200 € Very scarce second edition from 1925 of THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES: AN INQUIRY INTO FAIRY MYTHOLOGY, by Edwin Sidney Hartland, with an Introduction by A.A. Milne. The Art Of Story-telling; Savage Ideas; Fairy Births And Human Midwives; Fairy Births And Human Midwives (continued); Changelings; Robberies From Fairyland; The Supernatural Lapse Of Time In Fairyland; The…
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160 € Scarce and attractive first edition of those Tales of childhood. William Brighty Rands (24 December 1823, Chelsea, Middlesex — 23 April 1882 at the age of 58, East Dulwich, London) was a British writer and one of the major authors of nursery rhymes of the Victorian era. He studied from age 8 to…
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300 € The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes it was written by American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch and published after his death in 1867. The work was a highly successful popularization of Greek mythology for English speaking readers. Illustrated with several wood engravings throughout, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. First state with the names of both…
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