THE LADY OF THE HARE
by Layard, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1944. 277pp, 22 illustrations including some full page plates and text blocks. Beige cloth, gilt lettering. Layard, a British Jungian analyst, recounts his treatment of a woman whose dreams of the sacrifice of a hare. The second half of the bookexplores the meaning of the hare in mythology. The archetype of the hare as trickster-hero, as a goddess associated with the moon, as a Buddhist symbol of spiritual transformation, and as the Easter Rabbit of the Christian tradition is explored. [d.j. present but worn]. 1st edition, 2nd impression. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PS152
- Title
- THE LADY OF THE HARE
- Author
- Layard, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st edition, 2nd impression
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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