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Gilgamesh: A New English Version, Stephen Mitchell. Published by Free Press, 2004. First Edition. 290pp. with introduction and glossary. Quarter black cloth over black boards, gilt titles and borders, patterned endpapers. In fine, unread condition. Gilgamesh dates from as early as 1700 BCE – a thousand years before the Iliad. Lost for almost two millennia, the eleven clay tables on which… Read more about this item

Bestiary Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the Original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated by Richard Barber. Published by Folio Society, London, 1992. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 202pp. with 135 colour illustrations of the original illuminated miniatures; title-page lettering by Sebatian Carter. Cream pictorial boards with blue cloth spine,… Read more about this item

Legends of Vancouver, Johnson, E. Pauline; Tekahionwake. Published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd, Toronto, 1949. 9th Printing. Illustrated by J.E.H. MacDonald (Group of Seven). Preface by Bernard McEvoy, brief biography of Johnson and frontis portrait. Small 8vo up to 9½" tall. xvi, 165pp. Crimson cloth covers boards with gilt titles and illustration front and spine, decorated endpapers. Gilt to front… Read more about this item

Czech Fairytales, Erben, Karel Jaromir and Nemcova, Bozena. Published by Vitalis, Prague, 2008. Translated by Renata Peskova; Lucie Müllerová (Illustrator). Quarter crimson cloth over pictorial boards; yellow endpapers, crimson reading ribbon. 8 colour plates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 116 pages with 8 color plates. In fine, unmarked condition with a bit of rubbing to gilt spine titles. A… Read more about this item

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, J. R. R. Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, United States, 2009. 377pp. Quarter black cloth over black boards, gilt spine titles. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. Tolkien's extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Völsung and The Fall of the Niflungs.… Read more about this item

A Treasury of Witchcraft, Wedeck, Harry E. Published by Gramercy, 1994. 271pp., illustrated. Quarter red cloth over black boards with black titles. A tiny spot to front boards and otherwise volume is in fine, unread condition and housed in a fine dustjacket. Comprehensive sourcebook of the magic arts, including spells, charms, incantations, invocations, satanic pacts, full descriptions of occult practices. First… Read more about this item

A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture, Otten, Charlotte F. Published by Dorset Press, 1990. 337pp. with index. Quarter red cloth over beige boards. Volume is in fine, unread condition with light dusting to outside edges; unclipped jacket is in fine condition. This book collects works from contemporary medical journals, historical werewolf trials, medieval texts on lycanthropy, philosophy about werewolves, and… Read more about this item

The Werewolf Delusion, Woodward, Ian. Published by Paddington Press, New York and London, 1979. First Edition. 256pp., illustrated. Red cloth boards with red endpapers. Volume is in fine, unread condition; unclipped jacket has light rubbing to edges. A wide-ranging examination of the werewolf in history and present times. "There can be little doubt that the werewolf as a psychic phenomenon could,… Read more about this item

The Vampire Encyclopedia, Bunson, Matthew, Published by Crown Publishing Group,1993. Softcover. 303pp., illustrated. In fine condition. The first A-to-Z compendium on vampires and vampiric lore. In approximately 2,000 entries, from Hades to Hematomania to Lycanthropy and Lugosi, The Vampire Encyclopedia tells readers virtually everything they could possibly want to know about vampires.

The Virago Book of Witches, Shahrukh Husain, ed. Published by Virago Press Limited, United Kingdom, 1993. 272pp. with Illustrations by Liane Payn. In fine condition; unclipped jacket has very light shelf wear. A collection of more than fifty stories about witches from around the world. There are tales of banshees, crones and beauties in disguise from China, Siberia, the Caribbean, Armenia,… Read more about this item

The History of Witchcraft and Demonology, Montague Summers. Published by Castle/ Book Sales, 1992. viii + 354pp. Red boards with gilt spine titles. Volume is in unread condition and housed in a fine dustjacket. First published in 1926. Among the subjects covered by Dr. Summers are: The Witch; Heretic and Anarchist; Demons and Familiars; the Sabbat; the Witch in Holy… Read more about this item

Science in Egyptology: Proceedings of the "Science in Egyptology" Symposia, Rosalie, David A. (Editor). Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1986. First Edition. 525pp. with black and white illustrations, photos and maps. Red cloth boards with gilt spine titles. In fine, unread condition in like dustjacket. Papers presented at the second "Science in Egyptology" Symposium at the University of Manchester… Read more about this item

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Heaney, Seamus. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, 2000. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 213pp. Quarter black cloth over black boards, silver spine titles. Volume is in unread, unmarked condition; unclipped jacket is fine with very light shelf scuffing. Bilingual Edition with text in English and Old English. This is a… Read more about this item

The Book of Vampires, Wright, Dudley. Published by Dorset Press, New York, 1987. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 217pp. Quarter red cloth over black boards, gilt spine titles. Volume is in unread condition; unclipped jacket has light scuffing. Originally published in 1914, this was the first serious study of vampirism in the English language. Wright examines the body… Read more about this item

Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror, Twitchell, James B. Published by Oxford University Press, 1985. First Edition. 385pp. with notes, bibliography and index. Quarter red cloth over red boards. Volume is in unread condition; jacket is clipped with rub to head of spine and toning inside flaps and rear panel. James Twitchell traces our fascination with horror from the… Read more about this item

The Beast Within: A History of the Werewolf, Douglas, Adam. Published by Chapmans, London, 1992. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 294pp., illustrated. Black boards with silver spine titles. Volume is in unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. An excellent scholarly exploration of the were myth from prehistory onward, a virtual encyclopedia of werewolf lore.

Satanism and Witchcraft: A Study in Medieval Superstition, Michelet, Jules. Published by Citadel Press, 1992. Card covers. 322pp. In unread condition with light wear to card covers.

Bloodlust: Conversations with Real Vampires, Page, Carol. Published by Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 1991. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., viii., 192pp. Quarter black over red boards, red metallic titles, red endpapers. Both volume and unclipped jacket are in unread, as new condition. A diverse group of real-life vampires discusses their favorite pastime of drinking blood and candidly… Read more about this item

Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality, Barber, Paul. Published by Yale University Press, 1988. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 236pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Sticker to front cover and otherwise, this is a fine, unread, unmarked copy. Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first scientific explanation for the origins of the vampire legends.… Read more about this item

The Vampire, Summer, Montague. Published by Dorset Press, 1991. BCE. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 356pp. Black boards, gilt titles. In unread condition; unclipped jacket is in fine condition, protected in dust sleeve. "In all the darkest pages of the malign supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the Vampire, a pariah even among demons. Foul are… Read more about this item