The Hero With Thousand Faces by Joseph Campell - 1968

Viking Press, 1971-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7300 in x 8.4300 in x 5.8500 in.

Doubledqy. Collectible - Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover. (Q275) .

Patmos-Verlag der Schwabenverlag AG Bibliographisches Institut , 2007. 2007. Hardcover. 26 x 22,4 x 2,2 cm. Richtig verstanden erweist sich der Mythos als eine Quelle der Lebenshilfe und als Anreiz ursprünglich und einsichtsvoll zu leben. Joseph Campbell beantwortet im Gespräch mit dem Fernsehjournalisten Bill Moyers u.a. folgende Fragen: Was fasziniert uns an den Mythen? Was besagt der Mythos von Adam und Eva? Warum gibt es so viele Geschichten von Helden in der Mythologie? Welche Mythen helfen uns den Tod zu verstehen? Den beiden Gesprächspartnern gelingt es auf verblüffende Weise, die Symbole aus Mythos und Religion zu deuten und ihre Relevanz für die heutige Zeit aufzuzeigen. Mythologie für das 21. Jahrhundert - Ein reich bebildertes Buch über die Kraft mythischer Vorstellungen in unserer Zeit - Der große Mythenforscher Joseph Campbell in seinem berühmtesten Interview - Eines der erfolgreichsten Bücher über die Bedeutung der Mythen überhaupt Autor: Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987) gilt… Read More

Patmos-Verlag der Schwabenverlag AG, 2007. 2007. Hardcover. 26 x 22,4 x 2,2 cm. Richtig verstanden erweist sich der Mythos als eine Quelle der Lebenshilfe und als Anreiz ursprünglich und einsichtsvoll zu leben. Joseph Campbell beantwortet im Gespräch mit dem Fernsehjournalisten Bill Moyers u.a. folgende FragenWas fasziniert uns an den Mythen? Was besagt der Mythos von Adam und Eva? Warum gibt es so viele Geschichten von Helden in der Mythologie? Welche Mythen helfen uns den Tod zu verstehen? Den beiden Gesprächspartnern gelingt es auf verblüffende Weise, die Symbole aus Mythos und Religion zu deuten und ihre Relevanz für die heutige Zeit aufzuzeigen. Ein reich bebildertes Buch über die Kraft mythischer Vorstellungen in unserer Zeit. Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) ist ein amerikanischer Professor und Autor. Bill Moyers (Jahrgang 1934) ist ein sehr bekannter amerikanischer Fernsehjournalist. Zusammen haben diese beiden Männer eine sechsteilige Interviewserie über die Kraft der Mythen erstellt. Das… Read More

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

From the museum Del Prado, a monograph dedicated to this Dutch master of fantasy images. Bosch illustrated both the joys of heaven and imaginative tortures of hell. Softcover has minor scuffing to back cover, interior bright and tight, Very Good condtion.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

No dust jacket, O'Keefe frontispiece in color with bottom corner crease to page, not affecting frontis image. Pages are age toned and exterior board edges have minor shelf wear. Index and b/w plates on glossy paper among 531 pages. Northrop, a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, presents a very good analysis of the philosophical foundations of world cultures.

771HigginsJuggler Higgins, Violet Moore. THE LITTLE JUGGLER and Other French Tales Retold. Story-Time Tales. 1917, Whitman Publishing Company Racine and Chicago. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ included if issued. 70 pages 6 ½ X 8 5/8. A nice copy.

Conan Doyle Uniform Edition (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. July, 1955. John Murray, London. USED. Good-/Good- original price-clipped dust jacket. Partial front flap only. Front flap: has been cut at odd angle. Red boards with black titling. 5 1/8 X 7 ½. 248 pages. Synopsis: Detectives "Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate as following his uncle's death, Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire." Please see our stock photo.

Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More

Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2001. xiii, (3), 226 pages. The book is divided into 4 sections: Gods, Demons, and Ogres; Animals and Monsters; Witches and Deceivers; and Abductors and Pursuers. Each section includes scholarly studies (sixteen in all) ranging from "beliefs of the Ancient World and the lore of the Middle Ages in Europe to modern traditions about Killer Clowns among Scottish children, sightings of the Black Dof in East Anglia and beliefs in supernatural abduction." The book is as-new condition in an as-new dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

W.W. Norton, 2017. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed. SIGNED IN PERSON BY NEIL GAIMAN for a favored local bookshop in upstate NY as part of a lecture event. Not a tipped-in signature, not a bookplate, signed directly to the title page. A lovely later printing in brand new gift-worthy condition. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, offsetting to endpapers, pencil marking to rear board else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, light scuffing & creasing to covers else still bright, intact and whole.