Anthropology and Literature.
Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 320pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on spine. References, index. A clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket). More
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The New Cambridge History of India IV-1: The Politics of India Since Independence.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi + 358 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling on red to spine and upper board, maps, tables, bibliography, index. Pages lightly browned at extreme margins throughout. Otherwise, a tight and internally clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket..... More
Stairway to Subud.
New York, NY: Dharma Book Company, Inc., 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 256pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine. A clean, sharp VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed). More
The Notebooks of Paul Brunton (Volume 9). Human Experience/The Arts in Culture.
Burdett, NY: Larson Publications, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. xii + 380 pp. Orange cloth, gilt titling to blue square on spine, frontis, index. An in-depth study of categories thirteen and fourteen from the notebooks. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine jacket. More
The Bride of Christ, A Study in Christian Legend Lore.
Chicago, IL: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, viii + 112pp. Quarter blue cloth w/ cream papered boards which are illustrated and titled in blue, gilt title etc. to spine, b&w frontis and illustrations. An examination by Paul Carus (1852 – 1919) a German-born American..... More
The Teachings of Lao-Tzu: The Tao Te Ching.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First US Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 144 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling; color frontis, b&w and color illustrations. A bright and sound Near Fine copy in VG+ dustjacket. (Dustjacket a little rubbed on front panel, not price clipped.). More
The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order.
York Beach Maine: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small quarto. 332 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; color frontis, illustrations, index. The first printing of the Weiser edition of Case's study of the Rosicrucian Initiation system. A tight, bright near-Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket..... More
The Platform Scripture.
New York, NY: St. John's University Press, 1963. Hardcover. Large 8vo. x + 194 pp. Brown cloth with gilt titling on spine and upper board; decorated end papers. Asian Institute Translation, Number 3. Light general wear with a bit of rubbing and bumping to edges, spine ends, and corners. Overall..... More
The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi + 188pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Page-edges age-toned, otherwise a VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket a little rubbed). More
Japanese Impressions, with a note on Confucius.
London: Lohn Lane / The Bodley Head, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv + 156pp. + 8pp. ads. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered in cream on front board. Spine rubbed & faded, boards slightly discolored & rubbed, foxing to page-edges, endpapers & prelims, previous owner's name on..... More
Aleister Crowley ... The Last Ritual. Read From His Own Works, According To His Wish, on December 5th, 1947, at Brighton.
Great Britain: Empress Earth Mysteries Press, 1989. Second Edition / Facsimile reprint. Softcover. Stapled booklet. Small quarto (10 ½ x 7 inches). 10pp. Pale grey/blue wrappers illustrated and printed in black, with tipped in b&w frontispiece. Woodcut designs on front and back wrappers and tarot-style frontispiece by Frieda Harris, "artist..... More
Napoleon's Russian Campaign.
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 284pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Endpaper maps. A classic of military history, originally published in 1824. Spine ends rubbed, page-edges lightly browned, some offsetting to free endpapers, previous owner's bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, else a solid, internally-clean VG..... More
The God-Symbol, Its History and Its Significance.
San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1986. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 194 pp. Quarter dark blue cloth and blue papered boards; gilt and light blue titling to spine. A thoughtful study on the history and significance of the God-Symbol. The author carefully analyzes the psychological and cultural aspects..... More
Under the Rainbow. Nature and Supernature Among the Panare Indians.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. 178 pp. Teal cloth with silver titling to spine, map, tables, b&w line drawings, map, bibliography, index. A study of the beliefs of this Native American group in the Colorado Valley. Vertical red mark on bottom edge of pages. Otherwise, a...... More
Under the Rainbow; Nature and Supernature among the Panare Indians.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1976. Hardcover w/dust jacket, 8vo, 178 pp, very good + condition, slight wear and soiling to dust jacket, slight creasing at top jacket edge. More
A History of Zen Buddhism.
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1963. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv + 336 pp. Brown cloth, gilt, silver and black titling to spine, black and silver dots to upper board; bibliography, index, and b&w illustrations. Moderate wear to boards, spine slightly faded and a bit of rubbing and bumping..... More
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PILLARS - The Scalding of Sapientia [ "Hors-série Edition" ].
