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13 Devils
13 Devils

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Spicer, Dorothy Gladys
Book Description: Coward McCann, New York, 1967. Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stories about devils from around the world. Illustrated boards, red titling, black and white illustrations throughout, 127 pages. Corners and spine ends slightly worn, endpapers are lightly foxed, small white sticker on front endpaper. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has edge wear with chipping, closed tears and creasing, sunned spine and edges. Book is basically clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.00

Corn Goddess and Other Tales from Indian Canada, The
Corn Goddess and Other Tales from Indian Canada, The

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Jenness, Diamond
Book Description: National Museum of Canada, , 1975. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bulletin No. 141, Anthropological Series No. 39, a collection of First Nation tales from across Canada. 111 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $13.75

 
De Weg Tot Elkander

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Gulbranssen, Trygve
Book Description: M.C. Stok, Den Haag, . Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Date of illustration on frontispiece is 1930. Written in Dutch. Tan cloth with gilt titling on spine, gilt and gold decoration on spine and front, decorated end papers, colour frontispiece, handsome black and white illustrations throughout. Spine slightly cocked, a few faint smudge marks on cover, text block edges darkened. Dust jacket, which has edge wear, is black with colour pastedown which also has eome edgewear; dust jacket is lightly sunned. This is a handsome book. 311 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $25.00

From Round Table to Grail Castle
From Round Table to Grail Castle

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Wyatt, Isabel
Book Description: Lanthorn Press, Peredur, East Grinstead, Sussex, England, 1979. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. There exist many different versions both of the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table and of the High Adventure of the Holy Grail. The author based her approach on the researches of Rudolf Steiner demonstrating how each seemingly insignificant detail is the earthly reflection of a spiritual reality. Green cloth with green titling to front and spine, illustrated endpapers, 264 pages. Light edge wear, a bump to the top free corner. Dust jacket shows some edge wear and sunning to spine and gradually into front and back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $21.00

In the Beginning - Creation Stories from Around the World
In the Beginning - Creation Stories from Around the World

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Hamilton, Virginia
Book Description: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, CA, 1988. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A collection of twenty-five illustrated creation myth stories, each followed by author's comments concerning origin. Blue-green boards with gilt titling on front, red cloth spine with gilt titling, coloured end papers, colour frontispiece, illustrated throughout with very attractive colour plates. Bottom end of spine slightly lightened, owner's name in ink on end paper, otherwise book appears to be without flaws. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has 1" by .5" open tear at bottom end of spine, very light shelf wear, otherwise is clean and bright. 161 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $17.75

Le Kalevala, Epopee Finlandaise et Universelle
Le Kalevala, Epopee Finlandaise et Universelle

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Kirkinen, Heikki & Hannes Sihvo
Book Description: Publications Orientalistes De France, Paris, France, 1985. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Written in French, book was translated from the original Finnish to French by Francoise Arditti. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with black titling on front and spine, illustrated with handsome colour plates and some black and white photographs, 64 pages. Cover has minor shelf wear and is lightly sunned, otherwise this attractive book appears to be without flaws. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $16.00

M'Hashish
M'Hashish

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Mrabet, Mohammed
Book Description: City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1984. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A collection of stories and legends by Mrabet, taped and translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. colourful illustration on front is from a painting by the author, black titling on front and spine, black and white portrait of author following title page. Spine slightly sunned, otherwise book is in great shape. 79 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $12.00

Men and Gods, Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks
Men and Gods, Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks

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Warner, Rex
Book Description: New York Review Books, New York, . Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A collection of thirty-seven myths and legends, told by spellbinding storyteller Rex Warner and illustrated with the inimitable work of Edward Gorey. Illustrated green cover with black titling on spine and front, handsome black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's advertising at back. This very handsome book appears to be both without flaws and unread. 280 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $10.75

Once Upon A Time: Forty Hungarian Folk-Tales
Once Upon A Time: Forty Hungarian Folk-Tales

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Illyes, Gyula, Editor
Book Description: Corvina Press, Budapest, Hungary, 1964. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Translated from the Hungarian by Barna Balogh & Susan Kun, translation revised by Ruth Sutter. Edited by prominent Hungarian writer Gyula Illyes primarily for children; editor recasts these tales, but only to the degree of polishing the crudities and the carelesness inevitable in actural story telling, retaining all the original beauty and natural freshness of feeling. Grey hard cover with grey titling on spine, 286 pages. Corners lightly bumped, occasional small brown marks on text block edges. Dust jacket has edge wear which is most pronounced on spine ends and lower corners, spine and edges sunned, cover has shelf wear with light creases. Jacket is protected by a clear plastic Brodart cover. This is a very handsome little book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $85.00

Sacred Drum, The - A Collection of Stories Based on Folklore of Central Africa
Sacred Drum, The - A Collection of Stories Based on Folklore of Central Africa

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Bloomhill, Greta
Book Description: Howard Timmins, Cape Town, South Africa, 1960. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This collection of stories is based on intensive research of legends of Matabeleland, Mashonaland and Northern Rhodesia. Yellow cloth with red titling on spine, red decoration on front, top edge of text block is coloured, illustrated with seven attractive black and white plates, 168 pages. Lower spine end and lower back corner bumped, light foxing ontext block edges and end papers. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has edge wear with creasing and chipping, many smudge marks and spots of discoloration. A handsome book - bright colour, tight binding. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $22.00

Unlucky Plants
Unlucky Plants

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Vickery, Roy
Book Description: Folklore Society c/o University College London, London, 1985. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is Folklore Society Folklore Survey 1, conducted by members of the Folklore Society in 1982-1984, during which a list of over seventy plants was compiled. Book gives a summary of the findings with a number of historical and other comments. White soft cover, brown titling and illustration on front, black titling on spine, 92 pages. Cover has shelf wear, pages slightly darkened, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $30.00

What Stories Do We Need? - Audio Book
What Stories Do We Need? - Audio Book

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Bly, Robert
Book Description: Sound Horizons Audio Video, Inc., New York, 1991. . Book Condition: New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Well-known poet, storyteller and mythologist Robert Bly encourages listeners to embark on an imaginative and disturbing journey which reminds us that the mythology which we have inherited is often defective. Audio-book consisting of two casettes, still in shrink-wrap. White cover with purple and black titling, purple, black and white illustration. As new. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $20.00



 
 

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