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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus; First Printing. TEN PAGES SHOW LIGHT, NEAT PENCIL UNDERLINING; ELSE, Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows the very mildest rubbing to the panels; a hint of wear to the extremities; a very faint crease along the front hinge; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing little wear at all, but possessing a serious flaw. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches) . Translated from the French by Marco Pallis. Language: English. Weight: 5.5 ounces. First Edition UK (1989) ; unstated. First published in in 1968. Trade Paperback. Frithjof Schuon is best known as the foremost spokesman of the religio perennis and as a philosopher in the metaphysical current of Shankara and Plato. Over the past 50 years, he has written more than 20 books on metaphysical, spiritual and ethnic themes as well as having been a regular contributor to journals on comparative religion in both Europe and America. Schuon's writings have been consistently featured and reviewed in a wide range of scholarly and philosophical publications around the world, respected by both scholars and spiritual authorities. Schuon was born in 1907 in Basle, Switzerland, of German parents. As a youth, he went to Paris, where he studied for a few years before undertaking a number of trips to North Africa, the Near East and India in order to contact spiritual authorities and witness traditional cultures. Following World War II, he accepted an invitation to travel to the American West, where he lived for several months among the Plains Indians, in whom he has always had a deep interest. Of his first book, The Transcendent Unity of Religions, T. S. Eliot wrote: "I have met with no more impressive work in the comparative study of Oriental and Occidental religion." Every religion has, in Schuon's view, besides its literal meaning, an esoteric dimension, which is essential, primordial and universal. This intellectual universality is one of the hallmarks of Schuon's works, and it gives rise to many fascinating insights into not only the various spiritual traditions, but also history, science and art. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages. pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 262 pages.

Paperback. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a touch of tanning to the text pages, due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only a single unobtrusive flaw. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches). 152 pages. Language: English. Weight: 4.9 ounces. First Edition Thus (1990). Copyright is 1968. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus (1990). Copyright is 1968.

Paperback. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows considerable tanning to the text pages, due to aging; light wear to the extremities; faint creases near the lower front corner; a single page has been creased at the lower corner; mild rubbing to the panels; the binding glue has not cracked and seems sound, but doesn't seem very stong - as is the case for most glued-binding paperbacks from this era; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and some minor flaws. Not so very far from "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.15 x 0.35 inches). 84 pages. Language: English. Weight: 3.7 ounces. Front panel depicts Stonehenge at sunset. Second Edition Thus (1980). First published by Perennial Books in 1965. Trade Paperback. Second Edition Thus (1980). First published by Perennial Books in 1965.