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Iwan der Schreckliche.
406p large hardback, fresh illustrated jacket, nice clean copy, with plates, first edition, very ...
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Far klein un grois.
251p original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, binding firm, text clean, Hebrew alphabet, ...
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Urreligion und antike Symbole. Systematisch angeordnete Auswahl aus seinen Werken in drei Bänden. Herausgegeben mit einer Einleitung von Carl Albrecht Bernoulli.
514p, 520p, 522p three volumes, small format, uniform set, no names or stamps, excellent tight set, ...
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The Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Nonnos Mythological Scholia.
xi 319p red hardback cloth, with gilt lettering to the spine, this is an ex-library copy, with ...
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Doktor Faustus: Historia von Dr Johann Faustusd em weitbeschreiten Zauberer und Schwarzkünstler wie er sich dem Teufel auf eine benannte Zeit verschrieben.
130p large format hardback, dark boards with floral design, title page in red and black, colour ...
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Myth. Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures.
xii 299p hardback with green illustrated jacket, nice fresh copy, neat name in ink, no traces of ...
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The Iliad of Homer with English Notes by F A Paley. Volume 1, 2.
li 460p lxviii 480p frontispiece to volume 2, various name to prelims, including a certain Gerald ...
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Popular Studies in Mythology Romance and Folklore. Bound Collection of Numbers 1 - 12.
very attractive half calf binding, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, title label to ...
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Middle French Proverbs Sentences and Proverbial Phrases.
x 274p large format paperback, purple lettering, clean copy, no names or stamps, a little dusty, ...
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Il "Kitab-i Dede Qorqut". Racconti epico-cavallereschi dei turchi Oguz tradotti e annotati con "facsimile" del MS. Vat. turco 102.
364p large format paperback, grey card cover, fresh clean copy, no names, no stamps, partially ...
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Comparative Proverbs of Baghdad: Compared with the Proverbs of eleven Arab Countries. Volume 2 ONLY. Al-Amtal al-Bagdadiyyat al-muqaranat: maa amtal ahada asara qutran arabiyyan.
389p large format paperback, green card cover, this copy uncut, never read, volume 2 ONLY
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Leyendas y cuentos bujebas de la Guinea Española.
280p large format paperback, clean copy, first edition, no names or stamps, very good copy
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Volkskundliche arabische Texte aus Marokko aus der Sammlung des Konsuls Karl Emil Schabinger.
xx 303p green paperback, clean and tight copy, text in German and Arabic, very good
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The Fool and the Trickster; Studies in Honour of Enid Welsford.
viii 142p hardback with fresh dustjacket, nice clean copy without names or stamps, includes ...
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Legends of the Bait al-Kretliya as Told by Sheikh Sulaiman Al-Kretli, Illustrated by Abd Al-Aziz Abdu of Cairo.
xiii 105p hardback, large format, white cover with green cloth spine, printed on art paper ...
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Ahmed il-Bedawi: Ein Lied auf den ägyptischen Nationalheiligen.
paginated 50-123 slim paperback, large format, text clean, Arabic text is given in Roman characters ...
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Mohammed im Volksepos: Ein neuarabisches Heiligenlied.
93p slim paperback, both covers detached, text clean, "Nomine Auctoris" to cover, Arabic text is ...
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Mediaeval Legends of Christ.
312p blue cloth fresh and tight, a well preserved copy, no names or stamps, text all clean, small ...
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Curious Myths of the Middle Ages. Edited by Edward Hardy.
159p large format hardback, black dustjacket with minor tear, fresh clean copy, no names or stamps, ...
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The Influence of Animism on Islam. An Account of Popular Superstitions.
x 246p red cloth, binding firm, lettering to spine, text clean, with frontispiece and addtl plates, ...
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The Odyssey. With an English Translation by A T Murray. Revised by George Dimock. Two Volumes Complete.
481p 467p two hardback volumes, green cloth with bright green jacket, very good condition, binding ...
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Tang Dynasty Stories. Translated by Yang Xianyi and Glady Yang.
149p period paperback, black illustrated cover, fresh copy, clean and tight, no names or stamps
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Balladen und Romanzen.
x 318p small format blue cloth firm and fresh gilt monogram to front, portrait to title page, first ...
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The Treasure of the Tigris: A Tale of Mesopotamia.
