A Description of Edwin Austin Abbey's Quest of the Holy Grail. A Frieze in...

Boston 1936 Association Publications. 7 1/2 cloth HB. 30 p. Fifteen plates in color, details in B&W from paintings in the Boston Public Library. owner's name tiny on front ep., light cornerwear on covers, otherwise VG n

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Book number: 1663

Catalogue: Art Mythology

ARTZYBASHEFF, BORIS

Poor Shaydullah

New York 1931 Macmillan. 9 cloth HB. Illustrated by the author. Journey through the deserts to meet Allah. owner's name tiny on front ep., cover lightly faded towards spine. VG n

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Book number: 2378

Catalogue: Children's/Mythology

ASHE, GEOFFREY

From Caesar to Arthur

London 1961 Collins. 8 1/2 cloth HB. 320 p. Third printing. owner's name and notes on front ep., some underlining and marginalia in pencil and fine pen, dust jacket edgeworn and chipped. VG in G dust jacket n

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Book number: 1662

Catalogue: Mythology History

BECKWITH, MARTHA

The Kumulipo. A Hawaiian Creation Chant

Chicago 1951 Univ. of Chicago. 8 1/2 inch cloth HB. 257 p. First edition thus. With 3 B&W plates, translations and appendices including Kalakaua Text. owner's name on front ep., dust jacket price clipped, jacket lightly toned on spine.Near Fine in VG jacket n

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Book number: 2742

Catalogue: Mythology

BRYSON, BERNARDA

Gilgamesh. Man's First Story

New York Holt, Rhinehart & Winston. 11 1/4 paper over boards HB. 112 p. First edition. owner's name and inscription on front ep. and a note on colophon, dust jacket price clipped and all ages underlined on flap by owner. Near Fine in VG + jacket n

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Book number: 1831

Catalogue: Mythology

CARLYLE, THOMAS

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History. Six Lectures

New York 1859 Wiley & Halstead. 7 1/2 inch cloth with gold-stamped leather spine. 218 p. plus ads. Ohio School Library bookplate and spine stamp, no other library markings. Marbled edges & endpages. The Hero as Divinity, Prophet, King...etc.corners lightly bumped, cloth worn to the boards on opening edges & corners, leather worn on spine tips and edges with fine cracks at sides, light scattered foxing within, otherwise clean, bright and tight. VG n

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Book number: 200386

Catalogue: Mythology

CASWELL, HELEN

Shadows From the Singing House. Eskimo Folk Tales

Edmonton 1970 M.G. Hurtig. 9 cloth HB. 108 p. Second Printing. Illustrations by Robert Mayokok. owner's name tiny and neat at top of title page, very small tear on jacket, and price clipped, otherwise Near Fine in VG+ jacket n

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Book number: 2568

Catalogue: Mythology

CHASE, RICHARD

Quest for Myth

Baton Rouge 1949 Louisiana State Univ. Press. 9 1/4 cloth HB. 150 p. Reflections on nature of mythology. owner's name neatly on front ep., dust jacket edgeworn and torn, spine faded. VG in G dust jacket n

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Book number: 1267

Catalogue: Mythology

CURCIJA-PRODANOVIC, NADA

Yugoslav Folk-Tales

London 1957 Oxford Univ. Press. 9 cloth HB. 210 p. Illustrated by Kiddell-Monroe. Volume VIII of Oxford Myths and Legends Series. owner's name tiny on half-title page, dust jacket clipped with a crease on spine and small pencil mark on front.VG+ in VG jacket n

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Book number: 2372

Catalogue: Mythology

DAMES, MICHAEL

Mythic Ireland

New York 1992 Thames & Hudson. 9 1/2 cloth HB. 272 p. 152 B&W illustrations. First US edition. Inventory of Irish myth by location. Notes, bibliography, glossary and index. without dust jacket. Near Fine n

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Book number: 2269

Catalogue: Mythology

DEGH, LINDA

Folktales of Hungary

Chicago 1969 Univ. of Chicago Press. 8 wraps. 381 p. Second impression. slight spine crease, owner's name tiny on front ep. VG+ n

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Book number: 2572

Catalogue: Mythology

ELIOT, ALEXANDER

Creatures of Arcadia and Creatures of a Day

New York 1967 Bobbs-Merrill. 8 1/2 inch cloth HB. 157 p. Illustrated by Eugene Berman. Classical animal stories from Greek & Roman mythology. owner's name tiny on front ep., dust jacket has slight edgewear. Near Fine in VG jacket n

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Book number: 2676

Catalogue: Mythology

EMRICH, MARION VALLAT ED.

