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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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Mary Barnett
Gods and Myths of the Romans
Smithmark Pub 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Very-good condition hardback with jacket. Over-sized and heavy book. No remainder marks or price clippings. No writing or tears inside book. Jacket is clean and bright shows light wear. Nicely illustrated throughout. Previous owner's attractive bookplate in book front Vincent Albert Orazietti. 114 pages. . Smithmark Pub Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 061408 ISBN : 0765199998 9780765199997
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Smith Barbara
Ontario Ghost Stories
Edmonton AB Canada: Lone Pine Publishing 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good condition soft cover book. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated. NO writing or tears inside book. 239 pages. Tight spine clean pages. Covers are clean and bright show slight wear - no tears. . Lone Pine Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 058924 ISBN : 1551052032 9781551052038
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Irene Nicholson
Mexican And Central American Mythology
Paul Hamlyn 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. Very-good condition hardback with dust cover. Over-sized book. Stated Second Impression 1968. No remainder marks or price clippings. Dust cover is clean shows light wear. Nicely illustrated throughout. Tight spine clean pages. 142 pages. No writing or tears inside book. . Paul Hamlyn Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 058522
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Roger Sherman Loomis
The Grail: From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol
Princeton University Press 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Very-good clean condition. No remainder marks or clippings. Covers show light wear no tears. 288 pages. Illustrated. No writing or tears inside book. . Princeton University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 056311 ISBN : 0691020752 9780691020754
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Styles Showell
Welsh Walks and Legends
Mayflower 1979. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Very-good clean condition. No remainder marks or clippings. Covers show mild wear no tears. Illustrated. Tight spine clean pages. No writing or tears inside book. Pages show tanning. . Mayflower Paperback
Bookseller reference : 053764 ISBN : 0583129773 9780583129770
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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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Barchers Suzanne I.
Wise Women: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
Santa Barbara California U.S.A.: Libraries Unltd Inc 1990. Book. Illus. by Mullineaux Leann. Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. 324 pages. Illustrated. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine clean pages. Strong women who prevail and triumph using their intelligence courage or resourcefulness are celebrated in this gathering of stories for all ages. It features legends folklore and fairy tales from such far-flung places as the Punjab Africa China Japan the Middle East and Europe and from places close at hand-Hawaii New England and the Ozarks. Some of the tales are reprinted from their original telling others are completely retold. All are excellent for read-alouds story time or reading programs. Also of interest to students of literature storytelling or women's studies. Libraries Unltd Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 051796 ISBN : 1563085925 9781563085925
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Guerber H. A.
Middle Ages Myths and Legends
Avenel Books 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine clean pages. Illustrated. 405 pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Black boards with gilt lettering. Avenel Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 051239 ISBN : 0517604426 9780517604427
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Hamilton Virginia
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
Scholastic 1985. Book. Illus. by Dillon Leo & Diane. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine clean pages. Nicely illustrated. Covers show light wear NO tears. NO writing marks or tears inside book. "The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales supernatural tales fanciful and cautionary tales and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons this collection should be snapped up."--starred School Library Journal. Scholastic Paperback
Bookseller reference : 049445 ISBN : 0590482114 9780590482110
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Wesselman Henry Barnard;Wesselman Hank
Spiritwalker: Messages from the Future
Bantam Books 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Tight spine clean pages. NO tears inside book. 388 pages. 14 pages show light writing/underlining. Does NOT interfere with reading. Dustcover shows mild wear NO tears. A professional anthropologist recounts his experiences outside the bounds of normal reality tracing his numerous journeys across space and time his exchanges with shape-shifters spirit guardians and a Hawaiian mystic from several centuries into the future. From Publishers Weekly While living on the flank of an active Hawaiian volcano between 1985 and 1989 anthropologist Wesselman reports he had a series of visionary experiences. Projected 5000 years into the future into the consciousness of a Hawaiian kahuna or shamanic healer named Nainoa Wesselman presumably learned firsthand that Western civilization had been destroyed by a sudden rise in the ocean level. Through his paranormal interactions with Nainoa across the millennia Wesselman has adventures in the spirit world and also watches as a band of Hawaiian natives who survived the cataclysm sail to the former California coast to rediscover the lost devastated continent of North America. Fans of Carlos Castaneda's books may relate to these detailed premonitory visions fleshed out with observations of Hawaiian shamanism. Wesselman lectures on shamanism and witchcraft at Sierra College in California. QPB main selection. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information Inc. Review Fans of Carlos Castaneda will relish this anthropologist's similar probe of the spirit world. Enjoy a spiritual autobiography which recounts life-changing encounters which began as dreams but grew to take him on visionary journeys and experiences which brought him in touch with spirit helpers and guardians. -- Midwest Book Review. Bantam Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 049211 ISBN : 0553099760 9780553099768
