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Weiser Antiquarian Books, February 2013.
Catalogue Archive Page.
About Our "On-Line Catalogues."
This is Weiser's eighty-sixth year of business as full time specialist sellers of esoteric books. For many decades the company issued printed catalogues, however, the high costs involved and the advent of the internet brought an end to these, and for some years we only listed our books on various internet book-sites and
directly on to our own website. In January 2006 will also began to issue regular on-line catalogues devoted to various of our specialist subjects, as well as regular "miscellany" lists.
Whilst we regularly add stock to the 10,000 books currently listed on our main website these special on-line catalogues give us the opportunity to present collections or groups of related items in a more detailed and sympathetic context than the normal website allows, and also enable us to give our established customers first
choice at some of the more interesting new arrivals. Most of the catalogues are put together around the works of a particular author or theme: say books by Aleister Crowley or books on Alchemy for example, although others might simply list a selection of new arrivals, or books that have come from a specific collection. The items in the catalogues are not advertised elsewhere - in the main body of our website or on other bookselling sites - for at least a day after the new catalogue has been posted on-line. If you are not already on our "subscriber's list" and would like to be notified by email when we post a new catalogue on-line, please send an email with 'subscribe' in the subject line to books@weiserantiquarian.com Of course susbscription is free and you can have your name removed from the list at any time simply by asking, and we will not re-supply your details to anyone.
For a time we archived all of our old catalogues on-line, however this lead to some confusion and disappointment amongst those who find their way to the site indirectly - via google for example - and did not realise that they were looking at archived listings and not our main website or the current on-line catalogue.
To try to minimise possible misunderstandings, we now archive only our most recent five catalogues. At the time of archiving them we have marked off all the items that have already SOLD, and replaced prices of the remaining items with the words "Please check our website for current availability." If an item is marked this way but is not listed on our main website: http://www.weiserantiquarian.com it is probably safe to assume that it has sold, however you can always send us an enquiry by email, or phone us to be sure. If doing this, please tell us the item's author, title, and the 'unique book number' (the number in brackets at the end of the listing).
At present we issue about two catalogues a month, with occasional email updates of new-releases etc. Again, to received notifications of these catalogues and other updates simply send us an email with "subscribe" in the subject line to books@weiserantiquarian.com
A full list of our earlier on-line catalogues can be found below.
To see all books that are currently available, please go to our website http://www.weiserantiquarian.com where we have a searchable database of over 10,000 used and rare books, letters, manuscripts, and artworks that we currently have available for sale.
Archived Copies of our most recent six "On-Line Catalogues."
(In reverse order, with the most recent catalogue first)
Catalogue One Hundred and Eight:
Aleister Crowley, Friends, and Followers.
Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
The one hundred-and-eighth of our on-line catalogues was another of our specialised Aleister Crowley lists, in this case released to mark the anniversary of the First Day of the writing of "The Book of the Law."
The catalogue starts with a work that has provoked considerable discussion even before its public release: Michael Effertz's thoughtfully argued Priest/ess: In Advocacy of Queer Gnostic Mass. There follows a section devoted to copies of The Book of the Law including a copy of the seldom-seen O.T.O. leather-bound Centennial Edition, limited to 418 numbered copies, signed by Hymenaeus Beta and the 1956 reissue of The Equinox of the Gods with the rare separate folder containing a facsimile of the original manuscript of "The Book of the Law." Rare materials by Crowley in the following section include several letters from him to his collaborator on the Thoth tarot deck Frieda Harris, a superb first edition of The Book of Lies, a rare greeting-card type edition of The Hymn to Pan, and the original typescript of The Yi King: An Interpretation, a work which would later be published by Helen Parsons Smith as the Shi Yi.
Some of the most exciting items are found in the next section "Works by Friends and Followers of Aleister Crowley." This includes Kenneth Grant's copy of the Hatha-Yoga Pradipika of Svatmarama Svamin with his elaborate ownership inscription with his personal sigil and a list of the various titles to which he lay claim, on the half-title page (pictured left), as well as editions deluxe of Beyond the Mauve Zone and The Magical Revival. There is also a good selection of works by Jack Parsons including his own copy of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, with Jack Parsons' ownership initials on the first blank. In addition to an unusual collection of publications by Louis T. Culling there is a nice group by Israel Regardie including a signed edition of The Eye in the Triangle.
