Search Results: Authors starting with B from Books That Expand The Mind

Oxford: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Dark blue boards with gilt image on the cover and lettering on the spine. Some bumping/scuffing to spine and boards. Pages clean and clear. Please see photos as part of condition report 1926 1st Edition , IMHOTEP (WITH PROVENANCE) The Vizier and Physician of King Zoser and afterwards the Egyptian God of Medicine By Jamieson B Hurry Physician and writer from England Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, Oxford octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 118 ISBN: Previous owner bookplate and previous owner gift inscription on FEP. Possibly referring to Donald Alexander Mackenzie (24 July 1873 – 2 March 1936) was a Scottish journalist and folklorist and a prolific… Read More

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. sextodecimo or sixteenmo (16mo 4 × 6+3?4 102 × 171). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Original red covers, slighly worn. Please see photos as part of condition report 1914 5th Edition or Later Reprint , Seventh Remodelled Edition EGYPT AND THE SUDAN Handbook for Travellers With 22 maps, 85 plans and 55 vignattes. By Karl Baedeker Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker (3 November 1801 – 4 October 1859) was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. Karl Baedeker was descended from a long line of printers, booksellers and publishers. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Karl Baedeker, Leipzig sextodecimo or sixteenmo (16mo 4 × 6+3?4 102 × 171),Pages 686 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0002093 Approximate Package Dimensions H:… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Original orange boards with decoration. Bumping to spine top and tail. Binding and text block tight and firm. Please see photos as part of condition report 1908 1st Edition , THE STORY OF THE PHARAOHS With 32 full page illustrations from photographs, 49 illustrations in the text and two maps. By James Baikie Baikie, James, 1866-1931 Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Adam and Charles Black, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages ISBN: SKU: BTETM0002102 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: A. & C. Black, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). N/A. Signed by Author(s). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Original blue boards. Bumping to the spine top & tail. Signed & inscribed by author. Some browning to prelims. Binding tight and firm. Please see photos as part of condition report 1923 1st Edition , THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern Excavation By James Baikie Baikie, James, 1866-1931 Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: A. & C. Black, London quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 463 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0002103 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1900. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Illustrated with more than eighty drawings and photographs Bumping and scuffing to boards and spine. Please see photographs as part of condition report. Please see photos as part of condition report 1900 5th Edition or Later Reprint , THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS By Samuel Manning and James Baikie Rev. Samuel Manning (1821-1881) was a baptist minister, author, editor and world traveler. Samuel wrote a series of picture books describing far away places and his adventures. Countries visited include England, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Egypt and America. These richly illustrated books were published by the Religious Tract Society in London. Baikie, James, 1866-1931 Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket… Read More

Juan de la Cuesta, 2005. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 2005 , KALILAH AND DIMNAH By Thomas Ballantine Irving Among his contributions are the translation of numerous Tibetan Buddhist texts, the introduction of the Vajrayana teachings to the West, and a presentation of the Buddhadharma largely devoid of ethnic trappings. Trungpa coined the term crazy wisdom. Some of his teaching methods and actions were the topic of controversy during his lifetime and afterwards. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Juan de la Cuesta, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 206 ISBN: 9781588710734 SKU: BTETM0000770 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Augusta Vindelicorum (Ausberg), Germany: M. Rieger, 1788. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo (32mo 3+1?2 × 5+1?2 89 × 140). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Original binding; very clean paper (title page is missing, first two pages slightly smaller, a small stain and spot). Very neat copy of a scarce work! With a beautiful handwriting on the front flyleaf. Please see photos as part of condition report 1788 1st Edition , Leather INSTITUTIONES LOGICAE ET METAPHYSICAE IN USUM AUDITORUM PHILOSOPHIAE CONSCRIPTAE Two Books Bound Together Tomus Prior and Tomus Posterior By Jean Baptiste Horvath Johann Baptiste Horvath (Hungarian: Keresztély János Horváth, 13 July 1732 in K?szeg – 20 October 1799 in Buda) was a Hungarian Jesuit Professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary (now Trnava, Slovakia). He is most noted for his authorship of… Read More

