Search Results: Folklore and the Occult from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Germany: Die Gestalten Verlag 2005. Large 8vo. 200 pp. Hardback. New copy still in shrink-wrap. 3899550862 . As New. Hardcover. 2005.

London: Pickering and Chatto 1890. Small 8vo. 4 volumes. viii, 503; [5], 523; [5], 591; [5], 575 pp. Maroon cloth with paper title labels on the spines, top edge gilt. Pages uncut. Illustrated throughout by S. L. Wood. Some general wear and marking, particularly rubbing and chipping to the top and bottom of the spines. Some damage to paper title labels on spines and repair to spine. Some wear to hinges. Some folded corners but internally clean. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Good. Cloth. 1890.

London: Faber and Faber 1956. 8vo. Scarce First Edition. 250 pp. Green hardback in pictorial jacket, priceclipped. Some marks to jacket with slight discolouration to spine and edges and small tears to head of spine. Boards clean. Endpapers darkened, minor spots to top of fore edge, otherwise internally clean. Black and white in-text illustrations and plates by Thomas Bewick throughout. Fold-out map at rear. An account of the history and local customs of the village of Blaxhall, Suffolk. . Near Fine. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1956.

London: Hodder and Stoughrton (1912). 8vo. 320 pp, badly marked book cloth and some foxing to pages, name in ink on f.e.p. . Good. Hardback. 1912.

London: H. S. Nichols & Co. 1894. Large 8vo. In 12 volumes complete. Bound in original, gilt decorated, black cloth with top edge gilt. Gilt fresh and bright with slight bumping to extremities, light wear in a few cases. Light spotting to some edges. Published in 1894 three years before the illustrated edition and shortly after Lady Burton edition, the 1st Nichols Edition, restored elements of the story Lady Burton had omitted. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Gilt Decorated Cloth. First Editions Thus. 1894.

London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers 1883. Large 8vo.Prize Binding. 2 volumes. [8], 832; [6], 840 pp. Full maroon calf with raised bands, green morocco title labels, gilt decoration to spine and boards; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Prize binding for Albert Memorial College, Framlingham, Suffolk, with gilt crest to front board and prize bookplate to front pastedown. Rubbing along edges, slight discolouration to sections of boards and spine, and a few dents and marks. Bindings firm. Occasional scattered foxing throughout both volumes. Engraved title pages and numerous in-text engravings. Bindings 26.5 tall. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1863.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1915. Small 8vo. 86 pp., in the original blue boards (with publisher's adverts on the rear). Minor marks to the boards, with splits to the spine and slight loss to the ends. Binding firm with some spotting. Transfer of cello tape to the endpapers. The author, born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in Caerleon, was a mystic, supernaturalist and psychogeographer. The text details the origin of the Legend of the Angels of Mons and was written by Machen as a short piece of fiction. However it soon became accepted as fact and folklore. . Very Good. Decorative Boards. First Edition. 1915.

London: The Folio Society 1998. Large 8vo. 708 pp. Bound in 1/4 burgundy leather over illustrated cloth boards with gilding to boards and spine. Burgundy top edge. Burgundy endpapers. Illustrated with 17 plates by John Vernon Lord. Boards are clean and unmarked, binding firm. Lacking slipcase. Internally clean and bright. Without slipcase. . Very Good. 1/4 Leather. 1998.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1896. Large 8vo. First edition. 303 pp. Maroon cloth with embossed lines and gilt device to front board, gilt ruling and lettering to spine. Wear to spine ends, rubbing to boards and corners. Uncut pages, clean condition internally. Light foxing to edges of pages. Contains frontspiece, in-text black-and-white illustrations of sketches by the author, and a newspaper cutting about a Tibetan prayer wheel with mention of William Simpson. Ink inscription of owner and date to FFEP from 1905. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1896.

Jersey: Bigwoods Ltd. (Circa 1940s). Small 8vo. 266 pp., Hardcover with pictorial jacket. Jacket slightly edgeworn with minor marks and tears. Boards clean and binding firm. Internally fresh. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1940.

