[GURDJIEFF]

Teachings of Gurdjieff: The Journal of a Pupil. An Account of Some Years with G.I. Gurdjieff and A.R. Orage in New York and at Fontainebleau-Avon.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. Second impression, 8vo., pp.xiv,230, blue cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; light partial toning to free endpapers, else very good indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly toned to the pale paper, with just slight chipping at headband and with small closed tear to front upper margin.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Mysticism; Esoteric

ALFORD, Violet.

Sword Dance and Drama

London: Merlin Press, 1962. First edition, 8vo., pp.222, red cloth lettered in silver, b/w frontispiece, b/w plates, folding map at rear of volume; light rubbing to extremities, slight mustiness, a very good copy, in lightly edge-worn pictorial dust-jacket.

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BOWYER, Herbert M.

The Elevation and Procession of the Ceri at Gubbio. An Account of the Ceremonies.

London: David Nutt, 1897. First edition, 8vo., pp.xi,146, uncut, printed cloth, gilt, 11 b/w illustrations; light surface soil to top edges, light foxing to fore-edges, a fine copy.

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BUDGE, Sir E. A. Wallis.

George of Lydda: The Patron Saint of England. A Study of the Cultus of St. George in Ethiopia. Translations of the Ethiopic Texts As Found in the Manuscripts from Makdal Now in the British Museum and an Introduction.

London: Luzac and Co., 1930. First edition thus, limited to 250 copies, 8vo., pp.xviii,284, 13 b/w plates and 5 illustrations in the text, pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut; slightly sunned o/w a very good copy.

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BURNETT, Charles.

Magic and the Divination in the Middle Ages. Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds.

Aldershot, Ashgate Variorum, 2001. 8vo.,pp. xii, 370; turquoise hardcover, gilt, b/w figures and tables; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.

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BUSK, Rachel Harriet (Illustrated by E.H. Corbould).

PatraÑAs; or Spanish Stories Legendary and Traditional.

London: Griffith and Farran, 1870. First edition, 8vo., pp.vii, 376 + 32 adverts, b/w illustrations throughout, decorative stamped green cloth, gilt; two small holes to front pastedown and marks from removal of bookplate?, small chip to front pastedown, tiny patch of wear to both head and tail of spine, overall a very good bright copy.

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CAMIDGE, William.

The Ghosts of York.

York: The Yorkshire Gazette, 1899. 12mo., pp.41, printed, stapled wrappers; foxing to edges, wrappers fragile - largely torn along fold for spine, with further closed tears and small areas of loss, contents clean, a good copy of this scarce pamphlet.

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CARMICHAEL, Alexander.

Carmina Gadelica, Ortha Nan Gaidheal, Hymns and Incantations. With Illustrative Notes on Works, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete: Orally Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated Into English.

Edinburgh/London: Oliver & Boyd, 1928. Second edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxvi,335;339;xv,381,(i), uncut, quarter red buckram, gilt, with contrasting red cloth boards, t.e.g., b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, celtic vignettes throughout; foxing to prelims and margins, more especially to Volume II, half title to Volume I partially removed, rubbing to extremities, with a few marks to cloth, spines uniformly sunned, a good set.

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CIKLAMINI, Marlene.

Snorri Sturluson.

Boston, Twayne Publishers, A Division of G.K. Hall & Co, 1978. 8vo., pp.188, green cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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Collected by: DEHUFF, Elizabeth Willis. With illustrations by: KABOTIE, Fred; POLELONEMA, Otis.

Taytay&Rsquo;S Tales: Folk-Lore of the Pueblo Indians.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., (1923). First UK edition, 8vo., pp.xiii,213, pictorial yellow cloth stamped and lettered in green, colour frontispiece and 7 further colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations; foxing to edges and endpapers, undulation to fore-margin of front free endpaper, a very good, bright copy of this scarce title.

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Collected by: STOW, Catherine. Illustrated by: HEYSEN, Nora.

Woggheeguy. Australian Aboriginal Legends.

Adelaide: F.W. Preece and Sons, First edition, pp,xi,98, quarter black cloth with printed paper title label, pictorial paper-covered boards, b/w frontispiece plus 7 further b/w plates, in-text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; foxing to leaves adjacent to plates (including title), light foxing to edges, else very good indeed, in very good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly chipped to head of spine, with toning to spine, and is now in a protective cover. An attractive copy.

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Compiled and edited by: FARMER, Penelope. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi.

Beginnings. Creation Myths of the World.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. 8vo., pp.146, black hardcover, gilt, pictorial title and b/w plates; very good indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is slightly sunned to spine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Illustrated

DONALDSON, Bess Allen.

The Wild Rue. A Study of Muhammadan Magic and Folklore in Iran.

London: Luzac and Co., 1938. First edition, 8vo., pp.216, brown cloth lettered in dark green, 6 b/w plates (including frontispiece); light partial foxing to free endpapers, small area of sunning to head and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, with rubbing to upper margin of front board, in patches, and staining to upper corner of rear board for apx.4x3cms, internally fresh and very good, a good(+) copy overall, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has chipping to extremities, with light loss at head and foot of spine, two small closed tears with light creasing to margins, good+, and now in protective cover.

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Edited by: LACY, Norris J. Introduction by: BURNS, E. Jane. Translations by: CHASE, Carol J.; PICKENS, Rupert T.; ROSENBERG, Samuel N.; CARROLL, Carleton W.

Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate Translation, Volumes I and II. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Volume 941. Volume I. Introduction; the History of the Holy Grail; the Story of Merlin; Volume II. Lancelot, Parts I-III.

New York/London: Garland Publishing, 1993. Two volumes, 4to., pp.xxxiii,424;x,332, beige cloth backs with green cloth boards, gilt, colour frontispiece to Volume I; small ownership autograph to front free endpaper of both volumes, rubbing to extremities of Volume I, with slight wear to lower corner of front board, internally clean and fresh and overall very good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Medieval & Early English Literature; Arthurian Literature

Edited by SKEAT, Rev. Walter W.

Series B. Reprinted Glossaries. I. North of England Words; from &Lsquo;a Tour to the Caves,&Rsquo; by J.H. ; 1871. II. Provincialisms of East Yorkshire; by Mr. Marshall; 1788. III. Provincialisms of East Norfolk; by Mr. Marshall; 1787. IV. Provincialisms of the Vale of Gloucester; by Mr. Marshall; 1789. V. Provincialisms of the Midland Counties; by Mr. Marshall; 1790. VI. Provincialisms of West Devonshire; by Mr. Marshall; 1796. VII. A Glossary of Words Used in the West Riding of Yorkshire; by Dr. Willan; 1811.

London: published for The English Dialect Society by N. Trubner & Co., 1873. 8vo., pp.vi,111, half publisher’s navy blue leather, gilt, textured blue cloth boards, red speckled edges; free endpapers toned, slight bowing to boards, rubbing to extremities, with wear to leather at lower corner of front board, light scuffs to leather, internally a clean, fresh copy, which is overall very good.

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