Books - "mythology"
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The Folktale
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: University of California Press
KEYWORDS: folktale folk tale mythology anthropology literary thought
Isis in the Graeco-Roman World
Super 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: Thames & Hudson 1971
KEYWORDS: r e witt isis graeco roman greco classical world history religion mythology
Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion
Super 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: Duckworth
KEYWORDS: athenian religion greek mythology athens robert garland
Indonesian Folk Tales
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: Penerbit Djambatan 1981
KEYWORDS: Indonesian folk tales mythology literature Indonesia
A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India
Super 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: Andre Deutsch 1982
KEYWORDS: Tibetian mountains history travel mythology Tibet Kailas mountain lake folklore myth
Myths of the Norsemen
EX LIBRARY 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: The Bodley Head 1965
KEYWORDS: roger lancelyn green norse mythology norseman myth
Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 1969
KEYWORDS: greek myth mythology hermes history norman o brown
Voices from the Snow: Tsugaru in Legend, Literature, and Fact
Octavo softcover (near FINE); 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: Hirosaki University Press (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Tsugaru region Honshu Japan short fiction literary essays cultural history folklore mythology anthology
Cybele and Attis: The Myth and the Cult
Imperial ocatvo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (minor scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor fading to top edge of rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink markings to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & rear cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1977
KEYWORDS: ancient mythology Cybele literature art antiquity Greece Greek
The Invention of Jane Harrison
Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt face illus to front board, xiii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to page edges, moderate pencil annotaiton to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: classical philology literature anthropology classicists mythology history historiography
The Well at the World's End: Folk Tales of Scotland
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, illus title page, xiii + 152pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate general tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions mythology myths folk tales lore folklore Scotland highlands Scottish fantasy
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore
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: Dover 2004
KEYWORDS: Irish folklore mythology fairytales fairies W B Yeats
A Woman Scorn'd: Responses to the Dido 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1998
KEYWORDS: Dido and Aeneas myth mythology historical cultural literary commentary essays anthology
In Ghostly Japan
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
The Norse Myths
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
Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1984
KEYWORDS: literature religion mythology history Norse Great Britain British
At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes
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
The Ancient History of the Maori: His Mythology and Traditions; Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration; Volume One
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
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
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
Lady Gregory's Complete Irish Mythology
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