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7503: Ashe, Geoffrey (Ed) The Quest For Arthur's Britain Granada London 1982 0586080449 / 9780586080443 Reprint Trade Paperback Very Good+ 238 pages; Very Good Plus condition. Light front hinge crease. No spine creases. Solid, clean. Fully illustrated. The story of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is the chief myth of Britain. But is it something more than myth? Most scholars now regard Arthur's reality as probable and accept 'Arthurian Britain' as a meaningful historical term...
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16957: Bulfinch, Thomas Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne (In One Volume) Grosset & Dunlap NY 1913 Revised; First Printing Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 912 pages; Very Good/No Jacket. Revised and enlarged edition. Handsome dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Lettering is fading. Name/date to inside front board. Soft bump to bottom corner tips. Outside page edges are lightly age tanned. Solid binding and hinges. Boards are straight, spine is square and pages are clean. Thomas Bulfinch writes in his introduction: Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement.
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19746: Campbell, Joseph The Hero with a Thousand Faces Bollingen Series XVII Pantheon Books NY 1953 Second Printing Hardcover Fair with no dust jacket 416 pages; Fair/No Jacket. Split starting at both inside board gutters - but still holding firmly. Name on front end paper. Some shelf rub at the edges of the boards - but not badly. Outside page edges are age tanning. Bottom of page 69 is torn - all test readable.Pages clean. 24 Plates; 21 black and white drawings. It is the purpose of the present book to uncover some of the truths disguised for us under the figures of religion and mythology by bringing together a multitude of not too difficult examples and letting the ancient meaning become apparent of itself.
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9356: Castaneda, Carlos The Second Ring Of Power Simon & Schuster NY 1977 0671229427 / 9780671229429 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by R. Giusti 316 pages; Fine/Very Good Plus. Bright brown boards with bright gilt lettering. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ has two tiny closed tears at bottom edge. Tee-niny chip at bottom back corner tip. Now in protective sleeve. An excellent gift! This is a vision of a more somber; frightening and compelling world than that of Castaneda's years of apprenticeship - the world of a full fledged sorcerer, in which dangers lie in wait on the journey to impeccability and freedom, and in which the message of Don Juan must be transformed into real life...
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20218: Dames, Michael Merlin and Wales, A Magician's Landscape Thames & Hudson NY 2002 0500510792 / 9780500510797 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 192 pages; Fine/Fine. 173 Illustrations - 22 in color. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is also Fine. In protective sleeve. An Excellent gift! In tales and place names that Wales, Cornwall, Cumbria and Caledonia, Merlin's name lives on as powerfully as that of King Arthur himself, to whom he has been so closely linked. Michael Dames shows us the many aspects of this elusive and mercurial figure, seer and enchanter, sage and madman, poet and god, in the royal court and in the wilderness, on land an in water.
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20230: Dawson, Warren R. THE BRIDLE OF PEGASUS Studies in Magic, Mythology and Folklore Methuen London 1930 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 203 pages; Very Good/Very Good. Just a bit of shelf rub at edges of book. Outside page edges lightly age tanning. Bright orange boards and bright black lettering on spine. Solid binding but some pages do open up to glued binding. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are otherwise clean. DJ is lightly age tanned at edges and spine. One tiny nick at top spine tip. Now in protective sleeve. This volume deals with many of the ancient and curious customs and beliefs whereby man in early ages has sought to control the forces of nature and to extend his limited powers by means of magic, just as in the Greek legend Bellrophon mastered the immortal winged steed Pegasus by help of the magic bridle put into his hands by Athena.
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17588: Dobie, J. Frank Tone the Bell Easy Texas Folk-Lore Society 1932 Hardcover Good with no dust jacket Publications of the Texas Folk-lore Society, no. l0; Ex-Library; 199 pages; Good/No Jacket. It appears the paste down page and front fly-leaf have been replaced. Half title page is missing. Some re-binding has taken place. Ex-library with stamps, pocket, nameplates and spine pen. Solid binding and hinges. Soft indent at spine from mis-storage. Outside page edges are age tanned. Faded spine. Just a bit of shelf rub at spine tips. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are otherwise clean. Juneteenth is illustrated by John B. Smith.
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19358: Frazer, Sir James George TOTEMISM Adam & Charles Black UK 1887 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Good with no dust jacket 96 pages; Good/No Jacket. Pages open to the spine at page 64 but the binding of the pages are solid. Red boards with gilt lettering. Spine and board edges are age darkened, but the gilt lettering is readable. New College, London Library name plate inside front cover. No other signs of library copy. Previous owner stamp on half title page. A small bit of foxing on the first few pages. Just a bit of shelfwear at spine tips. Outside page edges are lightly age tanned. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, and pages are clean. Totem defined: Orthography of totem; Totem distinguished from fetich; Kinds of Totems - clan totem, sex totem, individual totem; Religious and social sides of totemism.
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19007: Furse, Margaret Lewis Mysticism, Window on a World View, Introduction to Mysticism as a Pattern and Practice Abingdon Press TN 1977 0687276748 / 9780687276745 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good Ex-Library; 220 pages; Very Good/No Jacket. This ex-library book has been RE-BOUND AS A HARDCOVER and laminated - for longer lasting. No creases. Solid binding and hinges. Spine label, library stamps (including outside page edges), date due slip, nameplate. Solid, otherwise clean. What is the meaning of mysticism in Western religious experience and thought? This balanced introduction provides an overall view of many ideas, interpretations, and suggestions that are a part of the often neglected mysticism of the West.