The penultimate section "Works Relating to Aleister Crowley and his Magical Orders" includes a number of unusual books, some of which have a most interesting provenance. Thus a copy of L. Ron Hubbard, Final Blackout was a gift to Wilfred T. Smith and his wife, Helen (Helen Parsons Smith), a copy of De Villars' Comte de Gabalis belonged to Reea Leffingwell (of Agape Lodge), whilst a copy of Christian D. Ginsburg's The Kabbalah; Its Doctrines, Development and Literature has ownership signatures of two California Thelemites, Joseph C. Crombie and Mildred Burlingame. Copies of Arthur Edward Waite's superb edition of Eliphas Levi's The History of Magic and William Stirling's The Canon are both from the collection of Aleister Crowley's student Arthur Edward Richardson, with his bookplate on the front pastedown, whilst the first edition of Richard Kaczynski's ground-breaking biography, Perdurabo. The Life of Aleister Crowley, is a presentation copy inscribed to English Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper. The final section of the catalogue is somewhat more whimsical, featuring books related to music and cinema which make some mention of Aleister Crowley. Not surprisingly many also invoke the names of Jimmy Page and Kenneth Anger.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandeight
Catalogue One Hundred and Seven:
From Black Magic and Mysticism to Serpent Gods and Voodoo.
A Selection of Used & Rare Books.
The one hundred-and-seventh of our on-line catalogues commences with signed copies of a recent book that has caused evoked quite some excitement amongst those interested in Hermetica, Occult Traditions by Damon Zacharias Lycourinos. This is followed by the usual eclectic mix of recent arrivals. Amongst the more unsual items are a Charming Eighteenth Century Manuscript Copy of the work of parlour divination that was published under the title Pratique Curieuse, ou les Oracles des Sibylles, sur Chaque Question Proposée in 1694; one of the final nineteenth century revised editions of Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal (but published anonymousyly under the title Dictionnaire des Sciences Occulte (1846/1848 & 1852); an inscribed copy of George Frederick Kunz's richly illustrated study of the myth and lore of jewels, gems and stones, and their religious, magical and talismanic use: The Magic of Jewels and Charms; a superb copy of Jean Philippe Vogel's handsome study of the divine or deified serpents (Nagas) whose presence permeates Hindu and Buddhist lore, Indian Serpent-Lore, or the Nagas in Hindu Legend and Art (1926) and a signed first edition of Arthur Edward Waite's Strange Houses of Sleep, a book on which Arthur Machen collaborated. There is also a good selection of works on magick, including an internally clean - but externally rather rough (and priced accordingly) first edition of Austin Osman Spare's The Book of Pleasure (Self-Love) The Psychology of Ecstasy, 1913; the second and best edition of Arthur Edward Waite translation of Éliphas Lévi's The History of Magic. Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of its Procedures, its Rites and its Mysteries, 1922, and his The Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Éliphas Lévi (Second Edition) 1897;
signed limited editions of Mark Alan Smith's Queen of Hell and The Red King; E. A. Koetting's three volumes: Evoking Eternity, Works of Darkness and Baneful Magick. "Groupings" of books include a collection of the magnificent Watkins edition of works by and about Jacob Boehme, a group of Grimoires and other works published by the "International Guild of Occult Sciences", and a selection of works on Daoist Magic by Jerry Alan Johnson. Other works of note include Robert Surieu's superbly illustrated study of the erotic in ancient Persian art Sarv-E Naz: An Essay on Love and the Representation of Erotic Themes in Ancient Iran (1967); the leather-bound Antonine Publishing / Golden Dragon Press edition of Meric Casaubon's A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years Between Dr. John Dee .... and Some Spirits .... (1974) and a rare 1967 limited edition printing of S. L. MacGregor Mathers' The Secret Workings of the Golden Dawn Book "T", the Tarot; to name but a few.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandseven
Catalogue One Hundred and Six: Aleister Crowley: Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
The one hundred-and-sixth of our on-line catalogues was another of our specialised Aleister Crowley lists. It is made up of seven sections, the first of which is a mixed collection of books and ephemera by Crowley himself. It includes some truly stunning manuscript and typescript items, notably the original typescript of an unpublished film-script entitled "The Stolen Post-Office," a murder mystery with a dissolute cocaine-fiend as the villain whose friend, "Snowbird Jim" starts out bad but ends up good under the influence of dance-hall-floozy come tart-with-a-heart "Dago Flo." There is also a typescript of Crowley's Liber Aleph that circulated amongst Crowley's followers shortly before his death, and a small collection of documents relating to Crowley's failed attempt to get to America during the Second World War, including an envelope on which Crowley has written "From my Gaoler." Manuscript materials include an original manuscript poem that was later published in Konx om Pax, a note in which Crowley suggests a course by which the Thoth tarot deck might come to be his path-way to riches, two letters to Frieda Harris, and a remarkable note in which Crowley suggests Oscar Wilde to have been guilty of plagiarism! Amongst the less common printed texts in this group are a copy of Crowley's The Man That Put the O.K. in Book, a booklet that is as sycophantic as it is scarce, the softcover version of the 1992 Mandrake Press Ltd edition of the first eleven numbers of The Equinox (oddly the only edition that is a true facsimile of the first edition), and the memorable "Scratch 'n' Sniff" edition of Leah Sublime (1996), which was surely in part a hommage to John Waters' "Polyester" and its "Odorama."
