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Campbell Joseph
THE MASKS OF GOD: OCCIDENTAL MYTHOLOGY
Penguin Books. Good. 1964. Paperback. 0140043063 . Scholar's blindstamp to ffep Robert Brown. Corner torn off to front wrap with 2 cm tear. Creasing to spine. Note to inner cover. ; 576 pages . Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 18898 ISBN : 0140043063 9780140043068
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Campbell Joseph with Bill Moyers & Betty Sue Flowers Ed.
THE POWER OF MYTH
Doubleday. Very Good. 1988. Paperback. 0385247745 . Scholar's name to half-title Robert Brown. Creasing to upper corner of front wrap. Small tear to spine. Minor shelfwear. ; The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminient scholar writer and teacher he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him mythology was the "song of the universe the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers one of America's most prominent journalists as his thoughtful and engaing interviewer The Power Of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births from Jesus to John Lennon offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. ; 231 pages . Doubleday paperback
Bookseller reference : 18891 ISBN : 0385247745 9780385247740
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Campbell Joseph
Way of the Seeded Earth Vol. 2 Pt. 3 : Mythologies of the Primitive Planters
New York: Harper and Row 1989. Approx 250 pages with numerous color illustrations photos and maps. Book is in very clean condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Harper and Row hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002615 ISBN : 0060551593 9780060551599
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CANTON William
W V'S GOLDEN LEGEND
New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1898. First American edition. 16mo. Good . 19 plates of T.H. Robinson. 12mo 309pp. pictorial boards worn at spine inscriptions on endpapers <br/><br/>Fantasy about Christian mythology. Related to his "W.V. HER BOOK" and "IN MEMORY OF W.V." Illustrated with 19 plates by Thomas Heath Robinson the eldest of the three artistic Heath Robinson brothers. The character of W. V. was inspired by Canton's daughter Winifred who died young. Dodd Mead & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : DEMO009037I
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Carlyle Thomas
On Heroes Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1907. very good hardcover without dust jacket. Previous owner writing. 1907. Some loose binding foxing and general wear. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 160902-MG22
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Carpenter Rhys
FOLK TALE FICTION AND SAGA IN THE HOMERIC EPICS
University of California Press. Very Good. 1962. Softcover. Some rubbing to wraps. Spine a little discolored. Former owner's name to ffep. ; Looks at the oral tradition of Homeric epic and its origins. ; 198 pages . University of California Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 13013
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Carpenter Rhys
FOLK TALE FICTION AND SAGA IN THE HOMERIC EPICS
University of California Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Edgewear to spine ends and corners. Rubbing to spine. Light soiling. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and bookplate. Former owner's signature on fly page. ; Looks at the oral tradition of Homeric epic and its origins. ; Sather Classical Lectures; 198 pages . University of California Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1074
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Carter Anne
Beauty and the Beast
New York NY: Clarkson N. Potter Inc. 1986. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book shows some shelfwear. No jacket pictorial hardback. Illustrated throughout. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good . Illus. by Schroeder Binette. Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043329 ISBN : 0517561735 9780517561737
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Carter Angela
Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen : Fairy Tales from Around the World
Gordonsville Virginia U.S.A.: Faber & Faber 1993. Very good hardcover very good dust jacket slight edgewear to jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Faber & Faber Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 130427-D26 ISBN : 0571198007 9780571198009
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Carter Angela editor
THE OLD WIVES' FAIRY TALE BOOK
