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A Short History of Culture from Prehistory to the Renascence

Price:  £10.00

Lindsay, Jack
Archaeology, myth, ritual, poetry, literature and the arts, from the Old Stone Age to 1600 VG in edge-worn DJ p439
Studio

Awakening the Heroes Within

Price:  £5.00

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

Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies and other pieces

Price:  £7.00

Frazer, Sir James George
Reprint. Rebound in stout card, internally clean, tight and sound, good. p151
Dawsons of Pall Mall

Fables for Little People

Price:  £5.00

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

Greek and Roman Religion

Price:  £5.00

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

In Defence of Magic - the meaning and use of symbol and rite

Price:  £8.00

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

Psyche's Task

Price:  £10.00

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

Secular Alternatives to Religion

Price:  £5.00

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

Shaman - the wounded healer

Price:  £10.00

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

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

The Book of Buried Treasure

Price:  £18.00

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

The Book of the Flower Fairies

Price:  £75.00

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

The Christian Way

Price:  £5.00

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

The Conquest of Illusion

Price:  £45.00

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

The Great Deeds of Superheroes

Price:  £7.00

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

The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries

Price:  £15.00

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

The Knight in Panther Skin

Price:  £18.00

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

The Noble Path of Hinduism

Price:  £5.00

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

The Philosopher's Secret Fire - a history of the imagination

Price:  £10.00

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

The Religion of the Jews

Price:  £5.00

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

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Price:  £10.00

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

The Wheaton Book of Myths and Legends

Price:  £5.00

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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