The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension
by Campbell, Joseph
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine/Very Good Plus
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Price clipped has only light wear at spine ends. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
In The Flight of the Wild Gander, mythologist Joseph Campbell collected a number of his most thought-provoking early essays and forwards into a single volume. Essays include "Bios and Mythos" (on the psycho-biological sources of mythic forms and symbols), "Mythogenesis" (on the rise and fall of a single Native American legend) and "The Symbol without Meaning" (about the secularization of myths in the modern age).
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016865
- Title
- The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension
- Author
- Campbell, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Modern Classic Author's;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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