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British Myths and Legends. Folio Society

Myths compiled and introduced by Richard Barber. Contains legends like Robin Hood, Cuchulain, Richard the Lionheart, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Beowulf a.o. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord. Quarter-bound in buckran. Three hardbacks (no dustjackets issued) in a slipcase. 744 pages in total.

Folk Tales of the British Isles

Folio Society, 2006. Hardback. In slipcase. Chosen and introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Quarter-bound in cloth. Wood engravings by Hannah Firmin.

Margaret Barker, Engel

Himmlische Boten in Kunst und Religion
Knesebeck, 2005. 1st edition. Hardback. Profusely illustrated in colour. The iconography of the angels throughout the ages. German translation of an English original. Condition: fine condition.*

Julian Glover, Beowulf

Sutton, 2005
Adaptation by actor Glover, which he made for his solo performance of the epic. Illustrated  by Sheila Mackie. With an introduction by Magnus Magnusson. Paperback.*

Howell D. Chickering (ed.), Beowulf

A dual-language edition
Anchor Books, 2006. Paperback. Translated and with an introduction and commentary by Chickering.*

Seamus Heaney, Beowulf. A New Translation.

Faber, 2000. In the 22 page introduction Heaney discusses Tolkien as well. 1st editon. Paperback.
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Robert Graves, The Siege and Fall of Troy

Folio Society, 2005
From the author of I, Claudius. This novel is set in the Trojan War. With an introduction by Lawrence Norfolk. Three-quarter bound in cloth. In slipcase. With frontispiece and 7 full-page colour illustrations by Grahame Baker. 1st edition thus.

Nico Jungman, Norway

London, 1905. 1st editon. Hardback (no dustjacket issued). Text by Beatrix Jungman. Illustrated in colour by Nico Jungman. Antiquarian: good condition.

Kenneth Clark, Landscape into Art

Folio Society, 2013. 1st ediiton. Hardback (no dustjacket issued) in a slipcase. Profusely illustrated study on landscape paintings.

Howard Hibbard, Masterpieces of Western Sculpture

From Medieval to Modern
Chartwell Books, n.d. Large hardback with many pictures. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Wonders of the World

Folio Society, 2006. Seven wonders of the world from each of the following periods: Antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance and the Modern world. Illustrated. 1st edition. Hardback. In slipcase.

W. Waetzoldt, Dürer

Phaidon, 1950. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: very good condition.

T.C.W. Blanning (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe

OUP, 1996. Hardback. Illustrated.

Shepard Clough and Richard Rapp, European Economic History

The Economic Development of Western Civilization
International Student Edition. Third edition. 1975. Paperback. Antiquarian: very good condition.

J.M. Cook, The Persians

Folio Society, 1999. 1st edition thus. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated.

Phyllis Deane, The First Industrial Revolution

Second edition
Cambrdige, 1981. Paperback. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Frank Fehmers (ed.), The $24 Bargain

Holland and America. 200 Years of Friendship
Amsterdam, 1982. 1st edition. Paperback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: very good condition.

F.L. Ganshof, Feudalism

Longman, 1979. Paperback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: very good condition (spine faded).

O.M. Gurney, The Hittites

Folio Society, 1999. 1st edition thus. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated.

Roger Hudson (ed.), The Jubilee Years. 1887-1897

Folio Society, 1996. 1st edition. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated. A description of Victorian Britain.

Roger Hudson (ed.), London. Portrait of a city

Folio Society, 1998. 1st edition. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated. History of the city of London from the early days to the present.

Roger Hudson, The Folio Books of Days

Folio Society, 2002. 1st edition. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated. A day-by-day description of events, both minor and mayor, over the years.

T.G.H. James, Egypt Revealed

Artist-Travellers in an Antique Land
Folio Society, 1997. 1st edition. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated. History of the exploration of Egypt.

James Keogh, This is Nixon

The Man and His Work
Putnam, 1956. 1st edition. Paperback. Illustrated with photo's. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Walter LaFeber, America, Russia and the Cold War

1945-1980. 4th edition
New York, 1980. Paperback. Antiquarian: fine condition.

Gavin Lyall (ed.), The War in the Air

An Anthology of Personal Experience during WWII
BCA, 1973. Hardback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Francis Mason, Know Britain

The Heritage and Institutions of an Offshore Island
BCA, 1974. 2nd printing. Hardback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: very good condition.

David Mountfield, History of England

Concise History of Great Nations
London, 1978. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Viktor Nekrasov, Both Sides of the Ocean

A Russian writer's travels in Italy and the US
Four Square, 1966. 1st edition. Paperback. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Geoffrey Parker (ed.), The Times Atlas of World History

Second compact edition
Times Books, 1997. Hardback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: fine condition.

Eileen Power, Medieval People

Folio Society, 1999. 1st edition. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated.

William R. Rock, British Appeasement in the 1930's

Arnold, 1981. Paperback. Antiquarian: fine condition (spine faded).

H.W.F. Saggs, The Babylonians

Folio Society, 1999. 1st edition thus. Hardback. In slipcase. Illustrated.

R.W. Southern, The Making of the Middle Ages

Hutchinson, 1981. Paperback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Daphne I. Stroud, Magna Carta

Salisbury, 1989. Printed wrappers. Illustrated. Antiquarian: fine condition.

Rayner Unwin, A Winter Away From Home

William Barents and the North-east Passage
Seafarer Books, 1995. 1st edition. Paperback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: fine condition.

Hywel Williams, Cassell's Chronology of World History

Dates, events and ideas that made history
London, 2005. Hardback. Chronology per region, so you can see what happened when at the same time.

C. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow

Third revised edition
New York, 1981. Study on the American race relations. Paperback. Antiquarian: very good condition.

Fragen an die Deutsche Geschichte

Ideen, Kräfte, Entscheidungen. Von 1800 bis zur Gegenwart
Bonn, 1981. Exhibition catalogue. Paperback. Illustrated. Antiquarian: fine condition.

2001 Standard Catalog of World Coins

28th edition
Krause, 2000. Complete listings by date and mint since 1901. Over 47000 full-size illustrations. Large paperback. Antiquarian: fine condition.