The Child's Book of Folklore. American Songs, Games, Riddles, Tales, Rhymes...

New York 1947 Dial Press. 8 1/2 cloth HB. 240 p. Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave. owner's name tiny on front ep., dust jacket slightly faded on spine with chipping and small tears at spine tips. VG+ in VG jacket n

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Book number: 2602

Catalogue: Mythology

FRAZER, JAMES GEORGE

Adonis Attis Osiris

New Hyde Park 1961 University Books. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, In Two Volumes Bound as One. 9 1/2 inch cloth HB. 321 p. With 16 B&W plates. dust jacket has slight edgewear and small tears, front upper corner lightly bumped,otherwise very clean, bright and tight. VG in G+ jacket n

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Book number: 3463

Catalogue: Mythology

HABTE-MARIAM, MESFIN

The Rich Man and the Singer. Folktales From Ethiopia

New York 1971 E.P. Dutton. 9 1/2 cloth HB. 86 p. First edition. Illustrated and edited by Christine Price. dust jacket edge and corner worn with small tears. Near Fine in VG- jacket n

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Book number: 2371

Catalogue: Mythology

INSLEY, BERNICE

Indian Folklore Tales. Illustrated by Russell Insley

New York 1952 Exposition Press. 8 cloth HB. 71 p. First edition. Twenty stories from the Southwest tribes. owner's name tiny on front ep., otherwise Near Fine in VG jacket n

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Book number: 2387

Catalogue: Mythology

LOCHHEAD, MARION

The Battle of the Birds and Other Celtic Tales

Edinburgh 1981 James Thin. 8 3/4 paper over boards. 148 p. Illustrated by Pat Hannah. Tales from Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Brittany. dust jacket has original price sticker on front flap. Fine in Near Fine jacket n

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Book number: 2374

Catalogue: Mythology

LOOMIS, ROGER SHERMAN

The Grail. From Myth to Christian Symbol.

Cardiff 1963 Univ. of Wales Press. 8 1/2 cloth HB. 287 p. First edition. owner's Name and notes on front ep., some small amount of underlining and marginalia, dust jacket faded and edgeworn with some tears and chipping. VG in G- jacket n

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Book number: 1664

Catalogue: Mythology

MACMANUS, SEUMAS

Heavy Hangs the Golden Grain

New York 1950 Macmillan. 8 1/4 inch cloth HB. 199 p. First printing, Inscribed by author on front ep. Ninety-one folk tales. jacket worn on the corners, otherwise VG+ in G+ jacket n

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Book number: 3304

Catalogue: Mythology

MASSON, ELSIE

Folk Tales of Brittany

Philadelphia 1929 Macrae Smith. 10 1/4 inch printed paper over boards with cloth spine HB. 191 p. With drawings by Thornton Oakley. owner's name tiny on front ep., corners bumped, slight toning of covers towards top with some stains. VG n

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Book number: 2761

Catalogue: Mythology

MILLER, HELEN HILL

The Realms of Arthur

New York 1069 Charles Scribner's Sons. 10 1/4 inch cloth HB. 235 p. First edition. Fully illustrated in B&W photos. owner's name on front ep., owners note on half-title page in fine pen, illustrations in first chapter annotated by owner in fine pen.dust jacket price clipped and slightly edgeworn. VG+ in G jacket n

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Book number: 2707

Catalogue: Mythology

MORRIS, H.F.

The Heroic Recitations of the Bahima of Ankole

Oxford 1964 Clarendon Press. 8 1/2 cloth HB. 143 p. Oxford Library of African Literature. Parallel translations of Cattle Raid narrations. owner's name tiny on front ep., otherwise Fine in Near Fine jacket n

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Book number: 2370

Catalogue: Poetry/Mythology

PHILIP, NEIL

The Tale of Sir Gawain

New York 1987 Philomel Books. 9 1/2 cloth HB. 103 p. First US edition. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. Fine in Fine dust jacket n

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Book number: 2169

Catalogue: Mythology/Fiction

PORTER, ENID

The Folklore of East Anglia. Folklore of the British Isles series

London 1974 BT Batsford. 8 1/2 cloth HB. 192 p. First edition. With chapter illustrations by Gay John Galsworthy. dust jacket slightly faded towards spine, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dust jacket n

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Book number: 1809

Catalogue: Mythology

QUINN, ESTHER CASIER

The Quest of Seth

Chicago 1962 Univ. of Chicago Press. 8 3/4 cloth HB. 196 p. owner's name on front ep., underlinings and marginalia in fine pen. G+ in G+ dust jacket n

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Book number: 1345

Catalogue: Religion Mythology