Stiff color illus. wraps. Slight handling wear, nearly as issued. xxiii,416 pp., illus. A few leaves show dog-eared top corners. 20th ptg. 3rd ptg. paperback, reprinting the 2nd edition (1968). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First edition thus (by Fontana, having been published previously many times by Paladin). A work first published in 1949 by Princeton University Press. Octavo-size paperback. Remainder slash across the bottom edge, otherwise fine. Campbell's seminal work on the heroic archetype. Illustrated with b/w photographs and plates.
6 X 1 X 8.5 inches; 416 pages; Rubbing (shelf wear) to covers. Yellowing to pages. Foxing to the exterior edge of pages. Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
Quarto in green and black cloth; 416p; illus. The Bollingen Series, 17 Held / Literatur, Sprache; Mythologie / Einzelne Motive und Stoffe / 1900- ersch; Märchen / Geschichte, Kritik.
The Hero With Thousand Faces is one of the most recent reprints of the revised and updated translation of the first edition published in English. Mass-market facsimile selected by scholars, not leatherbound, stock image shown may differ from the actual trade book cover. No POD, printed in India from scanned PDF with the same ISBN, available from warehouse stock, not dropshipped. Acceptably used book, shrinkwrapped without dust jacket. Supplemental material and access codes not included. Collectible item in great condition.
The Hero With Thousand Faces is one of the most recent reprints of the revised and updated translation of the first edition published in English. Mass-market facsimile selected by scholars, not leatherbound, stock image shown may differ from the actual trade book cover. No POD, printed in India from scanned PDF with the same ISBN, available from warehouse stock, not dropshipped. Acceptably used book, shrinkwrapped without dust jacket. Supplemental material and access codes not included. Collectible item in great condition.
The Hero With Thousand Faces Commemorative Edition Bollingen Series General is one of the most recent reprints of the revised and updated translation of the first edition published in English. Mass-market facsimile selected by scholars, not leatherbound, stock image shown may differ from the actual trade book cover. No POD, printed in India from scanned PDF with the same ISBN, available from warehouse stock, not dropshipped. Acceptably used book, shrinkwrapped without dust jacket. Supplemental material and access codes not included. Collectible item in great condition.
First edition of Joseph Campbell's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 22 textual drawings, 12 plates. Boldly signed by Joseph Campbell on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, especially signed. In his seminal work, Joseph Campbell explores the theory that important myths from around the world have survived for thousands of years all share a fundamental structure, which he called the monomyth. Campbell's theory has been consciously applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists, among them poet Robert Bly, novelist Richard Adams, directors Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas, and musician and lyricist Jerry Garcia. Listed by Time Magazine as one of best 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923.
First edition of Joseph Campbell's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 22 textual drawings, 12 plates. Boldly signed by Joseph Campbell on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, especially signed. In his seminal work, Joseph Campbell explores the theory that important myths from around the world have survived for thousands of years all share a fundamental structure, which he called the monomyth. Campbell's theory has been consciously applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists, among them poet Robert Bly, novelist Richard Adams, directors Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas, and musician and lyricist Jerry Garcia. Listed by Time Magazine as one of best 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923.
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