The second section comprises "Books and Journals Relating to Crowley, Thelema, and Associates," and includes two unusual inscribed booklets by Crowley's one-time disciple C. F. Russell, while the third section is devoted to the publications of Marcelo Motta and his "Society Ordo Templi Orientis." The fourth section showcases one limited edition booklet, of which we have secured a few signed copies: Timothy D'Arch Smith's fascinating piece of literary detective work Bunbury. Two Notes on Oscar Wilde (Aleister Crowley and the Origin of "Bunbury" & A Source for the Importance of Being Earnest).
The fifth section of the catalogue is titled "Beardsley, the Beast, and his Bookplate," for it brings together a small collection of books that in one way or other relate to the Aleister Crowley bookplate with design by Aubrey Beardsley. For many years the bookplate was almost legendary – there were various references to its existence, but no-one appeared to have ever actually seen a copy. It was a subject that fascinated Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, who put together the small collection of books and journals in this section. Also included is a folder with a facsimile of the bookplate, and various ephemera relating to it that was assembled by Nicholas. The penultimate section: "The Beast Observed: in Memoirs and Fiction," comprises a disparate group of biographies, memoirs, etc., all of which contain at least some reference to Crowley. Of particular note are two copies of Betty May's Tiger-Woman, the memoirs of the widow of Raoul Loveday, the former Oxford student who died whilst staying at Crowley's Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu, which give an interesting first-hand account of life at the Abbey. Curiously Tiger Woman is referenced in another book in this section, Taylor Croft's The Cloven Hoof: A Study of Contemporary London Vices (1932), a delightfully breathless romp through the seedy underbelly of London in the 1920s and early 1930s. The catalogue ends with a collection of London Auction room catalogues form the 1950s through the 1970s. This was the period when many of important collections of Crowley's works – often those of people who knew him – were dispersed at auction, and the catalogues sometime provide valuable bibliographical and biographical data.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandsix
Catalogue One Hundred and Five: Hermetica, Leechdoms, Magick, Wortcunning & Assorted Arcana. A Selection of Used & Rare Books.
The one hundred and fifth of our on-line catalogues was another of our "Miscellany" catalogues showcasing a selection of second-hand and rare books from different areas of our stock.
It is typically varied but includes an unusual selection of core works on early British healing and magical traditions, our main source of knowledge for the Anglo-Saxon magical traditions. The works include Oswald Cockayne's, massive 3 volume collection: Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England (1864-1866), J. H. G. Grattan, & Charles Singer's Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine (1952), and Godfrid Storms' major study: Anglo-Saxon Magic (1948). A modern echo of aspects of this tradition is to be found in the works of Andrew Chumbley, here represented by three books, his One. The Grimoire of the Golden Toad (2000 - this copy with all the related inserts), Azoëtia (2002, the Sethos Edition, with an original letter by Chumbley included), and the posthumously-published Satyr's Sermon (2009). Other, different aspects of British folk and magical traditions can be found in rarities such as Robert Kirk, and Andrew Lang's The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, & Fairies (1893), Daniel Defoe's The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd. Or, an Universal History of Apparitions Sacred and Prophane (1729), and Austin Osman Spare's The Witches' Sabbath [&] Axiomata (1992).
The subjects of alchemy and hermetica are represented by a good selection of works from Adam McLean's well-regarded Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series, and individual works such as Benedictus Figulus' A Golden and Blessed Casket of Nature's Marvels and Eirenaeus Philalethes' Collectanea Chemica. Rarities include Arthur Edward Waite's copy of Paul Vulliaud's Traduction intégrale du Siphra Di-Tzeniutha (1930), an unusually clean copy of Anna Kingsford, & Edward Maitland's (Eds) The Hermetic Works: The Virgin of the World of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus (1885), the first edition of S. L. MacGregor Mathers', The Tarot, Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-telling, and Method of Play (1888), and the much more recent, but nonetheless scarce and very sought-after work by David Keenan, England's Hidden Reverse: Coil, Current 93, Nurse With Wound - A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground (2003, with CD).
