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
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, ND [ Circa 1960 ]. New Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 96pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine. A new edition of this translation of the Richard version of this important text of Mahayana Buddhism. Although at the time of this publication it was commonly..... More
Fontwell, Sussex: Centaur Press, 1972. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. xlvi + 576pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. In the 'Centaur Classics' series. Three prose works by John Aubrey (1626-97), the English antiquary, proto-archaeologist (he explored Stonehenge and "discovered" the henge at Avebury), and writer who is..... More
New York, NY: AMS Press, Inc., 1974. Facsimile edition of the 1916 Allahabad edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 728 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board. Very light wear, otherwise Near Fine condition. No dust jacket as issued. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. vi + 432pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt. Bibliography, index. A lovely bright Fine copy in lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket. More
New York / Boulder: Shambhala Publications / Random House, 1978. Reprint. Softcover. Large octavo. 180pp. Color & b/w illustrations. Page edges foxed, wrappers slightly discolored & rubbed around edges, otherwise a tight, internally-clean near-VG copy. More
London: Methuen & Co, Ltd, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 190pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling. A selection from over 1600 essays by Chesterton which appeared in the Illustrated London News between 1905 and 1936. Lower spine bumped, edges lightly rubbed, top edge dusty and foxed, scattered foxing to endpapers..... More
London: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 434pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w photos, glossary, appendices, indexes. A comprehensive sourcebook on modern Tibetan culture. Lower spine lightly bumped, otherwise a tight, bright near Fine copy in mylar protected near Fine dust jacket. More
York Beach, Maine USA: The Teitan Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (9 x 6 inches, approx 23.5 x 15.2cm), xlviii + 136pp. Heavy dark green cloth binding, with gilt titling etc to the spine. Sewn, printed on acid-free paper. Black and white frontispiece, and eight pages of black and..... More
London: The O.T.O. in association with the October Gallery Exhition, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. A4 size. 32pp. Printed quality heavy art pages. Stapled, dramatically illustrated pictorial wrappers. A nicely procuced catalogue to serve as the catalogue for the 1998 London exhibition, the first major show of Crowley's art since..... More
North Hollywood CA: Newcastle Publishing, 1994. First Newcastle Publishing Edition. Softcover. Octavo. viii + 242pp. Illustrated glossy covers. This volume commences with the lengthy (63 page) Introductory essay by Israel Regardie, and includes the texts of Crowley's "The Psychology of Hashish" and his translation of Baudelaire's prose-poem "The Poem of..... More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 118 pp. Black boards with white titling to spine and design to upper board. The 1993 reprint of the 1973 Duckworth Edition, with an Introduction by Crowley's first major biographer, John Symonds. The original 1898 edition was limited..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. 1134pp. Red faux leather with silver embossed cover and spine. Illustrations, index. The first edition of Regardie's selection of Crowley's most important writings - 'all the magical writings' including of course Liber CCXX, "The Book of the Law"..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1974. First edition, Inscribed and signed. Hardcover. Thick octavo. 1134pp. Red faux leather with silver embossed cover and spine. Illustrations, b&w illustrations. The first edition of Regardie's selection of Crowley's most important writings - "all the magical writings" - from the monumental "Equinox series." This..... More
Chicago, IL: Teitan Press, Inc., 1988. First Collected Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 152 pp. Green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Frontis portrait of previously unpublished photograph of Crowley. SIGNED by editor and Crowley authority Martin P. Starr on the title-page. Eight tales by Crowley, dramatizing mythical and..... More
NP [ Wirral, Cheshire ]: The Aylesford Press, 1991. First Edition, Deluxe. Hardcover. Octavo. 36pp. Blue leatherette spine over marbled boards, printed paper spine labels. The De Luxe edition of 50 hardbound hand-numbered copies SIGNED by King Cedric at the end of his Foreword, of which only 33 copies were..... More
London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1924. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Octavos. Two volume set. Vol. I: xxiv + 444pp.; Vol. II: viii + 460pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt on spines. Index & glossary. B/w frontispieces & plates. This new edition is edited with historical notes, appendices and..... More
New York, NY: Citadel Press, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Approximately 100 pp (np). Grey papered boards with black titling to spine. Very light rubbing to spine ends, edges, and corners. Overall, a bright and tight VG+ copy in VG+ dustjacket. (Dustjacket lightly rubbed, a few lightly faded spots along edges, price..... More
New York, NY: Citadel Press, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii + 356 pp. Quarter black leather w/ brown papered boards and gilt titling to spine. Light general wear to boards; light foxing to bottom edge of pages. Overall, a tight and unmarked VG+ copy. No dustjacket. More
New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1949. Hardcover. 8vo. 94 pp. Brown papered boards with black titling to spine; frontis. Very light general wear to boards with a bit of rubbing to edges, corners, and spine ends; very light foxing to top edge. End paper creased in top corner. Otherwise, a...... More
New York, NY: Citadel Press, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. 94 pp. Quarter black cloth w/ red and white papered boards, gilt titling to spine. Light general wear to boards with a bit of light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, corners and edges; owner's details in ink. The author of "The..... More
New York, NY: The Wisdom Library. Hardcover. 8vo. 122 pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine and upper board. Special Gift Edition. Light general wear to boards with a bit of rubbing and buming to spine ends, corners, and edges. Otherwise a tight and bright VG+ copy. More
New York, NY: Philosophical Library, (nd). Hardcover. 8vo. 122 pp. Light brown papered boards with black titling to spine. Spine ends, corners, and edges very lightly rubbed. Owner's details and inscription in ink. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ in VG dustjacket. (Dustjacket rubbed, faded, missing half inch chip at..... More
New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. viii + 120 pp. Brown papered boards with black titling to spine. Very light general wear. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG dustjacket. (Dustjacket rubbed, lightly faded, half inch tear on spine.). More
New York, NY: Wisdom Library/Philosophical Library, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. 112 pp. Brown papered boards with black titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations. Faint vertical crease to upper board; very light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, corners, and edges; top edge lightly foxed. Overall, a tight and unmarked VG copy..... More
