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Gardner John
The Alliterative Morte Arthure The Owl and Nightingale and five other Middle English poems in a modernized version with comments on poems and notes
Carbondale and Edwardsville/London and Amsterdam: Southern Illinois University Press/Feffer & Simons 1971 Ex-lib but minimal marking new ffep quarter cloth with decorative boards a little marked generally VG in slightly scratched and worn good DJ. Contains also Winner and Waster; The Parliament of the Three Ages; Summer Sunday;The Debate of Body and Soul;The Thrush and the Nightingale. Southern Illinois University Press/Feffer & Simons hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB10512 ISBN : 0809304864 9780809304868
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Stamati Helen Fay
Milies: a village on Mount Pelion
Athens: Athenian Press 1989 Fully illustrated this details the history and folkloric traditions of a Greek village: the farmers' year the olive harvest the making of wine and spirits the village craftsmen - builders stone and wood carvers tin-smiths bakers soap-makers weavers gatherers of medicinal herbs - finishing with details of a traditional wedding. VG no inscriptions in VG DJ. A heavy book. Athenian Press hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB10450 ISBN : 9607595041 9789607595041
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Friar Diego de Landa
An Account of the Things of Yucatan: Maya culture as seen by the bishop of Yucatan in 1566
Mexico: Dante - Serie Focus 2003 Illustrated exerpts from de Landa's account of pre-conquest Mayan civilization. Very light wear no inscriptions VG. Dante - Serie Focus paperback
Referencia librero : BYB10441 ISBN : 9706052593 9789706052599
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Bennett Margaret
The Last Stronghold: the Scottish Gaelic traditions of Newfoundland
Edinburgh: Canongate 1989 A vivid scholarly account of the remaining Gaelic speakers from the Codroy Valley of Newfoundland. Illustrative card covers a little sunned no inscriptions VG. Canongate paperback
Referencia librero : BYB10422 ISBN : 0862411971 9780862411978
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Bennett Margaret
Oatmeal and the Catechism - Scottish Gaelic settlers in Quebec
Edinburgh/Montreal: John Donald Publishers/McGill-Queen's University Press 1998 The folk-culture of the Hebridean settlers in eastern Quebec a scholarly study of folklore and history with transcriptions of interviews and detailed notes. VG no inscriptions in VG DJ not price-clipped. John Donald Publishers/McGill-Queen's University Press hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB10348 ISBN : 0859764613 9780859764612
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Campbell John Lorne
A Very Civil People. Hebridean folk history and tradition
Edinburgh: Birlinn 2000 Edited by Hugh Cheape these are essays and short articles written between 1935 and 1975 reflecting Campbell's scholarly interests in the history language literature oral narrative and tradition poetry and song of the Highlands and Hebridean islands. Light wear to illustrative covers no inscriptions VG. Birlinn paperback
Referencia librero : BYB10347 ISBN : 1841580155 9781841580159
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Storm Rachel
Endless Path - Aztec
London: Flame Tree 2006 An overview of Mesoamerican cultures from the Olmecs to the Aztecs fully illustrated with bite-sized but scholarly text. Some creases to illustrative covers no inscriptions generally VG. Flame Tree paperback
Referencia librero : BYB10190 ISBN : 184451515x 9781844515158
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Jun Jing
The Temple of Memories - history power and morality in a Chinese village
Stanford: Stanford University Press 1996 How the extended Kong family descendants of Confucius have adapted to Maoist repression and forcible resettlement and latterly to the revival of an almost forgotten religion. Light wear to illustrative covers no inscriptions VG. Stanford University Press paperback
Referencia librero : BYB10061 ISBN : 0804727570 9780804727570
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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
Referencia librero : BYB10016
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Crossing William
Dartmoor's Early Historic and Medieval Remains
Brixham: Quay Publications 1987 Gathered from a series of articles appearing in West Country newspapers in the early 1900s. Illustrated with b/w photographs. No inscriptions VG. Quay Publications paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9884 ISBN : 1870083156 9781870083157
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Devon Folklife Resgister
Folk Festivals and Traditions of Devon - a guide to Devon calendar customs
