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St Martin's Griffin, New York, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Cover design by Jon Valk; inside covers (marijuana) leaf design in green; “Paradise Burning” is the rocky-road story of a reporter for America's most notorious marijuana magazine, ‘High TimesÂ’. From pot plantations to live sex shows, from biker rallies in Sturgis, South Dakota, to the homes of Jamaica's reggae legends, Simunek blazes a trail of smoke through the dope underground, narrowly escaping the wrath of customs agents, speed freaks, and New Age gurus along the way. The first book in decades to give you a detailed slice of the high life, ‘Paradise BurningÂ’ is the shocking, honest, hilarious truth about today's drug culture. Chris Simunek is the current cultivation editor at ‘High TimesÂ’ magazine. He lives in New York and this is his first book. First Thus. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 176… Read More

Insel-Verlag, Leicester, 1925. Second Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrator: Photo's. gilt titles on white cloth spine; gilt publisher's device to tan front cover; green ribbon bookmark; publisher's device in red on title page; text in German; 87 b/w. ills. throughout (maps, art works & photo's. of buildings, etc.); because of the closeness of the publication date to the first world war this edition of 'Paris: Notes by Karl Scheffler' omits the last chapter present in the first (1908) edition & entitled 'Germany & France'; very slight wear to corners & a tiny dent to front cover but otherwise a sound & smart copy; 263 pages. N.B. this is a thick & heavy book which, together with protective wrapping, takes its weight above the 1kg. standard quoted rate for post & packing so extra shipping charges will be requested. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text is in German.… Read More

Agir, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/Fine. Illustrator: photo's by José de Paula Machado. black end-papers; The choice of this particular spot to become the largest national park in Brazil, was based on the fact that the land sheltered an uninterrupted tropical rainforest and a watershed of dark-coloured rivers, of which Jau was the most important, winding its way across 400 km from the source. It also had the distinct advantage of being flanked by a series of rivers and creeks, which gave it natural protection from human interference and any natural disasters, which could alter its physical and ecological characteristics. Its administrative directives, which were drawn up jointly with the Vitoria Amazonica Foundation, emphasize the park's objectives and activities such as scientific research and ecotourism. The superb colour photography by Jose de Paula Machado gives the reader a resume of this hinterland & the… Read More

Max Parrish, London, 1967. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illustrator: Palmer, Garrick. gilt titles spine; illust. by b/w. line drawings; a childrens adventure story set in New Zealand; "Ted had always wanted to go to the bleak island in Dusky Sound, but when he finally persuades his father and sister to go there for a short holiday none could have guessed the exciting adventures they would go through. Why is the fisherman Paddy Williams so anxious for them not to go? And what is the old hermit doing in a cave on Dusky? Is the unpleasant Art Wilkins really taking a rest-cure down at Cascade Cove? All these questions are answered as the tale unfolds and Ted, Debbie and their father succeed in bringing some desperate criminals to justice. They learn, too, of another visitor to the island - 200 years earlier. (Captain Cook)"; price-intact D/J. has some small holes to spine; 154 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Palmer,… Read More

Piatkus Books Ltd, London, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. Illustrator: Photo's., Maps & Drawings. black & red titles spine; illustrated by b/w. photo's., drawings & maps; "Jenny Cockell grew up with memories of having lived before. In her first book, the bestselling 'Yesterday s Children', she described her successful search for the 'past life family' which had haunted her from earliest childhood. The story does not end there, however, for Jenny also has the ability to see into the future. In 'Past Lives, Future Lives', Jenny shares with us some of her past lives and her experience and understanding of the period 'between lives'. She describes her extraordinary powers of psychometry and prediction and in the same way that she has been able to 'prove' her past life as Mary Sutton in Yesterdays Children, so she has been able to see herself in future lifetimes and research the probability of these experiences. Jenny… Read More

Rider, London, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. written by a teacher , psychologist & renowned meditation master this book of gentle wisdom touches on themes rarely addressed in spiritual books, from compassion, addiction & psychological & emotional healing, to dealing with problems involving relationships & sexuality, to the creation of simplicity & balance in all facets of life. (I should be reading this, not selling it!) 352 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 3. Category: Religion & Theology; Psychology; Theravada Buddhism; Insight Meditation; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0712674306. ISBN/EAN: 9780712674300. Inventory No: EST00019. . 9780712674300

