Books - "mythology"
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Riding the Waves: Four Maori Myths
Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2007
KEYWORDS: gavin bishop children children's youth illustrated new zealand maori myths mythology folklore
Legends of Mau, Volume 1: Maui Slows the Sun and Maiu Attacks Tuana Roa
TIDY EX-LIBRARY. Imperial 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: Reed 2005
KEYWORDS: children's childrens youth picture book new zealand maori mythology comic comics
The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism
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: Tavistock Publications Ltd 1973
KEYWORDS: totemism spirituality myth mythology
Fabulous Beasts
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson n.d.
KEYWORDS: mythology archaeology
Animals, Men & Myths : A History of the Influence of Animals on Civilisation and Culture
Super octavo, hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1954
KEYWORDS: history mythology animals pets
From Atlantis to the Sphinx : Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Virgin Books 1996
KEYWORDS: alternative history astronomy mythology underwater egypt
Italian Fairy Tales
Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front & rear boards, upper page edges stained chartreuse, patterned eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus title page, 203pp, illus, VG+ (mild scuffing to spine/extrems w/ minor discolouration at head of spine, prev owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (heavy bleaching to spine, light creasing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Hamlyn / Artia 1971
KEYWORDS: fairy tales folklore folktale folktales italy italian mediterranean mythology childrens children children's illustrated
Folk and Fairy Tales from Bohemia
Quarto 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: Hamlyn / Artia 1973
KEYWORDS: fairy tales folklore folktale folktales czech republic bohemia czech czechia bohemian moravia moravian mythology childrens children children's illustrated jiri trnka
Fairy Tales
Quarto (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: Hamlyn / Artia 1975
KEYWORDS: hans christian andersen fairy tales fairytale fairytales folklore mythology children childrens children's illustrated jiri trnka
Goddesses in World Mythology
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, heavy quarto, heavy black card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 655pp, illus, VG (mild scuffing to spine/extrems, tape/adhesive label to spine, adhesive residue/tape to boards, light soiling + library stamp to page edges, tape stain to front pastedown, library stamp to fep, library stamp + pen ID# to prelims, adhesive label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (in transparent protective sleeve, adhesive labels to spine/front/rear, mild creasing)
PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 1993
KEYWORDS: goddess goddesses mythology folklore world folktale folk lore anthropology culture religion religious
The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-1987
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: HarperSanFrancisco 1997
KEYWORDS: joseph cambell mythology human culture anthropology modernity modern psychology occult literature
Pillars of Wisdom: The Writings of Albert Pike
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic motif to rear cover, xvii + 368pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chafing to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: The Supreme Council, 33o Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction 1995
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons Albert Pike writings collection anthology philosophy ancient mythology theology
Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature
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: Random House1983
KEYWORDS: children's literature essay cultural studies mythology folklore
The Secular Scripture: A Study of Romance
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 1982
KEYWORDS: northrop frye literature literary criticism theory romance structure mythology imagination archetypes archetypal
The Cat in Ancient Egypt
SCARCE, quarto, deep blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt cat illus to front board, frontispiece, xi + 92pp, 19x black & white plates- all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl wrinkling to cloth on boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light staining to edges & spine, moderate tanning to spine & edges with some light creasing & chipping)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1940
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt antiquity cats felines mythology spirituality history deities worship Langton Collection antiques antiquities cat figures
Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cowrie Books 1998
KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration Trobriand Islands mythology myths legends social life customs png Papua New Guinea
Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia
Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Hamlyn Publishing Group 1975
KEYWORDS: oceania mythology culture ancient history anthropology antiquity Polynesia Micronesia Melanesia Australia myths legends
Studies in Maori Rites and Myths
Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, 201pp, VG (light creasing & tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kobenhavn 1958
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori rites myths mythology religion history
Polynesian Mythology; and Ancient Traditional History of the Maori as Told by Their Priests and Chiefs
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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1974
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian mythology ancient history anthropology folklore lore legends Maori
The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, green lettering & decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 47pp, plates with tissue guards, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, sm gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to tissue guards)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1914
KEYWORDS: first editions Apuleius metamorphoses illustrated Dorothy Mullock classical literature mythology classic