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$24.50
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Great Peaks of New Zealand


LOGAN, HUGH

Quarto 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: John McIndoe 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscapes mountains geology human history mythology exploration

$40.00
1y33a/28

Design and Tradition: A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts


FENN, AMOR

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xx + 376pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light chipping & 2cm closed tear to frontispiece, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1920

KEYWORDS: art history buildings architecture mythology symbolism mouldings ornaments

$50.00
1y55a/17

The Ivory Key


RAMAN, AKSHAYA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt mandala illus to front board, illus/map to prelims, 375pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Clarion Books/HarperCollins 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed young adult fantasy fiction literature Indian culture mythology

$70.00
1y58a/4

How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death / Te Taki a Maaui i a Hine-nui-te-poo


GOSSAGE, PETER & PENFOLD, MERIMERI (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, DUAL LANGAUGE - ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature te reo Maori language mythology legends Maui gods goddesses folklore lore New Zealand

$70.00
1y58a/5

How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone


GOSSAGE, PETER

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate tanning/foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature Maui Maori mythology myths legends folklore lore New Zealand

$58.50
1y58a/6

Legends of Maui: Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maui Attacks Tuna Roa


TE PUIA, JASON

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Reed Children's Books 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature folklore lore mythology Maori Maui gods goddesses

$25.00
xxyaa176336

Riding the Waves: Four Maori Myths


BISHOP, GAVIN

Quarto 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: Random House New Zealand 2007

KEYWORDS: gavin bishop children children's youth illustrated new zealand maori myths mythology folklore

$17.50
xxyaa176352

Legends of Mau, Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maiu Attacks Tuana Roa


TE PUA, JASON

TIDY EX-LIBRARY. Imperial 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: Reed 2005

KEYWORDS: children's childrens youth picture book new zealand maori mythology comic comics

$12.50
xxyeb177268

The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism


LEACH, EDMUND (ed)

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: Tavistock Publications Ltd 1973

KEYWORDS: totemism spirituality myth mythology

$25.00
xxyha177910

Fabulous Beasts


LUM, PETER & JAUSS, ANNE MARIE (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson n.d.

KEYWORDS: mythology archaeology

$15.00
xxyha177911

Animals, Men & Myths : A History of the Influence of Animals on Civilisation and Culture


MORUS (aka LEWINSOHN, RICHARD)

Super octavo, hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1954

KEYWORDS: history mythology animals pets

$30.00
xxyia178383

From Atlantis to the Sphinx : Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World


WILSON, COLIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Virgin Books 1996

KEYWORDS: alternative history astronomy mythology underwater egypt

$75.00
1y68c/20

Italian Fairy Tales


VADISLAV, JAN & SIVKO, VACLAV (illus.) & THEINER, GEORGE (trans.) & WILD, JAN (graphic design)

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front & rear boards, upper page edges stained chartreuse, patterned eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus title page, 203pp, illus, VG+ (mild scuffing to spine/extrems w/ minor discolouration at head of spine, prev owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (heavy bleaching to spine, light creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1971

KEYWORDS: fairy tales folklore folktale folktales italy italian mediterranean mythology childrens children children's illustrated

$35.00
1y68c/21

Folk and Fairy Tales from Bohemia


HORAK, JIRI & CARRUTH, JANE & TRNKA, JIRI (illus.) & DENESOVA, ALICE (trans.) & MLCOCH, ZDENEK (graphic design)

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1973

KEYWORDS: fairy tales folklore folktale folktales czech republic bohemia czech czechia bohemian moravia moravian mythology childrens children children's illustrated jiri trnka

$25.00
1y68c/22

Fairy Tales


ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN & TRNKA, JIRI (illus.)

Quarto (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1975

KEYWORDS: hans christian andersen fairy tales fairytale fairytales folklore mythology children childrens children's illustrated jiri trnka

$75.00
1y68c/26

Goddesses in World Mythology


ANN, MARTHA & IMEL, DOROTHY MYERS

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, heavy quarto, heavy black card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 655pp, illus, VG (mild scuffing to spine/extrems, tape/adhesive label to spine, adhesive residue/tape to boards, light soiling + library stamp to page edges, tape stain to front pastedown, library stamp to fep, library stamp + pen ID# to prelims, adhesive label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (in transparent protective sleeve, adhesive labels to spine/front/rear, mild creasing)

PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 1993

KEYWORDS: goddess goddesses mythology folklore world folktale folk lore anthropology culture religion religious

$25.00
xxzed179901

The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-1987


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH & VAN COUVERING, ANTONY

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: HarperSanFrancisco 1997

KEYWORDS: joseph cambell mythology human culture anthropology modernity modern psychology occult literature

$60.00
1y99b/50

Pillars of Wisdom: The Writings of Albert Pike


PIKE, ALBERT & HUTCHENS, REX R. & KLEINKNECHT, C. FRED (Fore)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic motif to rear cover, xvii + 368pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chafing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: The Supreme Council, 33o Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction 1995

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons Albert Pike writings collection anthology philosophy ancient mythology theology

$20.00
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Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature


COTT, JONATHAN

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: Random House1983

KEYWORDS: children's literature essay cultural studies mythology folklore

$650.00
2f5a/21

The Cat in Ancient Egypt


LANGTON, N. & B.

SCARCE, quarto, deep blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt cat illus to front board, frontispiece, xi + 92pp, 19x black & white plates- all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl wrinkling to cloth on boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light staining to edges & spine, moderate tanning to spine & edges with some light creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1940

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt antiquity cats felines mythology spirituality history deities worship Langton Collection antiques antiquities cat figures

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