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Chatto & Windus, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" VG/VG in DJ (some rubbing/few sm nicks) 8vo with DJ 208. Analysis of the theme of the hero's spiritual journey, with examples in world literature from Samuel Beckett, Dante, Kafka, Sartre, et al.
THE HARD JOURNEY: The Myth of Man's Rebirth. by Matthews, Honor
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ cloth copy in used dust jacket. The journey to the underworld, and sometimes, the return. Literary exploration featuring Beckett, Kafka, Sophocles, Dante, Ibsen, Sartre, Camus, the existentialists, even Brecht. 208 pages, indexed. Octavo.
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- Keywords archetypes mythology legend literary symbolism
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The Hard Journey: The Myth of Man's Rebirth
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New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Myth of Man's Rebirth. DJ is torn at top of spine and worn on the corners. Book is brown cover with gilt title in good condtiion. Interior is clean with no markings some foxing on edges.
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, 208 pages , ex reference library with the usual marks, otherwise very good clean and complete. box 175.
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Chatto & Windus, 1968. First Edition. hardcover. Matthews, Honor : The Hard Journey: The myth of man's rebirth. London : Chatto and Windus, Ltd, 1968. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's chocolate brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 208 numbered pp. Acknowl (in very tiny font!); prologue; sections on: Journey in the Ordered Universe, and Journey in Contemporary Society; epilogue, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: a solid, unmarked copy, slightly worn: spine just a bit cocked, ends rolled, corners bumped, edges slightly tanned. Dj heavily handled, with numerous tears, some repaired with ordinary tape, price-clipped. Quite an early appearance (1968) of an SBN: [0]701113065. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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NY: Barnes & Noble. 1968. 208p. , index. .
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Chatto & Windus, 1968. Hardcover. Good.
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London : Chatto & Windus, 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is price-clipped.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 208 pages; Physical description.: 208 p. ; 23 cm. Notes: Bibliographical footnotes. Subject: Voyages to the otherworld in literature.
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