London: Printed for J. Roberts; and sold by J. Brotherton [etc.] 1723 - 1738. 12mo. 3 volumes. First two volumes published in 1723, with the third volume being the second edition of 1738. x, 288; xv, 266; xvii, 264 pp. Illustrated with numerous copper plates. Red full straight-grained morocco with gilt decoration to boards and gilt lettering and devices to spines; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and very light bumping to extremities. Bookplate of William Forbes Morgan, of the Morgan family, to pastedowns. Some ink ownership marks to prelims of first volume. Internally clean otherwise. The second volume includes the plates of the Swimming Lady and Lady Godiva, which were surpressed in later editions and are often missing. A lovely set. . Near Fine. Full Straight-grained Morocco. First Editions. 1723.

London: Rivingtons 1869. Small 8vo.Illustrated. x, 660 pp. Full blindstamped calf binding, with red title label and all edges burnished red. Slight scuffing to the boards with small hole to the front board. Small split, 2cm, and wear to the front hinge. Binding firm. Light stain to the fore edge and some spotting. Illustrated with black and white wood engravings. Owners name in ink to the front free endpaper dated 1871. . Good. Blind-stamped Full Calf. New Edition. 1869.

Francofurdi: Ex officina typographic Ioannis Wecheli 1593. 24mo. (xvi), 582, (54) pp. Small format measuring 9cm x 12cm. Contemporary full vellum with brown ink lettering to spine. Exposed sewing thongs at spine joints. Vellum bright. Publisher's device to title-page. Slight worming to rear hinge. Contemporary ink notation to front pastedown. The best known work of Lemnius (1505-1568), Dutch physician and philosopher from Zeeland. It went through many editions in Latin, and was first published in English in 1658 as 'The Secret Miracles of Nature'. Text in Latin. . Very Good. Full Vellum. 1593.

London: T. Fisher Unwin 1892. Large 8vo. First British Edition. viii, [4], 11-207 pp. Royal octavo (25 x 18cm). Full maroon cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spine; top edge gilt. Light marks to rear board and slight rubbing to spine ends. Minor toning to pages, otherwise internally clean. Occasional slight splits to the binding, but all held together still. The work having originally been published in the same format in 1890 in New York. With the bookplate of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney to front pastedown. With 24 plates including a frontispiece, mostly in chromolithography. A cool book. [Horr 1265; Hargrave 369]� . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. First English Edition. 1892.

Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. 8vo. 411 pp. Black hardback in pictorial jacket. Small scuff to front board. Creasing to panel extremities. Internally fresh and bright. From the blurb: 'This new dictionary shows the variety and distinctive features of tradtiions and beliefs throughout England, as well as indicating links with British and European patterns... It ranges from the bizarre to the seemingly mundane, and is as much a feature of the modern technological age as the ancient world'. A useful reference volume for English folklore. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2000.

London: The Theosophical Publishing Society 1895. 8vo. 248 pp. Publisher's original green cloth with lettering in black to front board & spine. Cloth very clean. Early ink owner's name & ink notations to endpapers. Internally clean. Preface by G. R. S. M. (i.e. G. R. S. Mead?). . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1895.

London: Geoffrey Cumberledge (Oxford University Press) 1954. 8vo. First Edition. [vii], 234 pp. Hardback in colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped; colour illustrated endpapers. Jacket spine faded and a few spots and small tears to edges. Very occasional scattered spots within, generally clean. Beautifully illustrated in red/pink and black & white by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1954.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1950. 8vo.Illustrated. First edition. viii, 150 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in an illustrated dustjacket. Jacket and illustrations throughout by Eric Fraser. Price clipped. Foxing to rear cover of dustjacket and book edges. Otherwise clean internally. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1950.

London: Printed for William Hone 1826 / 1827. 8vo. In four volumes. Two volumes in four parts. First editions. x, 856; 857 to 1720; viii, 832; 833 to 1712 pp. Pagination in double columns. Uniformly bound in contemporary calf over marbled boards. Gilt and blind-stamped decoration to spines. Boards quite rubbed. Light foxing and browning throughout. Extra-illustrated with 19 portrait engravings, mostly in volume one. Numerous in-text engravings. All bindings firm. . Very Good. Half Calf. First Editions. 1826.

Virignia Beach: Fellowship of the Inner Light 1974. 8vo. v, 149 pp. Publisher's cloth in dust wrapper. Jacket edgeworn. Internally clean. No ownership names. . Very Good. Cloth. 1974.