London: Folio Society, 1992. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1992 1st Edition (Thus) , Slipcase BESTIARY Beaing an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxfrod M.S. Bodley 764. With all the original miniatures reproduced in facsimile By Richard Barber Richard William Barber FRSL FSA FRHistS (born 30 October 1941) is a British historian who has published several books about medieval history and literature. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Folio Society, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279),Pages 205 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001872 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Amsterdam: Elzevirios [Elzevir], 1630. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Boards worn, previous owner name on title page. Text block firm and clean. Marbled end papers worn with minor soiling. Please see photos as part of condition report 1630 1st Edition , Leather IO BARCLAY ARGENIS By John Barclay Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Elzevirios [Elzevir], Amsterdam duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187),Pages 696 ISBN: 1630 IO. BARCLAII ARGENIS Edito Novissima Cum Clave, Hoc est. nominum propri orum elucidatione gactenus nondum edita John Barclay With Argenis a new genre, the political romance, was created by John Barclay. It is the greatest of all Neo-Latin novels and a masterpiece of early modern literature. It was a tremendous success throughout Europe,… Read More

Amsterdam: Elzevirios [Elzevir], 1631. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1631 1st Edition , Leather CASPARIS BARLAEI POEMATUM EDITO NOVA By Casparis Barlaei Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Elzevirios [Elzevir], Amsterdam duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187),Pages 511 ISBN: 1631, early printing first published 1628 Casparis BarlAEi poematum editio nova, priore castigatior et altera parte auctior cum privilegio Heroica elegeia Lugdv batav ex officina elzeviriana Published by Ex Officina Elzeviriana Pocket sized book of poetry. In Latin, this work is by the hand of Caspar Barlaeus (February 12, 1584 – January 14, 1648) was a Dutch polymath and Renaissance humanist, a theologian, poet, and historian. An… Read More

London: Thomas Newcomb and H. Hills, 1679. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). 1st Printing Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Front board to Initial imprimatur f. detached, contemporary calf, old joint repairs, spine worn with loss, horizontal split, [Wing B833], 8vo, printed by Tho. Newcomb, and H. Hills, and are to be Sold by Walter Kettilby, 1679. Please see photos as part of condition report 1679 1st Edition 1st Printing, THE GUNPOWDER-TREASON With a Discourse of the Manner of its Discovery By Thomas Barlow Thomas Barlow (1607, 1608 or 1609 – 8 October 1691) was an English academic and clergyman, who became Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford, and Bishop of Lincoln. He was seen in his own time and by Edmund Venables in the Dictionary of National Biography to have been a trimmer (conforming politically for advancement's sake), and have a reputation mixed with his academic and other writings on casuistry.… Read More

London: Folio Society, 2001. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). Simon Brett. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 2001 1st Edition (Thus) , Slipcase JOHN KEATS The Complete Poems By John Barnard Professor Barnard is a leading Keats scholar, and has published extensively on Restoration literature, the second generation Romantics, textual criticism, and book history. Illustrated By: Simon Brett Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Folio Society, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279),Pages 472 ISBN: 2001 JOHN KEATS Edited John Barnard Introduction by Andrew Motion Engravings by Simon Brett Folio Society 1st Thus 472 Pages A set of the complete poems of John Keats. In slipcase fine leather spine. Lovely engravings by Simon Brett SKU: BTETM0001772 Approximate Package Dimensions… Read More

London: J.H for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons, over against the Royal Exchange, 1697. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Previous owner inscription on title page and FEP, some mild water/damp damage to some pages. Please see photos as part of condition report 1697 , Leather A BRIEF EXPOSITION ON THE CREED To which is added The Doctrine of the Sacraments. This is the Creed never before published. By Isaac Barrow After a long period of royal suspicion, he was admitted to the French Academy and his reputation in France has never faded since. Evidence of this is found in the many pictures and statues of the writer, later depictions on medals, coins and postage stamps. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: J.H for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons, over against the Royal Exchange, London octavo (8vo 6… Read More

