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Description
Book Details + Condition: Francis Griffiths (London). First Edition, 1910. Hardcover with illustrations. 218 pages, followed by advertisements. Guy Cadogan Rothery was one of the first authors to provide a multicultural look at the world mythologies of Amazon Warriors. The author compares various Amazon cultures from Eastern and Western mythologies to draw similarities between the cultures, and explains the rationale for the creation of the global Amazon mythos. Chapters include: The Amazons of Antiquity; The Amazons of: Far Aisa, Caucasus Regions, Europe, Africa and America; and The Amazon Stones. Firm binding; light wear to original boards, with some areas of discoloration; fading to spine; interior is clean and free of markings, save some foxing and toning to first and last few pages.
