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STRANGERS DARK AND GOLD.
Edition: First printing.
NY: Atheneum, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of the story of Jason and the Argonauts, the search for the Golden Fleece and the tragedy that arose from the unequal love of Jason and Medea. While written for young adults, this is an intelligent and relevant retelling of a story that deals with essential human strengths and weaknesses and one that adults will find worthwhile. ISBN: 0-689-30451X.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of fading to spine of dj, price clipped - a lovely tight copy of a book not often found in fine condition.)
Book ID: 27807More details Price: $35.00 -
THE MENEHUNE OF POLYNESIA AND OTHER MYTHICAL LITTLE PEOPLE OF OCEANIA. Bulletin #203.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1951. First edition - Excellent study on the 'night working dwarfs' of Hawaii and Polynesia, starting with Hawaii and including physical anthropology, demography, personality, housing and diet, social organization, myths and theories and then covering the manahune of the Society and Cook Archipelagoes; and the menehune of New Zealand and other characters in Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Bibliography, index. 95 pp.
Condition: Near fine in tan wrappers (prev owner's name in pencil.)
Book ID: 40018More details Price: $65.00 -
THE TAIN, THE GREAT CELTIC EPIC.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Dublin: The O'Brien Press, (1989) dj. Hardcover - An easily understood version, written for both children and adults, of the most famous Irish legend. Tells of the army of Queen Maeve, of her greed, and of the great battle between the warrior Cuchulainn and his friend, Ferdia. Illustrations by Donald Teskey. 93 pp. ISBN: 0-86278-204-X.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to pages).
Book ID: 78622More details Price: $14.50 -
RAVEN-WHO-SETS-THINGS-RIGHT: Indian Tales of the Northwest Coast,
Edition: First thus.
New York: Harper & Row, (1975) dj. Hardcover - Illustrated with line drawings by Dorothy McEntee. A revised edition of the 1951 title 'Nine Tales of Raven'. 90 pp. ISBN: 06-0240725.
Condition: Ex-library in illustrated boards and with only a few markings, overall tight and clean in a very good unmarked dj.
Book ID: 89102More details Price: $12.50 -
THE WOLF AND THE RAVEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William Morrow & Co, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first volume in the Wodan's Children trilogy. A retelling of the early adventures of Sigfrid and Brunhild, set in fifth century Europe. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Background and sources, glossary of names. Map endpapers. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-688-108210.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57037More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DRAGONS OF THE RHINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William Morrow & Co, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second volume in the Wodan's Children trilogy. A retelling of the adventures of Sigfrid and Brunhild, set in fifth century Europe. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Background and sources, glossary of names. Map endpapers. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-688-108210.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73498More details Price: $28.50 -
SUBDUCTION.
Edition: First printing.
Seattle: Chin Music Press Inc., (2012). Hardcover first edition - A novel set on a tiny, earthquake-plagued island in a remote corner of Japan. Endo, a young physician unjustly charged with a patient's death, is banished to the island to care for the few remaining elderly residents. A book which "combines modern earthquake science, ancient Japanese myths on the origin of earthquakes, and an unforgettable cast of characters to create a suspenseful, richly illustrated novel." (Publishers Weekly) A beautifully designed book, with L.J.C. Shimoda's artwork throughout, 279 pp plus a sixteen-page illustrated retelling of the myth of Kashima, the god who controls a giant, thrashing catfish that causes earthquakes. ISBN: 978-0984457670.
Condition: Fine in illustrated boards, with a wraparound band on the rear cover.
Book ID: 85759More details Price: $28.50 -
MARY POPPINS and MARY POPPINS COMES BACK. (2 book set)
Edition: First US printings.
Condition: 'Mary Poppins' is very good overall in blue boards with a slight spine slant, mild toning to the pages (bookseller ticket on rear endpaper) in a good only example of the more uncommon dark blue dustjacket with tears along the folds, and the side of the spine, loss of about 1 cm inch at top of spine, and 2 cm at the foot, but still attractive. 'Mary Poppins Comes Back' is also very good in light green boards with mild toning to the pages (bookseller ticket on rear endpaper) in a good only dustjacket mising approximately 1 in at the top of the spine, other small chips and short closed tears, but still attractive. Both dust jackets have the original price of $1.50 still present.
Book ID: 89265More details Price: $1,450.00
