THE NEW COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE THEORIES OF GEORGES DUMEZIL by Littleton, C. Scott - 1966

Vintage item Is in ACCEPTABLE condition with minor shelf wear expected for a vintage book. It was used as a college textbook, so several to many pages inside have highlighting as well as marks and writing from note-taking; there is no dog-earing and no bent pages, however. The dust jacket is in GOOD condition with fraying along all edges, frayed corners, especially the top right front and a wrinkle-crease on bottom right; There is fraying along the crown and foot of the spine jacket from shelf rubbing .The hardback cover boards are covered in blue canvas and are in GOOD condition with not dents or bumped corners; no scratches or tears; no fraying along the top, side, and bottom back edges. Spine is good/intact with a library binding-no loose pages. (Please see pictures as they are part of the description). Overall in ACCEPTABLE condition, except for the hightlighting inside-otherwise this book would be rated GOOD.1966 anthropological book by C. Scott Littleton on comparative mythology, analyzing the… Read More

University of California Press, 1973-12. Paperback. Good.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966. HARDCOVER. Very Good condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket is rubbed, price clipped and has short closed tears are reinforced with 3 pieces of clear tape on the jacket's blank side. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1966. First Edition. Footnotes. Bibliography of references cited. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xiii, 242pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. Revised. Hardcover. Fine/Very good+. Revised edition, 1973, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 271pp., not illustrated. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with small closed tear to top front panel, mild rubbing, previous seller's price sticker to rear panel.

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1966. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xv, 271 p. ; 23 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 239-259. Contents: Part I : The background -- The nature and location of Proto-Indo-European culture -- Comparative mythology, Frazerian anthropology, and Durkeimian sociology -- Part II : The evolution of the system -- The formative phase : 1924-1938 -- The developmental phase : 1938-1949 -- The florescent phase : 1949 to the present -- Part III : Disciples, critics, and an anthropology assessment -- The disciples and the critics -- An anthropologological assessment. Subjects: Dum�zil, Georges 1898-1986; Dum�zil, Georges Contributions in mythology; Mythology Methodology; Mythology, Indo-European; Philosophical anthropology; Comparative studies; Religious… Read More

University of California Press, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 in x 9.2000 in x 6.0000 in. DJ worn - one inch tear along top of spine, chipping, edgewear, rubbing. Book with mild shelf wear, clean pages and tight binding.

University of California Press. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

University of California Press, 1982. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Third Edition. 0520041038 Slight cover wear. Light corner crease to one pg. A sturdy, unmarked copy. A definitive source of the scholarship of the culture, language, and homeland of the Indo-European civilizations..

University of California Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!