More curious works include Edward L. Gardner's well-intentioned but very misguided, Fairies. The Cottingley Photographs and Their Sequel (1945), and two different editions of "L. W. de Laurence's" The Illustrated Key To The Tarot, a work that was quite literally a direct theft from A. E. Waite, with de Laurence simply changing the title slightly, and replacing Waite's name with his own! John Harvey Treat's The Catacombs of Rome (1907) gets special mention as it contains one of the first publications of a then recently-discovered blasphemous representation of the Crucifixion, with a donkey headed man on the cross, which ironically was then (and may still be) the earliest known representation of the event.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandfive
Catalogue One Hundred and Four: Holiday Oddities. A Selection of Used Books. Nothing over $25.00.
Unlike our usual catalogues, which tend to show-case the rare and more uncommon items in our stock, catalogue one hundred and four was a cheap and cheerful holiday list of low-priced books, with nothing more than US $25.00. The books listed covered a variety of subjects from our usual fields of speciality including:
alchemy,
amulets, art,
the devil, egyptian magic,
folklore, fortune telling,
the golden dawn, goddess-worship,
hermeticism, hieroglyphics,
incense, kabbalah,
magic, mythology,
the sabbath, satanism,
shamanism, symbolism,
tarot, vampires,
werewolves, and witchcraft. The books offered range from important works - some could rightfully be termed "classics" - to some pretty frivilous and on occasion downright silly volumes.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandfour
Catalogue One Hundred and Three New: Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law.
The one hundred-and-third of our on-line catalogues was another of our specialised Aleister Crowley lists, this time focussed on Crowley’s Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law
The catalogue begins with a stunning gathering of different editions of the work that were assembled from several significant collections. Some of these editions are genuinely rare, having been produced in quite tiny print-runs. The variation in production values that they evidence is quite extraordinary, and they range from the rare first separate UK hardcover edition of 1938, printed on handmade paper and bound in buckram, to some truly awful cyclostyled or photocopied stapled booklets of the 1980s. Yet all were in their own way probably labours of love, and give silent commentary on the development and spread of Thelema. The sheer number of different editions gave us pause to consider the best order in which to list them. Ultimately we concluded that there was no "obvious" and decided to make the listings roughly chronological, although where it seemed appropriate they are grouped around specific publishers (thus the various Xeno Press and Thelema Publications editions are kept together). Although far from complete, the collection is almost certainly the most comprehensive group ever to be offered at one time.
The second section of the catalogue is devoted to various editions of The Equinox of the Gods, Crowley’s first major exposition of the history of The Book of the Law and the first significant publication to contain a clear facsimile of the manuscript. The penultimate section of the catalogue comprises a series of works that include The Book of the Law either in facsimile manuscript form (Liber XXXI) or as typeset text (Liber CCXX), some of which are interesting association copies inscribed by their editors. The final section is devoted to an assortment of commentaries and studies of The Book of the Law, and range from the handsome and important 93 Publishing Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law to the spectacularly shoddy parody, The Book of the Outlaw.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandthree
Catalogue One Hundred and Two: New, Used, and Rare Books. A Miscellany.
The one hundred-and-second of our on-line catalogues was another of our "Miscellany" lists detailing a variety of second-hand and rare books from different areas of our stock.
As always it is a varied selection, but amongst the scarcer items are John Trinick's alchemical study, The Fire-Tried Stone (1967); an important study of the rites and ceremonies of the Aranda people of central Australia, T. G. Strehlow's Aranda Traditions (1947), Sir E. A. Wallis Budge's magnificent two volume folio edition of The Book of the Dead. The Papyrus of Ani (1894/5), and the very scarce study of the Egyptian deity Seth by H. Te Velde, Seth, God of Confusion (1967).
There are also a number of grimoires and other important works on magic scattered throughout the catalogue. Amongst these are a first edition of Andrew D. Chumbley's, The Azoëtia (1992), an original Trident Publishing edition of The Great Grimoire of Pope Honorius (1999), an extremely rare first edition of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers' edition of The Key of Solomon the King (1889), a copy of the full-leather deluxe S.E.E. edition of the Ebenezer Sibley translation Solomon's Clavis or Key to Unlock the Mysteries of Magic (2008), and the deluxe edition, limited to 66 copies, of Mark Alan Smith's The Red King (2011). Other rare magical works include a copy of the first edition, with original related ephemera, of Rosaleen Norton, & Gavin Greenlees' The Art of Rosaleen Norton (1952), a first edition Austin Osman Spare's The Book of Pleasure (Self-Love) The Psychology of Ecstasy (1913), and Arthur Edward Waite's books The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts (1898), and The Occult Sciences (1923).
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandtwo
Catalogue One Hundred and One: Aleister Crowley. A Selection of Beastly Books, Magazines, and Ephemera.
