Hardcover. NY, March & Greenwood, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, purple cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 23.4*16.3cm, 123 pages. Printed on one side of double leaves, folded once in Chinese style. Now uncommon in commerce, this was the first English translation by a Chinese scholar of the foundational book of Taoism. The enigmatic polymath Dr Sum Nung Au-Young (1893-1942) was an accomplished poet, philosopher, lawyer and economist. There is some faint discoloration but hardly visible unless held at an angle, otherwise a very good hardcover. "Author's edition".
Softcover. New York, Aperture, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. In original shrink wrap, spotless and tight. Poet, scholar, philosopher, and master of Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche led a life of profound dedication to spiritual enlightenment and teaching. During the final fourteen years of his life his personal assistant was Matthieu Ricard. Together they traveled throughout Tibet, Bhutan, India, and Nepal, returning to the places of Khyentse Rinpoche's youth: his birthplace in Eastern Tibet; the monastery of Shechen which he had entered at the age of eleven; and the retreats where he spent years in meditation and study. At every stop on his journey, Khyentse Rinpoche was welcomed with elaborate ceremonies and outpourings of devotion. Ricard's deeply personal photographs of this journey are enhanced by a biographical narrative that is interspersed with extensive passages from the writings and teachings of Khyentse Rinpoche. Together, these images and texts form an inspiring portrait of one of the great spiritual leaders and teachers of our time. Many masters of Tibetan Buddhism studied with Khyentse Rinpoche, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who regarded him as his principal instructor in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Softcover. Sanbornton, Sant Bani Press, First Edition, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 333 pages. Softcover. Full page, full color illustrations and a few in bw. Interviews & reflections with Kirpal Singh, Baba Sawan & Sant Ajaib. Light wear to spine edges, light sunfading to lower spine. Discolored smudge to top edge. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages. Otherwise, clean & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New Haven CONNECTICUT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 317 pages, b&w illustrations, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Bright dust jacket with price-clip.
Hardcover. London, Ruskin House, George Allen and Unwin, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 194 pages. This study traces the origin of Buddhism in Brahmanism, and fixes its relationship to Hinduism, describing and stressing the basic importance of Buddhist contemplation. No markings.
Hardcover. London, William Collins, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 342 pages, color photos. In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most remote parts of the world. The Frozen River is his extraordinary account of the time he spent there, living alongside the Zangskari people, before the arrival of roads and mass tourism. James immerses himself in the Zangskari way of life, where meditation and week-long mountain festivals go hand in hand, and silence and solitude are the hallmarks of existence. When butter traders invite James on their journey down the frozen river Leh, he soon realises that this way of living, unchanged for centuries, comes with a very human cost. In lyrical prose, James captures a crucial moment in time for this Himalayan community. A moment in which their Buddhist practices and traditions are in flux, and the economic pull of a world beyond their valley is increasingly difficult to ignore.
 "Lao Tze's Tao Teh King: The Bible of Taoism. English Version, by Sum Nung Au-Young. With an Introduction by Merton S. Yewdaleby: Sum Nung Au-Young; Lao Tze")
 "Support of the Shaken Sangat - Personal Recollections of Three Great Mastersby: Oberoi, A. S.")
