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New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. 1929. First. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with a chip on the rear panel, and slight loss to the foot of the spine. Exotic novel set in Japan with emphasis on Oriental spirituality, includes such relative novelties (of the time) as ju-jitsu, the flapper descendent of Japanese royalty, and Buddhism. . ... more information

hardcover. (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 information

New York: New Directions, 1951 Slipcase has original $5 price, copyright page does not identify photographer--some fading to gilt on cloth with a few small spots on spine, box is very good with light edgewear.. First Edition. Cloth. A Very Good Copy. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

London: Seeleys, T. Hatchard, & J. Nisbet, 1851. First edition. Cloth stamped in gilt and blind, all edges gilt (hardback). A good ex-lib copy, taped spine, boards soiled, worn at extremities, hinges reinforced, library book plate on front pastedown, binding tight, text clean, illustrations very good or better. Sm. 4to. Illus. with 9 engraved plates (1 folding), and 6 maps (5 called for, 5 folding), and 1 chart. The complete 12 issues of the second year. Substantial articles on the following missions... more information

Canton, NY: Caliban Press. 2007. One of 40 copies, all on handmade papers from La Papeterie St-Armand, Montreal Quebec, each hand numbered and signed by the photographer, Mellon, and the designer / printer / poet, Mark McMurray. Page size: 9- 1/2 x 7 inches opening to 21 inches; triptych opening to three pages with two pages of text bound in. Bound by Mark McMurray: splatter-dyed handmade Nepalese paper over boards. In keeping with Ginsberg's lifelong practice of Tibetan Buddhism, the two outer panels ... more information

Bangkok, 1950 - 1959?. Work is a compilation of letters and selected documents issued during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV), (1804 - 1868), who was king of Siam from 1851 to 1868. Most Thai were shocked by the portrayal of their revered nineteenth-century king in the musical "The King and I" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The stage and screen versions were based on Margaret Landon's 1944 book “Anna and the King of Siam.” To set the record straight, well-known Tha... more information

NY: Viking. 1957. His second novel, the quintessential "road novel" and the book that defined the Beat generation. With its theme of two outcasts crossing the American heartland, Kerouac's fictionalized account of his exploits with his friend Neal Cassady -- here depicted as "Dean Moriarty" -- updated Mark Twain's story of Huck Finn and Jim on the Mississippi and became a cultural landmark. It helped introduce Zen Buddhism and other Eastern traditions into the popular culture of ... more information