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Spivey Nigel
Songs on Bronze: The Greek Myths Made Real
Farrar Straus & Giroux 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine clean pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 255 pages. Songs on Bronze is the first major retelling of Greek mythology in half a century; a set of lively racy dramatic versions of the great myths which in a multicultural society are recognized more than ever as stories without equal. Most of us would like to know the Greek myths better than we do and books like Seamus Heaney's Beowulf have demonstrated the power of ancient texts to enchant and enthrall us. And yet the modern translations of the Greek myths have sought to instruct to edify or to impart a personal philosophy. Songs on Bronze is different. With this book Nigel Spivey--a young Cambridge classicist and rising star as a documentary host--gives us the Greek myths as the spellbinding stories they are. In bold sensuous prose he tells of Demeter and Persephone of Jason and the Argonauts of the wrath of Achilles and the travels of Odysseus of Oedipus's crime and Orpheus's excursion into the underworld. In his hands these stories are revealed anew as outsize tales of love and strife of secret compacts and open rivalries of lust and desire. Songs on Bronze is a fresh revision of the classics that is likely to become a classic in its own right. Farrar Straus & Giroux Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 048750 ISBN : 0374266638 9780374266639
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Gentiles Frederick; Steinfield Melvin
Hangups from Way Back:Historical Myths and Canons: Historical Myths and Canons Volume I
Canfield Press 1974. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good condition. Stated SECOND EDITION. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine clean pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name in book front on two different pages Josephine S. Meek - 813 Diane Court. 490 pages. Illustrated. NO tears inside book. Covers show light wear NO tears. Canfield Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 047873 ISBN : 0063827859 9780063827851
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Sharkey John
Celtic Mysteries: The Ancient Religion
Crossroad 1981. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. A photo of this book is available. Fine copy of this oversized book. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine clean pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Annotation A richly illustrated volume that traces the social life and arts of the Celtics from about 500 B.C. through their spread into Britain and Ireland. Crossroad Paperback
Bookseller reference : 047270 ISBN : 0824500598 9780824500597
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Leslau Charlotte & Wolf Editor
African Folk Tales
Mount Vernon New York: The Peter Pauper Press 1963. Book. Illus. by Dotzenko Grisha. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated by Grisha Dotzenko. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine clean pages. The Peter Pauper Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046246
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Malinowski Bronislaw;Strenski Ivan
Malinowski and the Work of Myth
Princeton Univ Pr 1992. Book. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine clean pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Covers show light wear NO tears. 181 pages. Bronislaw Malinowski 1884-1942 was a wide-ranging thinker whose ideas affected almost every branch of the social sciences. And nowhere is this impact more evident or more persistent than on the study of myth ritual and religion. He articulated as never before or since a program of seeing myths as part of the functional pragmatic or "performed" dimension of culture - that is as part of activities that did certain tasks for particular human communities. Spanning his entire career this anthology brings together for the first time the important texts from his work on myth. Ivan Strenski's introduction places Malinowski in his intellectual world and traces his evolviong conception of mythology. As Strenski points out Malinowski was a pioneer in applying the lessons of psychoanalysis to the study of culture while at the same time he attempted to correct the generalizations of psychoanalysis with the cross-cultural researches of ethnology. With his growing interest in psychoanalysis came a conviction that myths performed essential cultural tasks in "chartering" all sort of human institutions and practices. Princeton Univ Pr Paperback
Bookseller reference : 045589 ISBN : 0691020779 9780691020778
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Feinstein David;Krippner Stanley
Personal Mythology: The Psychology of Your Evolving Self Using Ritual Dreams and Imagination to Discover Your Inner Story
Los Angeles California U.S.A.: J P Tarcher 1989. Book. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated. Tight spine clean pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Covers are clean show light wear NO tears. 271 pages. J P Tarcher Paperback
Bookseller reference : 043751 ISBN : 0874774845 9780874774849
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Brunvand Jan Harold
