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$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
xxcjd187421

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
xxcta188194

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
xxcug188348

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

$15.00
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The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH

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: HarperPerennial 1995

KEYWORDS: religion mythology metaphor philosophy

$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
1c9a/68

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
1c76a/25

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

$100.00
1h80a/1

Waiata


BOWLES, BRYAN

SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)

PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945

KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends

$40.00
1h80a/10

Secret of San Saba; A Tale of Phantoms and Greed in the Spanish Southwest


JACKSON, JACK [JAXON]

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue & red lettering to white spine, illus title page, 151pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers, light-moderate creasing, rubbing & chipping to cover & spine extrems, light foxing/soiling to page edges, prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Kitchen Sink Press, Inc. 1989

KEYWORDS: jack jackson jaxon secret of san saba tale phantoms greed spanish southwest graphic novels comics fantasy adventure fiction american texas texan mexican spanish native indigenous folklore mythology bultos

$25.00
xxe3ad172476

Religions, Mythologies, Folklores: An Annotated Bibliography


DIEHL, KATHARINE SMITH

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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 1962

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues religion mythology folklore lore

$80.00
1i46a/27

Chinese Porcelain ; Fifth Edition (2 Vol Set)


GULLAND, W G & LARKIN, T J (Notes)

2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & chinese characters/lettering to front boards, 506pp total, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy chafing/surface loss to spines & boards, moderate fading to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of each vol, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter of vol 1, v heavy cracking to gutters of vol 2- sections of page block loosened from spine)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1928-29

KEYWORDS: history historical artefacts Chinese porcelain antiques mythology

$15.00
xxrng172966

Earth is My Mother, Sky is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting


GRIFFIN-PIERCE, TRUDY & MOMADAY, N SCOTT (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: University of New Mexico Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Navajo indians religion mythology sandpaintings native americans Trudy Griffin-Pierce

$10.00
xxrkc193383

The Biggest Fish in the World


REED, A.W.

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: Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: a.w. reed new zealand maori legend folklore mythology children childrens illustrated roger hart trevor plaisted rob taylor joe bleakley christine brown paul craig pru mexted julia morison merle renner mark tucker john vincent

$22.50
xxrhe193485

Primal Myths; Creation Myths Around the World


SPROUL, BARBARA C.

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: HarperOne 1991

KEYWORDS: barbara c sproul primal creation myths global comparitive studies african near middle eastern european indian china chinese japanese siberian inuit north american central south australian pacific mythologies mythology anthropology ethnography religion religious

$22.50
xxphj194107

Mythology of the British Isles


ASHE, GEOFFREY

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: Methuen 1992

KEYWORDS: mythology ancient history Great Britain British Isles folklore lore

$60.00
1t4d/31

The Religion of Adam and Eve


ZIMMERMAN, Fr. ANTHONY

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 159pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG (light soiling, light rubbing & creasing to extrems, moderate sun-fading)

PUBLISHER: Vantage Press, Inc. 1991

KEYWORDS: bible biblical studies history religion christianity genesis adam and eve garden of eden paradise native indigenous aboriginal ancient creation myths mythology

$40.00
1t9a/32

Tales of Ancient Greece


BLYTON, ENID

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1930)

KEYWORDS: John o' London's children's library literature Enid Blyton ancient Greece Greek history mythology

$22.50
xxqcj194446

Gods of the Ancient Northmen


DUMEZIL, GEORGES & HAUGEN, EINAR (Ed) & LITTLETON, C SCOTT (Intro) & STRUTYNSKI, UDO (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: University of California Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Scandinavian northmen gods deities religion folklore mythology

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