Resultados de búsqueda: Mythology from Post Horizon Booksellers

Regina, Saskatchewan: Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. McQuarrie, Susan Hopkins. 83pp. Blackline illustrations. Illustrated covers clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Rectangular book - 15 x 23cm. The stories in this collection transcend four tribal groupings: Bemba, Nsenga, Chewa and Lozi, and provide a snapshot of the depth and breadth of the richness of Zambian culture and heritage.

New York, NY, USA: Penguin. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume I: Primitive Mythology ISBN 0140043047. xv, 504pp. Indexed illustrations. Illustrated green wrapper is clean, showing light handling and narrow vertical scuff to back cover adjacent to spine. Binding square and not creased. Volume II: Oriental Mythology ISBN 0140043055. x, 561pp. Indexed illustrations. Illustrated red wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not crease. Volume III: Occidental Mythology ISBN 0140043063. x, 564pp. Indexed illustrations. Illustrated blue wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Volume IV: Creative Mythology ISBN 0140043071. xvii, 729pp. Indexed illustrations. Illustrated maroon wrapper is clean and without edgewear, showing small scuff to lower front hinge. Binding square and not creased. All four volumes - small octavo: 197 x 130mm. n.d. First published in this format by Penguin in 1976, these are later printings.

London, England: The Folio Society, 2012. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thorne, Becca. xlvi, 255pp. Decorative green endpapers. Illustrated green cloth is clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Pale gold slipcase is clean and without wear, structurally sound. Medieval Comic Tales was first published by D.S. Brewer in 1973 with an expanded and updated edition published in 1996. The Folio edition follows the second edition, with minor emendations.

Aggasiz, BC, Canada: Cheam Publishing Ltd, 1968. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 78pp. bw photos, maps, reproductions. Photo illustrated wrapper shows toning and wear commensurate w age and handling. Spinal crease separating and taped. Wrapper has pulled away from stapled binding for lower two of three staples. Quarto. First edition, 1968, stated.

London, England: Longmans Young Books Ltd., 1969. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Knight, Anne. 166pp. Green cloth with bright gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean, showing light shelf wear, preserved now in BroDart cover. Small octavo: 205 x 140mm Nine stories from East and West, nine stories of prince and princess, fox and fairy - there is one at least for everybody and most are for everyone - all from a manuscript by Helen Waddell that was compiled in the 1930s but lost till 1966.

Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2019. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 120pp. Colour illustrations. Green endpapers. Colour illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Quarto: 28.5 x 22.5cm. Bilingual text - English and German.

Rahmel-Verlag GmbH, 2013. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 96pp. Illustrated w colour pictures and photographs. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. English language edition. Reduced shipping may apply.

The Columba Press, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 236pp. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Abelard-Schuman, 1972. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208pp w appendices, bibliography and index. Maps and photos in text. Adhesive residue on ffep. Black cloth w red lettering on spine. Light surface scuff to bottom corners and tail. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean, showing wear to top edges and corners, shallow chipping to head. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Small octavo: 21.5 x 15cm. Originally published as Le code secret de l'Odyssee (Robert Laffont, 1969) and translated from the French by Frances E. Albert.

Leipzig, Germany: Sachsenbuch Verlagsgesellschaft, 1993. Booklet. Very Good +. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 15pp. Illust. Yellow card wrapper without edgewear, showing tiny splatter stain on front cover. Stapled binding sound. 16mo: 157 x 116mm. German language text, Fraktur font. Sägg Legends. The Old Boy's Magic Horn.

New York, NY, USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Price, Christine. 80pp. Blackline illustrations, some full-page. Deep blue endpapers. Scuff on ffep from pocket removed. Standard school library markings. Decorative boards. Very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in laminate cover. In this book, Adjai Robinson has retold seven of his favorite singing tales - tales that are meant to be shared. The musical scores are here too, along with African lyrics and English translations.

New York, NY, USA: American Book Company, 1889. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 254pp. Illustrations in text, some full-page; frontis. Numbers inked to ffep. Brown cloth shows moderate soiling and toning commensurate w age and classroom handling. Binding square and sound. Duodecimo: 190 x 138mm.

New York, NY, USA: The Macmillan Company, 1971. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Guirma, Frederic. xii, 133pp. Illustrated w pen-and-ink line drawings by the author. Orange endpapers. Faint adhesive ghost of bfep. School stamp on ffep. Orange cloth w crisp black lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Light bumping to tale. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear but is price-clipped. DJ preserved in new BroDart cover. Octavo.

Durban North, South Africa / Auckland, New Zealand: Bok Books International / David Bateman Ltd., 1993. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clement, Rod. 144pp w glossary and bibliography. Beautiful illustrations by Rod Clement - colour paintings and drawings - many full and double page. Decorative endpapers. Prev owner name inked neatly to ffep. Orange boards w crisp white lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine, however top and fore edges are sunned. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Corresponding sunning to top and fore edges. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. Orange boards Southern and Eastern Africa edition, stated.

Summerland, BC, Canada: Ethnic Enterprises, 1995. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Evanishen, Deanna. 134pp w notes and glossary. Illustrated w drawings. Illustrated wrapper clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo. Translation from the Ukrainian by John W. Evanishen. This is the second volume in a series of Ukrainian folktales. Zhabka and Other Ukrainian Folk Tales contains some old favorites and some tales that are less well-known.