The Way of the Animal Powers - Volume 1 of Historical Atlas of World Mythology
by Campbell, Joseph
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0912383003
- ISBN 13
- 9780912383002
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About This Item
San Francisco: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1983 Possibly the first edition. Very large folio 14 1/4" x 11". Light cloth stamped in gilt on spine. 304 pages. 50 specially commissioned full color maps. Very well illustrated - a profusion of color plates. Outstanding B&W photos. Unique drawings. Illuminating charts. Endnotes. Subject and place name index. Myth motif index. Clean. Tightly bound. Dust jacket. Fine/ near Fine. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Way of the Animal Powers - Volume 1 of Historical Atlas of World Mythology
- Author
- Campbell, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0912383003
- ISBN 13
- 9780912383002
- Publisher
- Alfred Van Der Marck Editions
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- General #1;
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