Sharkey Gregory (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. POD (21 Feb. 2016). Trade-sized. Includes "Sin's Doorway" by Manly Wade Wellman; "In This Dark Mind" by Rog Phillips; "Midnight" by Jack Snow; "The Valley of the Gods" by Edmond Hamilton; "The Altar" by Robert Sheckley; "Call me Monster" by G. L. Vandenburg; "Cold Ghost" by Chester S. Geier; "The Arm of Enmord" by Jack Sharkey; "Four Men and a Suitcase" by Ralph Robin; "A Bit of the Dark World" by Fritz Leiber; "Death Seems So Final" by Richard S. Shaver. Minor handling wear. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xv, 360p, ills.

Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. This book presents findings of research on a particular form of Buddhist ritual practised by Sakyas and Vajracaryas, the inheritors of the monastic tradition and the highest Buddhist castes among the Newars, the indigenous peoples of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The author presents an authentic record of a unique form of Buddhist devotionalism and ritual : the everyday practices of the sole remnant of South Asia's once extensive Mahayana Buddhist community. The exoteric liturgies performed each day are described and the relationship of these rites to other elements of Newar Buddhist practice are analysed, in order to shed light on connections between the latter and Buddhist practices elsewhere. A major contribution to the study of South Asian ritual and Buddhist devotional practice. 387 pp., 23 colour and 11 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index Size: 22 x 16 cm.

Paperback. Condition: New. No. 3 (Print on Demand reprint). Large trade-paperback. Edited byTom English. A themed science fiction magazine anthology. Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Includes "Please Stand By" by Tom English; "Who Goes there?" (novella) by John W. Campbell; "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" by Douglas Smith; "Nikola Tesla and the Resonating Frequency Transmitter" by Kurt Newton; "The Masked World" by Jack Williamson; "Dead Ringer" by Lester Del Rey; "Human Is" by Philip K. Dick; "Hibernation" by Gregory L. Norris; "Space Zombies" by Marc Vun Kannon; "The Cavern of the Shining Ones" by Hal K. Wells; "The Repairman" by Harry Harrison; "Incident in the Woman's Bathroom" by Rebekah Memel; "Metamorphosis" by Charles V. De Vet; "The Fourth Invasion" by Robert W. Lowndes; "The Creature Inside" by Jack Sharkey; "The Brain-Stealers of Mars" by John W. Campbell, Jr. Departments: "Threat Watch" by Matt Cowan; "How Weird Is That?" by Todd Treichel. Comics: "The Changeling" by Jim Mooney & Bernard Sachs. Illustrated by Allen Koszowski, Virgil Finlay, Kurt Roschl, H. W. Wesso, Dick Francis, Ed Emshwiller, and others. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth + Dust Jacket, 360 pages. Crisp and clean- showing no signs of wear. Very Good condition. Spine of dust jacket slightly discolored.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket in protective mylar. 360pp.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 360; 23 color illustrations from photographs, 11 figures in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "A comprehensive look at devotional rituals in Newar Buddhist viharas, this book is a major contribution to Newar Studies and to the broader ethnography of Nepal and the Himalayan region. In addition to documenting a very central, but little-known religious practice of the Newars, this study assesses the influence of Vajrayana ideology and the congruity of Newar daily rituals with early Buddhist and Theravada practices. It also provides the most complete scholarly study to date of Buddhist Sanskrit hymns and their use. In addition to color plates of ritual implements and actions, the text is thoroughly illustrated with drawings by Mukti Thapa, one of Nepal's most renowned living painters" (jacket blurb).