Collectible Original Very Good+ Edition of Romania Tome 92 Clean. NOT a Library copy Here "Sven Forkbeard, Bjorn Ironside And The City of Iomsborg" The Chanson de Roland and Charlemagne. Some source material in English on Beorn ironside the Television show the "Vikings" Excellent original condition 434-592 pp. See our scans. First Edition. View More...
Collectible Fine Trade Paperback Clean 60 pp. Oblong. NOT a library copy Unusual essays from Coins in Viking World to the Varangians and Navigation. Fince condition. See our Three Geese in Flight for condition and Table for Contents First Edition. View More...
Fine Hardcover. Clean 268 pp 8vo. Second Edition NOT a library copy. Study of Arthurian legend and Charlemagne in Medieval Romance, 'The Lady of the Lake' and 'Morgan Le Fay' are discussed and the literature of Merlin are among the subjects. The place of Gawaine in French as opposed to English romance is discussed as is Lancelot and Mordred, and if Guinevere is the witting or unwitting lover. Also Breton Lais and their popularity in Scandinavia are also discussed. Green Cloth Red title patch on spine. Fine collectible condition. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans View More...
Near Fine Hardcover and Near Fine Dust Jacket First American Edition. Excellent Condition A small sun fade on bottom of spine See our Scans 1982 First American Edition. 8vo. Early Medieval England and it's change from 'Old English' to 'Middle English" Excellent Old English grammar as are the Viking sections on language. Since 1977 we wrap to protect your dust jacket in transit. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 1992. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Very Good First Edition Trade Paperback. NOT a library copy. Historical fantasy novel of a Norsemen shipwrecked and his long journey among Anasazi land. Not as crazy as it seems. The same thing happed five hundred years lated David Ingram a ship wrecked Saxon (Elizabethan Englishman if you rather) followed the same route with the same technology. The same for a Spaniard. But it is a novel so it does not have to do more than entertain. First Edition Published in New Mexico. the land of the A... View More...
Very Good+ Hardcover Very Good+ Dust Jacket. NOT a library copy 284 pp. Price cut and some fading on jacket else excellent. No writing. No signatures. Tight binding. Anthology of essays on Gottfried Von Strassburg and his wondrous Tristan. But "Tristan: The Celtic Material re-examined W.J. McCann" and his use of Cornish sources and recent research is for Celtic Arthurian material more than worthwhile. The study of Dwarfs in German Arthurian studies is great aas well. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Original Good 1857. Solid Hardcover Illus. by Twenty-Four Engravings. Tissue over frontis. First American Edition. 12mo Very Nice. Light Shelf Wear Only. Some foxing. Clean interior NOT a library copy. Treasure trove of heroic stories of Celtic Britain, Viking and Medieval Europe Tales of Richard the Lionhearted, William Tell, King Alfred, and many more. accent this volume. See our Three Geese in Flight Scans First Edition. View More...
Fine Clean Original "Elves, Trolls And Elemental Beings Icelandic Folktales II" 83 pp of Thirty-Four Icelandic Folktales Translated Collection of Genuine Elves or Huldar Tales All collected and translated by the great Folklorist Alan Boucher. Tolkien Elves here. If you love Faerie, Silkies, Lake Monsters See our Three Geese in Flight Scans View More...
Stockholm: Bocker kartor Och Planschverk, 1874. Book. Illus. by B/W Illus. Good. Pictorial Wrappers. First Swedish Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original 1874 Paperback Six full fold out b/w illustrations of Swedish canals and houses highlight this wonderful 20 pp,plus 4 fold out b/w full page canal illus. Swedish book. In Swedish with French and English summary, Steam powered machine on cover canal.Good shape. Tears and chips on rear paper cover, pages clean. maps Printed in Sweden. NOT a library copy First Edition. View More...
U.S.A.: Ginn and Company, 1902. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Original 1902 Blue Hardcover with Bright Gilt Lettering on Cover and Spine. Fine Condition. Clean pages NOT a library book. Gilt Celtic knot design on cover. Translation anthology of Old English battle poems, Saxon prayers, and healing spells. Selections from Beowulf, The Wanderer, Deor, the Battle of Maldon, between Vikings and Saxons that Tolkien wrote about, much more Old English Poetry. Riddles "The Storm Spirit in the Sea". Fragment of Old Saxon "Genesis" Includes historical perspective before ea... View More...
