New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. Second printing. Hardcover. Royal octavo. x + 356pp. Black cloth lettered in red on spine & front board. B/w frontis. portrait. B/w plates & pictorial endpapers. Spine rubbed & creased, spine ends chafed, boards lightly worn, page-edges lightly browned, free-endpapers are spot-glued to..... More
Torreon, NM: Alan Verdegraal, 1992. First edition. Softcover. Magazine. 8.5 x 11 inches, 68 pp. Glossy pictorial covers, color and b&w illustrations. Includes "Why Tantra?", "Making 'Tantra', a film by Nik Douglas", "Why Sex-Centric Religion Moved Underground", "Sacred Orgasms", among others. Light rubbing to edges, old price sticker on front..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 2003. Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 222pp. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations. Page-edges age-toned, top-corner crease to rear wrapper, else a clean VG+ copy. More
New York, NY: Rawson, Wade Publishers, 1978. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 206pp. Yellow papered boards lettered in black on spine. Bibliography & index. Spine leaned & chafed at ends, extremities rubbed, top-edge a little browned, otherwise a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket back flap creased, slightly..... More
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
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. large 8vo. xxiv + 424 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrated, index. Faint shelf dust and rubbing to edges, neat gift inscription, otherwise a sound and bright VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket price clipped..... 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
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xiv + 194pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, index. "Witchcraft and Magic in Europe combines traditional approaches of political, legal and social historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies........ More
Hertfordshire: Smith Kline & French Laboratories Ltd., 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 11 x 8.5 inches. 16pp. Stapled pamphlet, printed covers; b&w illustrations, list of further reading. A psychological view of the witch craze. A few small creases along edges; light rubbing. Otherwise, a clean VG+ copy. 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: A. Nelson Homoeopathic Pharmacy, ND. Softcover. Pamphlet. 24pp. Printed wrappers. Page-edges lightly browned, a few edge chips to wrappers, else a solid near-VG copy. 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: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., ND [1916]. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 88pp. Blue cloth lettered in black on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. A collection of letters written to the living by those who have "crossed over." Interestingly a small piece of paper..... More
Minneapolis, Minn. Walter H. Robertson, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 122pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on front board. A well used copy - cloth a bit rubbed and darkeend, spine ends and corners bruised and chafed, page-edges browned, owner's names written in purple crayon on front free..... 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
1893. Quarto size, measures 11.75" x 9.75." The covers are executed in a silk (or fine linen) brocade over padded thick rigid boards. The centre panel is elaborately embroidered in gold, silver, and coloured thread, inset with approximately 46 "gemstones" (presumably cut glass - though we haven't checked), what we..... More
New York: Wehman Bros. ND [ Circa 1880 ]. First Edition? Softcover. Small octavo. 94pp. + viii page publisher's catalogue, illustrated in b&w. Original illustrated wrappers with red titling and illustration. A booklet describing the methods of well known conjurors.. "..comprising all of their best tricks, giving full explanations for..... 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
