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	BAUMANN, ELWOOD D They Travel Outside Their Bodies - the phenomenon of Astral Projection Franklin Watts New York 1980 HB Describing both instantaneous and conscious astral travel. VG, no DJ 117pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB6764 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BROWNE, SIR THOMAS; W A GREENHILL ED Hydriotaphia and the Garden of Cyrus MacMillan & Co. London 1922 HB Reprint. In the Golden Treasury Series. Philosphical discourse on Urn Burial and on Gardens - the quincunx. First published in 1658. Blue cloth, bright gold lettering and initials, neat inscription to ffep and a partially erased price in purple pencil, pages just a little yellowed, occasional pencil underling now erased, o/w VG in lightly marked and edge-worn DJ, pencil inscription to front cover and to rear flap of DJ, a sound and still handsome copy. 208pp GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: BYB7767 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CHISHOLM, LOUEY AND STEEDMAN, AMY EDS. A Staircase of Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons London HB Undated. A miscellany of tales for children, some of them traditional, with 31 colour illus. and many b/w. Two of the b/w illustrations have been clumsily coloured in. Red cloth covers with gold lettering and staircase motif, rather worn and marked and the gold a little dull, name to ffep, creases to some pages and the occasional grubby mark, good, no DJ. 527pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB8499 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	DUNCAN, DAVID JAMES My Story as Told by Water Sierra Club Books San Francisco 2001 PB 'Confessions, Druidic rants, reflections, bird-watchings, fish-stalkings, visions, songs and prayers refracting light from living rivers, in the age of the industrial dark'. Slightly edge-worn, generally VG 294pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB5932 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	EVANS, HILARY AND MARY Hero on a Stolen Horse Frederick Muller Limited London 1st 1977 HB 'The highwayman and his brothers-in-arms the bandit and the bushranger'. The criminal as romantic hero. Cover rather worn, generally VG, in edge-worn and chipped but good DJ 177pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB4270 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	EWING, JULIANA HORATIA The Brownies and Other Tales Society for promoting Christian Knowledge London HB Contains: The Brownies, The Land of Lost Toys, Three Christmas Trees, An Idyll of the Wood, Christmas Crackers, and Amelia and the Dwarves. No date, is part of the SPCK authorized editions of Mrs Ewing's works. Good - corners and spine bumped and worn; inscribed by previous owner on FFEP, fold marks on the first three pages, pages have occasional marks and age spotting; hinge starting at rear. 238pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB5571 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	GATTY, MARGARET Parables from Nature George Bell and Sons London 1899 HB The two volumes of moral fables, based on sound natural history, gathered together, with a memoir of the author by her daughter Juliana Horatia Ewing, and illustrated with fine engravings by Holman Hunt, Burne-Jones, Tenniel and others Illustrative green cloth, a little worn, esp. to spine edges and top and tail, gilt all round, black eps, small name to back of ffep, no other inscriptions, tissue guarded frontis, pages yellowed, tight, sound and still a handsome copy. 492pp GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: BYB6737 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	GROVES, CR On Order and Purpose in Evolution Theosophical Publishing House London 1949 PB The Blavatsky lecture, delivered to the annual convention of the Theosophical Society in 1949. Staped booklet, good. 28pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7864 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ILLICH, IVAN AND SANDERS, BARRY ABC - the alphabetization of the popular mind Pelican Lon 1989 PB Subtitled 'The history and impact of literacy from Homer to Huxley and from UNIVAC to Uniquack', this has much to say on the transition from oral culture. Cover a little worn, generally VG 166pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6039 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	JOURNAL The Medieval Legacy - A Symposium Odense University Press 1982 PB The proceedings of the 6th International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages, 1981. With contributions by Ehrismann, Shippey, Gudmundsson, Bo,Mjoberg, Brondsted, Olsen and Glamann. VG 172pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB4714 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MORRIS, WILLIAM The Early Romances in Prose and Verse J M Dent - Everyman London 1920 HB Cover a little worn, split to spine, initials stamped to ffep, good 302pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2027 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PAINTER, SIDNEY William Marshal - Knight-errant, Baron, and Regent of England John Hopkins Press Baltimore 1966 PB First published in 1933, this is a biography of the 12th century knight, revealing the wider historical background Neat name to ffep, o/w no inscriptions, cover just a little worn and lightly marked, generally VG 305pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB6514 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	POLE, WELLESLEY TUDOR, FORWORD BY ROSEMARY LEHMANN, EDITED BY ELIZABETH GAYTHORPE My Dear Alexias - letters from Wellesley Tudor Pole to Rosemary Lehmann Neville Spearman Jersey 1st 1979 HB Extraordinary correspondence, from the founder of the Big Ben Silent Minute, the Chalice Trust, a Seer and explorer of alternate reality. VG, no inscriptions, in edge-worn, slightly marked but generally VG DJ 212pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB6736 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	DE TROYES, CHRETIEN Guillaume D'Angleterre Librairie Honore Champion Paris 1974 PB Translated into modern French largely from the mss P, which formed the basis of the 1927 edition by Maurice Wilmotte, with some additions from the mss C VG 96pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB4123 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	VILLIERS, OLIVER G Wellesley Tudor Pole - Appreciation and Valuation 1977 PB A biographical memorial to the mystic and seer. With seven photographs. Privately printed. Stapled booklet, covers very slightly worn, creased and marked, good 48pp GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: BYB6744 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WELTCH, ETHEL The Granny Growler Stories Henry J Drane London HB Undated. Illustrated by W F Coles. Blue illustrated boards, worn and marked, small neat name to front paste down, some age mottling and browning to pages, tight and sound, good 178pp GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: BYB5916 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.

