York Beach, ME: Nicolas-Hays, Inc., 1999. Softcover. Octavo. xviii + 246 pp. Glossy printed wrappers; frontis, b&w illustrations, index, glossary, discography. From the publisher's blurb: "Best-selling author and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen's vivid grasp of the story and the characters in "The Ring of Niebelung" brings Richard Wagner's mythic..... More
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1990. Softcover. Octavo. xiv + 338pp. Bibliography & index. Top-edge foxed & browned, else a tight, clean VG+ copy. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xl (iv - plates) + 365pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine. B/w frontis, 4 pp. of B/w plates, index, folding map at rear. A translation into English (with transliterated Tibetan text) of the "Legs-bshad-mzdod" ("The Treasury of Good..... More
NP [London]: British College of Psychic Science, ND [1923]. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. Booklet. 26pp + ipp advert. Orginal pale blue stapled wrappers, lettered in red on upper cover, b&w illustrations. Frederick Bligh Bond (1864 -1945) an architect by trade, was employed by the Church of England to undertake the..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 270pp. Original cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Top-edge dusty, slight remains of label on front free endpaper, pen annotations on rear free endpaper, otherwise a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed, discolored, price-clipped). More
London: Robson Books, 1977. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 266pp. Grey textured papered boards lettered in silver on spine. B/w illustrations. Sources & index. Bumps to spine ends, light foxing to page-edges, else a solid, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed, creased & discolored). More
Shaftesbury, England: Element Books, 1988. Softcover. Octavo. [viii] + 98pp. Bibliography. B/w illustrations. A tight, clean VG+ copy. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 240pp. Textured papered boards. Pictorial endpapers. Frontis. Index & glossary. Color & b/w plates. Maps. Account of the author's ascent of the South West Face of Mt. Everest. Several printed press-releases relating to the author are loosely-inserted. Foxing to top-edge..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. Hardcover. Small quarto. 132pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on spine. Endpaper maps. Color plates. B/w illustrtions. Bibliography & index. Spine ends a little rubbed, minor bumps to top-corners of boards, else a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket has a hint..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Second edition. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Two volume set. Vol. I: xvi + 400pp.; Vol. 2: 440pp. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines. B/w frontis. portrait. B/w plates. Index. Spines rubbed at ends, page-edges browned, offsetting to free endpapers, frontispieces foxed, several marginal annotations..... More
Hastings, East Sussex: NP, 1991. Author's Uncorrected Draft Print-out. Softcover. Quartos. One title in 3 spiral bound volumes. A4 sheets, white comb bound with plain white paper covers. Consecutively paginated - total 298pp + vi page bibliography, 11 b&w plates. A print-out of "an early and largely uncorrected draft" of..... More
London: Epworth Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 128 pp. Green cloth with black titling to spine and upper board; appendix. A bit of light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, corners, and edges. Foxing to fore-edge, bottom edge, and outer margins; unevenly browned end papers. Otherwise, a sound..... More
New Delhi, India: Asian Educational Services, 1997. Reprint. Hardcovers. Octavos. Two volumes. Facsimile reprint of the 1891 Cassell edition. Vol.I: xii + 218pp.; Vol.II: viii + 230pp. Cloth pictorial on front boards. B/w frontis, b/w illustrations. The story of the extraordinary journey made by Bonvalot, accompanied by Prince Henri d'Orleans..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1889. First Edition. Hardcovers. Two volumes (complete). Small quartos. xxii+ 282pp & x + 256pp. [ color fold-out map at rear ]. Handsome early 20th century half leather with marbled boards, gilt titling and decoration to spine, all edges gilt, fresh endpapers, title page vignette, 250..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xv + 300pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Map, tables, appendix. Bibliography & index. 'Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics.' Bump to foot of spine, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (minor crease at foot of spine)..... More
Margate: Quatuor Coronatorum, (nd). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. 18 pp. (121-138) Stapled blue wrappers with neat handwritten title on cover. An off-print from the renowned Masonic research journal "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum." Neat "Quatuor Coronati Lodge" stamp on front wrapper. A hint of discoloration to the staples on the wrappers..... More
England: The Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. lxxx + 248pp. Original boards gilt-lettered on spine. Appendices, index. Small bumps to spine ends & extremities, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket has a few small creases affecting its spine)..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 372pp. Original glossy papered boards. This reference work is the first and only available word index to all the Greek words in the writings of Philo of Alexandria, main fragments included. Designed specifically to aid with..... More
London: Allen Lane, 1982. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 144pp. Pink papered boards lettered in gilt on spine. Top-edge dusty, slight bump to top of spine, else a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
London: Robson Books, 1974. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 78pp. Blue papered boards lettered in silver on spine. Small bumps to bottom of spine & corners of boards, top-edge foxed, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly chipped along edges, shot closed top-edge..... More
Milan: Rizzoli Editore, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 268pp. ITALIAN text. Brown cloth with black lettering to spine. First Italian edition. 'Il meglio di Borges, scelto da Borges'. Traduzione di Livio Bacchi Wilcock. Lower spine and corners lightly bumped, page edges a bit darkened and lightly foxed, outer margins of..... More
New York, NY: Urizen Books, 1976. Softcover. Octavo. vi + 364pp. Bibliography. Spine creased, wrappers rubbed & slightly discolored, hint of foxing to page-edges, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy. More
London: Staples Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 200pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w plates. Page-edges lightly browned, bumps to corners of boards, spine ends rubbed, previous owner's name on half-title page partly whited-out, else a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed, a few small..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii + 202pp. Crimson cloth lettered in silver on spine. Index & bibliography. B/w illustrations by David Friedman. Diagrams. Anthropological study of the people of the Pukapuka islands in the Cook Island group in the South Pacific. Small bumps to..... More
New York, NY: Warner Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 238pp. Red & cream papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Tiny bump to top-edge of front board, else a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket a little discolored, nick at top of of front panel)..... More
