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$14.50
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In Ghostly Japan


HEARN, LAFCADIO

Paperback (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: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1981

KEYWORDS: Japanese mythology folklore ghosts literature Japan

$17.50
xx155pol221677

The Norse Myths


CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN (Intro & Re-told by)

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: Penguin 1982

KEYWORDS: norse myths mythology history religion Scandinavia Scandinavian

$14.50
xx158pol221737

Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney


PALSSON, HERMANN (Trans & Intro) & EDWARDS, PAUL (Trans & Intro)

Paperback (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: Penguin 1984

KEYWORDS: literature religion mythology history Norse Great Britain British

$50.00
3f5/19

At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes


MICHELL, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt publisher's mark to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, illus, VG+ ( v slight bruising to extrems, upper page edges slightly foxed, previous owner's name in ink to fep), in d/w VG+ ( v slight creasing to edges, v slight tanning & chafing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1994

KEYWORDS: first edition john michell polar symbolism celtic norse folk ritual ritualised sociology cultural anthropology mythology

$150.00
3f4/8

The Ancient History of the Maori: His Mythology and Traditions; Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration; Volume One


WHITE, JOHN

EX-LIBRARY, FOLDING CHART TO REAR TORN & INCOMPLETE, super octavo, red buckram boards, black illus and border to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 164pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury Government Printer, Wellington 1887

KEYWORDS: john white ancient maori early new zealand moriori tangata whenua mythology tradition colonial writer colonisation

$15.00
xx188pol221989

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti


McDERMOTT, GERALD (Written & Illus)

Oblong 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: Owlet / Henry Holt and Company 1986

KEYWORDS: children's literature illustrated mythology Ashanti

$20.00
xxqaf222708

Lady Gregory's Complete Irish Mythology


LADY GREGORY & YEATS, W B (Preface)

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: Bounty Books 2007

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish mythology Lady Gregory legends history folklore lore

$12.50
xxqch222745

Heroes: Volume II of Mythos


FRY, STEPHEN

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: Penguin 2019

KEYWORDS: classical studies history mythology Stephen Fry ancient Greece Greek

$15.00
xxhig223194

The Heroes of the Greeks


KERENYI, C

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: Thames and Hudson 1974

KEYWORDS: ancient history Greece Greek heroes mythology

$15.00
xxhig223206

Norse Magic


CONWAY, D J

Sm 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: Llewellyn Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: Norse mythology magic history

$30.00
xxhng223261

Grandmother's Stories: How the Earth and Sky Began


AUGER, DANIEL

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: Eschia Books 2011

KEYWORDS: North American Indians Canada Canadian folklore lore mythology creation legends

$27.50
xxbce223860

When Santa was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus & the Christmas Tree


VAN RENTERGHEM, TONY

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: Llewellyn Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: Santa Claus history Father Christmas shamanism northern Europe trees religion art mythology origins

$45.00
3i1/4

The Labours of Herakles, as a New Zealand Pioneer


MAGUIRE, MARIAN & RANKIN, ELIZABETH (Essay) & O'SULLIVAN, PATRICK (Essay)

SIGNED, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges/corners, light fading & soiling to spine, minor chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: PaperGraphica 2008

KEYWORDS: signed Marian Maguire art history New Zealand ancient Greece Greek characters Herakles colonial myths mythology

$16.50
xxsdo224227

An Open Life


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH & TOMS, MICHAEL (conversations with) & CAMPBELL, JEAN ERDMAN (foreword) & MAHER, JOHN M. and BRIGGS DENNIE (ed)

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: Larson Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: spirituality religion interviews conversations psychology mythology Jospeh Campbell

$35.00
xxame224274

The Art of Stealing Fire: Uranus in the Horoscope


GREENE, LIZ

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: The Centre for Psychological Astrology Press 2004

KEYWORDS: astrology horoscopes natal charts mythology planets educational psychology

$50.00
3k2/4

A Time of Gods: A Photographer in the Wake of Odysseus


BENY, ROLOFF & OPIE, JOHN LINDSAY (Notes Ed by) & CHAPMAN'S HOMER (Quotations From)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 272pp, illus, b&w plates- all counted + present, VG (light to moderate scuffing/insect damage to board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing/wrinkling & scuffing, heavy general scuffing, prce clipped, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1962

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek ruins landscape art photography antiquity history mythology first editions

$17.50
xxflg225652

Cham Sculpture and Indian Mythology


DUOC, HUYNH THI

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: Danang Publishing House 2009

KEYWORDS: sculpture art history India Indian ancient mythology legend legends

$40.00
3L4/35

The Home of the Winds


BACON, R L & JAHNKE R H G (illus)

FIRST EDITION. Imperial octavo illus heavy board, black lettering on spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 32pp, Near FINE (very light bruising to spine extems).

PUBLISHER: Waiatarua Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition New Zealand nz children's Maori myths illustrated mythology literature

$60.00
3m4/29

Dionysos, Archetypal Images of Indestructible Life


KERENYI, CARL & MANHEIM, RALPH (Trans)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, green lettering to spine, xxxvii + 474pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to front wrapper, 1cm closed tear to head of spine, light soiling and foxing to page edges, light tanning and foxing to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: mythology greek gods Dionysos vase paintings ceramics and pottery ancient history

$40.00
3n1/30

The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption


GREENE, LIZ

Super ocatvo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Neptune's trident motif to front board, xix + 506pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (spine lightly warped, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Samuel Weiser 1996

KEYWORDS: astrology spirituality redemption Neptune planets mythology esoteric

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