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	BAUMANN, ELWOOD D They Travel Outside Their Bodies - the phenomenon of Astral Projection Franklin Watts New York 1980 HB Describing both instantaneous and conscious astral travel. VG, no DJ 117pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB6764 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BROWNE, SIR THOMAS; W A GREENHILL ED Hydriotaphia and the Garden of Cyrus MacMillan & Co. London 1922 HB Reprint. In the Golden Treasury Series. Philosphical discourse on Urn Burial and on Gardens - the quincunx. First published in 1658. Blue cloth, bright gold lettering and initials, neat inscription to ffep and a partially erased price in purple pencil, pages just a little yellowed, occasional pencil underling now erased, o/w VG in lightly marked and edge-worn DJ, pencil inscription to front cover and to rear flap of DJ, a sound and still handsome copy. 208pp GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: BYB7767 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CHISHOLM, LOUEY AND STEEDMAN, AMY EDS. A Staircase of Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons London HB Undated. A miscellany of tales for children, some of them traditional, with 31 colour illus. and many b/w. Two of the b/w illustrations have been clumsily coloured in. Red cloth covers with gold lettering and staircase motif, rather worn and marked and the gold a little dull, name to ffep, creases to some pages and the occasional grubby mark, good, no DJ. 527pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB8499 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	DUNCAN, DAVID JAMES My Story as Told by Water Sierra Club Books San Francisco 2001 PB 'Confessions, Druidic rants, reflections, bird-watchings, fish-stalkings, visions, songs and prayers refracting light from living rivers, in the age of the industrial dark'. Slightly edge-worn, generally VG 294pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB5932 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	EVANS, HILARY AND MARY Hero on a Stolen Horse Frederick Muller Limited London 1st 1977 HB 'The highwayman and his brothers-in-arms the bandit and the bushranger'. The criminal as romantic hero. Cover rather worn, generally VG, in edge-worn and chipped but good DJ 177pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB4270 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	EWING, JULIANA HORATIA The Brownies and Other Tales Society for promoting Christian Knowledge London HB Contains: The Brownies, The Land of Lost Toys, Three Christmas Trees, An Idyll of the Wood, Christmas Crackers, and Amelia and the Dwarves. No date, is part of the SPCK authorized editions of Mrs Ewing's works. Good - corners and spine bumped and worn; inscribed by previous owner on FFEP, fold marks on the first three pages, pages have occasional marks and age spotting; hinge starting at rear. 238pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB5571 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	GATTY, MARGARET Parables from Nature George Bell and Sons London 1899 HB The two volumes of moral fables, based on sound natural history, gathered together, with a memoir of the author by her daughter Juliana Horatia Ewing, and illustrated with fine engravings by Holman Hunt, Burne-Jones, Tenniel and others Illustrative green cloth, a little worn, esp. to spine edges and top and tail, gilt all round, black eps, small name to back of ffep, no other inscriptions, tissue guarded frontis, pages yellowed, tight, sound and still a handsome copy. 492pp GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: BYB6737 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	GROVES, CR On Order and Purpose in Evolution Theosophical Publishing House London 1949 PB The Blavatsky lecture, delivered to the annual convention of the Theosophical Society in 1949. Staped booklet, good. 28pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7864 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ILLICH, IVAN AND SANDERS, BARRY ABC - the alphabetization of the popular mind Pelican Lon 1989 PB Subtitled 'The history and impact of literacy from Homer to Huxley and from UNIVAC to Uniquack', this has much to say on the transition from oral culture. Cover a little worn, generally VG 166pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6039 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	JOURNAL The Medieval Legacy - A Symposium Odense University Press 1982 PB The proceedings of the 6th International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages, 1981. With contributions by Ehrismann, Shippey, Gudmundsson, Bo,Mjoberg, Brondsted, Olsen and Glamann. VG 172pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB4714 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MORRIS, WILLIAM The Early Romances in Prose and Verse J M Dent - Everyman London 1920 HB Cover a little worn, split to spine, initials stamped to ffep, good 302pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2027 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PAINTER, SIDNEY William Marshal - Knight-errant, Baron, and Regent of England John Hopkins Press Baltimore 1966 PB First published in 1933, this is a biography of the 12th century knight, revealing the wider historical background Neat name to ffep, o/w no inscriptions, cover just a little worn and lightly marked, generally VG 305pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB6514 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	POLE, WELLESLEY TUDOR, FORWORD BY ROSEMARY LEHMANN, EDITED BY ELIZABETH GAYTHORPE My Dear Alexias - letters from Wellesley Tudor Pole to Rosemary Lehmann Neville Spearman Jersey 1st 1979 HB Extraordinary correspondence, from the founder of the Big Ben Silent Minute, the Chalice Trust, a Seer and explorer of alternate reality. VG, no inscriptions, in edge-worn, slightly marked but generally VG DJ 212pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB6736 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	DE TROYES, CHRETIEN Guillaume D'Angleterre Librairie Honore Champion Paris 1974 PB Translated into modern French largely from the mss P, which formed the basis of the 1927 edition by Maurice Wilmotte, with some additions from the mss C VG 96pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB4123 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	VILLIERS, OLIVER G Wellesley Tudor Pole - Appreciation and Valuation 1977 PB A biographical memorial to the mystic and seer. With seven photographs. Privately printed. Stapled booklet, covers very slightly worn, creased and marked, good 48pp GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: BYB6744 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WELTCH, ETHEL The Granny Growler Stories Henry J Drane London HB Undated. Illustrated by W F Coles. Blue illustrated boards, worn and marked, small neat name to front paste down, some age mottling and browning to pages, tight and sound, good 178pp GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: BYB5916 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.