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New York: Atria, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Quarter blue cloth, grey paper boards. x, 256 pp. Rear board bowed, else fine. In Becoming Englightened, His Holiness the Dalai Lama powerfully explores the foundation of Buddhism, laying out an accessible and practical approach to age-old questions: How can we live free from suffering? How can we achieve lasting happiness and peace? Drawing from traditional Buddhist meditative practices as well as penetratring examples from today's troubled planet, he presents step-by-step exercises designed to expand the reader's capacity for spiritual growth.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full contemporary red leather, gilt titles and borders. A.E.G. 382 pp. Spine sunned and cracked, some rubbing to extremities. Scuffing to rear board. Hinges starting, with subtle repair to front hinge. Bookplate of Charles Cobb Walker. Embossed ex libris stamp of New England Conservatory of Music Library.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (small). 96 plus 24 pp. 27 illustrations throughout, and 11 maps at the end of the book. Jacket edges heavily rubbed, overall the jacket in very good condition. Book is in near fine condition.

Yangon: Myitzu Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Pink and purple wrappers, (6) 97pp. Illustrated, with folding table of the thirty-one planes of existence. Some markings on wrappers but o/w very good. "To understand the nature of life is an exceedingly deep and difficult task. It lies at the basis, at the bottom of all philosophical speculations.

Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 1982. 1st English Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 220 pp. B&W map. Spine sunned, else fine. This book offers an engrossing account both of the origin and development of Buddhist sutras from India and of the monks who braved perilous journeys and mastered unfamiliar languages in order to carry the sutras to new lands.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. viii, 303 p.p. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine and blind stamped wheel to front board. Sunning to spine, some wear and bumping to spine ends and corners. A few scuffs to boards. Some pencil notations to endpapers and throughout. Foxing to edges, but text interior clean except for a few notations. B&W illustrations incl. frontis. with tissue guard. Ownership stamp to pastedown, from the Library of Edward L. Margetts, Dept. of Psychiatry of the University of British Columbia. Contents include observations on the Wheel among the lamas; in Indian Buddhism; in the Brahmanic system; Solar Origin; the swastika; the Zoroastrian system; in Japan; in Egypt; among the Semites; Greek; Christian; Gauls etc; the Wheel of Fortune; the Wheel as an amulet; God of the Wheel ; the Wheel and thunder; with summary, additional notes, index and index to book references.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. Orig. brown cloth, 252pp. With 200 illustrations, 30 in colour. Eratta slip laid-in. Light bumping to spine o/w fine in near fine d/w, a small tear to foot of rear jacket corner. Offers insights into the early beginnings of the Indus Valley through the masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu artwork, which "sheds light on the strange pantheon of the Hindu gods, the subtle insight of Buddhist mysticism, and the complex symbolism of the miniatures.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (medium). xii, 264 p.p. Light tear to jacket's spine tail. Light bumping to spine tail. Book and Jacket in Near Fine condition.

Staten Island, NY. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. [n.d.] Yellow illustrated wrappers lettered in blue, 16pp.Ilustrated. Errata slip and brochure laid-in. Some faint smudges on wrapper but o/w about fine.

Taipei: Torch of Wisdom Publishing House, 1976. Soft cover. Near Fine. 18mo. English and Chinese. Soft cover. 54 pp. [1] fold-out colour illustration. Some rusting to staples. Stamp to fore edge and title page. A critical and revealing study of Buddhism from a scientific perspective.

Colombo: The Colombo Apothecaries' Co, 1959. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 70 pp. Rubbing to edges, sunning to rear cover, staining to spine.

Trinidad: General Printers. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. [n.d.] Yellow wrappers lettered and illustrated in red, xxxii, 135pp. Some soiling on wrappers with light dampstaining on top-edge and upper front cover, with some rubbing on wear on spine but still very good.

London: Routledge & Keegan Paul Limited, 1971. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (royal). Reprint. xvi, 316 pp. 5 illustrations throughout, including a frontis of a Buddha statue. Jacket is price clipped. Tears to hinge ends. Foxing to top front cover, one light stain to front cover. Staining to head. Overall, book and jacket in near fine condition.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [xxxiv] 449 p.p. With a memoir of the author by Sir Harold Parlett. Printed fromt he Barnes & Noble sheets, with Routledge cancel to title page. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket a little discoloured, with bumping to spine head and top edge. Foxing to edge and endpapers, but text clean. Ink name to flyleaf.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full contemporary red leather, gilt titles and borders. A.E.G. 402 pp. Professionally rebacked, orig. spine laid down. Spine sunned with some cracking to leather, chipping to spine ends, some rubbing to extremities. Scuffing to front board. Hinges starting. Bookplate of Charles Cobb Walker. Embossed ex libris stamp of New England Conservatory of Music Library.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. First printing stated. Full black cloth. 296 pp. Edges are rubbed. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to extremities, soiled to rear, 1" tear to upper rear joint. This book is a record of the author's recent pilgrimage to the East, where he hoped to find a cure for the moral and spiritual ailments afflicting the Western world.

Edinburgh: Canongate, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Paperback, 69 p.p. English and Scottish Gaelic. Light creasing to joints and scuff to foot of rear cover, else fine. This book marks the arrival of a major new talent in Scottish poetry. Kevin MacNeil's voice and vision, while rooted in the Hebridean islands, is open to a wide range of cultures, not only those of Scotland - from Gaeldom to urban Scotland - but to the wider European and American mind, and through his interest in Zen Buddhism, to Japanese and Chinese culture. With astonishing freshness and versatility, MacNeil's poetry creats powerful connections and new combinations.

Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 126 pp. Sunning to spine and tail edges, light chafing to extremities.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. White paper boards. viii, 275 pp. Fine. One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and Buddhism now gives us the first serious consideration of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher.

New York, San Franscisco and Toronto: Sutra Translation Committee of The United States and Canada, 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo (tall). Dharma Series No, 10. Paperback. 60 pp. Near fine. Ex libris stamp of the Cham Shan Temple Library. Some creasing to upper corner of pages near front. THis book is a translation of selected passages from the sermons and writings of Zen Master Han-Shan Te-Ch'ing, one of three "dragon-elephants" of Ming Buddhism.