Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey / New York: Prentice-Hall / Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1967. Large Hardcover.
Tear to jacket spine head, jacket corners bumped. Ink name on front free endpaper.
441 pp. "By a series of cross-sections of Classical civilization at different times, he clarifies the many currents and connections.....
![Item #2299769 The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes [Bulfinch's Mythology]. Thomas...](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2299769.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644907913)
Boston: Sanborn, Carter, Bazin & Co., 1855. Third Edition. Hard Cover.
Third edition. Loss to spine head, tear to spine, hinges repaired with tape, ink notes on second flyleaf.
488 pp. Author's first book. "Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of general audience works by American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Fiore, Quentin. Full-Leather.
Gilt edges a bit scuffed, otherwise a very nice copy.
769, [1] pp. Original red full leather, gilt titles, gold and blue decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Burton's translation of The Arabian Nights remains.....
Ipswich / Great Britain: The Limited Editions Club / W.S. Cowell, Ltd., 1954. Szyk, Arthur. Hard Cover.
Limited edition, #1160 of 1500 copies. Small surface tear on base panel of one slipcase. Boards of volume one lightly soiled. Gilt on spine of all volumes lightly rubbed.
Four volume set in.....
New York: Penguin Books, 1977. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprints. Ink name on Primitive Mythology and Oriental Mythology. All volumes: Spine creased, edge wear, pages toned.
Complete four volume set. "Written between 1962 and 1968, Campbell's four-volume work The Masks of God covers mythology from around the world, from ancient to.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. No jacket. Spine lightly toned, bottom corners of boards bumped. Jacket flaps laid in.
276 pp. Translated from the French by Louise Collier Willcox. Introduction by Ernest Boyd. English translation of L'Ensorcelee, a novel.....
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Limited, 1932. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. A near fine copy.
459, [1] pp. Blue cloth boards. Includes illustrations. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Mythology of Persia; The Mythology of the Kafirs; The Mythology of Buddhism in India; Brahmanic Mythology; The Mythology of.....
Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, 1832. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition. Boards rubbed and soiled, foxed throughout, a few gatherings sprung but not loose, ink gift note on front flyleaf.
265, [7] pp. 12mo. Howes H-73. Sabin 29787. BAL 6927. A collection of legends of the American West, compiled from local folklore.....
New York: Putnam, 1862. Hard Cover.
Spine head and spine base lightly rubbed, bottom and top corners of front board bumped, pencil name on front paste-down endpaper.
251 pp. Salome (Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη),[1] the daughter of Herod II and Herodias, granddaughter of.....
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1950. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Clear acetate jacket (unclear whether this is original or added by a previous owner). Slipcase rubbed with a few splits to seams, book in excellent condition.
ix, [1], 357 pp. Dark green leather spine, gilt.....
London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Two of three volumes (lacks volume 3). Minor cosmetic wear, text clean and unmarked.
xliv, 305; xvi, 360 pp. Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tragic death. Thomas.....
London / Edinburgh: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans / William Tait, 1844. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First English translation of the work first published in 1825 as Prolegomena zu einer wissenschaftlichen Mythologie. Boards rubbed.
xii, 353 pp. 8vo. Muller pioneered the modern study of Greek mythology, and here provides a......
London / Edinburgh: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans / William Tait, 1844. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First English translation of the work first published in German in 1825. Rebound in navy blue cloth with gilt titles. Hinges just beginning to loosen, owner bookplate and ink stamp on front endpapers, ink.....
London: Rider & Co., 1928. Hard Cover.
No publisher date (circa 1920s). No jacket. Stained, front free endpaper missing, half-title page/frontispiece loose but included.
xi, 116 pp. The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of the god Osiris, a......
London: Rider & Co., 1927. Third Edition. Hard Cover.
Third edition. No jacket. Stained, pencil underlining and marginalia.
vi, 135 pp. Teachings of Osiris is a book written by H. C. Randall-Stevens that delves into the ancient Egyptian god Osiris and his teachings. The book explores the mythology and symbolism.....
Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
xxiv, 486 pp. "La Bête du Gévaudan was a real wolf-like monster living in the Auvergne from 1764 to 1767. She killed about one hundred people. Prowling Catholic pre-Revolutionary France, she spread.....
Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University Library, 1960. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Label on front paste-down endpaper.
v, 71 pp. CONTENTS: Ballads and Folksongs from West Virginia, Part I. Ballads and Folksongs from West Virginia, Part II; West Virginia Ghost Stories; European Folktales; Omens and Tokens; Rhymes, Riddles and Stories.....
New York: Mason Brothers, 1856. McLenan, [John]; Anthony, [V.S.]. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing, following original printing in 1854 by the same publisher (Sabin 46832: "Includes some of the legends introduced into [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow’s 'Hiawatha'. Reprinted in 1856, and again [in 1869]). Includes all four engravings. Owner bookplate.....
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1963. Sloane, Eric. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine toned and stained, small chips on rear jacket panel near spine. Rear endpapers foxed.
63 pp. Includes 35 drawings by the author. Following general introductory remarks, Mr. Sloane has arranged his findings in.....
Philadelphia: ISHI / Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1981. Wehnert, Edward H. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spines faded, faint sticker ghost on front endpaper of each volume.
xi, [1], 431; 477 pp. 8vo. First English translation of the complete stories originally collected in Deutsche Sagen.....
Gand: Librairie ancienne et moderne de Duquesne, 1858. Reissue. Hard Cover.
One of 200 copies, reissued from an earlier Orleans printing, with van Duyse's essay added. Rebound with original wrappers bound in. Wrappers worn along edges with stain to bottom corner, boards a bit rubbed.
xxxi, [1], 150, [16] pp.....
. Malysh Publishers, 1981. Rachov, Y. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Sticker remains on front board, minor general wear.
Unpaginated. Illustrated by Y. Rachov. Stories include: The Wheat Stalk; How a Fox Helped a Cat Buy a Pair of Boots; The Lamb and the Wolf; The Little Straw Bull;.....