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The night chant: a Navaho ceremony.

by Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905.

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Native Americans mwnc Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905. The night chant: a Navaho ceremony. Foreword by John Farella. Orthographic notes by Robert W. Young. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1995, xlviii, 332 pages, illus, eight plates, six are colored, index. Fine copy of the hardcover, black cloth with silver lettering and design on cover and spine. In… Read more about this item
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The myths of Mexico & Peru.

by Spence, Lewis.

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Mexico slmm Spence, Lewis. The myths of Mexico & Peru. With 52 full-page illustrations mainly by Gilbert James and William Sewell, and other drawings and maps.. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931, xiii, 366 p, bibliography, index and glossary, illustrations, black and white and colored. Very nice copy of a handsome book, fine condition, many pages still uncut. Would… Read more about this item
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Thirtieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908-1909.

by Holmes, William Henry, Roth, Walter E., Stevenson, Matilda Coxe

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1915,
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Americana Zuni. Holmes, William Henry, Roth, Walter E., Stevenson, Matilda Coxe.Thirtieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908-1909. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office 1915, 453 pages, plates, figures, index. Very good copy in original green cloth. Very little shelf wear, a nice copy. $40.00 Box 5678 The two… Read more about this item
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Forty-second annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1924-1925.

by Smithsonian Institution, Jesse Walter Fewkes, John Reed Swanton, William Edward Myer.

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1928,
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Americana FCT Smithsonian Institution, Jesse Walter Fewkes, John Reed Swanton, William Edward Myer. Forty-second annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1924-1925. Washington, D.C., United States Government Printing Office, 1928, vii, 900 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations (some color), maps, index. Good, tight copy of a large volumes, in… Read more about this item
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I Tell of Greenland. An Edited Translation of the Saudarkrokur Manuscripts.

by Berry, Francis.

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1977,
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Scandinavia bftg Berry, Francis. I Tell of Greenland. An Edited Translation of the Saudarkrokur Manuscripts. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul:, 1977, xxi, 205 pages. Good to very good copy in dust jacket. Some roughness to top corner of front free endpaper where a pencil price has been erased. Blurb from dust jacket: "Francis Berry has travelled widely in… Read more about this item
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Oracles and demons of Tibet: the cult and iconography of the Tibetan protective deities.

by Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de.

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1996,
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Tibet nwro Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de. Oracles and demons of Tibet: the cult and iconography of the Tibetan protective deities. Kathmandu: Tiwari's Pilgrims Book House, 1996, xiv, 666 p, indexes, illus. Very good, clean tight copy in good dust jacket. This work was reprinted by various Indian and Nepalese publishers but all share the same dust jacket, probably shared the same… Read more about this item
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Amazons. A Study in Athenian Mythmaking.

by Tyrrell, William Blake.

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Ancient World twba Tyrrell, William Blake. Amazons. A Study in Athenian Mythmaking. Baltimore/London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. (1984) xix,166 pages, notes, bib, index. Some pretty minor wear to head of spine, else good to very good. $10.00 Box 126
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Sintflut: Prophetie und Zeitgeschehen in Texten und Holzschnitten astrologischer Flugschriften, 1488-1528.

by Talkenberger, Heike.

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1990,
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Germany thsp Talkenberger, Heike. Sintflut: Prophetie und Zeitgeschehen in Texten und Holzschnitten astrologischer Flugschriften, 1488-1528. (Series: Studien und Texte zur Sozialgeschichte der Literatur; Bd 26). Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1990, 570 pages: facsimiles. Paperback. Signature of scholar on front free endpaper, fine copy. $45.00 Box 508 Astrology, prophecies
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The civilization of the goddess: the world of Old Europe.

by Gimbutas, Marija Alseikaitė, 1921-1994.

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1991,
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Ancient world 667-8 Gimbutas, Marija Alseikaitė, 1921-1994. The civilization of the goddess: the world of Old Europe. Edited by Joan Marler. San Francisco, Calif.: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991, xi, 529 p, bib, index, replete with drawings, photographs, charts. Good, clean tight cop in dust jacket $17.50 Box 2129
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Irish Fairy Tales.

by Leamy, Edmund.

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Ireland leif Leamy, Edmund. Irish Fairy Tales. Pictured by S. Ua Fagain. Dublin: Gill (1907), 155p, illus. Small spots on front cover panel, some child's scribbles in text and on endpapers-adds a little charm to the book. Acceptable designation due to a child's scribblings, good otherwise. Using the item in the National Library of Ireland… Read more about this item
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More real than reality: the fantastic in Irish literature and the arts.

by Donald E. Morse and Csilla Bertha

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1991,
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Ireland mrrf More real than reality: the fantastic in Irish literature and the arts. Edited by Donald E. Morse and Csilla Bertha. (Series: Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, number 45). NY/Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991, 266p, bib, index, list of contributors. Very good hardcover. It is an interesting study. Both editors (husband and wife in real… Read more about this item
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Isis und ihre Dienerinnen in der Kunst der römischen Kaiserzeit.

by Eingartner, Johannes.

