Books - "mythology"
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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
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 N/D (c.1990s)
KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history myths mythology Greece Greek rituals sacrifices
Tales of the Tokuhawa II: Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House)
Retold from the Japanese Originals
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 263; green heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; clasps to rear board, clasp attatchments to front board; foldout map; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate pasted to front pastedown signed by author; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate tearing to foldout at gutter).
PUBLISHER: Yokohama 1921
KEYWORDS: James S de Benneville Japan Japanese myth mythology legend horror haunted short stories
Turbulence: A Log Book
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: Chronicle Books 2001
KEYWORDS: mythology Hindu Henrik Drescher art
Katikati in legend & history
Signed by author. 8vo, pp. 87; illus. light card covers; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; light cracking to rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: E. T. Jordan 1989
KEYWORDS: E T Jordan New Zealand Katikati history Maori myth legend mythology
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie
First edition, thus. Super 8vo, pp. viii + 182; blue buckram boards, spine & front board lettered & decorated in black; illus. eps, prelims & tp, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderarte tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning & foxing throughout; light to moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1939
KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner Rhinegold Valkyrie myth legend mythology folklore Arthur Rackham illustrated
The Ring of Nibelung
Super 8vo 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: Penguin Classics 2018
KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner 19th century mythology legend fiction literature fantasy
The Woman's Companion to Mythology
Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, xiv + 480pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & chafing to covers, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to half title page, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Pandora / HarperCollins 1997
KEYWORDS: ancient history mythology women
Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China
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: Shambhala 1990
KEYWORDS: historical literature Eva Wong mythology taoist
The Garden of Tane
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket tatty; 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: A H & A W Reed N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature spirituality Maori mythology Tane
Journey of the Bard: Celtic Initiatory Magic
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: Horned Owl Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: mythology celtic folklore lore shamanism
Eden in the Altai: The Prehistoric Golden Age and the Mythic Origins of Humanity
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: Bear & Company 1992
KEYWORDS: ancient mysteries history myths legends mythology
Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures
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: Cambridge University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: mythology myths legends cultures anthropology
The Orange Fairy Book
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 1968
KEYWORDS: fairy book series orange Andrew Lang literature mythology children's
The Crimson Fairy Book
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 1967
KEYWORDS: fairy book series crimson Andrew Lang literature mythology children's
Hamlet's Mill: An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time
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: Nonpareil / David R Godine 1992
KEYWORDS: history human knowledge mythology science
The Ancient & Shining Ones: World Myth, Magick & Religion
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 437pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications 1993
KEYWORDS: esoteric magic magick religion mythology myths ancient history
Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages: Their Origin and Influence on Literature and Art
SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 405pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate chipping to edges- tape reinforcement, light soiling & moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1926
KEYWORDS: literature art myths legends mythology history historical middle ages
Myths of the Norsemen; from the Eddas and Sagas
SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xvi + 397pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to spine, moderate general tanning & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1929
KEYWORDS: myths Norsemen vikings viking culture literature art norse mythology folklore lore
Patterns in the Sky
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, 200pp + unpaginated star maps to rear, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to base of spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1961
KEYWORDS: first editions astronomy stars mythology myths legends constellations
Castles
Quarto hardcover (near FINE) 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: Bantam Books 1984
KEYWORDS: Castles myth legend illustration illustrators fantasy Alan Lee mythology