first edition Paperback
1989 · New York
by Campbell, Joseph
New York: Perennial Library / Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. First paperback printings of the Harper & Row edition. Paperback. Folio [35 cm] Illustrated wraps. All books are in very good condition. With occasional light scratches to the wraps. Internally very clean. Lavishly illustrated. May require extra postage due to number of volumes and weight. Joseph Campbell's multivolume magnum opus, which traces the progression of humankind's mythological symbols and stories from prehistory forward. Campbell was working on Historical Atlas of World Mythology when he died in 1987. The first of four projected volumes was published in 1983. The second volume, (truncated)