J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

ANCIENT ART & RITUAL

Harrison, Prof. Jane E. · 1918

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

NY: Henry Holt, 1918. Well used volume; A RESEARCH COPY only. 256 pages, indexed. 16mo.

FORERUNNERS AND RIVALS OF CHRISTIANITY: From 330 BC to 330 AD. Two volumes bound as One.

Legge, Francis. · 1964

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York: University Books, 1964. Bookplate; else, a Fine Cloth Copy in very good dust jacket. New introduction by John C. Wilson. [xxxi], 462 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.

THE MYSTERY-RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY: A Study in the Religious Background of Early Christianity.

Angus, Samuel. · 1928

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York: Scribner's, 1928. A FINE CLOTH COPY with no textual markings and a firm binding. [ xvi], 359 pages, Octavo.

THE MYSTERY-TEACHING IN THE WEST.

Delaire, Jean. [pseudonym of Mrs. Muirson Blake] · 1935

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London: Rider & Co., 1935. FIRST EDITION. A Very Good+ Cloth Copy. Excellent work on Christian gnosis and mysticism. 192 pages. Small octavo.

THE MANDAEANS: The Last Gnostics.

Lupieri, Edmundo. · 2001

$46.50 (€42.19 | £35.20 | ¥7,425)

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Texts and Studies on Religion and Society series. [xix], 273 pages, indexed. Royal 8vo.

THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID.

Wake, C. Staniland. · 1975

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Minneapolis: Wizard's Bookshelf, 1975. First Robb Edition. Spine lightly sunned; else, A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY, sewn and archival. Edited, with additional material, by Richard Robb. Illustrated, including the end papers. [viii], [2], 131 pages, plus Wizard catalogue. Octavo.

GNOSTICISM, JUDAISM, AND EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANITY.

Pearson, Birger. · 1990

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Cloth Volume in fine dust jacket. [xix], 228 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

GNOSTICISM: An Anthology.

Grant, Prof. Robert M. [ed.] · 1961

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,988)

London: Collins, 1961. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME in slightly rubbed dust jacket. Glossary and bibliography. 254 pages, indexed. Octavo.

SACRED MYSTERIES AMONG THE MAYAS AND THE QUICHES.

LePlongeon, Augustus. · 1994

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,585)

San Diego, Wizards Bookshelf, 1994. Mint Copy in the original publisher's shrink wrap. Illustrated and nicely decorated front panel. Notes by Richard Robb. 163 pages with index. Octavo.

DID JESUS LIVE 100 BC: An Enquiry into the Talmud Jesus Stories, the Toldoth Jeschu, and Some Curious Statements of Epiphanius, Being a Contribution to the Study of Christian Origins.

Mead, G.R.S. · 1968

$77.00 (€69.86 | £58.28 | ¥12,296)

New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1968. A FINE CLOTH COPY in slightly sunned dust jacket. New introduction by Leslie Shepard. Bibliography. 442 pages. Royal octavo.

THE PAST IS HUMAN.

White, Peter. · 1974

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1974. First Edition. Map end papers; VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. Laid in original typed review of this volume with attached editor's note suggesting it could be done better. 153 pages, indexed. 8vo.

A LEGACY OF WISDOM: The Egyptian Contribution to the Wisdom of Israel.

Bryce, Glendon E. · 1979

$63.00 (€57.16 | £47.69 | ¥10,060)

Lewisburg/London: Bucknell University Press [Associated], 1979. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ Cloth Copy in slightly rubbed dust jacket. Lengthy and thorough bibliography. 336 pages, indexed. Octavo.

WESTERN MYSTICISM The Teaching of Saints Augustine, Gregory, and Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative Life: Neglected Chapters in the History of Religion.

Butler, Dom Cuthbert. · 1951

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London: Constable, 1951. Second Edition with Afterthoughts. Name on fly; pulled at top of spine; else, A Very Good or better Cloth Copy. Wide survey of the ages, well delivered. 242 pages. 8vo.

THE RELIGIOUS THOUGHT OF THE GREEKS: From Homer to the Triumph of Christianity.

Moore, Clifford Herschel (ed.) · 1925

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME without marking or defect. Exceptional material on Orphic Mysteries and Pythagoreans. 381 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

GNOSTICISM AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY.

Grant, Prof. R.M. · 1966

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: Columbia University Press, 1966. Revised and Expanded Second Edition. A Fine Cloth Volume in slightly rubbed dist jacket. Full chapter on Simon Magus. Bibliography. [viii], 241 pages, indexed. 8vo.

CLASSIC MEDITERRANEAN SPIRITUALITY: Egyptian, Greek, Roman.

Armstrong, A. Hilary. [ed.] · 1986

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

New York: Crossroad, 1986. First Edition. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. World Spirituality. An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest series 15. With thirty six plates and illustrations. 517 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.

IAMBLICHUS ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS, AND ASSYRIANS & LIFE OF PYTHAGORAS; To Which is Added, Ethical and Political Fragments of Ancient Pythagorean Authors.

Taylor, Thomas. [tr.] · 1999

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.61 | ¥14,052)

Frome, UK: The Prometheus Trust, 1999. A FINE PREMIUM HARDCOVER VOLUME, sewn and archival. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor, and is Vol. XVII in the Taylor Series. 450 pages, indexed. Octavo.

EXPERIENCE, REASON AND FAITH: A Survey in Philosophy and Religion.

Bewkes, Eugene Garrett and Others. · 1940

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

New York: Harper, 1940. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Cloth Copy, without blemish. Twenty nine plates and illustrations. Excellent selections on ancient Hebrew religion; NeoPlatonism, Greek religion, and scholasticism. 649 pages, indexed. Octavo.

LECTURES.

Massey, Gerald. · 1976

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

NY Samuel Weiser, 1976. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY with slight handling. Introduction by Sibyl Ferguson. Foreword by John G. Jackson. [vii], 247 pages. Royal octavo.

MARSILIO FICINO: Platonic Philosophy. Two volumes.

Allen, Michael J. with John Warden. [trs.] · 2001

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.61 | ¥14,052)

Cambridge, MA/London: Harvard University Press, 2001. FINE CLOTH COPIES in fine dust jackets. Volume I: 541 pages, indexed. Volume II: 397 pages, indexed. Octavo.