Berkshire: The Golden Cockerell Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Small slim octavo. 32pp. Black cloth spine lettered in gilt, papered boards. Top-edge-gilt. B/w frontis. & illustrations. One of a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Page edges lightly browned, offsetting to free endpapers, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in Good..... More
New York, NY: Hacker Art Books, 1978. Hardcover. Large quarto. xiv + 74 pp. Red cloth with black and gold titling and decoration to spine and upper board; frontis; b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. Light bumping to spine ends; light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Otherwise, a tight and..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Pandora, Inc., Spring, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Slim quarto magazine. 30pp. Stapled wrappers. This appears to have been the first and last issue of this magazine devoted to Women and their issues. Strangely, the contents of the magazine - its articles, fiction and poems - seem to..... More
Sydney, AU: Angus & Robertson / State Planning Authority of New South Wales, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Large 8vo. 50pp. Pictorial card covers. Maps & b/w illustrations. Detailed historical guide to Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney. Wrappers slightly discolored, otherwise VG+ condition. More
Calcutta: Indian Studies Past & Present, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo, 68 pp. Original off-white printed boards. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, endpapers unevenly browned, otherwise a tight and clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket a bit darkened at spine and edges, lightly..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., ND [ 1918 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 246pp. Original brown decorated cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w frontis. An anonymous and unfavorable comment on one of the best known and most controversial books written by Sir Oliver Lodge. Lodge's youngest son..... More
London: The Friends' Bookshop, September, 1922. First edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 150pp. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Index. Spine ends rubbed, page-edges browned, tiny dint in front board, previous owner's inscription & old bookseller stamp on front free endpaper, offsetting to free endpapers..... More
[Burma]: np. 1983. Hardcover. Octavo. [xx] + 310pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on front board. Detailed contemporary survey of the nation of Burma. Edition of 2000 copies. Color photos & maps. Glossary. Extremities rubbed, cloth discolored, page edges slightly discolored, previous owner's name crossed out on front free endpaper..... More
London: Hamlyn, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 62pp. Color & b/w illustrations. Textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. A tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket has a hint of rubbing). More
London: William Nicholson & Sons, ND [c.1865]. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 24mo. 72pp. Illustrated card covers. B/w illustrations. Double-page frontispiece text & engravings printed in purple. An amusing and sometimes alarming late nineteenth century guide to phrenology . Spine creased and chipped at ends with some loss from top of..... More
Bombay: N. M. Thakkar, ND. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 188pp. Blue cloth. Several b/w illustrations. Top-edge dusty, previous owner's signature & personal library label on front free endpaper, the dust jacket (a bit rubbed) has its flaps glued to the pastedowns. A solid, internally-clean near-VG copy. More
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, ND [ ca. 1840]. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 24pp. Probably extracted from an early-to mid nineteeth century printed collection of chapbooks. Bound in modern blue stiff cloth wrappers with printed paper title label on upper cover. Black and white engraving and decorative border to title-page..... More
London: Privately published, 1984 1989. First Editions. Softcover. Nine non-consecutive issues. Issue No. 1 is Large quarto stapled at upper corner. (A4, 8.25 x 11.75 inches) + Issues No. 2 through No. 6, No. 8, No. 9 and No. 16 are Octavo size, (6 x 8.25 inches). 14pp., 24pp, 24pp..... More
West Bengal, India: Aloke Kumar Ghosh & Bros. ND (early 1960's). Hardcover. Octavo. 254pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. An unusual if simplistic treatise on Western spirituality incorporating aspects of the Upanishads and the Vedanta. Bottom of spine bumped & lightly chafed, edges, prelims & endpapers foxed..... More
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Seattle, WA: Trident Publishing, 1999. First Edition Thus - Limited. Hardcover. Small octavo. (6 1/2" x 4") xxviii + 98 pp. Black serpent / snakeskin spine with gilt titling and raised bands, over fine black cloth boards, gilt title and blind-stamped inverted cross on upper board, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers..... More
London: MacMillan & Co., 1878. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 440pp. Modern black half leather with gilt embellishments and lettering to spine, marbled boards, fresh endpapers. One of three anonymously published theological "romances" by Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926) best-known for his 1884 novella "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions"..... More
np. Sut Anubis, 1978. Softcover. Booklet. [32pp.] Several b/w illustrations. Stapled card covers. The fourth issue of this Thelemically-inclined British journal, published (anonymously) by Occultique. Mimeographed, fanzine type production values, it contains articles, advertisements, reviews, letters, etc. pertaining to the occult arts and contemporary releases. This issue contains articles by..... More
np. Sut Anubis, 1978. Softcover. Booklet. [32pp.] Several b/w illustrations. Stapled card covers. An issue of this Thelemically-inclined British journal, published (anonymously) by Occultique. Mimeographed, fanzine type production values, it contains articles, , advertisements, reviews, letters, etc. pertaining to the occult arts and contemporary releases. This issue contains articles by..... More
np. Sut Anubis, 1979. Softcover. Booklet. [40pp.] Several b/w illustrations. Stapled wrappers. An issue of this Thelemically-inclined British journal, published (anonymously) by Occultique. Mimeographed, fanzine type production values, it contains articles, advertisements, reviews, letters, etc. pertaining to the occult arts and contemporary releases. This issue contains articles by Pete Nalder..... More
np. Sut Anubis, 1980. Softcover. Booklet. [32pp.] Several b/w illustrations. Stapled card covers. Athis Thelemically-inclined British journal, published (anonymously) by Occultique. Photocopied, fanzine type production values, it contains articles, advertisements, reviews, letters, etc. pertaining to the occult arts and contemporary releases. This issue contains articles by Pete Nalder, Anthony Roe..... More
Bath UK: Printed by Richard Cruttwell, 1818. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv + 25-176pp. Contemporary cloth spine over papered boards with recent title labels on spine and front cover. An essay extracted from the work originally published in French as "Essai sure la Felicite de la Vie venir, par C. L...... More
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London: Nichols & Co. / Tutin, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 344pp + 29pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine and gilt rules to upper board. Two titles in one volume each with its own title page. Published anonymously, both appear to have been written by British poet..... More
Seattle, WA, USA: Ouroboros Press, 2008. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Volume II only. vi + 300pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bibliography. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. "The Picatrix, or Ghayat Al-Hakim as it is titled in Arabic ... has long been regarded as..... More
Rome [ Paris ]: Chez Le Père Angelo de Rimini, ND [ circa 1850 ? ]. Hardcover. Small Octavo (5.5 x 3.5 inches). (vi) + 180pp Contemporary quarter leather binding: black leather spine with gilt titling and decorations over marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Black and white illustrations: engraved device..... More
Leek UK: Fred Hill, Printer, ND (circa 1930). First Edition. Softcover booklet. Small format (7.5 x 5 inches). 44pp. Beige textured card covers bordered and lettered in black. An elegantly produced booklet which purports to offer a verbatim record of a remarkable series of automatic writings received by a retired..... More
