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Curious Stories about Fairies, and Other Funny People

By: N/A

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Boston, Ticknor and Fields: 1856

Seller ID: 2307173

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Some pages lightly foxed. 1856 Hard Cover. 303 pp. Engraved frontispiece, plates, and title page by Billings. CONTENTS: The King of the Golden River; Siegfried the Dragon-Slayer; The Good-Natured Bear; The Story Without an End; The Glow-Worm; Sir Calidore; The Pied Piper.
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The Blue Witch (Witches of Orkney, Book 1)

By: Adams, Alane

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Arizona, Spark Press: 2018

Seller ID: 2308106

ISBN: 1943006776

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

First edition. A fine copy. 2018 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 209 pp. Before Sam Baron broke Odin's curse on the witches to become the first son born to a witch and the hero of the Legends of Orkney series, his mother was a young witchling growing up in the Tarkana Witch Academy. In this first book of the prequel series, the Witches of Orkney, nine-year-old Abigail Tarkana is determined to grow up to be the greatest witch of all. Unfortunately, she is about to fail Spectacular Spells class because her witch magic hasn't come in yet. Even worse, her nemesis, En...
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The Rubicus Prophecy (Witches of Orkney, Book 2)

By: Adams, Alane

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Arizona, Spark Press: 2019

Seller ID: 2308107

ISBN: 1943006989

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

First edition. A fine copy. 2019 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 208 pp. Abigail has just started her second year at the Tarkana Witch Academy and is already up to her ears studying for Horrid Hexes and Awful Alchemy! Worse, Enderas malevolent spellbook has its hooks in her, whispering in her ear to use its dark magic. Meanwhile, the entire school is talking about the Rubicus Prophecy; a sign has arrived that the chosen witchling is among them, the one who will one day break Odins curse over them. When an Orkadian warship arrives carrying troubling news, Abigail ...
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Witch Wars (Witches of Orkney, Book 3)

By: Adams, Alane

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Arizona, Spark Press: 2020

Seller ID: 2308108

ISBN: 1684630630

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

First edition. A fine copy. 2020 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 203 pp. Abigails second year at the Tarkana Academy has been an all-out disaster. Shes just unwittingly helped Vertulious, an ancient he-witch and powerful alchemist, destroy Odins Stone and restore his powers, and now all of Orkney is caught up in the threat of war as the witches prepare to destroy the helpless Orkadians. Determined to set things right, Abigail and Hugo set off for Jotunheim, the land of the giants, to find a weapon to restore the balance. All they have to do is track down the God ...
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Tales of Moonlight and Rain: Japanese Gothic Tales

By: Akinari, Uyed; Hamada, Kengi

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press: 1971

Seller ID: 2308810

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A near fine jacket covered in a very good onionskin jacket. Pencil initials on front free endpaper, ink name on title page. 1971 Hard Cover. xxix, 150 pp. Ugetsu Monogatari (????, Tales of Moonlight and Rain) is a collection of nine supernatural tales by the Japanese author Ueda Akinari, first published in 1776. Largely taken from traditional Japanese and Chinese ghost stories, the collection is among the most important works of Japanese fiction of the 18th century, the middle of the Edo period. Edo literary achievements are normally associated with the fiction of Ihara Saikaku; the drama of C...
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Titans and Olympians: Greek and Roman Myth (Myth and Mankind)

By: Allan, Tony; Maitland, Sara

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Time-Life Books: 1997

Seller ID: 2306834

ISBN: 070543513X

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

3rd printing. 1997 Large Hardcover. 144 pp. Part of the Myth & Mankind series. A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests. The ancient Greeks and Romans created the most enduring cultures known to humanity and a pantheon of gods who live on in some of the greatest myths ever told: of Athena, goddess of battle, of Dionysus, god of wine and fertility, and of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.
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Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus

