alan s bridges (3 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 315. Rare. Not in Hubin or Bleiler, although it has thriller elements (oriental treasure) and vague theosophical fantasy elements including a visit to Tibet.A contemporary review in the Athenaeum reads: Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover -Lacks fep, corners slightly bumped o/w VG. A contemporary review at The Athgenaeum reads: Yet another sacred stone, sure to be traced and carried off by a sinuous Oriental, gives the title to this mixture of Ruskin's theories and theosophy ; for in this in- stance it is from Thibet that the talisman issues, fitfully attended in its exile by astral bodies or disembodied spirits. The author evinces a serious purpose, her main theme being self-sacrifice in pursuit of high ideals, including " the simple life," the raising of the masses, and elementary honesty. A vague amount of millions, several of which are needed for the probation of the three prominent idealists, are attracted by the Greenstone to its temporary owner, the heroine's father. Her brother and her lover (two of the Oxford road-makers) and herself form the trio. The brother visits Lhassa, where he receives a bias toward esoteric Buddhism, and the lover consecrates his modest inheritance and himself to com- munal experiments, while the heroine, renouncing her ambitious ideals after the catastrophe caused by the final disappearance of the stone, devotes herself to com- monplace virtues.