the odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Paperback. Etat : Good Only. First edition. Issues 280 to 295 of the early twentieth century children's periodical 'Horner's Pocket Library, a pioneering work of children's publishing. Sixteen very scarce issues of this periodical, with each issue - aside from No. 288 - retaining the original colour wraps.This periodical for children was notable for being designed to be portable, with small, light books that were easy for children to handle and carry.Although entertaining, they have an educational tone, and include discussion of history, science, and morality.Present here are:No. 280: The Somersby Sapphire by B. ManwellNo. 281: Miss Marchmont's Guests by Bessie ReynoldsNo. 282: A Friend's Treachery by S. F. G.No. 283: Dorothy's Deception, by Douglas AlexanderNo. 284: Miss Lester's Secret by Joan HalifaxNo. 285: The Folly of Bella by Bessie ReynoldsNo. 286: Under False Pretences by A. S. FillmerNo. 287: A Way of Vengeance by Keith MackenzieNo. 288: A Charming Yuletide Story by S. F. G.No. 289: Bonnie Leslie by Bessie ReynoldsNo. 290: The Heiress of the Grange by Mabel MaldonNo. 291: In Temptations Hour by A. S. FillmerNo. 292: Under Suspicion by Hannah B. MackenzieNo. 293: Her Father's Rival by Hope HarleyNo. 294: Won in the Dark by Bessie ReynoldsNo. 295: To His Own Hurt by Keith MackenzieAdvertisements to the rear leaf of each volume. In the publisher's original wraps, bound together in two text block, with the first being issues 280-290, and the second being issues 291-295. Internally, bindings a touch tender, with one gathering working loose. Issue 288 lacking front wrap. Significant handling marks to wraps, most prominent to rear wraps. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type, with tide marks throughout. Good Only. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. A very scarce copy of this historical account of religiously consecrated leaders of Yemen, in the original dust wrapper. A very scarce work.In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A work by Arthur Stanley Tritton, a BritishArabist. He wrote a number of books on Islam and its history, and from 1938 to 1946 was Professor of Arabic at theSchool of Oriental and African Studies.This work provides a historical account of the Imams of Sanaa, religiously consecrated leadersbelonging to theZaidibranch ofShia Islam. In publisher's cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Light fading to spine, with slight bumping to the head and tail. Light marks to front board. Front hinge beginning to crack, but remains firm. Dust wrapper is fair. Wrap has light spotting, with sunning to spine, and closed tears to the rear joint, with loss. Archival reinforcements to reverse of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of the first volume of Hickman's study of British military forces in Rhodesia, with illustrations. First edition. Volume one of a two volume set only. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two colour plates, seventy-six black-and-white plates, and fourteen map and sketch-plans. Collated complete. The result of detailed research and field work from the southern boarder at Fort Tuli to Mafeking and beyond, this volume explores the early days of the Boer War and its various narratives. With chapters on Rhodesia before the war, causes of the war, the border, policing, military action, railway repairs, and much more. Written by Colonel A. S. Hickman, a British army official who lived in Rhodesia for over fifty years, serving at the British South Africa Police Commissioner. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. First edition. A vibrant example of the very scarce first edition of A. S. Roe's beautifully illustrated account of her experiences of China in the early 1900s, told in a series of letters. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-nine further photographic images on plates. Collated, complete.A. S. Roe - about whom little is known - presents in this volume a series of letters written by her between May 1907 and February 1909, during which time she was travelling through China.The letters describe locations such as Shanghai, Peking, the upper Yangtse, the road between Ch'ong King and Chentu, Nanking, and Ping Yao, and present a western woman's view of the country in the 1900s. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Significant spotting to text block fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting to first and last few leaves, and pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. First edition. The uncommon first edition of this study of our stars' motions and structures. An early publication by English astronomer Arthur Eddington. The uncommon first edition of this work.From Macmillan's Science Monographs series.Arthur Eddington was one of the most prominent and important astrophysics of his time, becoming one of the first to understand the early ideas of relativity along with Albert Einstein.This volume, being one of his early publications, offers a summary of the most recent data and investigations into the motions of stars and the structure of our universe.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates and numerous in-text figures. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and slight bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…

Leather. Etat : Very Good. First edition. A vanishingly scarce work containing reprinted articles from the "Mansfield Reporter", detailing the historic churches of the Mansfield Deanery in Nottinghamshire. First edition. Reprinted from the "Mansfield Reporter". Bound in half calf with cloth boards, with the original wraps bound in.A comprehensive account of the old churches of the Mansfield Deanery in Nottinghamshire in the early twentieth century. Compiled by H. Walkerdine and A. S. Buxton. This work explores the churches included in the family of thirteen parishes in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, collectively called 'Mansfield Deanery'. Illustrated with charming vignettes throughout. With an illustration from another work anda postcard of St Peter's Church, Mansfield, tipped-in to the front endpapers. Bound in half calf with cloth boards with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally, very good, with light rubbing and some fading to the backstrip. A little loss of leather to the rear board. Two cuttings tipped-in to front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). book. …

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. A charming and varied selection of works diving into a range of ancient tales, with a focus on Norse and Greek mythologies. A very smart selection of 7 unusual mythological titles.Each volume in this set offers valuable and distinct insight into the mythological legacies or a range of cultures, primarily focused on Norse mythology.Volume 3 features charming vignette illustrations throughout, depicting a variety of scenes from Greek mythology.Volume 6 features an original book ribbion, a vibrantly coloured frontispiece, and 7 further colour plates, to accompany Macgregor's engaging retelling of Viking tales. Collated, complete. Bound in original cloth and paper. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. The odd marks to boards. Fading to vol3 spine. Sunning to vol2 covers. Occasional age toning to endpapers. Front hinges of vols 1 and 2 starting. Front hinge of vol3 slightly starting. Some leaves of vol2 unopened. Bookseller sticker to rear paste down of vol3. Mark to vol4 rear board. Rubbing to vol4 spine. The odd handling mark. Attempted removal of presentation sticker to vol6 front paste down. Tear to p.81 of vol6. Possible removal of vol7 front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed 5" by 3"; 7" by 4.5"; 6" by 4.5"; 6" by 5"; 6.5" by 5.5". None; Not Stated; Monro S. Orr (illustrateur). book.…