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No! in Thunder. Essays on Myth and Literature.
xvi 341p paperback, bright red cover, tight and clean copy, never used, fresh
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The Works of James Hall: Legends of the West.
435p original blind-stamped cloth a little aged and front hinge a little soft, old paper label to ...
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Rocznik Orientalistyczny. Volume 54, 2002.
190p 215p two issues making up volume 54 (2002) bound in plain brown library cloth, original paper ...
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Rocznik Orientalistyczny. Volume 36-37, 1973 - 1975.
124p 166p 112p 116p four issues making up volumes 36 and 37, 1973 - 1975 bound in plain brown ...
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Chine: Les Fetes.
63p paperback, colourful cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding tight, pages clean and ...
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. Patterns of Japanese Culture.
324p paperback, terracotta cover with green wraparound slip, very good condition, minimal wear, ...
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Iz istorii sem'i i byta sibirskogo krest'ianstva v XVII - nachale XX v.: sbornik nauchnykh trudov. (From the History of Family and Life of the Siberian Peasantry in the 17th and early 20th Centuries. A Collection of Scientific Works)
158p paperback, text reproduced from typescript, very good copy, uncommon title
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Traditsii russkogo zemledeliia: praktika i religiozno-nravstvennye vozzreniia. (Traditions of Russian Agriculture: Practice and Religious and Moral Beliefs)
163p paperback, illustrated front and additional illustrations in the text, a well preserved copy, ...
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Russkie obrâdovye pesni Ucebnoe posobie dla vuzov. (Russian Ritual Songs. Textbook for Higher Education Institutions)
272p hardback, blue cloth with white lettering, a tight and clean copy, very good
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Russkij prazdnik: prazdniki i obrjady narodnogo zemledel'ceskogo kalendarja: illjustrirovannaja enciklopedija. (Russian Holiday: Prazdniks and Rites of the Folk Farming Calendar: Illustrated Encyclopaedia)
668p large hardback, illustrated dustjacket present, many illustrations and plates, excellent copy ...
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Velikorusskie skazki Permskoj gubernii. (Velikorussian Tales from Perm Province)
543p thick volume, yellow cover illustrated with owl, reset "reprint" (?) of the 1914 edition, with ...
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Tradicionnyj fol'klor Novgorodskoj oblasti: skazki, legendy, predania, bylichki, zagovory, po zapisam 1963 - 1999. (Traditional Folklore of the Novgorod Region: Tales, Legends, Bylaws, Incantations from the Records of 1963 - 1999)
542p hardback with laminated boards, a fresh and clean copy, never used, as new
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Poetieskie vozzrenija slavjan na prirodu v trech tomach 2. (Slavic Poetic Views of Nature, Volume 2)
784p hardback, bright red boards with gilt lettering to front, volume 2 ONLY, reprint of the 1868 ...
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Elephanta: The Legends about the Sculptures on Elephanta Island.
32p stapled booklet, illustrated throughout in colour, illustrations by C M Vitankar, slight ...
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British Names of Birds.
125p hardback, mud-brown cloth with blue jacket, very good condition, light wear to jacket edges ...
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Odyssey, Books I - XII.
xxii approx 300p hardback, terracotta cloth, very good condition, some pen marks, binding firm, ...
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Stories from Babylon and Persia.
190p laminated hardback, beige cover, very good condition, minimal wear, cover and spine slightly ...
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Medieval Comic Tales. Translated from Seven Languages.
xi 160p paperback, blood-red card cover, very good condition, light wear to covers, binding stiff ...
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Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons.
ix 451p paperback, white cover with turquoise hippocampus, very good condition, some very light ...
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Moral Fictions. Tamil Folktales in Oral Tradition.
338p large paperback with jacket, yellow cover design, excellent clean copy, colour plates, very ...
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A Eva Barbada: Ensaios de Mitologia Medieval.
250p large format paperback with silver cover, excellent copy, almost as new, first edition, with ...
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Christian Iconography. A Study of Its Origins.
158p + 341 black and white plates, large, heavy dark green paperback, very light wear, well ...
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Death-in-Life and Life-in-Death: 'Cuchulain Comforted' and 'News for the Delphic Oracle'.
63p paperback, beige card cover, very clean and fresh, almost as new.
