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$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

$39.50
xxybc176751

The Essential Max Muller: On Language, Mythology and Religion


STONE, JON R. (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2002

KEYWORDS: Max Muller essays collection anthology literature history language mythology religion

$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

$65.00
1y68c/18

Russian Fairy Tales


BREHOVSZKY, VLADIMIR (illus.) & GISSING, VERA (trans.) & JANSKY, VLADIMIR (graphic design)

Quarto, oxblood buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus title page, 197pp, illus, VG+ (mild fading to spine, prev owner's name in pen to prelims, prev bookseller's adhesive label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy bleaching to spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1975

KEYWORDS: folklore folktale folktales mythology fairy tale fairy tales slavic slavs eastern europe russia russian children children's childrens illustrated

$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

$30.00
xxfbj180130

Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood


STONE, MERLIN & STONE, CYNTHA (illus.)

Octacvo 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: Beacon Press 1984

KEYWORDS: goddess goddesses world religion religions mythology myth women divine feminine femininity heroine heroines lore

$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

$35.00
xxfjd183741

The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype


NEUMANN, ERICH & MANHEIM, RALPH (Trans) & LIEBSCHER, MARTIN (Fore)

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: Princeton University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: mythology psychology human psyche Erich Neumann culture philosophy

$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

$40.00
2f51b/1

Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands


MALNIC, JUTTA & KASAIPWALOVA, JOHN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cowrie Books 1998

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Trobriand Islands mythology myths legends social life customs png Papua New Guinea

$16.50
xxffi184462

Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia


POIGNANT, ROSLYN

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: The Hamlyn Publishing Group 1975

KEYWORDS: oceania mythology culture ancient history anthropology antiquity Polynesia Micronesia Melanesia Australia myths legends

$100.00
2g13a/23

Studies in Maori Rites and Myths


JOHANSEN, J. PRYTZ

Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, 201pp, VG (light creasing & tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kobenhavn 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori rites myths mythology religion history

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