Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic
Chronicle Books, 2019. Kotaro Chiba. Hardcover. More
Myth & Folklore
Whistling Jigs to the Moon: Tales of Irish and Scottish Pipers
Iowa City: Kalevala Books, 1993. Paperback. Crisp, clean pages except for tiny spots of foxing at one corner of the table of contents; square, uncreased spine; soft cover bears some surface rubbing and short, thin scratches front and back, modest shelfwear around the edges, and tiny folds and chips at..... More
A Chinese Mirror: Being Reflections of the Reality Behind Appearance
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. Drawings by Lucille Douglass. Hard Cover. Publication undated, but a printed postscript on the dedication page is dated 1925, and a gift bookplate on the front endpaper is dated 1926. Apart from the bookplate and a spot of removed adhesive on the front endpaper, a...... More
The European Tragedy of Troilus
Oxford University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Crisp, bright pages except for a few spots of foxing on the endpapersand a dusting on the head edges; square, secure binding, hard cover only gently shelfworn at corners; dust jacket shows some foxing at interior flaps, a few shallow wrinkles near the spine heel..... More
Greek and Egyptian Mythologies
University of Chicago Press, 1992. Paperback. 4to. Clean and bright; no owner's marks; a light bend through the bottom right front corner of the soft cover and a few folowing pages, tiny wrinkles at the spine heel, otherwise excellent. More
The Anglo-Norman Lay of Haveloc (Gallica)
D. S. Brewer, 2015. Hardcover. Crisp, bright pages; no owners' marks; square, secure binding; hard cover shows only small spots of shelf rubbing at spine heel and corners, otherwise excellent. More
Perceval: The Story of the Grail (Arthurian Studies)
D. S. Brewer, 1997. Paperback. Crisp, clean pages, if modestly age-toned (b/w illus sections bright); soft cover bears a few small edge chips around the bottom; otherwise excellent. More
The Avebury Cycle
Thames & Hudson, 1996. Paperback. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; soft cover bears mild finish dulling and moderate shelfwear at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. More
Solombo Chaan: Mongolische Märchen
Morgenbuch Verlag, 1989. Hardcover. Language: German. Clean pages, with no owners' marks; hard cover is shelfworn at corners and spine ends, and dust jacket has two short surface wrinkles on the front, several very short tears with attendant creases at the top and bottom rear, age toning starting around edges..... More
Ariadne's Thread: A Guide to International Stories in Classical Literature
Cornell University Press, 2002. Paperback. Crisp, clean pages; square, uncreased spine; soft cover bears a light bend along the right front and modest wear at spine heel and corners; otherwise excellent. More
Songs of the Serbian People: From the Collections of Vuk Karadzic
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. Hardcover. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; moderate softening at the spine ends of the hard cover and light corner rubbing to the full red cloth, and no dust jacket; otherwise excellent. More
Relatos Mapuche
Santiago, Chile: Ministerio de Agricultura, 2008. Various. Paperback. Language: Spanish. Clean and bright except for one speck on the right side of the first page; soft cover bears mild rubbing at corners and spine heel; otherwise excellent. 128pp., color illus. More
Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. Hardcover. Signed and dated by the author at the title page with no named recipient or dedicatee. Crisp, clean pages; square, secure binding; hard cover shows softening at the spine ends, gentle taps at the top corners, and modest shelf rubbing at corners and spine..... More
From Olympus to Camelot: The World of European Mythology
Oxford University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; there is a short, closed tear with small attendant creases at the spine heel on the dust jacket, otherwise excellent. More
Amoryus and Cleopes (Middle English Texts Series)
Western Michigan University, 1999. Paperback. Pages crisp and clean; spine square and uncreased; soft cover only gently rubbed at corners and around spine ends, otherwise excellent. 142pp. More
Myth, Symbol, and Reality (Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion)
University of Notre Dame Press, 1980. Hardcover. Clean except for penciled margin marks at pp.99-117 and a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper; full cloth cover shows only modest softening and edgewear at spine ends, otherwise sound; dust jacket is slightly toned around edges and bears two short..... More
The Confederates and Hen-Thorir (The New Saga Library)
Edinburgh: Southside, 1975. Paperback. Pages crisp and clean except for a prior owner's name at the top of the first page; spine square and uncreased, soft cover modestly faded at the spine, creased and lightly wrinkled at the bottom right front corner, and showing a few small, gray spots, otherwise..... More
Merope : The Dramatic Impact of a Myth
Peter Lang Publishing, 1984. Soft Cover. Crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks; except for a little very gentle shelf rubbing at the lower edges and corners, as new. More
Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics
Syracuse University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Bright and clean except for a few small spots of foxing along the head edge of the page block; hard cover and jacket show very light edgewear at corners and spine ends; otherwise excellent. More
Druids, Gods and Heroes from Celtic Mythology
Schocken, 1986. Garland, Roger. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages except for a gift note penned on the half-title page and foxing along the top edges; square, secure binding, hard cover gently faded along top and bottom edges and showing some shelfwear at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent; jacket bears some..... More
Aus der Tiefe: Balladen, Gedichte, Legenden
Oldenburg: B. Scharf, 1956. Hard Cover. Language: German. Pages clean except for a gift note at half-title page, light foxing verso the frontis and along the head edges, and gentle age-toning in the margins; binding is square and secure, hard cover turned in at the bottom corners and showing toning..... More
Myth: A New Symposium
Indiana University Press, 2002. Hard Cover. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; one shallow edge crease at the top front of the dust jacket and a touch of edgewear at the spine ends of hard cover and jacket; otherwise excellent. More
Leyendas Aymara
Santiago, Chile: Ministerio de Agricultura, 2008. Various. Paperback. Language: Spanish. Clean and bright; mild shelf rubbing at corners, spine ends, and bottom edges, otherwise excellent. 45pp., illus. More
Krishna and Sudama
New Delhi, India: Children's Book Trust, 1971. Illustrated By M. L. Dutta Gupta. Staple-bound Softcover. Language: English. Clean, bright pages, with beautiful watercolour illustrations; stapled, secure binding. Slight rubbing at spine ends and along spine; faint rubbing at free corners. Otherwise, copy is clean and excellent. More
Glooscap Legends
Lancelot Press, 1991. Illustrated by Teresa MacPhee. Soft Cover. Crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks; except for almost invisible shelf rubbing at the lower corners of the soft cover, as new. More