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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

New York: KTAV, 1974. Second revised. 8vo. xxxvi, 802 pp. + [44] pp. of b/w facsimile photographs at end of book displaying fascinating pictures of Jewish as well as tribal peoples from far off exotic places who have thought to possibly be remnants of the lost tribes of Israel as well as Samaritans. Includes three maps and a prolegomenon by Morris Epstein. Book is in near fine condition. ... more information

Holon, Israel: NP , 1958. 8vo. 337pp. Blue cloth. Blue ribbon marker. Book is extremely rare, as OCLC lists only one single library worldwide that owns this item. Book is written entirely in Samaritan Hebrew, with a key to the alphabet in modern Hebrew script on front endpaper. Book is a Mahzor (Holiday Prayer book) for the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar, (Tishrei), when the holiday Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) takes place. As evident from the tittle and contents, it is a time of repentance and fast... more information

First edition. 12mo. Pagination: See above. 3/4 leather over black paper covered boards with original wrappers bound in when present (last two works). Embossed gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Ribbon marker. Printed on high quality cotton rag. Illustrated title pages (except for first work). Printers devices. Illustrated initials. Several works in the encompassing field of Orientalism, with one work on Indian plays, two works on Indian religions and one work on Hebrew abbreviations in Judaism. The l... more information

London: Chatto & Windus. (1962). The uncorrected proof copy of the last novel by Huxley, the counterpoint to his classic, Brave New World. Huxley began exploring Eastern religions and mysticism in the 1930s, after he had written Brave New World; in the early 1950s he experimented with mescaline and other psychedelic drugs, finding a strong parallel between the drug-induced state and the mystical experiences he had previously only read about. He wrote two short books on his drug experiences -- The Doors ... more information

[London]: [British and Foreign Bible Society], 1826. 4to. 2 volumes bound in 1. 360, 705pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Inscribed on title-page by William Alrbight, the famous biblical archaeologist to Harry M. Orlinsky, the influential Semitic and Judaic Studies scholar. Entire work is in Syriac, the dialect of Eastern Aramaic once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent and was major literary language throughout the Middle East from the second to eighth centuries C.... more information

London: John Williams, 1828. Abridged edition. 4to. 956pp. Original calf with gold borders, rebacked with maroon cloth. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving, engraved title-page from the 1826 edition, also with original title-page of this edition. Rare abridged translation of Picart's famous work "Ceremonies et Coutumes religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde." Contents: Religious Ceremonies and History of the Jews, Greeks, Nestorians, Cophti, Abyssinians, Armenians, Maronites, Nasserie... more information

1861. first edition. First Edition of “Tom Brown at Oxford,”with an Autograph Note Signed and an Autograph Letter Signed by Thomas Hughes[HUGHES, Thomas]. Tom Brown at Oxford. By the Author of “Tom Brown’s School Days.” In Three Volumes. Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co., 1861.First edition. Three small octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches; 188 x 125 mm.). xii, 319, [1, blank]; vii, [1, blank], 338, [1, advertisements], [1, blank]; vii, [1, blank], 309, [3, blank] pp. At th... more information

Calcutta: [printed by the Art Press] for private circulation only, 1912. Quarto. (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches). Collation: pp.[i-v] [1-]44 [1-2]. Title and dedication printed in red and black 72 photographs (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 and smaller) tipped onto 24 sheets of dark green sugar paper, each image with a mounted slip beneath bearing a printed caption. (10 of the photographs with small sections detached). Original olive morocco, covers bordered with double fillet in blind, the upper cover with small rectangular secti... more information

London; Vienna: Georges Brög,** Carl Fromme (vol. 2,3,4), 1880-19051) 18802) 18833) 18854) 1905. First edition. Elephant folio. 758pp. (4) 829pp. (4) 381pp. 546pp. Vol. 1: 3/4 contemporary black leather over brown mottled paper boards with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine bumped and worn. Tears to hinges of binding. Book still firmly bound. Modern, marbled end papers. Blind embossed and printed stamp to title page: "Jewish Institute of religion. ... more information