Books - "mythology"
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Leaves of Yggdrasil: A Synthesis of Runes, Gods, Magic, Feminine Mysteries and Folklore
Octavo, illus light card covers, grey & black lettering to spine, xxvi + 260pp, illus/diagrams, VG (covers have fully adhesive cover- fully affixed, light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light tanning to spine, prev. bookseller's label & black marker scribble to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's lg ink stamp to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications 1990
KEYWORDS: magic magick runes fortune telling nordic gods esoteric occult occultism folklore lore mythology
Tolai Myths of Origin
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps & title page, xix + 99pp, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to covers, moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in red ink to half title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside rear cover, sl soiling/foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Jacaranda Press 1973
KEYWORDS: anthropology PNG Papua New Guinea heritage customs culture beliefs myths mythology
Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo
Ex-library. 4to, pp. 208; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in black, motif to front board in black; illus. eps & tp, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library sticker to rfep, library stamp in black ink to top edge; tape to front board at head & tail); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tape & adhesive residue fromt tape; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Egmont 2016
KEYWORDS: Halo video games myth mythology story game science fiction
Perseus, or, Of Dragons
Sm 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: E P Dutton & Company 1925
KEYWORDS: mythology criticism literature creatures dragons symbolism symbolic
The Neil Gaiman Reader
Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 736; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; sl tanning).
PUBLISHER: Headline 2020
KEYWORDS: Neil Gaiman 20th 21st century fiction short stories story mythology myth fantasy
Legends of Ngatoro-i-rangi
4to, pp. 72; illus. light card covers; illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; curling to covers & text, water damage).
PUBLISHER: Reed 2006
KEYWORDS: Te Arawa New Zealand Maori legend legends myth mythology folk tales Ngatoro-i-rangi
The Alphabet of Creaton: An ancient legend from Zohar
Imp. 8vo, unpaginated; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, white label to front board decorated in red gilt; illus. throughout; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Schocken Books 1982
KEYWORDS: Ben Shahn Zohar Book of Splendor Kabbalah mystic mystical Judaism alphabet legend myth mythology
Journey to Ragnarok: Adventure and Setting (5E)
Third party campaign and setting for 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 339pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling/discolouration to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Michele Paroli 2018
KEYWORDS: d&d dungeons dragons rpg role playing games player guides handbooks ragnarok fantasy Norse mythology 5e settings 5th fifth edition
King David: A Biography
Super 8vo 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: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: King David life lives biography legend mythology myth
Goddesses and Monsters: Women, Myth, Power and Popular Culture
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: University of Wisconsin Press 2004
KEYWORDS: gender politics women women's studies feminism patriarchy popular culture film theater theater mythology theology
A History of the Devil
Paperback (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: Panther Books 1975
KEYWORDS: occult esoteric mythology religion satan devil history
The Oak King, the Holy King, and the Unicorn: The Myths and Symbolism of the Unicorn Tapestries
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 260; cream cl boards, spine lettered & front board decorated in copper gilt; illus. tp, photos, plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1986
KEYWORDS: myth legend mythology unicorn unicorns symbolism Middle Ages Medieval Mediaeval
Masonic Legends and Traditions
8vo, pp. viii + 152; blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in blind; frontis., VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; lettering in blue ink to front pastedown; bookplate to ffep; insect holes to ffep; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Rider & Co. N.D.
KEYWORDS: Freemason Freemasons masonic masonry legend myth mythology tradition religion religious
The Text Book of Freemasonry: A Complete Handbook of Instruction to All the Workings in the Various Mysteries and Ceremonies of Craft Masonry, Containing the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master Mason's Degrees; the Ceremony of Installation o
Sm 8vo, pp. blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; top & fore edge stained red, patterned eps, frontis., plates; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy staining to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; plate facing p. 117 loose; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; light to moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: William Reeves N.D.
KEYWORDS: Freemason Freemasons masonic masonry legend myth mythology tradition religion religious rituals ceremonies mysteries handbook instruction
Freemasonry: Its Outward and Visible Signs. A Description of the Jewels, Clothing & Furniture, for All Degrees, with Alphabetical Index
8vo, pp. xviii + 128 + xii advts; blue cl boards, front board lettered in gilt, front & rear board decorated in blind; all edges stained red, frontis., plates, foldout plates; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to front pastedown & ffep; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters; pate facing p. 36 cut out, plate facing p. 34 cut into; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Spencer's Masonic Depot 1884
KEYWORDS: Freemason Freemasons masonic masonry legend myth mythology tradition religion religious rituals ceremonies mysteries handbook instruction jewels clothing furniture decoration
British Masonic Miscellany
Twenty volume set. Sm 8vo, pp. 143, 144, 144, 143, 143, 144, 142, 143, 143, 144, 143, 142, 144, 144, 144, 144, 143, 144, 155, 141; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis. (vol. 13), illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; ligh to moderate fading to spine; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals;prev ownership stamp in blue ink to ffep (vol. 3 & 15); prev ownership stamp in red ink to ffep & tp (vol. 5); presentation inscription in black ink to ffep (vol. 6 & 15 (blue ink); number of vol. written in silver to spine of vols 7, 10, 12-18 & 20).
PUBLISHER: David Winter and Son N.D.
KEYWORDS: Freemason Freemasons masonic masonry legend myth mythology tradition religion religious rituals ceremonies mysteries instruction poetry literature
From the heart of the fire
8vo 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: Tafelberg 1995
KEYWORDS: Julius Oelke Joan Rankin folk tales myth legend mythology Africa African
The Tree of Life: Symbol of the Centre
Imp. 8vo 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: Thames and Hudson 1974
KEYWORDS: Roger Cook tree of life symbol myth legend mythology
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
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 N/D (c.1990s)
KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history myths mythology Greece Greek rituals sacrifices
Tales of the Tokuhawa II: Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House)
Retold from the Japanese Originals
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 263; green heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; clasps to rear board, clasp attatchments to front board; foldout map; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate pasted to front pastedown signed by author; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate tearing to foldout at gutter).
PUBLISHER: Yokohama 1921
KEYWORDS: James S de Benneville Japan Japanese myth mythology legend horror haunted short stories