{"title":"Religion \u0026 Spirituality","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks and historical material on religion, spiritual practice, theology, and the history of belief.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-tao-teh-king-liber-clvii-aleister-crowley-first-edition","title":"The Tao Teh King: Liber CLVII, Aleister Crowley. First Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eThe Tao Teh King: Liber CLVII \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eA New Translation by Aleister Crowley    \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFirst edition, first printing of Crowley's rendering of the greatest of the Taoist classics. Issued as Volume III, No. VIII of The Equinox. With the errata slip laid in.   \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDublin, CA: The Ordo Templi Orientis (Thelema Publications), 1976. Publisher original oatmeal cloth, lettered in gilt; pp. [104]. In near fine condition, with light spotting and toning to boards, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown.\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44794627948719,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_8486.jpg?v=1736266823"},{"product_id":"allen-ginsbergs-tape-recording-of-a-dr-trogawa-rinpoche-lecture","title":"Allen Ginsberg's Tape Recording of a Dr. Trogawa Rinpoche Lecture.","description":"\u003ch4\u003eAllen Ginsberg's tape recording of Dr. Trogawa Rinpoche's lecture entitled \"Tibetan Approach to Modern Diseases.\" Number 1 of 17, dated 6\/26\/1989. Both the cassette and the case are written in Ginsberg's hand. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDr. Trogawa Rinpoche (1931–2005) was a Tibetan-Buddhist physician and lama known for combining traditional Tibetan medicine with compassionate clinical practice, working extensively with patients and carrying a subtle sense of humor in Western and Tibetan contexts. Ginsberg served on the board of the Chakpori (Tibetan medicine) organization associated with Trogawa Rinpoche, alongside others interested in Tibetan culture and healing. In 1989, Trogawa Rinpoche was invited to New York by the Shambhala Center, where he taught for a week and worked with patients. This was presumably recorded during that time.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eCase in good condition, writing is bold and clear. Tape plays well, writing on the tape label is a bit rubbed and faded. \u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46476669649071,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_5296.png?v=1768089085"},{"product_id":"early-printed-breviary-bifolium-w-woodcuts-musical-notation-lucantonio-giunta","title":"Early Printed Breviary Bifolium w\/ Woodcuts \u0026 Musical Notation ~ Lucantonio Giunta","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eEarly Printed Breviary Bifolium with Woodcuts and Musical Notation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eAttributed to the Giunta Press (Early 16th Century)  \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eConjugate bifolium (two connected leaves) from an early printed Latin breviary, featuring red and black typography, woodcut illustrations, and printed chant notation. The leaves remain joined as issued, preserving original format and imposition across four pages (pp. 63 and 70). \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eText is set in Gothic type with rubrication throughout, including headings such as De benedictione and De monacho faciendo, consistent with monastic liturgical use. The first opening contains multiple inset woodcut scenes integrated within the text, while the second includes a full column of printed musical notation on four-line staves for chant. Decorative initials in red appear throughout.  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe combination of blackletter type, red and black printing, woodcut illustration, and printed music is characteristic of early 16th-century liturgical printing. According to accompanying correspondence from the prior owner, the leaves are from a Giunta-printed edition, a major Italian press active in Venice and Florence and well known for producing richly illustrated liturgical books of this type.\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46775320510639,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_7650.jpg?v=1776353235"},{"product_id":"natural-theology-william-paley-first-edition","title":"Natural Theology, William Paley. First Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eNatural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eWilliam Paley\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eFirst edition of this foundational work in Christian apologetics and the philosophy of religion. Paley famously uses the Watchmaker Analogy to argue that the immense complexity, order, and purpose found in the natural world serve as definitive empirical evidence for the existence of an intelligent, benevolent Creator. Charles Darwin took its arguments seriously and responded to them; evolutionary biologists such as Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins also responded to such ideas by referencing Paley's book. In November 1859, the month that the Origin was published, Darwin wrote to John Lubbock: \"I do not think I hardly ever admired a book more than Paley's 'Natural Theology'. I could almost formerly have said it by heart\". Appropriately, Darwin prefixed to the Origin a quotation from Paley. A very important volume in the history of science, religion and ideas, rare in the trade. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eLondon: Printed for Robert Faulder, 1802. Contemporary calf boards, rebacked in calf with two spine labels, lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt turn-ins, new endpapers; pp. xii, 586, [2 ads]. Binding remains tight and square, boards rubbed and scratched, spine in very nice condition. Scattered foxing to pages, else remarkably clean internally. \u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46994419908783,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_8467.jpg?v=1780413862"},{"product_id":"the-way-of-zen-alan-watts-first-edition","title":"The Way of Zen, Alan Watts. First Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eThe Way of Zen, Alan Watts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eFirst edition, first printing of Watts' modern classic, a history and philosophical explication of Zen Buddhism, “one of the most precious gifts of Asia to the world.\" \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eNew York: Pantheon Books, 1957. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt; pp. xvii, 236, [2]. A very good or better copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square, minimal wear to boards. Traces of a small sticker removed from front pastedown, else internally clean. Jacket shows light general shelfwear and rubbing, toning to spine, a few small tape reinforcements to verso. A nice copy, protected in archival mylar. \u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016258437295,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_8644.jpg?v=1781019436"},{"product_id":"a-grief-observed-n-w-clerk-c-s-lewis-first-american-edition","title":"A Grief Observed, N.W. Clerk (C.S. Lewis). First American Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eA Grief Observed, N.W. Clerk (C.S. 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