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19806: Hathaway, Nancy The Unicorn Tess Usa 2005 1579125255 / 9781579125257 Reprint Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 191 pages; Fine/Fine. As new. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square, and pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated - 155 illustrations and black and white. DJ is also Fine. In protective sleeve. An excellent gift! What is this elusive creature with a horn growing from its forehead? Who is this animal with the power to neutralize poison, a fatal attraction to maidens, and the mythic ability to enrich the cultures of Asia, Arabia, and Europe?
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13269: Ions, Veronia Egyptian Mythology Hamlyn NY 1973 0600023656 / 9780600023654 Second Printing Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 141 pages; Fine/Fine. Large coffee table size book. Media Mail Only! Red boards with black lettering and design. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is great! In protective sleeve. An excellent gift! Egyptian myth is depicted in great detail in Egypt's celebrated art, and this has been drawn on to add a rich and illuminating feature to a book which gives an original and comprehensive guide to a subject of ageless interest. 24 pages of colour illustrations and over 100 in B&W, plus an Index.
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19775: Jayne, Walter Addison The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations University Books NY 1962 Reprint Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket 569 pages; Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Outside page edges are lightly age tanning. Grey and black boards with silver lettering. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square, and pages are clean. Solid binding and hinges. The superstitious practices of the ancients seem quaint to us. The drugs they used, however, are not yet entirely known. Some are being rediscovered and are proving of great value. Large book - Media Mail only
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7623: Leeming, David Adams Mythology, The Voyage Of The Hero J. B. Lippincott Company PA 1973 0397472765 / 9780397472765 First Printing Trade Paperback Very Good 338 pages; Very Good condition. Light front hinge creasse. Lightly sunned spine. Just a bit of rub to back cover. Solid, clean. This book is directed to any reader with an interest in the study of human nature. The universal record of that nature is reflected in the myths which are collected here, and to study them is to study the quest for self which concerns us all...
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20024: Markale, Jean Merlin, Priest of Nature Inner Traditions VT 1995 0892815175 / 9780892815173 First Edition; First Printing Trade Paperback Fine 230 pages; Fine condition. No creases. Solid, clean. An excellent gift! Markale draws from historical records, myth, and literary texts for this revealing portrait of the real Merlin.
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15075: Paz, Octavio; Lane, Helen R. (Trans) The Monkey Grammarian Seaver NY 1981 0394178092 / 9780394178097 First Edition; First Printing Trade Paperback Very Good+ Illustrated by Rojas, Eusebio; Rajasthan; Jammu 162 pages; Very Good Plus condition. Super light front hinge crease. No spine creases. Hole punch top front corner. Tiny bit of shelf rub at edges. Solid, clean. Hanuman, Hanumat, Hanumat. A celebrated monkey chief. He was able to fly and is a conspicuous figure in the Ramayana. Hanuman leaped from India to Ceylon in one bound; tore up trees, carried away the Himalayas, seized the clouds and performed many other wonderful exploits. Among his other accomlishments, Hanuman was a grammarian; and the Ramayana says: The chief of monkeys is perfect; no one equals him in the sastras, in learning, and in ascertaining the sense of the scriptures - or in moving at will. It is well known that Hanuman was the ninth author of grammar.
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17112: Poth, Dee The Goddess Speaks, Myths & Meditations, Books of Goddess Myths and Meditation Cards Sibyl Publications OR 1994 0963832727 / 9780963832726 First Printing Paperback Near Fine 109 pages; Fine book, Near Fine slipcase, with 25 meditation cards. No creases, solid, clean. The slipcase has some shelf rub at edges. An excellent gift! The Goddess Speaks is a useful and handily accessible guide to some of the ancient manifestations of the Great Goddess, now widely recognized as a true, vital, empowering image for women today (cover blurb).
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4124: Ramage, Edwin S. (Ed) ATLANTIS: FACT OR FICTION? Indiana University IN 1978 0253104823 / 9780253104823 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 210 pages; Fine/Near Fine. Board are straight and tips are pointed. Spine is square. Pages White and Tight. DJ has tiny closed tear at top edge. Now in protective sleeve. A valuable addition to the corpus of geomythology that should interest everyone, whether a geologist, mythographer, Classicist, or occultist, with an interest in such matters - L. Sprague de Camp.
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12699: Stapleton, Michael The Concise Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Mythology Peter Bedrick NY 1986 0872260062 / 9780872260061 First American Edition; First Printing Trade Paperback Very Good Ex-Library; 306 pages; Very Good Condition. Reading creases. Vertical crease to front cover. Light shelf rub at the cover edges. Former library with all the regular stampings and markings. Solid, otherwise clean. A Dictionary which presents the themes, characters and legends of Greek and Roman mythology. All the great epics and the principal Greek tragedies are outlined: places of particular importance in myth, such as Delphi, Troy, Mycenae and Olympia are described, and the special nature of Roman mythology - so different from Greek - is clearly stated.
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12009: Woodcock, Percival George Short Dictionary Of Mythology Phlosophical Library NY 1953 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket 127 pages; Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Very light indent from bump to back fore edge. Outside page edges are lightly age tanned. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ is lightly shelf rubbed to front panel and edges. Now in protective sleeve. This is a popular classical and mythological dictionary for the general reader, produced in a convenient form.
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