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Titans and Olympians: Greek & Roman Myth

By: Allan, Tony

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Time-Life Books: 1997

Seller ID: 13687

ISBN: 070543513X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Publisher's glossy, illustrated boards, orange endpapers. Illustrated with color photographs and reproductions. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 144 pp
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Norroena; Anglo Saxon Classics, Embracing the History and Romance of Northern Europe (Saxo Edition, 15 Volumes, Complete)

By: Anderson, Rasmus B. (ed)

Price: $1,750.00

Publisher: London, Norroena Society: 1906

Seller ID: 27499

Binding: Hard Cover.

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Limited Edition privately printed for members of The Norroena Society (Saxo Edition, No. 23 of only 350 copies). Many pages are uncut and unopened. Illustrated with tissue-protected, hand-colored engravings in each volume. "In his 1908 bibliography of Icelandic Sagas, Halldor Hermannsson references a "Viking Edition" set and mentions a "Saxo Edition". The Saxo Edition is mentioned by no other source and no example of the set has been either presented for sale or listed in a library collection." - Wikipedia [Cornell University Libraries. Islandica, Vol. 1-2, 1908, ...
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The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche

By: Apuleius, Lucius; Walter Pater

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1951

Seller ID: 14196

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

One volume in gold slipcase. Publisher's full brick cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, gilt decoration on front cover, a.e.g. (red). Illustrated with color plates by Edmund Dulac. This is the story of Cupid and Psyche, as first told by Lucius Apuleius in "The Golden Ass" and then retold by Walter Pater in his novel "Marius the Epicurean." . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Slipcase shows some mild wear, else as new. AS NEW.. Color Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 64 pp
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The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche: The story as first set down by Lucius Apuleius in his "Transformations" which is called "The Golden Ass" and then re-told by Walter Pater in the pages of his novel, "Marius the Epicurean"

By: Apuleius, Lucius; Walter Pater

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY, The Heritage Press: 1951

Seller ID: 22851

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's full brick cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and embossed gilt medallion on cover, AEG (red). Illustrated with full-page, full-color plates by Edmind Dulac. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The gold slipcase has some light smudges and is rubbed on the extremities. FINE. . Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 64 pp
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THE CREATORS: A History of Heroes of the Imagination

By: Boorstin, Daniel J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1992

Seller ID: 23066

ISBN: 0394543955

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's green cloth over green boards, gilt lettering on spine, contains a newspaper clipping from February 29, 2004 detailing the obituary of Daniel J. Boorstin.. Tape on front dust jacket cover and top of spine, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, (i), 811, (3) pp
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Tepee Tales of the American Indian

By: Brown, Dee

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1979

Seller ID: 11539

ISBN: 0030227615

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Publisher's full brown cloth, brown lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with monochrome drawings by Louis Mofsie.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest shelf-wear at the head and heel. FINE/VERY GOOD+.. Monochrome Drawings. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 174 pp
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The Age of Fable

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, The Limited Editions Club: 1958

Seller ID: 7612

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Limited edition (No. 1041 of only 1500). Quarter bound in Japan vellum over printed boards. Liberally illustrated with stone etchings and pen and ink drawings by Joe Mugnaini. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. Grey slipcase, gold edges.. Original member's subscriber bookplate on front endpaper, else as new. Slipcase has very light shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE (slipcase). . B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (xx), 230, (2) pp. Signed by Illustrator
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Bulfinch's Mythology The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Legends of Charlemagne

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, The Modern Library: N.D.

Seller ID: 23123

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on black panel on spine. . Three spots on front cover, spine slightly shelf worn, pages yellowed by age, else tight, clean, square, and unmarked. VERY GOOD-. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xi), 778 pp
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The Last Days of Pompeii A Complete Edition, With Notes

By: Bulwer-Lytton, Sir Edward

Price: $22.00

Publisher: NY, Grosset & Dunlap: N.D.

