SKEELS Dell
Romance of Perceval in Prose: A Translation of the E Manuscript of the Didot Perceval.
University of Washington Press 1961. Dust jacket is in just Good condition wiht edgewear and some small tears. Binding is secure. Ships today or next business day. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. University of Washington Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 224911
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Blumberg Rhoda
THE TRUTH ABOUT DRAGONS
Four Winds Press 1980. 55pp. Oblong Hardback with black cloth spine and brown boards DJ has light rubbing and wear and couple tiny tears along edges First Printing bibliography b&w illustrations "A whimsically authoritative treatise on dragons provides the definitive account of the physical appearance size habitat diet domestic arrangements and social order of the two distinct species of dragons--the Eastern and the Western" . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Murray Tinkelman . Four Winds Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w190126292 ISBN : 0590075705 9780590075701
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Rebecca L. Torstrick
Culture and Customs of Israel Culture and Customs of the Middle East
<p>Hardback 188 pages as new condition. </p> Greenwood Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1408 ISBN : 0313320918 9780313320910
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Moore Albert C.
Iconography of Religions: An Introduction
Philadelphia: Fortress Press 1977. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Fortress Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 110408-E286 ISBN : 0800604881 9780800604882
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Kimmel Eric A. retold by
THE TALE OF ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP : A Story From the Arabian Nights
Holiday House 1992. c.32pp. Over sized hardback with red cloth spine and blue boards DJ VG inscribed and signed by Eric Kimmel on front end page publishers reinforced binding full page color illustrations The Tale of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp A Story From the Arabian Nights . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ju-hong Chen . Holiday House Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226278 ISBN : 0823409384 9780823409389
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McDermott Gerald retold by
DAUGHTER OF EARTH : A Roman Myth
Delacorte 1984. c.30pp. Oblong maroon cloth hardback with DJ VG First Printing When Pluto wrongly takes Proserpina to be his bride in the Underworld Ceres mother of Proserpina and goddess of the Earth withdraws into a cave to mourn and refuses to permit crops to grow . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gerald McDermott. Delacorte Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226279 ISBN : 0385292945 9780385292948
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Knapp Bettina L.
Women Myth and the Feminine Principle
Albany NY U.S.A.: Albany NY U.S.A.: State University of New York Press 1997 1997. Paperback. VG. 277pp. Index Biblio. Notes. Wear extremities sticker back. Paperback. VG. Albany, NY, U.S.A.: State University of New York Press, 1997 Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 047244 ISBN : 0791435288 9780791435281
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Christopher Healy
The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle
New York: Walden Pond Press 2013. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 12mo 479 pages green boards inch tear at rear fold soft crease to rear flap of dj. <br/><br/>Signed by Healy on the title-page. Drawings by Todd Harris. "The princes in THE HERO'S GUIDE may not be charming but Healy's romp of a book about them most certainly is - Los Angeles Times." Walden Pond Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0009754 ISBN : 0062118455 9780062118455
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Shulevitz Uri
THE TREASURE
Farrar Straus & Giroux 1978. c.32pp. Blue cloth hardback DJ VG with a small tear along back upper edge inscribed and signed by author/illustrator on front end page The retelling of a folktale Isaac hears a voice tell him to go look for treasure under a bridge near the royal palace . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Uri Shulevitz. Farrar Straus & Giroux Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226264 ISBN : 0374377405 9780374377403
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McVitty Walter retold by
ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES
Harry N Abrams 1988. c.32pp. Dark green hardback DJ VG with one tiny tear on front lower edge full page illustrations A retelling of the folktale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Margaret Early . Harry N Abrams Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226272 ISBN : 0810918889 9780810918887
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Association for Childhood Education International. Literature Committee and Jones Elizabeth Orton
Told under the magic umbrella : modern fanciful stories for young children
<p>xiv 248 p. : incl. col. front. ill. ; 24 cm. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile.</p><p>ex library book</p><p>signed by previous owner</p><p>Children</p> Macmillan hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio89344
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Grimm
The Illustrated Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
<p>Text in German English. 325 p. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile.</p><p>Signed by previous owner</p><p>Children</p> Gramercy hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio89154 ISBN : 0517285258 9780517285251
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Lofting Hugh
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
<p>x p. 1 . 359 p. col. front. illus. 21 cm. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile.</p><p>Signed by previous owner</p><p>Children</p> J.B. Lippincott hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio89202