282p green cloth illustrated with rider on white horse, spine also shows illustrations, colour ...
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Teatralizovannye prazdniki i obrjady v SSSR. (Theatrical Holidays in the USSR)
206p white paperback, fresh copy, very good, with many plates, no names or stamps
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Skazki i pesni rozennye v doroge. Cyganskij fol'klor. (Tales and Songs Born on the Road. Gypsy Folklore.)
520p hardback with yellow boards and grey cloth spine, nice clean and tight copy, no names or ...
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Po Gutsulshchine. (In the Hutsul Language)
166p small format paperback, yellow cover, many illustrations throughout, uncommon title
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Poslovitsy Russkogo naroda sbornik. (Proverbs of the Russian People)
xxvii 990p mustard cloth with red and gilt lettering, a solid and clean copy, name in pencil, a few ...
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The Roxburghe Ballads: Illustrating the Last Years of the Stuarts. Volume 7 Part 1. Groups of Trades and Sports, of Cupid Ballads, of Matrimonial and Anti-Matrimonial Ballads.
xvi 240p rebound in dark plain cloth, library markings and stamps, original orange paper cover ...
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The Tengu. Extracted from Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 1908.
99p extracted from binding, original print fresh, pages holding together very well, nice clean ...
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Sumiyoshi Monogatari. Translated by Harold Parlett. Extracted from Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 1901.
123p extracted from binding, original print fresh, pages holding together very well, clean copy, ...
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The Dog and the Cat in Japanese Superstition. Extracted from Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 1909.
84p extracted from binding, original print fresh, pages holding together very well, nice clean ...
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Earth Magic. A Wisewoman's Guide to Herbal, Astrological, and Other Folk Wisdom.
208p paperback, glossy beige and brown covers, very good condition, a little light wear to edges, ...
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The Myth of Morgan la Fey.
xiii 262p sturdy hardback, beige and brown covers with colourful artwork, tight binding and sharp ...
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Most Indispensable Art: Native Fiber Industries Eastern North America.
xx 212p large format hardback, orange boards fresh and clean, text in two columns, many ...
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Great Basin Rock Art: Archaeological Perspectives.
xii 184p orange cloth very fresh, light library markings only, with illustrations, excellent copy
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Michigan Indian Festivals.
viii 132p yellow cloth binding, light library markings, free front endpaper removed to remove black ...
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Folk Mammology of the Northern Pimans.
xiii 286p large format hardback, brown cloth binding, many illustrations, nice clean copy with ...
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The Double-Curve Motive in Northeastern Algonkian Art.
17p 18 excellent plates with tissue guards, 17 pages with many additional illustrations on art ...
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The Arthur of the French. The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature.
xii 637p large paperback, shiny blue covers with colour artwork, good condition, a little light ...
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The Object and the Cause in the Vulgate Cycle.
170p large sturdy hardback, blue paper-covered boards, like new, tight binding, slight wear to end ...
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Arthurian Literature XVI.
ix 211p hardback journal in earth-brown cloth, like new condition, free from wear and marks, tight ...
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Arthurian Literature VIII.
206p sturdy hardback in earth-brown cloth, beige jacket, very good condition, a little light wear ...
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Arthurian Literature XV.
vii 216p sturdy hardback in earth-brown cloth, like new condition, free from wear, no marks or ...
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The Fool and the Trickster. Studies in Honour of Enid Welsford.
viii 142p neat hardback, earth-brown cloth with off-white jacket, very good condition, free from ...
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Slovar Slavianskoi Mifologii.
368p hardback, black laminated boards with yellow designs, very good condition, firm binding and ...
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Riazhene v Russkoi Traditsionnoi KultureIz. Fondov Kabineta Rukopisei Rossiiskogo Instituta Istorii Iskusstv.
233p neat paperback, grey card covers with brown lettering and illustration, excellent condition, ...
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Russkii Fol klor Bibliograficheskii Ukazatel 1800 - 1855.
262p paperback, white and turquoise cover, firm binding, free from wear, spine a little creased, ...
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Épica Náhuatl.
100p paperback, like new condition, bright white and blue covers, tight binding, no sign of use, ...
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Arabian Nights. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Teheran Edition). 17 Volumes Complete Set including Supplemental Nights.
17 large volumes in black cloth with gilt lettering (silver lettering for the Supplemental Nights), ...
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