J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

TANTRA IN TIBET: The Great Expositions of Secret Mantra.

Tsong-ka-pa. · 1980

$32.50 (€29.49 | £24.60 | ¥5,190)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1980. Quality trade paper edition; A FINE COPY, unmarked. Translated, and edited, by Jeffrey Hopkins. The Wisdom of Tibet Series 3. 252 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.

PARABOLA: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition: LIBERATION.

Dooling, D.M. (ed.) · 1990

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Volume Fifteen, number 3, Fall, 1990. A FINE COPY, free of marking or defect. Articles and illustrations to theme. 128 pages. Tall 8vo.

THE PLANETARIAN APOCALYPSE: An Introduction to Cosmic History.

Wootten, William. · 1956

$17.95 (€16.29 | £13.59 | ¥2,866)

NY: Exposition Press, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Very good cloth copy in dust jacket. Curious work on the ancient world and its origins. 240 pages. Octavo.

THE RITUAL OF BATTLE: Krishna in the Mahabaharata.

Hiltebeitel, Alf. · 1976

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1976. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Symbol, Myth, and Ritual Series. 368 pages, indexed. Octavo.

HARMONIZING YIN AND YANG: A Manual of Taoist Yoga, Internal, External, and Sexual; The Dragon-Tiger Classic.

Wong, Eva. · 1997

$34.50 (€31.30 | £26.11 | ¥5,509)

Boston: Shambhala, 1997. FIRST EDITION. Scarce Hardcover with pictorial panels; A FINE COPY. 146 pages. Octavo.

RESEARCHES ON THE I CHING.

Shchutskii, Iulian K. · 1980

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. First UK Edition. A Fine Cloth Copy in fine dust jacket. Translated by William L. MacDonald, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, & Helmut Wilhelm. 254 pages with index. Octavo.

ONE RING TO BIND THEM ALL: Tolkien's Mythology.

Petty, Anne C. · 1979

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

University of Alabama Press, 1979. Quality trade paper copy; FINE. 122 pages, indexed. 8vo.

MYTH & DREAMS.

Clodd, Edward. · 1995

$26.50 (€24.04 | £20.06 | ¥4,232)

Thame, UK: Suhal [Anthony Naylor], circa 1995. A FINE COPY in illustrated wraps. Well printed re-issue of the 1885 London edition. 251 pages, indexed. Octavo.

ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS, AND ASSYRIANS.

Iamblichus, the Neo-Platonist. · 1997

$97.00 (€88.01 | £73.42 | ¥15,490)

San Diego: Wizards Bookshelf, 1997. A FINE PREMIUM HARDCOVER VOLUME, sewn and archival. New Bio-Bibliographical Glossary by Richard Robb. Secret Doctrine Reference Series. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor. 376 pages. Octavo.

TRANSFIGURED WORLD: Design, Theme, and Symbol in the Liturgy.

Laurentia, Sister M. · 1957

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Co., 1957. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ COPY in dust jacket. Illustrated. 240 pages. Octavo.

THE BOOK OF GREAT MYSTERIES.

Wilson, Colin & Evans, Christopher. (eds.) · 1990

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

UK: Dorset House Publishing, 1990. Fine hardcover in fine dust jacket. 487 pages, plus index. Octavo.

ZEN ART FOR MEDITATION.

Holmes & Horioka. · 1981

$12.75 (€11.57 | £9.65 | ¥2,036)

Rutland: Tuttle, 1981. Quality paper edition; A FINE COPY. Thirty one plates. 111 pages. Small 8vo.

MUSLIM NEOPLATONISTS: An Introduction to the Thought of the Brethren of Purity.

Netton, Ian R. · 1982

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1982. FIRST EDITION. FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME in a fine dust jacket. The Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa) were an esoteric group of philosopher-mystics who practiced at Basra in the 10th to 11th centuries. 146 pages. Octavo.

A SUFI RULE FOR NOVICES: Kitab Adab al-Muridin.

Milson, Menahem. (tr.) · 1975

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Harvard University Press, 1975. In text wraps; corner crease on front panel; VERY GOOD COPY without markings. Harvard Middle Eastern Studies No. 17. 94 pages. Octavo.

TIME AND ETERNITY IN BUDDHISM.

Miyamoto, Shoson. · 1959

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

University of Chicago: Offprint from the Journal of Bible and Religion, Issue of April, 1959. In sidebound wraps as issued; FINE COPY and a presentation copy inscribed to Professor Robert M. Grant, the Gnostic and ancient religions scholar, signed by Miyamoto on the cover. 8vo.

MAGIC, SUPERNATURALISM AND RELIGION.

Seligmann, Kurt. · 1971

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,988)

NY: Pantheon Books, 1971. Free of marking and defect; VERY GOOD CLOTH VOLUME in slightly rubbed dust jacket. Illustrated with rare and classic magical plates and engravings. 324 pages, indexed. Small 4to.

SCIENCE AND THE SUPERNATURAL.

Ellis, Keith. · 1974

$26.50 (€24.04 | £20.06 | ¥4,232)

London: Wayland Limited, 1974. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ copy in dust jacket. Objective study of Astrology, Mesmerism, Clairvoyance and Faith Healing 192 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.

LA METAPHYSIQUE DE L'ESOTERISME ISLAMIQUE DANS LE TRAITE: Lumiere sur les choses difficiles a percer.

Ventura, Alberto. · 1978

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Milan: Arche, 1978. Pamphlet; A FINE COPY. Text in French. Traditionalist work. 22 pages. Small octavo.

G.I. GURDJIEFF: A Selective Bibliography.

Gurdjieff Society. · 1985

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

London: The Gurdjieff Society, circa 1985. Original booklet. VERY GOOD+ COPY. Acquired from Jeffrey Somers at the Oriental Bookshop across from the British Museum in 1989. Blurbs accompany all books listed. Small octavo.

THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY.

Collin, Rodney. · 1954

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Tlalpam, Mexico: Ediciones Sol, 1954. FIRST EDITION. Booklet; A FINE COPY. Well Illustrated with an unusual rendering of the enneagram, Durer, and Fludd, and produced by the Mexico City group. 32 pages. Octavo.