New Arrivals
COLLECTED WRITINGS ON SHIN BUDDHISM: Edited by The Eastern Buddhist Society
Kyoto: Shinshu Otaniha, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. A miscellany on the Shin teaching of Buddhism, with Suzuki's translations of The Life of Shinran Shonin and The Tannisho. 262 p. with a frontispiece portrait and 14..... More
INTRODUCTION TO THE BUDDHIST TANTRIC SYSTEMS: Translated from Mkhas Grub Rje's Rgyud sde spyihi rnam par gzag pa rgyas par brjod, with Original Text and Annotation
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1983. Hardcover. Second edition, second printing. "The survey of the Buddhist Tantras by Mkhas-grub-rje (1385-1438 A.D.) is a sample of the rich literature on this subject in the Tibetan language." 382 p...... More
JAPANESE BUDDHISM
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. An in depth account of the history of Buddhism in Japan. It follows the development of the Buddhist movement in Japan from its official introduction in..... More
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PAINE'S THEOLOGICAL WORKS [or] THE WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE, A HERO IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. With an Account of His Life. Comprising "Life of Thomas Paine," "Examination of the Prophecies," and His "Miscellaneous Theological Writings."
Philadelphia: Moss, Brother & Co., 1854. Hardcover. An early printing. 414 p. with a frontispiece portrait and engraved title page. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Minor dust staining and a faint stain..... More
OUTLINES OF ISLAMIC CULTURE
Bangalore City: The Bangalore Press, 1938. Hardcover. Presumed to be the first edition. Panoramic exploration of the growth and development of Muslim culture, and the contribution of Muslims to the literature, art, and culture of..... More
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CORBETTS
London: Heinemann, 1973. Hardcover. Reprint, issued as part of the Uniform Edition. An early Nevil Shute novel, foretelling the German bombing of Southampton early in World War II. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with red..... More
DANCING BEAR
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by James Crumley on the title page. Detective Milo Dragovitch spends too much time boozing until he gets caught up in a...... More
DANCING BEAR
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by James Crumley on the title page, with an invitation to the book signing event laid in. Detective Milo Dragovitch spends too..... More
BOY'S LIFE
New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's promotional material laid in. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Robert McCammon on the title..... More
THEY THIRST
Arlington Heights, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American hardcover edition. Horror novel telling of the relentless possession of Los Angeles by vampires, who quickly transform the city into a necropolis with..... More
DEATH OF KINGS
New York: Harper, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Bernard Cornwell on a special leaf tipped in by the publisher. The sixth novel in the Saxon Stories series. Octavo. A...... More
BRIARPATCH
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Ross Thomas on the half-title. A thrilling mystery of one man’s personal mission to find justice for his family. Octavo..... More
LETTERS OF A JAPANESE SCHOOLBOY ("Hashimura Togo")
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wallace Irwin on the front flyleaf. An American author of humorous sketches, light verse, and satire, Irwin (1875-1959) often wrote under..... More
PRISON LIFE AND REFLECTIONS; or, a Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, Conviction, Imprisonment, Treatment, Observations, Reflections, and Deliverence of Work, Burr, and Thompson, Who Suffered an Unjust and Cruel Imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary, for Attempting to Aid Some Slaves to Liberty.
Dayton: Published by the Author, 1860. Hardcover. An early printing: Fifteenth Thousand. In 1841, the abolitionist missionaries James Burr, George Thompson, and Alanson Work were accused in Marion County, Missouri of attempting to "steal slaves"..... More
FOLLOWING THE GUIDON
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Forced to turn to writing as a means of supporting herself in her widowhood, "Libbie" Custer (1842-1933) wrote three books describing her military life and adventures..... More
PROGRESS AND POVERTY: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1926. Hardcover. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, with medallion portrait of Henry George by his son, Richard F. George. Signed by Henry George's daughter, Anna George deMille, on..... More
THE LARGE SUTRA ON PERFECT WISDOM, with the divisions of the Abhisamayalankara
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Some 2000 years ago, Buddhism experienced a major reformation through a movement called the Mahayana or "Great Vehicle" which dominated religious through in much of Asia..... More
THE PAGAN LORD
New York: Harper, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Bernard Cornwell on a Harper bookplate affixed to the half-title. The seventh novel in the Saxon Stories series. Octavo. A fine..... More
THE CASSANDRA PROJECT
New York: Ace Books, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated by both Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick on the title page. A near-future thriller that touches on the conspiracy theories..... More
WHEN GRAVITY FAILS
New York: Arbor House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by George Alec Effinger on the title page. Set in a high-tech near future featuring an ascendant Muslim world and divided Western..... More
THE BLACKBIRD
New York: Macmillan, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Donald E. Westlake on the front flyleaf. The third Grofield novel, The Blackbird shares its first chapter with Slayground (1971): after a...... More