LIU, KWANG-CHING (Ed)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 364pp, Near FINE (v sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history imperial civilization civilisation congresses philosophy studies humanities class stratification

HAKUSEKI, ARAI & ACKROYD, JOYCE (Trans)

Super octavo, cream cloth boards with blue buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 347pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's v sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping ot edges, 1cm loss to lower spine extrem, light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press & University of Tokyo Press 1979

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arai Hakuseki Japanese literature philosophy Confucius

KENJI, SHIMADA & FOGEL, JOSHUA A. (Trans)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 190pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press1990

KEYWORDS: China Chinese Japan Confucius philosophy essays prose collection revolution thought religion

CHIN, ANN-PING & FREEMAN, MANSFIELD (Trans & Intro)

Super octavo, beige cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi + 222pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to upper extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: China Chinese meng tzu tzu-i shu-cheng Tai Chen Ch'ing philosophy Confucius confucian

GU, MING DONG

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 334pp, VG+ (light creasing & chafing to cover corners & edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2005

KEYWORDS: China Chinese theories literature reading writing theory Asian studies literary criticism philosophy

ELMAN, BENJAMIN A.

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, xxxiii + 409pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's sm name label to prelims, adhesive errata slip to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history classicism politics philosophy imperial confucianism confucius literature

DICKSON, LOVAT (edi.)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Lovat Dickson Ltd 1938

KEYWORDS: grey owl the green leaf philosophy biography humanitarianism first peoples canada indigenous collection

RUBIN, JAMES HENRY

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: gustave coubert art analysis theory social commentary vision history realism anarchist anarchy philosophy pierre-joseph proudhon

GOSSMAN, LIONEL

Super octavo, white heavy boards, purple lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 608pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate deformity/mishapening to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Basel 19th nineteenth century history Switzerland Europe philosophy culture

TUN-HUANG; YAMPOLSKY, PHILIP (trans.)

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Columbia

KEYWORDS: platform sutra fifth patriarch tun-huang tun huang translated buddism philosophy spirituality religion religious

GIEDION, SIGFRIED

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lvi + 897pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sm lettering in ink to lower page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light closed tearing in various spots, light soiling to spine & covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings philosophy art history technology

FURLONG, MONICA

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: william Heinemann 1986

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Alan Watts sixties 60s philosophy

KEYS, DONALD & COUSINS, NORMAN (Intro)

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 117pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership stamp in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, 3cm loss to top of front flap, moderate chafing with light surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Branden Press 1982

KEYWORDS: philosophy politics Donald Keys planetary existence

KRISHNAMURTI, J.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, VG+ (light fading to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in pencil & ownership stamp in ink to ffepsl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate foxing, light discolourationt o spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to lower edges of front cover with archival tape repair)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

KEYWORDS: first edition spirituality meditation teachings Krishnamurti philosophy

ADWAYANANDA, SRI (MENON, SRI K. PADMANABHA)

Octavo, brown light card covers, gilt lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 201pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to covers, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Advaita Publishers 1995

KEYWORDS: talks religion spirituality Sri Adwayananda philosophy

SINGH, KIRPAL

Octavo, blue light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, xi + 383pp, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light foxing to page edges, some page edges roughly cut & creased, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Ruhani Satsang (Books) 1978

KEYWORDS: spirituality religion philosophy Kirpal Singh India

PURI, LEKH RAJ

2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xviii + 176pp, vol 2- xxvi + 424pp, VG+ (light fading & bruising to extrems & spines, light foxing to page edges, light smudging to print to front board of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spines, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Radha Soami Satsang Beas 1995-97

KEYWORDS: spirituality mysticism philosophy

WEI, WEI WU

octavo, yellow cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 282pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1963

KEYWORDS: spirituality philosophy Wei Wu Wei taoism ancient Chinese China

OUSPENSKY, P. D.

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xi + 399pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate foxing to end pages and page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate chipping to edges, tape repairs to rear flap, moderate foxing and tanning, light scuffnig to covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1957

KEYWORDS: esoteric literature p D Ouspensky philosophy spirituality teachings existence

KRISHNAMURTI, J. & RAJAGOPAL, D. (Ed)

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1959

KEYWORDS: philosophy Krishnamurti teachings