Books - "mythology"
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The Secular Scripture: A Study of Romance
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
The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype
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
The Cat in Ancient Egypt
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
Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands
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
Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia
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
Birds of Aotearoa: A Natural and Cultural History
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FRANCIS POUND & SUE CROCKFORD, square imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2003
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Aotearoa birds ornithology ethnozoology nature animals culture Maori mythology
Studies in Maori Rites and Myths
Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, 201pp, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light chipping/closed tearing to edges, light foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, light tanning to title page)
PUBLISHER: Kobenhavn 1958
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori rites myths mythology religion history
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
Oedipus and Akhnaton: Myth and History
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: Sidgwick and Jackson 1960
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity mythology Immanuel Velikovsky
Legends and Mysteries of the Maori
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram illus boards, orange lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning & staining to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1932
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori myths mythology legends ancient history culture first editions
The Poetic Edda
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: Coach House Books 2014
KEYWORDS: Norse mythology myths legends poetic edda verse literature
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
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion
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: HarperPerennial 1995
KEYWORDS: religion mythology metaphor philosophy
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
This Business of the Gods....
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Windrose Films 1989
KEYWORDS: reigion culture mythology symbolism psychology interviews Joseph Campbell
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