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$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

$30.00
1y68c/25

World Tales


SHAH, IDRIES & AIKEN, DAVID (illus) & ANDERSON, WAYNE (illus) & ARGENT, PHILIP (illus) et al.

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: Allen Lane/Kestrel Books 1979

KEYWORDS: world tales folklore folktales folk tales folktale tale mythology idries shah illustrated children children's childrens david aicken wayne anderson philip argent peter brookes fred carver doranna roy ellsworth brian froud tim gill peter goodfellow melvyn grant lynda grant colin hadley ivan hissey ken laidlaw roger langton carol lawson janina lech alan lee james marsh chris mcewan tony meeuwissen martin newton david o'connor joe petagno sue porter peter richardson carolyn scrace caroline smith mike terry alan tunbridge ivan tyrrell george underwood malcolm walker mai watts juan wijngaard ray winder

$75.00
1y68c/26

Goddesses in World Mythology


ANN, MARTHA & IMEL, DOROTHY MYERS

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, heavy quarto, heavy black card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 655pp, illus, VG (mild scuffing to spine/extrems, tape/adhesive label to spine, adhesive residue/tape to boards, light soiling + library stamp to page edges, tape stain to front pastedown, library stamp to fep, library stamp + pen ID# to prelims, adhesive label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (in transparent protective sleeve, adhesive labels to spine/front/rear, mild creasing)

PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 1993

KEYWORDS: goddess goddesses mythology folklore world folktale folk lore anthropology culture religion religious

$25.00
xxzed179901

The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-1987


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH & VAN COUVERING, ANTONY

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: HarperSanFrancisco 1997

KEYWORDS: joseph cambell mythology human culture anthropology modernity modern psychology occult literature

$30.00
xxfbj180130

Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood


STONE, MERLIN & STONE, CYNTHA (illus.)

Octacvo 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: Beacon Press 1984

KEYWORDS: goddess goddesses world religion religions mythology myth women divine feminine femininity heroine heroines lore

$15.00
xxsdu180711

Maori Legends (The Creation Stories)


BACON, RON (retold by) & JAHNKE, ROBERT (illus.)

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Shortland Educational Publications 1984

KEYWORDS: maori legends creation illustrated children children's youth literature mythology aotearoa new zealand

$60.00
1y99b/50

Pillars of Wisdom: The Writings of Albert Pike


PIKE, ALBERT & HUTCHENS, REX R. & KLEINKNECHT, C. FRED (Fore)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic motif to rear cover, xvii + 368pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chafing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: The Supreme Council, 33o Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction 1995

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons Albert Pike writings collection anthology philosophy ancient mythology theology

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