The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction
Norton 1978. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Stated Second Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Light-green boards with gilt lettering clean and bright - shows slight wear. Tight spineclean pages. Nicely illustrated. NO tears inside book. 460 pages. 44 pages show light-yellow highlighting and/or light writing/underlining. Previous owner's signature in book front H. Randolph Mohrs - Fort Wayen Indiana. Does NOT interfere with reading. Norton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043052 ISBN : 0393090485 9780393090482
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Shenkman Richard
I Love Paul Revere Whether He Rode or Not
HarperPerennial 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine clean pages. 226 pages. Pages show slight tanning. Richard Shenkman's bestselling sequel to Legends Lies & Cherished Myths of American History. Provocative and amusingly heretical "I Love Paul Revere Whether He Rode or Not" a quote attributed to Warren Harding offers eye-opening revelations debunking long-held American legends. 12 drawings. HarperPerennial Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043287 ISBN : 0060163461 9780060163464
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Swinburne Laurence and Irene
The Deadly Diamonds
Milwaukee / A CPI Book: Raintree Childrens Books 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Fine copy of this 1977 hardback. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright pages. Illustrated throughout. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Raintree Childrens Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041524 ISBN : 0817210644 9780817210649
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Rogasky Barbara
The Dybbuk: A Version
Holiday House 2005. Book. Illus. by Fisher Leonard Everett. As New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Brand-New copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Over-sized hardback. From School Library Journal Grade 5 Up-This retelling of an early-20th-century play based on a Jewish legend is uneasily balanced between an evocation of European shtetl life and a ghost story. Leah and Konin were promised to one another by their fathers even before they were born. However when Leah is old enough to be married Sender her father wants her betrothed to a rich man. Konin now a poor orphaned scholar meets Leah and they fall instantly irrevocably in love. Thwarted by Sender's greed the young man studies the Kabbalah searching for a way to obtain the necessary wealth. When he fails he dies and comes back as a dybbuk an unhappy spirit that possesses Leah's body and speaks through her lips. Though an exorcism is performed she chooses to rejoin Konin and dies before she can marry the man her father has selected. Stories of the supernatural have undeniable appeal but this one with its archaic setting and strongly religious connections seems too specialized for most collections. Rogasky's writing which is full of inverted phrases e.g. Pious and sincere they were or Old it is centuries old is distancing--even though she addresses readers directly at times Forgive me Dear Reader. I cannot explain the meaning of all that happened. Fisher's dramatic black white and brown-toned illustrations add to the hard-edged unyielding nature of the tragic tale.Miriam Lang Budin Chappaqua Public Library NY Copyright Reed Business Information a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Gr. 4-6. A Jewish legend about a girl's possession by a dybbuk or restless spirit is strikingly retold in a picture book that fits as smoothly into collections of children's Judaica as it does in sections of scary Halloween stories. Rogasky chooses to tell her version in a narrative longer than a traditional picture book but she doesn't expend words idly; her storytelling is rich and powerful as adept in conveying a sense of Hasidic culture as it is in narrating moments of sheer terror. These are terrifying indeed: Rogasky's dybbuk is a poor orphan boy who dies when his destined fiancee is promised to another and returns as a ghost to be united with his true love. Extending the horror are starkly composed monumental oils in inky blacks and moonlit grays by venerable illustrator Fisher. Particularly noteworthy is Rogasky's distinct treatment of various voices ranging from the narrator's intimate tone to the villagers' gossipy banter to the ghost's creepy pronouncements. With some artful adaptation this will work well for readers' theater or storytelling performances. Jennifer Mattson Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved. Holiday House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039809 ISBN : 082341616X 9780823416165
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Delaney Frank
The Celts
Little Brown & Company 1986. Book. Very Good . Trade Paperback. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Very-good clean copy. Stated First U.S. Edition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean show light wear NO tears. Tight spine clean pages. 10 pages show light writing/underlining. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO tears inside book. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 240 pages. Synopsis: This book a companion volume to the BBC2 television series aims to trace the origin growth flowering and eventual decline of the Celts a people who are traditionally portrayed as wild excitable warlike ferocious and uncivilized. Despite their numerical smallness the author contends that they made a major contribution to Western civilization. The author originated the Radio 4 programme "Bookshelf" and the Frank Delaney series on BBC television. His previous books are "James Joyce's Odyssey" and "Betjeman Country". Little, Brown & Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039897 ISBN : 0316179930 9780316179935
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Yolen Jane; Stemple Heidi EY. E. Y.
