In Search of Lost Gods: A Guide to British Folklore by Whitlock, Ralph - 1979

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus.[Book Club issue by arrangement with original publisher,PHAIDON.] FINE-/FINE.No owner inscrptn per se,but red ink underlining to a paragraph each on verso+recto pp89/90 and a single paragraph to pp147 respectively - no other underlining anywhere else,no clip to dw/dj - absence of any price as a Book Club issue.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,white background to colour illustrated artwork with black+blue letters to front panel of dw/dj, spine with black letters and some miniscule chipping at head of same,rear panel plain white without any illustration or text.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean and solid,near pristine but for red ink underlining already mentioned - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publishers bright,crisp, clean,generally sharp-cornered,original,plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus,8-192pp [paginated] includes… Read More

London : Book Club Associates, 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192p: ill., facsim; 22 cm. Notes: Originally published in Great Britain by Phaidon,1979. Index. Subjects: Folk-lore, British.Folklore, British. Great Britain. Folklore. British folklore.

Phaidon Press Ltd, 1979-10. Hardcover. Good.

Phaidon, 1979. Paperback. Used: Good.