Hamlet's Mill an Essay on Myth the Frame of Time (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Later printing. Near fine trade paperback is tight and clean while showing some very light shelf and trace wear. 505 pages with index and black & white illustrations. Still a pleasing copy of this work that ".should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two.".

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Binding is skewed a bit, crease to spine, smudges to textblock. otherwise clean with a solid binding. Reading copy only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.5.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pp: xxv, 505. Titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w prints, facsim. docs., drawings & photos (listed).Blue cloth bds. Pictorial e.p.s. Interior leaves are clean and tight. An investigation of the origins of human knowledge in the archaic, preliterate world. Includes notes, appendices, bibliography & index. A philosophical study of some of the world's great myths and their interconnectedness based on celestial phenomena. Includes appendicies, bibliography, and index. A fine, unmarked copy.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DUST JACKET. First Printing. First Printing. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Dust jacket has some tears. Binding is tight/good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Near fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket clipped. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xiii, 505 p., ill., 23 cm. Contradicting many current notions about cultural evolution, this exploratory book investigates the origins of human knowledge in the archaic, preliterate world.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. xxiii, 505 pp; illustrations. Original cloth. Light staining of lower corner of front cover. Bottom fore edge of pages stained (see photo). Good, in worn and stained dust jacket. The staining is on the blank verso of the dust jacket (see photo). At least the front flap of the dust jacket is not priced-clipped! SIGNED BY "GIORGIO": "To Heka/ with love/ Giorgio/ Oct 19, 1971" (see photo). I cannot prove this "Giorgio" is the author Giorgio de Santillana, but he probably is. First British Edition (originally published by Boston: Gambit, Incorporated, in 1969). Printed in the U.S.A. by The Riverside Press, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Quoting the Wikipedia article on Giorgio de Santillana: "In 1969, he published his book Hamlet's Mill: An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time, coauthored with Hertha von Dechend (1915 2001) after he was inspired by her original research shared with him in 1959. This book covered possible connections between the mythological stories of Ancient Egypt, Babylon, Ancient Greece, Christianity, etc. and ancient observations pertaining to the stars, planets, and, most notably, the 26,000-year precession of the equinoxes, now categorized into the fields of ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy. Santillana's colleague Nathan Sivin described the book as 'an end run around those scholarly custodians of the history of early astronomy who consider myths best ignored, and those ethnologists who consider astronomy best ignored, to arouse public enthusiasm for exploration into the astronomical content of myth.' The book engaged in inflammatory mockery of its presumptive 'custodial' opponents, for instance calling some 'fertility addicts' and 'the Fecundity-Trust' and calling Ernst Cassirer 'blinded by condescension,' and notable reviews were correspondingly harshly critical, though others were critical of technical missteps but nonetheless positive." NOTE about reasons to buy or not buy this copy: In terms of condition, the staining on the front cover, bottom fore edge of pages, and verso of the dust jacket are good reasons for someone who wants a nice copy to take a pass. In terms of price, you can buy a cheaper copy, but almost all of the available copies are more expensive, usually a lot more expensive. This copy is the first British edition, but not the first edition, so if you want the first edition, take a pass. On the other hand, if you believe that the "Giorgio" who inscribed this copy is the author, then this is only such copy available. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A tight solid copy in clean navy and sky blue cloth. Corners gently bumped. Head/tail of spine minutely bent. Brown toning and or staining to head/tail of spine. A few brown spots on spine itself. Extremities lightly rubbed. A few darker blue spots on navy cover, likely touch marks. Moderate discoloration to navy front and rear endpapers. Fading at gutters. Interior bright. Pages unmarked. Clean, unclipped, G-/better than Fair jacket shows heavy wear with loss to head/tail of spine. Loss affects 'H' in Hamlet and 'I' is missing from publisher name at tail. Chips with loss to tops of spine creases, heavier on rear flap. Front spine crease heavily rubbed. Extremities lightly rubbed. Illustrated throughout. 1969 on title page and CR page. Stated First Printing. 505 pages. In mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Cover is in good condition, save for minimal corner bumping and remnants of DJ (from behing adhered to cover). DJ is unclipped, adhered to cover, and in very good condition; save for minor rubbing, scuffing to spine, and edge wear. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for some discoloration (blue and red) to textblock. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. 1969. 1st Printing. 505 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations and photographic frontis. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Notable water marks to bottom of text block. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Foxing to spine. Protected by plastic sleeve.