A collection of 13 titles Fairy tales, folklore, mythology e...

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A collection of 13 titles Fairy tales, folklore, mythology etc, including George Webbe Dasent: 'Popular Tales from the Norse', London, Routledge, [nd], c.1900, introduction, 59 Norse tales and appendix, Norse tales include No. 56 "Soria Moria Castle" p.369, which was the source of Tolkien naming the underground kingdom of the Dwarves of Durin's Folk "The Mines of Moria", the realm in which Gandalf famously battles the Balrog, original cloth gilt, later rebacked, top edge gilt; George Macdonald: 'The Princess and the Goblin', L, Blackie, [nd], c.1900, frontis by Laurence Housman + 30 ills. in text by Arthur Hughes, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (portion at fore edge of front cover soiled); H. Escott-Inman: 'The Two-Eyed Griffin', L, Warne, [nd], c.1900, b/w frontis + full page plates and in text ills. throughout, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (sl. worn); 'Stories and Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen', L, George Allen & Orpington, 1893, 100 b/w ills. by Arthur J. Gaskin, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (sl. worn); MacLeod: 'Stories from the Faerie Queene', 1920, 8th edition, orig. pictorial cloth; 'Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen', L, Dent, 1915, 9th edition, colour and b/w plates, rebound calf gilt, plus 7 others (13)