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$80.00
ak1/3b/3

Leaves of Yggdrasil: A Synthesis of Runes, Gods, Magic, Feminine Mysteries and Folklore


ASWYNN, FREYA

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

$45.00
ak1/11a/6

Tolai Myths of Origin


JANSSEN, HERMANN (Ed) & MENNIS, MARY (Ed) & SKINNER, BRENDA (Ed)

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

$40.00
2f33a/15

Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo


EASTERLING, JEFF & PATENAUDE, JEREMY & PETERS, KENNETH; FORTUNE, EMIL (ed)

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

$16.50
xx189pol208411

Perseus, or, Of Dragons


STOKES, H F SCOTT

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

$60.00
2g9a/9

The Neil Gaiman Reader


GAIMAN, NEIl; KAMES. MARLON (forew)

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

$40.00
2g24c/22

Legends of Ngatoro-i-rangi


TAIAROA-SMITHIES. KAREN & TAIAROA, MERVYN

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

$40.00
2e11b/24

The Alphabet of Creaton: An ancient legend from Zohar


SHAHN, BEN

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

$50.00
ak3/7b/2

Journey to Ragnarok: Adventure and Setting (5E)


PAROLI, MICHELE & NEPITELLO, FRANCESCO (Fore)

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

$22.50
xxrib210223

King David: A Biography


MCKENZIE, STEVEN L

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

$25.00
xxpgk210677

Goddesses and Monsters: Women, Myth, Power and Popular Culture


CAPUTI, JANE

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

$18.50
xxpje210795

A History of the Devil


WOODS, WILLIAM

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

$65.00
2i33a/25

The Oak King, the Holy King, and the Unicorn: The Myths and Symbolism of the Unicorn Tapestries


WILLIAMSON, JOHN

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

$55.00
2e8aa/7

Masonic Legends and Traditions


WRIGHT, DUDLEY

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

$65.00
2e8aa/8

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


n/a

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

$140.00
2e8aa/9

Freemasonry: Its Outward and Visible Signs. A Description of the Jewels, Clothing & Furniture, for All Degrees, with Alphabetical Index


n/a

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

$445.00
2e8aa/10

British Masonic Miscellany


MARTIN, GEORGE M (ed)

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

$15.00
xxeea211959

From the heart of the fire


OELKE, JULIUS; RANKIN, JOAN (illus.)

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

$35.00
xx51pol212195

The Tree of Life: Symbol of the Centre


COOK, ROGER

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

$25.00
xx13pol212256

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth


BURKERT, WALTER & BING, PETER (Trans)

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

$100.00
2d2b/7

Tales of the Tokuhawa II: Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House)


Retold from the Japanese Originals

DE BENNEVILLE, JAMES S

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

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