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$35.00
xxfkh161268

The Wisdom Of Ptah-Hotep - Spiritual Treasures From The Age Of The Pyramids


JACQ, CHRISTIAN

UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Constable & Robin 2006

KEYWORDS: ancient egypt philosophy magic ritual ritualism myth mythology

$10.00
xxfkh161269

Magic And Mystery In Ancient Egypt


JACQ, CHRISTIAN

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: Souvenir Press 1998

KEYWORDS: history ancient egypt philosophy magic ritual ritualism myth mythology

$100.00
1y67/10

Luo Religion and Folklore


HAUGE, HANS-EGIL

Octavo illus. light card covers, 150pp, illus, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings thus, light scuffing and creasing to covers, light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Universitetsforlaget 1974

KEYWORDS: luo religion folklore folk lore religious kenya kenyan tanzania tanzanian east africa african mythology religion religious spirituality culture anthropology

$17.50
xxflk161321

The Myth Of Greece And Rome


QUERBER, H. A.

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: George. G. Harrap & Co. 1952

KEYWORDS: history myth mythology ancient greece rome roman grecian

$40.00
1y70/1

Chinese Ideas of Life and Death: Faith Myth and Reason in the Han Period (202 BC-AD 220)


LOEWE, MICAHEL

Octavo maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+226pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings, light tanning to pages) in d/w VG (light scuffing, chipping/tears (minor) to corners, usual stamps and markings)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1982

KEYWORDS: han dynasty china chinese history life death religion religious myth philosophy mythology sinology east asia asian

$35.00
1y71/8

Gods and Herose: Oral Traditions of the Gurage of Ethiopia


SHACK, WILLIAM A. & MARCOS, HABTE-MARIAM (transl. & ed.)

Octavo hardcover (VG+, ex-library, folding map) 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: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1974

KEYWORDS: ethiopia ethiopian gurage oral history tradition east africa horn african myth legend god mythology

$10.00
xxzcd161857

The First Sunshine - Australian Aboriginal Myths


MOUNTFORD, CHARLES P. & ROBERTS, AINSLIE (illus.)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Rigby 1978

KEYWORDS: australian indigenous aboriginal myth mythology legend oral history

$100.00
1y73/12

The Book of Legendary Lands


ECO, UMBERTO & MCEWEN, ALASTAIR (transl.)

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo white cloth boards, blind stamped lettering to spine, 461pp+16pp appendices, illus., nr FINE in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: MacLehose Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition umberto eco translation italian literature italy fanstasy fantastic mythology science fiction legend atlantis hyperborea cockaigne

$14.00
xxkie162265

Return To Sodom And Gomorrah - Bible Stories From Archaeologists


PELLEGRINO, CHARLES

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Softback Preview 1995

KEYWORDS: history myth mythology archaeology

$40.00
1y79/35

Greek Mythology in Byzantine Art : Studies in Manuscript Illumination 4


WEITZMANN, KURT

Tidy ex-library, quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to board and spine, xii + 218pp + LX plates to rear, plates, VG (usual library markings, light chafing to boards, light brusing to board corners)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1951

KEYWORDS: greek mythology byzantine art greece classics art archaeology

$40.00
ak3/12/1794

A Pictorial History of Sea Monsters and Other Dangerous Marine Life


SWEENEY, JAMES B.

Quarto green cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, illus., 314pp, VG (moderate foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's stamp to fep. & title) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and chipping)

PUBLISHER: Nelson-Crown 1972

KEYWORDS: sea monster monsters mythology legend maritime sharks rays barracuda octopus octopi giant squid fish fishes electric leviathan loch ness

$19.50
xxeyk163770

The Long Journey Home: Re-Visioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone For Our Time


DOWNING, CHRISTINE (Ed.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Shambala 1994

KEYWORDS: Christine Downing mythology ancient contemporary commentary

$135.00
1y89/34

The Rosy Cross Unveiled - The History, Mythology and Rituals of and Occult Order


MCINTOSH, CHRISTOPHER

Super octavo, maroon cloth heavy boards, gilt tooling to spine, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing and rubbing to boards) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate sunfading to spine, slight foxing and chafing)

PUBLISHER: Aquarian Press 1980

KEYWORDS: Christopher McIntosh rosy cross mythology occult christain rosenkreuz occultism rosicrucian esoteric alchemy freemasonry hermetic order of the golden dawn

$95.00
ak4/10/2439

A Treasury of Indian Illustrated Classics (Volume 24, Amar Chitra Katha)


PAI, ANANT (ed.) ET AL. [INDIAN CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED AKA AMAR CHITRA KATHA]

Square super octavo illus. orange heavy card boards, black cloth and gilt letterin to spine, comic book collection, VG (plasic covered, light scuffing to boards; light soiling and foxing within); contains No. 241 Balban, No. 242 Panchatantra, No. 243 Ramanuja, No. 244 The Pandavas in Hiding, No. 245 Tyagaraja, No. 246 The Giant and the Dwarf, No. 247 Jataka Tales, No. 248 Bidhi Chand, No. 249 The Learned Pandit, and No. 250 Sambhaji

PUBLISHER: India Book House 1981

KEYWORDS: hindu hinduism sikh sikhism indian india history culture mythology epics folk tales epic comics classics illustrated legend legends amar chitra katha

$75.00
ak4/9/2411

Legends of the Maori


POMARE, SIR MAUI; COWAN, JAMES; & PETERSON, STUART (illus.)

Imperial octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., x+320pp., VG+ (sl. fading to spine, light tanning within, prev owners inscription in ink to fep) in d/w VG (light scuffing with unobtrusive closed tears, moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: Southern Reprints 1987

KEYWORDS: maori myth legend maui pomare james cowan new zealand mythology history

$15.00
xxrnf164297

The Virgin: Mary's Cult and the Re-Emergence of the Goddess


ASHE, GEOFFREY

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Arkana 1988

KEYWORDS: Spirituality feminine mythology theology philosophy Goddess religion pre-history Mary cult

$45.00
1y97/48

Christian Mysticism - An Introduction To Contemporary Theoretical Approaches


NELSTROP, LOUISE., MAGILL, KEVIN & ONISHI, BRADLEY B..

Super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, white lettering to boards and spine, x + 276pp., VG+ (moderate scuffing to cover edges, mild creasing to rear cover, mild bruising to page edge corners)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate 2009

KEYWORDS: christian christianity mysticism folklore mythology

$20.00
xxpmb164442

Dictionary Of Hindu Lore And Legend


DALLAPICCOLA, ANNA L.

ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2002

KEYWORDS: religion mythology legend lore folklore spirituality theology

$450.00
ak2/18/3402

Man and Marijuana: Some Aspects of Their Ancient Relationship


MERLIN, MARK DAVID

FIRST EDITION, rare; tidy ex-library, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 120pp, VG (usual stamps and markings, sl. tanning and soiling within, tape stains to boards) in d/w VG (plastic covered with adhesive strips top and bottom, light soiling and tanning, usual markings)

PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: rare scarce marijuana canabis drugs weed dope sativa ecology botany plant plants anthropology medicine medical oil food fiber hallucinogen hallucinogens central asia ancient china india europe archaeology compartive mythology linguistics ethnobotany ethnobotanical hemp

$22.50
xxshi166618

Religions of Africa : A Pilgrimage into Traditional Religions


KING, NOEL Q.

EX LIBRARY, octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east 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: Harper & Row Publishers 1970

KEYWORDS: study analysis Africa African religion religions religious systems mythology

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