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The Sacred Mushroom & the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East by Allegro, John Marco

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Title: The Sacred Mushroom & the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East
Author: Allegro, John Marco
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. First edition. First American edition, first printing. xii, 349 pp. w/ two color photos. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with faint soiling to boards in Near Fine dust jacket, worn at spine ends, a little toned, unclipped ($7.95). Uncommon. A cult classic by the archaeologist who popularized the Dead Sea Scrolls, maintaining through a complex argument rooted in linguistics that the historical Jesus never existed but was the invention of a psilocybin-mushroom-ingesting fertility cult. Originally published in the author's home country, the UK; this the first US edition features a more colorful dust jacket with a photo of Amanita muscaria. The book has been known to pop up in Joe Rogan's popular podcast as one of his perennial talking points.

The Wide Net and Other Stories (Review Copy) by Eudora Welty

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Title: The Wide Net and Other Stories (Review Copy)
Author: Eudora Welty
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Very Good
Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1943. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A Review Copy of the 1943 stated 1st edition of Eudora Welty's third book. Stamped "Review Copy Publication Date Sep 23 1943 Price $2.50" on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot. Tight and VG+ in its blue cloth, with very light soiling to the rear panel and light fading along the spine. 12mo, 214 pgs.

George Vranesh: Toward Abstraction

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Title: George Vranesh: Toward Abstraction
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG (mild wear to cover edges, otherwise clean)
Description: New York City: Montanaro Gallery / Poplar Arts & Press, 2011. Softcover. VG (mild wear to cover edges, otherwise clean). Spiral bound. color illus. covers, [48 pp.], many color illus. Presents selected examples of colorful abstract-oriented art by American artist George Vranish (1926-2014). Includes an artist statement and brief introduction. Otherwise, it's all about the colorful art.

Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur by Zettler, Richard L. and Lee Horne (Editors)

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Title: Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur
Author: Zettler, Richard L. and Lee Horne (Editors)
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780924171550
Condition: VG; clean, tight, with unbroken spine; some rubbing to back cover.
Description: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998. Paperback. VG; clean, tight, with unbroken spine; some rubbing to back cover.. Color-illus. wraps; white lettering on gold spine. xv, 195 pp. Full of color plates, bw archival photos, and bw illustrations and plans. This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs. Catalogue from the traveling exhibition shown in 8 US locations between October 1998 and May 2001.

Shattered [The Plastic Nightmare] (Screenplay for the 1991 film) by Wolfgang Petersen (director, screenwriter); Richard Neely (novel); Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley (starring)

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Title: Shattered [The Plastic Nightmare] (Screenplay for the 1991 film)
Author: Wolfgang Petersen (director, screenwriter); Richard Neely (novel); Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Berlin, Germany: Manfred Durniok Produktion, 1991. Revised First Draft agency script for the 1991 film, "Shattered," here under the working title, "The Plastic Nightmare." German agency copy, in wrappers crediting the "Film und [and] Fernsehen [television] Studios" in Berlin. Text in English. Based on Richard Neely's 1971 novel, "The Plastic Nightmare." Dan (Berenger) is involved in an automobile accident leaving him with amnesia. He discovers that he is married to Judith (Scacchi), but enlists the aid of part-time PI Gus (Hoskins) to help him unravel his real life. A noirish thriller set in San Francisco, shot on location there and in Oregon. White titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, noted as Revised First Draft, with credits for screenwriter Petersen and novelist Neely, with a preceding half-title page. 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographically reproduced with copied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with a white plastic prong brad. Grant US. Spicer US.

THE KENNEDY QUARTERLY Volume XIII Number Two

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Title: THE KENNEDY QUARTERLY Volume XIII Number Two
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, New York: Kennedy Galleries, Inc, 1974. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Volume XIII Number Two. Very good in wrappers. Annual issue of Western Americana paintings.

The world of the Mexican worker in Texas by Zamora, Emilio

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Title: The world of the Mexican worker in Texas
Author: Zamora, Emilio
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780890965146
Description: College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. Hardcover. xii, 285p. preface, introduction, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, photos, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Number Forty-four: The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students.

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