Exeter: Exter City Museums Service 1980 Surviving customs revealing social history. Ex-lib with a stiff plastic sheet protecting the front cover and a large chip out of the title page o/w good. Exter City Museums Service paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9882 ISBN : 0861142268 9780861142262
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Dupeyrat Andre preface by Paul Claudel
21 ans chez les Papous
Paris: La Colombe 1952 Text in French. A missionary in Papua New Guinea from the 1930's to the 1950's. Illustrated in b/w. Covers lightly marked pages yellowed no inscriptions tight and sound good. La Colombe paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9811
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Stout J F ed
Tacitus - Germania
London: W B Clive University Tutorial Press Undated inscription dated 1929. Latin text with English notes. Red cloth covers worn and marked neat name to ffep Greek inscription to rear paste-down some underlining in ink and the remains of erased pencil annotation good no DJ. 0 W B Clive University Tutorial Press hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB9690
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Propertios Sextus translated by H E Butler
Propertius
London: Loeb Classical Library 1976 Reprint. With facing Latin/English text. Red cloth worn and marked name and addresses to front paste-down no other inscriptions or annotation good in worn marked slightly chipped good DJ. Loeb Classical Library hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB9685 ISBN : 0434990183 9780434990184
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Farmar Austin
Place-Name Correspondences
London: David Nutt 1904 Stamped Celtic spiral design to front board gold lettering to spine boards a little worn and marked crease to front board no inscriptions occasional marginal pencil marks tight and sound good no DJ. General comparative driven approach to p-n. studies using tables of agglomerations correlatives in form etc. David Nutt hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB9549
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Bryant Frank Egbert
A History of English Balladry through the reign of Elizabeth
Norwood PA: Norwood Editions 1973 A reprint of the author's doctoral thesis originally published in 1913 with a new introduction by Robert S Thomson - a study of ballads in the 14th 15th and 16th centuries. VG no inscriptions no DJ. Norwood Editions hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB9436 ISBN : 0883050781 9780883050781
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Davies Glyn ed.
Arthurian Collection - Casgliad Arthuraid
Mold: Clwyd Library Service 1974 Catalogue of the collection of Arthurian literature a comprehensive list of books available for reference but not generally on loan containing literary texts criticisms poetry prose plays children's stories associated books on music art and sculpture written in 12 languages the earliest being Gildas De Exedio et Conquesta Britanniae 1568. Original library binding held with bolts one of which is missing A4 landscape format small hole worn to title page ex-lib stamp good. Clwyd Library Service hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB9456 ISBN : 0904444007 9780904444001
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Wagner Jon & Jan Lundeen
Deep Space and Sacred Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos
Westport CT: Praeger. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0275962253 . Book is fine-as new. DJ is price clipped else as new. Not a remainder. ; 1.12 x 9.48 x 6.42 Inches; 280 pages . Praeger hardcover
Referencia librero : 13767 ISBN : 0275962253 9780275962258
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Grant John
Introduction to Viking Mythology
Seacacus NJ: Chartwell Books Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 1555215610 . Appears to be new book in as new condition. Not a remainder. ; 0.8 x 11.2 x 8.5 Inches; 128 pages . Chartwell Books, Inc. hardcover
Referencia librero : 13269 ISBN : 1555215610 9781555215613
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Owl Grey & Little Pigeon
Cry of the ancients
Independence Missouri: Herald Publishing House. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0830901086 . The ffep has a verse from Carlyle inscribed by Little Pigeon and signed "Sincerely Little Pigeon". Brown cloth cover with black lettering on spine and top cover. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. DJ has light rubbing mostly on back. There is a 1/2 inch closed tear at top edge of back and a crease along top edge of back. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages; Signed by Author . Herald Publishing House hardcover
Referencia librero : 13134 ISBN : 0830901086 9780830901081
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Briggs Katharine M
Nine Lives - cats in folklore - uncorrected proof copy