Pantheon 1990. 242pp. Blue cloth spine with blue boards price clipped First American Edition VG b&w illustrations Includes: Brave bold and wilful Clever women resourceful girls and desperate stratagems Sillies Good girls and where it gets them Witches Unhappy families Moral tales . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Corinna Sargood . Pantheon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w160921909 ISBN : 0394587642 9780394587646
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CARTER ANGELA Edited by:
The VIRAGO BOOK of FAIRY TALES.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminatedcolour photographic illustrated dw/djwith white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj spine/backstrip inevitably and ubiquitously lightly sunned/fadedso lightly discoloured.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread - apart from my own collation.Brightcrispcleansharp-corneredpublisher's original plain navy blue cloth bds with brightcrispstamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate illustrated eps.UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn vii-xxiipp1-242pp paginated includes acknowledgements editor's introduction Pts 1-7 comprising 58 fairy talesprofuse mixture of vignettesilluminated letterschapter tailpiecesfull and part-page b/w lino/woodcut illustrations - all by Corinna Sargood - throughout the text and the bookplus unpaginated half-title page with b/w illustrated frntis to its versoa title pagea contents list/tableand b/w illustrated individual Pts separator pages.<br /> A collection of little known stories from across the worldall with women as the central character.The work tells stories of a diverse range of womenincluding female warriors enchantressesand women seeking revenge.Angela Carter is well known as a proponent of feminismwith feminist themes across much of her work. Fairy tales are a shorthand way of describing the marvellous narratives that have been passed down through the generations by word of mouth.We don't know the names of the people who made up the storiesbut there's a mythical figure 'Mother Goose'who knows all the stories.'The Virago Book of Fairy Tales' contains the pick of Mother Goose's feather.Lyrical talesbloody taleshilariously funnyripely bawdystories that show the dark and the light side of life - from Europethe Arcticthe USAAfricathe Middle East and Asia.No drippy princesses or soppy fairies.Instead girlswomen and crones wise as serpentsgentle as doves and occasionally daft as brushes. With a deft and magical touchAngela Carter has put together a collection of wonderfullittle-known storiesfeaturing startling heroines.Be they bravegoodsillycruelawesomely clever or unfortunatethey are always centre stageas large as lifeeven larger. Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for childrenand neither is 'The Virago Book of Fairy tales'.It's a grown-up book decorated with equally grown-up pictures - and teenager will love it too. Corinna Sargood 1941 - London-born artistpainteretcher print-makerbook illustratorfilm animator and friend of Angela Carter.She illustrated two collections of woman-centred fairy tales edited by Angela Carter 'The Virago Book of Fairy Tales' and reprinted as Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book1990 and 'The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales' also reprinted as 'Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen'1992 .Informed by folk art traditionsespecially from Mexico and ItalySargood's lino cuts conflated the natural and human worlds to bizarre effect.She is also the author and illustrator of 'Journey to the Jungle: AN Artist in Peru.' Since April 2013again in March 2015and in this year toothe UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion templatealtering it's pricesweight allowances dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!<br />Soplease contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! <br /><br /><br /></p> LONDON.VIRAGO PRESS Limited,1990. hardcover
Bookseller reference : rja735817 ISBN : 1853812056 9781853812057
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Cartman James
Hinduism in Ceylon
Colombo: M D Gunasena 1957 With 2 maps and 22 b/w plates this is a detailed study of the history religion and customs of the Tamil population of Sri Lanka. Green cloth much marked and faded internally clean tight and sound no inscriptions good in edge-worn rubbed good DJ. M D Gunasena hardcover
Bookseller reference : BYB10682
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Casdorff, Heinz
Die wandelnde Glocke. Ein Lese- und Musizier-Märchen von Heinz Casdorff, mit der Musik von Franz Josef Breuer. Bilder: Irene v. Bergner.
Celle, Hermann Moeck-Verlag / Alleinauslieferung: Hamburg, Papageno-Verlag, [1949]. 8 Bll. Mit Noten, 3 ganzseit. farb. lithographierten Tafeln u. mehreren s/w. Illustr. im Text. (= Verlags-Bestellnr. P. 127 V). Quer-4to (20 x 29 cm). Farb. illustr. OPp.
