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Allen, Charles. THE BUDDHA AND DR FUHRER. |
£13.00 |
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An Archaeological Scandal. 292pp. Index. Maps, plans and b/w photographs. Early investigation of Buddhist sites on the India-Nepal border. Fine in fine dw. 2008 First edition, Haus Publishing. |
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Allen, Charles. ASHOKA. |
£15.00 |
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The Search for India's Lost Emperor. 460pp. Index. Illustrated in b/w. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2012 First edition, Little, Brown. |
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Arnold, Sir Edwin. THE LIGHT OF ASIA |
£12.00 |
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or the Great Renunciation. Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist. 158pp. Small 8vo. Epic poem on the life of Buddha. In original white decorated boards. Spine darkening and extremities worn. 1992 New edition, Kegan Paul. |
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Barrett, Douglas. SCULPTURES FROM AMARAVATI IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. |
£24.00 |
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75pp. 4to. 48 plates of b/w photographs. Study of Buddhist stupa in South India. Fine in very good dw. 1954 First edition, The British Museum. |
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Bond, George D. THE BUDDHIST REVIVAL IN SRI LANKA. |
£14.00 |
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Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response. 322pp. Index. Very good indeed in like dw. 1992 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. |
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Bryner, Edna. THIRTEEN TIBETAN TANKAS |
£22.00 |
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153pp.Colour frontispiece, 15 full page collotypes of the tankas and 14 other b/w illustrations. 'The Buddhist Birth Stories told by the magnificent Banner Paintings of the City Art Museum of St Louis.' Very good in fading and chipped dw. 1956 First, Falcon's Wing Press, Indian Hills, Clorado |
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Conway, Moncure Daniel. MY PILGRIMAGE TO THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST. |
£22.00 |
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416pp. Index. American travels in Celyon and India and makes contact with religious ideas. Very good. 1906 First edition, Archibald Constable. |
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Cowell, E.B. (edits) THE JATAKA or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births. |
£43.00 |
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Volumes III and IV. Translated from the Pali by Various Hands. Two volumes in one, 328 and 320pp. Each with separate index. In the original dark red binding. Very good indeed. A lovely copy. 1957 Reprint, Luzac & Company for the Pali Text Society |
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Crossette, Barbara. SO CLOSE TO HEAVEN. |
£14.00 |
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The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas. 297pp. Index. Photographs in b/w. A journey into the present and the past of Bhutan. Fine in fine dw. 1995 First edition, Knopf, New York. |
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Dalrymple, William. NINE LIVES. |
£12.00 |
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In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. 285pp. Index. Fine in fine price-clipped dustwrapper. 2009 First edition, Bloomsbury. |
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Davids, T.W.Rhys (edits). BUDDHIST BIRTH-STORIES. |
£16.00 |
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Jataka Tales. 256pp. Index. 80pp introduction. Revised outcome of scholarly collaboration from 1880. Very good. Inscription noting purchase from Chicago bookshop. Bookplate No date (c1930), Routledge & Sons. |
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Deheija, Vidya (edits). UNSEEN PRESENCE. |
£45.00 |
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The Buddha and Sanchi. 134pp. Index. 4to. 9 essays illudtrated in colour with photographs by K.B.Agrawala on aspects of the hill at Sanchi in Central India. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1996 First edition, Marg Publications, Mumbai. |
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Dutt, Sukumar. BUDDHIST MONKS AND MONASTERIES OF INDIA. |
£28.00 |
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Their History and their Contribution to Indian Culture. 397pp. Index. 22 plates of b/w photographs. Near-fine in very good dw. 1962 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
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Eliot, Sir Charles. HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM. |
£32.00 |
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An Historical Sketch. In 3 vols. 345, 322 and 513pp. Index. First published in 1921. Very good indeed. Heraldic bookplates. 1962 Reprint, Routledge. |
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Eraly, Abraham. GEM IN THE LOTUS. |
£10.00 |
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The Seeding of Indian Civilization. 586pp. Index. Buddhist India and its context. Very good in very good dw. 2000 First edition, Viking, New Delhi. |
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Giri, Gitu. ART AND ARCHITECTURE. |
£25.00 |
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Remains in the Western Terai Region of Nepal. 505pp. Index.80 b/w photographs. Study of ancient Buddhist sites. Near-fine in like dw. 2003 First edition, Adroit Publishers, New Delhi. |
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Guruge, Ananda W.P. MAHAVAMSA. |
£65.00 |
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The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka. 1129pp. Introduction, translation and notes. A Pali Buddhist epic. Very good in complete but chipped and marked dw. Spotting to fore-edge. 1989 First edition, Associated Newspapers, Colombo. |
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Harvey, Andrew. HIDDEN JOURNEY. |
£5.00 |
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A Spiritual Awakening. 257pp. Fine in fine dw. 1991 First edition, Bloomsbury. |
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Harvey, Andrew. A JOURNEY IN LADAKH. |
£14.00 |
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236pp. Travel writing by poet and novelist born in India. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1983 First edition, Cape. |
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Harvey, Andrew. A JOURNEY IN LADAKH. |
£14.00 |
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236pp. Travel writing by poet and novelist born in India. He is drawn to lama in Buddhist monastery. Fine in fine dw. 1983 First edition, Cape. |
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Herzog, Lena (photographs). PILGRIMS: BECOMING THE PATH ITSELF. |
£10.00 |
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177pp. 4to. Landscape. Colour photographs taken at Bodhgaya nd Mount Kailash. Text by Werner Herzog. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, Arcperiplus. |
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Hesse, Hermann. SIDDHARTHA. |
£5.00 |
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167pp. A novel of the Buddha. Translated from the German. Paperback reprint. Very good. 1973 Picador. |
