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Rare, Fine and Academic book especially in the fields of spiritual traditions and esoterica, East and West.
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Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro Essays in Zen Buddhism First Series
$1,000.00
Kyoto: Luzac for The Eastern Buddhist Society, 1927. First edition. Ownership signature of Hugh Ripman; x, 423 pages, with 10 plates for The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures; Carbon paper errata slip pasted in on rear pastedown with two hand corrections. Cloth bound in near very good condition; Wear to spine ends; Modest fading to board edge and spine; Plates are toned along edges.
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Form of Prayers for the Feast of Passover. With English Translation.
$400.00Under The Covers Antique And Vintage Books
New York: L. H. Frank, 1866-5626. Â SCARCE. Third edition. Hardcover. Very good. Finely bound brown leather covered boards with beautiful gilt and blind stamped decoration to boards and gilt title and decoration to spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor discoloration to leather on spine and around the edges and very lightly to a few small areas on the boards. Very light rubbing. Book reads right to left and what would be back to front in English. Includes text in both Hebrew and English. Ownership inscription to front free end paper and Art Deco book plate to rear free end paper. Minor chipping to edges of end papers. Â Browning to rear interior hinge where rear free end paper was once attached with tape. The page has now been correctly tipped in. Hinges are starting though binding remains tight and strong. Minor foxing throughout though text remains bright. Tape repairs to small closed tears on margins of four pages. The bottom corner of page 181/182 is torn off which affects a small amount of text, as pictured. Original ribbon bookmark is present but no longer bound in. Else is clean and bright. Gilt-edged pages. Includes eighteen pages of songs and what appears to be one random page from a Haggadah bound in at the rear.Â
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Bright first edition of Stein's Silk Road classic
Stein, M. Aurel Ruins of Desert Cathay Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China (2 Volumes)
$2,000.00London: Macmillan and Co., 1912. First edition. Two volumes. Tall 8vo. xxxviii, 546p, (ii, ads); xxi, 517p, (ii, ads). Illustrated with photographs by Stein, folding panoramas, folding maps, color plates. Bound in the publisher’s brick red cloth, spine titles in gilt, the upper covers with embossed gilt image of the title-page vignette. Minor cracking to inner joint paper in Vol. II, else about fine. Unusually bright copies.
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Scarce 1944 Indian Edition Honoring Gandhi’s 75th
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [Mahatma]; Edited by D.G. Tendulkar; M. Chalapathi Rau; et al. A Word for the Readers by Mohandas Gandhi; Introduction by Jawaharlal Nehru Gandhiji: His Life and Work Published on His 75th Birthday, October 2, 1944
$1,250.00Bombay: Keshav Bhikaji Dhawale, 1944. Hardcover. 4to., 405 pp. Original publisher’s light brown coarse khaki cloth with dark brown leather spine, gilt lettering, patterned endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs and tipped-in color plates, frontispiece.  First unabridged edition of this tribute to Gandhi, with introductions by Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru and a biographical essay by Albert Einstein.  Published in 1944 to both commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 75th birthday and support the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Fund.  Contains essays by various contemporaries examining Gandh’s political career, social reform efforts, and influence on Indian society as well as a curated selection of Gandhi’s own writings, including speeches and letters. Although Gandhi generally declined to participate in birthday commemorations, he wrote a preface for this volume, citing its charitable purpose. As a mid-career publication released during Gandhi’s lifetime, the book reflects the contemporary reception of his work and offers early interpretations of his role in the Indian independence movement.  Published in India in 1944 to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s seventy-fifth birthday, Gandhiji: His Life and Work stands as one of the earliest comprehensive tributes to the spiritual and political leader of India’s independence movement. Issued before independence and while Gandhi was still alive, this commemorative volume documents his philosophy of non-violence, his leadership during the freedom struggle, and the global recognition of his influence.  Copies of this edition are scarce, particularly in well-preserved condition, as many were printed under wartime paper constraints. A significant historical document from the final years of British India—offering both biographical insight and period authenticity.  Very Good, intact with some age toning, soiling, handling and wear. Institutional ownership stamp on title page. Item #726202511 Â
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J. A. Spencer The East. Sketches of Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land.
$295.00Under The Covers Antique And Vintage Books
ondon: John Murray, 1850. RARE. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good. Very rare British edition. Green cloth covered boards with girl title to spine end blind stamped decoration to boards. Minor bumping to edges. Light fading to spine as well as light soiling to boards. Minor foxing to interior though text is bright and mostly clean. Browning and foxing to several of the plates and protective pages while many remain bright with only minor foxing. Many pages remain uncut. Binding is Very tight. Â From the estate of Betty Washington Whiting, direct descendant of Martha Washington, with family tree and photo copy of estate auction notice laid in. Also includes a printed note explaining that the book formerly belonged to Martha Washington’s daughter Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis along with a list of other copies of the title available for sale at the time. Appendix, 503 pages + 16 pages of publisher’s ads.
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