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$32.50
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The Folktale


THOMSPON, STITH

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

$22.50
xxsgu219742

Isis in the Graeco-Roman World


WITT, R E

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

$35.00
xxshp219750

Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion


GARLAND, ROBERT

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

$22.50
xxckb219890

Indonesian Folk Tales


ALIBASAH, MARGARET MUTH [ALI BASHA]

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

$22.50
xxbhd219944

A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India


ALLEN, CHARLES

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

$15.00
xxkzd220046

Myths of the Norsemen


GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN & WILDSMITH, BRIAN (illus)

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

$10.00
xxkcd220078

Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth


BROWN, NORMAN O

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

$15.00
xxame220372

Voices from the Snow: Tsugaru in Legend, Literature, and Fact


WESTERHOVER, JAMES N. (ed.) & SASAMORI, TAKEFUSA & RAUSCH, ANTHONY S. & JOHNSON, HENRY & HATAKEYAMA, ATSUSHI & OSABE, HIDEO & TAGAKI, KYOZO

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

$47.50
3b1/6

Cybele and Attis: The Myth and the Cult


VERMASEREN, MAARTEN J

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

$40.00
3b1/19

The Invention of Jane Harrison


BEARD, MARY

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

$85.00
3c2/41

The Well at the World's End: Folk Tales of Scotland


MONTGOMERIE, NORAH and WILLIAM

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

$15.00
xxflf220805

The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore


YEATS, W. B.

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

$15.00
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A Woman Scorn'd: Responses to the Dido Myth


BURDEN, MICHAEL (ed.) et al.

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

$14.50
xxesb221102

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
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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

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