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Water Springing from the Ground. An Anthology of the Writings of Rolf Gardiner.
332p hardback with yellow dustjacket, jacket a little worn with some spotting to top edge, book ...
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Tales of Epic Ancestry: Boiotian Collective Identity in the Late Archaic and Early Classical Periods.
238p large format paperback, card cover with white and dark burgundy panels, an excellent copy, as ...
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Kult - Politik - Ethnos. Überregionale Heiligtümer im Spannungsfeld von Kult und Politik. Kolloquium, Münster, 23.-24. November 2001.
287p large format paperback, card cover with white and dark burgundy panels, an excellent copy, as ...
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Corpus Codicum Norvegicorum Medii Aevi. Quarto Serie, Vol 2: Legendarisk Olavssaga.
large folio volume, half morocco binding with red spine, red morocco medallion with gilt arms inset ...
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Homer and the Homeric Problem.
51p stapled booklet, brown card cover, excellent clean copy, stamped "Preliminary Publication, ...
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Catalogue of Astronomical and Mythological illuminated Manuscripts of the Latin Middle Ages. Vol. IV: Astrological Manuscripts in Italian Libraries (other than Rome).
xxx 111p firm and strong cloth binding, 12 plates, a tight and clean copy, without name or stamp, ...
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Cults, Myths, Oracles, and Politics in Ancient Greece. With two Appendices: The Ionian Phylae, the Phratries.
179p original paperback, cover a little soft, text clean, binding holding, very good, first edition
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The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent.
xvi 307p hardback with fresh dustjacket, a new copy, never used, with frontispies and maps, ...
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Bdud rtsi sman gyi 'grungs dpe legs bshad nor bu'i phred mdzes = Gan lu ben chao ming jing.
27p 5p 770p 10p plus colour plates, large format, heavy volume with dustjacket, very good, ...
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The Myths of the New World: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America.
viii 307p original terracotta cloth, spine complete but torn, piece secured with magic tape, text ...
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Dictionnaire Historique des Institutions. Moeurs et Coutumes de la France. Tomes 1-2.
lxxvi 271p two volumes in half calf binding, marbled paper boards, gilt lettering to spine, four ...
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Miners' Folk Songs of Sri Lanka.
ii 78p slim booklet, very well preserved, private shelfmark to spine, this copy un-cut, never read, ...
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The Ring of the Forgetful Husband in World Mythology.
24p stapled booklet, well preserved, clean copy
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Gling ge sar rgyal po'i sgrung: Mon gling g.yul 'gyed.
470p with colour plates: Legend of King Gesar of Ling.
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Mthing gling g'yul 'gyed dpa' bo rtsal 'gran zhes bya ba bzhugs so.
241p paperback with blue illustrated cover: An episode from the Tibetan epic.
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Zhimeigengdeng.
115p 115p small format paperback, illustrated throughout, text in Chinese and Tibetan, story from ...
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Maui-of-a-Thousand-Tricks: His Oceanic and European Biographers.
300p well preserved paperback, fresh and clean, 1971 reprint of 1949 first edition, with maps
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Norwegian Folk Tales.
195p hardback with blue jacket, minimal wear, some slight sunning, pages very clean and neat, very ...
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Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England.
ix 281p hardback, laminated boards, "Making his Will" to cover, excellent copy, without ...
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Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Section des Sciences Religieuses. Annuaire 1971 - 1972, Tome 79.
539p Yellow cloth fresh with gilt lettering to front, spine a hint dull onlty, excellent clean and ...
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Folklore in Buddhist and Jaina Literatures.
xv 120p hardback red dustjacket, well preserved, clean and tight copy, never read, partly un-cut
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British Myths and Legends (Three Volume Set)
191p 256p 263p three-volume hardback set in maroon slipcase, some very light marks to slipcase ...
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Folk Tales of Orissa.
110p hardback with coloured boards, old shelfmark to spine, a clean and tight copy, very good
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Raganius. Prieskariniu Laiku Sodziaus Gyvenimo Seseliai.
192p paperback, illustrated cover, this copy in an old transparent jacket which left traces of ...
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Gesellschafts- und Volkstanz in Österreich.
281p large format paperback, brown card cover, a clean and tight copy, without name or stamps, ...
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Frankfurter Sagen- und Geschichten-Buch.
vii 312p original grey cloth with gilt décor, a fresh and tight copy of the first edition, without ...
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The Odyssey of Homer, Translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza, Volume 2: Books 13 - 26.
xxviii 322p terracotta cloth fresh and tight, gilt lettering to spine, light library markings, a ...
