J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

THE DIMENSIONS OF PARADISE: The Proportions and Symbolic Numbers of Ancient Cosmology.

Michell, John. · 1988

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. 216 pages, illustrated. Royal 8vo.

THE SWORD AND THE FLUTE: Kali and Krsna: Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology.

Kinsley, David R. · 1977

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Berkeley: University of California, 1977. Quality trade paper; A FINE COPY, unread. [viii], 167 pages, 8vo.

FIREWALKING AND RELIGIOUS HEALING: The Anastenaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement.

Danforth, Loring. · 1989

$23.50 (€21.32 | £17.79 | ¥3,753)

Princeton University Press, 1989. FIRST EDITION. Small smudge on fore edge; else, A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Bibliography. 333 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

TALKS ON THE GREAT PYRAMIDS: No. 4. A Series of Special Articles.

Davidson, D. · 1930

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Leeds: The Morning Post, ca. 1930. Tall paper copy; VERY GOOD+. Stamp on front cover of the Covenant Publishing Company; Illustrated with diagrams of pyramid lore. 24 pages. Tall 4to.

RELIGIONS OF TIBET IN PRACTICE.

Lopez, Jr., Donald. (ed.) · 1997

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Full exposition of Remarkable Lives, Rites and Techniques, Prayers and Sermons, and dealing with Death and other Demons. 559 pages, indexed. Royal 8vo.

FOREGLEAMS OF GOD: A Comparative Study of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity.

Tambyah, T. Isaac. · 1925

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

London: Luzac & Company, 1925. FIRST EDITION. Text clean and free of marking; VERY GOOD or better cloth copy. Separate section for subjects, and one for the writers quoted. Tambyah was a member of the Asiatic Society, and contributed often to the journals in his time. 486 page...

KEPLER'S GEOMETRICAL COSMOLOGY.

Field, J.V. · 1988

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

London: Athlone, 1988. First English Edition. A FINE COPY IN DUST JACKET. This study explores one of Kepler's preoccupations, namely his search for a geometrical plan, behind the creation of the Universe. 243 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.

THE SONNETS OF G.S.O. With a Momorial.

Owen, Walter. · 1979

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

Los Angeles: Veritas Foundation [Distributed by Philosophical Research Society], 1979. FIRST EDITION. In custom wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Foreword By Marie Bauer Hall, the wife of Manly Hall. Publication was subsidized by Burl Ives and his wife, who was a fellow Mason with...

STYX: Galleri Riis; An Exhibition Catalogue.

Söderberg, Fredrik. · 2014

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

Stockholm: Galleri Riis (Edda), 2014. Limited Edition. Custom French fold wraps; A FINE COPY. A splendid publication with works from the exhibition in full page color bleeds. STYX takes the tale of the ferryman of Hades, Charon, as its point of departure. In this exhibition, F...

INVITATION TO AHMADIYYAT; Being a Statement of Beliefs, A Rationale of Claims and an Invitation, on Behalf of the Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation and Rejuvenation of Islam.

Ahmad, Mirza Bashir-ud-din. · 1980

$26.50 (€24.04 | £20.06 | ¥4,232)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. FIRST EDITION. A FINE cloth copy in dust jacket. The Ahmadiyya movement was formed in 1889, and sought a return to the purity of Islam. [xvi], 328 pages. Octavo.

THE GREAT CHALICE OF ANTIOCH.

Eisen, Gustavus A. · 1933

$28.50 (€25.86 | £21.57 | ¥4,551)

New York: Fahim Kouchakji, 1933. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME. With colored frontispiece, and photographic vignettes, of the famed Chalice, with commentary and interpretation. Small Folio.

DIE HOCHTEURE PFORTE, da der Mensch Gott und sich selber beschauen und zum übersinnlichen Leben gelangen mag. Schriften von Jacob Böhme, darunter das Gebetbüchlein von 1624 mit den Inhaltsangaben von J. G. Gichtel.

Boehme, Jacob. · 1921

$90.00 (€81.66 | £68.12 | ¥14,372)

Berlin: Furche Verlag, 1921. Limited edition of 750 copies of which this is number 121. VERY GOOD+ COPY, bound in vellum and paper boards, with gilt insignia pressed on front panel; some marks of fading on rear panel, but internals are fine, and free of marking. 198 pages. 4to.

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION.

Coomaraswamy, Rama P. · 1981

$28.50 (€25.86 | £21.57 | ¥4,551)

London: Perennial Books, 1981. FIRST EDITION. In quality trade wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Rama is the son of writer Ananda Coomaraswamy, 287 pages, indexed. Octavo.

THE ADVENTURES OF CHRISTIAN ROSY CROSS.

Foster, David. · 1988

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Sydney: Penguin Books Australia, 1988. Paper edition; VERY GOOD without lining or marking. Unusual work, being a comic retelling of the Rosicrucian myth as drawn from Michael Maier and others. 161 pages. Small 8vo.

THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: Organization, Situation, Activity.

Moscow Patriarchate. · 1956

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Moscow: Moscow Patriarchate, circa 1956. FIRST EDITION. A Very Good+ Cloth Copy with blind stamped front panel. Dozens of photographs of churches, monasteries, and the clergy of the church as it was under the rule of Stalin and Khruschev. 229 pages. 4to.

VERY UNUSUAL: The Wonderful World of Mr. K. Nakamura.

Hall, Manly P. · 1976

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1976. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. Excellent series of short stories in which Hall explores the metaphysical, artistic and esoteric mysteries of Oriental art through the persona of Mr. Nakamura. 191 pages. Tall octavo.

THE AURORA, or The Dayspring... Translated by John Sparrow, and his cousin, John Ellistone. Edited by C.J.B. (C.J. Barker) and D.S.H. (D.S. Hehner).

Boehme, Jacob. · 1992

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.61 | ¥14,052)

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1992. Limited Edition of 1000 hand numbered copies. In sewn archival wraps; A FINE COPY. Archival in materials and printing. A re-issue of the Barker 1909 edition, and the text of Jacob Boehme's first book. Hand numbered on the verso, and the ...

THE EYE OF LOVE IN THE TEMPLE SCULPTURE OF INDIA.

Lannoy, Richard & Baines, Harry. · 1976

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York: Grove Press, 1976. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. Forty-five Erotic Half-tones. Bibliography. 160 pages Small 4to.

ISLAMIC SCIENCE: An Illustrated Study.

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. · 1976

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Kent: World of Islam Festival, 1976. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME, bound in linen, in a fine dust jacket. Maps on end papers. Illustrated with 135 color plates & ninety four b/w illustrations. Photographs by Roland Michaud. Cogent text by Nasr, with an excellent section ...

RELIGIONS OF THE EAST.

Bancroft, Anne. · 1974

$33.50 (€30.39 | £25.36 | ¥5,350)

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1974. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY in slightly rubbed dust jacket. Contains chapters on Hinduism; Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Zen Buddhism; Taoism and Sufism. Beautiful end papers of Tibetan Tanka, in the form of four Mandalas, 15th c...