Penguin Group USA Inc, January 1998. Trade Paperback. The landmark study of world myth and culture Draws on myths, rituals, totems and taboos of ancient European and primitive cultures throughout the world. The third edition of this monumental study of folklore, magic, and religion was abridged by the authour into..... More
N/A, January 2006. Trade Paperback. Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed by critics and scholars, Stephen Mitchell's version allows us to ent. More
Penguin Classics, April 1965. Turtleback Binding. A story of guile, treachery, loyalty and desperate courage This great German epic poem of murder and revenge recounts with particular strength and directness the progress of Siegfried's love for the peerless Kriemhild, the wedding of Gunther - her brother - and Brunhild, the..... More
Harpercollins, August 1991. Trade Paperback. More
Cambridge University Press, December 1990. Trade Paperback. Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the foremost living African writers, here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth, ritual and literature in Africa. The ways in which the African world perceives itself as a cultural entity, and..... More
Liveright Publishing Corporation, September 2021. Hardcover. A cornerstone of world literature and a monument to the power of storytelling, the Arabian Nights has inspired countless authors, from Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe to Naguib Mahfouz, Clarice Lispector, and Angela Carter. Now, in this lavishly designed and illustrated edition of..... More
Thames & Hudson, April 2022. Hardcover. How do ancient Greek myths find themselves retold and reinterpreted in cultures across the world, several millennia later? In this volume, bestselling author Richard Buxton explores the power that eight iconic Greek myths hold in the modern world. Buxton traces these stories and archetypes..... More
Harpercollins, March 1990. Oversize Softcover. The renowned master of mythology is at his warm, accessible, and brilliant best in this illustrated collection of thirteen lectures covering mythological development around the world. More
W. W. Norton & Company, December 2003. Trade Paperback. Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a friend of a friend. The paperback version of Brunvand's latest collection of urban legends and folklore which was preceded..... More
Inner Traditions, April 2002. Trade Paperback. The fascinating biography that illuminates the man whose work changed modern culture - Gives a complete biographical view of Campbell's life and a personal perspective of who he was through the voices of his friends and colleagues - Written by two of Campbell's preeminent..... More
Indiana University Press, June 1962. Trade Paperback. The Golden Ass by Apuleius is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived in entirety from antiquity. It tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex..... More
Weatherhill, January 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto. {7 & 3/4' x 10 & 1/2} Edgeworn dustjacket, especialy at top. Sun bleached margins of rear jacket panel and spine. Flap is not clipped. Chocolate brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Textured golded ochre end pages. 295 pages. More
George Braziller, June 1975. First American. Cloth. Octavo in lightly edgeworn DJ. Front flap is not clippe. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering on spine. First published in England in 1891 and then its 2nd edition was 1892. In 1974 Architectural Press published this version, again in England. As..... More
Octagon Press, January 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. {5' x 8'} In dustjacket with edgewear & chipping at edges, a few small (1/2' tears and some tape reinforcement/repairs. Flap is not clipped. Navy blue textured-paper covered boards. Tanned end papers. Previous owner's name in ink and residue from sticker on..... More
FOREIGN LANGUAGES PRESS, January 1973. Reprint. Soft Cover. Small quarto. {6 & 3/4' x 9 & 3/4'} Rubbing. Considerable wear at edges & corners. Creased spine. Dust stains/foxing to textblock edges. 110 pages. More
Reed, January 1982. Trade Paperback. As is. A few turned page corners, edges of the print block tanned. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), January 1964. Trade Paperback. More
Vintage, May 1977. Trade Paperback. Octavo. Pencil underling and side notes scattered lightly through text. Decent reading copy for readers not distracted by underlining. 348 pages. More
Harpercollins, August 1991. Trade Paperback. More
Reeves and Turner, January 1892. Hardcover. No jacket. Cover is suuned toward the spine and spine's gilt lettering is rubbed. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Starting after front endpapers, half title page is loose, but pages are clean, foxing limited to front and back endpapers. More
Dover Publications, June 1969. Trade Paperback. Soils and national characteristics differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents the world over. So proved the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) with this now classic volume of 29 traditional tales from India, including some of the oldest recorded..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), September 1970. Trade Paperback. As is. Undelining in pencil on several pages. More
Dorset Press, January 1990. Hardcover. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. Cloth spine with bright copper lettering. More
Chelsea Publishing Co. Leather. No date, but was possibly printed in 1930s. Author not listed, but Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736 – 1794) was German writer credited with this classic adventure tale, and Rapse is discussed at length in Thomas Seccombe's introduction. The translator is unnamed. Navy blue leather cover deeply..... More
Doubleday, January 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Some minor dust staining in the edges of the print block. More
