[Rarebooks] FS: Pamphlets from the Collection of Charles Muses.

Michael John Thompson mjt at mjtbooks.com
Sat Feb 21 18:33:30 EST 2015



Offprints from the Journal of the Asiatic 
Society. All are very scarce or just plain rare, 
these offprints having been made in very limited 
numbers. Most Worldcat / OCLC listings are for digital versions.
All are from the library of Charles Muses 
(1919-2000), metaphysical philosopher, 
Egyptologist, Founder of the Jacob Boehme Society, etc.


1.  BAYNES, Herbert, M.R.A.S. THE HISTORY OF THE 
LOGOS. [London]: Journal of the Royal Asiatic 
Society. 1906. First Separate Edition. First 
separate edition. Small octavo, original printed 
wrappers. pp 373 -385. An offprint from the 
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, April, 
1906. Staples rusted, slight wear. Very good 
copy. From the library of Charles Muses, with 
some pencil notes in his hand.

2.  FURLANI, Giuseppe, Ph.D., J.U.D. A 
COSMOLOGICAL TRACT BY PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS IN THE 
SYRIAC LANGUAGE. [London]: Journal of the Royal 
Asiatic Society. 1917. First Separate Edition. 
First separate edition. Small octavo, original 
printed wrappers. pp [245] - 272. An offprint 
from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 
April, 1917. Staples rusted, slight wear. Very 
good copy. From the library of Charles Muses, with some pencil notes in his

3.  GASTER, Theodore Herzl, B.A. THE COMBAT OF 
'ALEYÂN-BA'AL AND MOT. A Proto-Hebrew Epic from 
the Ras-Shamra. [London]: Journal of the Royal 
Asiatic Society. 1935. First Separate Edition. 
First separate edition. Small octavo, original 
printed wrappers. pp [1] - 44. An offprint from 
the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 
January, 1935. Staples rusted, slight wear. Very 
good copy. From the library of Charles Muses, 
with some pencil notes in his hand.

4.  GASTER, Theodore Herzl, B.A. THE COMBAT OF 
'ALEYÂN-BA'AL AND MOT. Two Missing Portions. 
[London]: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
1936. First Separate Edition. First separate 
edition. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. 
pp [225] - 235. An offprint from the Journal of 
the Royal Asiatic Society, April, 1936. Staples 
rusted, slight wear. Very good copy. From the 
library of Charles Muses, with some pencil notes in his hand.

5.  GASTER, Theodore Herzl, B.A. "THE COMBAT OF 
DEATH AND THE MOST HIGH": A Proto-Hebrew Epic 
from Ras-Samra. Transcribed from the Cuniform 
Original with Translation and notes by Theodore 
Herzl Gaster, B.A. [London]: Journal of the Royal 
Asiatic Society. 1932 First Separate Edition. 
First separate edition. Small octavo, original 
printed wrappers. pp [857] - 896. An offprint 
from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 
October, 1932. Errata slip tipped in at front. 
Staples rusted, slight wear. Very good copy. From 
the library of Charles Muses, with some pencil notes in his hand.

6.  LANGDON, S. THE BABYLONIAN CONCEPT OF THE 
LOGOS. [London]: Journal of the Royal Asiatic 
Society. 1918. First Separate Edition. First 
separate edition. Small octavo, original printed 
wrappers. pp [433] - 449. An offprint from the 
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, July and 
October, 1918. Staples rusted, slight wear. Very 
good copy. From the library of Charles Muses, 
with some pencil notes in his hand.

7.  LANGDON, S. THE SEMITIC GODDESS OF FATE, 
FORTUNE-TYCHE. [London]: Journal of the Royal 
Asiatic Society. 1930. First Separate Edition. 
First separate edition. Small octavo, original 
printed wrappers. pp [21] - 29. An offprint from 
the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 
January, 1930. Staples rusted, slight wear. Very 
good copy. From the library of Charles Muses, 
with some pencil notes in his hand.

8.  LEGGE, F. THE MOST ANCIENT GODDESS CYBELE. 
[London]: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
1917. First Separate Edition. First separate 
edition. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. 
pp [695] - 714. An offprint from the Journal of 
the Royal Asiatic Society, October, 1917. Staples 
rusted, slight wear. Very good copy. From the 
library of Charles Muses, this copy unmarked.

9.  MILLS, Professor Lawrence. PHILO'S d???µe?? 
AND THE AMESHA SPENTA. [London]: Journal of the 
Royal Asiatic Society. 1901. First Separate 
Edition. First separate edition. Small octavo, 
original printed wrappers. pp 553-568. An 
offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic 
Society, July, 1901. Staples rusted, slight wear. 
Very good copy. From the library of Charles 
Muses, with some pencil notes in his hand.

10.  VON WESENDONK, O.G. THE KALAVADA AND 
ZERVANITE SYSTEM. [London]: Journal of the Royal 
Asiatic Society. 1931. First Separate Edition. 
First separate edition. Small octavo, original 
printed wrappers. pp [53] - 109. An offprint from 
the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 
January, 1931. Staples rusted, slight wear. Very 
good copy. From the library of Charles Muses, 
with some pencil notes in his hand.

11.  WARREN, William F. THE BABYLONIA UNIVERSE 
NEWLY INTERPRETED. [London]: Journal of the Royal 
Asiatic Society. 1908. First Separate Edition. 
First separate edition. Small octavo, original 
printed wrappers. pp [977] - 983. An offprint 
from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 
October, 1908. Staples rusted, slight wear. Very 
good copy. From the library of Charles Muses, 
with some pencil notes in his hand.


$150 US for the lot. Postpaid within North 
America, overseas air mail is an extra $20.




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