1903réf. 54268New York NY Vedanta Society 1903. Hardcover First Edition 1903 unstated but implied: no subsequent printings noted. First Edition 1903 unstated but implied: no subsequent printings noted as would have been Vedanta Society's customary practice had there been such. Very Good shows moderate wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; a tiny check mark at the upper corner of the front free endpaper; the text pages have tanned very slightly due to aging; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining hi-lighting notations or marginalia. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome copy structurally sound and tightly bound; showing moderate wear and minor unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 7.7 x 5.15 x 0.8 inches. 215 pages. Language: English. Weight: 14.3 ounces. Original green cloth over boards with gilt titles and designs at the front panel and backstrip. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Vedanta Society, hardcover
réf. 46677Benares: Benares Hindu University 1944. 1st edition. Contents: I.Historical Introduction; II.Ram Mohun Roy and the Brahmo Samaj; III.Justice Ranade and the Prarthana Samaj; IV.Swami Dayananda and the Arya Samaj; V.Annie Besant and the Theosophical Society; VI.The Ramakrishna Movement: Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa; VII.The Ramakrishna Movement: Swami Vivekananda; VIII.Sri Aurobindo; IX.Rabindranath Tagore; X.Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa; XI.Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in India; XII.Professor Radhakrishnan; XIII.Conclusion; XIV.Reading List. Glossary and Index. Pp.xii/686 gift message "To Honrable Sir Lionel Leach Chief Justice Madras with grateful regards from N. Chandrasekhara Aiyar who owes him much by way of counsel & guidance. 27.10.44" to front free endpaper slight toning to endpapers. Maroon cloth gilt title to spine uneven fading to spine and edges. Scarce. G. Justice N. Chandrasekhara Aiyar was High Court Judge at Madras. "Sir Alfred Henry Lionel Leach CIE PC 3 February 1883 � 26 January 1960 popularly known as Lionel Leach was a British judge who served as a judge of the Burma High Court from 1933 to 1937 Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1937 to 1947 and a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from 1949 to 1960.The most important trial of his tenure was the Lakshmikanthan Murder Case and Leach presided over the sensational trial in 1944 in which M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and N. S. Krishnan were found guilty." wiki. Benares: Benares Hindu University, 1944. hardcover
1985réf. 55767Rajneeshpuram Oregon Rajneesh Foundation Intl 1985. Paperback First Edition 1985 so stated. First Edition 1985 so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; a couple of faint hairline creases at the upper front corner tip; three pages have been dog-eared; barely discernible tanning to the text page due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the back-strip. Free of underlining hi-lighting notations or marginalia. Free of ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps or labels. A handsome copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing mild wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 12mo. 7 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches. 268 pages an extensive section of ads. Language: English. Weight: 7.5 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. Rajneesh Foundation Intl, paperback
1990réf. 39092Atlanta GA Scholar's Press 1990. Hardcover First Ed unstated. Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use. Mild rubbing to sheen. Binding shows the slightest spine lean but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 130pp. AAR Studies in Religion No. 56. First Ed unstated. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Ramakrishna was a nineteenth-century Bengali devotee of Kali the Hindu goddess of death and destruction. He assumed the demeanor and dress of a woman acted like a monkey a child a madman and a comedian at various times during his career. Using the concept of play lila as both spontaneous activity and dramatic performance on behalf of Kali Carl Olson provides a interpretive key for unlocking Ramakrishna's life and his often contradictory forms of behavior. Olson places Ramakrishna in his social and historical context examines his relationship to women and investigates his status as a mystery or stranger to his contemporaries. Scholar's Press, hardcover
1950réf. 6698Cape Comorin: Hari Kumari Arts 1950. First edition. 9x13cm 12ff with 12 photographs mounted at corners on stiff card stock with captions facing. Staple bound in printed card wrappers. One photo corner chipped otherwise very good. Interesting little booklet published by the Hari Kumari Arts Gallery in Kanyakumari India which was established in 1950. Tells the story of Anasuya an ascetic character in the Hindu epic Ramayana wife of Safe Atri and known for her great austerity. According to Hindu tradition Anasuya and Atri lived at Gnanaranya now called Suchindram in India's Tamil Nadu province site of the famous Thanumalayan temple. OCLC cites a single holding at the University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library in Australia. . Hari Kumari Arts unknown
1976réf. 44019Englewood Cliffs NJ Prentice-Hall 1976. Trade Paperback First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good in Wraps: just a touch of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers; binding square and secure; text clean. A very handsome copy. NOT a book-club edition. NOT a remainder. NOT an ex-library copy. 8vo. 301pp. First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Academic Press Paperback. Prentice-Hall, paperback