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Joseph Campbell Bill Moyers
The Power of Myth
<p>Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 231 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.</p> Doubleday hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio89046 ISBN : 0385247737 9780385247733
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Seton Williams MV
Greek Legends and Stories
<p>176 p. Audience: General/trade.</p><p>Ancient civilizations</p> Fall River Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio89065 ISBN : 076072153X 9780760721537
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Peter Cashorali
Fairy Tales: Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men
<p>Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 181 p. Audience: General/trade.</p><p>Signed by previous owner</p> HarperCollins hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio7273 ISBN : 0062513087 9780062513083
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Stephen Spender Sophocles
Oedipus Trilogy: King Oedipus Oedipus at Colonos Antigone
<p>Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Audience: General/trade.</p> Random House hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio4311 ISBN : 0394544838 9780394544830
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Segal Erich
Fairy Tale
46 p. illus. 25 cm. Includes Illustrations. Harper & Row hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio2002 ISBN : 0060138289 9780060138288
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Sapre Reshma
The Unfortunate Tale of Kachuva the Tortoise: As Told By Chukwa Sulcata Tales of India
<p>Good Condition</p> Hathi Chiti Books for Kids hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio462 ISBN : 0982936206 9780982936207
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Galdone Paul
Cinderella Folk Tale Classics
<p>Good Condition</p> HMH Books for Young Readers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio461 ISBN : 0547988672 9780547988672
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WEGMAN William
William Wegman: Cinderella.
<p>New York: Hyperion 1993. <em><strong>Signed with drawing of a dog on the half-title page: to Katherine William Wegman '94</strong></em>. <strong>Second printing</strong>. Black paper-covered boards Fine in near fine dust jacket with small tear at the front flap fold.</p> Hyperion, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14922-1 ISBN : 1562823493 9781562823498
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Andersen Hans Christian; Marlee Alex \trans.\
The Nightingale
Montreal: Novalis/Scandinavia 1984. Hardcover. VG. Francois Crozat. Canadian edition published by Christian publishing house � Scandinavia Publishing House. Scandinavia Fairy Tales Creative Character Building. 45 p. colour illustrations. Small exposed spot base of spine. <br/> <br/> Novalis/Scandinavia hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 406
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Andersen Hans Christian
The Snow Queen
<p>Red covers with black wrting and decorations. No dustjacket. Black marker 2 inch stripe on top of title page. Some fading to spine and 2 inches on front cover. Wonderful illustrations on endpapers and throughout the book in black and white and red.</p> E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio282box4
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J. Carter Beard
Billy Possum
<p>1909 Frederick A. Stokes Company. Illustration by Culmer Barnes. Cover is worn on all edges corners and spine. Text is clear and unmarked pages slightly tanned with age. Owner's name on blank fourth page.</p> Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio135
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CZOERNIG, Karl von
Ethnographie der oesterreichischen Monarchie. 3 Bände (alles Erschienene).
Wien, Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1855 (Auf dem Deckel: 1857). 4to. XX, 675 S.; VIII, 372 S.; VIII S., S. 3-286, 104 S. Mit 1 mehrfach gefalteten Tabelle, 1 mehrfach gefalteten, farbigen "Orographischen Skizze von Niederösterreich" u. 1 doppelblattgr. farbigen "Geologischen Karte des Erzherzogthums Österreich". Bedruckte Originalpappbände (beschabt, bestoßen u. verstaubt, Rücken u. Deckel mit alten Bibliotheksetiketten). [2 Warenabbildungen]
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 621549
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Crouch Marcus. Illustrated By William Stobbs
The Ivory City. and Other Stories from India and Pakistan
London: Pelham Books 1980 First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 176 pp. Illustrations by William Stobbs. Jacket has some very minor rubbing. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. BL2-2. Pelham Books hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 256393 ISBN : 0720711886 9780720711882
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J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Tolkien Diary
<p>Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade.</p> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio89573 ISBN : 0395636302 9780395636305
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Guinn Jeff editor
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SANTA CLAUS : It's Better to Give
Summit Group 1994. 283pp. Navy blue cloth spine with blue boards with gold specks DJ VG with a tiny tear at upper rear corner tip First Printing resources Santa's favorite recipe b&w illustrations "A wonderful imaginational biography of Santa Claus from his early roots as St. Nicolas to the modern day Kris Kringle. Includes meetings with such historical figures as FelixLayla Attila the Hun King Arthur St.Francis Columbus Diedrich Knickerbocker Charles Dickens Teddy Roosevelt" . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Summit Group Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226253 ISBN : 1565301404 9781565301405
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Sanders Scott R.
