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$35.00
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The Ring of Nibelung


WAGNER, RICHARD; DEATHRIDGE, JOHN (transl)

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

$50.00
1y30aa/20

The Woman's Companion to Mythology


LARRINGTON, CAROLYNE (Ed)

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

$18.50
xxgod214409

Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China


WONG, EVA (Trans)

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

$16.50
xxsaj214664

Weight


WINTERSON, JEANETTE

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: Canongate 2005

KEYWORDS: Greek myths mythology Atlas Heracles Olympians literature Jeanette Winterson modern first editions

$10.00
xxsdh214919

The Garden of Tane


GORDON, MONA

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

$20.00
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Journey of the Bard: Celtic Initiatory Magic


OWENS, YVONNE & LOWRY, MILES (Illus)

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

$18.50
xxcbe216222

Eden in the Altai: The Prehistoric Golden Age and the Mythic Origins of Humanity


ASHE, GEOFFREY

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

$17.50
xxcjd216293

Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures


KIRK, G S

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

$30.00
xxcvd216591

The Orange Fairy Book


LANG, ANDREW (Ed) & FORD, H J (Illus)

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

$30.00
xxcvd216592

The Crimson Fairy Book


LANG, ANDREW (Ed) & FORD, H J (Illus)

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

$32.50
xxddl216699

Hamlet's Mill: An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time


DE SANTILLANA GIORGIO & VON DECHEND, HERTHA

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

$17.50
xxdpc216829

Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men


HOLLIS, JAMES

Octavo softcover (VG) some minor highlighting to text; 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 1994

KEYWORDS: jungian psychology psychoanalysis Jung fear religion mythology

$75.00
ak2/3a/13

The Ancient & Shining Ones: World Myth, Magick & Religion


CONWAY, D J

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

$175.00
ak4/2a/6

Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages: Their Origin and Influence on Literature and Art


GUERBER, H A

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

$175.00
ak4/2a/7

Myths of the Norsemen; from the Eddas and Sagas


GUERBER, H A

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

$40.00
2g40/47

Patterns in the Sky


STAAL, JULIUS D W

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

$40.00
2g41/8

Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori (Third Edition)


COWAN, JAMES

Sm octavo, illus stiff card covers, black/brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 173pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy creasing & cracking to spine, heavy messy tape reinforcement to spine & fore-edge of front board, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate creasing & sm ink stamp to half title page with tape repairs to top corner & fore-edge also, light tanning & foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters, pencil gift inscription to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori folklore lore fairy tales culture cultural heritage mythology

$40.00
2g42/36

The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image


BARING, ANNE & CASHFORD, JULES

JACKET PASTED TO BOARDS, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 779pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (jacket completely glued to boards, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: BCA 1991

KEYWORDS: history goddess mythology religion

$25.00
xxe3bg217602

Castles


LEE, ALAN & DAY, DAVID (illust) & LARKIN, DAVID (ed)

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

$35.00
xxevd217872

Tolkien On Fairy-Stories: Expanded Edition, with Commentary and Notes


TOLKIEN, J R R & FLIEGER, VERLYN (ed) & ANDERSON, DOUGLAS A (ed)

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: HarperCollins 2014

KEYWORDS: J R R Tolkien fairy tales fairytales folklore literary analysis history folktales folk tales essays literature mythology myths

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