Cosmos and History the Myth of the Eternal Return by Mircea Eliade (64 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.79.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Very Good. (rev)05 Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.46.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.46.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.46.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.46.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cosmos and History. Looks at the mythological view held by archaic societies and the way in which they assumed a link between themselves, the Cosmos and cosmic rhythms, and then contrasts this with the image held by modern society. A profound and stimulating work. Arkana / Penguin Books Ltd, London 1989. xiv + 194pp pb pict green/cream covers, pages browned, vg.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Poor. pp.176 with index tight copy sunning to spine pencil notes on frontpiece and a lot of sporatic pages with pencil lines throughout slight rubbing to extremites Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First paperback edition. Book is clean and tight without inside markings. Tattered pages. "Had we not feared to appear overambitious, we should have given this book a subtitle: Introduction to a Philosophy of History.".

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. text pages are lightly underliined in pencil.

xvi, 176 pp. Paperback. New York, Harper & Row 1959.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean and tight. No creases along the spine. TB 2050. The Bollingen Library. Name on the title page. Label on the inside of the front cover. Price covered on the front. Very little shelfwear. Pink and tan covers with black lettering. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Softcover 1959 Harper Torchbooks edition printed in 1966. Salmon wraps with gold illustration on the front cover. Good+ condition. The covers are in great shape. The binding is square and tight. Small abrasion to the front flyleaf. The interior pages are sparsely marked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by GIANULIS, BRAD COVER ART (illustrator). PAPERBACK; 13 12 11 10pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright PAPERBACK; WHITE & PURPLE cover titles on PINK & ORANGE on Dark Blue wraparound art paper covers . ; 195pg pages; ntelligible and compelling the religious expressions and activities of a wide variety of archaic and "primitive" religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to the "archaic" is no longer possible, Eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding this view in order to enrich our contemporary imagination of what it is to be human. Jonathan Z. Smith's new introduction provides the contextual background to the book and presents a critical outline of Eliade's argument in a way that encourages readers to engage in an informed conversation with this classic text.

Soft Covers. Condition: Fine-. 176 pages. "A luminous, profound, and extremely stimulating work." FINE- SOFTCOVER Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. 176pp. Owner name penned on front fly with pen underlining and marginalia throughout, about very good.