MEISTER ECKHART: A Central Source... with the text of his Historic Defense against Charges of Heresy
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Quality trade paper edition; light rubbing; else, VERY GOOD+ copy. 333 pages.
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ARROW OF THE BLUE-SKINNED GOD: Retracing the Ramayana Through India
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. [xiii], 351 pages. Tall 8vo.
THE CHRISTIAN CABALA.
Pt. Washington, NY: Kennikat Press [by arrangement with Columbia], 1965. A re-issue of the 1944 Columbia edition; A FINE COPY in sewn, archival cloth. Discusses Lully, and the Pythagorean influence on Kabbalistic studies. 167 pages, indexed. Octavo.
MR. PETERS AND THE GODDESS. Translated by Mary G. Langford.
Los Angeles: PRS, circa 1935. Booklet; wear to covers; internals clean and free of marking; GOOD. Metaphysical short story set in India originally published in Russian in 1885 inside the "From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan". 17 pages. Tall 8vo.
CHRIST IN MODERN ATHENS: The Confrontation of Christianity with Modern Culture and the Non-Christian Religions.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1965. FIRST EDITION. FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Opens with an analysis of Paul's sermon on the Areopagus. [xii], 152 pages. Octavo.
GATEWAY TO WISDOM: Taoist and Buddhist Contemplative Yogas Adapted for Western Students of the Way.
Boulder: Shambhala, 1980. In quality wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. 214 pages. 8vo.
THE ZEN TEACHING OF HUI HAI: On Sudden Illumination.
New York: Samuel Weiser, 1972. Quality trade paper edition; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. 160 pages, indexed. 8vo.
THE OCCULT EXPERIENCE AND THE NEW CRITICISM: Daemonism, Sexuality and the Hidden in Literature.
Brighton, UK: Harvester Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. A Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. Octavo. 133 pages, indexed.
OMENS OF MILLENNIUM: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection.
NY: Riverhead Books, 1996. FIRST EDITION. Mark on bottom edge.; else, A FINE CLOTH copy in dust jacket. 253 pages.
THE REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE.
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1988. FIRST EDITION. FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Modern Critical Interpretations series. 150 pages. Royal 8vo.
JAY T. SNIDER COLLECTION; Featuring the History of Philadelphia and Important Americana.
New York: Bloomsbury, (November 19) 2009. Tall quarto auction catalogue, hardcover with illustrated panels and printed on enamel; A FINE COPY. An important reference with scarce historic illustrations. 375 lots.
THE HIEROGLYPHICS OF HORAPOLLO.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. In academic wraps; A FINE UNREAD VOLUME. 120 pages with index. New foreword by Anthony Grafton. Octavo.
THE TROUBADOUR REVIVAL: A Study of Social Change and Traditionalism in Late Medieval Spain.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. First Printing. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket. Notes, illustrations and bibliography. 219 pages. 8vo.
AM I SAVED?: Scriptural Thoughts on Salvation.
Minneapolis: Light & Life, 1984. In stitched wraps as issued; A FINE COPY without marking. An Eastern Orthodox perspective. 60 pages. Octavo.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD.
London: Faber and Faber, 1935. FIRST EDITION. Faber Gallery Series. In small folio wraps as issued; cover shows wear and a little chipping; internals excellent; VERY GOOD or better copy with French folds. Ten beautiful colored plates, hand-tipped, and highlighting the work of a number of relatively obscure Italian renaissance.....
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).
Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1992. Limited edition of 1000 hand numbered copies of which there are only eleven copies left. 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. 700+ pages. Small.....
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).
Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1992. Limited edition of 100 Roman numeral copies of which this is XLV. 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. With the ARC impression on front.....
THE AURORA. That is the or Dayspring, or Dawning of the Day in the orient or Morning-rednesse in the Rising of the Sun. That is The Root of Mother of Philosophie, Astrologie & Theologie from the True Ground, or Description of Nature... Written in Gerlitz
London, John M. Watkins 1960. A FINE CLOTH COPY in very good dust jacket. Frontispiece engraving of the Throne of God. [xlvii], 723 pages. Octavo.
THE WAY TO CHRIST: Discovered and Described. First published in 1622. Including two rare letters.
Los Angeles, CA: Wetzel, c1955. Lightly worn booklet; no markings; Very Good or better. The "Supersensual Life" dialogue, plus the letters on Boehme's true method of salvation, and other fragments. 52 pages. Octavo.
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.
Berlin: Furche Verlag, 1921. Limited edition of 750 copies of which this is number 121. Bound in vellum and paper boards, with gilt insignia pressed on front panel; some marks of dampness on rear panel, but internals are fine, free of defect or marking; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. 198 pages.....
RING OF POWER: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine : A Jungian Understanding of Wagner's Ring Cycle.
San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Blurred stamp on one end paper seems to mention a library, and "Do Not Remove", but no other signs of such use; A VERY GOOD+ COPY in dust jacket. 245 pages. Octavo.
THE PERSISTENCE OF RELIGION: An Essay on Tantrism and Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy. With a preface by Mircea Eliade.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1971. A FINE CLOTH COPY. Preface by Mircea Eliade. Superb bibliography. [xviii], 134 pages Royal octavo.
SECRECY IN RELIGIONS.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1987. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY. Studies in the History of Religions XLIX. Plate. One selection by Schimmel, "Secrecy in Sufism", is particularly notable. [xvi], 164 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.
SOME ACROSTIC SIGNATURES OF FRANCIS BACON; Together with Some Others All of Which are Now for the First Time Deciphered and Published.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1909. FIRST EDITION. Top and bottom of spine have light shelf wear; otherwise. A VERY GOOD+ or better cloth volume. 631 pages with an index. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles of original folios and other matter. Tall thick 4to.
SUBTLE SHINING SECRECIES: Writ in the Margents of Books; Generally Ascribed to William Shakespeare, the Actor and Here Ascribed to William Shakespeare, the Poet.
Boston: Walter H. Baker, 1925. Limited edition (#899), signed by author. Frontispiece of Lord Bacon under tissue; A FINE COPY, bound in paper covered boards, with tipped labels. 292 pages with index. Errata slip tipped in rear. Small 4to.
