Folklore from Greystone Books

East Grinstead, West Sussex: Bank House Books, 2008. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Large Paperback. xi,88pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, NIKO MIAOULIS, without dedication or inscription on half-title page. This book is a collaboration of the folklore and myths by Niko Miaoulis and the evocative and stunning artwork of Andy Holyer (1959-2021); which brings to life the legend and lore of… Read more about this item

Chieveley, Berks: Capall Bann, 1997. VG. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JACK GALE WITH HIS INITIALS, ON A POST-IT ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Inscription reads, 'For ----- -hoping you/enjoy this strange book!/Love, JG/Late August, 2000'. (4),ii,221pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. Past-life memories and proven questing techniques combine in this original, amaxing and… Read more about this item

Vancouver, Canada: Raincoast Books, 2002. Fine/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DAVID BOUCHARD, AND ARTIST, MICHAEL LONECHILD, both without dedications or inscriptions. Both signatures read, 'David Bouchard/2002', 'Michael Lonechild/2002'. For generations, the Cree people of the Northern Plains have told the legend of Qu'Appelle. In this famous love story, a young brave must… Read more about this item

Canterbury, Kent: Privately Published, 1997. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Large paperback. 104pp. Illustrated. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BYSIGNED BY AUTHOR, ANNIE JOINER. Inscription reads, 'To/ Jo a very special and Loyal/daughter/From/ Annie Joiner alias/Dorthy Rugg-Easy/22-8-2000'. A true story about Arab horses interwoven with the legend of the God Horse, or Pegasus. The God Horse was first sighted around… Read more about this item

London.: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton & Kent VG. First edition. No date, (circa. 1900). Paperback. 32pp. Illustrated. An explanation of how to read palms. The book is in two parts; Part 1 - Chiromancy: Part 2 - Chirognomy. Spotting to edges; some occasional spotting; slight spotting to front cover; else a very good copy of a SCARCE First edition.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Glastonbury, Somerset: Gothic Images, 2010. NrF. 2010 Updated and Expanded Edition. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, FRANCES HOWARD-GORDON, without dedication or inscription on title-page. xii,178pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. A well-researched and authoritative guidebook to Glastonbury, Somerset; detailing its history, myths, legends. and beliefs. With Bibliography and Index. Light bump to one side of tail of spine;… Read more about this item

Stroud, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2011. Fine. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TONY COOPER, without dedication or inscription on half title-page. 192pp. Illustrated with line-drawings by Jan Cooper. A collection of traditional stories and local legends that have been handed down by storytellers for centuries. As folk tales reveal a lot about the people who invented them,… Read more about this item

London and New York: Duckworth Overlook, 2011. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For -----/From Boria/Annie Moore/New York, May 22, 2013/"And the isolation of the/sky/At evening, casual flocks of/pigeons make/Ambiguous undulations as they/sink/Downward to darkness, on extended/wings"/Wallace Stevens/Boria Sax'. (Annie Moore is a New York bar… Read more about this item

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA: SpiritPassage, 2001. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. Not dated, (circa 2001). Many people believe crop circles to be sacred sites and that enlightenment emanates from them. A very good plus copy, in a very… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: Walton's Musical Instrument Galleries Ltd, 1947. VG+. First edition. (1947). Not dated, Foreword dated 1947. Paperback. x,228pp. In this collection of Irish songs and ballads an endeavour has been made to cover and represent as wide and varied a field as possible. Included is a selection of patriotic, sentimental and humorous lyrics, also some translations from the Gaelic.… Read more about this item

London: English Folk Dance And Song Society, 1935. VG. First edition. Large paperback. viii,162pp. Illustrated with photographs. Volume II (two) of the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society; this being the 1935 International Festival Number for the first held Festival: which was held in London July 14 to 20, 1935. In 1932 the English Folk Dance Society… Read more about this item

London/Tokyo: Watt/Turtle-Mori, 1991. VG+/VG+. First Japanese language edition in d/w. TEXT IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE. Illustrated. An examination of traditions about fairies, interaction between humans and fairies, and fairies in literature. A very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of the Japanese language first edition. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. NO inscriptions, underlinings or… Read more about this item

London: Unicorn Press, 2006. Fine. First edition, first printing. Large paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To ------/From one Scarecrow to another!/Gregory Holyoake'. 256pp. Profusely illustrated with over 150 illustrations, many new and in colour. A well-researched and authoritative study of scarecrows: in history, in literature, on stage, film and television, in… Read more about this item

London.: Gay and Hancock, 1913. VG. First edition. No d/w. Illustrated with tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and three other colour illustrations throughout by G P Standen. A charming story about talking plants and flowers. 'A little child, playing in a grassy lane, chanced one day upon a tangle of Our Lady's golden Bed-Straw. "Lie on me," it said to the child...'.… Read more about this item