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The Age of Fable
by Bulfinch, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, owner name (J. F. Stinard) on front free endpaper.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Gilbert H. McKibbin. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, owner name (J. F. . Stinard) on front free endpaper.. 1900. Hardcover. Green cloth with colorful design of Jason and the Golden Fleece on front boards. Several color plates and many other engravings and photos. A collection of Greek myths. A volume in the Manhattan Young People's Library. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages .
Synopsis
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity, Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths, and the age of chivalry have been known. The forerunner of such interpreters as Edith Hamilton and Robert Graves, Thomas Bulfinch wanted to make these stories available to the general reader. A series of private notes to himself grew into one of the single most useful and concise guides to literature and mythology. The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and The Legends of Charlemagne or The Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53252
- Title
- The Age of Fable
- Author
- Bulfinch, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, owner name (J. F. Stinard) on front free endpaper.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gilbert H. McKibbin
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek Mythology, Greek Myths, 1900s Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology and Ancient History;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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