Bibliographies: building worlds

I suppose it's odd of me, but I enjoy research. Sometimes I have trouble tearing myself away from yet another book to start writing.

I'm often curious about what books another writer has used to build their concepts of worlds and characters. In case you're like me, here's a sampling of the books I've poked through for some of my works-in-progress. The lists are not complete, but I'll try to add most of the important sources as I go.

Folklore and Magic find their way into most of my stories

Evans, George Ewart. The Pattern Under the Plough

Flowers, Stephen. The Galdrabok: an Icelandic Grimoire

Kirk, Robert. The Secret Common-wealth

Northall, G.F. English Folk Rhymes

Taylor, Archer. English Riddles from Oral Tradition

Thompson, Stith. The Folktale

Storms, G. Anglo-Saxon Magic

Willow Knot bibliography:

Bruford, W.H. Germany in the Eighteenth Century

Fearn, Thatchers and Thatching

Freethy, Ron. Woodlands of Britain

Grimm's Tales for Young and Old

Groves, Sylvia. History of Needlework Tools and Accessories

Heseltine, Alastair. Baskets and Basketmaking

Kerner, Roger. Bohemia in the Eighteenth Century

Royal Palace of Visegrad

Secret Memoirs of the Princess Lamballe

Warren-Wren, S.C. Willows

Watkin, David. Royal Interiors of Regency England

Cost of Silver bibliography:

Cony-Catchers and Bawdy Baskets

Peters, Simon. The Witchfinder and the Devil's Darlings

Robbins, The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology

Fate of the Dead bibliography

Wood. The English Medieval House

History of the County of Suffolk

West, Harold Mills. Ghosts of East Anglia

Brown, Theo. The Fate of the Dead

Cotton, William Charles. My Bee Book

Children of Mercury bibliography

Life of Benvenuto Cellini

Cennini, Cennino. The Craftsman's Handbook

Thomas, Anabel. Painter's Practice in Renaissance Tuscany

The Lousing Woman bibliography

Leroy-Ladurie, Montaillou

Vigarello, George. Concepts of Cleanliness