FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology Books

London: Macmillan, 1950. xiv + 756 pp. Reprint of 1922 first. Rear pastedown is torn along the spine, but binding is intact. Covers and edges worn, but text throughout is very clean, unmarked, uncreased. Inscription to ffep and small, attractive embossed booksellers sticker to front pastedown.. Abridged Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Wormhole Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

London: Macmillan, 1941. xiv + 756 pp. Reprint of 1922 first. Rear pastedown is torn along the spine, but binding is intact, if a little loose. Covers and edges worn, but text throughout is very clean, unmarked, uncreased. Owner's stamp to ffep and remains of ex libris sticker to front pastedown. Has frontis -- "The Golden Bough", J.M.W. Turner. . Abridged Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Wormhole Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

London: Andre Deutsch, 1983. 400 g; 85 pages + 3 Blank, text illustrated with full page black-and-white drawings. Small hole on the top edge of the rear panel of dust jacket with associated rubbing. Digital image available upon request.. "Rabbi Leib knew quite well the meaning of the word Golem. There were legend among the Jews about golems who were created by ancient saints to save them in a time of great danger. According to the legend, only the most saintly rabbis were given as power, and only ... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

New York: Clarion Books, 1996. Pictoral hardcover w/orange and white lettering. Fourth printing. Only flaw to book is light corner scuffs, otherwise text unmarked and clean. Binding solid. Jacket w/short tear to top & bottom edge near spine on rear cover. Light edgewear. Clean and unmarked. Solid. Caldecott medal sticker to front. Signed by author on copyright page. Unpaginated. . Signed by Author. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

Offered by Eastburn Books (Oregon, United States) +/-

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in dust jacket. 11.3 x 9.3 x 1 inches. The standard work ... more information

Offered by May Day Books (California, United States) +/-

Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Pages bright, clean. Text unmarked. More shelf wear than any visible previous user marks. We ship 6 days a week. International orders ship air letter post or global priority where available.. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. ... more information

Offered by Pictish Books (Texas, United States) +/-

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a little light foxing to endpapers and closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age darkening. Uniform with the Oxford Classical Texts series. Preface in LATIN with GREEK TEXT.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Goldring Books (United Kingdom) +/-

New York: Avon Books, 1997 The fifth book in the "Pendragon" series about King Arthur (slightly bumped on corners) . 1st.US Ed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. ... more information

Offered by KALAMOS BOOKS (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Portland, Ore.: Pressed Duck, 1978. VG; unpaginated; Number 167 of an edition limited to 300 hand-bound by Pressed Duck in the spring of 1978; approximately 7" square, bound in red cardboard secured at the spine in black twine, front cover folded and the top die-cut to allow the title sheet to show through; a bit soiled at the top right corner, and a closed tear at the bottom right corner of the die-cut opening. A fable about Ursa Major.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Illus. by Minnie Jardine. 12mo - over... more information

Offered by Cat's Cradle Booksellers (Illinois, United States) +/-

Doublday. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. 0385078633 . Light wear to corners & edges, light soiling to cover. Initials written inside cover, crease to 1st page. Interior pages are clean & tight other than one page which has been coloured (quite neat - I thought it was supposed to be that way at first). A few pages have some light wrinkling. Great b/w illustrations throughout. 8vo (8 x 9.5"). Story of the King of the Fish, the great silver salmon, and its return as told by an Indian grandfathe... more information

Offered by Ravenswood Books (Alberta, Canada) +/-

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983 "... celebrates the gods & goddesses of Greece and recreates for our time their richness and their meaning ... [and] visually evoked by ..magnificent photgraphs." 216p. illus. 1st Can Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Beny, Roloff. ... more information

Offered by KALAMOS BOOKS (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Press, 1971. Oversize Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. Dust jacket shows light shop wear. This conpendium is a descriptive narrative of all of the Greek myths that form the backbone of classical literature. ISBN: 0-87024-165-6. ... more information

Offered by Muses Books (Georgia, United States) +/-

Great Britain: Floris Books, 2004. 174pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, one page corner-creased. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn, small, soft corner crease to rear. "A re-telling of Greek mythology and ancient history as recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum class 5-6 (age 10-12)." Contents include: Preface, Greek Mythology, The Argonauts, Perseus, The Twelve Labours of Heracles, Theseus, Greek History, Alexander the Great, Index. Book weight approx. 250g. PLEASE... more information

Offered by Diversity Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

New York: Scholastic Magazines, Inc., 1966. 7.5x5.25 inches. 116 pages. Black, color illustrated cover with orange and blue lettering. Black spine with blue lettering. Teacher edition sticker on cover/spine. Pages browned. Slight edgewear. Read the exciting tales of Zeus, Hera, Athene, Poseidon, Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite, Pandora, Phaethon and many more Greek Gods. Clean, tight, unmarked. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Hunter, William. ... more information

Offered by Connie Popek, Bookseller (New York, United States) +/-

New York: Scholastic, 1966 "The Greek gods had more powers than mortals could even imagine.They could change day into night, people into animals and punish men with eternal torture. Their whims and desires changed the course of human destiny. No legends are more fabulous than those of the Greek gods.This classic collection tells their stories.(for children) 116p. illus . Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by William Hunter. ... more information

Offered by KALAMOS BOOKS (Ontario, Canada) +/-

New York: Scholastic, 1966 "The Greek gods had more powers than mortals could even imagine.They could change day into night, people into animals and punish men with eternal torture. Their whims and desires changed the course of human destiny. No legends are more fabulous than those of the Greek gods.This classic collection tells their stories.(for children) 116p. illus . Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by William Hunter. ... more information

Offered by KALAMOS BOOKS (Ontario, Canada) +/-

London: Thames & Hudson, 1982 "Drawing on a wealth of sources from Hesiod to Pausanias, and from the Orphic Hymns to Proclus, Professor Kerenyi provides a clear and scholarly exposition of all the most important Greek Myths." 304p. illus.index. Reprint. Soft Cover. As New. ... more information

Offered by KALAMOS BOOKS (Ontario, Canada) +/-

New York: Scholastic, 1966 "The Greek gods had more powers than mortals could even imagine.They could change day into night, people into animals and punish men with eternal torture. Their whims and desires changed the course of human destiny. No legends are more fabulous than those of the Greek gods.This classic collection tells their stories.(for children) 116p. illus . Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by William Hunter. ... more information

Offered by KALAMOS BOOKS (Ontario, Canada) +/-

London: Methuen, 1950 "The primary aim of this book is to serve as a kind of religious companion to the Greek classics" (and it has become a classic in its own right) (288p. index.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket. ... more information

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Pelican Harmondsworth 1966 PB. The political and economic structure of Greek society Good 204pp. ... more information

Offered by Byre Books (United Kingdom) +/-