VERTELLINGEN UIT DE DUIZEND EN EEN NACHT
Written by N. Van Hichtum. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1331381
Published by The Hague. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Colour plates (some mounted) and b/w illustrations. A chunky volume being over 1.5 kg and measuring 5.5cm thick. Text in Dutch. Spine bumped. Spine darkened and cover edges slightly grubby. Bookplate to front pastedown and name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some light page browning. A nice copy.

VALENTINE AND ORSON THE TWIN KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
Written by S.R. Littlewood. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1331379
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Retold from the original. Green cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w endpapers. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers and tailpieces. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some slight marking to covers. Some light fingering to page margins. A couple of pages are creased with small tears. Light browning to endpapers.

KING ARTHUR: THE SWORD IN THE STONE
Written by Hudson Talbott. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Stock no. 1830501
Published by William Morrow & Company Inc. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The only person able to draw a sword from an anvil, a young boy proves himself to be the successor to the throne of all Britain. Books of Wonder; Morrow Junior Books. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0688094031. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-worn to top & tail of spine, lightly scuffed, grease spot to top edge of rear panel, previous bookseller's label to rear.

THE ICELANDIC SAGAS (VOLUME I)
Written by Magnus Magnusson. Illustrated by Simon Noyes.
Stock no. 1830473
Published by Folio Society. 2000. Very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Magnus Magnusson. Volume I only. 12 sagas. Leather spine. Cloth covers with dramatic Viking design to front. Endpapers are maps. Colour plates. 809 pages. Minor foxing to text block. Boards clean. A few minor marks to contents else a clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed.

FOUR GREEK HEROES
Written by Jennie Hall.
Stock no. 1329758
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition.

All-Time Tales series. Leonidas, Phidias, Themistocles, Socrates. Blue cloth with red titles and decoration. 135 numbered pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some rubbing to cover edges and spine faded. Name and address(?) in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout, heavy to textblock. Originally published in 1913, reprinted in this series 1928.

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.

MAN, DRAGON AND DEATH: THE GLORY OF SAINT GEORGE
Written by Laurent Busine; Manfred Sellink.
Stock no. 1829229
Published by Mercatorfonds. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name which ran from October 2015 - January 2016. This book offers the first-ever survey of artistic depictions of the legend of Saint George defeating the dragon. White paper boards, black title to spine, red title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 287 pages. ISBN: 9780300215755. A few grubby marks to white boards, else a lovely copy.

ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.

THE FLYING HORSES: TALES FROM CHINA
Written by Jo Manton; Robert Gittings. Illustrated by Derek Collard.
Stock no. 1828847
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chinese stories taken from translations of Chinese history and literature, the dialogue and poems often embody and give substance to ancient Chinese sayings. They range in time from the earliest popular legends, which deal with the origins of the universe, to a twentieth-century account of the Revolution. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Full page b/w illustrations. 172 pages. ISBN: 041683440X. Text block lightly browned. Light browning to vertical edge of front endpaper and small foxspot else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little scuffed.

THE ADVENTURES OF KING MIDAS
Written by Lynne Reid Banks. Illustrated by George Him.
Stock no. 1828442
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1976. Almost very good condition.

An extension of the old legend of the greedy, dissatisfied king who wished for, and to his sorrow received, the magic 'golden touch'. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460067524. Spine slightly cocked, base of spine rubbed. Light scuffing to rear board. Front endpaper a little grubby. Some foxing throughout, heavy at times.

THE HAWK AND THE CROW: A QUEST FOR THE PENTANGLE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1326903
Published by Olfran Books. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 140 pages. ISBN: 0952042614. Dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine.

HEROIC LEGENDS
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson. Illustrated by Helen Stratton.
Stock no. 1326259
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt. Crossed swords and laurel wreath decoration. 16 colour plates. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped, spine sunned. Some light scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink and an owl sticker to half title-page. There is pale edge browning else the contents are clean.