The one hundred-and-first of our on-line catalogues was another of our specialised Aleister Crowley lists. It starts with two new items, the first being signed copies of Frater Shiva's, City of the Sun an "examination of the nature of the Holy Guardian Angel and the methods used to invoke its 'Knowledge and Conversation'." The second is an Edition Deluxe of Martin P. Starr's, The Unknown God: W. T. Smith and the Thelemites, limited to 13 copies only, each in a navy-blue morocco leather binding with custom-made felt-lined slip case, signed by the author and with an original booklet, "The Creed of the Thelemites from the Gnostic Catholic Mass" published by Wilfred T. Smith in 1949, inserted in a cloth pocket on the rear pastedown. The binding was specially commissioned from a craft bookbinder, and is without doubt one of the most handsome to grace an occult publication in recent years.
The next section comprises books by Crowley. Amongst the rarities are: a first edition of Magick In Theory and Practice [1929], four sections bound in one volume, with the suppressed colour plate, from the library of Ray Burlingame (1893-1965) a IX degree member of the Agape Lodge of the O.T.O. There are also first editions of
The Argonauts (1904), The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw (1953), The Heart of the Master (1938) and The Winged Beetle (1910), as well as some particularly unusual booklets, notably The Rites of Eleusis [1910], The Scientific Solution to the Problem of Government, [1937] and The Banned Lecture (1930). These are followed by several autograph letters signed, from Crowley to Soror Fiat Yod [Anne Macky] the woman who commissioned from him the series of teachings which would form the basis of his posthumously published book Magick Without Tears. Both of the letters are on Crowley's letterhead, and importantly each comes with its original envelope, sealed in wax with the cartouche of Ankh-f-n-khonsu from Crowley's personal seal ring impressed into it. In the past some have unkindly suggested that we would even sell Crowley's laundry list. While not quite that extreme the next two items are getting close: one is an original pharmacist's invoice for the supply of drugs and syringes to Aleister Crowley, and the other an order form for a Smythson's "Royal Court" Diary, completed by Crowley with his [signed] name and address, and - a short shopping list on the back!
The fifth section of the catalogue comprises "books relating to Aleister Crowley." Amongst the more unusual items are The Cambridge University Calendar for the Year 1897 - 1898, which is interesting in the details of Crowley's contemporaries that it gives, a lovely example of Lady Frieda Harris' Bump! Into Heaven (1956) as well as a nice copy of Kenneth Grant's Beyond the Mauve Zone (1999) and an Edition Deluxe of Kenneth Grant's The Ninth Arch (2002), limited to 97 copies signed by Kenneth and Steffi Grant. Unusual bibliographical items include the first edition of Keith Hogg's catalogue of the Crowley collection of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, Bibliotheca Crowleyana (1966), a special Crowley catalogue by the great bookseller George Frederick Sims, Magick. Books by the Master Therion (circa 1951?), and an original four page flyer advertising Crowley books published by the Mandrake Press Ltd: Works by Aleister Crowley (1930). From the bibliographically sublime, to the somewhat ridiculous, we move to the penultimate section of the catalogue, which comprises a selection of "Gentleman's Magazines" (i.e. soft-core porn) from the 1960s - 1990s, each of which has an article relating to Crowley in it!
The final section of the catalogue comprises a group of 101 novels and collections of short stories, all of which bear some relation to Aleister Crowley: either by direct reference to him, or - in many cases - by the inclusion of a character who is (thought to be) based upon him. The extent of the references varies greatly, some are quite significant, others tenuous in the extreme. The vast majority of these books were assembled by our old friend, Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, who sadly passed from us early last year, and in many of cases Nick was actually the first in Crowleyan circles to identify the book as being of some relevance to the Beast. Due to the number of titles, we have given them a separate page which can be accessed via a link below.
To view the first section of the catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandone
To view the second section of the catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundredandonesupplement
Catalogue One Hundred: Rare and Interesting Books & Ephemera. Including Signed and Inscribed Copies, Limited Editions and Early Printings.
With the one-hundredth of our on-line catalogues we decided to take the opportunity to show-case 100 rare and unusual items from across our areas of specialization. Given that every book in the catalogue is, to some degree, "special," it seemed pointless to call the reader's attention to particular items.
