Harold Nicholson (142 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Rpt. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Rpt. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hamlyn January 1970.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 35p.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG Plus or Better Dj. 1st Edition. Fine with no wear or markings in a very good plus jacket iwth light wear. A nice large format with lots of text and illustrated.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quarto, hardcover, near fine in VG dj. 407pp, 71 col. illus., 300+ b/w illus. Originally published 1965-1968 as three separate volumes. A treasure house of human experience which records the advance of man from the simple palaeolithic hunter of the Arctic wastes to the sophisticated, cultured artistocrat of the Aztec and Inca cities. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

HC. 407pp ISBN 060030017X A treasure house of human experience which records the advance of man from the simple palaeolithic hunter of the Arctic wastes to the sophisticated, cultured artistocrat of the Aztec and Inca cities. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good in original wrappers with a dampstain on the bottom edge and edgewear. Paul Stahr, cover (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "Being A Study Of Certain Types Of Civility". First edition and second printing. In very good blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. The boards are firm and flat and clean; shelf-cocked and spine ends a little worn. Unmarked end papers. The text block has four black and white illustrations and in very good condition.The pages are tightly bound, even and not tanned, foxed or marked. No dedications etc. Without jacket. …

black & silver metallic decorative (large pictograph) hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 8.5"x11.5"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (FPu1970 & nap). (originally published as three volumes ~ North American Indian Mythology, Mexican & Central American Mythology, South American Mythology). 407p. 71 full color illustrations. more than 300 b&w illustrations. index. religion. mythology. cosmology. ancient history. theology. ~ Cottie Burland surveys the mythology of the North American Indian, and shows that here can be found evidence supporting the simple archetypal myths of mankind~evidence long lost to the Old World. Each chapter opens with a description of the geographical background of the various groups, as the Indian's outlook on life was directly influenced by his immediate environment. We read of the Eskimo, living in a harsh and unpredictable wasteland, attributing spirit natures to the food animals that were so important to him. We follow the heroic myths of the war~like Sioux and Comanche as they hunted the great buffalo herds. We trace the more elaborate myths of the settled Apache and Navajo of the desert, and those of the eastern seaboard who were feeling their way toward nationhood. Irene Nicholson, in her account or the mythology of Mexico and Central America, reveals a completely different world, one hidden from the invading Spaniards. They received an impression of horror and saw only blood~soaked temples and human sacrifices, though some of them might have paused to wonder how a world of such wealth, with an art of astonishing richness, could ever have evolved in an atmosphere of terror and oppression. The work of a handful of thoughtful enquirers, followed by the increasing interest of scholars, revealed step by step the true face of a civilisation which looked back to the fifth century BC. The Spaniards arrived when it had already entered its twilight ~ the Aztecs, the people in power, had debased the culture which provided their outward glory. This culture grew from the people's belief in simple things~the maize which provided their basic food, the bright stones the invaders were to covet, the sun and the rain. These beliefs became a beautiful and complex religion, and led to highly developed art and science. Mathematics and astronomy were developed to a degree which not only produced calendars of astonishing accuracy but also foretold the very day on which the destroyer would arrive on the soil of Mexico. Harold Osborne, himself a resident among the Quechua Indians of Peru for a number of years, is uniquely qualified to relate the myths of South America, which range from the race memories of jungle Indians to the myths of the Incas who claimed to be the sons of the sun. The way the great empire in the Andes fell to a handful of Spanish soldiers is one of history's great adventures. That much of the triumph was hollow was soon apparent and the tragedy of the fall outweighed the value of the conquerors' loot. An irreplaceable store of record, legend and history was lost~ruthlessly destroyed as being the work of the devil. Posterity was left with a great mass of artistic remains and awe~inspiring ruins~and silence. The Andean civilisation had no written language and with the last of its priests and learned men went the last hope, it seemed, of learning its secrets. But the Spanish chroniclers kept for us at least a part of the lore of this once great people, and they led the way for the archaeologists. Soon a fantastic range of cultures, dating back nearly 3,000 years, began to emerge from the shad.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hamlyn hardcover in dust jacket, 1970, 1st edition, clean/tight, No marks/tears or other defects, slight surface rub only; (Fine/Fine-). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking. "Mythology of the Americas" by Cottie Burland, Irene Nicholson and Harold Osborne. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [From the library of Benjamin B. King.] Volume 2. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked. "Benjamin B. King was an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After World War 2 broke out in Europe in September 1939, he joined the British Royal Air Force as a 'penguin' who could not fly because of eyesight problems. He was assigned to Coastal Command at the airbase in Wick in the very north of Scotland, which provided defense for Britain in the North Sea, engaging the Germany Navy and Air Force. After his stint at Wick, Ben was transferred to the vital but vulnerable British base at Gibraltar off the coast of Spain, where the British monitored German and Italian military operations in the Western Mediterranean. While in Gibraltar, one of his tasks was to listen to Luftwaffe radio communications and track the movement of German and Italian airplanes. After Gibraltar, Ben was called back to Britain and assigned to the secret British code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park in England, which played a critical role in the Allies' war effort by monitoring and decoding German military communications and ultimately breaking the German Enigma code." - Obit.…

Magazine, side-stapled. 1st edition. Vintage pulp fiction magazine with four serials, four complete stories, plus other fetures. Solid clean tight copy but wraps are missing. 7 x 10, pp 289-432, b/w illus & ads. Good, front & back covers missing, no backstrip, tanned pages.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Reprint 4to, cloth. 407 pp, 421 illustrations (71 in color), bibliography, index. A combination of three individual titles by the authors covering North American, Mexican and Central American, and South American mythologies. 060030017X Very good in dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content with light age tone and some pencil inscriptions. DJ with some edge wear, light soiling and creasing.