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$22.00
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The Olive-Tree Bed and Other Quests


LEE, M. OWEN

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: University of Toronto 1997

KEYWORDS: archetypes myth mythology theory the odyssey aeneid parsifal faust classics literary story telling

$18.50
xxecb173979

Vikings!


MAGNUSSON, MAGNUS

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: The Bodley Head & BBC Books 1992

KEYWORDS: history vikings Magnus Magnusson archaeology archeology mythology British Isles

$50.00
1y17a/31

Possession and Exorcism: Among Primitive Races, in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times


OESTERREICH, TRAUGOTT K. & IBBERSON, D. (trans.) & SAN, CHARLES (introd.)

super octavo, red faux leather boards, black lettering to spine, upper page edges stained red, vii + 400pp, VG (moderately heavy foxing + light tanning to page edges, pencil to fep, prev bookseller's label to fep, light foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate-heavy rubbing to spine + flap folds w/ some surface loss and chipping, extensive repairs to reverse w/ masking tape, heavy foxing to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Causeway Books 1974

KEYWORDS: ancient mythology exorcism exorcist demonic possession religion religious

$245.00
1y17a/46

Folk Literature of the Tehuelche Indians


WILBERT, JOHANNES & SIMONEAU, KARIN (Eds) & BORGATELLO, MAGGIORINO ET AL

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt motif to front board, xxi + 266pp, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (sl creasing & chipping to edges, 3cm closed tear to top rear edge)

PUBLISHER: UCLA Latin American Center Publications 1984

KEYWORDS: folk literature Tehuelche Indians latin American studies south Argentina religion mythology lore Tzoneca legends

$40.00
1y20a/3

Black Rainbow: Legends of the Incas and Myths of Ancient Peru


BIERHORST, JOHN (Ed & Trans)

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 131pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library marks, light fading & bruising to board & spine edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1976

KEYWORDS: myths legends Incas Peru mythology ancient history

$20.00
xxexr174830

The Mythic Imagination: The Quest for Meaning Through Personal Mythology


LARSEN, STEPHEN

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: Inner Traditions International 1996

KEYWORDS: mythology psychology spirituality esoteric myths legends

$24.50
xxrmb175424

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

$15.00
xxrmg175471

The Illustrated Golden Bough


FRAZER, Sir JAMES GEORGE & DOUGLAS, MARY (Gen. Ed) & MacCORMACK, SABINE (Abridged & Illus)

Imperial 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: Macmillan 1978

KEYWORDS: legend golden bough literature classical esoteric spirituality ancient Greece Greek spirits gods deities myths mythology

$40.00
1y30a/38

The Maori Action Song - Waiata a Ringa, Waiata Kori, no Whea Tenei Ahua Hou?


SHENNAN, JENNIFER

Oblong super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 100pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to covers edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori music songs actions culture anthropology legend mythology dance wood carvings history

$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

$25.00
xxphb175946

Uenuku and the Rainbow: A Maori Folktake


CHEK, CHIA HEARN & MEI, KWAN SHAN (illus.)

Oblong 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Federal-Alpha 1975

KEYWORDS: maori folklore folktale new zealand mythology children's children youth

$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

$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

$18.50
xxyfd177647

Oriental Mythology : The Masks of God


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH

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: Penguin Books 1985

KEYWORDS: mythology philosophy

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