Mirror Mirror: Forty Folk Tales for Mothers and Daughters to Share
New York New York U.S.A.: Viking Press 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Like-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. NO writing marks or tears. Tight spine bright pages. 258 pages. Synopsis An award-winning author and National Book Award nominee brings a celebration of mother and daughters around the world Jane Yolen has long been hailed as one of the finest authors in storytelling today. Her bestselling children's books along with her anthology Favorite Folktales Around the World have garnered her critical acclaim and awards for two decades. Now she teams up with her daughter in Mirror Mirror a rich and diverse--and very adult--celebration of the mother/daughter bond that spans generations and cultures. In this collection of forty folktales from the well-known "Snow White" Germany and "Cinderella" France to the the lesser known "Mirabella" Portugal and tales from Sudan Palestine Africa China and Italy Mirror Mirror pays tribute to every kind of mother/daughter story. We meet strong mothers obsessive mothers doting mothers and the quintessential wicked stepmothers. Complete with a personal commentary from Yolen and Stemple that accompanies each group of tales Mirror Mirror is perfect for mother/daughter reading groups and the ultimate gift for Mother's Day and all year-round. Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 036766 ISBN : 0670889075 9780670889075
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Fleming Fergus; Lothian Alan; Duncan Baird Publishers
The Way to Eternity: Egyptian Myth
Time Life Education 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Like-new copy. Appears unread. Over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 144 pages. Synopsis It was a time of great fascination with the physical world and with life after death. Hear about divine creators sacred animals great pyramids preparations for eternity and magic in this ancient land. From the Mummy's Curse to royal tales of enchantment learn how Egyptians sought to explain birth death creation love and mysteries other of life. Time Life Education Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035962 ISBN : 0705435032 9780705435031
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Bryan Ashley
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks: And Other African Folk Tales
New York New York U.S.A.: Atheneum 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $13.95. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Very-nicely illustrated by the author. Previous owner's name label small in book front on blank page The Elwoods - Jacksonville Illinois. Tight spine bright pages. Annotation Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa Angolan Masai and Bushmen people of Africa. Atheneum Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033392 ISBN : 068931311X 9780689313110
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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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Delgado Pat
Crop Circles: Conclusive Evidence
United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Like-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: 14.99 British Pounds. 159 pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears. Synopsis Following on from the success of "Circular Evidence" and "Crop Circles: the Latest Evidence" this book presents the most recent developments in the unsolved mystery of crop circles. This book contains over 100 aerial photographs and groundshots - all in colour - of the latest manifestations of the crop-circle phenomenon both in the UK and abroad. In the summer of 1991 the ever-increasing complexity of the pictograms took a giant leap forward when the Mandelbrot set - an intricate and extremely difficult to produce chaotic mathematical pattern - was created in a crop field near Cambridge. The implications of its appearance which has been the subject of high-level scientific debate are discussed fully as are the results of research laboratory tests carried out on samples taken from crop formations on both sides of the Atlantic. Also included is a detailed account of the widely publicized affair involving claims that the circles were the work of hoaxers as well as an exploration of the efficacy and validity of surveillance projects in the quest to witness and/or record a circle's creation. Bloomsbury Pub Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032894 ISBN : 0747512825 9780747512820
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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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Craughwell Thomas J.
The Baby on the Car Roof and 222 More Urban Legends
New York New York U.S.A.: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Incorporated 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears. 269 pages. Synopsis Sensational but true or are they The urban legends in this compilation will make you smile giggle groan in disgust empathize with tragedy or flat out laugh out loud. They are irresistibly intriguing packed with wit allegory and bizarre twist and turns and they're just plausible enough to hold our fascination. While urban legends are often fiction from a twisted mind they continue to circulate as truth; "This happened to a friend of a friend." Perhaps you have already heard a few of the stories as truly happening to a brother of your cousin's roommate or some other combination of once removed. Common variations and possible story basis reveal the real saga behind the legend and often poke fun at the media outlets that print them as fact. Urban legends share an uncanny ability to travel by word of mouth - often with a few substitutions catering to the needs of whoever is telling them. It's the intriguing nature of the stories - distinctly dark invariably humorous - on which they thrive. They play on our collective fears and anxieties and part of their lure is that no one can be sure which stories are true which are elaborate embellishments of fact and which are entirely made up by seasoned storytellers to fill their repertoire. Some are famed others are lesser known. The urban legends here are arranged by genre from the infamous baby that was left on the car roof during a trip to John Wayne dodging the draft - plus hundreds more strange-but-not-perhaps-not-completely untrue anecdotes. The Baby on the Car Roof offers us a glimpse of pop culture's perverse fantasy life as well as an authoritative reference of contemporary folklore with stories so seductive that they may in the end have happened to a friend of yours. For more urban legends check out Alligators in the Sewer and 222 Other Urban Legends also by Thomas J. Craughwell. Biography Thomas J. Craughwell has written every edition of the Book Lover's Page-A-Day Calendar since it first appeared in 1995. He is the author of Every Eye Beholds You: A World Anthology of Prayer which was a Main Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club and a selection of History Book Club. He resides in Sleepy Hollow New York. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030220 ISBN : 1579121470 9781579121471
