The catalogue comprises a wide variety of books on myths, legends, and the study thereof, from stories of Atlantis through Celtic legends and Icelandic sagas to the less-mainstream aspects of Zoology (cryptozoology).
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Thick Octavo. 514 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling in black field to spine. Sixteen plates in colour by Richard Wallwork and thirty-two plates in half-tone and other illustrations. Fold out map,Contents: Publisher's Foreword; Preface; List of Illustrations; Note on Proper..... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1973. First US Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 350 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, pictorial front and end papers, frontis, b&w illustrations, index, bibliography, appendix. The author uses archaeology, comparative mythology, etc. to reinforce his theory that voyagers from the old-world landed on..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1948. First Edition. Hardcove. Small, slim octavo. 168 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, fold-out map, notes and index. Bellamy is mainly concerned with "how and why Atlantis was lost" in particular applying Hoerbiger's theory that the moon was once a separate..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 128pp. Blue papered boards lettered in red on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. Index & bibliography. A simple historical overview of the Loch Ness Monster phenomenon, with some possible scientific explanations; clearly aimed at a young audience. Page edges foxed, otherwise..... More
New York: Wynwood Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 208pp. Black cloth spine lettered in red, grey papered boards. Bibliography. B/w plates. Another of the author's explorations of the disappearances associated with the Bermuda Triangle. Page-edges toned, bottom of spine faded & chafed, boards faded along edges, small black..... More
York Beach, ME: Nicolas-Hays, Inc., 1999. Softcover. Octavo. xviii + 246 pp. Glossy printed wrappers; frontis, b&w illustrations, index, glossary, discography. From the publisher's blurb: "Best-selling author and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen's vivid grasp of the story and the characters in "The Ring of Niebelung" brings Richard Wagner's mythic..... More
London: Published for The Folk-lore Society by David Nutt, 1897. First edition, Inscribed. Hardcover, Octavo, xii + 146pp, Decorated brown cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt insignia to front cover, black rules to front cover, b/w photographs, author's inscription on title page reads "C. H. H. MaCartney, with..... More
Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books / Penguin, 1979. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 160pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w illustrations & several color plates. Bibliography. A shortened and revised form of the book originally published as "A Dictionary of Fairies" / "An Encyclopedia of Fairies." Clearly intended for..... More
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1977. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (xvi) + 318 pp. Navy cloth with gilt and blue titling to spine. A collection of fables, fairy tales, jocular tales, novelle and nursery tales extracted from the massive four volume "Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language"..... More
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Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1972. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 198pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on spine. Facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition. A collection of some classic English folk-tales and legends, gathered at a time when it was feared that they were fast dying out..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. xviii + 552 pp. Original sienna cloth with gilt title, etc. on title plate of spine, heavily illustrated in color and b&w, list of plates at rear, index. Campbell's massive study of mythology and its psychology, his thesis animated by..... More
New York, NY: Doubleday, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xx + 238pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, black papered boards. Color plates & b/w illustrations. Index. Based on a six-part PBS television series hosted by Bill Moyers, this classic is especially compelling because of its engaging question-and-answer format, creating an easy..... More
Thousand Oaks, CA: Artisan Sales, 1979. Softcover. Small Octavo. 96 pp. Blue printed card covers; map frontis; maps; b&w illustrations by J. A. Dryburgh. An overview of the history and meaning of Stonehenge from a Druidic perspective. Covers and spine a little faded; corners rubbed and lightly creased; book seller's..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Publications, 1952. First edition. Softcover. Small quarto, x + 214 pp. Original printed wrappers. Fold-out map. An academic survey and taxonomy of folk-tales, riddles, magic formulas, etc. from the literature of the Cheremis (also known as the Mari) a Finno-Ugric ethnic group, who have traditionally lived..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xvi + 512pp. Original red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, frontis and b&w illustrations, index. An important work at the time of publication, Dr Churchward ( 1852-1925) gives support to Massey's evolutionistic theories..... More
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xxiv + 450pp. Original red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, gilt device to upper board, color fold-out frontis, color fold-out plates, b&w in-text illustrations, index. A study of the symbolism of ancient cultures..... More
New York, NY: Ives Washburn, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. (i-xii) + 15 - 254 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; gilt emblem on upper board; b&w illustrations. The first edition of the third volume in Churchward's series of books on the "vanished pacific continent of Mu."..... More
New York, NY: Ives Washburn, 1934. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xii + 296 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; gilt emblem on upper board; b&w illustrations. The revised and enlarged edition (published one year after the first edition) of the third volume in Churchward's..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 296 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations. A reprint of the revised and enlarged edition of the third volume in Churchward's series of books on the "vanished pacific continent of Mu." James Churchward (1851 - 1936)..... More
London: Neville Spearman, nd (ca 1960's). Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 246 pp. Black cloth with red titling; frontis; b&w illustrations. The fourth volume in Churchward's series of books on the "vanished pacific continent of Mu" in which he "explains the sciences as they were taught in Mu - teachings the author..... More
New York: Ives Washburn Publisher, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 336pp. Ivory cloth with black titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations. The first of Churchward's books on Mu: a 'lost continent' which he believed had once occupied a vast area of the Pacific Ocean. Churchward further posited that Mu had..... More
London: A. J. Valpy, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Eccentrically paginated. (xvi, 3 fold-outs, 140pp, lxii, (xii), iv, 78pp, 4pp, 268pp. ) Nineteenth century quarter leather, brown leather spine with raised bands, gilt & blind embellishments and leather title label to spine, over cloth boards. Indexes, tables, fold-outs. An unusual..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xvi + 372 pp. Original decorated green cloth with white titling to spine and upper board; b&w illustrations, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. From the Preface: "The purpose of this book is to present a broad view..... More
Bombay: Jehangir B. Karani's Sons, ND [ 1936 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [x], 308pp + xii. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine; all edges gilt, b&w frontis with tissue guard, index. The first edition of this detailed examination of parallels which might exhibit the exchange and transmission of..... More
Godalming, England: Bramley Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. x + 196 pp. Original illustrated paper boards with white titling to spine; b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. From the publisher: This search for the real King Arthur, behind Dark Age and medieval legend, is a fascinating piece of historical, archaeological..... More
