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By The Way Books
Rare, Fine and Academic book especially in the fields of spiritual traditions and esoterica, East and West.
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Dionysius the Areopagite (Pseudo) DIONYSII AREOPAGITAE OPERA OMNIA QUAE EXTANT. EIUSDEM VITA Scholia incerti authoris in librum De Ecclesiastica Hierarchia
$1,000.00
Paris: Michael Vascosanus (Michel de Vascosan), 1566. First edition thus. Translated to Latin by Joachim Perion (Ioachimus Perionius Beneficinius Cormeriacenus), royal interpreter to King Henri II of France; Quarto (12 1/2″ x 8 1/4″; pp. [5] ff. (prelims), 84 ff. (text), [3] ff. (index & Privilege); Full vellum binding with leather spine label; ex libris inscriptions dated 1782 on end paper and title page with that on title page crossed through.
Lower edge and corners of boards worn, otherwise covers and binding very good; Title page and last three leaves repaired; Stain to lower inner corner of pages from leaf 40 to the end, worsening toward the rear; Small catalogue notation at foot of spine.
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Steiner's Way of Initiation, first edition, 1908
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$1,800.00London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1908. First edition. iii, 237 pages; Frontis photo of Stiener with facing tissue. Item #34708 Cloth bound in very good condition; Wear to spine edges; Fraying at top rear spine edge; One page corner creased leaving impression of neighboring pages; Later gift inscription.
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Fine Press Edition of Aratus by the Janus Press
Aratus Phaenomena Sky Sign
$2,500.00Michael Pyron, Bookseller ABAA/ILAB
Newark and Burke, VT: Janus Press and Plowboy Press, 2022. Folio. [4], 58, [4] pp., plates, maps, illus. Limited edition, one of 120 numbered copies. Letterpress printed on Barcham Green Boxley by Andrew Miller-Brown of Plowboy Press. The frontispiece is Durer’s northern celestial map. There are 28 illustrations of the constellations from Caspar Vopel’s 1534 woodcuts and eight full-page original digital prints of weather by Claire Van Vliet based on her pulp paintings. Additionally, there are numerous in-text illustrations, some mounted, some printed. This is sewn longstitch into pulp-painting covered boards by Katie MacGregor; pocket inside the front cover contains prospectus and Translator’s Introduction and Notes. The book is wrapped in a linen-covered chemise lined with Durer’s 1515 celestial maps, all housed in maple and birchwood slipcase with a lasercut title on the spine. A fine copy. Aratus was born in Soli in present day Turkey in about 315 BCE. Educated in Athens, he eventually made his way to the Macedonian court where it is believed he wrote the Phaenomena. It describes in verse the constellations, their rotation in the night sky throughout the year, various other natural signs, and their uses as a calendar and weather forecasting tool for farmers and sailors. For Aratus these sky signs, from the constellation Ursa Major to the smallest mouse tossing straw with its paws, represent a gift from Zeus to guide human endeavor if only we would take notice. The Phaenomena was enormously popular in its time and afterwards. It inspired many translations, some with a liberal dose of revisions and additions, as well as many commentaries starting in at least the second century BCE. This edition of the Phaenomena features a verse translation from the Greek by Stanley Lombardo and a new commentary for the modern reader by Mark Breen, senior meteorologist and director of the planetarium at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. And while it is easy to get caught up in the interesting particulars of the book and its history as well as the particulars of this edition, Van Vliet, Miller-Brown and their collaborators have created an edition that has reinvigorated this millennia-old navigational and practical treatise. This edition is full of wonder. MacGregor’s pulp painted covers are haunting and exquisitely suited for the work. And further, the book, designed with a mind towards early scholarly works with Aratus’s text surrounded by commentary and illustration, is a joy to leaf through, every page spread is visually engaging from the early section on the constellations to the section on weather that is elevated by Van Vliet’s art. After 70 years of bookmaking, Van Vliet has not stopped pushing forward in her design and vision.
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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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An Important and Revealing Copy
Niebuhr, Reinhold The Nature and Destiny of Man
$400.00New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949.  First one volume edition. Signed and inscribed by Niebuhr, adding “I try in this volume to explain that the meaning of life for the individual and the whole of mankind is found in the love as it is revealed in Christ.” An important and revealing copy of this landmark of twentieth-century thought. Exploring the complexities of human nature and the philosophical and theological implications of humanity’s existence, the Nature and Destiny of Man was rated number 18 of the Modern Library’s Top 100 Nonfiction works in the 20th century.  “A collection of theological lectures delivered by Niebuhr in 1939, The Nature and Destiny of Man tackles the Christian concept of human nature, the powerlessness of man, and Christianity’s impact on human history. Delivered just before the outbreak of World War II, these lectures were so influential that Cold War containment policies and aspects of realpolitik can be traced back to them. Highly recommended for fans of ontology.”
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