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1986A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 221 pages. Many b&w line drawings. Sections on the Ganges, village life, Aryans , Dravidians, Gupta period, Modernizing agriculture, sacred cow, Hindu ways to god, Triad, caste system, symbols of, temple worship, marriage, Sunni and Shiite Moslems, Sikh, principles of, Buddhism, Jainism, the mosque, folklore, creation myths, folk art, classical arts, Festivals, Diwali, Holi, Baisakhi, Dussehra, etc.
1969A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full oatmeal colored cloth boards with wildlife design at bottom edge. Small tears and edge wear on price-clipped dust jacket. 110 pages. Sepia toned line drawings by Manuel Milan. This explores humans' conceptions and myths, and beliefs about animals.
1996Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 295 pages, packed with color photos, charts, maps floorplans of temples. An impressive introduction to the area.
2011Book is brand new and in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 336 pages with graphic endpapers, heavily illustrated throughout with large prints of paintings, sculpture, drawings, sketches, etc. Sections include: revolution by night ( Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernest) The color of my dreams (Joan Miro, Andre Masson) Behind the screen (surrealism and film) Spaces of the unconscious, The surrealist object, Myths, maps, magic, The lure of the Pacific Northwest (Wolfgang Paalen's film, Kwakwaka'wakw headdress & Andre Breton, Anatomies of desire, etc.
1993Book is in excellent condition but with a crunch to the back cover at lower edge, causing a wrinkle. This is the only blemish, otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 145 pages.
1992A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 230 pages.
1970Book shows very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. "Selections by monks, king,s adventurers, and court historians refute the "dark age" stigma that many historians have attached to the High Middle Ages. Their writings reveal and era of "rich and vital civilization" with flourishing arts, courageous military heroes, and romantic traditions of chivalry."
2007Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
1997A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 96 pages. Many photos and illustrations.
1973Book shows light wear to covers, a surface tear at upper spine, Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Contents include: Singers: performance and training, Songs and the song, Writing and oral tradition, Homer, Odyssey, Illiad, etc.
1957Book is in excellent condition, showing very slight shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light bottom edge wear only, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 383 pages, contents include: Historical criticism: theory of modes (fictional, tragic, fic, comic fic, thematic), Ethical criticism:theory of symbols (as motif and sign, as image, as archetype, as monad), Archetypal criticism: theory of myths, Rhetorical criticism: theory of genres, etc.
1890pp. vii, 206. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Title page loose. Penciled notations on rear fly leaf. 180mm. Original full purple cloth binding decorated and lettered in gold gilt. Corners bumped. Head and tail of spine worn with slight loss. Boards soiled. Hardbound. Good. CLASSICS BX 2
1926pp. 90, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Times Book Club label on rear paste down. Uncut. Inked ownership of J. P. Lever. 8vo. Original paper covered binding, damp stained but not effecting text. Original dust jacket, damp stained with extremities worn with slight loss. Hardbound. POETRY BOX 2
1908pp. xiv, 235 + Plus Folding Frontis and full page photographs. Top edge gold. Sm. 4to. Original full purple cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. Extremities worn without loss. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. Quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ISLAM BOX 1
1941pp. xii, 367. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn, torn with loss. Hardbound. Readers Club edition. SHELF W23
1953pp. 339 + Frontis + Numerous photo illustrations and drawings. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. **Manuscript presentation an a bar of music from the author on the title page. First edition. Starkie lived among and traveled with gypsies. He was a Romany Rye, with almost as large a reputation as that of the great Romany Rye of an earlier day, George Borrow. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1
196979p. Illustrated with numerous color paintings and black and white drawings by Ainslie Roberts. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, slightly worn at extremities. Original dust jacket with price, soiled and torn. Hardbound. TRAVEL/3
in-4° 81 pages, bl./wh. illustrations, maps, stitch., cover. Fine copy. [POR-2]
in-4° 180 pages, bl./wh. illustrations, maps, stitch., cover. Very fine copy. [PLC-10]
in-8 (27x18), xii + 278pp.avec 12 cartes et tabelles, stitch., cover. Fine copy. [CA29-2]
1986121 pages with index. Covers show wear but contents are quite nice. Seeks to dispel a few myths about the lives of some notable people from Vancouver's past. "The time has come to open the closets and let all our ancestors out"! Covers such topics as: Who kept the city's first house of ill-repute, who was the first man charge with keeping an illegal gaming establishment, etc. This carefully researched book is all absolutely true... and very funny. Book
1995124 pages including glossary. Very attractive glossy volume in giftable condtion. This abundantly illustrated, practical guide has been written specifically with the novice in mind. Packed with over 400 superb colour photographs, it aims to dispel the myths that surround bonsai, and to show the reader in a simple, down-to-earth way, just how easy growing bonsai can be. Acquiring suitable plants, root pruning, training techniques and general maintenance are all covered by detailed, step-by-step photographs and clear, easy-to-follow text. Book
1979223 pages including index. An essential manual for all who are childless and all who would like to have children. Includes thorough and practial explanations of: the normal process of human reproduction; the myths about producing a pregnancy; infertility tests - how and why they are done; infertility therapy - how it works; miscarriage; and more. With over 80 helpful charts and diagrams. Unmarked copy. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Book
198725 pages. "Long ago, Orca was only one colour, black, and she lived, like all the other sea animals, in the water, coming to the surface to breathe." Then she and Osprey fall in love, and the result is the black-and-white whale who loves to leap high out of the water and sing a song so beautiful that all creation listens. Unmarked. Bright blue illustrated covers. Author has previously retold two Indian myths for children. She lives in Robson, BC. Book
1995309 pages including index. Argues that we've got the wrong deficit culprit and before we all gather for the public shooting, we should consider the consequences. Some small creases to dust jacket flaps otherwise unmarked with very light wear. Book