By: Apollodorus; Simpson, Michael

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press: 1976

Seller ID: 2306821

ISBN: 0870232061

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

6th printing. Wrappers a bit rubbed, ink name on front flyleaf. 1976 Trade Paperback. vii, 311, [1] pp. Translated with introduction and notes by Michael Simpson, illustrations by Leonard Baskin. This is one of several translations of an ancient (date disputed) compilation of summaries of stories of the gods and heroes of Greece.
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The Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthology

By: Barber, Richard

Price: $8.00

Publisher: ., Littlefield, Adams & Co: 1979

Seller ID: 2206206

ISBN: 0822606003

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Faint edge wear. 1979 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. A great introduction to many of the epics written on Arthur, while incorporating most of the famous paintings inspired by the subject.
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The Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthology

By: Barber, Richard; Geoffrey of Monmouth; de France, Marie; de Troyes, Chretien; von Strassburg, Gottfried; von Eschenbach, Wolfram; Malory, Thomas; Vergil, Polydore; Leland, John; Tennyson, Alfred; Arnold, Matthew; Morris, William; Swinburne, Algernon; Wil

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Totowa, Littlefield, Adams & Company: 1979

Seller ID: 2304947

ISBN: 0822606003

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket lightly toned. 1979 Hard Cover. 224 pp. A great introduction to many of the epics written on Arthur, while incorporating most of the famous paintings inspired by the subject.
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The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome: From the Rise of Greece to the Fall of Rome

By: Becatti, Giovanni

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1967

Seller ID: 2297705

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket and endpapers faintly toned. Jacket edges bumped. 1967 Large Hardcover. 441 pp. By a series of cross-sections of Classical civilization at different times, he clarifies the many currents and connections throughout the ancient world during its lengthy history, and expands the theme of Classical art as a unifying force. Greece and Greek influences, East and West; Etruscan and Italic; Rome and Roman influences, East and West--the whole world of Western art is displayed in his text and illustrations, making a vast yet unified picture of the Classical style. ...The work of major sculptors an...
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Unicorn: Myth and Reality

By: Beer, Rudiger Robert; Stern, Charles M.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Mason / Charter: 1977

Seller ID: 2308439

ISBN: 0884055833

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Jacket near fine. Ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1977 Large Hardcover. 215 pp. A history of the unicorn in art and literature reveals much about the contrasting beliefs this fabulous animal has symbolized since its first appearances in Grecian culture.
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Lucy Keyes, the Lost Child of Wachusett Mountain

By: Blake, Francis E.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, David Clapp & Son: 1893

Seller ID: 2305011

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair

Front wrapper nearly loose but still holding, chips to wrapper edges, small stain on rear wrapper. 1893 Soft Cover. 23 pp. In most of our New England towns the historian finds some traditions or legends which have been handed down from one generation to another until they form a part of the history of the town. ...The town of Princeton has its share of such traditions, among which, the most familiar is the story of Lucy Keyes the lost child.
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The Crane Wife

By: Bodkin, Odds

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Florida, Gulliver Books / Harcourt Brace & Company: 1998

Seller ID: 2303011

ISBN: 0152014071

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by illustrator without inscription. An excellent copy. 1998 Large Hardcover. When Osamu, a lonely sail maker, nurses an injured crane one blustery night, he never suspects that this simple act of kindness will change his life forever. Weeks later a mysterious woman arrives on his doorstep, seeking shelter from a storm. Osamu again offers his help, and soon the sail maker and the stranger fall in love and marry. But when he learns of his wife's gift for making magic sails, ambition replaces compassion--and Osamu risks losing the great happiness he has found. With majestic ...
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One More Story: Contemporary Seneca Tales of the Supernatural (Bowman Books #5)

By: Bowen, DuWayne Leslie

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Greenfield Center, Bowman Books / The Greenfield Review Press: 1991

Seller ID: 2303899

ISBN: 091267878X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

1991 Trade Paperback. xiii, 48 pp. Black-and-white illustrations by Beth Clark. A collection of supernatural stories taken from Seneca folklore. Includes: The Skeleton in the Sky; The Lights; The Ghost on the Bridge; The Car Wreck; The Great Swamp; The Blind Man and the Deaf Man; The Giant Deer; The Devil; The Card Players; Talking to Animals; The Peeker; The Power Line; One More Story.
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Lost Atlantis