Faber, London, 1971. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Illustrator: Gentleman, David. a holistic study of the folk-life of East Anglia which shows clearly the pre-Christian origins of many rural beliefs & ritiuals, a clean & tightly bound copy, incld. index 269 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Gentleman, David. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; East Anglia; Myths, Legends & Folklore; England; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0571089771. ISBN/EAN: 9780571089772. Inventory No: TOP00010. . 9780571089772

Faber, London, 1976. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Near Fine Condition. A libretto in two acts and a prologue by W. H. Auden, set to music by Benjamin Britten Op. 17 (this book is the libretto only) & first performed in New York in 1941. The story is based on the folkloric American lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, with the music incorporating a variety of American styles, including folk songs, blues and hymns. The work is strongly sectional in nature, highly reminiscent of the 'Broadway musical' style of the period. List of characters to front. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 39 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles to front cover. green paper covers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Music; Operatta; Opera; Librettos; United States; Inventory No: 4418. .

Rider & Company, London, 1995. First Thus. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and thers. In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. Zen master, peace activist and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. Through commentaries, meditations, personal anecdotes and stories, he show us how deep meditative presence is available.right now. A ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves; dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on this path to 'mindfulness - the process of being truly alive to our present experience & reality.. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv… Read More

G. Bell and Sons Ltd, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Near Fine Condition. half-leather binding with marbled boards, five raised bands to spine; titles, preface & contents to front. A scholarly account of the best of Eighteenth century literature in which the author attempts also to make the subject somewhat more attractive to the general reader; with chapters on: Dryden; Pope; Johnson; Boswell; Goldsmith; the Novel; Letters; Diaries; Verse; Drama; Anstey & Sheridan. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 399. Spine leather slightly browned with age. Previous owner's signature inside front cover dated 1946. Gilt titles spine. green leather. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Eighteenth Century Literature; 18th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. Inventory No: 4778. .

Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, 1986. Second Impression. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. The power of the pendulum has been valued since ancient times for its ability to discover treasure, advise in love, locate the lost, and divine the new. Pendulum Power teaches how to make and use pendulums for finding success in career and relationships, for healing, for development of intuition and increased mind power, as well as a host of other applications..The authors start off with a brief history of dowsing, some theories about pendulum action, and instructions in the use of the pendulum. Much of the book is given over to detailed accounts of uses of the pendulum in a way that will encourage the novice to practice and become proficient. Emphasis is placed on self-development through pendulum power. Anyone trying to determine the best decision or course of action, based on their personal needs, will find the techniques provided in Pendulum Power useful and enlightening. Size: 8vo -… Read More

Fontana/Collins, London, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Most of us, at some time or another, have had experience of the paranormal. But unable to repeat it, we tend to dismiss the experience as an isolated incident. There are some people, however – once known as diviners, now called dowsers – who say that they can make the psychic happen whenever they wantÂ’ that they can find anything anywhere, including water, minerals, missing persons, information about the past; and furthermore, that all of us can learn to use the pendulum and become dowsers. If these claims are true, dowsing may well turn out to be the key that not only opens the doors of our minds to a new level of consciousness but also unlocks the whole mysterious world of the paranormal. In making this connection between the dowsersÂ’ art and the rest of the parapsychological spectrum, Francis Hitching skilfully leads us through the minefield of Psi phenomena and theories. He… Read More

Penguin, London, 1973. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine Condition/N/A. white titles spine; edited by Mary Lutyens; "This reader introduces to a wide public one of the most extraordinary and profoundly influential teachers of the twentieth century. Krishnamurti was educated by Annie Besant to be the World Teacher and the salvation of the nations; he rejected this Messianic role, announcing that he did not seek disciples, but his gentle, simple and human example inspired Aldous Huxley and continues to influence seekers after truth in our own day. Krishnamurti did not have a 'philosophy'. Rather, he hoped to liberate people from all systems - from the bonds of ideology and received opinion as well as from organized religion, from the tyranny of the mind and the tyranny of the body. His message, addressed directly to every individual, is one of unity and wholeness, of total understanding and total love. As the Observer said of one of his books, 'For those who wish to listen, it will… Read More