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Brunvand Jan Harold
The Mexican Pet: More "New" Urban Legends and Some Old Favorites
W W Norton & Co Inc 1988. Book. Very Good . Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright pages. 221 pages. Illustrated. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Synopsis The Barnes & Noble Review It is the charm of Mr. Brunvand's scholarship and presentation that he delivers the sad news of the falsehood of these stories without being professorially reproachful toward those of us who have relayed them. Annotation "Together these new wives' tales merge as an American picaresque a compilation of myths that keep the telephone wires humming and cocktail parties doubly fueled."--Time. W W Norton & Co Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 029224 ISBN : 0393305422 9780393305425
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Brunvand Jan Harold
The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings
New York New York U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company Incorporated 1989. Book. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine bright pages. 208 pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. - Synopsis The book that launched America's urban legend obsession! The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and research this book is a must-have for urban legend lovers. About the Author: : Jan Harold Brunvand lives in Salt Lake City where he is professor emeritus at the University of Utah. W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027178 ISBN : 0393951693 9780393951691
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Brunvand Jan Harold
The Choking Doberman: And Other "New" Urban Legends
Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc 1986. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition - NO writing marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings - 240 pages - Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends those improbable believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend. W W Norton & Co Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027187 ISBN : 0393303217 9780393303216
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Foster James Arranged & Edited
World's Great Folktales: A Collection of 172 of the Best Stories from World Folklore
New York New York U.S.A.: Galahad Books 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 632 pages. Galahad Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 025396 ISBN : 0883658836 9780883658833
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Sherman Josepha selected and retold by
Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales
Little Rock Arkansas U.S.A.: August House Pub Inc 1993. Book. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-nice clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. Stated First Edition. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Nicely illustrated. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 171 pages. - Although the 46 tales in this collection are as varied as the countries or regions from which they come Poland central Asia and Morocco for example nearly all of them have been carried and passed on by immigrants to America. As a result this collection is a world tour between two covers but not at the expense of the unifying element common to these stories: their uniquely Jewish flavor an emphasis on doing the right thing on surviving by cleverness and kindness and on the need for keeping . From The Critics Library Journal Sherman author of A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore August House 1992 has brought together a treasure of stories--46 tales from places as disparate as Poland central Asia and Morocco. All are one or two pages in length perfect for reading aloud and have been passed on by immigrants to their children. The stories are meant for children but their freshness and clarity will find them an adult audience as well. The Jewish emphasis on doing the right thing on surviving by cleverness and kindness and on maintaining a good sense of humor at all costs is seen throughout the collection. There are magical tales such as ``The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' and ``The Dancing Demons'' clever tales such as ``The Slave Who Was a Dectective'' and the title story where Rachel the Clever outwits the the king. Sherman's retelling is masterful making these delightful stories available to a new generation. Highly recommended.-- Molly Abromowitz Silver Spring Md. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. August House Pub Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 025462 ISBN : 0874833078 9780874833072
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Brunvand Jan Harold
Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends
W W Norton & Co Inc 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Near-new copy . NO remainder marks or price clippings - NO tears - Illustrated - 480 pages - Price inside dustcover: $29.95 - Stated First Edition - Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book - Alligators in the sewers A pet in the microwave A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control No it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: It's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are you are sure to find at least one story in this colossal collection you always believed and would have sworn was true. Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting this modern folklore for over twenty years. In Too Good to Be True he captures the best stories in their best retellings along with their latest variations and examples of how the stories have changed as they move from person to person and place to place. To help you find your favorite Brunvand has arranged the tales thematically. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019818 ISBN : 0393047342 9780393047349
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BARTH John
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor.