Good Clean pages. First Ed The Corner of the cover and top of the first page a little krinkled. But only a little and barely noticeable. See our Scans NOT a library copy. 42 pp. Norse, Germanic, and Celtic World Tree as Axis Mundi perspective. Focus on relation to Grail and Spear of Destiny. B/W Illus. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans. First Edition. View More...
Collectible Fine Trade Paperback.Canada: Broadview, 2000. First Edition. 8vo Fine Collectible Condition A Thick 779 pp. NOT a library copy. One Volume Library of Early Medieval Primary Arthurian era documents of Celtic Gaul through the Roman and Frankish era.. Like New. See Three Geese in Flight Books Scans for cover and amazing table of contents of primary material foe Arthurian of Early Medieval novelist or historian First Edition. View More...
Scotland: Oliver & Boyd, 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Red Hardcover With Very Good Not Price Clipped Dust Jacket First Scottish Edition. Original Chaplain Writings from Scottish Soldiers during the Crimean war and from the allies and Dutch and Danish Protestant Mercenaries in other Scottish battles. Amazing look at the soldiers life and their calling upon the greatest warrior of all. Important study of the place the' Saint', or Minister' had in the Scottish army. Clean pages. NOT a library copy. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Good- First English Edition Hardcover 344 pp.NOT a library copy. NO writing in book Wear to top and bottom of some loss. Bumped corners with some rubbing. Great classic of scientific approach to international folklore First Methuen Edition Good- only But clean good working copy See our scans Three Geese in Flight since 1977 First Edition. View More...
Collectible First Edition Fine Hardcover Fine Condition Dust Jacket Mylar Protected. NOT a library copy, Clean text price clipped anthology by many of the greats of Arthurian scholarship. Great Arthurian essays on Welsh Grail epic, "Perceval in Wales: Late Medieval Grail Tradition" by Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan another on Lancelot in Malory, another on Tristan, and another on the Prose Merlin. More Fanni Bogdanow, Elspeth Kennedy many more.Here with the rare pink dust jacket in excellent shape. See our Scan. Arthurian books wrapped first in brown paper since 1977 Dust jacket present. First Edition... View More...
Original 1948 Facsimile English one side Danish Facing page Diplomatic text of the 1845 edition with Facsimile pages after. Long inscription on endpaper. Clean pages. NOT a library copy. Clean 33 pp. Uncut pages. Hans Christian Andersen tale of his friend's sorrow at losing their little girl, Gerda died in 1845, See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans. View More...
Collectible First Edition Issue No 7 November 1990 in Tudor Ireland 1547-1603 Clean 64 pp. B/W photos, Maps, From Tudor Ireland Forts to Crusader Petra. See our Three Geese in Flight Scans Book Cover and Table of Contents First Edition. View More...
Collectible Very Good+ Complete 64 pp b/w photo and map and drawing filled issue with Five complete Fortification Essays including "The Principal Fortifications of the Channel Islands before 1750" by Ken Barton. "East Anglian Fortifications" "Malta" See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans of cover and Table of Contents First Edition. View More...
Jonathan Cape, 1931. Book. Illus. by Nine Plates. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Hardcover dis bound. Boards present pages clean and as are Lynd Ward's illus. Nine full page illustrations including Siegfried Dragon Slayer. The spine is missing and the cloth boards are detached but present. Internally very good and plates clean. Musical notation. Either can be rebound or enjoyed as such or even the Lynd ward original First Edition plates can be removed and framed. The plate of the Valkyries Ride is amazing. First Edition. View More...
Fine Collectible First Edition Trade Paperback Clean 134 pp. B/W Illus of Fortifications Concise study of the primary sources of the Norse Viking raids on Muslim and Christian Spain. Like new. See our Three Geese In Flights Book Scans Five star Customer service. First Edition. View More...
