First Edition of Joseph Campbell's The Mythic Image; Inscribed by Him
The Mythic Image.
Campbell, Joseph.
Item Number: 74041
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
First edition of Campbell’s major study of the mythology of the world’s high civilizations over five millennia. Folio, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Joseph Campbell on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine.
During his early years as a professor of comparative religion at Sarah Lawrence College, Campbell made the acquaintance of Indologist Heinrich Zimmer, a kindred spirit who introduced him to Paul and Mary Mellon, the founders of Bollingen Series. They chose Campbell's The Mythic Image as the culmination of the series, giving it the closing position--number one hundred. A lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced study of the mythology of the world's high civilizations, The Mythic Image received a front-cover review in the New York Times Book Review upon publication. Through the medium of visual art, the book explores the relation of dreams to myth and demonstrates the important differences between oriental and occidental interpretations of dreams and life.
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The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1949.
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First Edition of Joseph Campbell's The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology; Inscribed by Him
Campbell, Joseph.
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959.
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Campbell, Joseph.
The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1949.
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Campbell, Joseph (Richard Adams).
The Way of the Animal Powers. Volume 1: Historical Atlas of World Mythology.
San Francisco: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions/ Harper & Row, 1983.
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The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959.
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Price: $1,250.00
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Campbell, Joseph (Richard Adams).
The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension.
New York: The Viking Press, 1969.
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