J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

ABDICATION IN JAPAN.

Ponsonby-Fane, R.A.B. · 1920

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Offprint, Reprinted from Transactions of the Japan Society of London, [1920]. Vol. XXXII. Ex-libris; Original tall wraps, faded and chipped; cover loosening; internals lightly foxed; Good Research copy of most unusual Japanese court material. Fourteen full page plates. A stud...

MYSTICISM: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness.

Underhill, Evelyn. · 1961

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1961. Paper edition; VERY GOOD+ without marking or defect. A true classic. 519 pages. Small 8vo.

MYTH AND REALITY.

Eliade, Mircea. · 1963

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. Line or two listing a second Eliade book across from title page, but no further markings or defects. Translated by Willard Trask. Edited by Ruth Nanda Ashen for the World Perspectives series, a ...

THE SPIRITUAL ESPOUSALS.

Ruysbroeck, Jan van. · 1952

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London: Faber & Faber, 1952. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ cloth copy in dust jacket. Translated from the Dutch by Eric Colledge, who also provides an introduction. Bibliography. Watkins [Cecil Court] book sticker on front free end paper. 195 pages, indexed. Octavo.

METHODE PRATIQUE DE DIVINATION CHINOISE PAR LE YI-KING.

Yuan-Kuang, Le Maitre. · 1950

$28.75 (€26.08 | £21.76 | ¥4,591)

Paris: Les Editions Vega, 1950. FIRST EDITION. In custom wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Illustrated. Text in French. 278 pages. Octavo.

YEATS ANNUAL, Number One.

Finneran, Richard J. (ed.) · 1982

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1982. Fine cloth copy with custom end papers and in the original vinyl jacket as issued. Eleven plates. Excellent articles, reviews, including contributions by George Mills Harper, the Golden Dawn scholar. 259 pages. Octavo.

LA REGNE DE LA QUANTITIE et les Signes des Temps.

Guenon, Rene. · 1950

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Paris: Gallimard, 1950. European wraps; text firm and clean; VERY GOOD+ COPY. Text in French. Originally published in 1945. 274 pages. Octavo.

SENGAI: The Zen Master.

Suzuki, Daisetz T. · 1971

$77.00 (€69.86 | £58.28 | ¥12,296)

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1971. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. FINE premium cloth volume in fine dust jacket. Edited by Eva van Hoboken. One hundred twenty seven ink drawings and calligraphies, with Suzuki's insightful commentaries. Preface by Sir Herbert Read, and a N...

ZEN PHILOSOPHY, ZEN PRACTICE.

Thich Thien-An. · 1975

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing (College of Oriental Studies), 1975. In quality wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. 179 pages with glossary. Tall 8vo.

JOURNEY TO KHIVA: A Writer's Search for Central Asia.

Glazebrook, Philip. · 1994

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Kodansha International, 1994. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Cloth Copy in dust Jacket. Exciting travelogue through Russian Central Asia, a journey from London to Tashkent, Samarkand, Bokhara and Khiva in the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. [xiii], 278 pages. Octavo.

MODERN POETS OF FAITH, DOUBT, & PAGANISM AND OTHER ESSAYS.

Lyttelton, Arthur Temple. · 1904

$46.50 (€42.19 | £35.20 | ¥7,425)

London: John Murray, 1904. FIRST EDITION. Inner hinge repaired; some rubbing to the extremities; else VERY GOOD with no marking. Explores a number of interesting by-ways, including the ancient Pagan reaction under Julian, and the modern pagan poets. With a memoir of the author...

FIRE IN THE DRAGON and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore.

Roheim, Geza. · 1992

$28.75 (€26.08 | £21.76 | ¥4,591)

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. FIRST EDITION. FINE CLOTH COPY, sewn and archival. No dust jacket issued. Edited, with an introduction, by Alan Dundes. 8vo. A group of early essays by this Freudian folklorist. 194 pages. Octavo.

WILLIAM BLAKE: A New Kind of Man.

Davis, Michael. · 1977

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. In quality text wraps; FINE COPY. Eight color plates, plus additional images and engravings. 181 pages, indexed. 8vo.

THE SWORD AND THE GRAIL: Of the Grail and the Templars, and the True Discovery of America.

Sinclair, Andrew. · 1992

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. On the Templars, and the mystery at Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, and Masonic origin myth. Well annotated. [vii], 245 pages, indexed. Royal Octavo.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF ALBERT PIKE. Centennial Edition.

Harris, Ray Baker. (ed.) · 1957

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Washington, DC: Supreme Council, 1957. Revised and corrected edition. A Fine Cloth Volume. With colored portrait of General Pike, plus additional photographs. Harris has also contributed a short literary biography. Small 4to.

KABUKI.

Hamamura, Yonezo; Sugawara, Takashi; Kinoshita, Junji; and Minami, Hiroshi. · 1956

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Tokyo: Kenkyusha Ltd., 1956. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY in a premium binding with dust jacket. Black and white photo illustrations. 163 pages; indexed. Octavo.

BORN IN TIBET. As told to Esme Cramer Roberts.

Trungpa, Chogyam. · 1968

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in slightly worn dust jacket. Foreword by Marco Pallis. 264 pages, indexed. Octavo.

STORIES OF THE ROSE: The Making of the Rosary in the Middle Ages.

Winston-Allen, Anne. · 1997

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 1997. FIRST EDITION. A Fine cloth copy in dust jacket. With 34 figures, and well researched notes. 210 pages with index. Royal octavo.

THE ICON: Holy Images - Sixth to Fourteenth Centuries.

Weitzmann, Kurt. · 1978

$77.00 (€69.86 | £58.28 | ¥12,296)

New York: George Braziller, 1978. FIRST EDITION. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME IN FINE DUST JACKET. Two hundred plus plates, most in color and hand-topped with commentary on each icon. Bibliography. 4to.

LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD: Jung and the Twentieth Century.

Wilson, Colin. · 1984

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

UK: The Aquarian Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. 160 pages with index. Bibliography. 8vo.