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Mythology and Folklore

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	YÃœ [YU] HSIU SEN [SUN] (EDITOR); TRANSLATED BY KWEI-TING SEN; PREFACE BY H J C GRIERSON. Ancient Chinese Parables. Shanghai: Commercial Press Ltd 1935. Hardbound boards are 7.5 inches tall; pages are 7.25 inches 86 pages. Description: The text is in English and Chinese. This was most likely issued with paper covers, then bound in this library binding. The date is printed only on the title page; the verso of the title page is blank (other than a stamped library number). BINDING/CONDITION: very dark burgundy cloth; sturdy library binding; this is an EX-Library copy, with all the usual markings, several small pencil marks within the text; otherwise Good; no dust jacket. ISBN: B0008D33VW USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 055363 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LÃ‰VI-STRAUSS [LEVI-STRAUSS], CLAUDE; TRANSLATED BY JOHN AND DOREEN WEIGHTMAN. From Honey to Ashes: Introduction to a Science of Mythology, Volume 2. New York: Harper & Row 1973. 1st U.S. Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 512 pages. Bibliography, indexes. Description: Twenty-four figure illustrations. This volume continues Claude LÃ©vi-Strauss' s analysis of the myths of the South American Indians, begun in The Raw and the Cooked. This volume is so designed that it may be approached without reference to the previous book. The French anthropologist considers stories involving two of the major consumable substances of South America: honey and tobacco. (from the jacket flap). BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with gilt spine text; rubbing to the spine ends, otherwise a Very Good book; the jacket has a mark on the spine from a green felt pen, otherwise a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-06-012589-6 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 056233 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	REED, A W. Maori Myth and Legend. Wellington, New Zealand: A H & A W Reed 1983. Combined Edition. Hardbound 8vo (about 9.75 inches tall) 95 pages. Glossary. color illustrated endpapers. Description: This was originally published separately as Maori Legends (1972) and Maori Myth (1977). This combined edition has been revised. Features many outstanding b&w and color illustrations by Roger Hart. BINDING/CONDITION: black boards; slight rubbing to one corner, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket. ISBN: 0-589-01471-4 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 055753 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	TOUSSAINT-SAMAT, MAGUELONNE; EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY BARBARA WHELPTON; ILLUSTRATED BY RENÃ‰ PÃ‰RON (RENE PERON). Stories of the Crusades (Myths and Legends series). London: Burke Publishing October, 1975. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 192 pages. Description: This was originally published in French 1961; the first English translation in 1966. This edition is volume nine in the publisher's Myths and Legends series, under the general editorship of Barbara Whelpton. The illustrations by RenÃ© PÃ©ron include chapter tailpiece drawings, decorative chapters caps, and six color plates. BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise boards; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: 0-222-69381-9 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 054499 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.

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	YÃœ [YU] HSIU SEN [SUN] (EDITOR); TRANSLATED BY KWEI-TING SEN; PREFACE BY H J C GRIERSON. Ancient Chinese Parables. Shanghai: Commercial Press Ltd 1935. Hardbound boards are 7.5 inches tall; pages are 7.25 inches 86 pages. Description: The text is in English and Chinese. This was most likely issued with paper covers, then bound in this library binding. The date is printed only on the title page; the verso of the title page is blank (other than a stamped library number). BINDING/CONDITION: very dark burgundy cloth; sturdy library binding; this is an EX-Library copy, with all the usual markings, several small pencil marks within the text; otherwise Good; no dust jacket. ISBN: B0008D33VW USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 055363 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LÃ‰VI-STRAUSS [LEVI-STRAUSS], CLAUDE; TRANSLATED BY JOHN AND DOREEN WEIGHTMAN. From Honey to Ashes: Introduction to a Science of Mythology, Volume 2. New York: Harper & Row 1973. 1st U.S. Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 512 pages. Bibliography, indexes. Description: Twenty-four figure illustrations. This volume continues Claude LÃ©vi-Strauss' s analysis of the myths of the South American Indians, begun in The Raw and the Cooked. This volume is so designed that it may be approached without reference to the previous book. The French anthropologist considers stories involving two of the major consumable substances of South America: honey and tobacco. (from the jacket flap). BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with gilt spine text; rubbing to the spine ends, otherwise a Very Good book; the jacket has a mark on the spine from a green felt pen, otherwise a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-06-012589-6 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 056233 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	REED, A W. Maori Myth and Legend. Wellington, New Zealand: A H & A W Reed 1983. Combined Edition. Hardbound 8vo (about 9.75 inches tall) 95 pages. Glossary. color illustrated endpapers. Description: This was originally published separately as Maori Legends (1972) and Maori Myth (1977). This combined edition has been revised. Features many outstanding b&w and color illustrations by Roger Hart. BINDING/CONDITION: black boards; slight rubbing to one corner, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket. ISBN: 0-589-01471-4 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 055753 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	TOUSSAINT-SAMAT, MAGUELONNE; EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY BARBARA WHELPTON; ILLUSTRATED BY RENÃ‰ PÃ‰RON (RENE PERON). Stories of the Crusades (Myths and Legends series). London: Burke Publishing October, 1975. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 192 pages. Description: This was originally published in French 1961; the first English translation in 1966. This edition is volume nine in the publisher's Myths and Legends series, under the general editorship of Barbara Whelpton. The illustrations by RenÃ© PÃ©ron include chapter tailpiece drawings, decorative chapters caps, and six color plates. BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise boards; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: 0-222-69381-9 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 054499 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.