That said, it was still worth noting that many of the books are significant association copies: thus a copy of Aleister Crowley's White Stains was used by one of his lawyers in the course of a trial, and contains related correspondence between Crowley and his lawyer, and a remarkable statement in Crowley's handwriting in defense of the book. Another Crowley work, Rodin in Rime, bears the sigil of Kenneth Grant, whilst a copy of Franz Bardon's Der Praxis der Magischen Evokation includes a typed letter signed by the author, and the copy of the (true) first edition of J.G.R. Forlong's, Rivers of Life, is inscribed by the author "to an old friend. Some of the other association copies are perhaps not quite so obvious: thus a copy of A. E. Waite's, The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus has the ownership inscription of Marie Corelli, Michaelis Pselli's De Operatione Daemonum Dialogus, has the ownership markings of G.R.S Mead, and George Raffalovich's, The History of a Soul is inscribed to Victor B. Neuburg, Henry Melville's Veritas is from the library of John Yarker, and not only contains his ownership markings, but a 2 page related essay in Yarker's handwriting. Other signed and inscribed books are by authors including Alice A. Bailey, Paul Brunton, Andrew D. Chumbley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Janet and Stewart Farrar, Joan Grant, Kenneth and Steffi Grant, Francis X. King, Charles Godfrey Leland, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Israel Regardie, Dane Rudhyar, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, Idries Shah, "Lady Sheba," etc. Several books include original artwork by Barry Hale, there are some drawings by Robert Lenkiewicz, a typescript by Paul Foster Case, letters by Annie Besant and Aleister Crowley, and a stunning collection of correspondence between Jack Parsons and his future wife, Helen.
Antiquarian works include one of the best early editions of the foundation works of Rosicrucianism, Johann Valentin Andreae's Fama Fraternitatis (1616), the first edition of the foundation work on the magic of John Dee, Meric Casaubon's, A True And Faithful Relation Of What Passed For Many Years Between Dr. John Dee .... and Some Spirits .... (1659), and Johannes Trithemius' Polygraphie et Universelle escriture Cabalistique (1651), to name but a few.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogonehundred
Catalogue Ninety-Nine: Dion Fortune, Israel Regardie, and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
The ninety-ninth of our on-line catalogues was devoted to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, as well as its offshoots the Independent and Rectified Order R.R. et A.C., the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, and the Stella Matutina. The majority of the books are reference works, and it includes most of the standard studies of the Golden Dawn by scholars like R. A. Gilbert, Ellic Howe, R. A. Torrens and others. It also includes a good selection of first and early editions by Dion Fortune and Israel Regardie, both of whom took their experiences in the Stella Matutina (and in Fortune's case the Alpha et Omega) and wove them into successful careers as authors.
As always there are a few rarities, perhaps the most outstanding of which is Aleister Crowley's copy of Arthur Machen's, Hieroglyphics (1902), with Crowley's ownership signature and a few annotations. The two men had been contemporaries in the Golden Dawn at the turn of the century, and Crowley is known to have been an enthusiast for Machen's writing, including "The Works of Arthur Machen" in his reading list for students of the A.: A.: with the observation that "Most of these stories are of great magical interest." Also unusual is a set of Israel Regardie's landmark compilation, The Golden Dawn, An Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, (4 Volumes - 1937-1940), complete in the rarely-seen original dustjackets and with an interesting provenance. An even less seldom seen edition by Regardie is the first edition of The Art of True Healing. A Treatise on the Mechanism Prayer, and the Operation of the Law of Attraction in Nature (1937). Another curiosity - with probable Regardie connection - is Fr. Wittemans' A New & Authentic History of the Rosicrucians (1938), a rather pedestrian history of Rosicrucianism that includes a surprisingly good anonymously-contributed chapter on the Golden Dawn, that appears to have been written by someone with inside knowledge of the Order, the evidence suggesting that this was none other than Israel Regardie.
Quirkier items include the Extra Pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott. Vol. I (Seventeenth Edition, 1920), a well-known reference work "of Unofficial Drugs and Chemical and Pharmaceutical Preparations with reference to their use," of which W. Wynn Westcott, medical doctor, coroner, Rosicrucian and one of the founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, was co-editor. This edition is particularly interesting as it is one of the last in which Westcott was involved, and for its short sections on "Cocaine and Opium Regulation," "Cocaine in Dentistry," "Narcotic Drugs Order," "Venereal Diseases Act, 1917," all addressing issues and legislation which had arisen during the First World War. Also somewhat eccentric, at least by modern standards, is Dion Fortune's study of marriage - by which she means human romantic and sexual relationships - The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage (1924),here represented by a first edition in the very scarce dustjacket. Odder by far is Lady Queenborough's Occult Theocrasy (Two Volumes 1933), a bizzare tirade denouncing a Jesuit-Jewish-Masonic-Illuminati-Bolshevik conspiracy aimed at undermining Christianity and achieving world domination, which despite its rather excitable and unreliable approach to facts is nonetheless very useful to those interested in the history of the the Golden Dawn, the S.R.I.A., the O.T.O. and fringe Masonry on account of the numerous documents, including facsimiles of a number of letters from William Wynn Westcott to Theodor Reuss, that it reproduces.
