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$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

$40.00
1h80a/10

Secret of San Saba; A Tale of Phantoms and Greed in the Spanish Southwest


JACKSON, JACK [JAXON]

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue & red lettering to white spine, illus title page, 151pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers, light-moderate creasing, rubbing & chipping to cover & spine extrems, light foxing/soiling to page edges, prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Kitchen Sink Press, Inc. 1989

KEYWORDS: jack jackson jaxon secret of san saba tale phantoms greed spanish southwest graphic novels comics fantasy adventure fiction american texas texan mexican spanish native indigenous folklore mythology bultos

$25.00
xxe3ad172476

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
1i46a/27

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

$65.00
1n12a/16

Kura Koiwi: Bone Treasures


FLINTOFF, BRIAN

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red & cream lettering to spine, 157pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, adhesive wrapper to covers- french flaps affixed down, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand crafts art bone carvings carvers Maori mythology symbolism

$15.00
xxrng172966

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

$10.00
xxrkc193383

The Biggest Fish in the World


REED, A.W.

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: Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: a.w. reed new zealand maori legend folklore mythology children childrens illustrated roger hart trevor plaisted rob taylor joe bleakley christine brown paul craig pru mexted julia morison merle renner mark tucker john vincent

$22.50
xxrhe193485

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
1t4d/31

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
1t9a/32

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
1u25a/35

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
1w13a/30

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

$40.00
1w36a/29

Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai


FOSTER, MICHAEL DYLAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 291pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese folklore animals supernatural spirits anthropology mythology Asian history Asia

$20.00
xxsga196188

Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime


LAWLOR, ROBERT

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: Inner Traditions 1991

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Aborigines Aboriginal indigenous people philosophy mythology customs

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