Hero Thousand Faces by Campbell Joseph, Signed (3 results)

Reprint. Later reprint. Signed by Joseph Campbell and inscribed to a former owner on the colophon page. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Very Good, light creasing and wear to covers, covers curled outward, light soiling to textblock edge. The author's best-known work, an influential mythology book, which inspired Star Wars and 2001, among other popular works. Signed copies are scarce.

Condition: Very Good. Second printing of the first edition. Signed by Joseph Campbell on the front free endpaper and inscribed, "For Shirley-- Good wishes for the adventures ahead -- Joseph Campbell SLC 1960." xxiv, 416 pp. Bound in publisher's black and green cloth with gilt spine lettering; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with wear at spine ends and corners, light soiling to fore edge with slightly tender inner hinge. Minor offsetting and ink staining to front pastedown and light toning to contents. A sharp copy of Campbell's influential mythological treatise. Signed copies are rather scarce.

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.