J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

MESSIAH IN CONTEXT: Israel's History and Destiny in Formative Judaism. Part 2: Teleology.

Neusner, Jacob. · 1984

$16.75 (€15.20 | £12.68 | ¥2,675)

Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. 259 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

THE GOD-SYMBOL: Its History and Significance.

Diel, Paul. · 1986

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Fine Cloth Copy in fine dust jacket.. Translated by N. Marans. 194 pages.Octavo.

THE ORIGINS OF THE SACRED: The Ecstasies of Love and War.

Young, Dudley. · 1992

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London: Little, Brown, Co., 1992. FIRST UK EDITION. FINE cloth volume in fine dust jacket. 378 pages with index. Royal 8vo.

THE ESSENES AND CHRISTIANITY: An Interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Howlett, Duncan. · 1957

$24.75 (€22.46 | £18.73 | ¥3,952)

New York: Harper and Bros., 1957. FIRST EDITION. Name marked out on front free end paper; else, VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. 217 pages, indexed. 8vo.

AFTER THE END OF TIME: Revelation and the Growth of Consciousness.

Robertson, Robin. · 1990

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Virginia Beach: Inner Visions, 1990. FIRST EDITION. In quality paper edition as issued; A FINE COPY. Presentation copy from the author to JD Holmes, and includes a separate author's note to JDH. Many of the references used in writing the book were supplied by the bookseller me...

BRITANNIA ANTIQUISSIMA; or, A Key to the Philology of History (Sacred and profane).

Thomas, John Jones. · 1860

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Melbourne: Henry Tolman Dwight, 1860. FIRST EDITION. Victorian cloth binding, blind stamped, with wear at the top and bottom of spine; rubbed, but firm; internals clean; Good copy of a scarce title with primary emphasis on the Druids, but has additional material on the Bardic...

EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE OF ISIDORE.

Damascius the Neo-Platonist. · 1969

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

An interested party posted this typed mss. to HPG in the early 80s for possible publication. FINE RESEARCH COPY, being a Typed Manuscript of 165 leaves, double spaced, In a sturdy binder. Also, includes additional material on the last days of the Academy in Athens, being a pho...

OEDIPUS JUDAICUS.

Drummond, Sir William. · 1986

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Kent, England: Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation, 1986. Quality trade paper edition; little shelf wear; else, A FINE COPY. A rare reference on the ancient Zodiac, and a study of the esoteric symbolism of many cultures replete with an extraordinary section of rare plate...

ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S THEATRE OF THE WORLD: The Life and Work of the Last Man to Search for Universal Knowledge.

Godwin, Joscelyn. · 2009

$77.00 (€69.86 | £58.28 | ¥12,296)

Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2009. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY WITH DUST JACKET in original shrink wrap. Tall quarto. 304 pages. 431 black and white illustrations.

AN EXPOSITION OF THE CREED. With an Analysis by the late W.H. Mill, MD. Volume One.

Pearson, John. · 1885

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, circa 1885. Binder's tape at the joint; text free and clear of marking; A VERY GOOD CLOTH COPY. First published in 1659, this work reflects Pearson's extraordinary knowledge of Patristics. The Ancient & Modern Library of Theological L...

ORIGINS OF THE KABBALAH.

Scholem, Gershom. · 1987

$69.00 (€62.60 | £52.23 | ¥11,018)

Princeton University Press (for the Jewish Publication Society), 1987. FIRST EDITION. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME, archival and sewn. [xvi], 487 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.,

THE BOOK OF ENOCH THE PROPHET.

Laurence, Richard. (tr.) · 1995

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Diego: Wizard's Bookshelf, 1995. Quality trade paper edition; MINT COPY. Sewn, archival and well printed, and in the original publisher's shrink-wrap, Revised 1883 edition of this pseudepigraphic work, that is generally attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. ...

A HISTORY OF HEAVEN: The Singing Silence.

Russell, Jeffrey Burton. · 1997

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,988)

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in fine dust jacket. 220 page with index. Russell's grand series on the nature of evil is a milestone for contemporary religious studies. 220 page with index. This volume goes the other way. Royal ...

THE GRACE OF ZEN: Zen Texts for Meditation.

Durckheim, Karlfried. · 1976

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY: The Seabury Press, 1976. In quality wraps; A FINE COPY. 107 pages. 8vo.

FOUR MARTYRDOMS FROM THE PIERPONT MORGAN COPTIC CODICES.

Reymond, E.A.E. & Barns, J.W.B. · 1998

$28.75 (€26.08 | £21.76 | ¥4,591)

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press (with Sandpiper), 1998. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Material dating to the Great Persecution of the early 4th Century. 278 pages with index. Royal 8vo.

LIVING RELIGIONS OF THE EAST: Six Talks.

Cave, Dr. Sydney. · 1945

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

London: British Broadcasting Company, circa 1945. In linen wraps; VERY GOOD+ COPY. Excellent plates. Nice publication. Talks Pamphlet Number 70. Octavo.

GNOSIS: A Journal of Western Inner Traditions. GROUPS & COMMUNITIES, Issue Number 25.

Kinney, Jay. (ed.) · 1992

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

San Francisco: Fall, 1992. Stitched wraps as issued; FINE COPY. 88 pages. 4to.

MARY AND THE MYSTERY OF INCARNATION: An Essay on the Mother of God in the Theology of Karl Barth. Together with: THE MESSAGE OF SAINT SERAPHIM. Two pamphlets.

Louth, Andrew. · 1982

$9.75 (€8.85 | £7.38 | ¥1,557)

Oxford: SLG Press, 1982-83. In wraps; FINE. Fairacres Publication Series numbers 26 and 67 of which there were 86 separate works.

CATALOGUE 74: Religion, Religious Troubles, Sects and Superstition.

Knuf, Frits (Antiquariaat) · 0

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

The Netherlands: By the bookseller, Knufs, no date. In wraps as issued; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. 166 entries, plus rare plates. Octavo.

ATHANASIUS KIRCHER: A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge. With 105 illustrations.

Godwin, Joscelyn. · 1979

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1979. Quality trade paper; A FINE COPY, unopened and unread. One of the few works on this Jesuit polymath of Egyptian and Asian studies. He also wrote one work detailing the symbolic logic of Raymond Lully. With 105 illustrations, many being plates ...