By: Bramwell, James

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Harper and Brothers: 1938

Seller ID: 2297465

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Small chip to jacket spine head, one-inch tear along top edge of rear jacket panel, front jacket flap price-clipped. 1938 Hard Cover. 288 pp. Poets' legend or geological mystery--the story of the world's oldest, most fascinating tradition. What was Atlantis? Was there really such an island which sank beneath the Atlantic Ocean in a great cataclysm? What light does modern science throw upon its existence? What significance has the legend today? Mr. Bramwell examines the findings of authorities, discusses the question fully and impartially.
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Image for Mort Artu: An Old French Prose Romance of the XIIIth [13th] Century, Being the Last Division of 'Lancelot du Lac,' Now First Edited from Ms. 342 (Fonds Francais) of the Bibliotheque Nationale, with Collations from Some Other Mss. [FRENCH TEXT]

Mort Artu: An Old French Prose Romance of the XIIIth [13th] Century, Being the Last Division of 'Lancelot du Lac,' Now First Edited from Ms. 342 (Fonds Francais) of the Bibliotheque Nationale, with Collations from Some Other Mss. [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Bruce, J. Douglas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, AMS Press Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 2266474

ISBN: 0404566499

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Top corner faintly bumped. 1974 Hard Cover. xxxvii, [1], 315, [5] pp. 8vo. 1974 reissue of 1910 edition. French text.
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; The Legends of Charlemagne (Complete in One Volume)

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Avenel: 1978

Seller ID: 2292356

ISBN: 0517262770

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Pages faintly toned, edge wear to jacket. 1978 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 957 pp. Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, renamed after him and published after his death. It is a classic work of mythology and is still being printed, even 150 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. The following is a table of contents of the work, which itself can serve as an interesting pantheon of the characters of ancient European mythology.
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The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes [Bulfinch's Mythology]

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Sanborn, Carter, Bazin & Co.: 1855

Seller ID: 2299769

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Third edition. Loss to spine head, tear to spine, hinges repaired with tape, ink notes on second flyleaf. 1855 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 488 pp. Author's first book. Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of general audience works by American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, named after him and published after his death in 1867. The work was a highly successful popularization of Greek mythology for English-speaking readers. Carl J. Richard comments that it was one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical ...
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The Age of Fable; or, Beauties of Mythology

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boson, Lee and Shepard: 1874

Seller ID: 2306991

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Some loss to spine head and spine base, front board soiled, hinges broken, pencil name and some pencil notes throughout. 1874 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 488 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 May 27, 1867[1]) was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts, best known for the book Bulfinch's Mythology. Bulfinch's Mythology is a classic work of popularized mythology, the standard for over a century and still in print 160 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. Bulfinch wrote in his preface: Our work is not for the l...
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; The Legends of Charlemagne (A Modern Library Giant, G14)

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library:

Seller ID: 2276970

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, top corners of boards lightly bumped, pencil name on front endpaper, no publisher date. We have more books available by this author!. xi, 778 pp. Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, renamed after him and published after his death. It is a classic work of mythology and is still being printed, even 150 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. The following is a table of contents of the work, which itself can serve as an interesting pantheon of the characters of ancient European mythology. - Wikipedia
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; The Legends of Charlemagne (A Modern Library Giant, G14)

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: 1930

Seller ID: 2291646

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1930s printing of Toledano G014.1. Very good in fair jacket. Small dealer plate on rear endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with large chip from top edge of rear panel and minor loss elsewhere. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1] 778 pp. 8vo. Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, renamed after him and published after his death. It is a classic work of mythology and is still being printed, even 150 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. The following is a table of contents of the work, which itself can serve as an interesting...
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Greek Myths (The Legendary Past)

By: Burn, Lucilla

Price: $6.00

Publisher: London, British Museum Press: 1990

Seller ID: 2306820

ISBN: 0714120618

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

2nd printing. 1990 Soft Cover. 80 pp. An overview of Greek myths from Heracles to Oedipus.
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Occidental Mythology: The Masks of God

