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| This selection contains 20 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 20 |
| BARKER, GRAEME Prehistoric Farming in Europe Cambridge Univ Press Cambridge 1st 1985 PB In the series New Studies in Archaeology. Regional studies tracing the development of European farming. Cover lightly sunned, generally VG. 325pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: BYB6710 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| BOULTON, HAROLD Olaf and Uaine Geoffrey Bles London 1st 1934 HB A story in verse; a loose insert (typed) 'with Sir Harold Boulton's compliments'. Green cloth, silver lettering, some age mottling, generally VG 20pp GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 | JP¥ 1209] Book number: BYB1110 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| BROWN, ROY F. ILLUS. MARIO LOGLI AND GABRIELLE SANTINI The Legend of Ulysses Paul Hamlyn London 1965 HB A faithful retelling of the Odyssey, illustrated in full colour, with map endpapers. In the series Adventures from History. VG, cover slightly faded, in edge-worn but generally sound, price-clipped, DJ 80pp GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: BYB6915 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| CAMOENS, LUIS VAZ DE The Lusiads Penguin Classics Harmondsworth 1952 PB The national epic of Portugal, translated by William C Atkinson. Good - cover marked and worn, pages yellowed. 249pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: BYB4977 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| COOPER, DAVID, GUDMUNDSSON, ROGNVALDUR, MUIR TOM EDS Destination Viking Sagalands - the Icelandic Sagas and oral tradition in the Nordic world Sagalands Reykjavik 2005 PB A guidebook to the eight regions linked by the Icelandic Sagas - Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Canada - focussing on the events and places mentioned in the Sagas and on contemporary storytelling. VG. 192pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: BYB8204 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| DUGGAN, ALFRED Look At Castles Hamish Hamilton London 1967 HB A children's tour of Britain's castles, much enlivened by Raymond Brigg's drawings. Ex-lib, missing ffep, small piece torn from half title, white tippex mark to half title, generally VG, in edge-worn but generally VG DJ 96pp GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.1 | JP¥ 783] Book number: BYB2464 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| EVSLIN, BERNARD Greeks Bearing Gifts Four Winds Press New York 1976 HB Illustrated by Lucy Martin Bitzer VG in edge-worn, neatly mended, marked DJ, not price-clipped. 324pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: BYB4569 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| FOSS, MICHAEL Chivalry Michael Joseph London 1975 HB Lavishly illustrated, this is a study of the chivalric myth. VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ 251pp GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 | JP¥ 1209] Book number: BYB2009 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| FOX, LILA M. Folk Costume of Southern Europe Chatto and Windus London 1st 1972 HB Well illustrated, there is a wealth of detail. Good , ex-lib but new endpapers. DJ fair - chipped, sun faded, large chip to inner fold, edge-worn. 64pp GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 | JP¥ 925] Book number: BYB1118 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| GIONO, JEAN, ILLUSTRATED BY WILLI GLASAUER L'homme qui plantait des arbres Gallimard 1998 PB Attractively illustrated, with games and puzzles, in French - the short story that has entered green folklore - The Man Who Planted Trees. VG, no inscriptions. 71pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: BYB8608 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| GRAVES, ROBERT Greek Myths - illustrated edition BCA London 1987 HB The condensed, illustrated version, concentrating on the stories, and lavishly illustrated. VG in VG DJ 256pp GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.1 | JP¥ 783] Book number: BYB1167 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| JORDAN, WILLIAM CHESTER From Servitude to Freedom - Manumission in the Senonais in the 13th Century University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia 1st 1986 HB The causes and consequences of the freeing of serfs in medieval France VG in VG DJ 149pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: BYB3776 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| JOURNAL Svenska Landsmal och Svenskt Folkliv P A Norstedt & Soner Stockholm 1950 PB Swedish folklore review; in Swedish. Cover a little worn, some pages uncut, good. 274pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: BYB5940 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| LEWIS, NEVILLE Delphi and the Sacred Way Michael Haag London 1987 PB A history and guide book. Cover just a little edge-worn, generally VG 200pp GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.41 | JP¥ 1067] Book number: BYB6244 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| MILTON, GILES The Riddle and the Knight - In Search of Sir John Mandeville Hodder & Stoughton London 2001 PB Travels in the steps of the mediaeval fabulist. VG 228pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: BYB1163 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| NOORLANDER, H Wooden Shoes - their makers and their wearers Netherlands Open Air Museum Arnhem 1978 PB A monograph on the traditional clog, including instructions for its construction. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Slight wear and marks to cover, generally VG 76pp GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: BYB6982 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| PERNOUD, REGINE Heloise and Abelard Collins London 1973 HB Translated by Peter Wiles. A scholarly study of the mediaeval love story. VG in VG but price-clipped DJ 256pp GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 | JP¥ 1281] Book number: BYB5032 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| REEVES, JAMES The Shadow of the Hawk Collins London 1st 1975 HB Stories from the Lay of Marie de France ( a collection of French narrative poems from the latter end of the 12th century) made available for children. VG, attractive bookplate to ffep, in slightly edge-worn, price-clipped, generally VG DJ 153pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: BYB1178 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| RULEND, WILHELM The Finest Legends of the Rhine Hoursch & Bechsedt Koln-Ehrenfeld 1st HB An undated collection of stories set on the Rhine, in a rather chuncky translation, but a pretty little book. VG in worn and marked but generally good DJ 125pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: BYB895 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. | ||
| WALCKENAER, M ED. Fables de La Fontaine Chez Lefevre Paris 1841 HB An attractive early edition of the classic collection of rhymed fables, text in French. Black leather decorated with gold a little worn and marked, wear to spine top, marbled edges to page block, prize label dated 1845 to front paste-down, decorative endpapers just starting to weaken in the front gutter, some age-mottling throughout, tight and sound, good. 496pp GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33 US$ 49.62 | JP¥ 4269] Book number: BYB8630 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books. |
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