Bookseller reference : 68507
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Casson Lionel; Claiborne Robert; Fagan Brian; Karp Walter
Mysteries of the Past
New York New York U.S.A.: American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc. 1977. Very Good/Very Good Hardback/Dust Jacket some wear to DJ . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 080608-MT836 ISBN : 0828104107 9780828104104
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Castaneda Carlos
The Art of Dreaming
Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. The eighth book about Castaneda's apprenticeship with the Yaqui Indian sorcerer Don Juan Matus. Castaneda maintains his vivid sense of wonder as Don Juan escorts him into a new world of mystery and magic; he offers a crisp presentation of esoteric ideas. Taking control of one's dreams says Don Juan is the key to a sorcerer's power. But what kind of sorcerer Don Juan makes a distinction between the ancients who manipulated the world for personal power and moderns-- such as himself-- who search for freedom. Castaneda must thread his way between these two opposing camps balancing his thirst for truth and his personal ambition. In so doing he passes through three gates of dreaming: becoming aware of falling asleep; waking from one dream into another; seeing yourself asleep. Castaneda passes through these portals all the while communicating with-- and being used by ' inorganic beings' that look like thin tree trunks and give the sorcerers their secret knowledge. His journey ends with a perilous confrontation with a 'death defier' a Methuselah-like male sorcerer in the guise of a woman. Castaneda is rescued from this and other dangerous encounters by his fellow apprentice the beautiful Carol Tiggs who at book's close herself vanishes into the world of dreaming. Easton Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : taod324
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CATHERINE PECK
A TREASURY OF NORTH AMERICAN FOLK-TALES
Book Of The Month Club 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. Near-new condition hardback with jacket. Over-sized and heavy book. No remainder marks or price clippings. No writing or tears. Illustrated. Tight spine clean pages. Introduction by Charles Johnson. . Book Of The Month Club Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 061686 ISBN : 0965057437 9780965057431
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Cavendish Richard Editor
Legends of the World
Barnes & Noble 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Very-good clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are cean NO tears. Illustrated. NO writing or tears inside book. 433 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Barnes & Noble Paperback
Bookseller reference : 053425 ISBN : 1566198437 9781566198431
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Cavendish Richard Editor
Mythology : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Principal Myths and Religions of the World
Twickenham Middlesex: Tiger Books 1998. Comprehensive and well researched study of the imaginative traditions through which man attempts to understand and control the world about him and reconcile himself to life's tragedies and sorrows. Heavy unread hardback in an unclipped d/w - 304 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. . Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good . 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Tiger Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 036494 ISBN : 1840560703 9781840560701
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CAWLEY, FR.ST. (Ed.)
Hrafnkels Saga Freysgoda. Edited with introduction and glossary.
Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard Univ. Press, 1932. 50, 82 pp., 2 plates, 1 folding plate, 1 folding map of Iceland. Orig. cloth.
Bookseller reference : 1303090
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Cawthorne Nigel
The Art of the Icon
London: Octopus Books 2006 "The traditional religious icons of Eastern Europe are more than mere symbols of faith and objects of worship . A highly stylized form that was perpetuated for generations dating back to the earliest days of formalized Christianity. The book - with stunning illustrations- covers the techiques of icon painting iconic art in the early Christian church the Byzantine tradition the expansion of the art through the Macedonian Renaissance and major & minor Russian schools from Kiev and Moscow ." 96p. plates col. bibliography.index. Reprint. Hard Cover. New/New. Octopus Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 25504 ISBN : 0978753712382 0978753712
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CAYLUS, Comte de; GUEULETTE, Thoms Simon
Chinese Tales or The Marvellous Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam. Translated from the French. [And:] CAYLUS, Anne-Claude-Philippe, Comte de. Oriental Tales. Translated from the French.
London, Walker & Edwards 1817. 13 x 7,5 vm. XI, 485 S., 3 Bl. Verlagsanz. Mit gest. Tit. (gr. Titelvign.) u. 1 Kupfer als Frontisp. [nach Thomas UWINS]. Hübscher grüner Maroquinband m. schmalen Deckelbordüren, dreiseitiger Kantenvergoldung u. reicher Rückenvergoldung. Ecken leicht berieben, vord. flieg. Vorsatzbl. fehlt. Cordier 1857.
Bookseller reference : FSKB0366
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CHAWAF Chantal .
FEES DE TOUJOURS .
Editions Plon, Paris, 1988, collection "Terres de France-Littérature", couverture à rabats et illustrée, broché, 191pp. très bon état, 202x132 . (p3)
Bookseller reference : 8471
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Chalmers Irena
The Great American Baby Almanac
New York NY: Viking Studio Books 1989. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. There is a remainder mark on the bottom page edge. Oversized may require extra postage. Photos and illustrations throughout. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Good /Good. Mylared. Viking Studio Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026818 ISBN : 067082058X 9780670820580
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Chan, Chih-Yi / Chan, Plato
The Good-Luck Horse. Adapted from an old Chinese legend by Chih-Yi and Plato Chan. (Foreword by Carl Glick).
(London), Collins, Publishers for the children, (1945). 24 Bll. Mit illustr. Titel u. 20 ganzseit. Illustr., davon 10 farb. Quer-8vo (ca. 14,5 x 20,5 cm). OPp. mit farb. VDeckel-Illustr. u. farb. illustr. Vors..