<p>Boston: Little Brown & Company 1991. <i><b>Signed and Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: To Kathy John Barth.</b></i> First edition / First printing. Black paper spine teal paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.</p> Little, Brown & Company, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14524-1 ISBN : 0316082511 9780316082518
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SELZNICK Brian.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
New York: Scholastic Press 2007. First edition / First printing. Black laminated boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight fading to the spine. Winner of 2008 Caldecott Medal. Basis for the Scorsese film. Scholastic Press, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15699-1 ISBN : 0439813786 9780439813785
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Yee Gale A. editor
POOR BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE : Woman as Evil in the Hebrew Bible
Fortress Press 2003. 298pp. Trade paperback no names or markings in text VG chapter notes and references bibliography indices Explains how women of the Bible were portrayed as 'wicked women' . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Fortress Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : wb6042319 ISBN : 0800634578 9780800634575
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TAN Amy with illustrations by Gretchen Schields
The Moon Lady.
<p>New York: Macmillan 1992. <em><strong>Inscribed by Tan : To Vanna Moon magic wishes. Amy Tan and additionally signed by Schields and dated in the year of publication</strong></em>. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket.</p> Macmillan, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9025 ISBN : 0027888304 9780027888300
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SENDAK Philip with illustrations by Maurice Sendak
In Grandpa's House.
<p>New York: Harper & Row 1985. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Fine in about fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear.</p> Harper & Row, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8493 ISBN : 0060254629 9780060254629
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MacFarlan Allan A.
American Indian Legends
New York: The Heritage Press 1968. Very Good Hardcover 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Jackson Everett Gee. The Heritage Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 190114-MYB64
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Leodhas Sorche Nic; Illustrated By Nonny Hogrogian
Ghosts Go Haunting
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1965. 1965. Blue boards with bumped corners; dust jacket worn with a few jagged tears and chipping at spine ends price clipped. A collection of stories about Scottish ghosts with woodcut illustrations. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Nonny Hogrogian. 8vo. Holt Rinehart and Winston Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008218
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Blyth Alan
"Lohengrin": The Story of Wagner's Opera
Julia MacRae Books 1981. 29pp. Tall hardback with glossy illustrated boards very light rubbing at corner tips no DJ full page llustrations A retelling of Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maria Antonietta Gambaro . Julia MacRae Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w190126314 ISBN : 0862030684 9780862030681
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Anderson Walter; Christiansen Reidar Th.; et al
FF Communications edited for the Folklore Fellows Vol. LXXII no 178
Helsinki 1959. TPB. G. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. COVERS WORN; PAGES MOSTLY UNUSED UNCUT . /KEYWORDS/: Oral tradition.; Helsinki paperback
Bookseller reference : 75106
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SWIFT Jonathan
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1963. VERY GOOD condition in VERY GOOD pictorial boards. HARDCOVER. 1963. THIRD PRINTING. Part of The Companion Library of Classics series. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Jo Polseno. 248 pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some edge wear. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued. Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001763
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WARNER Gertrude Chandler
THE BOXCAR CHILDREN #6 ~Blue Bay Mystery
Il: Whitman 1989. FINE condition in FINE original paper wraps. SOFTCOVER. 1989. REPRINT. LATER PRINTING. AS NEW bound in original bright yellow pictorial paper wraps. Square and tight UNREAD no creasing. Forever Young. Children's Adventure. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine/Original Wraps. Whitman Paperback
Bookseller reference : 001515 ISBN : 0807507946 9780807507940
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Seymour Miranda
Medea: A Novel
NY: St. Martin's Press 1982. Clean and tight textblock. Small tear near foot of spine on front cover light spine extremity wear and shelf wear. Unclipped dust jacket with a few small tears to head of spine and minor shelf wear. 248pp. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB5734 ISBN : 0312525303 9780312525309
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Clarke M. Selected and Edited by
Stories from the Arabian Nights: Eclectic School Readings
NY: American Book Company 1897. Textblock lightly aged else tight and clean. Binding is a bit dingy and worn-out looking has a sunned spine and overall light shelf wear; 271p. Illustrated Cloth. Good. Illus. by Plates/Engravings. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hardcover. American Book Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB5703
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Paul Schneider
Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend
JR Books 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st UK printing with full number line. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book & jacket are in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. . JR Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030069 ISBN : 1906779481 9781906779481
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Phillippa Pearce; H. C Andersen
Stories from Hans Christian Andersen; Classics for today
Collins 1972. Book. Illus. by Pauline Baynes. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and carefully read. The green cloth cover has a little minor bumping & fading along the top edge. Internally the book is in excellent clean condition with clean pages. No inscription or ownership markings. The jacket is protected by a clear plastic cover which was attached by te publisher & which has some corner wear. Price clipped. Illustrated in colour. . Collins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030072 ISBN : 0001847678 9780001847675
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