J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

A NOBLE DEATH: Suicide & Martyrdom Among Christians and Jews in Antiquity.

Droge, Arthur J. & Tabor, James. · 1992

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1992. FIRST EDITION. A FINE PREMIUM COPY in fine dust jacket. 203 pages, indexed. Tall octavo. Superb bibliography.

THE MANUAL OF DISCIPLINE. [Essenes]

Wernberg-Moller, P. · 1957

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,988)

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans (printed by Brill), 1957. FIRST EDITION. Ex-libris with spine sticker; inking and underlining; GOOD RESEARCH VOLUME. The Manual of Discipline was an Essene teaching document and said to be the work of the Teacher of Righteousness. 180 pages. Tall octavo.

THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.

Barhop, L. · 1959

$26.50 (€24.04 | £20.06 | ¥4,232)

Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1959. Very Good+ or better cloth volume. Strong research on the Controversies with particular emphasis on the Trinitarian. Also, a section details the anti-Gnostic fathers, and the perversion of the Gospels. 293 pages with index. 8vo.

NOAH'S FLOOD: The Genesis Story in Western Thought.

Cohn, Norman. · 1996

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket. Superb illustration and text. 154 pages. Small 4to.

SONGS OF THE COSMOS: An Introduction to Traditional Cosmology.

Versluis, Arthur. · 1991

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Dorset: Prism Press, 1991. In quality trade paper as issued; A FINE UNREAD COPY. 141 pages. With illustrations. Splendid work on the hidden symbolism in cosmology from the Traditionalist viewpoint. 8vo.

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF HINDU DOCTRINES.

Guenon, Rene. · 1945

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

London: Luzac and Co., 1945. FIRST EDITION. Top of spine pulled, but repaired; internals have occasional pencil markers; binding tight; A VERY GOOD or better cloth copy of this classic study. Octavo.

HER-BAK Chick-Pea: The Living Face of Ancient Egypt.

Schwaller de Lubicz, Isha. · 1954

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ cloth volume, sewn. Bookplate; inscription:-- Tripoli, 1954; A classic novel of life and initiation in the Egyptian Mysteries, but based on the research by the Egyptologist, R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz, husband of th...

SACRED AND PROFANE BEAUTY: The Holy in Art.

Leeuw, Gerardus van der. · 1963

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,585)

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in rubbed dust jacket. Translated by David E. Green. Preface by Mircea Eliade. 357 pages with index. 8vo.

JUNGIAN LITERARY CRITICISM, 1920-1980: An Annotated, Critical Bibliography of Works in English (With a selection of Titles After 1980).

Meurs, Joseph. · 1988

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Boston: Sigo Press, 1988. In tall academic wraps ; A FINE COPY. Sigo Press produced many of the best works devoted to Jungian psychology. 353 pages, with an author and subject index. Octavo.

PORPHYRY ON ABSTINENCE FROM ANIMAL FOOD.

Taylor, Thomas. [tr.] · 1965

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London: Centaur Press, 1965. First Centaur Printing. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Translated by Thomas Taylor. Edited, with an introduction, by Esme Wynne-Tyson. 196 pages, indexed. Octavo.

ETERNAL EGYPT.

Montet, Pierre. · 1965

$39.50 (€35.84 | £29.90 | ¥6,308)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ cloth copy in nice dust jacket. 109 plates, 58 figures, and 4 maps. Translated from the French by Doreen Weightman. 338 pages with index. Royal octavo.

MYTH AND SOCIETY IN ATTIC DRAMA.

Little, Alan M.G. · 1967

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

New York: Octagon Books, 1967. Re-issue of Columbia's 1942 edition. VERY FINE CLOTH VOLUME. Small 8vo. Thirteen line drawings.

THE MARRIAGE OF CADMUS AND HARMONY.

Calasso, Robert. · 1993

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. FIRST EDITION. A Fine cloth volume in the dust jacket. Exploration of the origin of the myth among the Greeks. Translated from the Italian by Tim Parks. 403 pages. Octavo.

THE SON OF MAN TRADITION.

Hare, Douglas R.A. · 1990

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990. FIRST EDITION. FINE cloth volume in fine dust jacket. 316 pages. Hare's unusual exploration of the subject finds him beginning with Barth, and working backwards to the most ancient references. Octavo.

NEW AND OLD IN GOD'S REVELATION: Studies in Relations Between Spirit and Tradition in the Bible.

Englezakis, Benedict. · 1982

$23.75 (€21.55 | £17.98 | ¥3,793)

Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary, 1982. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME. With bibliography and index. [iv], 122 pages. 8vo.

ESSAYS ON THE ANCIENT SEMITIC WORLD.

Wevers, J.W. & Redford, D.B. · 1972

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth copy in fine dust jacket. Hebrew, Akkadian, and Egyptian influences. 112 pages. Tall octavo.

ON ABSTINENCE FROM ANIMAL FOOD.

Porphyry, the Neo-Platonist. · 1965

$46.50 (€42.19 | £35.20 | ¥7,425)

London: Centaur Press, 1965. Barnes & Noble cancelled title page, with laid in review slip, dated June 15, 1965. VERY GOOD+ cloth volume. Translated by Thomas Taylor. Edited, with an introduction, by Esme Wynne-Tyson. 196 pages. Octavo.

DIVINE COMMITMENT AND HUMAN OBLIGATION: Selected Writings of David Noel Freedman. Two volumes. Vol. I: Ancient Israelite History and Religion. Vol. II: Poetry and Orthography.

Freedman, David Noel. · 1997

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. FIRST EDITION. A FINE SET in fine dust jackets. Edited by John R. Huddleston. 813 pages. Tall octavo.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GODS: Over 2500 Deities of the World.

Jordan, Michael. · 1992

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

New Jersey: Facts on File, 1992. FINE COPY in fine dust jacket. Numerous obscure deities are cited from such diverse cultures as the Akkadian, Canaanite, Elamite, Dravidian, and the Lamaist. 337 pages with index. 4to.

EGYPTIAN RELIGION: Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life.

Budge, E.A. Wallis. · 1959

$26.50 (€24.04 | £20.06 | ¥4,232)

University Books, 1959. Facsimile of the 1900 London edition. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY, sewn. New introduction, and additional illustrations. 224 pages. Small octavo.