Orient / Far East - (Korea to Zen)

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71. (KOREA)...Hyun, Peter (Editor). INTRODUCING KOREA: HISTORICAL LEGACY,
ACTS OF CREATION, WAY OF LIFE, FOOD AND GAMES, DISCOVERING KOREA. Seoul
Korea, The Jungwoo-sa, Publisher, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white plates. Beautifully
illustrated - many full page color photographs. Fascinating portrait of
Korea... it's many facets described by a group of scholars and writers, each
expert in their respective fields. Subjects include: Tangun: the foundation
myth, King Sejong's alphabet, The Valley of Utopia, Korean Paintings, Folk
Paintings magic and mundane, Yi Dynasty Architecture, Traditional music,
dance, literature poetry. Also: Korean Tearooms, Life-Style, Cookery, Family
Life, Royal Tombs, Temples and pagodas, Seoul - Historic city within a wall-
and much more. Tight well-bound volume. 172 pages......$30.00

72. (KOREA)...O-Young, Lee (Translated by Steinberg, David I. Illustrated by
Yoong, Bae). IN THIS EARTH & IN THAT WIND: THIS IS KOREA. Seoul, Korea,
Hollym Corporation, 1967. 1st. Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good
condition in worn, lightly scraped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white drawings. Second in the Korea Handbook Series.
Articles designed to increase popular understanding of Korea. Good tight
copy. 226 pages......$12.00

73. (KOREAN KARATE)...Cho, Sihak Henry. KOREAN KARATE: FREE FIGHTING
TECHNIQUES. Vermont/Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1968. 1st/16th printing.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in lightly
worn, price-clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photos. Illustrated with nearly 1,000 photographs. Many free-fighting
techniques revealed for the first time. Written by one of the world's top
experts in Karate. First book of it's kind on Korean Karate (Tae-Kwon Do).
Pin-point explanation of the advantages & disadvantages of each move,
analyzed step-by-step from many different offensive, defensive &
counterattacking angles. Indexed. Good tight copy. 249 pages......$30.00

74. (LAO TZU)...Lao Zi (Recompiled, Annotated and Translated by Tang
Zi-Chang). WISDOM OF DAO: LAO ZI RECOMPILED, ANNOTATED AND TRANSLATED BY TANG
ZI-CHANG. San Rafael CA, T. C. Press, 1969. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Several pages lightly creased. Color & Black & white plates.
Decorated endpapers. With tinted frontis - Stone carved picture of Lao Zi (or
Lao Tzu). With detailed Introduction on history & philosophy of Dao (Taoism).
Book One: Wisdom of Dao - containing, Dao & the Universe, Dao and Man, Dao
and the World. Book Two: Annotation - containing, Dao Before Lao Zi, Dao and
Lao Zi, Dao After Lao Zi. Book Three: Editions and Translations - containing,
Editions of Lao Zi, The Recomnpilation of Lao Zi, Translations of Lao Zi.
With 2 Black & white photo plate of Lao Zi's Book of Dao and De Inscribed on
Stone Table In the Second Year of Jing Lung Rule of Tang Dynasty 708 A.D.
Appendix I - (39 pages) The New English Translation of the Old Text of Lao
Zi. Appendix II - (49 pages) The Old Text and The Recompilation of Lao Zi in
Chinese. Tight well-bound volume. Scarce. 295 pages......$60.00

75. (LITERATURE)...Bartlett, Robert M. THE OBSTINATE ILLUSION: A HISTORICAL
NOVEL OF CHINA AND AMERICA 1920 - 1950. Portsmouth NH, Peter E. Randall,
Publisher, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Author's plates endpaper & dust wrapper. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ROBERT
BARTLETT, 1993. Novel of an old China in the process of tumultuous change.
Good tight copy. 348 pages......$15.00