Bookseller reference : 67266
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Chant Joy
The High Kings: Arthur's Celtic Ancestors
Bantam Books 1983. Book. Illus. by Sharp George. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. A photo of this book is available. Very-nice clean copy of this over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Nicely illustrated by George Sharp. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 237 pages. Bantam Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041832 ISBN : 0553050451 9780553050455
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Chant Joy
The High Kings - Arthur's Celtic Ancestors
Bantam 1983. 1st . Hardcover. F/F. Sharp George. 1st ed. small 4to full brown cloth illustrated in delicate color throughout by George Sharp. Fine in fine unclipped dj. <br/><br/> Bantam hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7356 ISBN : 0553050451 9780553050455
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Chant Joy
The High Kings
Toronto: Bantam Books 1983. First Edition. Hardcover Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Near Fine; past owner book plate with name neatly blocked front paste-down; full-color plates other illus Bantam Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1929 ISBN : 0553050451 9780553050455
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Chapin Anna Alice
The Story of the Rhinegold Der Ring Des Nibelungen : Told for Young People
New York and London: Harper and Brothers. Good with no dust jacket; Light wear and toning to boards owner bookplate . on front free endpaper lower corners of front and free endpapers removed. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. xvii 138 pp. 12 black and white plates. Decorative tan cloth binding with stylized dragon shield and sword design in black red and gilt on front boards. Titles stamped in gilt on spine. Adaptation of Richard Wagner's Nibelungen Ring operas for young readers. . Harper and Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36568
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Charlene Spretnak
Lost goddesses of early Greece: A collection of pre-Hellenic myths
Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear/shelf wear only. Otherwise Fine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
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Charles Donald.
CHANCAY AND THE SECRET OF FIRE a Peruvian Folktale.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Whitebird Book Tomie DePaola Creative Director 1992. Illustrated by author. First edition. Blue gloss pictorial blue boards with faux purple quarter binding orange pictorial eps. Library. 4to. pp. unpaginated. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Brother of anthropologist Dr. Clement W. Meighan who went with his brother on digs. Story is inspired by an ancient Peruvian tapestry showing a mysterious winged figure holding a torch. New York: (G.P. Putnam's) Whitebird Book (Tomie DePaola, Creative Director), 1992. hardcover
Bookseller reference : OWBCHA115879
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CHARLES DICKENS
STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
USA: PLATINUM PRESS 2010 A BEAUTIFUL FACSIMILE EDITION TO THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WHICH INCLUDES FIVE MORE STORIES. A CHRISTMAS TREE THE POOR RELATION'S STORY THE CHILD'S STORY THE SCHOOLBOY'S STORY AND NOBODY'S STORY. NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BOOK APPEARS NEW. RED READING TASSLE GOLD EDGE PAGES HOLIDAY DECORATION ON PAGES DARK GREEN-SHINEY COVER WITH GOLD PICTURE AND DECORATION ON FRONT AND PRINT ON SPINE. Dickens Charles 1812�70 English novelist. Dickens was a passionate supporter of fairy tales. In A Christmas Carol 1843 the miserly Scrooge is transformed into a miracle of genial generosity by the ghosts of Christmas Past Present and Yet to Come. TERRIFIC COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE WHERE HISTORY LIVES. PLATINUM PRESS hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000484
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Charles Morell
The tales of the Genii; or the delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar. Faithfully translated from the Persian manuscript; and compared with the French and Spanish editions, published at Paris and Madrid. By Sir Charles Morell... Embellished with superb engravings. VOL. 2 (of 2) apart.
London, printed for C. Cooke, 1794. Gestoch. illustr. Titel, 260 S. Mit 2 Kpfr.-Taf. (= Cookes Pocket Edition of Select Novels, or Novelists' Entertaining Library). 12mo (14,5 x 9 cm). Ldr. d. Zt. mit 2 RSch. u. RVergold.
