J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

HELLAS: A Spectacle with Music and Dances in Four Acts.

Collin, Rodney. · 1951

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Cape Town: The Stourton Press, 1951. FIRST EDITION. Very Good Cloth Volume in chipped dust jacket, with light foxing. Scarce, like many of Fairfax Hall's press works, which centered around the Fourth Way. He adopted an unusual style for this book, being a ruled page in the tra...

THE SHRINE OF WISDOM: A Quarterly Devoted to Philosophy, Religion & Mysticism. Volume XIII. Five volumes.

Shrine of Wisdom. · 1931

$77.00 (€69.86 | £58.28 | ¥12,296)

Fintry, UK: Shrine of Wisdom., 1931-32, Numbers 49 to 53. A FINE SET without defect. Thomas Taylor; Iamblichus; Dante's De Monarchia Ten Doubts by Proclus; Ibn Gabirol; and far more. Octavo.

THE SHRINE OF WISDOM: A Quarterly Devoted to Philosophy, Religion & Mysticism. Four volumes.

Shrine of Wisdom. · 1933

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Fintry, UK: Shrine of Wisdom., 1933-34, Numbers 57 to 60. A FINE SET without defect. Lengthy piece on Richard Rolle, a bit on Bardism; Neo-Platonic Teachings of Prayer; Dionysus' Meaning of the Name, Angels; Proclus on Definition; and far more. Octavo.

THE EARTH, THE TEMPLE, AND THE GODS: Greek Sacred Architecture.

Scully, Vincent, Jr. · 1963

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London, Yale University Press, 1963. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME in slightly rubbed dust jacket. 420 illustrations, photos, and drawings appended to text, and printed on coat. A comprehensive study of Greek temples and site planning which Scully treats as physical...

THE HYMNS OF ORPHEUS; Translated from the Original Greek with a Preliminary Dissertation on the Life and Theology of Orpheus; To which is added, the Essay by Plotinus Concerning the Beautiful.

Taylor, Thomas [tr.] · 1981

$77.00 (€69.86 | £58.28 | ¥12,296)

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1981. Limited Edition. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Introductory preface by Manly P. Hall. Original 1792 title page, with Orphic engraving in facsimile. [v], 227 pages, [xx], 20. Royal octavo.

THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY IN WESTERN CHRISTIANITY, 200-1336.

Bynum, Caroline Walker. · 1995

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

NY: Columbia University Press, 1995. Ex-libris; Very Good Cloth Copy in clean dust jacket; no underlining or other internal defects; mark on bottom edge, and blank plate on end paper. Thirty six plates. 368 pages, indexed. Octavo.

CRISIS IN BYZANTIUM: The Filoque Controversy in the Patriarchate of Gregory II of Cyprus, 1283-1289.

Papadakis, Aristedes. · 1986

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

Fordham University Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth copy in fine dust jacket. 190 pages, indexed. Royal 8vo.

THE THEOLOGY OF PLATO.

Proclus, Diadochus. [Thomas Taylor, tr.] · 1999

$69.00 (€62.60 | £52.23 | ¥11,018)

UK: Prometheus Trust, 1999. FIRST EDITION. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY. The Thomas Taylor Series. Originally published in The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, London, 1816. Translated from the Greek. [xi], 695 pages. Small quarto.

THE FIRST PRINTERS AND THEIR BOOKS: Catalogue of an Exhibition Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Invention of Printing.

Mongan, Elizabeth & Wolf, Edwin, II. [comps] · 1940

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1940. In quarto wraps as issued; edge of front panel has some chipping; internals fine and without marking; A VERY GOOD or better Copy. Sixty four classic volumes are discussed, and many are accompanied by illustration. 94 pages. Small 4to

PRISCILLIAN OF AVILA: The Occult and the Charismatic in the Early Church.

Chadwick, Henry. · 1997

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Chicago: Sandpiper, 1997. A FINE COPY IN FINE DUST JACKET. Priscillian taught a method of asceticism similar to the Manichaeans and Gnosticism. He was condemned to death on charges of sorcery in 380. 250 pages, indexed. Octavo.

THE RELIGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

Ferguson, John. · 1976

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1976. Ex-libris with spine sticker; text clean and free of marking; VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY. Ferguson stresses the Mystery religions, emperor worship, divination, and mythology. Eighty seven illustrations. 295 pages, indexed. 8vo.

VRIL: The Power of the Coming Race. Illustrated Edition.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. · 2012

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,585)

Stockholm: Edda Publishing, 2012. Limited to 1000 hand-numbered copies. A FINE CLOTH COPY. With original art by Christine Odlund. Introduction by Carl Abrahamsson. Synopsis: A curious man descends into a mountain through a mine and experiences far more than he bargained for. D...

TEMPLES AMD SACRED SITES OF ANCIENT EGYPT: A Comprehensive Guide to the Religious Sites of a Fascinating Civilization.

Oakes, Lorna. · 2003

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

London: Southwater, 2003. Tall oversize custom paper edition with French folds; VERY GOOD+. With color plates and additional illustrations. 128 pages, 4to.

PAUL & THE GNOSTICS.

Schmithals, Walter. · 1972

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Abingdon, 1972. Very Good+ Cloth Copy in dust jacket. Translated by John E Steely. Bibliography. 279 pages. Tall octavo.

CRADLE-LAND OF ARTS AND CREEDS, or Nothing New Under the Sun.

Stone, Charles J. · 1880

$89.00 (€80.75 | £67.37 | ¥14,212)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Earle & Irvington, 1880. FIRST EDITION. Ex-libris without internal markings; library emblem in gilt [Parliament Library of New South Wales, Australia] discreetly placed on front panel; all edges marbled; bound in leather and boards with beautiful...

PANTHEISM: Its Story and Significance.

Picton, J. Allanson. · 1914

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

London: Constable, 1914. FIRST EDITION. Religions, Ancient and Modern series. Printed boards; VERY GOOD+ HARDCOVER. Small 8vo. Religions, Ancient and Modern series.

CRADLE-LAND OF ARTS AND CREEDS, or Nothing New Under the Sun.

Stone, Charles J. · 1880

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Earle & Irvington, 1880. FIRST EDITION. Top of spine chipped; Victorian binding with gilt emblem on front panel; ex-libris (New Thought Association library); some misc. owner's names; Good, solid research copy of a work similar in nature to other ...

THE FORMATION OF HELL: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds.

Bernstein, Alan E. · 1993

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. FIRST EDITION. Little ruffling bottom corner of text block; else A FINE VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. [viii], 392 pages with index. Illustrated. Tall 8vo.

THE DANCE OF DEATH IN PAINTING AND IN PRINT.

Wildridge, T.T. · 1887

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London: George Redway, 1887. First Edition, limited to 400 copies. Binding tape repair of backstrip; bookplate removed; internals fine with no marking or foxing; GOOD+, bound in illustrated paper over boards. Colored frontispiece and ten additional woodcuts. Wildridge was a li...

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND RELIGIONS.

Pike, E. Royston. · 1951

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,988)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1951. FIRST EDITION. Binding sworn at the tips; internals clean, and without marking; VERY GOOD CLOTH COPY. Pike's entries are succinct, but on point. 606 pages. Tall octavo.