76. (LITERATURE)...Bauer, Wolfgang and Franke, Herbert (Translated by
Levenson Christopher from the German version of the original Chinese). THE
GOLDEN CASKET: CHINESE NOVELLAS OF TWO MILLENNIA. New York, Harcourt Brace &
World, Inc, 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light edgewear. Black &
white drawings. Forty-six novella ranging over two millenia - the majority
translated for the first time into a Western language. Chronologically
arranged, many in which the supernatural & religious aspects predominate,
showing the influences of Buddhism and Taoism. Illustrated with Chinese
woodcuts contemporary to the stories. Tales by Chao Yeh, Ling Hsuan, Kan Peo,
P'ei Hsing, Chiang Fang, Liu Shih-yin, Ch'u Yu, Li Ch'ang-ch'i, Niu Hsuiu,
Chang Hung, P'u Sung-Ling and many more. With List of Sources, Notes. Tight
well-bound volume. 391 pages......$25.00

77. (LITERATURE)...Cooper, Elizabeth. THE LADY OF THE CHINESE COURTYARD. New
York, Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1914. 1st/9th printing. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, 12mo. Light cover wear. Lightly bumped. Titles faded. 31 duotone
photographs. With rare photographs of turn-of-the-Century China.
Fictionalized letters of a Chinese lady to her husband... based on a series
of actual letters. Rare. Tight well-bound volume. 262 pages......$25.00

78. (LITERATURE)...Miln, Louise Jordan (Author of MR. WU). IN A YUN-NAN
COURTYARD. New York, A.L. Burt, 1927. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good
condition in torn, tattered dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Rear
hinge starting. Mrs. Miln's novel of China. "A series of exciting scenes &
thrilling events in Yun-Nan" Province. 371 pages......$10.00

79. (LITERATURE)...Schmidt, W. RAMULDU. Columbus OH, Fred J. Heer, 1903. 1st.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Light cover/edge
wear. Plate removed front endpaper. Lightly foxed. Novel by Schmidt. Sri
Ramuldu - story of ancient India & Brahmanism. Scarce. Good tight copy. 296
pages......$12.50

80. (LITERATURE)...Teng-Ke, Chen (Translated by Shapiro, Sidney). LIVING
HELL. Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1955. 1st edition. Decorated brds,
12mo. Very good condition. Light cover/edge wear. Fiction from the People's
Republic of China. With Black & white cover drawing. Good tight copy. 147
pages......$12.50

81. (LITERATURE)...Wenfu, Lu. THE GOURMET: AND OTHER STORIES OF MODERN CHINA.
London, Readers Internationsl, 1987. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper front
cover edge bumped. Good tight copy. 243 pages......$10.00

82. (MAGIC - RITUAL)...Castiglioni, Arturo, M.D. (Translated from the Italian
by Gianturco, V.). ADVENTURES OF THE MIND:. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
1st/2nd printing. Engraved cloth, octavo. Very good condition in worn
edgetorn/taped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edges lightly
bumped. Black & white plates. Detailed history of magic, ritual, and mass
suggestion from primitive man to the present day. Author deals specifically
with manifestations in India, Babylon, Egypt, aboriginal America, China,
Greece, Italy, and Europe generally. Rare photos. Subjects include, Evocation
& Dreams, Divination, Magic Tools, Secret Societies, The Magic Circle,
Chinese Magic, Hindu Magic, Hebrew Magic, Magic & Mysteries of Ancient Greece
& Italy, Occult Sciences, Natural Magic, Modern Magic, Spiritism, Magic
Therapy & much more. With Bibliography, Index. Scarce. 433 pages......$30.00

83. (MANCHURIA/EARLY 1900S)...(South Manchuria Railway). MANCHURIA: LAND OF
OPPORTUNITIES. New York, Thomas F. Logan, Inc, 1922. 1st edition. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition. Some wear to covers/edges.
Corners lightly bumped/frayed. Black & white photos - diagrams - maps.
Paste-down title plates. Vivid portrait of Manchuria in the early 1900s. With
over 100 rare Black & white photographs of the province. Volume commissioned
by the South Manchuria Railway. Photographs include vivid view of Towns,
Industries, Seaports, Temples, Forests, Railways, Bridges, Slums, Hotels,
Clubs, Houses, Schools, Family Life & more. Text includes detailed
information on The Geography of Manchuria, History, Government, Agriculture,
Forestry, Fisheries, Mining, Manufacture, Foreign Trade, Commerce, Railways,
Harbors & Ships, Resources, Hotels, Scientific Research, Civic Administration
& more. With attached color tinted map of Mongolia, Manchuria, Chosen.
Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. Rare. 113 pages......$70.00

