J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

A CARNIVAL OF PARTING: The Tales of King Bharthari and King Gopi Chand as Sung and Told by Madhi Natisar Nath of Ghatiyali, Rajasthan.

Gold, Ann Grodzins. (tr.) · 1992

$33.50 (€30.39 | £25.36 | ¥5,350)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. FIRST EDITION. A VERY FINE CLOTH COPY. 368 pages. Tall octavo.

ZEN DIARY.

Wienpahl. Paul. · 1970

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Harper & Row, 1970. VERY GOOD CLOTH COPY in slightly rubbed dust jacket. A candid look at the daily method and practice of the Zen disciple. [xi], 244 pages. Octavo.

THE WRITER WRITING.

Thomas, Francis-Noel. · 1992

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Princeton University Press, 1992. First Edition. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. 183 pages. Royal octavo.

BUDDHA AND BUDDHISM.

Percheron, Maurice. · 1982

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1982. First American Edition. FINE CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket. Well illustrated. 192 pages. With 68 black and white illustrations. Translated from the French by Edmund Stapelton. Tall 8vo.

THE CHINESE IDEA OF THE SECOND SELF.

Werner, E.T.C. · 1989

$39.50 (€35.84 | £29.90 | ¥6,308)

Edmonds: Oriental Classics [Holes Publishing Group], 1989. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY in custom linen wraps. Signed by the publisher on the verso. 50 pages. Octavo.

THIRTY YEARS OF BUDDHIST STUDIES.

Conze, Edward. (tr.) · 1967

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1967. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. 274 pages, indexed. Octavo.

ANNA KINGSFORD & EDWARD MAITLAND.

Shirley, Ralph. · 1993

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Thame: Mandrake Press Booklets 13, 1993. A FINE COPY in custom wraps as issued. Annotations. 24 pages. Octavo.

VISIONS OF POWER: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism.

Faure, Bernard. · 1996

$46.50 (€42.19 | £35.20 | ¥7,425)

Princeton University Press, 1996. FIRST EDITION. Custom end papers; A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. [xvi], 329 pages. Tall Octavo.

BUDDHIST GNOSTICISM: The System of Basilides.

Kennedy, J. · 1902

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London: Royal Asiatic Society, [April] 1902. Offprint in original sidebound wraps; small corner chip; staple mark; internals free and clear of marking; VERY GOOD+. 38 pages. 8vo.

ZEN TRAINING: METHODS AND PHILOSOPHY.

Sekida, Katsuki. · 1975

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York: John Weatherhill, 1975. FIRST EDITION. In quality trade wraps as issued; covers rubbed; internals free of marking; VERY GOOD. 258 pages with index. Octavo.

G.K. CHESTERTON: Exploration in Allegory.

Hunter, Lynette. · 1979

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

New York: St. Martin's, 1979. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in fine dust jacket. 190 pages. With Chesterton bibliography. 8vo.

AS HER WHIMSEY TOOK HER: Critical Essays on the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers.

Hannay, Margaret. [ed.] · 1979

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Kent State University Press, 1979. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Bibliography. 300 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

PENTHOS: The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian East.

Hausherr, Irenee. · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Kalamazoo: Cistercian, 1982. In quality wraps as issued; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. 200 pages, plus title list. 8vo.

A BOOK OF ESSAYS.

Hirsch, S.A. · 1905

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,585)

London: MacMillan [Published for the Jewish Historical Society of England], 1905. Front panel mottled from handling; else, A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY, still largely unopened. 336 pages, indexed.

ARROW OF THE BLUE-SKINNED GOD: Retracing the Ramayana Through India.

Blank, Jonah. · 1992

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. [xiii], 351 pages. Tall 8vo.

THEOSOPHY: History of a Pseudo-Religion.

Guenon, Rene. · 2004

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Hillsdale, NY: Sophia Perennis, 2004. In quality trade warps; A FINE COPY. Translated by Alvin Moore, Jr., Cecil Bethell, & Hubert and Rohini Schiff. 335 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

SYMBOLISM OF THE CROSS.

Guenon, Rene. · 1975

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,585)

London: Luzac and Company, 1975. A FINE COPY IN FINE DUST JACKET. Esoteric symbolism and geometrical wisdom from a Traditionalist view. Translated by Angus McNab. 134 pages. Small 8vo.

KAETHE WOLF GUMPOLD; Priest, Artist, Writer; An Illustrated Biography, Connected with the Life of William Blake.

Fletcher, John & Rathgeber, Ernest. · 1989

$90.00 (€81.66 | £68.12 | ¥14,372)

London: Mercury Arts, 1989. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ copy. Forty three plates, mostly in color. Wolf was an artist who worked under the auspices of Rudolf Steiner, and the Anthroposophical school. Presentation copy from Fletcher, signed, with a hand-written letter tipped in d...

THE BHAGAVAD-GITA; With the Sanatsugatiya and the Anugita.

Telang, K. Trimbak. · 1976

$69.00 (€62.60 | £52.23 | ¥11,018)

New York: Gordon Press, 1976. A FINE CLOTH COPY, sewn and archival. Originally in the Sacred Books of the East series, each text selection is preceded by introduction by Telang. 446 pages. Royal octavo.

THE HYMN OF ORPHEUS; Translated from the Original Greek with a Preliminary Dissertation on the Life and Theology of Orpheus, To Which is Added the Essay of Plotinus, Concerning the Beautiful, by Thomas Taylor

Taylor, Thomas. · 1981

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1981. Limited Edition. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. .Introductory preface by Manly Palmer Hall. Bibliographical References. 306 pages. Royal octavo.