Hardcover Near Very Good First Edition Garland Press Hardcover 193 pp. Tight binding. NO underlines NO writing in text. Clean Rhode Island College Library book.Minimum markings tight binding see our Scans. The "Island of Ladies" apocryphal attributed to Chaucer A man dreams of an Island of woman surrounded by glass walls. A bit like Irish Echtra attributes but English allegorical. Introduction, text and glossary. First Edition. View More...
Very Good Original Paperback 80 pp Second Edition. 1954 German language, Color drawing of a Santa Claus or much like Tolkien's Father Christmas in this German language book. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans View More...
Fine Hardcover Fine Dust Jacket England: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1964.Clean inside and out. Excellent travel guide to Welsh and English historical culture. Welsh Roman Roads and Border Castles, Church plans, medieval house plans, Roman roads plans, monastic plans, Castles. Handsome wonderful plates of Maiden Castle A bargain and a half. Arthurian and Celtic books since 1977. Dust jacket present. View More...
Near Fine Trade Paperback Clean free of Markings. England: Thames & Hudson, 1991. 8vo. NOT a library book 48 B/w Illustrations of uniforms, weapons of Visigoths, Franks, Roman Cavalry etc.192 pp. Excellent concise military and political history of the last centuries. View More...
Very Good Original First 1910 Hardcover Edition. Life of Gruffydd ap Cynan father of King Owain Gwynedd Clean 204 pp.Welsh text with English translations and one Facsimile page with tissue guard. Notes, Introduction Library copy but clean. NO library pocket. NO spine numbers. See our scans. NO writing or underlines only a red "Withdrawn" on first preliminaries pages. Tight binding. Spine clean, See our Scans. Despite those few red library stamps a handsome otherwise clean copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Scans First Edition. View More...
Fine Collectible Hardcover and Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket NOT a library copy Except for a small previous owners signature pristine! Clean 297 pp. Excellent study of the Sixth century Pagan historian Procopius of Caesarea who spoke of Brittia as a home of the dead and instead of tribute to the Franks carries dead souls across the channel. Also she mentions in Procopius 'Secret History' Belisarius offers the Goths Britain!. 'Long subject to Rome" and Hadrian's wall much more. If besides Gildas one of the few Sixth century historians. Collectible condition book and crisp mylar protected jac... View More...
Utah: Utah State University Press,, 1995. Book. Fine First Edition. Clean 211 pp. Trade Paperback Fine Clean Condition Study of the folklore of the Supernatural. Clean free of markings and underlines. Ghosts, food and the traditional methods of ridding ghosts, Flathead native people, Hawaiian Pele. and Menehune, the little people is part of these six different essays that take the folklore of this seriously. Clean NOT a library copy . Three Geese In Flight since 1977 books on Traditional lore wrapped with respect and devoted customer service View More...
Fine Collectible Hardcover Fine Dust Jacket NOT Clipped. NOT a library copy. First American Edition Comprehensive critical study of the major and minor French and Continental Medieval Grail texts as well as even it's later applications in modern novels. Deep and comprehensive by this truly great modern Arthurian scholar. Clean collectible condition Very handsome Burne Jones Dust Jacket as well. Three Geese In Flight since 1977 selling Arthurian books from the land to the West. See our Book Scans Table of Contents and Cover condition Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Near Fine First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Collectible Dust Jacket 282 pp. Clean NO writing NOT a institution copy. Not even a private copy. NO chips. Layamon's Brut his Medieval English version of Geoffrey is a tougher, Arthur. a more 'Beowulf' like Arthur. "Elves" are at his birth. This has the diplomatic original text on the left and the translation on the right. Textual notes, introduction. Since 1977 we wrap our Arthurian and Celtic books first in brown paper before packing to protect the jacket Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Original 1976 Trade Paperback Very Good+ Clean 385 pp. Classic Anthology of Eighteen Complete Essays on "Beowulf" Includes the mind altering essay by the Master of Middle Earth himself J.R.R. Tolkien's own "Beowulf:The Monsters and the Critics" in which this Oxford Professor proudly defends the thrill of the Dragon in Beowulf as not a mere distraction to grammar, but the roaring heart of the tale. If that was not enough there are seventeen more essays by the greats of Old English, by example H.L.Rogers "Beowulf's Three Great Fights" Many more. Here in rare excellent condition. NO markings, NO ... View More...