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SUN, MOON & STONEHENGE: HIGH CULTURE IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
Written by Robin Heath.
Stock no. 1831146
Published by Bluestone Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

How did the builders of Stonehenge predict eclipses to within a minute of accuracy? Why did they bring stones all the way from West Wales? What is the connection between Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid? Could ancient Britons really predict eclipses to the hour? Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. xv and 239 pages including index. ISBN: 0952615177. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

SUN, MOON & STONEHENGE: HIGH CULTURE IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
Written by Robin Heath.
Stock no. 1831031
Published by Bluestone Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

How did the builders of Stonehenge predict eclipses to within a minute of accuracy? Why did they bring stones all the way from West Wales? What is the connection between Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid? Could ancient Britons really predict eclipses to the hour? Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. xv and 239 pages including index. ISBN: 0952615177. SIGNED by the author, dedicated 'To Polly, with best wishes', to front endpaper on tipped in plate. This is copy 98 of 2,000. Covers lightly scuffed, very minor grubbiness to top edge of text block. contents clean.

CHRISTMAS LORE AND LEGEND
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Louise Armour-Chelu.
Stock no. 1329072
Published by Candle Books. Very good condition.

Candle Book Number Five. Small format, 12 pages. Paperwraps. B/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine.

SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose. Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1328976
Published by Harper & Row. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot affecting inner margins of last few pages. Some light damp staining to inner margins of endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and foxed, tear to top corner of rear panel.

ECHO! ECHO! ECHO!
Written by A.M. Campbell; W. Mord. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325881
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. Circa 1911. Good condition.

Noel, Mary and Teddy Bear travel to the Land of Myths in order to hear some new stories. Cloth spine. Dark red boards with red title, decoration and colour onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Fading to covers and some scuffing to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint has been repaired. Browning to free-endpapers. Some grubby fingermarks to contents.

THE VOYAGE OF ARGO THE ARGONAUTICA
Written by Apollonius Of Rhodes; E.V. Rieu; Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Daniel Egneus.
Stock no. 1822839
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Translated by Rieu with an introduction by Norfolk. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE VOYAGE OF ARGO THE ARGONAUTICA
Written by Apollonius Of Rhodes; E.V. Rieu; Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Daniel Egneus.
Stock no. 1321751
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Translated by Rieu with an introduction by Norfolk. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

MINI MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OKLAHOMA INDIANS
Written by Lu Celia Wise. Illustrated by Various.
Stock no. 1321627
Published by Oklahoma State Department Of Education. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. Covers are edge rubbed and lightly scuffed. Some loss of paper covering to top and tail of spine. Pencil erasure mark to front pastedown. Contents clean.

THE LEPRECHAUN COMPANION
Written by Niall Macnamara. Illustrated by Wayne Anderson.
Stock no. 1320337
Published by Pavilion Books Limited. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Looking at the link between leprechauns and the other faery folk of Ireland, and at their cousins in neighbouring countries - brownies, boggarts, piskies, spriggins, kobalds and many more. Large format. Cream pictorial padded boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862051933. Spine slightly faded. Small nicks in covers to front edge of spine.

KING MIDAS
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130701
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Square format. Colour illustrations. Retold by Philip. ISBN: 0316705217. Slight fade to spine, which also has small bumps to top and tail.

NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS & LEGENDS
Written by O.B. Duane.
Stock no. 2126989
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1860193773.

THE LOST GODS
Written by Francesca Simon. Illustrated by Adam Stower.
Stock no. 2123399
Published by Faber & Faber; Profile Books. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Freya was an ordinary schoolgirl...until the Norse gods stormed into her life. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781846685651.