Tokyo: Kodansha, 1969. Translated by Alexander C. Soper. Mounted color frontispiece, 218 plates, many in color. 30 pages text. Small folio, decoratively stamped linen, slightly worn d.w. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1969). First Edition. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. More about Arts of China: Buddhist Cave Temples. New Researches
Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1891. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue guard. 246 pages, 12mo, gorgeous Florentine vellum binding with ornate gilt stamping and dark green leather label and panels, beveled edges, metallic filigree endpapers. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. A near fine copy. An adaptation of the Lalitavistara Sutra. Binder's label on preliminary page. More about The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) Being The Life and Teaching of...
Avon: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Illustrated by Ayers Houghtelling with 8 color plates and other drawings in the text. 193pp. 4to, patterned cloth with green leather label, board slipcase. Avon, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1976. A fine copy in a near fine box. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. More about The Light of Asia: Being the Life and Teachings of Gautama; Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. (Mahabhinishkramana). Being The Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism. xii, 244, 20pp. 12mo, original gilt- stamped purple cloth (slight edgewear). Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. A near fine, bright copy. More about The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation
New York: Knopf, 1984. Illustrated in black & white. 383pp. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, (1984). Very good Biography of the Dalai Lama and history of Tibet since the Chinese conquest. More about In Exile from the Land of Snows
New York: China Institute, 2002. With an essay by Yuan Bingling. Illustrated with color photographs. 139pp., thin 4to, stiff, glossy pictorial wrappers; very minor fading along top edge of front cover. New York: China Institute Gallery, (2002). A fine copy. More about Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain
photo illus. 352pp. 8vo, cloth (a bit faded). Indianapolis, (1963). very good. More about Beyond Conflict
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. 235pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. A very good(+) copy. More about From the Land of Lost Content; The Dalai Lama's Fight For Tibet
Berlin: Dummlers, 1882. Large folding plate. 8vo, black cloth backed marbled boards. Berlin: Dummlers, 1882. Very good (+). More about Der Buddhismus In Seiner Psychologie
New York: Throckmorton Fine Art, 2014. 31 color plates, 17 color text Illus. 86pp. 4to, pictorial boards. New York: Throckmorton Fine Art, (2014). Fine. Exhibition catalogue of Bhuddhist sculptures from China. More about Celestial Deities; Early Bhuddhist Sculpture, Ca. 500-1100 CE
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. 281pp. 4to, red cloth with decorative gilt stamped dragon, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More about The Heart of the Dragon
256pp., 12mo, cloth; corners bumped & inner hinges cracking. London:George Routledge & Sons Ltd., n.d. More about Buddhist Birth-Stories (Jataka Tales
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. Illus. 121pp. 8vo, purple pictorial boards, d.w. (New Delhi): Oxford University Press, (2003). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. History and archaeological study of the Buddhist monuments at Sanchi in India. More about Sanchi; Monumental Legacy
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1936. Foreword by Sir John Woodroffe. Illustrated. xliv + 248pp., 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering and front cover illustration; corners slightly rubbed, ownership signature; very minor foxing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1936). A very good(+) copy. More about The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1927. Illustrated. 249 pages, 8vo, light green cloth with gilt design on front cover; d.w. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1960). Third Edition. Fine, in a tanned dust wrapper. More about The Tibetan Book Of The Dead. or The After Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to...
132pp., small 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1965). A very good(+) copy. More about The Doctrine Of The Buddha
London: John Rodwell, 1827. In which is introduced a discussion on the worship of the serpent in various countries of the world. 6 black & white plates (frontispiece was intended to be bound opposite p. 84). 213pp., 4to, rebound tan morocco-backed marbled boards with raised bands, t.e.g. London: Printed for the author, and sold by John Rodwell, 1827. Faint ex-lib stamp on title page and scattered light foxing, else near fine. More about Researches on the Tenets and Doctrines of the Jeynes and Boodhists; Conjectured to be the...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Profusely illustrated with color photos by Michael Freeman. 253 pages, 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, (1990). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More about Angkor: The Hidden Glories
256pp. small 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., 1961. Very good. More about Buddhism
Rutland: Tuttle, 1962. Color frontispiece with overlay, & many other illustrations, a few in color. 220pp of text. Short 4to, gray cloth, stamped in red & black,chipped dust wrapper. Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle, (1962). First Tuttle edition. Fine in very good(-) dust wrapper. Illustrations from the collection of Henry H, Getty. Reprint of the revised second edition. More about The Gods of Northern Buddhism: Their History, Iconography and Progressive Evolution Through the...
New York: Paragon, 1963. 2 color plates plus more than 70 black-and-white images. 104pp., tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn, torn at head of spine. New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1963. Internally fine, a near fine copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More about Tibetan Religious Art
New York: Abrams, 1968. Illustrated with 24 mounted color plates and 184 b/w illustrations. Thick square 4to, natural cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York: Abrams, (1968). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. A finely illustrated study of the diverse influences, especially Hellenistic and Persian, which shaped the art of Gandhara, the ancient province located in present-day northwest India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, from the 1st through the 5th century. More about Gandharan Art of North India and the Graeco-Buddhist Tradition in India, Persia, and Central Asia
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. 236pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1983). Very good. More about A Journey in Ladakh
New York: George Ackerman, 1856. Color Lithograph. Image measures 7" x 9.25". This lovely view dating to 1856 depicts a Buddhist temple in Ceylon or Sri Lanka. The foreground depicts people sitting and chatting while others are praying on the steps leading up to the temple. Beautifully surrounded by palm trees and woods, the temple is seen in the background. This view, drawn from nature by Wilhelm Heine with figures by Eliphalet Brown Jr. and lithographed by George Ackerman appears... More about Buddhist Temple, Ceylon
New York: Japan Society, 2003. 275 illustrations, 115 in color. New York: Japan Society, (2003). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More about Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan
Dear Naomi, Thank you for sending the inscribed "Run-Through" which arrived today. Ah, there is Houseman's signature as big as his talent. I appreciate your making it available!
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