HEAR THE WIND BLOW ; American Folk Songs Retold
Bradbury Press 1985. 202pp. Tan cloth spine with blue boards DJ VG First Printing b&w illustrations Twenty tales taken from folksongs reflecting American history . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ponder Goembel . Bradbury Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226258 ISBN : 0027781402 9780027781403
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Fairy Tales; Larned William Trowbridge retold by; Rae John Illus
Fairy Tales from France
Joliet: P F Volland & Co 1920 19th Edition. Illustrated boards spine chipped edge and corner wear binding tight top of spine bumped internally clean. A collection of french fairy tales beautifully illustrated in full color by John Rae. Later Printing. Good. Illus. by John Rae. 8vo. P F Volland & Co hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003530
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Minghella Anthony; Henson Jim
Jim Henson's "The Storyteller"
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1997. Good paperback. 1997. Paper Back. Good. Illus. by May Darcy. Alfred A. Knopf
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 150518-B16 ISBN : 0375702156 9780375702150
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Greenaway Kate Illus; Browning Robert Auth
Pied Piper of Hamelin
London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd No date but after 1917 based on printers imprint and address. 48 pgs. All edges plain we had another copy with edges stained yellow no known priority. Pictorial boards with cloth spine edges worn binding tight previous owner's bookplate to verso of FFEP pages clean though occasional foxing. A beautifully illustrated and printed edition of Browning's famous verse. Printed by Edmund Evans at the Rose Place address. Later Printing. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Kate Greenaway. Square 4to. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008176
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Wildsmith Brian Illus; Ikeda Daisaku Auth; McCaughtean Geraldine Trans
Snow Country Prince
New York: Knopf 1991. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket original price intact $15.00. A story with nuances of Japanese legend illustrated in full color throughout by award-winning illustrator Brian Wildsmith. . First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Brian Wildsmith. 4to. Knopf hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008170 ISBN : 0679819657 9780679819653
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Katz Brian P.
Deities and Demons of the Far East
Metro Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1567990916 . Stiff unmarked book in clean brick boards; in barely rubbed dust jacket. ; Myths of the World; 11.7 X 9.0 X 0.7 inches; 112 pages . Metro Books hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51141 ISBN : 1567990916 9781567990911
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Roberts Timothy R.
The Celts in Myth and Legend
Metro Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1567990924 . Stiff unmarked book in clean green cloth; in glossy dust jacket with touches of shelfwear. ; Myths of the World; 11.7 X 9.0 X 0.6 inches; 112 pages . Metro Books hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51142 ISBN : 1567990924 9781567990928
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Stewart Mary
The Wicked Day
New York: Morrow 1983. 1st ed. Hardcover. f0688025072. 1st US ptg. full cream cloth the tale of Mordred following her Crystal Cave Arthurian trilogy. A fine bright copy in fine unclipped dj appears unread. <br/><br/> Morrow hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26012 ISBN : 0688025072 9780688025076
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Lewis Marguerite
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT : The Children's Illustrator
Alleyside Press 1992. 48pp. Thin square softback VG color illustrations Biography of Randolph Caldecott illustrator of children's books . Soft Cover. Very Good. Alleyside Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226237 ISBN : 0913853224 9780913853221
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Ershoff Peter
Little Magic Horse signed
New York: Macmillan 1942. 1st ed. Hardcover. Bock Vera. Tall 8vo full navy cloth a Russian tale Konek-Gorbunok illustrated by Vera Bock in her best Artzybasheff style with solid color plates and dark gold decorations. Inscribed by the translator Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Very good in tattered jacket protected by acetate wrapper. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14757
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Schneider Michel
UN REVE DE PIERRE : Le Radeau De La Meduse. Gericault
Gallimard 1991. 179pp. Brown cloth hardback with DJ VG text in French b&w and color illustrations UN REVE DE PIERRE : Le Radeau De La Meduse. Gericaul A STONE DREAM: The Raft Of The Medusa . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Gallimard Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181126142 ISBN : 2070111784 9782070111787
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Carpenter Frances.
