Campbell, Joseph

Historical Atlas of World Mythology. Volume II: The Way of the Seeded Earth. Part 3: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Middle and Southern Americas. (Part 3 Only)

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1989). (1989). New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1989). (1989). Fine. - Quarto [14-1/4 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide], black cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with some small score marks to the rear panel. [vii] & pages 252-387 plus appendix [x-xxiii]. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Book club edition. Fine .

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Book number: 21167

Catalogue: Mythology & Legends

Keywords: MYTHOLOGY; JOSEPH CAMPBELL; HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY; THE WAY OF THE SEEDED EARTH; MYTHOLOGIES OF THE PRIMITIVE PLANTERS; THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN AMERICAS; ILLUSTRATIONS; AGRICULTURE; NATIVE AMERICANS; LEGENDS; FOLKLORE; MEXICO; SOUTH AMERICA;

Francke, A. H

Tibetische Hochzeitsleider. Ubersetzt Nach Handscriften Von Tag-Ma-Cig. Mit Einer Einleitung Uber Die Mythologie Der Tibetischen Sagenwelt Und Bildern, Meist Nach Aufnahmen Des Verfassers Von A.H. Francke Dr. Phil. Lieder in Die Ursprunglichen Versmasze Ubertragen Von Anna Paalzow

Hagen i. W. und Darmstadt, Folkwang-Verlag, 1923. 1923. Hagen i. W. und Darmstadt, Folkwang-Verlag, 1923. 1923. Good. - Quarto, pictorial paper covered pink & black boards. The backstrip is lacking. The boards are bumped, rubbed & soiled with a small area of the paper on the rear board rubbed away. Title, 71 & [1] pages plus 18 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The front hinge is cracked & the page edges are darkened. There is an owner's name on the front endpaper & a notation on the rear pastedown. There is a stain to one of the full-page illustrations & light staining to a few other illustration pages. Good only.

Tibetan wedding songs, transcribed and with an introduction on Tibetan mythology by A. H. Francke, and with the verses translated by Anna Paalzow. Many of the illustrations are from Tibetan rock drawings. The text is in German. Good .

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Book number: 7952

Catalogue: Mythology & Legends

Keywords: FOLKLORE; SONGS; VERSE; TIBETAN; WEDDING SONGS; MYTHOLOGY; DRAWINGS; ROCK DRAWINGS; ILLUSTRATIONS; A. H. FRANCKE; ANNA PAALZOW; TIBETISCHE HOCHZEITSLEIDER; TAG-MA-CIG.

(Leplae, Charles). Dasnoy, Albert

Gods and Men

London: Harvill Press - Editions Formes, (1947). (1947). London: Harvill Press - Editions Formes, (1947). (1947). Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are slightly bumped with a small white stain to the front cover. The dust jacket is soiled & darkened with a short tear to the rear fold. There is a piece out of the head of the dust jacket spine & a tear to the tail. vii & 122 pages. Black-and- white illustrations & vignettes from Grecian vases by Charles Leplae. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 8395

Catalogue: Mythology & Legends

Keywords: MYTHOLOGY; MYTHS; GREEK MYTHS; ANCIENT GREEKS; GODS AND MEN; ALBERT DASNOY; PAINTER; BELGIAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; DRAWINGS; GREEK VASES; SCULPTOR; CHARLES LEPLAE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Lettsom, William Nanson; translator

The Nibelungenlied: The Fall of the Nibelungers, Otherwise the Book of Kriemhild. Fourth Edition

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. 1903. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. 1903. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on spine. The binding is rubbed; the covers are bumped with areas of light staining to the covers & a white mark to the rear cover. There is light foxing & staining to the endpapers & prelims with 2 owners' ink names on the front pastedown, a small blank label on the rear pastedown & an ink notation on the title; a number of leaves have been roughly opened with short tears to or pieces out of the front edges; there are few ink notations & markings in the text. Despite its flaws, a good tight copy.

Fourth edition. Good .

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Book number: 2835

Catalogue: Mythology & Legends

Keywords: LEGENDS; GERMAN; NIBELUNGENLIED; NIBELUNGERS; BOOK OF KRIEMHILD; VERSE TRANSLATION; WILLIAM NANSON LETTSOM.