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The Company of Wolves


STEINHART, PETER

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

$20.00
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In the Kingdom of Mescal: An Indian Fairy-Tale for Adults


N/A

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

$120.00
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Transactions / Maori Mythology


WOHLERS, Rev. J. F. H. et al

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

$67.50
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Tanglewood Tales


HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL & DULAC, EDMUND (Illus)

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

$25.00
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Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992


SPRUG, JOSEPH W. (Compiled by)

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

$95.00
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The Mabinogion


JONES, GWYN and THOMAS (Trans) & LEE, ALAN (Illus)

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

$100.00
1h80a/1

Waiata


BOWLES, BRYAN

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

$25.00
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Religions, Mythologies, Folklores: An Annotated Bibliography


DIEHL, KATHARINE SMITH

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

$80.00
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Chinese Porcelain ; Fifth Edition (2 Vol Set)


GULLAND, W G & LARKIN, T J (Notes)

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

$15.00
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Earth is My Mother, Sky is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting


GRIFFIN-PIERCE, TRUDY & MOMADAY, N SCOTT (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: University of New Mexico Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Navajo indians religion mythology sandpaintings native americans Trudy Griffin-Pierce

$22.50
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Primal Myths; Creation Myths Around the World


SPROUL, BARBARA C.

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

$22.50
xxphj194107

Mythology of the British Isles


ASHE, GEOFFREY

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

$60.00
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The Religion of Adam and Eve


ZIMMERMAN, Fr. ANTHONY

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

$40.00
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Tales of Ancient Greece


BLYTON, ENID

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

$22.50
xxqcj194446

Gods of the Ancient Northmen


DUMEZIL, GEORGES & HAUGEN, EINAR (Ed) & LITTLETON, C SCOTT (Intro) & STRUTYNSKI, UDO (Intro)

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

$28.50
xxakg194974

Ojibway Heritage


JOHNSTON, BASIL

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, 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: McClelland and Stewart 1976

KEYWORDS: signed Basil Johnston first editions Ojibway mythology ancient history culture

$15.00
xxaqq195086

The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin


GUERBER, H A

Octavo hardcover (G) some pages loose; 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 G Harrap & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Rome myths mythology history

$40.00
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The Bronze Age: Computer Disc


BUTLER, ALAN

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Quantum 1999

KEYWORDS: history ancient Bronze age computer disc mythology geometry

$38.50
xxbed195549

Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars


CURTIN, JEREMIAH

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, Inc. 1999

KEYWORDS: fairy tales myths mythology folk russian slavic slavs magyars hungary hungarian czech czechoslovakian

$19.50
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Classic Myth and Legend


MONCRIEFF, A R HOPE

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 443pp, illus- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine heavily cracked & flapping, moderate chafing & soiling ot boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, varying degrees of foxing & pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D

KEYWORDS: ancient history myths legends Greek Rome Greece Roman mythology

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