FS: A short list of books on BUDDHISM

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1. RISSHO KOSEI-KAI. 172 pgs. Color & black & white photos.
Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. (Tokyo: 1966). Fine condition.
History & explication of the doctrine of this modern Japanese
Buddhist sect. $16.50.

2. Chang, Garma (Translator). THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SONGS OF
MILAREPA: The Life-Story & Teaching of the Greatest Poet-Saint
to Appear in the History of Buddhism. 2 volumes. Blue cloth in
cream cloth backs. Slipcased. Imperial octavo. New Hyde Park,
NY: University Books, (1962). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very
good condition in broken case. The Set: $85.00.

3. Clark, Walter Eugene (Editor). TWO LAMAISTIC PANTHEONS. Two
volumes in one. 169 text pgs & 314 pages of illustrations.
Blue cloth in lightly worn brown dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
NY: Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1965. 1st printing thus.
Covers very lightly spotted; otherwise, near fine condition
in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

4. Hearn, Lafcadio. THE BUDDHIST WRITINGS OF LAFCADIO HEARN.
Introduction by Kenneth Rexroth. 303 pgs with bibliography.
Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. Santa Barbara, CA: Ross-Erikson,
(1977). Near fine condition in very good condition. $25.00.

5. Humphreys, Christmas (Editor). THE WISDOM OF BUDDHISM. 280 pgs
with index. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo.
London: Michael Joseph, (1960). Good+ condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

6. Inwood, Kristiaan. BHIKKHU: DISCIPLE OF THE BUDDHA. 119 pgs
with glossary, bibliography, & index. Photos. Cloth in torn
dust jacket. Quarto. (Bangkok): Thai Watana Panich, (1981).
1st Edition. Very good condition. $15.00.

7. Willis, Janice Dean (Editor). THE DIAMOND LIGHT OF THE
EASTERN DAWN: A Collection of Tibetan Buddhist Meditations.
124 pgs with glossary. Illustrated. Cloth in chipped pictorial
white dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster,
(1972). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in good
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.

8. Benoit, Hubert. THE SUPREME DOCTRINE: Psychological Encounters
in Zen Thought. 248 pgs with index. Wrappers. Octavo. NY:
Inner Traditions, (1984). Good condition. $15.00.

9. Blyth, R.H. ZEN IN ENGISH LITERATURE & ORIENTAL CLASSICS. 446
pgs with index. Illustrated. Dark blue cloth in much chipped
pale blue dust jacket. 12mo. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, (1942).
1st Edition. Red-inked name at top edge of front pastedown
endpaper; spine ends lightly sunned; otherwise, near fine
condition in fair jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $100.00.

10. Hisamatsu, Shin'ichi. ZEN & THE FINE ARTS. 400 pgs with index.
Photos throughout. Wrappers. Quarto. (NY): Kodansha,(1982). 1st
Paperback Edition. Near fine condition. Explication of the
intrinsic spiritual basis of Zen art as made evident in
masterpieces of painting, calligraphy, architecture, gardens,
No drama, tea ceremony utensils & ceramics. $32.50.

11. Pirsig, Robert. ZEN & THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE. An
Inquiry into Values. Black boards in lightly chipped dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Morrow, 1974. 1st Edition. Erasure from
front free endpaper; otherwise, near fine condition in good+
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $100.00.

12. Stacton, David. SEGAKI: A Zen Novel. 198 pggs. Cloth in
chipped dust jacket. Octavo. (NY): Pantheon, (1959). 1st U.S.
Edition [so stated]. Small rubber stamp on front free
endpaper; otherwise, near fine condition in very good jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

13. Suzuki, Daisetz. THE ESSENTIALS OF ZEN BUDDHISM. Introduction
by Bernard Phillips. 544 pgs with index. Octavo. Cloth in
lightly chipped dust jacket. NY: Dutton, (1962). 1st U.S.
Edition. Inked inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise,
good+ condition. $40.00.

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