Books - "mythology"
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Great Peaks of New Zealand
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
The Illustrated Golden Bough
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
The Maori Action Song - Waiata a Ringa, Waiata Kori, no Whea Tenei Ahua Hou?
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
Design and Tradition: A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts
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
The Ivory Key
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
How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death / Te Taki a Maaui i a Hine-nui-te-poo
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
How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone
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
Legends of Maui: Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maui Attacks Tuna Roa
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
Riding the Waves: Four Maori Myths
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
Legends of Mau, Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maiu Attacks Tuana Roa
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
The Essential Max Muller: On Language, Mythology and Religion
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
The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism
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
Oriental Mythology : The Masks of God
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
Fabulous Beasts
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
Animals, Men & Myths : A History of the Influence of Animals on Civilisation and Culture
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
From Atlantis to the Sphinx : Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World
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
Russian Fairy Tales
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
Italian Fairy Tales
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
Folk and Fairy Tales from Bohemia
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
Fairy Tales
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