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1980002450New York NY U.S.A.: Rizzoli International Publications Incorporated 1980. 304pp 400 illustrations maps glossary notes index. Large format illustrated hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. A comprehensive survey of world mythology. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated hardcover
134991Herodotus 2007. Brand new. Soft cover 24x15 cm 347 pp. Herodotus 2007 paperback
0365697877.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
192136800Oxford Clarendon Press. 1921. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Endpapers lightly browned. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Very solid condition.; 1970 Reprint of 1921 edition.; The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the Year 1920; 434 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
199242999University of Michigan Press. 1992. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Corner creasing to a couple of pages. DJ flap creased. Minor shelfwear to DJ.; Drawing upon extensive illustrations the first portion of Silens in Attic Black-figure Vase-painting explores the narrative content of the many representations of silens. These artistic depictions are the most important surviving source of information about the mythology of silens and they have not previously been studied from this perspective. The second portion of this volume considers the representation of satyr-plays on Athenian vases. The early history of this intriguing dramatic genre has always been problematic and the evidence that the author presents will inspire critical reexamination.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages . 0472102958 . University of Michigan Press hardcover
196737494Pantheon Books. 1967. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's name stamped to ffep Stéphane Krésic. DJ is somewhat tattered with tears and chipping.; The Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to 'see visions' C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature.; Bollingen Series LXV Vol 4; 257 pages . Pantheon Books hardcover
196743610Pantheon Books. 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. DJ has tear to rear panel.; The Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to 'see visions' C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature.; Bollingen Series LXV Vol 4; 257 pages . Pantheon Books hardcover
199826360Cambridge University Press. 1998. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Light bumping to 2 corners. Scholar's name to ffep Elaine Fantham. Minor shelfwear to DJ.; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 304 pages; Book IV of Ovid's celebration of the calendar and the associated legends of the Roman year treats the month of April a particularly happy phase of the Augustan ceremonial year. Around the festival of Venus and the anniversary of the foundation of Rome Ovid retells the legends of Rome's royal founder Romulus and the Trojan hero Aeneas. The introduction and commentary pay special attention to Ovid's art as a poet but aim to provide both the general background and specific explanations of his historical and religious material.; Signed by Editor . 0521445388 . Cambridge University Press hardcover
196738938Basil Blackwell. 1967. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has edgewear with a couple of small tears.; Examines in detail the oracle of Dodona and the chief problems concerning its activity. Combines it with studies of Olympia and Ammon the two other places where the Greeks consulted Zeus.; 294 pages . Basil Blackwell hardcover
199144766Routledge. 1991. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Foxing to textblock and DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; First full-length interpretation of the foundation sets out a completely new methodology for analysing large inscriptions and challenges some of the basic assumptions scholars have made about the origins and significance of the "Second Sophistic". Argues that Ephesians used their past to define their present during the Roman Empire and his study sheds new light on how second-century Greeks established and maintained their identities in relation to Romans Christians and jews.; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 192 pages . 041505530X . Routledge hardcover
199438856Princeton University Press. 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Light shelfwear to book and DJ.; 280 pages; Covering material as diverse as curse tablets coins tattoos and legal decrees Deborah Steiner explores the reception of writing in archaic and classical Greece. She moves beyond questions concerning ancient literacy and the origins of the Greek alphabet to examine representations of writing in the myths and imaginative literature of the period. Maintaining that the Greek alphabet was not seen purely as a means of transcribing and preserving the spoken word the author investigates parallels between writing and other signifiers such as omens tokens and talismans; the role of inscription in religious rites including cursing oath-taking and dedication; and perceptions of how writing functioned both in autocracies and democracies. Particularly innovative is the suggestion that fifth-century Greek historians and dramatists portrayed writing as an essential tool of tyrants who not only issue written decrees but also "inscribe" human bodies with brands and cut up land with compasses and rules. The despotic overtones associated with writing inform discussion of its function in democracies. Although writing could promote equal justice ancient sources also linked this activity with historical and mythical figures who opposed the populist regime. By examining this highly nuanced portrayal of writing Steiner offers a new perspective on ancient views of written law and its role in 5th-century Athenian democracy. . 0691032386 . Princeton University Press hardcover
199427436Princeton University Press. 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Light shelfwear to book and DJ.; 280 pages; Covering material as diverse as curse tablets coins tattoos and legal decrees Deborah Steiner explores the reception of writing in archaic and classical Greece. She moves beyond questions concerning ancient literacy and the origins of the Greek alphabet to examine representations of writing in the myths and imaginative literature of the period. Maintaining that the Greek alphabet was not seen purely as a means of transcribing and preserving the spoken word the author investigates parallels between writing and other signifiers such as omens tokens and talismans; the role of inscription in religious rites including cursing oath-taking and dedication; and perceptions of how writing functioned both in autocracies and democracies. Particularly innovative is the suggestion that fifth-century Greek historians and dramatists portrayed writing as an essential tool of tyrants who not only issue written decrees but also "inscribe" human bodies with brands and cut up land with compasses and rules. The despotic overtones associated with writing inform discussion of its function in democracies. Although writing could promote equal justice ancient sources also linked this activity with historical and mythical figures who opposed the populist regime. By examining this highly nuanced portrayal of writing Steiner offers a new perspective on ancient views of written law and its role in 5th-century Athenian democracy. . 0691032386 . Princeton University Press hardcover