Unwin Hyman Ltd, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Near Fine. In this short anthology, selected from Samuel Pepys's famous diary, passages are collected together by subject, providing a fresh look at some of the themes that run through the massive complete work. Robert and Linnet Latham's lively and skillful presentation allows the reader to become absorbed in a single topic without interruption, often providing new insight into Pepys's private and public life. We see Pepys the man of fashion, the booklover, the musician and theatre-goer, Pepys the husband and Pepys the public servant, at work and at leisure. From festivals such as Christmas and Twelfth Night, enjoyed with family and friends, to the great events such as the Fire and the Plague described so vividly in the Diary, Pepys's life and times are revealed in all their richness and variety. And for the first time, we can read as continuous narrative, some of the stories interwoven with daily… Read More

Hutchinson, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. green endpapers. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an iconic figure. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, since 1988 she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime, instituted by General Ne Win in 1962. But her leadership of the Burmese democracy movement, and her ardent advocacy of human rights, have landed her in desperate trouble. She was first placed under house arrest in 1989. Today she is again under house arrest, seemingly for good. In the years between, she has faced constant physical and psychological harassment. In 2003, during an attempt on her life at Depayin, she witnessed the massacre of scores of her followers. Her extraordinary commitment to the Burmese people has resulted in involuntary separation from her family - her English husband Dr. Michael Aris, and their two sons. Aris's death in 1999 was yet another cruel twist of… Read More

Delachaux & Niestle, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. b/w. map to front endpapers; b/w. sketch of trees to rear endpapers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 78 pages. Text is in French. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine. illustrated by b/w. drawings with colour & b/w. photo's.;. Includes index of French names. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Natural History & Resources; Botany; Environment & Ecology; Mediterranean Flowers; French Language; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 2468. .

T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Few writers have approached mysticism from the philosophical point of view. An attempt is here made to examine the epistemological, psychological and ethical aspects of the mystical life, and to take account of the various theories propounded by different writers, more especially the psychological writers, of recent days. This book is written in the conviction that in mysticism we have what is the core and essence of religion at its best. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 436 pages. a few minor marks & notes to margins in pencil. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Gilt titles spine. Front inner hinge starting. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Christianity; Western Mysticism; Psychology; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 4297. .

The Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, 1941-3. First Thus. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 4 issues of The Phoenix, being the magazine of The Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. The magazine was founded in by H. G. Wells in 1887 as the Science Schools Journal, a literary magazine, although it also contained details of college activities. The City and Guilds Union joined with the Unions of the Royal College of Science and Royal School of Mines in support of Phoenix from 1915, when it became the 'Magazine of the Imperial College of Science and Technology' These issues contain news of college events & societies, cartoons, photographs, book reviews; articles covering various diverse subjects such as: "American Railways" ; "Roumanian Oil"; "The Black People of Jamaica"; "Chemistry" & of course, the second world war which was current at thr time of publication. Also, loosely… Read More

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1933. First Edition. Cream Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. gilt titles spine; deckled outer & bottom edges; blind-stamped, single-line outer border front & rear covers; "when we consider what an advance Locke's Essay concerning the Humane Understanding represented in philosophy, we cannot but lament that he failed to carry out his plan to formulate a system for medicine. It is impossible to think that he would have written anything like the contemporary treatises on the practice of medicine; it may rather be assumed that he would have attempted to determine and criticize the larger principles of the art as they have appeared to the reflective physician of every age - principles that are not dependent on the state of the science of medicine. The chapters that follow the fragment are devoted to what appear to the author to be the fundamentals of the medical art; in no sense are they an expansion of Locke's thought except that they start from the same… Read More

Methuen, London, 1964. Reprint. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. silver titles spine; illustrated throughout by 12 half-tone and 91 line illustrations; a volume in the MethuenÂ’s monographs of biological subjects series; The author is Professor of Zoology and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and an Associate of the Neurological Institute at the School of Medicine, (Univ. Pennsylvania) He is also the American editor of the Journal of Insect Physiology. "This book attemps to treat the physiology of insect senses not from an entomological point of view nor as a separate branch of knowledge but, instead, in terms of the general operation of sense organs. Subject matter is therefore concentrated on sensory physiology. The central nervous system is explored as far as the lamina ganglionaris of the optic lobes, leaving emphasis on sensory input and the interaction of sense organs and their environment. A very full bibliography is given."; price-intact D/J. is mylar… Read More