Books - "mythology"
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Polynesian Mythology; and Ancient Traditional History of the Maori as Told by Their Priests and Chiefs
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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1974
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian mythology ancient history anthropology folklore lore legends Maori
Elysion: On Ancient Greek and Roman Beliefs Concerning a Life After Death
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: Rider & Company 1970
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek Rome Roman mythology beliefs spirituality life after death afterlife lore folklore
The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, green lettering & decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 47pp, plates with tissue guards, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, sm gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to tissue guards)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1914
KEYWORDS: first editions Apuleius metamorphoses illustrated Dorothy Mullock classical literature mythology classic
The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm (Sixth Edition)
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: George Allen 1895
KEYWORDS: Greek myths mythology John Ruskin Athena
The Forest in Folklore and Mythology
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: Dover Publications 2002
KEYWORDS: folklore lore mythology myths forests trees forestry cultures literature
The Company of Wolves
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: Alfred A. Knopf 1995
KEYWORDS: wolves culture history literature folklore lore mythology nature animals
In the Kingdom of Mescal: An Indian Fairy-Tale for Adults
Quarto hardcover (VG-) spine missing, otherwise complete; 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: Galeria Panajachel 1977
KEYWORDS: Indian fairy tales mythology culture India
Transactions / Maori Mythology
SIGNED BY JOHANNES ANDERSEN, AND HE HAS ADDED A HANDWRITTEN LIST OF CONTENTS, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 112pp + addendum to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various university ink stamps throughout with light tanning & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand mythology history Maori culture transactions signed Johannes Andersen
Tanglewood Tales
Imperial octavo, cream cloth boards, red lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, viii + 236pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl bruising to spine extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light fading, scuffing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2002
KEYWORDS: folio society literature Nathaniel Hawthorne tales short stories classical myths mythology illustrated Edmund Dulac
Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992
Very tidy ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1994
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies fairy tales mythology myths legends folktales literature history
The Mabinogion
Quarto, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG- (moderate fading & wrinkling to covers with some minor soiling also, light soiling to page edges, minor water damage to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Dragon's Dream 1982
KEYWORDS: Welsh myths mythology the mabinogion folktales fantastical literature
Waiata
SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)
PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945
KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends
Religions, Mythologies, Folklores: An Annotated Bibliography
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1962
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues religion mythology folklore lore
Chinese Porcelain ; Fifth Edition (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & chinese characters/lettering to front boards, 506pp total, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy chafing/surface loss to spines & boards, moderate fading to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of each vol, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter of vol 1, v heavy cracking to gutters of vol 2- sections of page block loosened from spine)
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1928-29
KEYWORDS: history historical artefacts Chinese porcelain antiques mythology
Earth is My Mother, Sky is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting
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: University of New Mexico Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Navajo indians religion mythology sandpaintings native americans Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Primal Myths; Creation Myths Around the World
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: HarperOne 1991
KEYWORDS: barbara c sproul primal creation myths global comparitive studies african near middle eastern european indian china chinese japanese siberian inuit north american central south australian pacific mythologies mythology anthropology ethnography religion religious
Mythology of the British Isles
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: Methuen 1992
KEYWORDS: mythology ancient history Great Britain British Isles folklore lore
The Religion of Adam and Eve
Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 159pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG (light soiling, light rubbing & creasing to extrems, moderate sun-fading)
PUBLISHER: Vantage Press, Inc. 1991
KEYWORDS: bible biblical studies history religion christianity genesis adam and eve garden of eden paradise native indigenous aboriginal ancient creation myths mythology
Tales of Ancient Greece
LACKS D/W, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1930)
KEYWORDS: John o' London's children's library literature Enid Blyton ancient Greece Greek history mythology
Gods of the Ancient Northmen
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: University of California Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Scandinavian northmen gods deities religion folklore mythology