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The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy.
xv 268p hardback, dustjacket, as new, never used, excellent copy
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Histoire Médiévale du Bhoutan: établissement et évolution de la Théocratie des Brug pa.
259p hardback, terracotta cloth as new, excellent copy, as new, never used, text in French
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Studies on the Secret History of the Mongols.
161p paperback, grey illustrated cover, text from typescript, a few marginal notes, Japanese (?) ...
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Indigenous Writing in the Spanish Indies. Special Issue of UCLA Historical Journal, Volume 12, 1992.
220p paperback, blue cover, excellent fresh copy, never used, papers by Terraciano, Sousa, Restall, ...
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The American Myth of Success: From Horatio Alger to Norman Vincent Peale.
Hardback with blue skies dustjacket, a fresh clean copy, first edition, Signed with best wishes, ...
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King Arthur on Film. New Essays on Arthurian Cinema.
xi 275p hardback, maroon cloth with silver lettering, like new condition, little to no wear, ...
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Mythe et Tragédie en Grèce Ancienne.
184p paperback, white and purple cover, very good condition, minimal wear, name to endpaper, ...
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Bog-Myrtle and Peat: Tales chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895.
426p original dark green cloth ribbed, top edge gilt, first edition, cloth fresh and tight, spine ...
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The Rediscovery of the Ancient Sagas of the Banu Hilal.
20p offprint, note by the author inserted, with plates, very good
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The Memorial Feast for Kokotoy-Khan: A Kirghiz Epic Poem.
xvi 283p large format (quarto size) green cloth fresh, top edge a little dusty, red stamp to title ...
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The Hudsailian Poems. Contained in the Manuscript of Leyden.
viii 297p hardback, large format, fresh dustjacket, as new. Reprint of the edition of 1854, Arab ...
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Narratives and Poems from Hesban. Arabic Texts Recorded Among the Semi-Nomadic Al-Agarma. Tribe (Al-Balqa District, Jordan).
110p paperback, beige cover, very good condition, minimal wear to covers and spine, binding tight, ...
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Mohammed in Volksepos. Ein Neuarabisches Heiligenlied.
93p paperback, brown cover, very good condition, light wear commensurate with age, name to ...
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Les Dieux de la Gaule.
134p paperback, beige cover with illustration, good copy, light pencil marks, binding a little ...
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La Leggenda di Vergogna.
107p small paperback, red cover, very good condition, minimal wear, faint stain to front cover, ...
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Ecelino da Romano nella Mente del Popolo e nella Poesia.
163p paperback, beige cover with flaps, good condition, some light wear to cover edges, notes to a ...
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The Life in the Forest: The Influence of the St. Giles Legend on the Courtly Tristan Story.
78p paperback, tanned white cover with blue calligraphic lettering, good condition, some wear to ...
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La Légende d'Alexandre le Grand dans la Littérature Française du 12e Siècle. Une Réécriture Permanente.
394p paperback, white and yellow cover, good condition, minimal wear to covers, spine a little ...
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A Dictionary of Chinese Mythology.
xxiii 627p large format hardback, black cloth fresh with bright red symbol to front, tight and ...
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Teach Yourself Bluegrass Fiddle.
61p large format paperback, notation (tune and accompaniment) very large and clear, playing tips ...
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Morgenländische Spruchweisheit. Arabische Sprichwörter und Rätsel. Aus mündlicher Überlieferung gesammelt und übertragen.
xi 64p large paperback, library stamp, related offprint inserted, very good
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The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant. (Harald Haardraade)
219p paper-covered boards, title label to front, cloth spine holding well with aged title label to ...
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Arabic Proverbs, Collected by Mrs A P Singer. Edited by Enno Littmann.
xii 76p plus 16p in Arabic script, binding poor and cover detaching, scribbles to back endpaper, ...
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La Mort d'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round Table, Compiled by Sir Thomas Malory, Introduction and Notes by Thomas Wright.
540p original green ribbed cloth with bright title field to spine, text clean and binding firm, a ...
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The Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic with a Literal Translation into English and a Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems.
two very large and firm volume in terracotta cloth with black design to front and spine, gilt ...
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Arab Folk Epic and Identity.
x 328p hardback, fresh dustjacket, well preserved copy, some odd soiling to front endpaper, likely ...
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La Géomancie Arabe.
243p paperback, golden cover, good condition, light wear to cover, binding firm, light pencil marks ...
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