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THE TRANSFORMATION OF LUCIUS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN ASS

By: Apuleius [Graves, Robert]

Price: $8.99

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux: 1983

Seller ID: 04622

ISBN: 0374165246

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; large chip at bottom of spine, smaller chips at spine top and bottom front corner.

Lucius Apuleius, a young man having adventures, offends a priestess of the White Goddess and is turned into an ass. What to do?
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GOLDEN AGE OF MYTH AND LEGEND

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $9.00

Publisher: London, Senate / Studio Editions: 1994

Seller ID: 02621

ISBN: 1-85958-016-5

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Near Fine in wraps; residue from sticker on rear wrap

Yet another edition of Bulfinch's _Golden Age_
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BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY: THE AGE OF FABLE, THE AGE OF CIVALRY, LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGN

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Spring Books: 1969

Seller ID: 03618

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in worn dust jacket; very slightly foxed, dust jacket has two inch closed tear and edgewear

A serviceable, unmarked edition of the famous anthologies of myth by the 19th century Bostonian
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BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY: THE AGE OF FABLE---THE AGE OF CHIVALRY---LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $8.99

Publisher: Middlesex, Spring Books / Hamlyn: 1968

Seller ID: 04443

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in edgeworn dust jacket with a few closed tears; top of text block tinted a spotchy red.

Serviceable copy of this book
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THE AGE OF FABLE: STORIES OF GODS & HEROES

By: Bullfinch, Thomas

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company: 1913

Seller ID: 00277

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG/none, illustrated with b&w plates of classical art, faint ring on front cover, spine soiled, foxing of edges, sticker of bookshop on rep

ACHILLES

By: Cook, Elizabeth

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, Picador USA: 1992

Seller ID: 02308

ISBN: 0312288840

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in dust jacket, slight smudge on front edge of text block

An impassioned retelling of the old story
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KING ARTHUR'S PLACE IN PREHISTORY: THE GREAT AGE OF STONEHENGE

By: Cummins, W.A.

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Surrey, Bramley Books: 1992

Seller ID: 01234

ISBN: 1858337690

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in dustjacket

REVOLTING RHYMES

By: Dahl, Roald

Price: $4.99

Publisher: England, Puffin Books: [1985]

Seller ID: 04115

ISBN: 0140504230

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers; unmarked

The little pig began to pray, / But Wolfie blew his house away. / He shouted, Bacon, pork and ham! / Oh, what a lucky Wolf I am! /
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WARRIOR WOMEN: AN ARCHAEOLOGIST'S SEARCH FOR HISTORY'S HIDDEN HEROINES

By: Davis-Kimball, Jeannine with Behan, Mona

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Warner Books: [2002]

Seller ID: 02353

ISBN: 0446525464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in dust jacket

A wonderful tour of the ancient legends and stories of powerful women; includes Amazons, Chinese, and Irish
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THE QUEST FOR KING ARTHUR

By: Day, David

Price: $13.25

Publisher: London, Michael O'Mara Books Limited: 1998

Seller ID: 01753

ISBN: 1854794043

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Foreword by Terry Jones
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THE EROTIC WORLD OF FAERY

By: Duffy, Maureen

Price: $3.99

Publisher: London, Cardinal / Sphere Books: [1989]

Seller ID: 04517

ISBN: 074740545X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers; edges a bit dirty; slight foxing; text clean and unmarked.

Includes books cited and consulted and an index in 401 pages.
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ARTHUR THE KING IN THE WEST

By: Dunning, R.W.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: London, Grange Books: [1988]

Seller ID: 03263

ISBN: 1-85627-905-7

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in rubbed dust jacket; red star on bottom of text block

This quest for Arthur concentrates on the link between the Once and Future King and the ancient Abbey of Glastonbury
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THE STORYTELLER'S GODDESS : TALES OF THE GODDESS AND HER WISDOM FROM AROUND THE WORLD

By: Edwards, Carolyn McVickar

Price: $3.99

Publisher: San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco: 1991

Seller ID: 04494

ISBN: 0062502638

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers; remainder mark on bottom edge; top edge with a few light stains.

Nice collection of goddess myths and stories from around the world; includes a book list at the end.
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PRIESTESSES

By: Goodrich, Norma Lorre

Price: $4.99

Publisher: New York, Franklin Watts: 1989

Seller ID: 03990

ISBN: 0531151131

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: About Very Good in dust jacket; top of text block is stained, small chip of dust jacket and spine at top of spine, jacket edgeworn with some chips and tears

Nicely priced and fascinating examination of the role of the priestess from the Hittite Empire (c. 1350BC) up through Julius Caesar.
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ROBERT GRAVES READS

By: Graves, Robert

Price: $37.99

Publisher: US, HarperAudio: 1993

Seller ID: 03934

ISBN: 1559948345

Binding: Audio, Cassette

Condition: Fine in shrinkwrap

An audio cassette of Graves reading some of his poems and a part of /The White Goddess/
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THE ILIAD OF HOMER

By: Homer

Price: $12.99

Publisher: New Brunswick NJ, Modern Library: [c. 1950]

Seller ID: 04256

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: About Very Good in Fair dust jacket; corners and top and bottom of spine bumped and worn; penciled price on ffep; previous owner name and address on ffep verso; spine a bit loose; dj somewhat tattered with large chips and some penciled notes.