198236890University of Toronto Press. 1982. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Dampstaining to lower corners of last few pages. Does not affect text.; 272 pages; The Myth of Orpheus shaman and teacher musician and lover is the subject of this study. Contents: Orpheus of Virgil and Ovid: flebile nescio quid. W. S. Anderson; Songs of Orpheus and the New song of Christ Eleanor Irwin ; Sparagmos: Orpheus among the Chrisitians Patricia Vicari ; Orpheus and Ficino Warden ; Myth of Orpheus in Italian Renaissance Art 1400-1600 Scavizzi ; Orfeo and Euridice the first two operas Timothy J. McGee ; Orpheus and the Devil in Calderon's El Divino Orfeo c. 1634 Pedro Leon ; Triumph of Art of Death: Orpheus in Spenser and Milton Vicari. . 0802055184 . University of Toronto Press hardcover
1976LILG00002Chicago: Nelson-Hall 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon paper-covered boards textured to resemble cloth light grey endpapers and dust jacket v 188 pp 8 b & w illustrations notes bibliography index. Top edge lightly spotted a bit of wear to head & tail of spine one corner lightly bumped else as new. Price-clipped DJ browned rubbed a bit at joints and corners a bit of soil and a sticker mark on front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 14½ cm. Nelson-Hall Hardcover
192451682London & Philadelphia: Raphael Tuck & Sons David McKay Co. 1924. 4to. 143 1 pp. including 10 pp. illustrated publisher’s catalogue at rear for the Raphael House Library of Gift Books. Woodcut-engraved illust. on verso of half-title colour frontisp. 11 colour plates woodcut-engraved text illustrations and plates throughout. Blue publisher’s ribbed cloth gilt lettering & decoration on front cover gilt lettering & illust. on spine very slight shelfwear rubbing still a NF copy w/ former ownership signature on ffep. and bookseller’s label for Bullocks Los Angeles on rear pastedown. First American edition for this installment in the Raphael Tuck House Library of Gift Books Series featuring illustrations by Howard Davie. Raphael Tuck & Sons, David McKay Co., hardcover
181935387Philadelphia: Published by Geo: Mayo & Co 1819. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 1 iv 5-12 pages. Illustrated with 52 plates each protected by a blank sheet of paper. Marbled calf leather binding with leather title labels on the spine Volume 4 only. All plates are present with light foxing and toning. Tape removed from the spine leaving behind some scuffed areas. Leather is worn and rubbed on the boards joints and spine. Outer joints lightly cracked. Inner hinge has an old tape repair at the bottom. Published by Geo: Mayo & Co unknown
1897006554London and Chicago: David Nutt and Way and Williams 1897. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. # 218 of an edition of 300 copies on hand-made paper for America there were also 50 copies on Japan paper for America and the same 350 copies with the same papers for London. Translated from the edition of the abbe J.J. Bourasse Tours 1858 by Andrew Lang. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp front end page and blindstamp title page spine a bit darkened closed 2" tear at top edge of spine. Illustrations by Selwyn Image. David Nutt and Way and Williams Hardcover
1958006602Cairo Egypt: Self-published 1958. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baheega Sidky Rasheed in Cairo and dated by him Jan. 1961 on title page. small corner creases light wear to paper at spine. Stamped " Folklore Institute Reading Collection" on dedication page. 97 pp. Self-published Paperback
1911200914-MB15Rand McNally 1911. Very Good Hardcover pictorial cover 12 color plates plus b & w illustrations throughout by Lucy Fitch Perkins . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Perkins Lucy Fitch. Rand McNally Hardcover
197252995<p>Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket lightly worn jacket price-clipped and sunned. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by both of the Caldecott medalist author-illustrator team on the title page. Illustrated boards. Humorous colorful and earthy tales about trolls grounded in Norwegian folklore. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .</p> Doubleday and Company hardcover
1978005855Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1978. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica Paperback
1884006620Edinburgh: Privately Printed 1884. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Limited First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One of 275 small-paper copies printed for subscribers. Very Good in the original red cloth light soiling to cloth ribbon marker the usual offsetting to endpapers spine label with complete lettering the label with small chip and darkened and a bit rubbed. Overall a handsome copy. Privately Printed Hardcover
1945006648Pennsylvania: Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology 1945. Book. Very Good Plus. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the collection of noted semiotician linguist and folklorist Thomas A. Sebeok his last name signature in ink front end pages of all 4 bulletins. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. In addition to Fenton's 4-part article on the Cornplanter Senecas also contains Autumn L. Leonard's 4 part article "The Presque Isle Portage and the Venango Trail" and other related articles. The bulletins paginated 1-38 39-67 68-101 and 102-136. All 4 bulletins Very Good Plus or better in addition to Sebeok's signature there are handwritten titles on front covers and some marginal notes and checkmarks all in Sebeok's hand. SCARCE as a set. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Paperback
1965006465Monuments Serica 1965. Book. Near Fine. Pamphlet. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE. Reprint from Monumenta Serica Vol. XXIV 1965. Near fine slight soiling rear cover. Paginated 207-272. Addenda sheet laid in. Monuments Serica Paperback
1988LL-b884-08New York: Facts on File 1988 Presumed first edition. 4to. Cloth. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. Containing nearly 3000 entires this remarkable lavishly illustrated encyclopedia presents an incomparable survey of myths fables and legends from around the world. An essential reference work. As-new in as-new dustjacket in mylar cover. Facts on File hardcover