84. (MAO - TALKS/LETTERS)...Tse-Tung, Mao (Stuart, Schram, Editor. Translated
by Chinnery, John and Tieyun). CHAIRMAN MAO TALKS TO THE PEOPLE: TALKS AND
LETTERS: 1956-1971. New York, Pantheon Books, 1974. 1st American. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Very light corner wear. Signature endpaper. Fascinating collection
of Mao's speeches, writings & interviews spanning the mid-1950's through the
Cultural Revolution. Contains his commentaries on many economic, polical &
philosophical subjects, plus autobiographical material. Also includes
speeches never before translated, plus many of his most important discussions
regarding the Cultural Revolution & the controversies surrounding Lin Piao's
fall. With extensive Notes. Tight well-bound volume. Hard to find. 352
pages......$25.00

85. (MENCIUS)...Mencius (Translated from the Chinese by Giles, Lionel). THE
BOOK OF MENCIUS (abridged). Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1992. 1st U.S.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, Small 12mo. Very good condition. Reprint of the
work origally published in London by John Murray in 1942. Sayings &
Philosophy of the Chinese Sage Mencius. Also known as Meng-Tse - Born 372
B.C. With Introduction. Tight well-boudn copy. 128 pages......$12.00

86. (METAPHYSICAL TEACHINGS)...Hackett, Ann. TILAK OF TIBET REVEALS LIFE'S
PURPOSE. San Francisco, Sentinel Press, 1944. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth,
16mo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Owner stamp. Inked notes several pages. First presentation
ever of the teachings of the great Tibetan Sage, Tilak. Ancient Wisdom passed
from the Invisible Hierarchy. Scarce. Good tight copy. 144 pages......$15.00

87. (MING DYNASTY)...Hucker, Charles O. (editor). CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN MING
TIMES: SEVEN STUDIES. New York, Columbia University Press, 1969. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Corners very lightly bumped. Studies by Tilemann
Grimm, Ray Huang, Jung-Pang Lo, John Meskill, James B. Parsons, Romeyn
Taylor, Lien-Sheng Yang. Good tight copy. 285 pages......$22.00

88. (MYTHOLOGY)...Shapiro, Max S. and Hendricks, Rhonda A. MYTHOLOGIES OF THE
WORLD: A CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA. New York, Doubleday, 1979. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. First desk-top single volume reference ever to identify & describe
the myths, gods & goddesses, heroes & heroines... good & evil spirits &
important places of all world cultures. Includes nearly 2,000 entries on the
myths of China, Japan, India, Egypt, Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria, the Slavs,
Persia, the land of the Bible, Scaninavia, Iceland, the Celts, North,
Central, and South America, Africa and Polynesia. With Bibliography. Tight
well-bound volume. 216 pages......$18.00

89. (NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN)...Gridley, Marion E. AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN. New
York, Hawthorn Books, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Very light corner wear. Black & white photos. Profiles of 18
remarkable women of yesterday & todayincluding Wetamoo, Pablita Velarde,
Maria Tallchief. Also, Wetamoo, Pocahontas, Sacajawea, Sarah Winnemucca &
more. With Bibliography, Index. Tight well-bound volume. 178
pages......$12.00