Bookseller reference : 77510
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Charles Roux J
Legendes De Provence
<p>Paris: Bloud et Cie Editeurs 1910 Fourth Edition. In French. Contains 200 illustrations. Covers have moderate wear and toning with heavier wear along the spine. Interior pages are toning along the edges but are free of marks. #4713 Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall.</p> Bloud et Cie, Editeurs paperback
Bookseller reference : 004713
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Chase Richard Collected and Retold
Grandfather Tales
Houghton Mifflin Company 1976. Book. Illus. by Williams Berkeley. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Covers are bright and clean NO tears. 240 pages. Illustrated. Previous owner's bookplate in book front Elizabeth Aiello. Houghton Mifflin Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032614 ISBN : 039561841X 9780395618417
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CHASLES, E
Nouveaux contes de tous pays.
Paris, Garnier Frères, (1866). Gr.-8vo. 7, (1), 453 S., 1 Bl. m. gestochenem Frontispiz u. zahlr. Holzschnittillustrationen im Test, 8 Stahlstichtafeln nach Zeichnungen von G(ustave) de Staal. Roter Hldrbd d. Zeit m. Rückenvergoldung u. allseitigem Goldschnitt (Einbd fleckig u. m. Feuchtigkeitsspuren, Ecken gering bestoßen, Besitzvermerk auf erstem weißen Blatt, etwas stockfleckig u. teilweise m. Feuchtigkeitsrändern, 1 Bl. m. Randeinriß).
Bookseller reference : 1268130
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Chatham Baker Odette
Baby Lore: Ceremonies Myths & Traditions to Celebrat a Baby's Birth
New York NY: Macmillan 1991. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Photographs by Christopher Baker. Color photos and illustrations throughout. First Edition 1st printing. Hard Cover. Good /Good . Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031585 ISBN : 002550665X 9780025506657
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Chaucer Geoffrey; Cooney Barbara adapted by
CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX
Thomas Y. Crowell 1958. c.36pp. Hardback with illustrated covers DJ has tiny chips and rubbing at corner and spine tips price clipped Crowell Library Binding 004-008 on lower edge of front DJ flap Caldecott Gold Medal on front cover of DJ inscribed and signed by Barbara Cooney on dedication page dated 30 June 1980 The delightful fable about Chanticleer the Rooster and the sly fox who tried to capture and eat the rooster . Signed by Illustrator. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Barbara Cooney . Thomas Y. Crowell Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w181026006
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Chaudhuri Pramit
THE WAR WITH GOD Theomachy in Roman Imperial Poetry
Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. Hardcover. 0199993386 . Epic and tragedy from Homer's Achilles and Euripides' Pentheus to Marlowe's Tamburlaine and Milton's Satan are filled with characters challenging and warring against the gods. Nowhere is the theme of theomachy more frequently and powerfully represented however than in the poetry of early imperial Rome from Ovid's Metamorphoses at the beginning of the first century AD to Statius' Thebaid near its end. This book -- the first full-length study of human-divine conflict in Roman literature -- asks why the war against god was so important to the poets of the time and how this understudied period of literary history influenced a larger tradition in Western literature. Drawing on a variety of contexts -- politics religion philosophy and aesthetics -- Pramit Chaudhuri argues for the fundamental importance of battles between humans and gods in representing the Roman world. A cast of tyrants emperors rebels iconoclasts philosophers and ambitious poets brings to life some of the most extraordinary artistic products of classical antiquity. Based on close readings of the major extant epics and selected tragedies the book replaces a traditionally Aeneid-centric view of imperial epic with a richer dialogue between Greek and Roman texts contemporary authors and diverse genres. The renewed sense of a tradition reveals how the conflicts these works represent constitute a distinctive theology informed by other discourses yet peculiar to epic and tragedy. Beginning with the Greek background and ending with a look ahead to developments in the Renaissance this book charts the history of a theme that would find its richest expression in a time when men became gods and impiety threatened the very order of the world. ; 416 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17409 ISBN : 0199993386 9780199993383
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Cheetham Erika; Nostradamus
The Final Prophecies of Nostradamus
New York New York U.S.A.: Perigee Trade 1989. Very good hardcover. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Perigee Trade Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 130427-D34 ISBN : 039951516X 9780399515163
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Cherryh C. J.
PORT ETERNITY.
New York:: DAW Books 1982. Very good in near fine dust jacket prev owner's name stamped on front endpaper. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. A luxury ship called the Maid of Astolat and androids named after the characters in the King Arthur legend as told in 'Idylls of the King.' 191 pp. Wraparound dustjacket illustration by Gary LaSasso. DAW Books, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 59686
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CHETWYND HAYES R**:
THE PARTAKER - A NOVEL OF FANTASY.
