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Fairies: Real Encounters With Little People
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New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1997. ISBN: 0786704578. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FAIRIES SOCIAL SCIENCE FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY. more information
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Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel
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New York: University Books, 1970. A few small chips and tears around the spine ends. Jacket has a stain on the fold of the rear panel. Interior clean and fee of stains, marks, and writing. Protective mylar cover. Originally published in 1883, this book theorizes that a comet came close to or struck the earth, causing cataclysmic changes, the remembrance of which took root in legends, mythology, and religious scriptural history. The author supports his hypothesis with an examination of a cross-section of ancient cultures--Hindus, Persians, Britons, Chinese, Greeks, Scandinavians, Central Americans, North and South American Indians, Aztecs, Toltecs, Quiches, Peruvians, Arabians, Babylonians, and Egyptians. 452 pages, indexed. Several pages at the end of the book advertise publications from the Library of the Mystic Arts.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. EARTH COMET DISASTER ANCIENT TIMES MYTHS LEGENDS. more information
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Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1928. Blue cloth, top-edge blue, gilt letters on spine. Corners bumped. 215 pages, untrimmed, with Bibliography and Index. Bookstore sticker rear endpaper: H.H. Evans, San Francisco.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Mammals Birds Repriles Batrachians Sea-Beasts Greek Greece Natural History Fauna. more information
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The Little Good People: Folk Tales of Ireland
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London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.. Green pictorial cloth, some edge wear. Pictorial endpapers with chracter illustrations seen in the book. No date indicated. The jacket is edge-worn and chipped. The rear panel has a large piece missing at the top. Protecetd from further damage in a new mylar cover. 163 pages, beautifully illustrated with eight color plates and black & white drawings in the text. Folk tales, legends, and stories, both humorous and sad, from the Emerald Isle.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Fair. Illus. by Peter Fraser. Folk Tales Ireland Leprechauns. more information
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The Dawn of Time: Australian Aboriginal Myths
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Australia: Rigby, 1975. 79 pages, illustrated. Light rub to jacket.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine -. Illus. by Ainslie Roberts. Australia Aboriginal Myth Myths Paintings. more information
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The Nightcharmer: And Other Tales of Claude Seignolle
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College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 1983. Price-clipped jacket with a small scuff mark and a small top-edge tear to the front panel. Light edge wear. Eight tales of mystery and the supernatural from the distinguished French ethnographer and folklorist. Edited and translated with an introduction by Eric Hollingsworth Deudon. Foreword by Lawrence Durrell.. ISBN: 0890961697. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Parsons, Kristen. SEIGNOLLE FRENCH ETHNOGRAPHER FOLKLORIST TALES MYSTERY HORROR SUPERNATURAL. more information
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Folktales of Japan
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. A volume in the Folktales of the World Series, Richard M. Dorson general editor. 221 pages, with Glossary, Bibliography, Index of Motifs, Index of Tale Types, Index of Kata Numbers, and General Index.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folktales Japan. more information
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Suzanne White's Book of Chinese Chance: What the Oriental Zodiac Can Tell You About Yourself and Your Future
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New Orleans, Louisiana: M. Evans & Company, Inc., 1976. Moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Red 3 x 5 inch sticker on front free endpaper, possibly to cover a name. Pencil notation on the rear endpapers. Jacket worn and chipped at the spine ends and corners. Protected in a new mylar cover now. The first complete book on the ancient art of Chinese astrology and horoscope casting. 359 pages. Chapters on each of the Chinese years: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Followed by a chapter on the Chinese Years and what they tell you about your future.. ISBN: 0871312077. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. ASTROLOGY HOROSCOPE CASTING BODY MIND SPIRIT CHINESE ORIENTAL ZODIAC YEARS YEAR RAT OX TIGER CAT DRAGON SNAKE HORSE GOAT MONKEY ROOSTER DOG PIG. more information
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