Gaster Theodor H Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Gold titles on black cloth, 738 pages including notes and index plus 30 pages of introductory material. Dust jacket is not price clipped and is reasonably complete but is tattered at the edges. This is a new abridgment first published in 1959 but it is still a large, heavy book which may required additional postage for international or priority shipment.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. Another Anchor mass market paperback (#A92) with cover art by the late, great Edward Gorey. Inside are English translations of all of the documents retrieved from the Dead Sea caves, together with the "Zadokit fragment" discovered at a synagogue in Cairo, Egypt. In 350 pages, extensive references & indexed. Typography & instantly recognizable art by Gorey grace the covers. Condition is a stunning Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages lightly tanned but completely unmarked. Just a hint of rubbing to extremities, & small area of irregular discoloration to front cover; nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Tall yellow paperback with black lettering and color pictorial on front cover, xx, 426 pp. Notes and Foreward by Theodore H. Gaster. Doubleday Anchor Magnum A 270. Light wear with cover price neatly marked-out, covers and spine slightly age-toned, unmarked interior, tight binding. An abridgment of the 13-volume edition of the Golden Bough. A pioneer study in magic and religion that links the primitive concepts and modes of thought to the many institutions and folk customs they underlie; a milestone in the interpretation of man's cultural past. …