Books - "mythology"
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BY MOOR AND FELL
landscapes and lang-settle lore from west yorkshire
first edition vi 360pp illustrated by george hering G+/VG- (green cloth w.gilt lettering/stamp to cover/spine,lightly rubbed w.mod.stains,light sunning to boards w.mod.sunning to hinges/spine,extremities incl.head/foot of spine lightly bumped/worn,prelims.mod.discoloured w.some wear and loss to ffep,contents clean,teg,edges sl.discoloured,sl.cocked w.spine a little shaky)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1899
KEYWORDS: history geography mythology
The Centre of Ancient Civilization
Discoveries in Ancient Geography and Mythologies
First edition 279pp ex-library w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets, etc., frontis, illust.,folding map at rear, in VG+ cond. (sl.sunning to edges of boards, minor rubbing to boards, sl.sunned spine with minor wear ot extrem., sl.shelf wear to fore-edge) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley head Ltd London 1926
KEYWORDS: Geography, Mythology, India, Ancient civilisation, cultures
ROMAN HISTORY LIFE AND LITERATURE
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 335pp foldout maps VG+(v sl bruised corners,v sl sunned, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: macmillan & co london 1942
KEYWORDS: history rome carthaginian sullan augustan topography bucolic poetry mythology
The Finding of Wineland The Good
the history of the icelandic discovery of america
ex-lib in half-vellum 205pp [text in english/icelandic] ills. VG (burgundy cloth boards w.half-vellum,gilt libr.stamp to rear board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.rubbed and soiled,usual stamps and pockets,eps sl.soiled,teg sl.rubbed,untrimmed edges sl.soiled,tight)
PUBLISHER: henry frowde london 1890
KEYWORDS: history travel geography america iceland mythology arthur middleton reeves
Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages
a collaborative history
ex-lib first edition 574pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,sl.shaky boards,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1959
KEYWORDS: literature arthurian legend mythology history roger sherman loomis
The Arthur of the English Poets
ex-lib reprint 454pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: houghton,mifflin boston 1969
KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend mythology howard maynadier
Peasant Customs and Savage Myths
selections from the british folklorists 2 vols.
ex-lib first edition 2 vols.751pp VG+ (red cloth,tape stains to boards,mod.bump to foot of spine on vol.1 and foot of fore-edge on vol.2,usual stamps and labels,sl.creasing to foot of contents of vol.2) in VG d/ws (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1968
KEYWORDS: history mythology customs britain folklore richard m.dorson
Det Danske Folks Historie
vol.1 only
vol.1 only 439pp [text in danish] ills.[b/w] VG+ (full leather w.gilt stamps to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine mod.sunned and stained,some surface losses to extrems.,eps sl.sunned,ae red and sl.soiled o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: chr.erichsens forlag kobenhavn 1927
KEYWORDS: folk history mythology denmark aage friis
Det Danske Folks Historie
skrevet af danske historikere vol.viii only
vol.viii only 620pp [text in danish] ills.[b/w] VG+ (full leather w.gilt stamps to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned and stained,sl.wear to extrems.w.some surface losses,sl.sunned eps,prelims.v.sl.foxed,ae red and sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: chr.erichsens forlag kobenhavn 1929
KEYWORDS: history mythology folk denmark literature aage friis
Aladdin
eller den forunderlige lampe
223pp [text in danish] ills. G+ (loosely bound in card wrappers w.metal clip to spine,rubbed and soiled and scuffed w.some surface scratches,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears,spine chipped w.50% loss,owner's inscr.to browned cover,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/foxed,contents sl.browned,untrimmed edges)
PUBLISHER: det nordiske forlag kobenhavn 1898
KEYWORDS: history aladdin danish mythology literature
S. P. Q. R.
The History and Social Life of ancient Rome
ex lib, minimal markings, 278pp illus folding maps, VG-(sl bruised corners,sl cocked, sl edgewear, sl sunned spine & front board, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co London 1944
KEYWORDS: history life literature mythology rome
THE LITERATURE AND MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
first uk ediiton, brick cloth, 304pp, NF with v sl foxingn to ep's & edges, in d/w VG(price clipped, v sl wear & tear sto extrems, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane London 1970
KEYWORDS: history egypt literature mythology
Vathek
an arabian tale
first edition thus limited numbered [25/75] 253pp ills.[b/w etchings by herbert nye] VG+ (full vellum w.gilt stamped border to top board and titling to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine w.some pinholes to spine,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges v.sl.soiled,last section unopened,spine sl.cracked but tight,plates clean w.tissue guards present)
PUBLISHER: lawrence & bullen london 1893
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mythology history arabian william beckford herbert nye
Vikram and The Vampire
or tales of hindu devilry
first edition first issue [penzer p.81-82] xxiv+319pp ills.[b/w by ernest griset] VG (black cloth w.red dec.stamped devils and gilt lettering,bevelled edges,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,minor bubblimg to cloth on top board,mod.wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spine and corners,brown eps sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,binder's label to rear pastedown [edmonds & remnants london],spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1870
KEYWORDS: richard burton history literature geography hindu occult mythology
Reading The Song of Roland
first edition 118pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: prentice-hall englewood cliffs [1970]
KEYWORDS: literature mythology song of roland eugene vance
An Arthurian Reverie
ex-lib.first edition 171pp+xxiii ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from reps,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: [np] 1939
KEYWORDS: literature history mythology arthur chas berry
Encyclopedia of Superstitions
fifth impression 384pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1975
KEYWORDS: history superstitions mythology radford
Tales From the Arabic [3 vols.]
first edition thus [3 vols.] 303/301/301pp [b/w frontis.] VG (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep all vols.,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled/browned)
PUBLISHER: printed for subscribers only london 1914
KEYWORDS: john payne literature mythology
Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
first edition thus 250pp [b/w frontis.] VG (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled/browned)
PUBLISHER: printed for subscribers only london 1914
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john payne mythology
Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale
first edition 267pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth rebacked,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,new eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: mann dumfries 1904
KEYWORDS: folk lore mythology history nithsdale william wilson genealogy