Books - "mythology"
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The Quest of the Holy Grail
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1981
KEYWORDS: classics mythology Arthurian historical medieval fantasy mythology translated
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
The Sayings Of Confucius
illustrated and decorated by e.a. cox
[limited edition 1of 1400] 61pp illus, (col artwork and dec by e.a. cox on hand-made paper) VG (blue cloth w. orange dec stamps, sl wear to foot of spine w. minor surface loss, front board sl sunned near upper hinge area, spine sl cocked, some mod pen scribble to front pastedown w. sl scribble and small closed tear to front ffep, sl foxing to some sections of text and edges, lower edge of contents untrimmed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: f. lewis leigh on sea 1946
KEYWORDS: ancient chinese wisdom history mythology proverbs folklore confucius cox e. a.
SHADOWS
ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, unpag., illus, VG (v sl edge wear, v sl gumstains to eps and boards, contents excellent) d/w in plastic VG+ (v sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Oberon Press, n.p., 1975
KEYWORDS: armand tagoona inuit canada mythology folklore art paintings eskimo christian fellowship
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
MYTH
The Critical Idion
first ediiton, in black wrappers, 104pp, VG+( vsl wear to extrems, v sl rubbed, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1976
KEYWORDS: mythology
Pele and Hiiaka
a myth from hawaii
ex-lib.first edition 250pp ills.[b/w and col.;frontis.missing] VG- (black cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,owner's inscr.to ffep,libr.blind stamp to title,contents sl.foxed/soiled w.fore-edge sl.bumped,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: honolulu star-bulletin honolulu 1915
KEYWORDS: history geography hawaii mythology literature nathaniel b.emerson
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