The Science of Being and Art of Living by Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh (Mahesh Prasad Varma) - 1963

Santa Cruz: Hsien Taoist Monastery, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sold here as a collection are thirteen publications dealing with the teachings of contemporary Hsien Taoism. All were published by the Hsien Taoist Monastery in Santa Cruz, California from the period 1982 - 1986. All are first printings unless otherwise noted. All are in very good condition and are in stapled wrappered format. They include: The Inward Journey Volume 1 Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Volume 2 Number 4 and #5, Volume 3 Number 1, The White Iris Volume III Number V, Volume IV Number !, The Healing Journey Volume 2 Number 5, Dragon-Fly Sparrow-Song (second printing from 1983), and Alpha Stress Reduction Training. All of these publications seemed to have a fairly limited print run and are now quite hard to locate.

New York: The Baker and Taylor Company, 1909. Very Good. Signed by Swami Paramananda and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's orange cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on upper board and spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good, cloth lightly rubbed at tips, spine toned and stained at rear cover. A lovely copy, signed by the author.

1656 1ed Gospel Harmony & Life of Jesus Christ Dutch Protestant Vossius Elzevier

Gerardus Vossius was a 16th-century Dutch classical theologian known for being one of the first to treat theological dogmas and non-Christian religions from a historical point of view, rather than the more accepted theological.

This 1656 Elzevier printing of 'Harmoniae Evangelicae de Jesu Christi' is a fine first edition describing the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Item number: #7402
Price: $499
VOSSIUS, Gerardus Joannes
Gerardi Joannis Vossii Harmoniae evangelicae de passione, morte, resurrectione ac adscensione Jesu Christi servatoris nostri libri tres.
Amstelodami: Apud L. et D. Elzevirios, 1656. First edition.

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [8], 432
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References: Willems 1209; Goldsmid III, p. 71
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Provenance: Armorial Bookplate - Beilby Thompson of Escrick
o Beilby Thompson (1742 – 1799) was a British landowner and politician, who sat in the… Read More

1678 CRUSADES Tasso MINIATURE Jerusalem Delivered Italian Gerusalemme Liberata

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors.

This 1678 edition is a very rare, miniature 17th-century printing of Torquato Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered' with 10 illustrated plates by Sébastien Le Clerc and an engraved half-title.
Item number: #7459
Price: $499
TASSO, Torquato
Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata : poema heroico del sig. Torquato Tasso. Con l'allegoria universale dell istesso, et con gli argomenti del sig. Horatio Ariosti, & di bellissime figure adornato.
In Amsterdam: Nella stamperia del S.D. Elsevier. Et in Parigi si vende appresso Thomaso Jolly..., M. DC.… Read More

Berkeley: Dharma Pub, 1983. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Berkeley: Dharma Pub., 1983, first printing. Small 4to., 7 1/2" x 10 1/4", illustrated with full color frontis, momochrome plates and decorations. Terra cotta cloth with gilt titles and design, colored endpapers, orange ribbon marker bound in. Some discoloration to the perimeter of the pastedowns form binder's glue, light foxing to edges, else near fine, clean, bright, unmarked, in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 4to.

Santa Cruz: Hsien Taoist Monastery, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sold here as a collection are thirteen publications dealing with the teachings of contemporary Hsien Taoism. All were published by the Hsien Taoist Monastery in Santa Cruz, California from the period 1982 - 1986. All are first printings unless otherwise noted. All are in very good condition and are in stapled wrappered format. They include: The Inward Journey Volume 1 Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Volume 2 Number 4 and #5, Volume 3 Number 1, The White Iris Volume III Number V, Volume IV Number !, The Healing Journey Volume 2 Number 5, Dragon-Fly Sparrow-Song (second printing from 1983), and Alpha Stress Reduction Training. All of these publications seemed to have a fairly limited print run and are now quite hard to locate.

New York: The Baker and Taylor Company, 1909. Very Good. Signed by Swami Paramananda and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's orange cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on upper board and spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good, cloth lightly rubbed at tips, spine toned and stained at rear cover. A lovely copy, signed by the author.

1656 1ed Gospel Harmony & Life of Jesus Christ Dutch Protestant Vossius Elzevier

Gerardus Vossius was a 16th-century Dutch classical theologian known for being one of the first to treat theological dogmas and non-Christian religions from a historical point of view, rather than the more accepted theological.

This 1656 Elzevier printing of 'Harmoniae Evangelicae de Jesu Christi' is a fine first edition describing the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Item number: #7402
Price: $499
VOSSIUS, Gerardus Joannes
Gerardi Joannis Vossii Harmoniae evangelicae de passione, morte, resurrectione ac adscensione Jesu Christi servatoris nostri libri tres.
Amstelodami: Apud L. et D. Elzevirios, 1656. First edition.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o [8], 432
·
References: Willems 1209; Goldsmid III, p. 71
·
Provenance: Armorial Bookplate - Beilby Thompson of Escrick
o Beilby Thompson (1742 – 1799) was a British landowner and politician, who sat in the… Read More

1678 CRUSADES Tasso MINIATURE Jerusalem Delivered Italian Gerusalemme Liberata

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors.

This 1678 edition is a very rare, miniature 17th-century printing of Torquato Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered' with 10 illustrated plates by Sébastien Le Clerc and an engraved half-title.
Item number: #7459
Price: $499
TASSO, Torquato
Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata : poema heroico del sig. Torquato Tasso. Con l'allegoria universale dell istesso, et con gli argomenti del sig. Horatio Ariosti, & di bellissime figure adornato.
In Amsterdam: Nella stamperia del S.D. Elsevier. Et in Parigi si vende appresso Thomaso Jolly..., M. DC.… Read More

Keiseisha, 1909. Green cloth hardcover with thread-tied binding. Used- Good condition. Book shows shelf wear. Light scuffing on the edges and corners. Small tear on the bottom right corner on the back cover. Slight creasing on the spine. Light pencil markings on pg. 2-8, 31, 173, 175-177. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.