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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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Hodder & Stoughton London 1989 HB. A retelling of the tall tales of Rudolph Erich Raspe, illustrated and introduced by William Rushton. VG in VG DJ. 118pp. more information
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Secular Alternatives to Religion
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The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1981 PB. Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 22-23. Cover a little worn and marked, slight annotation, good. 82pp. more information
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The Christian Way
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The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1982 PB. Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 18-19. Covers slightly marked and worn, occasional anntation, good. 70pp. more information
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Greek and Roman Religion
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The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1982 PB. Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 14-15. Cover a little marked and worn, very occasional annotation, good. 79pp. more information
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Psyche's Task
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Macmillan London 1st 1909 HB. 'A discourse concerning the influence of superstition on the growth of institutions' - on government, private property, marriage and respect for human life. Cover worn, marked and sunned, contemporary bookplate to front paste-down, slight grubby marks to eps, o/w VG 84pp. more information
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Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies and other pieces
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Dawsons of Pall Mall London 1968 PB. Reprint. Rebound in stout card, internally clean, tight and sound, good. 151pp. more information
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The Religion of the Jews
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The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1982 PB. Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 16-17. Covers worn, occasional annotation, good 73pp. more information
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Spanning East and West
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The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1978 PB. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 16, 27 and 28 -The Zoroastrian Quest, Zoroastrians and the West, Parsi Zoroastrians. Cover a little marked and worn, some annotation, good. more information
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A Short History of Culture from Prehistory to the Renascence
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Studio London 1962 HB. Archaeology, myth, ritual, poetry, literature and the arts, from the Old Stone Age to 1600 VG in edge-worn DJ 439pp. more information
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The Noble Path of Hinduism
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Open University Press Milton Keynes 1981 PB. Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 9-11. Covers worn, very occasional annotation, good. 115pp. more information
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The Wheaton Book of Myths and Legends
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Pergamon Exeter 1979 HB. From the three collections: Classical and Northern Stories, Stories from the East and Stories from the West. With full-page colour illustrations by Peter Stevenson. Ex-lib, laminated illustrative cover a little worn, missing ffep, stamps to half title and title pages, o/w good, clean, tight and sound, no DJ. 119pp. more information
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The Book of Buried Treasure
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William Heinemann London 1st 1911 HB. The search for pirate gold, including hints for treasure seekers. Cover worn and marked, pages yellowed, tight and sound, good. 425pp. more information
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The Great Deeds of Superheroes
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Paper Tiger Newtown NSW 1989 HB. The heroic tradition in the ancient world - Perseus, Heracles, Theseus, Jason, Odysseus, Gilgamesh, Sigurd, Vainamoinen, Moses, Samson, Beowulf, Arthur, Cuchulain, Roland, El Cid VG in VG DJ 184pp. more information
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In Defence of Magic - the meaning and use of symbol and rite
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Rider & Co London 1st 1931 HB. A study of the world-wide use of symbol and rite as a form of education of the emotions Red cloth, spine a little faded, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, VG 159pp. more information
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Sikhism: the Voice of the Guru
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The Open University Press Milton Keynes 1981 PB. Reprint. The Open University's Arts/Social Sciences course, second level - Man's Religious Quest - Units 12-13. Covers worn, very occasional annotation, good. 95pp. more information
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The Conquest of Illusion
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Alfred A Knopf London 1st 1928 HB. First edition UK. Theosophical philosophy. Blue cloth cover just a little sunned at edges, initials to title page, slight age mottling, generally VG in edge-worn, marked, sunned, but generally sound DJ. 234pp. more information
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Fables for Little People
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Young World London 1972 HB. Mainly from Aesop. Cover a little worn and marked, illustrative end-papers, small scribble to index, slight grubby marks to pages, no DJ, good. 45pp. more information
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