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$30.00
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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/17

Slav Tales


SIROVATKA, OLDRICH & LUZIK, RUDOLF & ZELIBSKA, MARIA (illus.) & JONES, NEIL (trans.) & LAYTON, JEAN (trans.)

Quarto, white cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, stamped gilt & red decoration/rule to front board, illus eps, 197pp, illus, VG, light bruising to spine/extrems w/ light creasing, mild discolouration to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev owner's name in marker to fep, some pages lightly warped) in d/w, VG- (spine moderately bleached, light creasing to extrems, slight fading, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: folklore folktale folktales mythology fairy tale fairy tales slavic slavs eastern europe russia poland slovakia slovenia czech republic czechia bohemia lusatia serbia macedonia bulgaria belarus croatia illustrated childrens children children's

$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

$15.00
1y68c/19

Russian Fairy Tales


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

EX-LIBRARY, LACKS D/W. Quarto, oxblood buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus title page, 197pp, illus, VG- (library ID markings in ink to boards + prelims/title page, surface loss + library stamps to rear eps), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1975

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

$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

$30.00
1y68c/25

World Tales


SHAH, IDRIES & AIKEN, DAVID (illus) & ANDERSON, WAYNE (illus) & ARGENT, PHILIP (illus) et al.

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: Allen Lane/Kestrel Books 1979

KEYWORDS: world tales folklore folktales folk tales folktale tale mythology idries shah illustrated children children's childrens david aicken wayne anderson philip argent peter brookes fred carver doranna roy ellsworth brian froud tim gill peter goodfellow melvyn grant lynda grant colin hadley ivan hissey ken laidlaw roger langton carol lawson janina lech alan lee james marsh chris mcewan tony meeuwissen martin newton david o'connor joe petagno sue porter peter richardson carolyn scrace caroline smith mike terry alan tunbridge ivan tyrrell george underwood malcolm walker mai watts juan wijngaard ray winder

$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

$15.00
xxsdu180711

Maori Legends (The Creation Stories)


BACON, RON (retold by) & JAHNKE, ROBERT (illus.)

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Shortland Educational Publications 1984

KEYWORDS: maori legends creation illustrated children children's youth literature mythology aotearoa new zealand

$15.00
xxsdu180713

Maori Legends (Seven Stories)


BACON, RON (retold by) & STICHBURY, PHILIPPA (illus.)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Shortland Publications Ltd. 1991

KEYWORDS: maori legends children's children youth illustrated new zealand aotearoa mythology myth myths

$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

$15.00
xxshp181299

Incarnation; Myth or Fact?


SKARSAUNE, OSKAR & SKARSTEN, TRYGVE R. (trans)

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: Concordia Publishing House 1991

KEYWORDS: religion christianity spirituality incarnation history of doctrines jesus christ messiahship christology bible old testament scriptures hellenistic gnostic mythology

$25.00
xxsom181650

The Song of Achilles


MILLER, MADELINE

FIRST EDITION THUS; super octavo hardcover (Near Fine); 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: Bloomsbury 2021

KEYWORDS: first edition madeline miller achilles romance classical mythology fiction novel

$30.00
xxsom181654

Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH & KENNEDY, EUGENE (ed.)

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: New World Library 2001

KEYWORDS: joseph campbell mythology religion religious studies comparative religions metaphor speech language

$20.00
xxsrf181915

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

$17.50
xxpgc182392

Maori Arts of the Gods


BROWN, DEIDRE & BRAKE, BRIAN (Photos)

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 Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori deities art gods spirituality carvings mythology antiques antiquity history

$20.00
xxqfa182789

The Secular Scripture: A Study of Romance


FRYE, NORTHROP

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: Harvard University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: northrop frye literature literary criticism theory romance structure mythology imagination archetypes archetypal

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