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Ikeda, Daisaku. THE FLOWER OF CHINESE BUDDHISM. |
£12.00 |
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205pp. Index. Translated by Burton Watson from the Japanese. Fine in very good dw. 1986 First edition, Weatherhill.New York and Tokyo. |
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Marshall, John. A GUIDE TO SANCHI. |
£12.00 |
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168pp. 2 folding maps and 8 plates. Very good. Owner's name. Endpapers bubbled. 1955 Third edition, Government of India. |
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Mehta, P.D. EARLY INDIAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. |
£16.00 |
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An Introduction and Essay. 532pp. Index. Very good Presentation inscription. 1956 First edition, Luzac. |
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Moore, Elizabeth et al (edit) SHWEDAGON. |
£24.00 |
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Golden Pagoda of Myanmar. 191pp. 4to landscape. Index. 235 illustations 175 in colour. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1999 First edition, Thames and Hudson. |
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Murphet, Howard. HAMMER ON THE MOUNTAIN. |
£12.00 |
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The Life of Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907). 338pp. 34 b/w illustrations and facsimiles. Biography of leading theosophist and account of his work for Buddhism in India and Ceylon. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1972 First edition, The Theosphical Publishing House, USA |
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Pal, Pratapaditya (edits) ON THE PATH TO VOID. |
£85.00 |
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Buddhist Art of the Tibetan Realm. 284pp. Inex. 4to. 15 essays illustrated with 154 colour and 67 b/w photographs on aspects of sculpture, architecture and painting from the Buddhist regions of the Indian Himalayas. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1996 First edition, Marg Publications, Mumbai. |
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Pallis, Marco. THE WAY AND THE MOUNTAIN. |
£5.00 |
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A collection of his writing about Buddhism and Tibet. 226pp. Fine. 1991 Revised paperback edition. |
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Pallis, Marco. THE WAY AND THE MOUNTAIN. |
£10.00 |
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216pp. 18 plates. Exploration of the Tibetan spiritual tradition. Fine in chipped dustwrapper. 1961 Second impression, Peter Owen. |
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Pilchick, Terry. JAI BHIM! |
£5.00 |
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Dispatches from a Peaceful Revolution. 243pp. Paperback. Travels in India with Buddhist followers of Dr Ambedkar, champion of the harijans in the 40s and 50s. Fine. 1988 First edition, Windhorse, Glasgow. |
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Rao, V.Veera Bhadra (edits). A COLLECTION OF BUDDHIST POEMS. |
£2.00 |
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44pp. Card-covered stapled booklet. Very good. 1978 Maha Bodhi Society, New Delhi. |
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Sangharakshita (D.P.E.Linwood). AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM |
£5.00 |
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181pp. Account of the 1956 mass-conversion. Paperback. Fine. 1989 Reprint, Windhorse. |
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Sangharakshita (D.P.E.Linwood). AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM |
£5.00 |
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181pp. Account of the 1956 mass-conversion. Paperback. Fine. 1986 Reprint, Windhorse. |
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Sangharakshita. AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM. |
£10.00 |
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181pp. Card covers. Very good. Covers a little rubbed. 1996 Windhorse Publications, Glasgow. |
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Schiefner, F.Anton von, and Ralston, W.R.S. TIBETAN TALES FROM INDIAN SOURCES. |
£16.00 |
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lxv + 368pp. Index. 58pp introduction by C.A.F. Rhys Davids. Reprinted in 'Broadway Translations'. Very good. No date (1926), George Routledge and Sons. |
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Sitwell, Sacheverell. THE RED CHAPELS OF BANTEAI SREI |
£14.00 |
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and Temples in Cambodia, India, Siam and Nepal. 239pp. Index. 4 colour plates and 40 b/w illustrations. Very good. 1962 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. |
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Snelling, John. THE BUDDHIST HANDBOOK. |
£10.00 |
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A Complete Guide to Buddhist Teaching and Practice. 373pp. Index. Card covers. Fine. 1997 Reprint, Rider. |
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Thapar, Romila. ASOKA AND THE DECLINE OF THE MAURYAS. |
£25.00 |
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283pp. Index. Folding map. Ex-public library with minimal markings. Very good in very good dw. 1961 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
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Thomas, P. EPICS, MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF INDIA. |
£10.00 |
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A Comprehensive Survey of the Sacred Lore of the Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. 210pp. Index. 4to. Colour frontispiece and 286 black and white illustrations. Very good indeed in very good dw. 1961 Taraporevala, Bombay. |
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Thomas, P. EPICS, MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF INDIA. |
£8.00 |
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A Comprehensive Survey of the Sacred Lore of the Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. 210pp. Index. 4to. Colour frontispiece and 286 black and white illustrations. Very good in slightly torn dw. Owner's bookplate. 1961 Taraporevala, Bombay. |
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Thubron, Colin. TO A MOUNTAIN IN TIBET. |
£5.00 |
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227pp. Index. Map. Journey from Nepal round Mount Kailas. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2011 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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von Furer-Haimendorf, Cristoph. THE SHERPAS OF NEPAL. |
£10.00 |
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Buddhist Highlanders. 298pp. Index. 55 b/w photos. Folding map. Very good in very good dw. Corner of front endpaper clipped. Darkening to paper. 1979 Reprint, East-West Publications, New Delhi.. |
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Wray, Elizabeth et al. TEN LIVES OF THE BUDDHA. |
£10.00 |
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Siamese Temple Paintings and Jataka Tales. 154pp. Card covers. 32 colour plates, 5 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Fine. 1979 Reprint, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo. |
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