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Minor shelfwear; Reprint of 1932 Edition in German: Inhalt: Das larenproblem in der modernen Forschung; Mater Larum im Ritual der fratres Arvales; Dea Mania Mater Larum; Acca Larenti(n)a; Dea Tacita; Mater Larum, Mond und Geburt; Genita Mana; Register. ; Ancient Religion and Mythology; 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.5 Inches; 103 pages
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (32 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 292 p. B/w ills. Metropolis Ionia III. Mother Goddess (Kybele / Meter Gallesia) holy caves in Anatolia, Smyrna. Metropolis antik kenti Efes ve Izmir arasindaki cam ormanlariyla kapli Gallesion Dagi'nin eteklerinde kurulmus, adi ise Meter Gallesia isimli Ana Tanrica'dan esinlenerek Metropolis olmustur. Ana Tanrica (Kybele) inanisi, Eski Anadolu'da Cilali Tas (Neolitik) donemden beri oldukca yaygindi ve ozellikle Bati Anadolu'da magara, kaya tapinagi, acik hava tapinagi gibi kayalikli dogal alanlarda tapki gormekteydi. Metropolis'in kuzeyinde Gallesion Dagi yamacinda bulunan birbirine yakin iki sarkit ve dikitli magarada yapilan uzun ve zahmetli kazilar sonunda bulunan 554 pismis toprak heykelcikten 404 tanesinin Ana Tanrica tasviri olmasi burasinin Ana Tanrica'ya adanmis bir kult alani oldugunu...
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In publisher's special box. 4to. (28 x 24 cm). Color and b/w ills. 152, [10] p. Metropolis: Ana Tanriça kenti.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In publisher's special box. 4to. (28 x 24 cm). Color and b/w ills. 152, [10] p. Metropolis: Ana Tanriça kenti.
Minor foxing. Light pencil notes to a few pages. Former owner's name to titlepage. ; 293 pages
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Traces of circulation page to ffep. ; Avec 5 planches. Table des Matières: Posidonius et les pirates; Le témoignage de Plutarque; Eubule et Pallas; Celse et le Mithriacisme; L'antre des Nymphes; La déesse aux trois visages; Julien II, l'héliolâtre; Conclusions. ; Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 134 pages
Still wrapped in plastic. ; 340 pages; Part I: Responses from Within HInduism: 1. Gandhi and Religious Pluralism; 2. The Responses of the Brahmo Samaj; 3. The Response of the Arya Samaj; 4. The Response of the Ramakrishna Mission; 5. The Response of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother; 6. The Response of Swami Bhaktivedanta; 7. The Response of Modern Vaisnavism; 8. Saiva Siddhanta and Religious Pluralsm; 9. India's Philosophical Response to Religious Pluralism; Part II: Responses from Other Religious Within India: 10. Parsi Attitudes to Religious Pluralism; 11. Modern Indian Muslim Responses; 12. The Sikh Response; 13. A Modern Indian Christian Response; 14. The Response of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Community in the Indian Exile;
Dustjacket is Edgeworn with tears. Light soiling. ; A Rich miscellany of facts, legends and anecdotes about the history of Britain's ancient monuments and their builders. Contains a wealth of facsimile pages, prints from contemporary books. Aubrey's own diagrams and drawings and letters from illustrious correspondents. Considered one of the most important annals of British archeology. Facsimile of original manuscript, which was extensively illustrated by Aubrey, showing stone circles, barrows, Roman camps, artifacts, with clarifications and annotations alongside the appropriate Manuscript Pages. Includes Templa Druidum, Stone Circles, The Bards, Camps, Castles, Pits, Horns, Maps.
Light Foxing to DJ flaps and textblock. Else very minor shelfwear. Book in plastic sleeve. DJ a bit yellowed. ; This collection of nineteen essays delves into themes such as: death, the body, the soul, the individual, and relations between mortals and immortals; the mask, the mirror, the image, and the imagination; the self and the other, and the concept of otherness itself, or "alterity." "Vernant's work ranges across the entire field of ancient Greek religion, philosophy, and literature and joins exacting philological scholarship to exciting and innovative theoretical paradigms. Not since Jane Harrison and Gilbert Murray has a classicist commanded the attention of non-classicists in the way Vernant has over the last twenty-five years." --Choice; 352 pages
Book has minor shelfwear. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Former institution stamp on title-page-- no other markings. ; Society of Biblical Literature, Monograph Series, Vol. 16; 173 pages; Moses' Religious Traits Prior to Jewish - Christian Influence. Dr. Gager focuses upon the positive and negative attitudes toward Moses as lawgiver and upon the central area of conflict between pagan culture and the Jews. In addition to the literary aspects, Dr. Gager examines documents in the area of magic and alchemy in which Moses enjoyed considerable renown.
