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Signs And Symbols:

(science) . QUANTITIES, UNITS AND SYMBOLS
London 1971. A Report by the Symbols Committee of the Royal Society. Sm.4to., 48pp., wraps. Owner name stamp on front cover and titlepage. Fine. (a46199)
$39.00 Chaplin, Dorothea . MYTHOLOGICAL BONDS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Copenhagen 1938 Munksgaard. Square octavo, 152pp., illustrations, hardcover with mounted paper label on front and spine. Good, spine browned, cover faded and lightly worn, no DJ. (a62604)
$29.00 D'Alviella, Count Goblet . THE MIGRATION OF SYMBOLS
NY 1956 University Books. Reprint of 1894 edition. Introduction by Sir Geo. Birdwood. Author, an important historian of religions in Brussels, here describes "the curious complexity of the phenomena, the mutual influence of the different civilizations that exchange their beliefs and their symbols, giving each of them an original interpretation.8vo., 277pp., index, hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a4916)
$29.00 Duncan, Hugh Dalziel . SYMBOLS IN SOCIETY
NY 1968 Oxford. 262pp., index. Near Fine worn DJ. (a26404)
$25.00 Frey, John Andrew . MOTIF SYMBOLISM IN THE DISCIPLES OF MALLARME
NY 1969 (1957). Reprint from the Catholic University of America Studies in Romance Languages, Volume LV. 8vo., 158pp., index, plain wraps. VG. (a31246)
$25.00 Inman, Thomas . ANCIENT PAGAN AND MODERN CHRISTIAN SYMBOLISM
NY 1875 2nd ed, revised and enlarged, J. W. Bouton. With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred Grove and Other Allied Symbols, by John Newton. Octavo, 147pp., ads, green cloth hardcover. Owner bookplate and second blank bookplate. VG, light wear on front blank end paper. (a69129)
$110.00 Morris, Charles . SIGNS LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR
NY 1946 1st Braziller. 8vo., 365pp., index. VG, light wear to spine ends, no DJ. (a31407)
$29.00 Nalimov, V. V. . REALMS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS: THE ENCHANTED FRONTIER
Philadelphia 1982 ISI Press. Translated from the Russian. Octavo, 320pp., original gilt printed hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a64100)
$25.00 Nalimov, V. V. . SPACE, TIME, AND LIFE, THE PROBABILISTIC PATHWAYS OF EVOLUTION
Philadelphia 1985 ISI Press. Translated from the Russian By A. V. Yarkho. Edited by RobertG Colodny. Octavo, 110pp., original gilt printed hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a66852)
$25.00 Ogden, C. K. and I. A. Richards . THE MEANING OF MEANING
"A study of the influence of language upon thought and of the science of symbolism". NY 1936-4th Harcourt, Brace. 363p. Index. G-Vg some erased pencil marks on end papers, spine letters faded away. (a1222)
$45.00 Okada, Yuzuru . JAPANESE FAMILY CRESTS
1941. Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways. Includes history of Japanese Crests, Types, Construction of, uses of Crests. 12mo, color frontis, many monochrome text illustrations, original wraps. Owner name stamp. VG, endpapers browned. (a73058)
$22.00 Paul, William C. . OLD CHINESE EMBROIDERIES - A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THEIR SYBOLISM
NY c. 1958 Kwong Yuen & Co. 12mo., 15pp., line drawings, gilt and gold wraps. Very pretty little book. Owner signed on top of title page. VG plus (a66158)
$35.00 Quennell, Peter . BAUDELAIRE AND THE SYMBOLISTS FIVE ESSAYS
London 1929-lst Chatto and Windus. 221p. Fairly good-2 owner stamps on front end pages; cover faded and a bit soiled. Tight. (A10798)
$30.00 Schwabe, Julius . ARCHETYP UND TIERKRIES GRUNDLINIEN EINER KORMISCHEN SYMBOLIK UND MYTHOLOGIE
Basel 1951 1st Benno Schwabe. In German.Hardcover. 4to., 662pp., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a63085)
$77.00 Senior, John . THE WAY DOWN AND OUT: THE OCCULT IN SYMBOLIST LITERATURE
New York 1968 Greenwood. Book first published by Cornell in 1959. Octavo, 217pp., hardcover. Fine. (a67386)
$145.00 Sherlock, H. T. . THE RISING SUN A STUDY OF INN-SIGNS VOL 1
Oxford 1937 Blackwell. This book deals with the origin of the earliest signs. It shows the relation of the inns with ancient pilgrimage, with the village Wakes, with May Day festivities, with rites for the fertility of the field and with worship of sun and fire. Folk-lore, folksong and folk-custom all contribute to the understanding of the signs. 8vo., 88pp., orange cloth. VG , corners bumped. in VG DJ, top edge frayed and some spotting. (a55194)
$35.00 Swift, Charles Robert . INNS AND INN SIGNS SACRED AND SECULAR
St. Albans (1948). Introduction by George Harcourt. Foreword by sir W. Gurney Benham. Sm.4to., 48pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG, head of spine lightly worn, no DJ. Rare. (a54342)
$45.00 van Os, H. W. . VECCHIETTA AND THE SACRISTY OF THE SIENA HOSPITAL CHURCH - A STUDY IN RENAISSANCE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM
s'-Gravenhage 1974 1st Kunsthistorische Studien van het Nederlands. In English. 4to., 109pp., 59 photo plates, hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, slight wrinkling. (a68159)
$69.00 Williams, C. A. S. . OUTLINES OF CHINESE SYMBOLISM AND ART MOTIVES
Shanghai 1932 2nd edition, revised, Kelly and Walsh. An alphabetical compendium of antique legends and beliefs as reflected in the manners and customs of the Chinese. Sm.4to., 469pp., color frontis, illustrations, hardcover. VG, new endpapers, no DJ. (a35122)
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