Books - "mythology"
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Classical Mythology (fourth edition)
softcover octavo (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: Longman 1991
KEYWORDS: history mythology classics folklore mark p.o. morford robert j. lenardon specials
Art, Myth, and Ritual: The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China
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: Harvard University Press 1983
KEYWORDS: specials KC Chang China art myth legend ritual archaeology mythology poetry zoomorphic design Asiatic studies essays
Comparative Religion: Its Genesis and Growth
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt rule to spine and blind rule & blind design to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xix + 668pp + iv adverts, illus (2pp charts), VG- (fading to spine, rubbing to spine extrems, slight soiling & rubbing to boards, soiling to eps, front gutter cracked but intact, owner's name & year to title page, crease/fold to upper corner last two pages, foxing esp to page edges)
PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1905
KEYWORDS: Louis Henry Jordan religion theology comparative religion history psychology mythology anthropology archaeology ethmology sociology
John Bevan Ford: Paintings
Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus prelims, 111pp, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2004
KEYWORDS: Judith Dell Penny John Bevan Ford New Zealand art painting Maori culture mythology
Oral Tradition in Manihiki
first edition 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: University of the South Pacific 1989
KEYWORDS: specials oral tradition mythology maui
Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom
softcover octavo (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: The University of Michigan Press 1981
KEYWORDS: marshall sahlins history mythology sandwich islands social anthropology oceania pacific islands specials
The Lost Drum: The Myth of Sexuality in Papua New Guinea and Beyond
softcover octavo (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: The University of Wisconsin Press 1995
KEYWORDS: james f. weiner sexuality mythology sociology anthropology pacific papua new guinea specials
Traditoinal Aboriginal Society: A Reader
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: Macmillan Company of Australia 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Australia Aborigines Aboriginal culture essays anthropology mythology religion social science kinship
Songs and Poems from Aotearoa
Lovely copy of this delicate book, super octavo, soft brown suede covers with gilt lettering and design to front cover, frontispiece, 112pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to covers, prev owners inscriptions in ink to fep and title page)
PUBLISHER: Gordon and Gotch Ltd 1924
KEYWORDS: c.w. grace literature new zealand aotearoa songs arts poetry music maori history folklore folktales mythology
Fairy Spells
Seeing & Communicating with the Fairies
Octovo hardcover (fine) in d/w (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: Souvenir Press 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Claire Nahmad fairies magic mythology spirits spirituality new age folklore legend
Myths and Legends
Quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, 208pp, illus, fine, in VG+ d/w (3cm closed tear to front lower edge, slight bruising to upper edges, light soiling front & rear)
PUBLISHER: Quantum/ Fairmount Books 1992
KEYWORDS: David Bellingham Clio Whittaker John Grant Viking Oriental Greek myths legends mythology Freya Frigga Iduna Hela Odin Thor Loki Balder Frey giants elves dwarves Norns Valkyries Heracles Theseus Perseus Gorgons China India Japan reference
The Bull of Minos
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1960
KEYWORDS: ancient history archaeology troy ancient greece classics mythology leonard cottrell specials
Tales of Robin Hood
hardback (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Hinkler Books 2004
KEYWORDS: children's literature folklore mythology fairy tales robin hood archie oliver specials
The Uses of Greek Mythology
Softcover super octavo (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: Routledge 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Ken Dowden mythology classical studies ancient Greece Greek literature myth
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World
Imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 510pp, illus, VG+ (tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (bruising to upper edges, creasing to lower edges, tanning & foxing internally)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low1976
KEYWORDS: Michael Avi Yonah Israel Shatzman encyclopaedia reference Greece Rome Graeco-Roan history law literature mythology philosophy religion art
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece
softcover octavo (nr 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1992
KEYWORDS: specials T H Carpenter art greek mythology illustrated sculpture ancient greece
Roman Myths
softcover super octavo (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: British Museum Press 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Jane F Gardner myths mythology rome roman classical literature literary criticism history
The Past and Future People
Ex Library, hardcover super octavo 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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Romola McSwain melanesian religion sociology anthropology culture mythology new guinea
Les Cinq Fabulistes, ou Les Trois Cents Fables d'Esope, de Lockmann, de Philelphe, de Gabrias et d'Avienus
Dixieme Editions
TEXT IN FRENCH, two-volume set, duodecimo, marbled heavy card boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to leather spine, frontispiece, 222pp + 158 figures gravees en taille-douce (vol 1), 284pp + 168 figures gravees en taille-douce (vol 2), illus, VG- (bruisng, fraying & rubbing to spines, 2cm untidy tear to upper spine, bruising & rubbing to board edges & corners, names in ink to feps, dampstaining to vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Ch Poncelin 1802
KEYWORDS: two-volume set TEXT IN FRENCH Aesop Lockmann Philelphe Gabrias Avienus mythology legends fables children's literature
Who are the Maoris?
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 303pp, illus, VG -(lacks fep, browning to spine, bruising to spine extrems, staining & scratching to boards, binding sloppy, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, browning to page edges, foxing)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (date ?)
KEYWORDS: Alfred K Newman New Zealand Maori history culture art religion mythology anthropology