1975réf. 55915Los Angeles CA Bhaktivedanta Book Trust 1975. Hardcover Very Good in Very Good DJ: The Book shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of crimp to the head and heel of the backstrip; foxing to the top edge fore-edge and a little also to the endpapers; else flawless if no longer 'fresh'; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome copy structurally and and tightly bound showing mild wear and unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Not so very far from "As New". The DJ shows light wear to the extremities; a short mostly closed tear near the lower corner of the front panel; a crease at the interior front flap; unclipped; mylar-protected. Attractive and intact. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.5 inches. vii pp. 389 pages. Glossary. Pronunciation Guide. Index. 16-page section of Color Plates. Language: Blue cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel and backstrip. Language: Bengali and English. Weight: 29 ounces. Hardback: Faux Leather Binding. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, hardcover
1976réf. 56574Poona India Rajneesh Foundation: Ma Yoga Laxmi 1976. Hardcover First Edition 1976 so stated. First Edition 1976 so stated. Good in Very Good- DJ: The Book shows just a touch of wear to the extremities; moderate rubbing to the panels; some spotting and soiling to the panels; the faintest soiling to the outside edges of the text block; the mildest musty odor; the binding is slightly cocked but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining hi-lighting notations or marginalia. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing mild wear and the several noted imperfections. The DJ shows light rubbing to the to the panels; moderate wear to the extremities with a few tiny snags and tears; a price sticker at the front flap which is unclipped. Attractive and intact but shows moderate wear. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 8.8 x 5.95 x 1.25 inches. 405 pages. Compiled by Swami Amrit Pathik. Edited by Ma Ananda Prem. Several duotone photographs and one portrait of Rajneesh in Color. Language: English. Weight: 25.5 ounces. Silk over boards with orange printed designs and titles at the front panel and backstrip. Decorated Endpapers. Hardback with DJ. Rajneesh Foundation: Ma Yoga Laxmi, hardcover
1994réf. 46654Hanoi Vietnam The GIOI Publishers 1994. Paperback Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 4to. 256 205 pages. Vietnam Marine Science and Technology Association. Paperback. The GIOI Publishers, paperback
1999réf. 49990Delhi India: Motilal Banarsidass. Near Fine. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition 1999 so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the corner tips and at the head of the backstrip; the mildest rubbing to the panels; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy showing only the mildest wear; not quite absolutely pristine but remains very close to it. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo 8.45 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches . Tritone color illustration. Language: English. Weight: 14.9 ounces. Trade Paperback. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxi 313 pages . Motilal Banarsidass paperback
1995réf. 52884New York NY: Cathedral Of St. John The Divine. Fine. 1995. First Edition Thus. Paperback. First Edition Thus 1995 ; unstated but implied. No subsequent printings noted. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining hi-lighting notations or marginalia. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome like-new copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing no flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Pristine. 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.15 inches . Language: English. Weight: 3 ounces. Paperback: "Gift Edition". Staple-bound Wraps. Lex Hixon's words float in the reader's mind like clear sweet water. Hixon is not a philosopher or theologian. He is a lover. His words melt into the heart and rise one's level of awareness into a state of ecstatic bliss. Read this book and discover the life Lex Hixon knew and loved. Lex believed all religions were ultimately guided by the same Godhead. Lex Hixon opens us to the awareness of his presence and grace in every page of the book. A very rare and enlightening book. Lex's like and work was a blessing. This book is in itself a blessing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pages . Cathedral Of St. John The Divine paperback
1887réf. 0009323London: T. Fisher Unwin 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 3/4 brown morocco extra--gilt spine marbled boards corner tips bumped & scuffed large ownership inscription on front blank leaf. Being an Account of the Religion and Life of the Hindus in Northern India. This is a companion volume to his HINDU MYTHOLOGY. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
1980réf. 43722Boston MA D. Reidel Publishing 1980. Hardcover First Edition unstated. Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book shows only minute indications of use: a bit of wrinkling to the front free endpaper and the half title page; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows just a touch of wear to the extremities; unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 213pp. Studies of Classical India Series. First Edition unstated. Hardback with DJ. D. Reidel Publishing, hardcover
1980réf. 186481st edition. Very Good softcover. Green and white cloth-reinforced card covers with black and white titles and design. Clean square covers and spine; slight fading along edges of front cover; lightly scuffed rear cover; tightly bound; light clean interior with very slight age darkening at page edges; supple leaves. 8vo 209 pp; biblio. See OCLC #469113698. "Iconography of religions Supplement 1". E.J. Brill paperback
