WORLDLY WISDOM: Confucian Teachings of the Ming Dynasty.
Boston/London: Shambhala, 1991. FIRST EDITION. In tall quality trade wraps with custom decorative end papers; A FINE COPY. 172 pages.
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THE ESSENTIAL CONFUCIUS: The Heart of Confucius' Teachings in Authentic I Ching Order.
San Francisco: Harper, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in fine dust jacket. 179 pages. Tall octavo.
LIVING AND DYING BY GRACE: Counsels of Hadrat 'Ali.
Boston: Shambhala, 1995. FIRST EDITION. Fine copy in a dust jacket with small worn spot on the bottom of the rear panel. Printed in red and black. Sufi teachings.
RECORDS OF THINGS HEARD: From the Treasury of the Eye of the True Teaching.
Boulder: Prajna, 1980. Quality trade paper; A FINE COPY. Works by Zen Master Dogen, founder of the Soto school of Buddhism. 129 pages. 8vo.
THE CHILDHOOD OF RELIGIONS: Embracing a Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. FIRST EDITION. Light rubbing along spine edge; name on end paper; else, A VERY GOOD+ or better copy. 288 pages, indexed, plus ads by Appleton. Small octavo.
MYTH & DREAMS.
Thame, UK: Suhal, c1995. Nicely printed facsimile of the 1885 London edition. A FINE COPY; paperbound. 251 pages, indexed. Octavo.
THE BOOK OF ROSICRUCIAE: A Condensed History of the Fraternitas Rosae Crusis or Rosy Cross, the man who made the Order possible, and those who Maintained the Fraternity Throughout the Centuries Together with the Fundamental Teachings of these men According to the Actual Records in The Archives of the Fraternity. Three volumes.
Quakertown, Pennsylvania: The Philosophical Publishing Co., 1946-49. Light rubbing to the spine titles; one volume has some discoloration at the rear top corner; internals free of marking; A VERY GOOD SET. V. I: 286 pages. V. II: [xii], 279 pages. V. 3: [xxxii], 288 pages with book catalogue appended. Royal.....
RELIGION IN JAPAN: Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity.
London: SPCK, 1905. Very good or better cloth copy. Small 8vo. With Illustrations.
COSMOS, CHAOS AND THE WORLD TO COME: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth copy in fine dust jacket. 271 pages, indexed. Royal 8vo.
NOAH'S FLOOD: The Genesis Story in Western Thought.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket. Superb illustration and text. 154 pages. Small 4to.
THE PURSUIT OF THE MILLENNIUM: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages. Revised and Expanded Edition.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. In quality wraps; rubbed but binding tight and firm; VERY GOOD. 412 pages.
THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY.
Tlalpam, Mexico: Ediciones Sol, 1954. FIRST EDITION. Booklet; A FINE COPY. Well Illustrated. 32 pages. Octavo.
HELLAS: A Spectacle with Music and Dances in Four Acts.
Cape Town: The Stourton Press, 1951. FIRST EDITION. Bookplate of D'Agapeyeff (may be Alexander, he of the undecipherable cipher); Very Good+ cloth volume in dust jacket with light stain along lower edge of rear panel. Very scarce like most of Fairfax Hall's press works which centered around the Fourth Way.....
COSMOLOGY AND ESCHATOLOGY IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN APOCALYPTICISM.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ premium cloth copy, sewn and archival. Third section of this work is an examination of numerical symbolism in both traditions with a further section on the Pythagorean school. Also explores the "Son of Man" tradition. Supplements to the Journal for the Study.....
ICONOGRAPHY AND RITUAL OF SIVA AT ELEPHANTA.
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988. FIRST EDITION. A FINE HARDCOVER VOLUME with illustrated panels. [xvi], 331 pages. Tall 8vo.
THE FATHER: Mythology and Changing Roles.
Wilmette: Chiron Publications, 1988. Quality text wraps; A VERY GOOD+ copy. Many illustrations on the theme. 206 pages.
HYPNEROTOMACHIA: The Strife of Love in a Dream. The London, 1592 Edition in Facsimile.
Delmar, NY: Scholar's Facsmilies, 1973. A VERY GOOD+ COPY, sewn cloth, no jacket issued, but with clear Mylar protector. Introduction by Lucy Dent. Photo of Colonna tipped to front paste down. Reprint of the edition printed for S. Waterson, London, of the translation by R.D. [xix], 109 pages. Octavo...
HYPNEROTOMACHIA: The Strife of Love in a Dream. The London, 1592 Edition.
NY: Garland Publishing, 1976. A FINE CLOTH COPY. Reprint of the edition printed for S. Waterson, London, of the translation by Robert Dallington[?] of the first part of "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili". From Garland's superb series, The Renaissance and the Gods, of which this was number 15. Garland issued fifty three rare.....
C.S. LEWIS AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE and Other Reminiscences.
New York: MacMillan, 1979. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in dust jacket. 299 pages with index.
THE LIFE OF RICHARD ROLLE.
London & Toronto: J.M. Dent, 1933. Binding firm, but soiled; internals free and clear of marking; title page in red and black; VERY GOOD CLOTH COPY. Bibliography. Eight illustrations. 340 pages, indexed. Octavo.
FOOT-PRINTS OF VANISHED RACES IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; Being an Account of Some of the Monuments and Relics of Pre-Historic Races Scattered Over its Surface, With Suggestions as to Their Origin and Uses.
St. Louis: Chancy Barns, 1879. FIRST EDITION. Minor shelf wear and pulling at top and bottom of spine; A FINE COPY in the original publisher's binding. Scarce work on the Mound builders, and their Mysteries. Illustrated. 122 pages. Small 4to.
LE DELUGE BABYLONIEN: Ishtar aux Enfers la Tour de Babel.
Paris: Payot, 1952. Later printing. European wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Text in French. With 52 figures and 8 plates. 271 pages. Octavo.
A SHORT HISTORY OF BUDDHISM.
Bombay: Chetana Limited, 1960. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Printed on one sided mimeograph and side bound; A FINE COPY in quarto. 113 pages. Of Conze's many notable contributions, this is the most scarce.
THE SHORT PRAJNAPARAMITA TEXTS.
London: Luzac & Company, 1973. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Conze's translation of the Perfect Wisdom" sutras. 217 pages. Octavo.
THIRTY YEARS OF BUDDHIST STUDIES.
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1967. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. 274 pages, indexed. Octavo.
