Search Results: the quest history and meaning in by mircea eliade

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1984. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedVeryGood. Moderate rubbing/wear on cover. No notes or markings on inner pages

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Reprint. Paperback. Good or better. Trade paperback shows edge and surface rubbing, punch hole to price on front cover, spine faded with damp staining, not affecting the contents -- otherwise a strong binding, no spine crease; contents clean and unmarked. Selling as an affordable and makes excellent reading/study/reference copy.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1984-05-14. paperback. Very Good/Missing. 8x5x0. Chicago, 1984; blue cloth covered boards; mild corner and spine wear; dust jacket missing; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 180 pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1975-07. Paperback. Good.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1984. Midway Reprint edition. Paperback. Good. 180p. A softcover book in good+ condition. Top corners lightly creased. Front cover is stained and has a circular indentation. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight.

Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1984. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Very light shelf wear with light bumping to the top edge of the rear cover. Lamination is just beginning to separate at the bottom edge of the spine. Light staining to the bottom edge of the rear cover.

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1971. 2d Impression. [ix] 180p., original blue cloth.

Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. 187pp paperback, covers part faded, third impression . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 3rd Printing. 1979.

US: University Of Chicago Press, 1984. Paperback. Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of t he history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for th e intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown o r less familiar worlds of meaning." "Each of these essays contains insights which will be fruitful and challenging for professional students of religion, but at the same time they all retain the kind of cultural relevance and clarity of style which makes them accessible to anyone seriously concerned with man and his religious possibilities."-Joseph M. Kitagawa, Religious Education.

University of Chicago Press, 1969. First edition, (11p), 180p. Hardbound, gilt-lettered teal cloth, in very-good condition, interior unmarked, in good+ dj with wear along front panel edge. Collects 8 Eliade essays relating to the history of religion and studies in comparative religion.

In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of the history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for the intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown or less familiar worlds of meaning."

Chicago, IL University Of Chicago Press, 1969. Paperback First Edition Thus in the USA [1969]; Third Printing (1975). Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: light wear to extremities; a former bookseller has rubbed out the price at the upper corner of the front panel; considerable rubbing to the wrapper covers; some notations and marginalia in the index; the binding is square and secure; the text itself is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, but showing moderate wear and some imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches). v, 180 pages. Index. Preface by the author. Language: English. Weight: 8.1 ounces. First Edition Thus in the USA [1969]; Third Printing (1975). Trade Paperback.

University of Chicago Press, 1984-05-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap.

Paperback. Very Good.

Pbk 180pp covers slightly shelfworn light corner wear but internally an excellent clean tight unmarked text