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Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH & KENNEDY, EUGENE (ed.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: New World Library 2001

KEYWORDS: joseph campbell mythology religion religious studies comparative religions metaphor speech language

$20.00
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Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature


COTT, JONATHAN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Random House1983

KEYWORDS: children's literature essay cultural studies mythology folklore

$20.00
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The Secular Scripture: A Study of Romance


FRYE, NORTHROP

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: Harvard University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: northrop frye literature literary criticism theory romance structure mythology imagination archetypes archetypal

$35.00
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The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype


NEUMANN, ERICH & MANHEIM, RALPH (Trans) & LIEBSCHER, MARTIN (Fore)

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: Princeton University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: mythology psychology human psyche Erich Neumann culture philosophy

$650.00
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The Cat in Ancient Egypt


LANGTON, N. & B.

SCARCE, quarto, deep blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt cat illus to front board, frontispiece, xi + 92pp, 19x black & white plates- all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl wrinkling to cloth on boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light staining to edges & spine, moderate tanning to spine & edges with some light creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1940

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt antiquity cats felines mythology spirituality history deities worship Langton Collection antiques antiquities cat figures

$40.00
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Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands


MALNIC, JUTTA & KASAIPWALOVA, JOHN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cowrie Books 1998

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Trobriand Islands mythology myths legends social life customs png Papua New Guinea

$16.50
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Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia


POIGNANT, ROSLYN

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: The Hamlyn Publishing Group 1975

KEYWORDS: oceania mythology culture ancient history anthropology antiquity Polynesia Micronesia Melanesia Australia myths legends

$100.00
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Birds of Aotearoa: A Natural and Cultural History


ORBELL, MARGARET

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FRANCIS POUND & SUE CROCKFORD, square imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2003

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Aotearoa birds ornithology ethnozoology nature animals culture Maori mythology

$100.00
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Studies in Maori Rites and Myths


JOHANSEN, J. PRYTZ

Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, 201pp, VG (light creasing & tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kobenhavn 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori rites myths mythology religion history

$35.00
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Elysion: On Ancient Greek and Roman Beliefs Concerning a Life After Death


KNIGHT, W. F. JACKSON & KNIGHT, G. WILSON (Intro)

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: Rider & Company 1970

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek Rome Roman mythology beliefs spirituality life after death afterlife lore folklore

$20.00
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Oedipus and Akhnaton: Myth and History


VELIKOVSKY, IMMANUEL

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: Sidgwick and Jackson 1960

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity mythology Immanuel Velikovsky

$40.00
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The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche


APULEIUS & ROUSE, W. H. D. (Intro) & MULLOCK, DOROTHY (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, green lettering & decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 47pp, plates with tissue guards, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, sm gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to tissue guards)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1914

KEYWORDS: first editions Apuleius metamorphoses illustrated Dorothy Mullock classical literature mythology classic

$19.50
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The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm (Sixth Edition)


RUSKIN, JOHN

Octavo 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: George Allen 1895

KEYWORDS: Greek myths mythology John Ruskin Athena

$25.00
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The Forest in Folklore and Mythology


PORTEOUS, ALEXANDER

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: Dover Publications 2002

KEYWORDS: folklore lore mythology myths forests trees forestry cultures literature

$20.00
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The Company of Wolves


STEINHART, PETER

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: Alfred A. Knopf 1995

KEYWORDS: wolves culture history literature folklore lore mythology nature animals

$20.00
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In the Kingdom of Mescal: An Indian Fairy-Tale for Adults


N/A

Quarto hardcover (VG-) spine missing, otherwise complete; 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: Galeria Panajachel 1977

KEYWORDS: Indian fairy tales mythology culture India

$120.00
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Transactions / Maori Mythology


WOHLERS, Rev. J. F. H. et al

SIGNED BY JOHANNES ANDERSEN, AND HE HAS ADDED A HANDWRITTEN LIST OF CONTENTS, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 112pp + addendum to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various university ink stamps throughout with light tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mythology history Maori culture transactions signed Johannes Andersen

$67.50
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Tanglewood Tales


HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL & DULAC, EDMUND (Illus)

Imperial octavo, cream cloth boards, red lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, viii + 236pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl bruising to spine extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light fading, scuffing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2002

KEYWORDS: folio society literature Nathaniel Hawthorne tales short stories classical myths mythology illustrated Edmund Dulac

$25.00
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Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992


SPRUG, JOSEPH W. (Compiled by)

Very tidy ex-library, octavo 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: The Scarecrow Press 1994

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies fairy tales mythology myths legends folktales literature history

$95.00
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The Mabinogion


JONES, GWYN and THOMAS (Trans) & LEE, ALAN (Illus)

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG- (moderate fading & wrinkling to covers with some minor soiling also, light soiling to page edges, minor water damage to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Dragon's Dream 1982

KEYWORDS: Welsh myths mythology the mabinogion folktales fantastical literature

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