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980 An uncorrected proof copy of this classic study of folklore. A re-typed version of chapter one is loosely laid in. The paper covers are worn and marked with some creasing. Good. Routledge & Kegan Paul paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9169 ISBN : 0710006381 9780710006387
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Gatherer W A
Ballads High and Low
Heinemann Educational Books Ltd London 1975 PB Part of the Secondary English Programme this study guide examines the text of selected heroic ballads - Jesse James The Wild Colonial Boy John Henry Robin Hood and Alan a Dale Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar Captain Death My Bonny Black Bess Sir Patrick Spens Bonny George Campbell Bonny Earl of Moray and the parody The Jubilee Cup. Covers a little worn and marked no inscriptions tight and sound good. 72pp 0 Heinemann Educational Books Ltd London 1975 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9130 ISBN : 0620058552 9780620058551
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Mikula Paul Kearney Brian and Harber Rodney
Traditional Hindu Temples in South Africa
Hindu Temple Publications Durban 1st 1982 HB Fully illustrated in b/w and in colour and with detailed plans and elevations this book gives the historical and religious background of Indian temple architecture in Southern Africa. VG no inscriptions in slightly edge-worn good DJ not price-clipped. 112pp 0 Hindu Temple Publications Durban 1st 1982 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB9131 ISBN : 0620058552 9780620058551
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Concepcion Jose Luis trans. Robin April Stock
The Guanches Survivors and their descendants Canary Island history
Asociacion Cultural de las Islas Canarias Tenerife 1992 PB Seventh edition. An historical study suggesting that the Guanches original inhabitants of the Canary Islands survived massacre and enslavement to form a genetic and cultural part of the islands today. VG no inscriptions. 69pp 0 Asociacion Cultural de las Islas Canarias Tenerife 1992 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9092 ISBN : 8439821735 9788439821731
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Norman W H Ben
Legends and Folklore of Watchet
W H Ben Norman Watchet 2000 PB Reprint. A fine collection of anecdotes from this small Somerset seaport illustrated with old photographs and drawings. Name to ffep o/w VG. 56pp 0 W H Ben Norman Watchet 2000 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9091 ISBN : 0951084216 9780951084212
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Bradfield College Sixth Form Boys of 1900
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus
Bradfield College Oxford 1949 PB The Greek text with English verse translation in parallel. A ticket to the 1949 production at the college is loosely laid in. With brief biographies of the class of 1900 some of whom were killed in action 1914-18. Covers worn and marked small splits to spine age-mottling to prelims small name to ffep clean tight and sound good. 60pp 0 Bradfield College Oxford 1949 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9072
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Richter Albert & Guido Gorres
Deutsche Heldensagen In German
Leipzig: Schmidt & Gunther. Very Good- with no dust jacket. N.D. Reprint. Hardcover. Cloth spine with paper over boards is clean with minimal wear. Illustration of knight with shield and sword on front. The front hinge is cracked however the mull is intact. Pages clean and unmarked. Includes about 120 illustrations some color plates. Lacking DJ. Note: Heavy book we may require extra postage outside US.; Color Plates drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 791 pages . Schmidt & Gunther hardcover
Referencia librero : 12275
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Poulson Joan
North Country Calendar - part one January to June
Hendon Publishing Nelson 1978 PB Old customs rhymes games work herbs and country lore through the seasons illustrated with line drawings and old photographs. Stapled booklet illustrative covers a little worn no inscriptions good. 40pp 0 Hendon Publishing Nelson 1978 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB9046 ISBN : 0860670260 9780860670261
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Harpur Patrick
The Philosopher's Secret Fire - a history of the imagination
Penguin London 2002 PB Changing views of reality - how imaginative insight into the Otherworld can re-enchant our existence. Covers a little worn no inscriptions tight and sound good. 323pp 0 Penguin London 2002 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB8891
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Dubois Pierre illustrated by Claudine and Roland Sabatier
The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries
Pavillion London 1999 HB Translated from the French this details mainly European faeries with some from Asia and the Pacific. Beautifully illustrated there are tales and legends as well as background information. VG no inscriptions in DJ that is slightly edge-worn but generally VG. 183pp 0 Pavillion London 1999 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8804