Tales of a Chinese Grandmother Tut Books. L
Rutland Vermont; Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1975. Book. Illus. by Hasselriis Malthe. VG. Trade Paperback. 2nd. 261 pgs yellow spine with red print Slight shelf wear Nice copy. Charles E. Tuttle Company Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : TY1529CL ISBN : 0804810427 9780804810425
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Bulfinch Thomas
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable The Age of Chivalry Legends of Charlemagne
London: Spring Books 1966. Textblock is very clean and tight. Bright orange cloth binding light bump to head of spine. Unclipped gently sunned dust jacket with moderate edge wear and several closed edge tears; 679p. including index. Second Impression. Orange Cloth. Near Fine/Good in mylar. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. Spring Books Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SB10774
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W. A. Cummins
King Arthur's Place in Prehistory: The Great Age of Stonehenge
Sutton Publishing 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book & unclipped jacket are in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. There is a tear to the rear section of the jacket but no loss. Illustrated in b/w. . Sutton Publishing Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 030038 ISBN : 0750901861 9780750901864
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Guirard Felix & Felix Guirand; Robert Graves
New Larousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology
Hamlyn / Prometheus Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. New Edition. Hardcover. 0600023516 . Tight square clean book in still bright dust jacket with touches of edgewear. 600 illustrations 32 full-colour plates. An impressive book. ; 11.5 X 8.5 X 1.6 inches; 500 pages . Hamlyn / Prometheus Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51093 ISBN : 0600023516 9780600023517
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olive beaupre miller
nursery friends from france
the cover corners are bumped. this is the 28th printing 1930 the book house for children hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio441
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Ruskin John; Browning Robert; et al.
Curious Stories about Fairies and Other Funny People
Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1856. Cloth. Good. Cloth. 303 pages with illustrations by Hammatt Billings. Wear and tear at the spine ends. Wear at corners. A few corner creases to interior pages and a few instances of foxing brown spotting. Moderate spine slant. <br /><br /> Ticknor and Fields hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 901095
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Harrison Hank
The Cauldron and the Grail: Ritual Astronomy and the Stones of the Ancients The Grail Trilogy Volume 1
Los Altos California: The Archives Press 1992. 289 pages with Appendices Subject Bibliography and Index. Illustrated maps drawings black and white photographs. The author traces the development of the sacred chalice through Celtic and Greek mythology Anthropology Astronomy and Archaeology. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The Archives Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 10015 ISBN : 0918501172 9780918501172
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Grootmoeders Rijmpjes en Versjes
Uitgeverij Verba 120pp. Small square hardback with glossy boards no DJ VG text in Dutch black silhouettes by Jan Lever Collection of poems verses and rhymes for children . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jan Lever . Uitgeverij Verba Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : w181226216 ISBN : 9072540255 9789072540256
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COCHRANE Charles Norris. Addison Joseph. Chosen and Edited by John Richard Green.
Essays of Joseph Addison.
London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. Reprint a volume in Macmillan's Golden Treasury Series. 16 cm x 11 cm publisher's dark blue cloth pp. xxiviii 378 2 pp. catalogue for the Golden Treasury series; portrait of Addison in centre of title page. This volume bears the ownership signature of classical scholar Charles Norris Cochrane 1889-1945 author of "Christianity and Classical Culture" 1940. George Parkin Grant considered "Christianity and Classical Culture" to be "the most important book ever written by a Canadian". Harold Innis referred to it as "the first major Canadian contribution to the intellectual history of the West". Here Cochrane has made five brief references to the text in pencil on the rear pastedown endpaper and an ink note to at least one page. Scratch to front cover 6 cm long else a very good copy. . London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. Reprint, a volume in Macmillan's Golden Treasury Series. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20198
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COCHRANE Charles Norris. Heine Heinrich. Selected and Arranged with Notes by CA. Buchheim. C. A.
Lieder und Gedichte.
London: Macmillan and Co. 1907. Reprint a volume in Macmillan's Golden Treasury Series. 16 cm x 11 cm publisher's dark blue cloth pp. xxix 376 4 pp. catalogue for the Golden Treasury series; portrait of Heine in centre of title page. This volume bears the ownership initials C.N.C of classical scholar Charles Norris Cochrane 1889-1945 author of "Christianity and Classical Culture" 1940. George Parkin Grant considered "Christianity and Classical Culture" to be "the most important book ever written by a Canadian". Harold Innis referred to it as "the first major Canadian contribution to the intellectual history of the West". Faint dampstain to upper right corner of front cover imprint at base of spine slightly rubbed else a very good copy. . London: Macmillan and Co., 1907. Reprint, a volume in Macmillan's Golden Treasury Series. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20199
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BISHOP Morris. Editor.
A Renaissance Storybook.
Ithaca: Cornell University 1971. First edition. Near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. Ithaca: Cornell University, (1971). First edition. unknown
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