90. (NEPAL - ART & ARCHITECTURE)...Hutt, Michael (With Gellner, David,
Michaels, Axel, Rana, Greta and Tandan, Govinda. NEPAL: A GUIDE TO THE ART
AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE KATHMANDU VALLEY. Boston, Shambhala, 1995. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Imperial octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photos. With 263 Black &
white photos, 11 Figures, 22 Maps & Plans & 16 Colour Plates, Chronology,
Glossary, Bibliography & Index. A product of years of research into Nepal's
history, religion, art & sociology. Includes history of Nepal with focus on
the Kathmandu Valley - with detailed intro to religion as it is practised in
Nepal: esp. Hinduism & Buddhism, and on the major deities of each tradition,
their relation to one another, and their representation in art and sculpture.
With chapters on the main forms of architecture & the principal art forms:
painting, stone sculpture, metalcasting & woodcarving. Plus in-depth
descriptions & photo illustrations of specific sites within the Valley. An
elegant* authoritative guide to the region & culture of Nepal. 239
pages......$22.50

91. (NEPAL / CEYLON)...Powell, E. Alexander. THE LAST HOME OF MYSTERY. New
York, The Century Company, 1929. 1st printing. Hardcover - decorated cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition. Light cover wear. Corners bumped.
Decorated endpapers. "Adventures In Nepal...together with accounts of
Ceylon...British India...The Native States... The Persian Gulf...the OverLand
Desert Mail...and the Baghdad Railway. Illustrated with a Map and with many
Photography by the Author." Many rare photos of oriental days & nights,
customs, temples, royalty, festivals, rites - and more. Well-indexed. Tight
well-bound volume. Hard to find. 332 pages......$25.00

92. (OHIRA - AUTOBIOGRAPHY)...Ohira, Masayoshi (Prime Minister of Japan)
Translatged by Simul International. BRUSH STROKES: MOMENTS FROM MY LIFE.
Japan, Foreign Press Center, 1979. 1st English edition. Engraved cloth, Small
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Small ink mark lower page edges. Black & white frontis & photographs.
Fascinating autobiography of Masayoshi Ohira. Good tight copy. 187
pages......$15.00

93. (ORIENTAL CULTURE)...Iriye, Akira (Editor). THE CHINESE AND THE JAPANESE:
ESSAYS IN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL INTERACTIONS. Princeton NJ, Princeton
University Press, 1980. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good
condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Corners/foredge lightly bumped. Modern history of Chinese-Japanese relations.
Focusing on the period between 1800 & 1945. Essays on how the two cultures
have defined themselves both with respect to one another and under the
influence of the West. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 368
pages......$18.00

94. (ORIENTAL FANTASY)...Hall, Manly Palmer (Illustrations by Alexander, K.).
THE WAY OF HEAVEN AND OTHER FANTASIES: TOLD IN THE MANNER OF THE CHINESE. Los
Angeles, Philosophical Research Soc., 1946. 1st edition. Decorated boards,
octavo. Very good condition in worn/chipped lightly scraped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Inscription endpapr. Black & white drawings.
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MANLY PALMER HALL. Oriental fantasies by Hall in the
idiom of medieval China. Each story is based upon some principle or tenet of
Buddhist or Taoist Philosophy. Eastern mysticism communicated so that the
reader might accept the stories as an experience, rather than merely as a
narrative. Scarce. Tight well-bound volume. 185 pages......$40.00

95. (PHILLIPINES)...Keith, Agnes Newton. BARE FEET IN THE PALACE. Boston,
Little, Brown & Co, 1955. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo.
Very good condition. Black & white sketches. Life & travel in the Phillipines
- a living portrait of the people. Illustrated by the Author. Tight,
well-bound volume. 370 pages......$20.00

96. (POETRY)...Buxbaum. ONCE UPON A DREAM. New York, World Publishing Co,
1970. 1st. Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Black &
white drawings. Poetry & snippets of Love & Wisdom dedicated to Li Po.
Illustrated by Richard Cuffari, Calligraphy by Kuang Jun Tseng. Good tight
copy. Np......$12.00