Translated by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Meyers; Toledano No. 166.1; binding style 8; dj back style h5
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A CELTIC MISCELLANY: TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CELTIC LITERATURES

By: Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone

Price: $3.99

Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: [1971]

Seller ID: 04127

ISBN: 0140442472

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Better than Very Good in lightly worn wrappers; some foxing.

Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx tales selected, annotated and translated by Jackson
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GRAIL CASTLE: MALE MYTHS AND MYSTERIES IN THE CELTIC TRADITION

By: Johnson, Ken & Elsbeth, Marguerite

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St. Paul MN, Llewellyn Publications: 1995

Seller ID: 02783

ISBN: 1-56718-369-7

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine in wrappers; some wear and soiling of edges

Part of the Llewellynâ€™s Menâ€™s Spirituality Series; I love the simple line drawings by Nyease Merlin Somersett; talks of four archetypes for men: Warrior, Lover, Magician and King; very new-agey but compelling nonetheless
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THE GRAIL LEGEND

By: Jung, Emma

Price: $13.99

Publisher: Boston, Sigo Press: [1986]

Seller ID: 03699

ISBN: 093843408X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Almost Near Fine in wrappers; a little foxed around the edges

The quintessential Jungian take on the Grail legend
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THE REIGN OF THE PHALLUS: SEXUAL POLITICS IN ANCIENT ATHENS

By: Keuls, Eva C.

Price: $6.99

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1985

Seller ID: 03989

ISBN: 0060911298

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good in wrappers; exterior a bit worn and dirty

An always interesting subject, well researched; includes bibliography, index and 346 reproductions of Athenian vase paintings
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THE NATURE OF GREEK MYTHS

By: Kirk, G. S.

Price: $3.99

Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: [1986]

Seller ID: 04521

ISBN: 0140217835

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers; a few neat pencil underlinings throughout.

Oft-reprinted; contains much of interest to the student.
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WOMEN IN MYTH

By: Knapp, Bettina L.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, State University of New York: [1997]

Seller ID: 02389

ISBN: 0791431649

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers, edgeworn with slight curl to front wrap, pen mark on half-title page

A hermeneutical interpretation of various myths including Isis, Deborah, Iphigenia, Salome and others
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ANCIENT LAND: SACRED WHALE : THE INUIT HUNT AND ITS RITUALS

By: Lowenstein, Tom

Price: $3.99

Publisher: New York, North Point Press / Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 1996

Seller ID: 04554

ISBN: 0865474885

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers; remainder mark on bottom edge.

Told from the point of view of the Tikigaq people of Point Hope, Alaska, this is a work of anthropology and poetry illuminating the annual cycle of the whale hunt.
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WOMAN, EARTH AND SPIRIT: FEMININE IN SYMBOL AND MYTH

By: Luke, Helen M.

Price: $16.99

Publisher: New York, Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S.: [1981]

Seller ID: 04010

ISBN: 0824500180

Binding: Hardcover

Thought provoking work on reconnecting with the feminine.
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QUESTIONS AND SWORDS: FOLKTALES OF THE ZAPATISTA REVOLUTION

By: Marcos, Subcomandante

Price: $35.00

Publisher: El Paso TX, Cinco Puntos Press: [2001]

Seller ID: 02724

ISBN: 0-938317-53-9

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine in wrappers; corners bent

The sequel to The Story of Colors this book includes more folktales told by Old Antonio; illustrated by Domitila Dominguez and Antonio Ramirez; essays on the Zapatistas by Simon Ortiz and Elena Poniatowska; `We are the timid knock at the door of tomorrow'; includes The Story of Questions in which Zapata's history is explained and The Story of the Sword, the Tree, the Stone & the Water.
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BRITISH AND IRISH MYTHOLOGY

By: Matthews, John and Caitlin

Price: $6.00

Publisher: London, Diamond Books: 1995

Seller ID: 01026

ISBN: 0261666517

Binding: Paperback

Condition: VG+, wrinkle on spine

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT AND THE IDEA OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

By: Morgan, Gerald

Price: $14.99

Publisher: Blackrock, County Dublin, Irish Academic Press: [1991]

Seller ID: 04030

ISBN: 0716524708

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in dust jacket

The central thesis is about the idea itself set out in terms of Scholastic Aristotelianism as expounded by Aquinas; â€˜nuff said.
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THE DOUBLE GODDESS: WOMEN SHARING POWER

By: Noble, Vicki

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Rochester VT, Bear & Company: [2003]

Seller ID: 02533

ISBN: 1591430119

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine in wrappers; top corner of rear wrap bent

Very interesting work on the inherent duality of women: menstruation, ovulation; the relationship with the moon; and a history of women's power relationships. Includes an informative time line and a very good bibliography.
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