A Glimpse into The Supreme Science of the Buddha
Colombo: The Colombo Apothecaries' Co., 1959. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 70 pp. Rubbing to edges, sunning to rear cover, staining to spine. More
Colombo: The Colombo Apothecaries' Co., 1959. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 70 pp. Rubbing to edges, sunning to rear cover, staining to spine. More
Greenwhich, Conneticut: Peabury Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Grey cloth, 96pp. Bottom right corner of front board somewhat bruised, otherwise near fine in a fine jacket. Four sermons on the End of the World, Death and After Death, Heaven and Hell and Kingdom Come for the Modern Day Christian in..... More
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. black cloth. 435 pp. Light chafing to extremities, light bruising to lower corners. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, offset panels to covers, chipped to spine ends, small perforation to rear joint, damp staining to spine foot. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. black cloth. 206 pp. A few yellow highlights. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly edge worn, perforations to rear fore edge, light soiling to flaps. More
Edinburgh: Philosophical Library, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. burgundy paper boards. 70 pp. Light chafing to extremities, light bruising to lower corners. Dust jacket is sunned to spine and edges, age toned, chipped to spine ends, short tear to foot of front joint..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. green cloth. 435 pp. Bruise to spine foot. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, rubbed to extremities, a few short tears and small chips. More
Indianapolis: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. FUll blue cloth. [16], 220 pp. Spine cocked, chafing to extremities, white spotting to lower corner of front board. A few damp stains to top edge of text cloth. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Interior age toned..... More
New York: Benjamin Blom, 1967. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. green cloth. viii, 270 pp. Light chafing to spine ends and corners. Fine overall. More
London: Rider & Company, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. xix, 980 p.p. with 39 plates, [6[ coloured and 14 full page illustrations with numerous in-text. Light rubbing to jacket with sporadic soiling to covers. Front inner flap clipped at bottom right corner. Edges are damp-stained. Rubbing to head of front and rear..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1996. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xxii, 483 pp. Fine. This pathbreaking volume will force a reassessment of many common assumptions about the relationship between Christianity and modern China. The overall thrust of the twenty essays is that despite the conflicts and tensions that often..... More
London and New York: Arkana, 1986. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 289 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Remainder mark to tail edge, light rubbing to extremities, else fine. More
London: Waterlow & Sons. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. N.d., [ca. 1939?]. Full red cloth, gilt armorial device to front board. 94 pp. [1] B&W plate portrait of Canon Holland. Spine tilted, chafing to corners. Some light scuffing and soiling to cloth. Ink ownership inscription..... More
London: William Pickering, 1837. Hardcover. 8vo. Full calf, black leather label, gilt compartments and borders and armorial device of King's College, London to front board. Outer and inner edges dentelle. Prize binding. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers, presentation bookplate to front pastedown. xvi, 368 pp. Rubbing to extremities, chipping to..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centary Press, 1945. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. navy cloth. vi, 298 pp. Spine sunned and offset panels to boards. Bumping to corners. Light rubbing to paper spine label. Ink ownership inscription to front pastedown. Ink date stamp of Feb..... More
Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 126 pp. Sunning to spine and tail edges, light chafing to extremities. More
Nurnberg: Katholsichen Kirchenbauverein z.U.L. Frau. Soft cover. 12mo. [The Catholic Churches in Nuremberg: Their Origins and History]. [1908?] German. 32 p.p. Orange paper wraps with black lettering to front, staple bound. Wraps are sunned at edges and have bumping/creasing to corners, tiny chip to spine heel. With 12 B&W photographs..... More
London: For G. Kearsly, 1760. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 2 vols. First edition in English; originally published the previous year as Eloge d'Enfer. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards. [16], xvi, 191 pp.; [8], 224 pp. Two engraved frontispieces, 6 plates. Minor sporadic foxing, else fine. A very curious work..... More
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediavel Studies, 1987. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 101 pp. Stain to tail edge at spine, some light staining to rear cover, light edge wear, spine sunned. Edited from the London, Society of Antiquaries, MS.7. More
Oxford: Oxford at the University Press, 1840. Hardcover. 8vo. Third edition?; the 'Advertisement' states the first edition (1716) as incomplete and that the 1840 edition was the first to contain the commentary on the last nine articles. Full contemporary calf, gilt stamped compartments. Marbled edges. xii, 384; [2], 477 pp..... More
London: Printed for T. Hodgson, 1789. Hardcover. 12mo. ...With an Apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French. Intended as well for the Information of the Curious, as the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth. To Which is Prefixed A copious Preface, containing an historical Account of the above, and..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full maroon cloth. xii, 171 pp. Rubbing to extremities. Damp stain to tail edge of text block. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine and edges, chipped to spine ends and corners, a...... More
New York: Association Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Full tan paper boards. 181 pp. A bright and clean copy in a sunned and edge worn dust jacket. More
New York: American Tract Society. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. N.d., [ca. 1868 per WorldCat]. Orig. brown blind stamped cloth. 58 pp., [4] pp. ads. Frontis. engraving w/ tissue guard. Printer's error to title, reading Bartimeus, "or" instead of "of." Boards sunned to spine and extremities. Moderate..... More
Cork: Cork University Press, 1995. Soft cover. 8vo. xvi, 268 p.p., [12] leaves of maps and photographs, including many in-text photos. Lightly bumped edges, signs of wear along fore-edge, but in very good condition. This book combines factual and social analysis about monks in Ireland between a.d. 800-1200. Chapters include..... More
Abilene, TX: Biblical Research Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Scarce. The Way of Life Series. Soft cover. 94 pp. Covers rubbed and foxed. Chip to spine head. A few ink notations to interior. More