<p>UKslim 8vo HBdw/dj1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminatedwrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Roger Garlandillustrated dw/djwith red lettering to front and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A couple of small closed tears: front lower corner and front gutter's edge at head of spine/backstrip.To the spine/backstrip of dw/djsome minor indentations without penetration but leaving some minimal impressions on spine beneath and similarly to front panel and bd.A tiny penetrating incision on front bd's spine/gutter's edge fold of dw/dj - very lightly impressing the concomitant spot beneath.Topfore- edges generally bright and clean - free of foxing/spotting; contents brighttight cleansolid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread - apart from my own collation.Brightcrispclean sharp-corneredpublisher's original plain black cloth bds with aforementioned indentations/impress markswith brightcrisp stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white front epspastedown; the rear pastedown with residual shadow/ghost of circular label removal.UKslim 8vo HBdw/dj 1st edn12- 224pp paginated includes Books One and Two comprising 8 chapters and another section and 7 chapters respectivelyplus unpaginated half-titletitle pagescontents list/tableVampire Fiction & Fact description page and individual Books 12 separator pages.Described hard but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it reads or sounds. Basically the dw/dj with it's concomitant light imperfections to the book's boards/covers that are the minor detractions.The book contents exceptional and belie it's outward appearance! The author's 3rd novelsee my book ID rja638 - 'The Brats' - for his 2nd novel for this publisherfollowing on from the debut with 'The Cradle Demon'. This edition is no longer in print as the publisher ceased trading mid 1980's.<br /> The partaker is a little known species of vampireonly to be found now in small groups or nests in isolated communities. Possessed of a superhuman strength and beautyand often immortalthey prefer to live quietlyout of the curious gaze of meat-eaters.Or they did - until Carlos Markland was born. Carlosthe first partaker cub to be born for hundreds of years presents a problemfor as a growing child he has to be absorbed into the state educational system.And from his first day at schooldisaster overtakes first the partakersand then humankind. 'Nevernever drain' was the maxim that all partakers lived by.But Carlos ignored the ruleand set in train a series of horrors that threatened the end of the civilised world. Since April 2013again in March 2015and in this year toothe UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template altering it's pricesweight allowancesdimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!<br />Soplease contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.ukbecause of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!</p> LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER & CO.,LIMITED,1980. hardcover
Bookseller reference : rja736217 ISBN : 0718301676 9780718301675
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Childress David Hatcher
Lost Cities of Atlantis Ancient Europe & the Mediterranean
Kempton IL: Adventures Unlimited Pr 199 " Was there a lost continent of Atlantis .Childress . explores megalithic ruins history and legends of the area and comes up with some astonishing answers to the age-old question - Did Atlantis exist and if so where was it Comparing archaeology architecture geology writing and languages along with ancient history and legends ." 488p. illus B & W bibliography. Softcover. As New. Adventures Unlimited Pr 199 unknown
Bookseller reference : 24289 ISBN : 0932813259 9780932813251
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Chilton Charles
Victorian Folk Songs
London: Essex Music Ltd 1965 Collected and arranged from broadside ballads produced between 1800 and 1860 with contemporary melodies. Light wear to illustrative covers no inscriptions good. Essex Music Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : BYB10016
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Chinchilla Carlos Samayoa; MacLean Joan Coyne translator
The Emerald Lizard; Tales and Legends of Guatemala
Falcon's Wing Press. 1957. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; NEAR FINE book in VERY GOOD jacket. Bound in black cloth. Trace of shelf wear. Crisp unmarked interior. Bright jacket rubbed at extremities several small chips. Original price of $3.50 intact on jacket flap. Illustrated by the author with 14 line drawings; jacket art also by the author. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. Protected in new mylar sleeve. ; 274 p.; Packaged with care. . Falcon's Wing Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19348
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Chiocchetti Fabio editor
Dolomites Encantedes Folktales from the Fassa Valley