Vintage Books, 1992. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1992 , THEORIES OF EVERYTHING By John D. Barrow Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Vintage Books, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 223 ISBN: 9780099983804 SKU: BTETM0000472 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: The Covenant Publishing Co, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1925 1st Edition , THE BIBLE IN STONE THE GREAT PYRAMID Its Construction, Symbolism & Chronology By Discipulus Basil Stewart Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: The Covenant Publishing Co, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 80 ISBN: The intelligent inquirer will find herein all the various features of the Great Pyramid presented in concise yet comprehensive form, sufficient to enable him to understand clearly the true purpose for which this remarkable monument was erected by a now long-past civilisation, and the manner in which the message it had to transmit have been conveyed, and why it is of such importance to us today Contents: Author's Note Foreward… Read More

James Cundee, 1810. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1810 , THOUGHTS ON HUNTING By William Beckford Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: James Cundee, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 482 ISBN: Thoughts on Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend by William Beckford 1810 This is an early copy of this classic book on hunting. It is hard backed fully leather bound in calf and the spine is profusely decorated with gilt in each segment between the ridges. The front has a double line of gilt around it and impressed decoration. Even the edges of the boards are decorated with gilt cross banding at the corners. The end papers are marbled and so are the page edges. The book is illustrated with beautiful engravings by the famous engraver,… Read More

Destiny Books, 2017. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 2017 1st Edition , SHAMANIC HEALING: TRADITIONAL MEDICINE FOR THE MODERN WORLD By Itzhak Beery Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Destiny Books, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages ISBN: 9781620553763 A story-based guide to the techniques of shamanic healing · Details indigenous medicine tools and soul healing techniques, including diagnosis and energy cleansing with plants, stones, fire, flower essences, and sound · Offers protection and self-defence techniques for confronting negative energies such as spirit attachment and possession · Shares healing stories that each address a specific condition, such as panic attacks, PTSD, depression, cancer, chronic pain, grief, and… Read More

London: J. Tonson, 1732. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Boards rubbed and bumped; text block and binding firm and strong. A lovely copy. Please see photos as part of condition report 1732 2nd Edition , With Provenance ALCIPHRON OR, THE MINUTE PHILOSOPHER IN SEVEN DIALOGUES TWO VOLS By George Berkeley George Berkeley (12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are ideas perceived by the mind and, as a result, cannot exist without being perceived. Berkeley is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important… Read More

Lyon: Mathieu Bonhomme, 1538. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Reductorium morale, a moralization of Bartholomeus Anglicus' encyclopedic work De proprietatibus rerum ("On the Nature of Things"), which provides the structure for the first 13 of its 16 books. (The first 14 books can be found in the Paris, 1521 edition.). First published in Cologne in 1477. - Biblical moral lexicon by the French Benedictine Berthorius (1290-1362), which went through numerous editions due to its popularity. With title in red and black and wide figurative woodcut title border. Restored contempory vellum. Browned and slightly stained due to paper. First ll. slightly more stained and with missing parts in the white margin. Somewhat waterstained in places and wormy on the inner gutter with slight loss of letters. Manuscript entry on REP. Please see photos as part of condition report 1538 5th Edition… Read More

UK: Fulgar, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Imperial octavo (8vo 8+1?4 × 11+1?2 210 × 292). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 2016 1st Edition , ONTOLOGICAL GRAFFITI By Michael P. Bertiaux Michael Bertiaux, author of the famed Voudon Gnostic Workbook and Hierophant of the Voudon Gnostic Current is a rare visionary in modern occult studies. Raised in a liberal theosophical household, he was drawn to the esoteric and spiritual approach to religion and Being from early on. After studying philosophy in New Orleans and having been ordained as a Deacon in the Anglican Church, Bertiaux was sent to Haiti in 1963 where he taught philosophy and was in charge of the local Anglican museum. It was on “the magic island” that Bertiaux met his spiritus rector, Dr. Jean-Maine, who initiated him into the secrets of the Voudon Gnosis. Illustrated By: Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes,… Read More