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A Short History of Culture from Prehistory to the Renascence
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Lindsay, Jack
Archaeology, myth, ritual, poetry, literature and the arts, from the Old Stone Age to 1600 VG in edge-worn DJ p439
Studio
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Awakening the Heroes Within
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Pearson, Carol S
'Twelve archetypes to help us find ourselves and transform our world' - a sequel to The Hero Within. A heavy book. Good - stain to prelims and some grubby marks, but tight and sound. p319
Harper Collins
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Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies and other pieces
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Frazer, Sir James George
Reprint. Rebound in stout card, internally clean, tight and sound, good. p151
Dawsons of Pall Mall
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Fables for Little People
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Webb, Anne
Mainly from Aesop. Cover a little worn and marked, illustrative end-papers, small scribble to index, slight grubby marks to pages, no DJ, good. p45
Young World
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Greek and Roman Religion
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Ferguson, John
Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 14-15. Cover a little marked and worn, very occasional annotation, good. p79
The Open University Press
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In Defence of Magic - the meaning and use of symbol and rite
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Smith, Catharine Cook
A study of the world-wide use of symbol and rite as a form of education of the emotions Red cloth, spine a little faded, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, VG p159
Rider & Co
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Psyche's Task
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Frazer, J G
'A discourse concerning the influence of superstition on the growth of institutions' - on government, private property, marriage and respect for human life. Cover worn, marked and sunned, contemporary bookplate to front paste-down, slight grubby marks to eps, o/w VG p84
Macmillan
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Secular Alternatives to Religion
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Brown, Stuart
Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 22-23. Cover a little worn and marked, slight annotation, good. p82
The Open University Press
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Shaman - the wounded healer
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Halifax, Joan
Reprint. Vividly illustrated study of historical and contemporary shamanism. In the series Art and the Imagination. Illustrative covers lightly worn, no inscriptions, generally VG. p96
Thames & Hudson
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Spanning East and West
Price: £8.00 | |
Hinnells, John R
The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 16, 27 and 28 -The Zoroastrian Quest, Zoroastrians and the West, Parsi Zoroastrians. Cover a little marked and worn, some annotation, good. p
The Open University Press
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The Book of Buried Treasure
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Paine, Ralph D
The search for pirate gold, including hints for treasure seekers. Cover worn and marked, pages yellowed, tight and sound, good. p425
William Heinemann
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The Book of the Flower Fairies
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Barker, Cecily M
Undated. The first omnibus edition. Green cloth a little worn and marked, corners bumped, gold lettering and fairy vignette, green on top, grey end-papers, child's name and address to ffep, flower stickers to half title, remnant of erased marks to contents pages, some age-mottling and occasional grubby marks, all illus present and clear, with blue borders, tight and sound, good. p93
Blackie & Sons
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The Christian Way
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Clark, Francis
Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 18-19. Covers slightly marked and worn, occasional anntation, good. p70
The Open University Press
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The Conquest of Illusion
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van der Leeuw, J J
First edition UK. Theosophical philosophy. Blue cloth cover just a little sunned at edges, initials to title page, slight age mottling, generally VG in edge-worn, marked, sunned, but generally sound DJ. p234
Alfred A Knopf
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The Great Deeds of Superheroes
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Saxby, Maurice and Ingpen, Robert
The heroic tradition in the ancient world - Perseus, Heracles, Theseus, Jason, Odysseus, Gilgamesh, Sigurd, Vainamoinen, Moses, Samson, Beowulf, Arthur, Cuchulain, Roland, El Cid VG in VG DJ p184
Paper Tiger
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The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries
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Dubois, Pierre illustrated by Claudine and Roland Sabatier
Translated from the French, this details mainly European faeries, with some from Asia and the Pacific. Beautifully illustrated, there are tales and legends, as well as background information. VG, no inscriptions, in DJ that is slightly edge-worn but generally VG. p183
Pavillion
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The Knight in Panther Skin
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Shota Rustaveli trans. Vivian, Katherine
A prose translation of the 12th century Georgian epic poem, with illustrations taken from a 17th century manuscript. Handsome magenta silk binding, decorated with silver and gold, very slight sunning to spine, map endpapers, no inscriptions, VG in VG slip-case. p207
Folio Society
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The Noble Path of Hinduism
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Masson, Joseph
Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 9-11. Covers worn, very occasional annotation, good. p115
Open University Press
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The Philosopher's Secret Fire - a history of the imagination
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Harpur, Patrick
Changing views of reality - how imaginative insight into the Otherworld can re-enchant our existence. Covers a little worn, no inscriptions, tight and sound, good. p323
Penguin
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The Religion of the Jews
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Goldstein, David
Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 16-17. Covers worn, occasional annotation, good p73
The Open University Press
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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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Blacker, Terence
A retelling of the tall tales of Rudolph Erich Raspe, illustrated and introduced by William Rushton. VG in VG DJ. p118
Hodder & Stoughton
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The Wheaton Book of Myths and Legends
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Oakden, David
From the three collections: Classical and Northern Stories, Stories from the East and Stories from the West. With full-page colour illustrations by Peter Stevenson. Ex-lib, laminated illustrative cover a little worn, missing ffep, stamps to half title and title pages, o/w good, clean, tight and sound, no DJ. p119
Pergamon
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