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$24.50
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Great Peaks of New Zealand


LOGAN, HUGH

Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscapes mountains geology human history mythology exploration

$15.00
xxrmg175471

The Illustrated Golden Bough


FRAZER, Sir JAMES GEORGE & DOUGLAS, MARY (Gen. Ed) & MacCORMACK, SABINE (Abridged & Illus)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1978

KEYWORDS: legend golden bough literature classical esoteric spirituality ancient Greece Greek spirits gods deities myths mythology

$40.00
1y30a/38

The Maori Action Song - Waiata a Ringa, Waiata Kori, no Whea Tenei Ahua Hou?


SHENNAN, JENNIFER

Oblong super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 100pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to covers edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori music songs actions culture anthropology legend mythology dance wood carvings history

$40.00
1y33a/28

Design and Tradition: A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts


FENN, AMOR

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xx + 376pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light chipping & 2cm closed tear to frontispiece, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1920

KEYWORDS: art history buildings architecture mythology symbolism mouldings ornaments

$50.00
1y55a/17

The Ivory Key


RAMAN, AKSHAYA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt mandala illus to front board, illus/map to prelims, 375pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Clarion Books/HarperCollins 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed young adult fantasy fiction literature Indian culture mythology

$70.00
1y58a/4

How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death / Te Taki a Maaui i a Hine-nui-te-poo


GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, DUAL LANGAUGE - ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature te reo Maori language mythology legends Maui gods goddesses folklore lore New Zealand

$70.00
1y58a/5

How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone


GOSSAGE, PETER

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate tanning/foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Maui Maori mythology myths legends folklore lore New Zealand

$58.50
1y58a/6

Legends of Maui: Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maui Attacks Tuna Roa


TE PUIA, JASON

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Reed Children's Books 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature folklore lore mythology Maori Maui gods goddesses

$25.00
xxyaa176336

Riding the Waves: Four Maori Myths


BISHOP, GAVIN

Quarto hardcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2007

KEYWORDS: gavin bishop children children's youth illustrated new zealand maori myths mythology folklore

$17.50
xxyaa176352

Legends of Mau, Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maiu Attacks Tuana Roa


TE PUA, JASON

TIDY EX-LIBRARY. Imperial octavo softcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Reed 2005

KEYWORDS: children's childrens youth picture book new zealand maori mythology comic comics

$39.50
xxybc176751

The Essential Max Muller: On Language, Mythology and Religion


STONE, JON R. (Ed)

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2002

KEYWORDS: Max Muller essays collection anthology literature history language mythology religion

$12.50
xxyeb177268

The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism


LEACH, EDMUND (ed)

Octavo, softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Tavistock Publications Ltd 1973

KEYWORDS: totemism spirituality myth mythology

$18.50
xxyfd177647

Oriental Mythology : The Masks of God


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH

Octavo, softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1985

KEYWORDS: mythology philosophy

$25.00
xxyha177910

Fabulous Beasts


LUM, PETER & JAUSS, ANNE MARIE (illus)

Super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson n.d.

KEYWORDS: mythology archaeology

$15.00
xxyha177911

Animals, Men & Myths : A History of the Influence of Animals on Civilisation and Culture


MORUS (aka LEWINSOHN, RICHARD)

Super octavo, hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1954

KEYWORDS: history mythology animals pets

$30.00
xxyia178383

From Atlantis to the Sphinx : Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World


WILSON, COLIN

Super octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Virgin Books 1996

KEYWORDS: alternative history astronomy mythology underwater egypt

$65.00
1y68c/18

Russian Fairy Tales


BREHOVSZKY, VLADIMIR (illus.) & GISSING, VERA (trans.) & JANSKY, VLADIMIR (graphic design)

Quarto, oxblood buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus title page, 197pp, illus, VG+ (mild fading to spine, prev owner's name in pen to prelims, prev bookseller's adhesive label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy bleaching to spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1975

KEYWORDS: folklore folktale folktales mythology fairy tale fairy tales slavic slavs eastern europe russia russian children children's childrens illustrated

$75.00
1y68c/20

Italian Fairy Tales


VADISLAV, JAN & SIVKO, VACLAV (illus.) & THEINER, GEORGE (trans.) & WILD, JAN (graphic design)

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front & rear boards, upper page edges stained chartreuse, patterned eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus title page, 203pp, illus, VG+ (mild scuffing to spine/extrems w/ minor discolouration at head of spine, prev owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (heavy bleaching to spine, light creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1971

KEYWORDS: fairy tales folklore folktale folktales italy italian mediterranean mythology childrens children children's illustrated

$35.00
1y68c/21

Folk and Fairy Tales from Bohemia


HORAK, JIRI & CARRUTH, JANE & TRNKA, JIRI (illus.) & DENESOVA, ALICE (trans.) & MLCOCH, ZDENEK (graphic design)

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1973

KEYWORDS: fairy tales folklore folktale folktales czech republic bohemia czech czechia bohemian moravia moravian mythology childrens children children's illustrated jiri trnka

$25.00
1y68c/22

Fairy Tales


ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN & TRNKA, JIRI (illus.)

Quarto (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1975

KEYWORDS: hans christian andersen fairy tales fairytale fairytales folklore mythology children childrens children's illustrated jiri trnka

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