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1991,
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Ancient World ejid Eingartner, Johannes. Isis und ihre Dienerinnen in der Kunst der römischen Kaiserzeit. (Series: Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum 115). Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991, xii, 197 pages, bib, index, 98 pages of black and white photos. Paperbound volume, fine copy with the minor distraction of the faint remains of a pencilled price on front free endpaper. The… Read more about this item
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The harp and the blade.

by Myers, John Myers.

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1941,
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England mjmhb Myers, John Myers. The harp and the blade. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1941, 345p, very good copy. A fantasy of Druidic England. Originally published in 1941 and largely remembered because of 'Silverlock'. Myers wrote a number of other major fantasies. $18.50 Box 4118
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Russian tales and legends.

by Re-told by Charles Downing.

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1960,
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Russia rlcd Russian tales and legends. Re-told by Charles Downing. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. London: Oxford University Press, 1960, 215p, illus. Some cover wear, good copy of hardcover. $10.00 Box 10
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The War of the Gods: The Social Code in Indo-European Mythology.

by Oosten, Jarich G.

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1985,
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Ancient world ojwg Oosten, Jarich G. The War of the Gods: The Social Code in Indo-European Mythology. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985, x, 182 pages, bib, index. Very good to fine in like dust jacket. $32.50 Box A 114
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Passing the time: folklore and history of an Ulster community.

by Glassie, Henry, 1941-

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Ireland ghpt Glassie, Henry, 1941- Passing the time: folklore and history of an Ulster community. Photographs and drawing by the author. (Series: Publications of the American Folklore Society). Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1995, xx, 852 pages, ill.; bib, index. Paperback. Good to very good. $10.00 Box 818
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La pensée alchimique et le Conte du Graal : recherches sur les structures (Gestalten) de la pensée alchimique, leurs correspondances dans le Conte du Graal de Chrétien de Troyes et l'influence de l'Espagne mozarabe de l'Ebre sur la pensée symbolique de l'œuvre.

by Duval, Paulette.

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1979,
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France dpcg Duval, Paulette. La pensée alchimique et le Conte du Graal : recherches sur les structures (Gestalten) de la pensée alchimique, leurs correspondances dans le Conte du Graal de Chrétien de Troyes et l'influence de l'Espagne mozarabe de l'Ebre sur la pensée symbolique de l'œuvre. Paris: Librarie Honore Champion, 1979, 386 pages, ill., bib, notes, index. Paperback. Very good… Read more about this item
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An hour by the hearth/ Uair an chloig cois teallaigh: stories told by Pádraig Eoghain Phádraig Mac an Luain. Collected, translated, and annotated by Séamas Ó Catháin

by Mac an Luain, Pádraig Eoghain Phádraig 1885-1979.

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Gaelic 182mlp Mac an Luain, Pádraig Eoghain Phádraig 1885-1979. An hour by the hearth/ Uair an chloig cois teallaigh: stories told by Pádraig Eoghain Phádraig Mac an Luain. Collected, translated, and annotated by Séamas Ó Catháin. (Series: Scríbhinní béaloidis 14). Dublin: Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann, 1985, xxxvii, 103 p., [1] leaf of plates: illus. Accompanied by cassette: Uair an chloig… Read more about this item
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Waifs and strays of Celtic tradition. (Argyllshire series, Number V). Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands

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Gaelic547 Waifs and strays of Celtic tradition. (Argyllshire series, Number V). Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands. Collected from oral sources by the late Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, Minister of Tiree. . Selected from the author's MS. remains, & edited by Jessie Wallace & Duncan Mac Isaac. With introduction by Alfred Nutt. London: David Nutt,… Read more about this item
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Waifs and strays of Celtic tradition. Folk and Hero Tales. (Argyllshire series, Volume III). Collected, edited, translated, and annotated by the Rev. J. Macdougall. With an introduction by Alfred Nutt,

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Gaelic546 Waifs and strays of Celtic tradition. Folk and Hero Tales. (Argyllshire series, Volume III). Collected, edited, translated, and annotated by the Rev. J. Macdougall. With an introduction by Alfred Nutt, and three illustrations by Griset. London: David Nutt, 1891, xxix, 311p, notes, index. Cover spotting and wear, good copy. Scottish Gaelic on one side… Read more about this item
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