1978réf. 50753Middletown CA Dawn Horse Press 1978. Paperback First Edition 1978 so stated. First Edition 1978 so stated. Very Good to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to the extremities with a couple of faint creases top to bottom of the backstrip; some sparse very faint smudging and soiling to the outside edges of the text block; a short very fine crease at the bottom of the front panel; some notations to the top of the rear free endpaper; else only the very mildest rubbing to the wrapper covers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy structurally sound and tighly bound showing very mild wear and a couple of unobtrusive flaws. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 9 x 6 x 1.65 inches. 600 pages. Illustrated with numerous photographs in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 2 pounds 3 ounces. Trade Paperback. Dawn Horse Press, paperback
1973réf. 50787Longmead Shaftsbury Dorset UK Element Books 1973. Paperback First Edition Thus 1973; unstated from the Revised Second Edition of . Very Good in Wraps: shows only minute indications of use: just a hinrt of wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; faint sunning to the orange background field of the backstrip the titles thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible - but the author's name - in white - is difficult to read because of the blanching surrounding it; a little foxing to the top edge; a former owner's name or such has been blacked out with marker pen at the upper corner of the front inside of the front cover; a bit of very faint soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A handsome nearly-new copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing a several minor flaws. Bright and Clean. NOT a Remainder. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 7.15 x 4.45 x 0.55 inches. xxix 224 pages. Language: English. Weight: 6.8 ounces. Penguin Metaphysical Library. Mass Market Paperback. Penguin Books September 30 1973 Language: English ISBN-10: 0140035729 ISBN-13: Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 5 inches Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces Element Books, paperback
1977réf. 4590New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1977. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo 191 pages cloth; in blue cloth custom slipcase. Inscribed by the author to James O. Freedman a former President of Dartmouth College. Naipaul was awarded an honorary doctorate at Dartmouth in 1997. This is the second volume in Naipaul's India trilogy. Signed copies of the Knopf edition are quite scarce. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1993réf. 49803Middletown CA Dawn Horse Press 1993. Paperback First Edition 1978 so stated. First Edition 1978 so stated. Very Good to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: light wear to the extremities with some faint scuffing to the head of the backstrip which shows the faintest crease and very light sunning to the red and orange background field the white titles are unaffected remaining bold and clearly legible; a sparse faint smudging at the outside edges of the text block; else only the very mildest rubbing to the wrapper covers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy structurally sound and tighly bound showing very mild wear and a couple of very minor flaws. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 4to. 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches. xxiv 462 pages. Illustrated with scattered photographs and designs in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound 11.5 ounces. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. 462 pages Publisher: Dawn Horse Pr; First Edition edition June 1978 Language: English ISBN-10: Package Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Dawn Horse Press, paperback
1980réf. 44761Poona India Rajneesh Foundation 1980. Paperback First Edition 1980 unstated. First Edition 1980 unstated. Very Good in Wraps in Very Good DJ: shows indications of careful use: light wear to the extremities of the white heavy card wrapper covers; else in excellent condition; a sticker is at the middle of the false title page "From Bhagwan to His Beloved to Celebrate the Third Annual World Celebration with His Blessings - Rajneeshpuram July 1984.the binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows mild rubbing; a small chip and scant further loss to chipping at the head of the backstrip; a six-inch closed tear at the rear panel has been carefully repaired at same and there are a few creases that have stemmed from the tear no doubt before it was repaired. Shows minor wear to the book and heavier wear to the DJ but the book remains structurally sound and tightly bound while the DJ shows more serious flaws but remains clean and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. Oblong 8vo. 359pp. Commentary and Editing by by Ma Prem Maneesha. Darshan Diary Series No. 32 compiled from Dashans June 1 - June 30 1980. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Rajneesh Foundation , paperback
1896réf. 000013187Boston: Roberts Brothers 1896. Later edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine. 8vo. 7 8-185 1 6 pages of publisher's advertisements 2 pp. Green publisher’s cloth with a gilt wheel with feathers in gilt and gilt floral design on the front board gilt lettering a gilt harp and publisher’s device in gilt on the spine. Translated from the Sanskrit text by Edwin Arnold M.A. The preface contains an overview of the recent publication history of the Gîtâ. An inscription that reads "To Annie Russell with All Good Wishes Always these four words underlined." Annie Russell Yorke's bookplate on the front pastedown. Encyclopedia.com "Russell Annie 1864–1936". Rollins College "Annie Russell 1864-1936: Actress and Theater Legend". Annie Russell was an American stage actress who began her career at the early age of 8 and went on to star in numerous plays. In 1912 she founded and ran the Annie Russell Old English Comedy Company and staged revivals of a few classic English stage comedies. Rollins College has a theater named after her funded by Russell's friend Mary Louise Curtis Zimbalist. A fascinating association copy of the Gîtâ. A touch of rubbing the cloth. Roberts Brothers hardcover
