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| This selection contains 29 title(s) on 2 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| ADAMS, MORLEY In the Footsteps of Borrow and Fitzgerald Jarrold & Sons London HB Undated. A cycle tour of East Anglia around the turn of the last century, seeking places associated with the Gypsy linguist and the translator of the Rubaiyat. Blue cloth covers worn and marked, contemporary names to ffep, tipped-in portrait frontis and all plates present, tight and sound, good. 262pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB8594 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| ALEXANDER, MATHEW More Surrey Tales Countryside Books Newbury 1986 PB Folktales and traditions from Surrey. VG, inscribed by previous owner on half title page 96pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1635 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| ANON. The Midlands in Legend and History McDougall's Educational Co. London PB Undated - 1930's? A children's reader, with tales and songs. Decorative cover worn and marked, pages yellowed and creased, good. 119pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7781 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| BRAY, DONALD Stories of the North Cornish Coast Truran Redruth 1983 PB Smugglers and saints, wrecks and mermaids. Covers very slightly worn, generally VG. 152pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7915 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| GAUNT, ARTHUR Exploring Historic Britain Southern London 1st 1947 HB For 'Britain' here read England - abbeys, castles, windmills, crosses, inns, almshouses and more, and the curious tales associated with them. Red cloth cover just a little worn, slight age-mottling to prelims, no inscriptions, generally VG, no DJ. 94pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7368 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| GELLING, MARTHA The Place-Names of Oxfordshire - parts One and Two complete Cambridge Univ Press London 1st 1953/4 HB Vol XXIII of the English Place-Name Society 1945-46. The classic study, based on material collected by Doris Mary Stenton. Ex-academic-library, minimal marking, covers marked and worn, both vols internally clean, tight and sound, good, no DJs, vol 2 missing both maps. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: BYB8623 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| GELLING, MARY The Place-Names of Berkshire - parts One, Two and Three complete Cambridge Univ Press London 1st 1974/6 HB Vol LI of the English Place-Name Society 1973-4. The classic study. Ex-academic-library, minimal marking, covers marked and worn, all vols internally clean, tight and sound, good, no DJs, all maps present Part 2, missing A(b)II, IV, VI in Part 3, but the other maps all present. GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 US$ 99.66 | JP¥ 8805] Book number: BYB8624 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| GIBBS, J. ARTHUR A Cotswold Village John Murray London 1st 1898 HB Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire - a gentle classic. Red cloth, gold lettering and decoration, rather worn, gilt on top, some age-mottling, name to half title, small tear to title page edge, some edge-wear, generally VG 431pp GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: BYB5269 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| GIBBS, RAY Somerset Places and Legends Llanerch Publishers Felinfach 1991 PB A sequel to the author's 'The Legendary XII Hides of Glastonbury'. VG 131pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4289 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| HARWOOD, H W AND MARSDEN, F H EDS. The Pace Egg - the Midgley Version David Bland Halifax 1977 PB Second edition. The text and music of the Mummers Play performed at Easter in Midgley, West Yorkshire. With an introductory study by the editors, and a photograph from 1934 of the performers. Stapled booklet, good. 24pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB6661 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| HEWINS, GEORGE (ED.HEWINS, ANGELA) The Dillen OUP Oxford 3rd 1982 PB A 'storyteller of genius in the old oral tradition'. Cover a little worn, generally VG 178pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB930 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| HILLSDON, SONIA Jersey - Witches, Ghosts and Traditions Jarrow Colour Publications Norwich 1st 1987 PB Jersey folklore and witch trials. VG 141pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2002 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| JONES, SALLY Legends of Cornwall Bossiney Books St Teath 1980 PB 'The Land of Legend' VG 100pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4288 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| LANGLAND, WILLIAM Piers the Plowman ( Piers the Ploughman ) Clarendon Oxford 1869 HB The 14th century English classic, edited by Walter W Skeat Slight bumping to corners, spine worn top and tail, hinges starting. Very occasionaly annotated. Name to ffep. 195pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1762 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| LUMLEY, D Echoes of Other Days - some leaves of Northern Lore Northumberland Press Limited Newcastle upon Tyne 1930 HB Second edition. Historical anecdotes from Northumberland, illustrated with photographs. Blue cloth, spine faded, age-mottling to page edges and to prelims, name plate to front paste-down, o/w 159pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB6999 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| MARSHALL, J D AND DAVIES-SHIEL, M The Lake District at Work - past and present David and Charles Newton Abbot 1st 1971 HB Industrial archaeology from the earliest days, illustrated with b/w photographs and a coloured frontis. Large inscription to ffep, some grubby marks to pages, good in good, edge-worn DJ, not price-clipped. 112pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB7811 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| POOL, P A S Antiquities of Penwith Penwith District Council Penzance PB Undated, but contemporary. The Land's End Peninsula - quoits, barrows, stone circles, longstones, the holed stone, hill forts, fougous etc Sapled booklet, VG 16pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6951 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| PYLE, HOWARD The Adventures of Robin Hood Collins London 1986 HB A fine retelling of the traditional tales. VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ 192pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1990 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| RYAN, DAVID STUART The Lost Journal of Robyn Hood, Outlaw Kozmik Press London 1st 1989 HB A novel. VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped 187pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB6861 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| SFWI Somerset Remembers - recollections of country people Somerset Federation of Women's Institutes Taunton 1978 PB Covers a little worn, pages yellowing, good. 125pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7954 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| SHARP, CECIL J The Country Dance Book parts 5 & 6 EP Publishing Wakefield 1977 HB A facsimile reprint of parts V and VI of Sharp's classic collection of dances, the first containing the Running Set collected in Kentucky, and the second more dances from Playford's The English Dancing Master. Ex-lib, missing ffep, o/w clean, tight and sound, good in slightly sunned good DJ. 136pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB8528 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| STEBBING, NANCY The Vale of the White Horse - Land and People Oxfordshire County Council Museum Services PB Undated - late 70's? Museum publication No. 9, giving the history of the man-made landscape of the Vale. Stapled booklet, good 32pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6935 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| STONE, BRIAN TRANS. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Penguin Classics London 2nd edition 1974 PB A masterpiece of English Medieval alliterative poetry, in a translation true also to metre. Good - slight shelf wear, bumped at base of spine, pages slightly yellowed around the adges of the text block. 144pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB894 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| STRUNK, WILLIAM Juliana D C Heath Boston 1904 HB The Old English life of Saint Juliana Grey and maroon decorated cloth, VG, no inscriptions 133pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB3926 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| VATCHER, FAITH DE M, AND VATCHER, LANCE The Avebury Monuments, Wiltshire HMSO London 1976 PB Detailed descriptions of the prehistoric sites of Windmill Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, Silbury Hill and Avebury itself, with plans and diagrams and a fold-out map of the area. Stapled booklet, VG 43pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6952 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. |
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