KABBALISTIC MANUSCRIPTS AND TEXTUAL THEORY
Jerusalem- Los Angeles: The Magnes Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 9 6/8'' x b6 3/4''. 743pp. with index. Dustjacket has a 1/2'' closed tear, now in brodart.
Philosophy and Religion
MATTER AND MEMORY
London. Goerge Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1919. Hardcover. Octavo. 339pp. Incl. index. Later printing. This, Bergson’s second book, first appeared in 1896. Bergson argues that memory is deeply spiritual rather than of a material nature. This copy from the library of Artie Shaw, with his ownership signature on front paste-down.....
SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 376pp. Incl index. This copy with ownership signature of JACOB BRONOWSKI, dated 1953. Blue cloth spine stamped in gold. Dust jacket is darkened a little on the spine and edge, with a few small chips. Interior nice and clean.
THE WAY OF THE ANIMAL POWERS
Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1983. First edition thus. Hardcover. 14 1/4'' x 11 1/4''. 304pp. With colored plates, specially-commissioned full-color maps, outstanding black-and -white photographs, unique drawings, and numerous illuminating charts. Bookplate signed by Campball pasted on fly-leaf.
THE MIRROR OF GESTURE, Being the Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikesvara
New York: E. Weyhe, 1936. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 81pp. Incl. bibliography, with 20 photographic plates of gestures at end. Blue cloth is rubbed at spine tips, gold spine lettering a little dull. Toning to endpapers, otherwise clean and nice.
THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1934. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 622pp. Incl. index. Second edition. This copy from the library of famous bandleader, ARTIE SHAW, with his signature on paste-down. "Worker's Book Shop" stamp on fly-leaf. Dark brown cloth stamped in silver has only a hint of wear. Some toning to edges.....
THE WORLD OF TWILIGHT
Bombay: Oxford University Press / Indian Branch, 1970. Hardcover. Octavo. 292pp. Ownership signature. Some soiling to cover. Dust jacket is spine faded and split in two pieces at fold. "Sudhindranath Dutta (1901-1960) was a Bengali Indian poet, essayist, journalist and critic. Sudhindranath is one of the most notable.....
CHARACTERS AND EVENTS: Popular Essays in Social and Political Theory. (Two Volumes)
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. Continuous pagination 1-861, incl. index at end of Vol. 2. Green linen cloth, title gilt stamped; Holt logo embossed on front. Very nice set.
THE NYINGMA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM. Two volumes
Boston: Wisdom Publication, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo. Volume I: The Translations, 973pp.; Volume II: Reference Material. 485pp. plus maps. Limited edition #687 of 1000 copies. This copy with long gift inscription by Dorje (editor) to Basil Jenkins. Gilt stamped red cloth with matching slipcase. heavy book, overseas shipping.....
NUER RELIGION
Oxford: Claredon Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo.356pp. Incl. index. Nuer are from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Frontice and a few other illustrations. Blue cloth, spine stamped in gold. Dust jacket has light fading and toning to edges and a couple spots to spine. Chips and small edge tears.
ANCILLA TO THE PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo. 162pp. Large ownership stamp on fly-leaf. Dust jacket is priced clipped and has price stickers on flap.
EXCURSIONS OF AN EVOLUTIONIST
Boston, Ma: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Hardcover. Octavo. 379pp. plus ads. Later printing. This copy from the library of ARTIE SHAW, with his ownership signature of ffep. Dark burgundy cloth. Light wear and light rubbing to edges. Artie Shaw was an American clarinetist and popular bandleader of the 1930s.....
THE PRAGMATIC METHOD
1904. Softcover. 10” x 7”. 15pp. Wrappers. Pamphlet. Reprinted from the Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Method. Vol.1, No. 25, December 8, 1904. Fold mark across cover. Toning to edges, small split bottom of spine. “Please return...” notice neatly penned on front.
PHILOSOPHIE. 2 Volumes.
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1956. Cloth Hardcover. Vol. 1: PHILOSOPHISCHE WELTORIENTIERUNG; Vol. 2: EXISTENZERHELLUNG. 338pp.; 439pp. In German. 8vo.
THE GREAT KIVA. A Poetic Critique of Religion
Santa Fe, NM: The Sun Stone Press, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 106pp. #237 of an edition of 500, SIGNED BY PHILLIPS AND GENE KLOSS. Phillips' text is illustrated from Gene's beautiful etchings. This book inspired by Phillips' study of the Pueblo and Digger Indians " might be.....
THE ANATOMY OF NEOPLATONISM
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. Later printing. Paperback. 8 1/2'' x 5 1/2''. 198pp. with index. Spine lightly faded.
REFLECTIONS ON HUMAN NATURE
Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 275pp. Incl. index. Some foxing to fore-edge. Dust jacket is price clipped.
THE TRUE MASONIC GUIDE Containing Elucidations of the Fundamental Principles of Free-Masonry...
New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1853. Hardcover. Octavo. 356pp. Frontise and 30 full page engraved illustrations, 356pp. text, plus Illustration of Jewels and appendix. Black embossed cloth stamped in gold. Wear ( fraying) to spine ends and rubbing to corners. Front endpaper has a spot on corner and small.....
ASCETICISM & EROTICISM IN THE MYTHOLOGY OF SIVA
London: Oxford University Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 385pp. plus fold-out "Chart of Mothers" Ownership signature on ffep.Black cloth spine stamped in gold. Dust jacket has edgewear and small edge tears.
THE SUPERPHYSICAL: A review of the evidence for continued existence, reincarnation, and mystical states of consciousness
London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 350pp. Incl. index. Blue cloth with title in gilt. Light wear to spine ends. Ownership signatures and address on front endpaper. "Arthur Osborne (1906–1970) was an English writer on spirituality and mysticism, and an influential disciple and biographer.....
THE BREATHLESS ZOO: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. Softcover. Sm.quarto. 238pp. incl. index. Some illustrations. ..."an intriguing and poetic meditation on an unlikely subject..."
A CATALOGUE OF JEWISH OSSUARIES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
Jerusalem: The Israel academy of Sciences and humanities, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 12'' x 8 1/2''. 307pp. of text ; 135pp. of plates. Some chips and general wear to dustjacket.
NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN FREE ENTERPRISE; TEXTBOOK OF AMERICANISM; FAITH AND FORCE; The Destroyers of the Modern World. Nathaniel Branden Lectures. (Three pamphlets)
New York: Nathaniel Branden Lectures, 1959; 1961. Softcover. 8.5" x 5.5". Three staple-bound pamphlets: 8pp.;14pp.; 1961, 14pp. All three are darkened on top edge and one has some silver-fish to rear edge. "Nathaniel Branden Lectures, was an organization founded by Nathaniel Branden in 1958 to promote Ayn Rand's.....
SANKARA ON THE YOGA SUTRAS
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. Octavo. 418 pp. Tipped-in typed gift inscription. Brown cloth, spine stamped in gold has light wear; bottom corners bumped, not effecting pages. Dust jacket has light edgewear.
THE ESSENTIAL WORKS OF ANARCHISM
New York: Quadrangle Books, 1972. Hardcover. Octavo. 604pp. Classic and Modern writings by William Godwin, Kropotkin, Tolstoy, Emma Goldman, Proudhon, Herbert Read and others. ownership signature. Spine of dust jacket faded.