1835réf. 74915Oxford: D. A. Talboys 1835. First separate edition in English. Quarto. 146 pp. Publisher's mustard cloth with printed paper spine label. Extremities with some wear paper label somewhat soiled though still legible tips bruised. Nonetheless a very good clean and complete copy of this scarce translation in the publisher's binding. No copies at auction according to RBH.The love story of Nala and Damayanti is part Vana Parva of the great Hindu epic the Mahabharata. It is a love story and is quite complex with Kali making an appearance but it ends on a happy note. The Mahabharata itself was translated into English just one year prior though for all practical purposes this is the first portion of it to become available to the reading public in England. Henry Hart Milman was an English historian and ecclesiastic. The son of Baronet he was educated at Oxford and had a brillan career. He won the Newdigate prize with a poem on the Apollo Belvidere in 1812 was elected a fellow of Brasenose in 1814 and in 1816 won the English essay prize with his Comparative Estimate of Sculpture and Painting. In 1816 he was ordained and two years later became parish priest of St Mary's Reading. In 1821 Milman was elected professor of poetry at Oxford; and in 1827 he delivered the Bampton lectures on The character and conduct of the Apostles considered as an evidence of Christianity. In 1835 Sir Robert Peel made him Rector of St Margaret's Westminster and Canon of Westminster and in 1849 he became Dean of St Paul's. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1864. Milman was buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral where his grave was marked by an elaborate tomb. D. A. Talboys hardcover
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1861réf. 75210London: N. Trubner and Co. 1861. The first edition in Sanskrit and first edition in English. Oblong folio 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches printed in the landscape manner the spine is actually the top of the book. xi 1 268 pp. preface by Theodor Golsdstucker with text printed in two columns plus the 121-page facsimile of the original Sutra at rear. Publisher's ribbed brown cloth with blind-stamped borders nicely rebacked a great while ago retaining almost all of the original spine spine with gilt lettering and a gilt Ganesh device pale yellow endpapers Smallish call letters in orange at base of spine library accession stamp and two previous owner's signatures on front pastedown and endpaper tips bumped. The major part of the sutra is unopened. Overall a very good copy of quite a scarce title.Kalpa means "proper fit" and is one of the six disciplines of the Ved nga or ancillary science connected with the Vedas – the scriptures of Hinduism. This field of study is focused on the procedures and ceremonies associated with Vedic ritual practice. Kalpa is a Sanskrit word that means "proper fit competent sacred precept" and also refers to one of the six Vedanga fields of study. The Manava Sutra is classed as a being in the Yajurveda discipline and concerns ritual instructions and formula. This particular texts deals with the sacred geometry of altars. Manava would have not have been a mathematician in the sense that we would understand it today. Nor was he a scribe who simply copied manuscripts like Ahmes. He would certainly have been a man of very considerable learning but probably not interested in mathematics for its own sake merely interested in using it for religious purposes. Theodor Goldstücker was a German Sanskrit scholar professor of Sanskrit in University College London and founder of the Sanskrit Text Society. He dedicated the book to the great German physician Rudolf Virchow. N. Trubner and Co. hardcover
1900réf. 235081900. Hindu religious life in India photo archive showing temple approaches Ganges riverfront ghats public ritual bathing cremation rites ascetic practice and pilgrimage activity at Benares around the turn of the twentieth century. Benares now Varanasi has long been one of Hinduism's sacred cities with miles of steps descending to the Ganges for religious bathing and temple access from the river. The Ganges is regarded by Hindus as the holiest river and ashes of the dead have traditionally been placed in its waters as part of beliefs concerning release after death. Photo archive of 28 black and white real photo postcards each measuring 3.5" x 5" India circa 1900s. The verso inscription on one card reads "Benares India" and "Burning Ghat Ganges River" anchoring the group to the sacred riverfront where funeral rites bathing temple visits and river traffic occurred in close proximity. A captioned card reading "Hindu Cremation" shows men standing around a raised pyre with a shrouded body while another scene shows a funeral pyre and stacked wood at a riverside burning ghat. Other cards show pilgrims gathered densely at the water men and women washing at the riverbank temple spires rising above crowded steps boats moored before ghats a procession moving along a road a holy man associated with fakir practice on a bed of nails and repeated views of Benares temples and riverfront architecture. At Benares religious bathing cremation pilgrimage temple worship and daily commerce shared the same riverfront making the ghats one of the most concentrated sacred landscapes in South Asia. Light edge wear toning corner wear scattered soiling and occasional fading; several cards show stronger surface wear and mounting traces. Overall in good condition. The archive shows turn of the century Hindu ritual practice through cremation ascetic discipline river ablution temple approach and pilgrimage crowds along the Ganges. unknown
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