New York: Pantheon Books (The Spiral Press), 1954. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1954 signed/limited. #247 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY BEN SHAHN on the limitation page. A sharp, well-preserved copy to boot: Solid and VG+ in its buckram boards, with bright gilt-insignia at the front panel and lightly-flecked gilt-lettering along..... More
Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Records. Record. An Alan Watts lecture on "Om: The Sound of Hinduism". The 33 1/3 LP Record is very clean and the pictorial sleeve is bright and crisp, with very light rubbing to the front cover and light soiling at the rear cover. More
Harvard University Press, 1996. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 390 pgs. More
Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press, Inc., 1992. 1st. Cloth. The 1992 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Light dustiness to the panels, otherwise clean as could be. Octavo, 428 pgs. More
Hong Kong: Periplus Editions, 1992. Original Wraps. A handsome example of the 2 volume set. Both volumes 1992 2nd printings and both volumes immaculate and Fine in their pictorial wrappers. Thick octavos, 759 pgs. all told. Volume I: Essays on Religion, Ritual and Art; Vol. II: Essays on Society, Tradition..... More
Paris: Dervy, 1949. Original wraps. Very uncommon 1949 study of "Caodaism, or Cao Dai. literally meaning high palace or Kingdom of Heaven. In its Vietnamese form, the term Cao Dai is the name of God. The religious center of Caodaism is Tay Ninh in Vietnam." Limited to only 50 copies..... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1958. 1st. Original Wraps. A clean, crisp copy of the 1958 1st edition. VG+ in its original wrappers AND in a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket. Octavo, 299 pgs., crisp black-and-white plates thruout. More
Japan Publications Trading Company, 1967. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the July 1967 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a bit of wear along the tips. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind..... More
Tokyo: Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishers, 1961. Hardcover. A very solid copy of the 1961 stated 6th printing. Tight and VG+ in its patterned burlap boards, with bright, unflecked letering at the front panel and spine. Tasteful former owner bookplate to the front free endpaper and very small "Charles Tuttle" (the publisher and..... More
Princeton University Press, 1982. Boards. A solid example of the 1982 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG+ (foxing along the pastedowns and fore-edges) in crisp, Near Fine dustjackets, with one very small closed tear to the top-edge of Vol. I's front panel. Thick uniform quartos..... More
Los Angeles & San Francisco: Suttonhouse, 1933. Hardcover. The 1933 1st edition, #19 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR NATALIA DOBBINS on the limitation page. Solid and VG in its ribbon-tied orange boards, with very light spotting at the front panel and light staining to the upper edges of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1892 1st edition. Tight and VG+, with bright silver lettering and decoration at the front panel. 12mo, 276 pgs. More
Published for the British Academy By Oxford University Press, 1995. Cloth. Translated from its original Arabic and annotated by J McL. Ritchie in 1995. A very solid copy. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 182 pgs. plus original Arabic text. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY SWAMI AKHILANANDA on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of this 1946 early --but not 1st-- edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the panel edges and along the spine..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Boards. The 1971 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG- (light abrading and soiling to the panels, writing at the rear pastedown) in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing along the spine crown. Octavo, Glossary followed by 175 pgs. of text. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1958. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1958 1st English language edition, "translated from the Chinese with introduction and notes by Laurence Thompson". Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear at the spine ends and very light..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1999 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 236 pgs. More
Los Angeles: Falcon Press, 1987. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY TIMOTHY LEARY (in huge, loping letters) on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1987 3rd printing. Crisp and clean and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Tall octavo, 138 pgs. "A Manual on the Use of the Human Nervous..... More
Paris: Les Editions Vega, 1951. Original Wraps. A clean, crisp copy of the 1951 1st French edition, IN A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED WRAPAROUND BAND. Solid and Near Fine in its glassine dustjacket. Octavo, 145 pgs. plus bibliography. Text in French. More
Cambridge University Press, 1992. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1992 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 313 pgs. More
Columbia University Press, 1981. Cloth. A crisp, tight copy of the 1981 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Light pencil underlining by the former owner, a Vassar sinologist and professor of Chinese history. Octavo, 267 pgs. More