97. (POETRY)...Jennings, William, M. A. (Translator). THE SHI KING: THE OLD
"POETRY CLASSIC" OF THE CHINESE - A CLOSE METRICAL TRANSLATION, WITH
ANNOTATIONS. New York, Paragon Book Reprint Corp, 1969. Hardcover - cloth,
Small octavo. Very good condition. From "Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books".
Unabridged & unaltered reprint of the London 1891 Edition. One of the most
celebrated collections of Oriental Poetry. Contents include: The Odes of Chow
and the South, The Odes of Shau and the South, The Odes of P'ei, The Odes of
Yung, The Odes of Wei, The Odes of the Royal Domain, The Odes of Ch'ing, The
Odes of Ts'i, Minor Festival Odes, The Greater Festival Odes, Festal Hymns
and Songs - and much more. With foldout Stanza Specimen page. Elegant, tight
volume. 383 pages......$27.50

98. (POETRY)...Lee, Peter H. CELEBRATION OF CONTINUITY: THEMES IN CLASSIC
EAST ASIAN POETRY. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1979. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition+. Upper corner very
lightly bumped. Fascinating analysis of recurring theme in Asian poetry such
as Praise, Nature, Love, Friendship Time. With Notes, Index, Texts of Poems,
Poetic Forms. Tight well-bound volume. 264 pages......$20.00

99. (POETRY)...Lomen & Yungtze (Translated by Palandri, Angela Jung). SUN
MOON COLLECTION: SELECTED POEMS OF LOMEN AND YUNGTZE. Taipei, Mei Ya
Publications, 1968. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light foxing
endpapers. Good tight copy. 85 pages......$12.50

100. (POETRY)...Mao Tse-Tung (With Translation, Introduction, Notes by
Barnstone, Willis in collaboration with Ko Ching-Po). THE POEMS OF MAO
TSETUNG. New York, Harper & Row, 1972. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth,
Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Owner signature front endpaper. Frontis
drawing/calligraphy. Poetry in the original Chinese & in English translations
- from the 1963 Peking edition. Includes 3 pages of Mao's calligraphy. With
introductory section on Mao's Life & the Revolution, plus information on the
poems themselves. Includes section on The Translation, plus Chinese
Versification. Elegant volume. 149 pages......$18.00

101. (POLITICAL)...Choate, Pat. AGENTS OF INFLUENCE. N.J, Alfred A. Knopf,
1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition
in lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edges very
slightly bumped. Black & white photos. "How Japan's lobbyists in the United
States manipulate America's politIcal and economic system" Good tight copy.
285 pages......$12.00

102. (SHIATSU)...Schultz, William. SHIATSU: JAPANESE FINGER PRESSURE THERAPY
- DO IT YOURSELF ACUPRESSURE. New York, Bell Publishing, 1976. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos & drawings.
Written by one of the five experts on Shiatsu holding a Masters Degree. The
Art of Japanese Finger Pressure. Sections include: Methodology, Applications
of the Fingers & Knuckles, Headaches, Necks & Shoulders, Arms & Hands,
Stomach & Lower Back, Hips, legs & feet, Upper Back, Breathing. Good tight
copy. 141 pages......$14.00

103. (SIVANANDA)...Sivananda, Sri Swami. DIVINE NECTAR. Delhi, Motilal
Banarsidass, 1976. Reprint '63 edition. Paperback. octavo. Very good
condition. Light cover wear. Upper corner bumped. Sivananda's teachings &
philosophy compiled by various authors & disciples, plus biographical sketch
of the Swami. Tight copy. 377 pages......$15.00

104. (TAO MAGIC)...Legeza, Laszlo. TAO MAGIC: THE CHINESE ART OF THE OCCULT.
New York, Pantheon Books, 1975. 1st American. Paperback. Small Quarto. Very
good condition. Some cover/edge wear. Faint dampstain lower edge/foredge.
Black & white plates. Lavishly illustrated introduction to the world of
Taoist calligraphy and Chinese mysticism. Excellent selection of Taoist magic
diagrams, talismans, and charms. Exploration of the Taoist belief in the
spiritual powers of calligraphy and the beautiful secret scripts evolved by
Taoism to protect the "mystery" of the Tao. Good tight copy. 128
pages......$12.00

