Barham, Rev. Richard H. illust. by T H Robinson:

The Ingoldsby Legends.

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, no date Hard cover maroon cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine faded at edges and spine, almost VG, b/w frontis, contents clean and tight, pp518, no inscriptions, names etc.

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Book number: 12530

Catalogue: legends

Keywords: Ingoldsby legends myths tales stories ghost story cynotaph Hamilton Tighe St Dunstan St Gengulphus St Odille St Nicholas Barney Maguire Mr Sucklethumbkin Netley Abbey St Cuthbert St Aloys St Medard

Barral, Marcel & Charles Camproux:

Contes Et Legendes Du Languedoc: Recits Traduits Et Adaptes De L'Occitan.

Paris, Fernand Nathan, 1951 Hard cover glazed pictorial bds, VG, contents clean and tight with colour plates, pp257, small address label to front pastedown. Text in French.

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Book number: 11655

Catalogue: Legends

Keywords: legends legendes Languedoc contes stories histoires Les MajouflesLe Barralet de L'Andrieu Les Trois Ermites Dona Guirauda Bernart Sicart De Maruejols Le Pont Du Diable Cadet Briscambille Histoire 000000000

Menchu, Rigoberta with Dante Liano Illust. by Domi:

The Honey Jar.

Toronto, Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, 2008 2nd Printing in UK, hard cover blue cloth bds, VG, small indent to margin of upper bd, unclipped dust jacket, a little furled at edges and small matching indent to upper margin otherwise VG++, contents fine and tight, no names inscriptions etc... lovely bright colour illustrations by Domi, pp64. Ancient Maya tales the author listened to in the firelight. They include creation myths, a tale of magic twins, "...explanations of how and why certain natural phenomena came to exist and animal tales. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals, gods and demi-gods are all present in these stories, and through them we come to know more about the elements that shaped the Mayas' understanding of the world."

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Book number: 14426

Catalogue: Legends

Keywords: Maya tales myths legends stories creation magic twins animals natural phenomena underworld sky sun moon plants people gods demi-gods elements Domi elders spirots earth rainbow buzzard Hormigo tree 9780888996701

Walser, Richard Illust. by Bill Ballard:

North Carolina Legends.

Raleigh, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1980 Paperback, VG, a little label residue to rear top corner, contents clean and tight, pp76.

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Book number: 14607

Catalogue: Legends

Keywords: North Carolina USA legends myths stories short stories large turtle moon-eyed people Judaculla Rock Waccamaw Prince Madoc Welshman Batts Grave Blackbeard Old Dan Tucker Betsy Dowdy Washington 0865261393

Whitfeld, H. J.:

Scilly And Its Legends. A facsimile Reprint.

Lampeter, Dyfed, Llanerch Publishers, 1992 Rep. of the 1852 book, pbk, green covers, VG, v. light splashes to btm pge edge block, contents fine and tight, pp224 + Errata + maps, a facsimile of the original by the Rev. H J Whitfeld who visited the Scilly Isles in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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Book number: 11625

Catalogue: Legends

Keywords: Scilly Isles legends stories tales Lionesse Lethowsow St Mary's Toll Man head Old Town Holy Vale Bryher Tresco The Knight and the Dwarf Menavawr Piper's Hole The Dane's Grave St Warna superstitions 0947992847