Montreal, Canada: Anathema Publishing, 2018. First Edition [ "Hors-série Edition" ]. Hardcover. Large octavo. 208pp. Metallic deep maroon cloth boards with gold foil stamp on rounded spine and upper cover, blind deboss on the back, embossed endpapers, colour and b&w illustrations, satin matte finish custom 3/4 dust jacket featuring artwork..... More
50 Thousand Birthdays.
Richmond, VA: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co., 1964. Softcover. Slim octavo. 72pp. Stapled printed card wrappers. Wrappers discolored, page-edges lightly browned, old bookseller stamp on title-page, else a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy. More
God Games. What do you do forever?
Escondido, CA: The Book Tree, 1999. Softcover. Large octavo. 312pp, index. From the publisher: "Neil Freer, author of "Breaking the Godspell", outlines the human evolutionary scenario far into the future. We are a genetically-engineered race with a dual racial heritage. Our half-Terran, half-alien genes place us on an accelerated, unique..... More
Le Spiritisme (Fakirisme Occidental) Etude Historique Critique et Experimentale.
Paris: Henri Durville, ND [ circa 1920? ]. Reprint (?). Hardcover. Octavo. 344pp. Attractive contemporary binding, vellum spine and corners over brown patterned cloth boards, gilt lettered leather spine label. 24 black and white line drawings etc. in-text. FRENCH text. A critical and experimental study of Spiritualism by Paul Gibier..... More
Physiologie transcendentale. Analyse des choses, essai sur la science future. Son influence sur les religions, les philosophies, les arts, etc.
Paris: Henri Durville, ND [ circa 1920? ]. Reprint. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 232pp. Attractive contemporary binding, vellum spine and corners over black patterned cloth boards, gilt lettered leather spine label. FRENCH text. Undated but appears to be a 1920s reprint of these reflections on the possible effects that new developments..... More
Diabolical.
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. (iv), iv + 350pp, + 9 full colour plate insert. Bound in red cloth shot through with black, deep black titling to spine and Latin quote on the front cover [ "In girum imus nocte ecce et consumimur igni" ]. Original..... More
The Alchemy Journal, Vol. 10 No. 2 Northern Autumn / Southern Spring, November 2009; The Journal of the International Alchemy Guild devoted to the Divine Art, Celestial Agriculture, the Mother of all Science and Wisdom, the ancient Art of Transformation: the Great Work as known by many names.
Brisbane, Australia: Salamander and Sons for the International Alchemy Guild, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 90pp. Limited to 750 copies printed in full colour on wood-free bond paper. B&W & colour illus. An eclectic collection of essays, reviews, etc. on alchemy and hermetica. Contents of this issue include: "Great..... More
The Alchemy Journal, Vol. 11 No. 1. Northern Spring / Southern Autumn, 2010; The Journal of the International Alchemy Guild devoted to the Divine Art, Celestial Agriculture, the Mother of all Science and Wisdom, the ancient Art of Transformation: the Great Work as known by many names.
Brisbane, Australia: Salamander and Sons for the International Alchemy Guild, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Large otavo. 94pp. Limited to 750 copies printed in full colour on wood-free bond paper. B&W & colour illus. An eclectic collection of essays, reviews, etc. on alchemy and hermetica. Contents of this issue include Essays..... More
The Alchemy Journal, Vol. 9 No.1 Northern Autumn / Southern Spring, September 2008; (The Journal of the International Alchemy Guild devoted to the Divine Art, Celestial Agriculture, the Mother of all Science and Wisdom, the ancient Art of Transformation: the Great Work as known by many names).
Brisbane, Australia: Salamander and Sons for the International Alchemy Guild, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 84pp. Colour and b&w illustrations. An eclectic collection of essays, reviews, etc. on alchemy and hermetica. Contents include: "The International Alchemy Guild" by Dennis William Hauck, "Initiatic Potentials of Operative Alchemical Work" by Steve..... More