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The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets. Never before in any Language Truly Translated, with a Comment on some of his Chief Places, Done According to the Greek by George Chapman. Volume 2. Third Edition.
302p this copy rebound in strong library half calf aged but solid, text clean, binding tight, ...
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The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets. Never before in any Language Truly Translated, with a Comment on some of his Chief Places, Done According to the Greek by George Chapman. Volume 2. Third Edition.
302p bookblock detached from binding, binding broken in one place, library markings, text is clean, ...
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Homeri Ilias, cum Brevi Annotatione Curante C G Heyne, Accedunt Scholia Minora Passim Emendata necnon Heraclidis Allegoriae Homericae. Volume 1 ONLY.
x 569p bound in plain green cloth (1910?) with gilt lettering, binding fresh, last page of text is ...
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The first Eight Books of Homer's Iliad Carefully Printed from the Text of Heyne; with Copious English Notes and Preliminary Dissertation on the AEolic Digamma.
xi 397p x old full ribbed cloth binding dark green with black title label to spine, light library ...
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People and Themes in Homer's Odyssey.
xv 163p hardback with dustjacket (protected under removable sleeve), first edition, light library ...
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Myths of the Odyssey in Art and Literature.
xxvi 219p blue and white cloth binding, frontispiece and many plates, some plates had been ...
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Homer and his Critics.
xii 302p hardback with white dustjacket, book excellent, never used, light library markings, pages ...
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Homerou Ilias: Littera Digamma Restituta ad Metri Leges Redegit et Notatione Brevi Illustravit Thomas Shaw Brandreth.
viii 370p vi 370p two volumes in failing half calf binding, Greek text throughout, Latin notes, ...
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The Iliad of Homer with a Carefully Corrected Text; with Copious English Notes Illustrating (…) the Mythology and Antiquities of the Heroic Ages; and Preliminary Observations on Points of Classical Interest.
l 712p library rebound in plain blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, tight and clean binding, ...
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Homeri Ilias. Annotationes in usum serenissimi principis Gulielmi Augusti, Ducis de Cumberland, etc. Volume 1 & 2.
375p 383p frontispiece map (browned but intact) to each part, Greek text throughout with extensive ...
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The Iliad of Homer, in English Hexameter Verse.
xii 550p text printed in a red frame, long hexametrical lines, this copy bound in library quality ...
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Mythographi Graeci: Vol 1: Apollodori Bibliotheca. Pediasimi Libellus de Duodecim Herculis Laboribus. Editio Altera.
lxxv 335p this is an original paperback in mixed condition: The copy is entirely uncut, never read, ...
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The Similes of the Iliad and the Odyssey Compared.
vi 80p paperback library rebound as hardback, tight and clean copy, very good indeed
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The Odyssey. Rendered into English Prose for the Use of Those Who Cannot Read the Original.
xv 326p original green cloth with gilt lettering to front, from a London library, also private ...
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The Homer of Aristotle.
ix 245p original dark blue cloth, binding tight, from a London library, monogram blind-stamped into ...
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Homer's Iliad, Books XXIII and XXIV. The Greek Text, with an Accurate English Version, Notes Grammatical, Critical and Explanatory, and Short Prolegomena.
viii 76p 51p original green cloth with printed title label to front board, light library markings, ...
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The Poet of the Iliad.
ix 101p large format hardback, black cloth fresh, aged dustjacket present, light library markings, ...
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Homeric Synchronism: An Enquiry into the Time and Place of Homer.
vi 284p tightly bound copy, bound in very strong library cloth, gilt lettering to spine, library ...
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The Hammer of Thor.
156p paperback, illustrated cover in very good condition, clean pages, firm binding, illustrations ...
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Studies in the Odyssey.
x 250p original olive cloth a little worn and aged, this copy with traces from more than one ...
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Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe. With Illustrations in Colour by John Duncan ARSA and from Photographs.
liv 361p thick volume, original olive cloth, colour frontispiece, addtl plates, spine with bull's ...
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Celtic Myth and Legend, Poetry and Romance. With Illustrations in Colour and Monochrome after Paintings by J H F Bacon ARA and other Artists.
xiv 450p thick volume, original olive cloth, colour frontispiece, addtl plates, spine with Celtic ...
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Indian Myth and Legend. With Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble and Numerous Monochrome Plates.
xxxviii 463p thick volume, original olive cloth, colour frontispiece detached and marginally worn, ...
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