By: Campbell, Joseph

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Compass: 1991

Seller ID: 2286281

ISBN: 014019441X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Spine creased. 1991 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. x, 564 pp. A systematic and fascinating comparison of the themes that underlie the art, worship, and literature of the Western world.
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Myths to Live By: How We Re-Create Ancient Legends in Our Daily Lives to Release Human Potential

By: Campbell, Joseph

Price: $4.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam: 1973

Seller ID: 2301658

ISBN: 0140194614

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages faintly toned, light edge wear. 1973 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. The Impact of Science on Myth; The Emergenc of Mankind; The Importance of Rites; The Separation of East and West; The Confrontation of East and West in Religion; The Inspiration of Oriental Art; Zen; The Mythology of Love; Mythologies of War and Peace; Schizophrenia -- the Inward Journey; The Moon Walk -- the Outward Journey; Envoy: No More Horizons.
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The Power of Myth

By: Campbell, Joseph; Moyers, Bill; Flowers, Betty Sue

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday: 1988

Seller ID: 2306833

ISBN: 0385247745

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Reprint. 1988 Large Softcover. xix, [1], 231, [5] pp. The Power of Mythlaunched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the song of the universe, the music of the spheres. With Bill Moyers, one of Americas most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer,The Power of Mythtouches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant...
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History / Representative Men (Doubleday Dolphin C83)

By: Carlyle, Thomas; Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Price: $4.00

Publisher: New York, Dolphin Books / Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1966

Seller ID: 2308926

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Spine creased, edges rubbed, ink number on front wrapper. 1966 Mass Market Paperback. 389 pp. Two titles in one volume: On Heroes and Hero-Worship by Thomas Carlyle, and Representative Men, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 1833, when Emerson and Carlyle first met--at Carlyle's home on a remote Scottish moor--the meeting gave both men a sense of sympathetic recognition. Early in their conversation it was revealed that they shared a belief in the importance of Great Men. Eight years later, in 1841, On Heroes appeared, and its influence on Emerson is undoubted. Within four years he had prepared a set o...
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From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs, Illustrated by Eleven Caldecott Medal and Four Caldecott Honor Book Artists

By: Cohn, Amy L.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Scholastic: 1993

Seller ID: 2303272

ISBN: 0590428683

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Half inch tear along top edge of front jacket panel. Name on front free endpaper redacted. 1993 Large Hardcover. xv, 399 pp. This is a wonderful of collection of 140 folktales, songs, poems, and essays features the words of Mark Twain, Virginia Hamilton, Walt Whitman, Stephen Foster, and Woody Guthrie and pays tribute to American folklore. All of the music is arranged for voice, piano, & guitar with lyrics. This sumptuous anthology gathers into its generous embrace a rich mix of cultural heritages, from Native American and African American to Hispanic, Pennsylvania Dutch, Cajun,...
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Celtic Mythology: The Myths and Legends of the Celtic World

By: Cotterell, Arthur

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Lorenz Books: 1999

Seller ID: 2306246

ISBN: 1859679544

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

2nd printing. An exceptional copy. 1999 Large Hardcover. The fairytales, legends and characters of the Celtic World are brought to life in this fascinating study.
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Olode the Hunter and Other Tales from Nigeria

By: Courlander, Harold

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., Harcourt, Brace & World: 1968

Seller ID: 2119148

ISBN: 0152578269

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light edge wear to jacket. Very Good. 1968 Hard Cover. Tales mostly taken from the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria, though some of the Ibo and Hausa people are included as well.
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Tall Tales and Legends (Publications of the Wilson Historical Society (Niagara County), No. 2)

By: Croop, Donald W.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Wilson, New York, Wilson Historical Society: 1974

Seller ID: 2299999

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Author's signature on front wrapper and on foreword page. A few very minor spots on wrappers. 1974 Stapled Binding. 40 pp. ...a collection of unusual stories about the Town of Wilson.
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