105. (THEATRE)...Yu, Tsao (Translated by Tso-Liang, Wang & Barnes, A.C.).
THUNDERSTORM. Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1964. 2nd edition. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Tiny price marked out front endpaper. Black
& white photos. Four-act play by Tsao Yu, one of China's leading playwrights.
Written in 1923. With production photos. Good tight copy. 163
pages......$13.50

106. (TIBET)...Buckley, Michael and Strauss Robert. TIBET: A TRAVEL SURVIVAL
KIT. Berkeley CA, Lonely Plante Publications, 1986. 1st edition. Paperback.
16mo. Very good condition. Very light edge wear. Color & Black & white
photos/drawings. Comprehensive guidebook with concise background information,
Facts about the Region, Getting Around, Mountain treks/routes. With Glossary,
Index. Good tight copy. 256 pages......$12.00

107. (TIBET)...Suyin, Han. LHASA, THE OPEN CITY: A JOURNEY TO TIBET. New
York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photos. An optimistic view of Tibet after the Chinese occupation. Good tight
copy. 180 pages......$12.00

108. (TIBETAN BUDDHISM)...Tulku, Tarthang. OPENNESS MIND. Berkeley CA, Dharma
Publishing, 1978. 1st/2nd printing. Paperback. Small octavo. Very good
condition. 1 Black & white photo/ 2 drawings. Tibetan Buddhism - The Practice
of Meditation step-by step. Plus discussion of Mindfulness, Living Dharma,
Illusion... much more. Good tight copy. 160 pages......$9.00

109. (TIBETAN BUDDHISM)...Tulku, Tarthang (Editor). REFLECTIONS OF MIND:
WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY MEETS TIBETAN BUDDHISM. Berkeley CA, Dharma Publishing,
1975. 2nd printing. Paperback. Small octavo. Very good condition. Light
edgewear. Black & white plates. Articles on the links between psychology &
Tibetan Buddhism by Tulku, Naranjo, Tart, Sherman, Luce & others. Good tight
copy. 198 pages......$9.00

110. (TIBETAN YOGA)...Bromage, Bernard, M.A. TIBETAN YOGA. London, The
Aquarian Press, 1952. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in price-clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Owner
tag endpaper. Black & white frontis photo. Religious practices & magical
rites of the Tibetan peoples. One of the 1st books to deal with the Occultism
of Tibet. Includes information on the Art of Dying, the Gods, Magical Ritual
& Initiations of Tibetan Yoga, in addition to chapters on Tibetan Art,
History, Philosophy & Yoga Breathing & Meditation. With Acknowledgements,
Index. Good tight copy. 244 pages......$22.50

111. (TIBETAN YOGA)...Rampa, T. Lobsang (Illustrated by Theobald, Tessa). THE
THIRD EYE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TIBETAN LAMA. New York, Doubleday, 1957.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis map & drawings.
A classic. Rampa's initiation into the Tibetan Chakpori Lamasery & his years
of metaphysical study & discipline. Including the painful operation to open
the "third eye". With detailed information on his studies of Tibetan history,
Buddhism, reincarnation - plus spiritual training in telepathy, hypnotism &
telekinesis, astral projection & much more. Hard to find. Tight well-bound
volume. 256 pages......$30.00

112. (TOJO)...Browne, Courtney. TOJO: THE LAST BANZAI. New York, Holt,
Rinehart & Winston, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photos. Decorated endpapers. Story of General Hideki Tojo, who led
Japan into & through the greater part of World War II. Illustrated with
photographs, some from Mrs. Tojo's family album. Detailed portrait of the
"archetype of the militarists who brought Japan to War" - with vivid
portrayal of his military career - culminating with his execution in 1948.
With Chapter Notes. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 260 pages......$20.00

113. (TOKYO EARTHQUAKE)...Hadfield, Peter. SIXTY SECONDS THAT WILL CHANGE THE
WORLD: THE COMING TOKYO EARTHQUAKE. Boston, Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1992. 1st
U.S. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Small inked line lower page edges. Black & white
photos. The statistical, geological probability of a devastating earthquake
soon to hit Tokyo. With detailed evaulation of the consequences - to Japan
and the world. Good tight copy. 207 pages......$11.00

