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UK: Flame Tree Publishing, 2022. Special Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2022 Flame Tree large hardcover (embossed art front and back boards), special edition (or some just call it a first edition with another ISBN number), first printing. Chapter decorations. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: A beautiful new edition of one of the great works of literature from Classical Antiquity. Virgil's masterpiece, one of the greatest works in Western literature, was written in Latin, between 29 and 19 BCE, recalling events after the Fall of Troy over 1200 years before, as told in the famous Homeric epics of Greek literature the Iliad and the Odyssey. The great adventures of Aeneas' flight from Troy and the prophesy of his founding of a great city linked Roman dynasty to the legends of a heroic past, bringing myth and history to bear in the politics of the Roman Empire. Here in the much-loved translation by John Dryden, and accompanied by Virgil's… Read More

USA/London: Ticktock/Octopus, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Colin Ashcroft & Lee Gibbons. CONDITION: NEW 2013 Ticktock/Octopus hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first thus, first printing. Decorated end pages. Excellent bright, detailed color illustrations by Ashcroft and Gibbons. Covers monsters of the "new world" also. Title on cover in raised gold foil. CONTENT: Those with the courage to open this book will find trapped within its pages the foulest, fiercest, and most fantastical creatures to have ever sent shivers up a mortal's spine. Incredible lineups show the beasts in all their hideous glory; learn about their crimes against moral land mythical foes; and get up close with amazing, action-packed battle scenes. Ages 8+, IMHO.

USA: Millbrook Press, On My Own Folklore, 2009. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Janice Lee Porter. CONDITION: NEW 2009 Millbrook Press soft cover, second printing. Wonderful, vivid stylized color illustrations by Janice Lee Porter. CONTENT: Ever wonder where chocolate came from? We have the Mayan king Kukulkán to thank. Kukulkán is more than a king--he is also a god. One day he brings his people an amazing gift: a chocolate tree! But there is just one problem. Kukulkán's brother, Night Jaguar, doesn't want regular people to have chocolate. He thinks only gods should eat the tempting treat. Will Night Jaguar prevail? Or will the Mayans get to keep their chocolate tree? Ages 7+. Questions welcome.

Hodder Children's Books, 2002. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Mark Bergin color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2002 Hodder Children's Books (UK) soft cover, first paperback edition, no printing given. The color illustrations are historically correct and are by Mark Bergin. Excellent illustrations. CONTENT: Which Viking god ruled over the oceans and lived on the seabed? How did the Vikings believe the world would end? Find out how the gods and goddesses of the Vikings shaped the lives and the history of ordinary Viking men and women. Each god/goddess gets a page or two detailing their influence on Viking society. Informative!

Tor Teen, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Eithne O'Hanlon DJ art. CONDITION: NEW 2015 Tor Teen hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Ethne O'Hanlon dust jacket art. No illustrations. No map - how odd. CONTENT: The Goddess War # 3. The final book in the modern, Greek myth-based "Goddess War" trilogy (Tor Teen) finds the group scattered after their failed attack on Olympus. Hermes is trying to lead and protect Andie and Henry. Athena remains on the banks of the underworld, where Odysseus hovers between life and death. Cassie and Calypso are in California, where Cassie seeks revenge for Aidan. The gods are dealing with the painful loss of their immortality, and the gaining of human emotions. The reincarnated humans from Troy are now supercharged by the myths that surrounded their previous lives, giving them powers once limited to the gods. A sense of fear and urgency rings through the dialogue as the gods race to save themselves and their… Read More