To view this Catalogue please go to:
http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogninetynine
On-line catalogues previously released by Weiser Antiquarian Books.
Catalogue One
Books by and about Aleister Crowley. Part One.
Catalogue Two
Books by and about Aleister Crowley. Part Two.
Catalogue Three
Hermetica – A Selection of New & Used Books On Alchemy, Magic, Mysticism, Roscicruciana & Kindred Subjects.
Catalogue Four
Austin Osman Spare - Artist & Occultist.
Catalogue Five
Aleister Crowley. From Agape Lodge to Thelema Publications.
Catalogue Six
Magic A Miscellany.
Catalogue Seven
Aleister Crowley & Your Interest in Magick.
Catalogue Eight
A Miscellany of Recent Acquisitions.
Catalogue Nine
Aleister Crowley: 'The Old Devil.'
Catalogue Ten
Aleister Crowley: Books, Ephemera & A Drawing.
Catalogue Eleven
A Holiday Miscellany.
Catalogue Twelve
Books on the Ancient Middle East.
Catalogue Thirteen
Aleister Crowley - Books from the FitzGerald and Parsons Smith collections.
Catalogue Fourteen
Books on The Kabbalah.
Catalogue Fifteen
Alchemy and the Hermetic Tradition.
Catalogue Sixteen
Aleister Crowley. Holy Books & Holy Days.
Catalogue Seventeen
Witchcraft.
Catalogue Eighteen
Aleister Crowley. A Miscellany of Books and Manuscripts.
Catalogue Nineteen
Catalogue Twenty
Aleister Crowley, Frieda Harris, and the Thoth Tarot.
Catalogue Twenty-One
Books from the Library of Jean Michaud, Occultist, Musician and Author.
Catalogue Twenty-Two
Aleister Crowley Rarities.
Catalogue Twenty-Three
Alchemy and Hermetica. Books from the collection of Robert Lenkiewicz.
Catalogue Twenty-Four
Austin Osman Spare. Books, Art and Ephemera.
Catalogue Twenty-Five
Catalogue Twenty-Six
Aleister Crowley Rarities. Books and Manuscripts.
Catalogue Twenty-Seven
Mr. Kenneth Grant. Books, and Related Materials.
Catalogue Twenty-Eight
Alchemy and Hermetica. Books from the collection of Robert Lenkiewicz. Part II.
Catalogue Twenty-Nine
A Maine Winter Miscellany.
Catalogue Thirty
Spiritualism and the Spiritualists.
Catalogue Thirty-One
Aleister Crowley. Second-hand and Out-of-Print Books.
Catalogue Thirty-Two
Alchemy.
Catalogue Thirty-Three
Spiritualism & the Spiritualists (Part II).
Catalogue Thirty-Three (b)
Spiritualism & the Spiritualists (Part II).
Catalogue Thirty-Four
93 Budget Books on Magick.
Catalogue Thirty-Five
Aleister Crowley Rarities.
Catalogue Thirty-Six
Rosicrucians and Rosicrucianism.
Catalogue Thirty-Seven
Magick. Rare, Used and Out-of-Print Books.
Catalogue Thirty-Eight
Aleister Crowley: A Miscellany of Used and Rare Books.
Catalogue Thirty-Nine
Marcelo Ramos Motta: A Miscellany of Used and Rare Books.
Catalogue Forty
The Occult Review (Part I).
Catalogue Forty-One
Magick: Rare, Used and Out-of-Print books (Part II).
Catalogue Forty-Two
The Occult Review (Part II).
Catalogue Forty-Three
Ambix. The Journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry.
Catalogue Forty-Four
Spiritualism & the Spiritualists (Part III).
Catalogue Forty-Five
John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons.
Catalogue Forty-Six
Alchemy & Hermetica. New Publications Plus A Selection of Original Artwork by Robert Lenkiewicz.
Catalogue Forty-Seven
Aleister Crowley, his Friends & Associates: A Miscellany of Used and Rare Books.
Catalogue Forty-Eight
Andrew Chumbley and the Cultus Sabbati & Kenneth Grant and the Typhonian O.T.O.
Catalogue Forty-Nine
A Holiday Miscellany, 2008.
Catalogue Fifty
Mythology and Folk-lore.
Catalogue Fifty-One
Dion Fortune and "The Inner Light" journal.
Catalogue Fifty-Two
Dr. John Dee.
Catalogue Fifty-Three
Aleister Crowley, Victor Neuburg & Friends.
Catalogue Fifty-Four
Used and Rare Books on the The Religions of the East.
Catalogue Fifty-Five
Foundation Works of the Occult Revival. A Selection of Rare Books.
Catalogue Fifty-Six
Aleister Crowley: 93 Secondhand, Out-of-Print and New Books.