Seller ID: 20636

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's mustard yellow linen, black lettering on spine and cover, photograph of young woman in toga cloth on cover, pages five through nine feature Preface to The Edition of 1834. . Hinge starting, head and heel of spine and corners bumped, spine slightly discolored, page edges yellowed, endpapers yellowed with fep marked with paste down of previous owner, else unmarked and tight. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 391 pp
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Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (Volume One, only, of 24)

By: Cavendish, Richard (Editor)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY, Marshall Cavendish Corporation: 1970

Seller ID: 27603

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full black paper-covered boards, yellow lettering on spine, yellow and white lettering and color photograph on cover. Profusely illustrated with color and B&W photographs and illustrations. . The volume is in perfect condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. Man, Myth & Magic Series. Vol. 1. Color Phorographs and Drawings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 156 pp
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The Way to Eternity Egyptian Myth

By: Fleming, Fergus; Alan Lothian

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Time-Life Books: 1997

Seller ID: 13683

ISBN: 0705435032

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's glossy, illustrated boards. Illustrated with color photographs and reproductions. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only mild wear to head and heel of spine, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE. . Myth & Mankind , Vol 2 Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 144 pp
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The Golden Bough: The Roots of Religion and Folklore

By: Frazer, Sir James George

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NY, Avenel: 1981

Seller ID: 24028

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Unabridged and Illustrated.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 407 pp
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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art

By: Gayley, Charles Mills

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Ginn and Company: 1911

Seller ID: 23938

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Full green cloth, green lettering and decoration on front cover, green lettering on red panel on spine. Illustrated with B&W and color drawings. . Volume shows mild wear and rubbing, small open tear in cloth binding on spine, former owner's inscriptions and small sticker on front endpapers, else very good. GOOD. . Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. xli, 597 pp
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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art

By: Gayley, Charles Mills

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Ginn and Company: 1911

Seller ID: 26242

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Full green cloth, dark green lettering and decoration on front cover, green lettering on red panel on spine. Illustrated with B&W and color drawings. . Volume shows mild wear and rubbing, former owner's name and address written on ffep. VERY GOOD. . Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. xli, 597 pp
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The Classic Myths in English Literature

By: Gayley, Charles Mills

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, Ginn & Company: 1893

Seller ID: 27380

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine, black lettering on cover, t.e.g. Profusely illustrated with 88 in-text drawings and 16 full-page engravings. The Classic Myths In English Literature, based chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age Of Fable" (1855), and accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative Commentary by Charles Mills Gayley, Litt.D., LL.D. Charles Mills Gayley (1858 – 1932) was a professor of English, the Classics, and Academic Dean of the University of California at Berkeley between the fall of 1889 and July 1932. This is a scarce first edition of Prof. Gayl...
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The Greek Myths (Two Volumes, Complete, in Slipcase)

By: Graves, Robert

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2002

Seller ID: 23705

ISBN: 014020508X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's brown cloth over embossed boards, illustrated in white, black, rust and brown, gilt lettering on spines, gilt borders on covers, maps on endpapers. Illustrated with 16 full-page, two-color illustrations by Grahame Baker. . Both volumes are in perfect, pristine condition, unread, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The slipcase shows only the slightest shelf-wear. FINE. . Two-Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 342; 358 pp
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology

By: Graves, Robert (Introduction)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY, Prometheus Books: 1972

Seller ID: 17187

ISBN: 0600023516

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full blue cloth with gray lettering and drawing of an ancient warrior's head on the front cover, gray lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with Color and B&W photographs.. Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, top edge of rear cover is slightly faded, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has a 3/4" tear at the top edge of the front cover and some light age toning to the tops of the flaps. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE/ VERY GOOD. . B&W and color photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xi, 500 pp
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The Dictionary of Classical Mythology translated by A.R. Maxwell-Hyslop

By: Grimal, Pierre

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Oxford, Basil Blackwell Publisher: 1986

Seller ID: 7404

ISBN: 0631132090

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering and borders on spine, photographic endpapers showing a view of the greek theater at Taormina, Sicily. 4to, (xii), 603pp; Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs and maps. Translated from the French by A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Includes detailed Reference, Table of Sources, Genealogical Tables and Index. NF/NF. Corners very lightly worn, tight, square and clean. The dust jacket (now in Mylar) shows only minor signs of wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. Blackwell Reference Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (xii), 603 pp
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Greek and Roman Fable Illustrated

By: Holme, Bryan (Compiled by)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1979

Seller ID: 19800

ISBN: 0670194646

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in burgundy cloth over beige boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with numerous B&W and color reproductions. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket shows only light shelf-wear, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 308 pp
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The Heroes: Or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

By: Kingsley, Charles

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1928

Seller ID: 24981

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Full green cloth, black lettering and black and red decoration on cover and spine, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with B&W drawings. . Covers of volume are lightly soiled, spine sunned and cracked, former owner's inscription written on half-title page. GOOD.. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. viii, (ii), 212 pp
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Category: Mythology