Cambridge. Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers, 2019. 402pp, very good paperback copy. A novel which tells the tale of Kshemapala a monk from the North who has been tasked with an important scholarly mission: fill in the gaps in the history of the monk, Ananda, the Buddha's close companion, about whom..... More

London. George Allen & Unwin. 1980. Black and white photographic illustraltions, x + 214pp, appendices. Top edge, preliminary leaves and dustjacket flaps foxed, rubbed dustjacket sunned along spine, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223428. More

Princeton. Princeton University. 1969. Third Printing. xii + 560pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Top edge foxed, a little rubbed dustjacket with minor insect damage, otherwise internally clean, a very good hardback copy. Details the history of Buddhism in China, from the Han Dynasty to the modern period. When referring to this..... More

Hebei. 河北教育出版社. [Hebei jiaoyu chubanshe]. (Circa 2000). 483 - 834pp, text in simplified characters, 20.2 x 14cm, paper wrapper. Text block very clean, wrapper slightly worn, light marks on spine. In very good condition. Here the text "Studies on Buddhism in Yunnan and Guizhou" appears to be published as part..... More

New York. Dover Publications. Reprint. Two volumes. Volume I: xlix + 320pp, appendix, indices. Volume II: xxvii + 388pp, indices. Vol. XXXV and XXXVI of "The Sacred Books of the East" series edited by F. Max Muller. Both volumes: Name and stamp of a prior owner front free endpaper, top..... More

No date. Late 20th century. Diamond Sutra carved on eight green jade look alike stones mounted within the book with silk margins, double sided, with accompany image of [Amitāyus?]. 乾隆御注 [Qianlong imperial annotation] appears on both upper and lower covers. The words 御注 can also be translated as emperor's authorship..... More

Kyoto. International Association of Buddhist Culture. 1993. Volume 1. Black and white illustrations, x + 81pp, a very good paperback copy. Selection of content includes essays such as: Everyday Life of a Nembutsu Follower, Hojun NISHI; A Woman Myôkônin O-karu, Hoyu ISHIDA; Shinran Shonin's View of the Transformed Land, Akira..... More

Berkeley. University of California Press. 1998. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 207pp, index, appendix: Spellings of Tibetan names and terms, soiled paperback covers, foxed edges, name half title, a sound copy. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations..... More

Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1978. Revised Edition. Colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations and line drawings, xxxi + 141pp, bibliography, index, 27.5 x 21.5cm. Preliminaries and finals foxed but text block and images are clean. First published in 1914 "for the express purpose of giving the student interested in Tibetan iconography..... More

Berlin. Museum für Indische Kunst. 1977. Black and white illustrations, 573pp, footnotes, neat inscription on title-page, otherwise very good hardback copy in trifle worn dustjacket. 26 x 20cm. Text in German. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175132. More

Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 2004. First Indian Edition. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, colour frontispiece, xx + 903pp, notes, small crease on upper section lower cover of dustjacket, otherwise very good hardback copy. "Three Mountains and Seven Rivers, is a collection of 56 essays to felicitate the sixtieth birthday of..... More

United States: Shambhala Publications Inc, 1982. 8 black and white photographs, ix + 301pp, glossary, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. The first of two volumes of collected addresses delivered around the world by Daisaku Ikeda, the president of Soka Gakkai International. The book addresses some of the most..... More