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FOLKLORE AND THE SEA.

By: Beck, Horace.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Mystic, Connecticut, Mystic Seaport Museum: 1996

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 30064

ISBN: 0913372366

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

545 pp, 8 7/8" H. B&w photographs, music notation. The American Maritime Library: Volume VI. "Everything you always wanted to know about sea lore but didn't know where to ask: shipbuilding; names and language; weather and navigation; songs and arts; seals, muckle men and mermaids; monsters, sea serpents and enchanted isles; reavers, privateers and smugglers; legends and tales; "spectre" ships - cooked up and served well salted by a first-rate writer who combines the knowledge of a sailor and a college professor." Oceans. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterio...
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THE MAGICAL ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY

By: Burland, C. A.

Price: $32.50 USD

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker: 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25897

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

196 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). B&w illustrations. "From the earliest time man has been fascinated by visions and dreams, and by the discovery that there were men who could, by magical powers, improve a crop or foretell the weather. As civilization grew there were demands for knowledge which would give control over other men or protection from the wiles of enemies. The study of magic and counter magic became important in the policy of states. Later magic was denounced as a work of the Devil, and then the Devil himself was demoted to become a laughing stock. Yet even nowadays there exist in the...
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THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE DRUIDS: A JOURNEY AMONG THE ANCIENT CELTS.

By: Freeman, Philip.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30268

ISBN: 978074326280

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

221 pp, 8 11/16" H. B&w maps, photographs. "Early in the first century B.C. a Greek philosopher named Posidonius began an ambitious and dangerous journey into the little-known land of the Celts. A man of great intellectual curiosity and considerable daring, (he) traveled from his home on the island of Rhodes to Rome, the capital of the expanding empire that had begun to dominate the Mediterranean. From there he planned to investigate for himself the mysterious Celts, reputed to be cannibals and savages. His journey would be one of the great adventures of the ancient world. Posidonius journey...
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THE WESTERN FRONT. ORDINARY SOLDIERS AND THE DEFINING BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I.

By: Holmes, Richard.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: New York, TV Books: 2000

Seller ID: 23731

ISBN: 1575001470

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

224 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H). B&w photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. "The Western Front in World War I was the scene of devastating trench warfare and astonishing human loss: nearly 750,000 soldiers perished in the battles fought in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1918. (This book) traces the path those soldiers took, and presents the political, military, and human dilemmas of a bitter and bloody war. (It) takes us through the major and most costly battles of the Western Front, many of which garnered dubious gains at best, and all of which were won only with great human sacrifice...
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OUT OF THE BLUE: THE ROLE OF LUCK IN AIR WARFARE 1917-1966.

By: Lucas, Laddie, ed. (K.R. vand er Spuy, James Byford McCudden, Raymond Chance, P.S. Engelbach, A.A.N. Breckon, R.T. Partridge, C.R. Caldwell, David J. Shannon, Charles Barry, John H. Moutray, R.A. Percy, K.S. Batchelor,

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Grafton: 1987

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 25312

ISBN: 0586070885

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

542 pp, 7" H. B&w drawings. "Beginning in 1917 with Lord Balfour's miraculous safe landing after ejection from his crushed biplane, (this) is an extraordinary compilation of lucky escapes, own goals and near-misses by both famous and unknown war pilots. Captain Len Trent VC tells us how luck saved his life in the legendary Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in 1944. Fighter pilot Yutaka Yokota, who volunteered as a human torpedo in the Pacific, recalls how mechanical trouble stopped him making the supreme sacrifice. And an Australian gunner tells the intriguing tale of his clairvoyant mongrel. ...
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A RAZOR FOR A GOAT: A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT AND DIABOLISM.

By: Rose, Elliot.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1989.:

Seller ID: 21105

257 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0802067689 "With an amazing knowledge of his subject (and also of related matters, e.g. mythology and Jungian psychology) the author here discusses witchcraft and diabolism in a way that arouses admiration for his exact and critical aptitude. The central theme is the historical origins (and, as a sidetrack, the psychological functions) of some forms of witchcraft. The question whether these should be regarded as survivals of the ancient pagan cults, or whether they should be supposed to be linked to Christedom as heresy, is given extensive treatment." ...
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MAPS THAT MADE HISTORY: THE INFLUENTIAL, THE ECCENTRIC AND THE SUBLIME.

By: Smart, Lez.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Kew, Richmond, National Archives: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27244

ISBN: 1903365643

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

191 pp, small 4to (10 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with maps, battle plans, photographs, reproductions. "Here we present 25 glorious examples (of maps), reproduced large-scale with magnified details. This thought-provoking collection features maps that record major and minor events; maps that have influenced and inspired; even maps that have deceived. Each gives a fascinating insight into the times in which it was created. Lez Smart tells the story behind each map and reflects on what it reveals about its makers and users, from the early cartographers to the Elizabetha...
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Keyword: Human Sacrifice

FOLKLORE AND THE SEA.

THE MAGICAL ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY

THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE DRUIDS: A JOURNEY AMONG THE ANCIENT CELTS.

THE WESTERN FRONT. ORDINARY SOLDIERS AND THE DEFINING BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I.

OUT OF THE BLUE: THE ROLE OF LUCK IN AIR WARFARE 1917-1966.

A RAZOR FOR A GOAT: A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT AND DIABOLISM.

MAPS THAT MADE HISTORY: THE INFLUENTIAL, THE ECCENTRIC AND THE SUBLIME.