114. (TOYKO)...Seidensticker, Edward. LOW CITY, HIGH CITY: TOKYO FROM EDO TO
THE EARTHQUAKE: HOW THE SHOGUN'S ANCIENT CAPITAL BECAME A GREAT MODERN CITY
1867 - 1923. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white plates. Brilliant -
beautifully illustrated - portrait of Tokyo's sudden emergence into the
modern world. With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 302 pages......$16.00

115. (TRAVELLERS' TALES)...Newby, Eric. A BOOK OF TRAVELLERS' TALES. New
York, Viking Press, 1986. 1st American. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large
octavo. Very good condition in price-clipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white drawings & maps. A veritable Who's Who of
travellers tales from 430 B.C. to the 1980's. Representing more than 300
writers & subjects. Well known & obscure true tales of travel from Africa,
Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, Near Asia, Middle Asia, Far Asia, North
America, Central & South America, the Caribbean, Australia & New Zealand, The
Arctic & the Antarctic. With Sources, List of Illustrations, Index. Good
tight copy. 576 pages......$16.50

116. (UPANISHADS)...Chinmayananda, Swami. ISAVASYOPANISHAD. Madras India,
Chinmaya Publication Trust, not dated. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo.
Very good condition in worn chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. The philosophy & technique of the Perfection of Life. Detailed study
of the Isavasyopanishad. Good tight copy. 153 pages......$12.00

117. (VIETNAMESE WAR - HISTORY)...Pimlott, John (Consultant Editor). VIETNAM:
THE HISTORY AND THE TACTICS. New York, Crescent Books, 1982. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Color & Black & white photos. Photo-illustrated history of the
Vietnam conflict from its inception to the fall of the South. Text in each
section by leading authorities from Great Britain & the United States. With
over 200 illustrations, 90 in full color. Bibliography. Index. Good tight
copy. 128 pages......$25.00

118. (WORLD TRAVEL)...van Sinderen, Adrian, L.H.D. THE OTHER HALF OF THE
EARTH (2 Volume Set). New York, Privately Printed, 1959. Limited edition.
Hardcover - Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Covers
very lightly soiled. Color & Black & white photographs. With enclosed world
map with "Adrian Van Sinderen's Travels in Pacific" charted from 1928 to
1959, plus fold-put antique map. 750 copies printed at the Yale University
Press. True stories of personal & legendary travels in the Pacific.
Destinations include: Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Melanesia,
Micronesia, Polynesia, Philippines, Formosa, Japan, Aleutians & many more.
Beautifully photo-illustrated. With Index. Tight well-bound volumes. 341 ttl
pages......$50.00

119. (YOGA)...(Maharaj, Sri Nisargadatta) Translated by Frydman, Maurice. I
AM THAT: CONVERSATIONS WITH SRI NISARGADATTA MAJARAJ (Two Volume Set).
Bombay, Chetana Pvt. Ltd, 1979. Repr. 1973 edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Lt cover wear. Corners lightly bumped. Store tag endpr. Black & white frontis
photos. 101 recorded conversations over a 2 year period with Guru Sri
Nisargadatta Maharaj, one of India's most highly revered Saints. Profoundly
moving dialogues - epitome of the highest yogic and hindu teachings. With
Glossary of Sanskirt Words, Biographical Prefaces, Main Topic Contents Lists.
Hard to find. 638 total pages......$45.00

120. (YOGANANDA)...Yogananda, Paramahansa. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI. Los
Angeles, Self-Realization Fellowship, 1969. 10th edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Gift inscription back of frontis. Black & white
photos & frontis. First time an authentic Hindu Master has written his life
story for Western readers. Fascinating. Many details of Kriya Yoga.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 514 pages......$22.50

121. (ZEN)...Enomiya-La Salle, H. M., S. J. ZEN: WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT. New
York, Taplinger, 1968. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light cover
fading/corner wear. The Author, an ordained Jesuit missionary, relates his
experiences from many years of devotion to Zen discipline. Zen explained as a
unique & functional meditative system. Plus an exploration of the nature of
Zen in relation to the spiritual requirements of Western man. Hard to find.
Good tight copy. 126 pages......$20.00

