New York: Asian Arts Institute, 1984. Soft Cover. The exhibition catalog for Door Gods and Other Household Deities, held at the Asian Arts Institute in 1984. With no marks. Stapled softcover. Very Good. More about DOOR GODS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD DEITIES
Paris: L’Edition D’Art, [1926]. Quarter Leather. An attractive French rebind. Original paper wrappers bound in. A clean copy, with text in French. Quarter bound in morocco over marbled paper boards, with lettering and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine..... More about LA VIE DU BOUDDHA. D’APRES LES TEXTES DE L’INDE ANCIENNE
Cambridge, Mass. Murray Printing Company. Quarto. Hard Cover. Front hinge a bit weak but holding and binding sound; staining to boards, spine and inside edge of textblock; previous owner bookplate on front pastedown; contains original text and translation. Volume II... More about THE HOLY QUR-AN: TEXT, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY (VOLUME TWO
Qum: Ansariyan Publications, 21991. Soft Cover. A clean copy with no marks in the book. More about A MANUAL OF ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND PRACTICE, VOLUME I
Bombay: Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute, 1982. Hard Cover. 226pp. NOTE: This is the original printing from 1982, not a new reprint. Has folding table: The Hierarchy or Spiritual Pedigree of Saints and Sages from God Downwards”. Nice copy of quite... More about THE HOLY LIVES OF THE AZHVARS OR THE DRAVIDA SAINTS (Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute...
Ansariyan, 2004. Soft Cover. Previous owner name and address sticker; otherwise a clean copy without marks. More about LESSONS ABOUT ALLAH, PROPHET, JUSTICE, LEADERSHIP, RESURRECTION
Iksan, The Republic of Korea: Printed by Won Kwang Publishing Co. Hard Cover. Bongil Chung’s translation of The Dharma Words of Master Chongsan. With no marks of any kind. Glossary in the rear. Black cloth covered flexible boards, with lettering..... More about THE DHARMA WORDS OF MASTER CHONGSAN (CHONGSAN CHONGSA POBO
Self-published, [1980]. Soft Cover. There is a previous owner name, and the wrappers have a bit of light silverfishing; but otherwise a clean copy. More about EVERYTHING UNDER HEAVEN: THE LIFE AND WORDS OF A NATURE MYSTIC, ISSA OF JAPAN
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd, 1898. Three Quarters Leather. The Light of Asia, being the life and teachings of the Buddha, in verse, by Edwin Arnold. Portrait frontispiece; black and white illustrations throughout. With no marks of... More about THE LIGHT OF ASIA, OR THE GREAT RENUNCIATION (MAHABHINISHKRAMANA). BEING THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF...
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1958. Octavo. Hard Cover. Binding sound; light foxing and very small (1/8”) chip to top spine of dust jacket; previous owner bookplate to front pastedown; previous bookstore stamp to front free endpaper otherwise no... More about PROPHECY IN ISLAM: PHILOSOPHY AND ORTHODOXY
Bath: S. Hazard, for J. Johnson, Vernon and Hood; et al. 1795. Full Leather. New Edition. The “New Edition” of Sales’ important translation of The Koran, first printed in 1734, and certainly the best translation at that time. In recent..... More about THE KORAN: COMMONLY CALLED, THE ALCORAN OF MOHAMMED: TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ARABIC: WITH...
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984. Octavo. Hard Cover. 267pp. No pencil or ink markings in text; blue cloth binding with very light edge wear at head and tail of spine; closed tear at top of rear dust jacket cover... More about LAY BUDDHISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: REIYUKAI KYODAN
Scranton: Internatoinal Textbook Company, [1903]. Half Leather. How to display in a commercial settings using dramatic and creative backgrounds. Many very interesting suggestions for store windows and counter display from the turn of the century. Brown half-leather over brown pebbled... More about A TEXTBOOK ON MERCANTILE DECORATION. BACKGROUNDS
Dharma Communications. 1998. Hard Cover. First Printing. First Edition, First Printing, of John Daido Loori’s Zen Mountain Monastery Liturgy Manual, located on Mt. Tremper, New York. Small, scattered illustrations bordering the text. With no marks of any kind. Green cloth..... More about ZEN MOUNTAIN MONASTERY LITURGY MANUAL
Westview Press, 1998. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. More about TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE CONFUCIAN WAY
London; New York, NY: Routledge, 2006. Hard Cover. No markings in text. Blue hardcover binding with white lettering. Digital pictures of book available upon request; Not Ex-Libary. More about HUMAN CONSCIENCE AND MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS: Modern Egyptian thinkers on Al-Damir
Munich: Bucher, 2002. Quarto. Hard Cover. Previous owner gift inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper; no other marks in text; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; mylar cover slightly soiled. More about SADHUS. HEILIGE MANNER IN INDIEN
Boulder, CO: Este Es Press | University of Colorado Libraries, 1977. Soft Cover. A clean and sturdy copy; the white wrappers have a bit of darkening to the edges. There are no marks of any kind in the book. 238 pp. including Index. More about SUFISM AND HUMAN DESTINY AND SUFI THOUGHT IN PERSIAN POETRY
Takoma Park, Maryland: The Crescent Publications, 1973. Soft Cover. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. More about GLIMPSES OF THE HADITH
London; Madras: The Christian Literature Society for India, 1896. Hard Cover. Illustrations; Pencil underlining and pencil and ink margin notes. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light to moderate edgewear. Digital pictures of book available upon request; NOT Ex-Library. More about POPULAR HINDUISM: Religious Reform. Part I
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Hard Cover. The Cambridge History of Islam, complete in two volumes. Unobtrusive marginalia in pencil throughout, mostly lines alongside paragraphs, with infrequent notes. Good dustjackets, with wear and some chipping to the edges and spines... More about THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ISLAM. IN TWO VOLUMES. | VOL. I: THE CENTRAL ISLAMIC LANDS. VOL. II: THE...
Brussels: Etre Libre, 1954. Soft Cover. Second Edition. In original wrappers; pages are mostly uncut. More about Essais sur le Bouddhisme en général et sur le Zen en particulier, Les bases d'un matérialisme...
Brussels: Etre Libre, 1954. Soft Cover. Second Edition. In original wrappers; pages are mostly uncut. More about Essais sur le Bouddhisme en général et sur le Zen en particulier, Les bases d'un matérialisme...
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1969. Soft Cover. Shoyu Hanayama’s Buddhist Handbook for Shin-su Followers. Slight toning to the endpapers, else no marks. Green cloth. Near Fine with Near Fine dustjacket. More about BUDDHIST HANDBOOK FOR SHIN-SU FOLLOWERS
Calcutta: The Pooran Press, [1937]. Soft Cover. First Edition. Original printing of the address given at the Parliament of Religions, Town Hall Calcutta on March 2nd, 1937. With frontistpiece photographic portrait of Sir Brajendra Nath Seal. An uncommon little booklet. More about PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS. CALCUTTA