Curling to foredges of wraps. Else minor shelfwear. ; American Schools of Oriental Research; 193 pages
Minor shelfwear. Former owner's name to half-title. ; University Paperbacks 775; 242 pages
Creasing and chipping along spine. Some creasing to wraps. Scholar's name and blindstamp to ffep (Robert Brown). Rear wrap is browned. ; Contents: Myth, Ritual and Folktale; Levi-Strauss and the Structural Approach; Nature of Myths in Ancient Mesopotamia; Nature and Culture: Gilgamesh, Centaurs and Cyclopes; Qualities of Greek Myths; Tales, Dreams, Symbols: Towards a Fuller Understanding of Myths. ; Sather Classical Lectures; 0.9 x 8.8 x 6.4 Inches; 311 pages
Light creasing to wraps. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Rear wrap is browned. ; Contents: Myth, Ritual and Folktale; Levi-Strauss and the Structural Approach; Nature of Myths in Ancient Mesopotamia; Nature and Culture: Gilgamesh, Centaurs and Cyclopes; Qualities of Greek Myths; Tales, Dreams, Symbols: Towards a Fuller Understanding of Myths. ; Sather Classical Lectures; 0.9 x 8.8 x 6.4 Inches; 311 pages
Publications D'Histoire De L'Art Et D'Archeologie De L'Universite Catholique to Louvain XCVII / Archaeolgia Transatlantica XV; 10.8 X 8.4 X 0.1 inches; 114 pages
Dust-soiling to top of textblock. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1943 edition. ; 403 pages
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Scholar's name to ffep (G. M. Paul). Additional name to titlepage. Light fraying to spine ends. Lower corners bumped. Book is bound in green boards with gilt lettering. ; Philological Monographs of the American Philological Association II; 75 pages
40 pages. Features: Nice two-color addressograph ad inside front cover; AT&T charged with waste and extravagance; Gargantua the gorilla leads a streamlined new Ringling circus to town - article with photos; George Jean Nathan; Franco's offensive rolls forward; Ontario's Premier Mitchell Hepburn defies clergy and puts over sweepstakes bill; Francis William Rickett and Ben Smith - mystery men of Mexican oil; Photo of smiling FDR with Marvin McIntyre; Photo of Father Charles Coughlin of Detroit; Negro politician Nathaniel Brewer, of Cambridge, MA; Squaws riot in Northern Minnesota; Interesting article on Key West, Florida; Nazis put their Nordic paganism into print - rules for marriage ceremonies in the Temples of Blood; Photo of the Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife; The Soviet Union's NSRA (Northern Sea Route Administration) is one of the few government agencies to escape the Stalin purge; Tsung Tsai Chiang becomes Stalin of China; Egyptian feud between Farouk I and Nahas Pasha; Fantastic hockey photo shows American goalie Earl Robertson playing against the Chicago Black Hawks; Nice photo of Joan Blondell with police; Burial announcement of Col. Edward M. House - and picture of him with Woodrow Wilson; Nice one-page photo ad for the Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera; Interesting photo of black children at Milk Bar - Rev. Amos H. Carnegie; Interesting picket outside Boyles Furniture Store in Utah; Labor Racketeers Still Flourishing; Nice photo ad for Warner & Swasey turret lathes of Cleveland; C.I.O. seamen picket Maritime Commission offices in Washington; Leonor F. Loree leaves the D.& H. (with photo); Nice color ad inside back cover for San Francisco tourism features illustration of rotating street car; Back cover color photo ad for Four Roses whiskey features letter from John Chapman. Average wear. Unmarked. Small clipping from page 7. A worthy vintage copy Book
Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.4 inches; 149 pages
Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has a few tears, chipping and yellowing. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 193pp, illustrated, + 82pp of b+w plates.; Large 8vo; 193 pages
Scholar's name to inner cover (Cedric Boulter). Endpapers browned. Spine has minor dampstaining and colour loss. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 316 pages
Minor wear; 238 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).
Very Minor Shelfwear. Else fine. ; 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).
Minor Shelfwear. Faint foxing to top of textblock. Else fine. ; 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).
Textblock cracked between pp 144-145. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. ; 238 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).