British Myths and Legends

The Folio Society's single volume with quarter leather binding

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Printing Details

First thus. Hardback, quarter leather binding with gilt titling to spine, and illustrated cloth boards. Pages' top edge dyed burgundy. Slipcase. 26 × 18.5cm, 708pp.

This is a newly edited single volume of the three volume set published by The Folio Society. The tales drawn together are from a wide range of sources, spanning the centuries from the dawn of Christianity to the age of the Plantagenets. The Norse gods which peopled the Anglo-Saxon past survive in Beowulf; Cuchulainn, Taliesin and the magician Merlin take shape from Celtic mythology; and saints include Helena who brought a piece of the True Cross to Britain, and Joseph of Arimathea whose staff grew into the Glastonbury thorn. With 17 full page illustrations by John Vernon Lord.

Condition

The book is in very good condition, the slipcase with some slight surface abrasions.