The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Forgotten Books)
Forgotten Books, May 2008. Trade Paperback. More
Mythology
Mythology
Back Bay Books, September 1998. Trade Paperback. There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and..... More
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos Books)
Princeton University Press, 1973. Trade Paperback. Joseph Campbell's classic cross-cultural study of the hero's journey has inspired millions and opened up new areas of research and exploration. Originally published in 1949, the book hit the New York Times best-seller list in 1988 when it became the subject of The Power..... More
The Illustrated Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Gramercy, March 1988. Hardcover. Sixty classic fairy tales, including such childhood favorites as Hansel and Gretel, the Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, and more, are all here in this delightful collection that features the extraordinary artwork of Arthur Rackham in 16 full-color plates as well as black and white..... More
Amazons: A Study in Athenian Mythmaking
Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, January 1989. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Pages free of markings; Some pages slightly wavy, likely from exposure to moisture; An excellent copy. More
Chiron Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology: Gods and Goddesses, Heroes, Places, and Events of Antiquity
Chiron Publications, May 1997. Paper Back. A pocket guide presenting concise information on the mythology of these two cultures from Abdera to Zeuxippe, including gods, goddesses, heroes, kings and queens. Significant places, such as Mycenae, Crete, the Augean stables and the Garden of Hesperides are listed separately. Genealogical diagrams are..... More
Parallel Myths
Ballantine Books, October 1994. Trade Paperback. "Unusually accessible and useful . . . An eye-opener to readers into the universality and importance of myth in human history and culture."--William E. Paden, Chair, Department of Religion, University of Vermont For as long as human beings have had language, they have had..... More
Aesop's Fables
Doubleday, 1968. Book Club. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket mild to moderately worn w/ scuffing at rear, tattered at spine top and bottom; Jacket now housed in protective mylar for further preservation. More
Mythologies of the ancient world -- A229
Doubleday Anchor, 1961. Mass Market PaperBack. A Doubleday Anchor Original. First edition, 1961. Dust stains/darkening along the spine and at margins. Ink underlining and notes in at least two colors of ink (black & red) scattered occasionally through text. [480 pages]. More
Classic Fairy Tales
W. W. Norton & Company, November 1998. Paper Back. This Norton Critical Edition collects forty-four fairy tales, from the fifth century to the present. The Classic Fairy Tales focuses on six tale types: Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Cinderella, Bluebeard, and Hansel and Gretel, and..... More
The Homeric Hymns
Spring Publications, Inc., 1979. Paper Back. Second Edition, Revised, 1979; Covers and binding show mild to moderate wear from use; Text free of markings; A solid reading copy. More
Masks of God: Primitive Mythology
Penguin Books, January 1959. Trade Paperback. More
World of Odysseus: Revised Edition (Revised)
Penguin Group, March 1979. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn, spine un-creased; Previous owner initials present at publisher info page, text otherwise unmarked; Previous seller price sticker present at rear cover; A solid copy. More
Masks of God : Creative Mythology
Penguin Group USA Inc, March 1995. Trade Paperback. The whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own mythology. More
The Dawn of Time, Australian Aboriginal Myths
Rigby Limited, 1969. First Edition. Oversized Clothbound. Solid binding, mild wear at spine from use; Clean, sturdy boards with mild edge-wear present; Some foxing at outer edge of text block, foxing also present at end-pages and title pages; Text is clean; Pictures bright, clear and unmarked; Dust jacket shows mild..... More
The Greek Myths
Penguin, 1957. In Slipcase. Penguin; 1957; Hardcover; Two volume set in slipcase; Cloth w/ gilt text on spines; Very Good books in Good slipcase; No dust jackets present, as issued; Solid bindings; Clean, sturdy boards, with mild age wear present; Texts free of markings; Slipcase intact, shows moderate wear from..... More
Under the Yax'che Tree
Poustinia Foundation Project. Paper Back. Staples used for binding rusted; otherwise, very good conidition. More
Don't Know Much about Mythology: Everything You Need to Know about the Greatest Stories in Human History But Never Learned
HarperCollins Publishers, August 2006. Paper Back. In this fascinating installment of the New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About(R) series, Kenneth C. Davis explores the great myths of the world and their implications for art, science, religion and culture throughout history. What is an Egyptian pyramid doing on the..... More
The Greek Myths -- Complete and Unabridged Edition in One Volume
Moyer Bell Limited, December 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition. Octavo. In very good dustjacket. Black cloth covered spine with gold lettering along spine. Airforce blue paper covered boards. Sound binding with slight pull at head of spine. [412 pages]. More
Selected Fables of Jean de la Fontaine
Dover Publications, June 1968. Trade Paperback. All the imagination, whimsy, and invention that have made Alexander Calder's mobiles and stabiles so popular. 36 fables -- in rhymed translation by Eunice Clark -- with a Calder drawing for each fable and 12 additional vignettes. Includes -The Lion in Love- and -The..... More
Wooden Horse: The Liberation of the Western Mind from Odysseus to Socrates
Harry N. Abrams, September 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. The Wooden Horse is a powerful, provocative, and engaging new workby perhaps the worlds most insightful and acclaimed historian of the ancient worldthat establishes the foundation of the Western worlds conceptions of society, philosophy, and poetry by tracing the processes by which..... More
Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion
New World Library, July 2012. Trade Paperback. In these pages, beloved mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the Space Age. He posits that the newly discovered laws of outer space are actually within us as well, and that a new mythology is implicit in that realization. But what is this new mythology..... More
The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics, January 0001. Paper Back. Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the..... More
The Gods of Greece
Harry N. Abrams, March 1983. Cloth. Quarto. {9' x 11 & 1/2') In dustjacket with marginal darkening/foxing. Grey cloth covered boards with sun tanned edges. Silver stamped lettering along spine. End page design of fish pattern by Theodore Kalomirakis.[216 pages]. More