122. (ZEN)...Kapleau, Roshi Philip. ZEN: DAWN IN THE WEST. New York, Anchor
Press, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Black & white plates. 3 sections: a) 30 dialogues from workshops. Topics
include What is Satori, Zen & Yoga, How do you find your teacher, etc. b)
"Devotions," presenting chanting versions of some traditional Zen texts in
English, plus further dialogues revealing the importance of devotions in
spiritual training. c) Discussion of the role of morality & social
responsibility in Zen, concluding with a discussion of abortion, suicide,
euthanasia, and war. With Annotated reading list, extensive Glossary & Index.
Tight well-bound volume. 311 pages......$20.00

123. (ZEN)...P'ang Yun (Translated from the Chinese by Sasaki, Ruth Fuller,
Iriya, Yoshitaka, Fraser, Dana R. THE RECORDED SAYINGS OF LAYMAN P'ANG: A
NINTH CENTURY ZEN CLASSIC. New York, Weatherhill, 1971. 1st/2nd printing.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white plates. Decorated
cover/endpapers. Glimpses of Pang's life in anecdotal Zen style, many of
which have been subjects for meditation. Plus representative selection of his
verses & a section of verse in his praise by later Zen men. With
comprehensive introduction, Biographical appendix, Bibliography & Index. Good
tight copy. 109 pages......$22.50

124. (ZEN)...Shattock, E. H. Rear Admiral. AN EXPERIMENT IN MINDFULNESS: AN
ENGLISH ADMIRAL'S EXPERIENCES IN A BUDDHIST MONASTERY. New York, E.P. Dutton,
1960. 1st U.S. Boards, 12mo. Very good condition in lightly soiled dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Remarkable
day-by-day story of a Westerner's spiritual rebirth in a Buddhist monastery
in Rangood, Burma. Portrait of life in the meditation center. Plus details of
the Satipatthana method of mind training. Scarce. Good tight copy. 158
pages......$20.00

125. (ZEN)...Suzuki, Daisetz T. ZEN AND JAPANESE BUDDHISM. Chiyodaku, Tokyo,
Japan Travel Bureau, Inc, 1965. 3rd edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth,
12mo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white frontis & plates. Scarce English edition from the
Tourist Library of the Japan Travel Bureau. With 61 Black & white
photographs. Suzuki's masterful portrait of the history of Zen from its
beginnings in India & China to its full flwoering in Japan. With many
illustrative Zen stories & episodes. Also includes the history &
characteristics of Japanese Buddhism in general. Indexes of English,
Sanskrit, Chinese & Japanese Terms. Good tight copy. 150 pages......$20.00

126. (ZEN)...Suzuki, Daisetz T. ZEN AND JAPANESE BUDDHISM. Tokyo, Japan
Travel Bureau, Inc, 1968. 1st/6th printing. Hardcover - decorated cloth,
12mo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white frontis & photos. Beautifully illustrated (Black &
white plates) summation of Zen, by D.T. Suzuki, the world's leading
authority. Discussion of the history, aim, & practice of Zen, including the
background & special characteristics of Japanese Buddhism in general. Plus a
portrait of Zen monastery life, as well as a rendition of many short Zen
stories & episodes. With Glossary of English, Japanese & Chinese terms. 150
pages......$18.00

127. (ZEN)...Suzuki, Shunryu (Edited by Dixon, Trudy. Preface by Smith,
Huston. Introduction by Baker, Richard). ZEN MIND, BEGINNER'S MIND: INFORMAL
TALKS ON ZEN MEDITATION AND PRACTICE. New York, Weatherhill Publishers, 1993.
Repr. 1970 edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition
in clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis
- calligraphy. How to practice Zen as a workable discipline and religion.
Information on posture...breathing...attitudes...non-duality...
emptiness...enlightenment.Tight well-bound volume. 138 pages......$15.00

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