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de La Fontaine Jean
Fables de La Fontaine
Ancienne Librairie Furne Combet et Cie Paris HB Undated. With an introduction by C.-A. Sainte-Beuve engravings by T. Johannot. Text in French. Bound in red leather a little marked and sunned with a school crest The Grange Folkstone to the front board raised bands to the spine with gold decorative compartments spine edges strengthened with japanese paper gold decorative band to board edges marbled end-papers marbling to edge of page-block neat ink inscription to prelims some age-mottling to tissue guarded frontis pages yellowed tissue-guarded engravings all present clean tight and sound a handsome book. 393pp 0 Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet et Cie Paris HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8652
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Haring Lee
Verbal Arts in Madagascar: Performance in Historical Perspective
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. New in New dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0812231414 . New book and DJ in as new condition. Not a remainder. ; Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 242 pages . University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
Referencia librero : 11269 ISBN : 0812231414 9780812231410
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Longhurst A H
Hampi Ruins described and illustrated
Asian Educational Services New Delhi 1999 PB Reprint first published in 1917. The ruined capital of the Hindu empire of Vijayanagar founded in 1336. Illustrative covers worn and marked internally VG fold-out map. 144pp 0 Asian Educational Services New Delhi 1999 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB8565
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Thurston E.
Ethnographic Notes in Southern India
Government Press Madras 1st 1906 HB Illustrated with photographs this is a fascinating compendium of Indian folklore as it was recorded in the early 1900's. All plates present. Boards are badly marked rear lower corner badly damaged. Pages are browned and brittle some worm damage and other vicissitudes of the sub-continent. Some pages loose good only. Complete. 580pp 0 Government Press Madras 1st 1906 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8429
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Blacker Terence
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Hodder & Stoughton London 1989 HB A retelling of the tall tales of Rudolph Erich Raspe illustrated and introduced by William Rushton. VG in VG DJ. 118pp 0 Hodder & Stoughton London 1989 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8409 ISBN : 034051261x 9780340512616
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Bulfinch Thomas and Bryan Holme
BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY
New York: Studio. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0670194646 . Book is fine-as new. DJ has minor edge wear and a few short tears. ; A Studio book; 20 x 20 x 20 Inches; 308 pages . Studio hardcover
Referencia librero : 10784 ISBN : 0670194646 9780670194643
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Findlay Jessie P
The Spindle-side of Scottish Song
J M Dent & Company London 1902 HB Scottish singer-songwriters of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries including Lady Nairn Mrs Cockburn Jean Elliot and Lady Lindsay. Green cloth marked and worn decoration to front cover gold lettering and thistle motif to spine a little faded gilt on top no inscriptions pages yellowed and slightly age-mottled tissue-guarded frontis all illus. present clean tight and sound good. 200pp 0 J M Dent & Company London 1902 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8474
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Vinaver Eugene
Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut dans l'oeuvre de Thomas Malory
Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion Paris 1st 1925 HB Signed by the author to the half title page with a dedication dated Oxford 1926. A study of the French sources of Malory's tale. In French. Ex-lib but minimal marking blue cloth covers a little worn and marked leather title label to spine pages yellowed tissue-guarded frontis clean tight and sound good. 244pp 0 Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion Paris 1st 1925 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8463
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Folklore Withington Robert
English Pagaentry. An Historical Outline
Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1918. First Edition. Illustrated with 34 plates. 2 vols. 4to. Original maroon cloth titles in gilt. One corner slightly bumped other minor wear at extremities else very good. Inscribed by the author in both volumes. First Edition. Illustrated with 34 plates. 2 vols. 4to. Presentation copy. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf of both volumes: in vol. I "To Mr. William A. Wood with much appreciation for interesting hours at Lichfield and kind hospitality even apart from the Bower Robert Withington" and again in vol. II "To Mr. William A. Wood Robert Withington.". Harvard University Press unknown
Referencia librero : 37110
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Cowan James
The Patu-Paiarehe: Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol XXX No 2 and No 3
HB Notes on Maori folk-tales of the fairy people parts one and two. Privately bound journal extracts with original pink paper covers. Signed by the author with a dedication dated '21; small corrections to the text a similar hand. Red cloth spine marbled boards gold lettering to the spine nine blank leaves bound in to the back some foxing creases and light wear but good clean tight and sound. 0 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8396
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Leslie Michael
Spenser's 'Fierce Warres and Faithfull Loves' - Martial and Chivalric Symbolism in The Faerie Queen
D S Brewer Cambridge 1st 1983 HB VG in VG DJ 215pp 0 D S Brewer Cambridge 1st 1983 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB3486
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Oakden David
The Wheaton Book of Myths and Legends
Pergamon Exeter 1979 HB From the three collections: Classical and Northern Stories Stories from the East and Stories from the West. With full-page colour illustrations by Peter Stevenson. Ex-lib laminated illustrative cover a little worn missing ffep stamps to half title and title pages o/w good clean tight and sound no DJ. 119pp 0 Pergamon Exeter 1979 HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB8150 ISBN : 0080214363 9780080214368
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Groves CR
On Order and Purpose in Evolution
Theosophical Publishing House London 1949 PB The Blavatsky lecture delivered to the annual convention of the Theosophical Society in 1949. Staped booklet good. 28pp 0 Theosophical Publishing House London 1949 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB7864
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Runk Reed
Long Guns and Tomahawks - stories of Eastern Native Americans
N&R Publishing St Thomas PA 2005 PB A second compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet VG. 52pp 0 N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2005 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB7845
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Runk Reed
Stories and Articles of Eastern Native Americans
N&R Publishing St Thomas PA 2003 PB A compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet VG. 52pp 0 N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2003 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB7846
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anon.
The Midlands in Legend and History
McDougall's Educational Co. London PB Undated - 1930's A children's reader with tales and songs. Decorative cover worn and marked pages yellowed and creased good. 119pp 0 McDougall's Educational Co. London PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB7781
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Wagner Jon & Jan Lundeen
DEEP SPACE AND SACRED TIME: Star Trek in the American Mythos
Westport Ct London: Praeger. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0275962253 . Book is as new DJ has a very short tear at the tail of spine otherwise as new. Pages clean and unmarked and binding sound and tight. Book appears to be new and unread. ; 1.12 x 9.48 x 6.42 Inches; 280 pages . Praeger hardcover
Referencia librero : 7122 ISBN : 0275962253 9780275962258
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Richardson M K
Akiko and Kumiko
Benwig Books Slough HB Undated. A little Japanese tale illustrated by Garnham Elmore. Cover a little marked and worn good. 0 Benwig Books Slough HB hardcover
Referencia librero : BYB7697
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Ferguson John
Greek and Roman Religion
The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1982 PB Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 14-15. Cover a little marked and worn very occasional annotation good. 79pp 0 The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1982 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB7647 ISBN : 0335053750 9780335053759
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Masson Joseph
The Noble Path of Hinduism
Open University Press Milton Keynes 1981 PB Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 9-11. Covers worn very occasional annotation good. 115pp 0 Open University Press Milton Keynes 1981 PB paperback
Referencia librero : BYB7641 ISBN : 0335053718 9780335053711
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