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Super octavo stapled light card covers (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: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori tales literature mythology folklore lore

WILKINSON, RICHARD

Super 8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2003

KEYWORDS: Ancient Egypt classical ancient history gods goddesses myth mythology legend

BAIN, F W

Sm 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: James Parker and Co. 1904

KEYWORDS: Hindu Hindoo mythology myth legend romance

BAIN, F W

Sm 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1925

KEYWORDS: Hindu Hindoo mythology myth legend romance

ALLEGRO, JOHN M

Super octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, illus eps, frontispiece, xxii + 349pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & staining/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light wrinkling & peeling, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1970

KEYWORDS: religion religious studies John M Allegro Christianity fertility cults nature ancient near east mythology theology

WILLIAMS, DONALD LEE

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 City Books 1981

KEYWORDS: Jungian psychology C G Jung Carlos Castaneda allegory symbolism religion mythology psychoanalysis folklore

HELLER, JULEK & HEADON, DEIRDRE

Imp. 8vo 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: Encore Editions 1989

KEYWORDS: Knights illustrations illustrated army military Arthurian legend myth mythology stories

CASELLI, GIOVANNI (illus.)

Super 8vo 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: Macmillan 1997

KEYWORDS: myth legend mythology chivalry Arthurian romance celtic literature

WOOD, MARION (Text) & SIBBICK, JOHN (Illus)

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: Schocken Books 1982

KEYWORDS: folklore lore north American Indians native myths legends mythology

KOSSMAN, NINA (ed)

Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo 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: Oxford University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: classical ancient mythology myth legend modern poetry poems

OUWEHAND, C

Imp. 8vo, pp. xi + 324; blue cl bds bordered in blind, spine & front board lettered in gilt, publisher's device in gilt to front board; illus., 140 plates to rear; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev ownership & gift inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Leiden, E. J. Brill 1985

KEYWORDS: Hateruma Japan Japanese island Okinawa Prefecture sociology religion religious socio-religious myth mythology legend social history custom culture

GREY, Sir GEORGE

SECOND EDITION, suepr octavo, black/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule/decoration to boards, vignette, illus title page, xxiii + 255pp + 199pp in te reo Maori to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate chipping to top edge of spine, light fading to spine, heavy tanning & light soiling to page edges, gift presentation/inscription in ink to ffep, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, moderate tanning/discolouration to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, some pages remain uncut at top edges)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Evening Star Office 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Polynesia Polynesian myths mythology folklore lore religion

POMARE, Sir MAUI & COWAN, JAMES; PETERSON, STUART (illus.)

First edition, thus. Super royal 8vo, pp. xi + 320; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt & decorated in gold koru; illus. eps, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in blue ink to ffep, tp, p. 20, 47, 79, 143, 207 & colophon; sm closed tear to p. 191 at top edge; light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (N.Z.) 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history Maori social history myth mythology legend

HODSON, GEOFFREY

Super ocatvo, brown buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, xxxvii + 219pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine & rear board, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. booksellers' book stamps/labels to front & rear eps, minor gouging to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing, prev. bokoseller's sm label to rear, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing House 1990

KEYWORDS: world mythology theosophy esoteric ancient Greek antiquity history historical fables lore folklore tales philosophy

ALPERS, ANTONY; THORN, ERIK (illus.)

Association copy, first edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author to Helen Shaw (Hella) and Frank Hofmann. 8vo, pp. xviii + 268; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt & blue, dolphin motif in blue to front board; illus. eps & tp; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning; moderate open tear to spine extrem at head).

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1961

KEYWORDS: Antony Alpers New Zealand wildlife ocean sea dolphin myth mythology legend tales Greek Roman Polynesian zoology 20th century first edition

ALPERS, ANTONY

Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw (Hella) and Frank Hofmann. 8vo, pp. xvi + 416; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board illus. in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate closed tear to front; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1970

KEYWORDS: Polynesian anthropology social history mythology myth legend poetry art Pacific Ocean first edition

ROLLESTON, T W; BROOKE, STOPFORD A (introd); REID, STEPHEN (illus.)

First edition. Demy 8vo, pp. lv + 214; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt, illus. to front board tooled in green; teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; moderate to heavy foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: George Harrap & Company 1910

KEYWORDS: tales stories ancient Ireland 20th century folk lore folk-lore bardic literature myth mythology legend heroic

PAGE, MICHAEL & INGPEN, ROBERT

Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing / BCA 1985

KEYWORDS: fantasy fantastical creatures legends myths oddities mythology

CODY, PHILIP

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: Steele Roberts 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori spirituality religion mythology Christianity pakeha history

ASWYNN, FREYA

Octavo, illus light card covers, grey & black lettering to spine, xxvi + 260pp, illus/diagrams, VG (covers have fully adhesive cover- fully affixed, light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light tanning to spine, prev. bookseller's label & black marker scribble to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's lg ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: magic magick runes fortune telling nordic gods esoteric occult occultism folklore lore mythology