New York and London: Routledge, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. "...a useful study guide to the Edda that includes contributions from a diverse group of scholars reflecting a broad range of critical and theoretical approaches." Octavo... More about THE POETIC EDDA: Essays on Old Norse Mythology
University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. More about MEANING AND BEING IN MYTH
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Hardcover. "This book is concerned with the triad of classical Indian mythology, Brahma the Creator, Visnu the preserver and Siva the destroyer." Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with dark blue... More about THE INDIAN THEOGONY: A Comparative Study of Indian Mythology from the Vedas to the Puranas
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974. First Edition. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers. A fine copy. More about APHRODITE'S ENTRY INTO GREEK EPIC
London: Routledge, 1990. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More about INTERPRETATIONS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Color frontispiece and ten black-and-white illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First edition. A collection of 26 stories selected from the... More about THE GRATEFUL ELEPHANT AND OTHER STORIES TRANSLATED FROM THE PALI
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 561 p. 23 textual figures. An exploration of Eastern mythology as it developed into the distinctive religions of Egypt, India, China and Japan. The second volume... More about THE MASKS OF GOD: Oriental Mythology
New York: Pantheon Books, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes contributions from twelve distinguished European scholars, including Erich Neumann, Mircea Eliade, C.G. Jung, and Hellmut Wilhelm. Bollingen Series XXX. Octavo. Original linen-covered boards over a blue... More about MAN AND TIME: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Volume 3
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Reprint. "By the Middle Ages Alexander the Great had become a mythological rather than a historical figure. Court romancers regarded him as the epitome of the knightly virtues of... More about THE MEDIEVAL ALEXANDER
London and New York: Routledge, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. A highly readable study of the worship of the goddesses of pre-Christian Scandinavia. Eight plates, with twenty-eight figures. Octavo. Original printed boards; issued without a dust... More about ROLES OF THE NORTHERN GODDESS
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1968. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More about RUNIC AND HEROIC POEMS OF THE OLD TEUTONIC PEOPLES
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Hardcover. Respected scholar and writer Wendy Doniger brilliantly traces the many instances of doubling, splitting, and impersonation in ancient Greek and Hindu mythology, comparing, for example... More about SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India
Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More about HITTITE MYTHS
Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1993. Hardcover. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. More about MYTHICAL TRICKSTER FIGURES: Contours, Contexts, and Criticisms
Syracuse, New York: Published by the Syracuse University Press for the American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Spanning the years c.850-1000, Egil's Saga traces the family history of Egill Skallagrimsson, an Icelandic farmer, viking, and... More about EGIL'S SAGA: Translated from the Old Icelandic, with Introduction and Notes by Gwyn Jones
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1964. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1917 first edition. 404 p. with 47 plates, including the frontispiece. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt, blue, and red titles. A very good copy. More about THE MYTHOLOGY OF ALL RACES, Volume VI: Indian [and] Iranian
Singing Tree Press, 1969. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1863 first edition. Octavo. Original orange cloth binding, with black titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More about CURIOSITIES OF INDO-EUROPEAN TRADITION AND FOLK-LORE
London: Watts & Co., 1949. Hardcover. The central thesis of this influential work is that hero figures of mythology had their origin in ritual drama, not historical fact. No. 133 in The Thinker's Library. 12mo... More about THE HERO: A Study in Tradition, Myth, and Drama
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. "A comprehensive survey of the Arthurian legends in all their manifestations, from the earliest medieval texts to their appearances in contemporary literature, art, music, film, and popular... More about THE OXFORD GUIDE TO ARTHURIAN LITERATURE AND LEGEND
Ipswich: D.S. Brewer, 1978. Hardcover. First edition thus. A selection from MacDougall's Folk Tales and Fairy Lore (1910). Edited by Rev. George Calder, with a new introduction by Dr. Alan Bruford. Octavo. Original blue cloth... More about HIGHLAND FAIRY LEGENDS
The Hague and Paris: Mouton, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Approaches to Semiotics, Volume 10. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light offsetting to the half-title; else a near fine copy in a near... More about STRUCTURAL MODELS IN FOLKLORE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL ESSAYS
New York: Crossroad, 1990. Trade paperback. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy. More about PATHS TO THE POWER OF MYTH: Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion
Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2001. Trade paperback. Tall octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More about ODYSSEUS AND THE SEA PEOPLES: A Bronze Age History of Scotland
Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral storytelling, Eddaic verse, and skaldic verse. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver... More about OLD NORSE-ICELANDIC LITERATURE: A Short Introduction
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1977. Hardcover. Second Edition, Revised. In Two Volumes. "...easily the best and most abundant collection of folktales that we now have from Spanish America" from the foreword by... More about CUENTOS ESPANOLES DE COLORADO Y NUEVO MEXICO (Spanish Folk Tales from Colorado and New Mexico),...