Rovertero: Institut Cultural Ladin 2002. A good clean tight copy with no creasing to the spine or covers of this soft-cover book containing five traditional folktales from the Ladin-speaking Fassa valley in Italy's south Tyrol. Each story is given in English and in Ladin on facing pages. The stories are: ''The Vivana on the Wagon'' ''The Visit of the Salvan'' ''The Bregostana from Ciampac'' ''The Witches from Latemar'' and ''Death and Poverty''. Includes CD with the stories in Italian English and German. 35pp 5 colour and 11 b&w illustrations. Also includes another 44 page booklet ''Ladins People of the Dolomites'' by Cesare Poppi. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Manara Milo. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Institut Cultural Ladin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 004338 ISBN : 8886053444 9788886053440
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Chippindale Christopher
Stonehenge Complete
Thames And Hudson 1987. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Near-new copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright clippings. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 296 pages. Over-sized book. This is a terrific book about Stonehenge! Mr. Chippindale has created a wonderfully informative and readable book about one of the most famous archaeological monuments in the world. This book takes the famous quote from Jacquetta Hawkes "Every age has the Stonehenge it deserves and - desires" and illustrates it by giving an overview of all the various paradigms that have been used to explain Stonehenge. Instead of giving the reader dreadfully boring and mind-numbing details about Stonehenge and the research into it he gives us a brief description of what is physically there at Stonehenge then he outlines what each succesive era has thought of Stonehenge since its "re-descovery" in the 12th century A.D. All the theories from Geoffrey of Monmouth and Merlin to the current fad of UFOs and extraterrestrials are explored. Mr. Chippindale lists sources so that if you are interested in any particular theoretical perspective you are welcome to explore further. Mr. Chippindale is a well-respected archaeologist and the editor of one of the pre-eminent archaeological journals "Antiquity". He does state that he firmly is in the camp of the archaeologist as far as explaining the origin and history of Stonehenge. However that does not prevent him from presenting many of the other competing paradigms of Stonehenge's origin. The book is richly illustrated throughout with photographs going back over 100 years plus drawings and paintings that date back at least to the 16th century. The paintings of Stonehenge also help illustrate what the artist thought of this monument. It was also quite fascinating to read about the various ideas for "preserving Stonehenge" over the last 150 years. There have been many different ideas about how this monument should be presented and even now there is controversy about the way Stonehenge is presented to the public. In this book you get to meet many interesting characters who left their mark on Stonehenge and its interpretation from John Aubrey William Cunnington Inigo Jones Colin Renfrew to modern new age researchers. They and their concepts are all presented here. I strongly recommend this book as a start for anyone interested in learning more about Stonehenge. It is written with a sense of humor and in a very readable style. You can then branch out to read more in-depth studies of the various theories and paradigms that you are interested in. Thames And Hudson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032246 ISBN : 0500273553 9780500273555
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Chopra Deepak
The Return of Merlin; A Novel
New York New York U.S.A.: Harmony Books 1995. Very Good Paperback previous owner writing on front free endpage 422 pages . Paperback. Very Good. Harmony Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 080801-MT713 ISBN : 0517598493 9780517598498
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Chowdhury Bani Roy
The Prince of Dwarka
New Delhi: Hemkunt Press 1970. Fine but for traces of wear to extremities and a small scrape on back cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued . Hemkunt Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7491
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Christensen James C.
James Christensen: The Greenwich Workshop's New Century Artists Series
The Greenwich Workshop Press 2001. 80pp. Tall thin softback VG full page color illustrations New century artists series a showcase of contemporary fantasy art . Soft Cover. Very Good. The Greenwich Workshop Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : w180925746 ISBN : 0867130733 9780867130737
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Christiansen Reidar Th.; Johan Berle illustrator
Norske Folkeviser
J. W. Eides Forlag. 1957. Near Fine in Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7�" - 8" tall; Bergen Norway; 174 pages xiv. Crimson leather spine decorated paper over boards. 45 poem/stories. Illustrated by Reidar Johan Berle with 8 beautiful bold block prints tipped in. Mild rubbing at corner tips of cover. Light wear on leather at head of spine. Clean tight unmarked. Good jacket quite tanned on spine; shallow chipping & short tears on edges. 45 tales including: Innledning Kong Eirik og Hugaljo Agnus dei Falkvord Lommanson Olave Liljekrans Knut liten og Sylvelin Fanteguten Eg sette mn hest Eg ser deg ut fyr gluggjen Han Tosstein Pal sine honor Kari og Mari. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care. . J. W. Eides Forlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13540
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