THE UPANISHADS Four Volumes - Complete by Nikhilananda, Swami (translator) - 1949

Ch'ien, Hsiao: The Dragon Beards Versus the Blueprints. 'Meditations on post-war culture'. London: The Pilot Press, 1944. 1st ed. Slim 8vo. Recent half cloth over handmade marbled boards, gilt titles to spine. Viii, pp36, pages a little age toned, full page woodcut frontispiece by Leon Underwood. The writer covers areas of thought of Chinese intellectuals over East and West differences of it's time. An interesting commentary given the changes in lifestyle in China in the 21st Century.

Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., 1990. Hardcover. Fine. 294pp; Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering, clean, tight copy, Fine condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Scholarly study addressing the fundamental theme in American culture of the similitude of democratic and religious experience. Partial Contents: Pilgrims and Puritans: Democratization by Design; The Genesis of Black American Religion: New Spiritual Gifts; Communities of Faith: Facint the New Age; Religion on Trial: The Decline of Moral Posture; The Democratization of Religion and Theology in America and the World: Participation in the Religious Community; much more. Studies in American Religion Volume 50.

New York, Vantage Press, 1976, hardcover, xiii-209 pp, First Edition stated, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, spine slightly darkened, in new Brodart sleeve. Written in the 1940s, yet unpublished until 1976, the economic problems and solutions discussed, based on the theories of 19th-century economist and reformer Henry George, are just as relevant now as at any other time. Illustrated with drawn figures and a few cartoons by Frank Manno. ISBN 9780533019687

First Edition Inscribed and Dated Nov. 24, 1980 By Author. (Has J.M.J.) by the date. "To (names) With deep respect & wishes for the best of health, peace & happiness. (sign of the cross) Fr. Ralph DiOrio. Book Like New, Dust Jacket Near Fine rubbed corner, some small scratches. Ships with delivery confirmation.

Paris: Firmin Didot Fréres, 1853. Avec 'Mémoire et Lettre sur les Occupations de l'Académie Française, Lettre sur les Anciens et les Modernes, Discours de Réception à l'Académie Française, Lettre à Louis XIV.' Titre l'or sur demi cuir. Tranches marbrées. Quelque rouseurs. Portrait frontispice. 572 pages. Très Bon etat. B2A. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ch'ien, Hsiao: The Dragon Beards Versus the Blueprints. 'Meditations on post-war culture'. London: The Pilot Press, 1944. 1st ed. Slim 8vo. Recent half cloth over handmade marbled boards, gilt titles to spine. Viii, pp36, pages a little age toned, full page woodcut frontispiece by Leon Underwood. The writer covers areas of thought of Chinese intellectuals over East and West differences of it's time. An interesting commentary given the changes in lifestyle in China in the 21st Century.

San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1980. Revised Students' Edition. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; PART I INSIGHT AS ACTIVITY I. Elements 1. A Dramatic Instance 2. Definition 3. Higher Viewpoints 4. Inverse Insight 5. The Empirical Residue II. Heuristic Structures of Empirical Method 1. Mathematical and Scientific Insights Compared 2. Classical Heuristic Structures 3. Concrete Inferences from Classical Laws 4. Statistical Heuristic Structures 5. Survey III. The Canons of Empirical Method 1. The Canon of Selection 2. The Canon of Operations 3. The Canon of Relevance 4. The Canon of Parsimony 5. The Canon of Complete Explanation 6. The Canon of Statistical Residues IV. The Complementarity of Classical and Statistical Investigations 1. Complementarity in the Knowing 2. Complementarity in the Known 3. Clarification by Contrast 4. Conclusion V. Space and Time 1. The… Read More

Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., 1990. Hardcover. Fine. 294pp; Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering, clean, tight copy, Fine condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Scholarly study addressing the fundamental theme in American culture of the similitude of democratic and religious experience. Partial Contents: Pilgrims and Puritans: Democratization by Design; The Genesis of Black American Religion: New Spiritual Gifts; Communities of Faith: Facint the New Age; Religion on Trial: The Decline of Moral Posture; The Democratization of Religion and Theology in America and the World: Participation in the Religious Community; much more. Studies in American Religion Volume 50.

Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi & Company, 1979, hardcover, viii-289 pp, First edition, Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, name to front endpaper, spine-end and corner bumps, spine faded. Dustjacket, edge chips, rubs, a few spots to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The result of a collective study by the Council for Political Studies, Calcutta, includes 12 essays on the great Bengali intellectuals of the past 150 years, by the author and others. Each essay concludes with notes and references. Index appended.

First Edition Inscribed and Dated Nov. 24, 1980 By Author. (Has J.M.J.) by the date. "To (names) With deep respect & wishes for the best of health, peace & happiness. (sign of the cross) Fr. Ralph DiOrio. Book Like New, Dust Jacket Near Fine rubbed corner, some small scratches. Ships with delivery confirmation.