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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Don't Look In This Book This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condition: New. pp. 250.

Condition: New. pp. 250 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 8th printing. Everyman's Library. Volume One only. Tan cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Cracking to outside spine edges and inside hinges. Fraying to spine ends and corner points. Illustrated end papers. Top page edges are tinted. Pages are clean throughout.

Condition: New. pp. 250.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. The Golden Books series of Indian religions is specially planned and designed for the general educated reader in India and abroad who in the 21 century of the third millennium wants to know about them to contribute his lot to the fast growing globalisation of world cultures. It includes Vedic Upanishadic Buddhistic and Jain religions the mainstay of Indian culture which have made their mark in various ways in Asia and the west since olden times. In terror stricken modern times also they are trying to play their role in setting things right and devising a new eclectic way of life. Indian religious have lots of philosophy and hundreds of scriptures with commentaries and commentaries on commentaries which present a highly complicated picture especially in comparison to one book religion cultures. The golden books select the most important and the best of them translated into simple easy and understandable English by learned scholars and present them in capsule form for wider use and benefit. Buddhism is a much loved and respected religion in modern times as also the image of the great Buddha which emanates kindness harmony and peace. Its role in the ancient world limited to Asia at that time has been unusually remarkable. It spread by its own intrinsic values not by force of any kind and holds its lamp even in the present terror stricken times. Its scriptures are galore translated into Chinese Tibetan Thai etc. etc. This work presents the most significant of them selected from various sources and provides a bird's eye view of the original Buddhistic Hinayana and Mahayana traditions for the benefit of the intelligent conscientions readers. The literary quality of these scriptures adds its special flavour lacking in most similar writings.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket.

pbk. Buddhism is a much-loved and respected religion of modern times which can play a significant role in overcoming terror Selected suttas including Ashvaghosa?s Life of Buddha translated from its Chinese version and Dhammapada the Gita of Buddhism 250 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 158 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. shows minor wear.

REPRINT. Pen inscribed by previous owner. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 392p; 16cm; illus. Notes: Compilation. Introduction by L. Archer-Hind. 3 Kg.

REPRINT. Pen inscribed by previous owner. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 392p; 16cm; illus. Notes: Compilation. Introduction by L. Archer-Hind. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Reprint. Reprint of first edition published by the Everyman's Library in 1933. Loosely bound, last page becoming detached. Faded crimson boards with some handling wear and a few marks, bumped corners. Clean with some light tanning to closed page edges. A good reader copy.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Orange cloth Hardcover, in a Dust Jacket which has hole on the spine edge, light edge wear. Corner clip on front endpaper. Inscription on first page. Not ex. library. 350 pages. Contents clean, tight and bright. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. no date circa 1930,paperback,103 pages pluis advertisment pages,tear to spine with small loss,pages spotted,good only.We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the UK.Shelf B81.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: Gernsback Library, Inc. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1956). . Paperback. 8vo., 224 pp., rubbed, bumped, frayed, oxing, soiling, pages lightly toning .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . J M Dent, 1906, brown boards, with dustjacket, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition Undated circa 1907, contemporary previous owner's name dated February 1907 handwritten in pencil on front endpaper. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Xvi + 479pp. Part of the Everyman library series. Contents include, Shakespeare with introductory matter on poetry, the drama and the stage, Notes on Ben Jonson, Notes on Beaumont and Fletcher, A course of lectures, Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton. etc. Spine cracked inside at blind title page, some shelf wear, generally good. Nice and clean inside.

Soft-cover. Green paper covers with black titles and decoration. Contents: possibly lacks title page (?). Some light handling / blemishes. Corners a little creased/curled. Staples rusty and pulling towards half-title page and cover. Otherwise main body of text generally good and clean. Cover: internal tape repair to front. Spine edges torn vertically. Splash mark. Browning/ageing. Still, a charming little book and remarkable that it has survived over 100 years! 48 pp + some wonderful local Swansea advertisements to rear.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO20259124: 1930. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 334 pages - en anglais - quelques annotations sans conséquence sur la lecture. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 158 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.