Catalogue Fifty-Seven
Aleister Crowley. Rare Books and Documents.
Catalogue Fifty-Eight
Austin Osman Spare. Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue Fifty-Nine
The Qabalah.
Catalogue Sixty
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and its Successor Groups.
Second Hand and Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. (Part I)
Catalogue Sixty-One
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and its Successor Groups.
Second Hand and Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. (Part II)
Catalogue Sixty-Two
Hermetica. A Miscellany.
Catalogue Sixty-Three
Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting in Europe. Second Hand and Rare Books.
Catalogue Sixty-Four
Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting in Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. Second Hand and Rare Books. Second Hand and Rare Books.
Catalogue Sixty-Five
Magic: A Catalogue of Second Hand and Rare Books. With Sections on Eliphas Levi and Chaos Magick.
Catalogue Sixty-Six
Aleister Crowley: A Selection of Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue Sixty-Seven
A Holiday Miscellany. Winter 2009.
Catalogue Sixty-Eight
A Holiday Miscellany. Part II. Winter 2009.
Catalogue Sixty-Nine
Witchcraft in New England. With subsections on Hexcraft & American Witchcraft, and Witchcraft in Literature.
Catalogue Seventy.
Winter Miscellany. February 2010.
Catalogue Seventy-One.
Books on Egypt and the Ancient Middle East.
Catalogue Seventy-Two.
The Old Witchcrafts.
Catalogue Seventy-Three.
Catalogue Seventy-Four.
Catalogue Seventy-Five.
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment.
Catalogue Seventy-Six.
One Hundred Books on Magick. A Selection of Antiquarian, Used and Rare Books.
Catalogue Seventy-Seven.
From a Private Library. A Miscellany of Fine Books.
Catalogue Seventy-Eight.
Aleister Crowley. Books, Documents and Letters.
Catalogue Seventy-Nine.
Robert Anton Wilson. Secondhand and Rare Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue Eighty.
Secret Societies, Conspiracy Theories, and the Unexplained. Secondhand Books.
Catalogue Eighty-One.
Alchemy and Hermetica. Used, Out-of-Print and Antiquarian Books.
Catalogue Eighty-Two.
An Autumn Miscellany.
Catalogue Eighty-Three.
Not-Quite-Crowleymas. A Selection of Used and Rare Books and Ephemera, Mostly Relating to Aleister Crowley.
Catalogue Eighty-Four.
Arthur Edward Waite: Mystic and Magician. A Selection of Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue Eighty-Five.
A Winter Miscellany.
Catalogue Eighty-Six.
Alchemy and Hermetica. The Publications of Adam McLean.
Catalogue Eighty-Seven.
Aleister Crowley. A Selection of Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue Eighty-Eight.
Faces of the Occult & Mysticism. A Miscellany of Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue Eighty-Nine.
Rosaleen Norton. New, Used and Rare Books.
Catalogue Ninety.
A Miscellany. New, Used and Rare Books.
Catalogue Ninety-One
Aleister Crowley. Books from the Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper Collection (Part I).
Catalogue Ninety-Two
New, Used, and Rare Books. A Miscellany.
Catalogue Ninety-Three
Aleister Crowley. Beastly Biographies and Other Used and Rare Books and Documents.
Catalogue Ninety-Four
Used, and Rare Books. A Miscellany.
Catalogue Ninety-Five
Witchcraft (Mostly Modern).
Catalogue Ninety-Six
Used, and Rare Books. A Winter Miscellany.
Catalogue Ninety-Seven
Aleister Crowley. Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue Ninety-Eight
New, Used, and Rare Books. A Miscellany.
Catalogue Ninety-Nine
Dion Fortune, Israel Regardie, and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Catalogue One Hundred
Rare and Interesting Books & Ephemera. Including Signed and Inscribed Copies, Limited Editions and Early Printings.
Catalogue One Hundred and One
Aleister Crowley. A Selection of Beastly Books, Magazines, and Ephemera.
Catalogue One Hundred and Two
New, Used, and Rare Books. A Miscellany.
Catalogue One Hundred and Three
Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law.
Catalogue One Hundred and Four
Holiday Oddities. A Selection of Used Books. Nothing over $25.00.
Catalogue One Hundred and Five
Hermetica, Leechdoms, Magick, Wortcunning & Assorted Arcana. A Selection of Used & Rare Books.
Catalogue One Hundred and Six
Aleister Crowley: Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
Catalogue One Hundred and Seven
From Black Magic and Mysticism to Serpent Gods and Voodoo. A Selection of Used & Rare Books.
Catalogue One Hundred and Eight
Aleister Crowley, Friends, and Followers. Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.
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