![The Elixir of Enlightenment [ The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization ]. Edited and, Alia Johnson](/pictures/thumb/57337.jpg?v=1487351483)
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. x + 48pp. A discussion of the values and shortcomings of spirtitual training, in which the author describes how an understanding of one's own personality can free your inner resources so that your "essential being" can lead you toward..... More
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, x + 144 pp. Original bright blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, index. Faint shelf rubbing and dust otherwise Near fine in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly chafed at extremities, not price clipped). More
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xlvi + 576 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling and rules to spine; blind rule to fore edge of upper board; b&w diagrams, frontis, index, bibliography, appendix. Three prose works by John Aubrey (1626-97), the English antiquary, proto-archaeologist (he explored..... More
New York, NY: Julian Press, 1960. Revised, Facsimile Reprint of 1899 edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 380 pp. Original black cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine. Bibliography and index. A nice hardcover reprint of this well known early work on the subject of hypnotism - includes the original Introduction by..... More
Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawai'i Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi + 468 pp. Index. Glossary, bibliography, character list and index. Frontis plate, tables. The collected writings of Bojo Jinul (1158–1210), called Jinul or Chinul for short, a Korean monk of the Goryeo period considered to be the most..... More
Honolulu, HI: East-West Centre Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi +176pp. Orange cloth with black and white lettering to spine, appendix, notes, bibliography and index. Lower spine lightly bumped, edges lightly rubbed, very slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a tight, bright VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket..... More
York Beach, Maine: Teitan Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii + 318pp. High quality blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Colour frontispiece. References, Index. Edition limited to 650 numbered copies. Philadelphia-born Ida Craddock (1857-1902) was a forceful public exponent of women's rights and sexual freedom whose interest in..... 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
New York, NY: Philip Wellby, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. lxxxiii & 423pp [iv ads]. Original brown cloth with black titling and wreath to upper board, gilt titling and rules to spine, top edge gilt. A novel written in the form of a series of letters by the French..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Process / R.K.S. Library Editions, 2013. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto in slipcase. xx + 118pp. Blue velvet boards with illustrated panel set into upper board, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated in colour and b&w. Edition limited to 418 numbered copies, SIGNED by Siegel. The first English..... More
Bradford on Avon: Golden Gates Press, 1993. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. 162pp, Listing of weekly meditation subjects, index. "Magical Battle of Britain" comprises an archive of letters written by Dion Fortune to her students weekly from 1939 to 1942 which which outline efforts by occultists to magically aid the..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. xxxii & 122pp. Original gold cloth with red titling, borders and device, rubricated title page. Index. Cloth darkened particularly at spine, cloth lightly chafed at front edge of spine, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of CA Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xx + 368 pp. Gold cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, map, bibliography, index. Fore edge has small pencil mark. Otherwise, an unused, tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket not..... More
New York, NY: Cooper Square Publishers, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxvi + 458 pp. Dark gray cloth with gilt titling to spine; index, appendix. One very light scratch to upper board; corners and spine ends rubbed; fore edge slightly darkened. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ copy. No dust jacket..... More
York Beach, Maine, USA: Teitan Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 112pp. Bound in heavy black cloth with a gilt design after Hockley stamped on the front cover, and gilt title to the spine. Printed in color throughout. Edition limited to 600 numbered copies, this copy out of series..... More
London: David Nutt for the Folk-lore Society, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xl + 288pp. Original brown publisher's cloth with black borders and gilt device to boards, and gilt titling to spine, black endpapers, appendix, musical scores. From the introduction: "A delightful collection of tales and songs from Jamaica........ More
New York: University Books, 1967. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two volumes. Large octavos. 480 pp & 421 pp. Purple cloth spines with gray cloth boards, gilt title etc to spines. Original cardboard slip-case. The Li Chi (Li-Ji) 'Classic of Rites' which outlines the ceremonies, customs, social institutions, court ceremonies and..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1916. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi + 350 pp. Light blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, notes and glossary. Ex church library, with stamp on title page and slight spot to spine where call nos removed, but no other markings. Light..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1975. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Bright red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w diagrams and tables. From the publisher: "A detailed study of the arcana with a comprehensive view of their symbolism, and astrological & numerological significance.... An indispensible aid for every serious student..... More
Tampa, FL: H.O.O.R. Publication, 2006. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 236pp. Quality softcover. Illustrated glossy wrappers with folding inner flaps, additional preface by the Translator. This copy SIGNED by Monica Rocha on the title page. "Originally prepared for release in Brazil in 1978 e.v. in the Portuguese language and now..... More
![Porphyry the Philosopher to his wife Marcella [ The Letter of Porphyry the Neo-Platonist ]....](/pictures/thumb/35046.jpg?v=1461349603)
London: George Redway, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 80pp. Brown cloth with gitl title etc to spine, b&w frontis. Spine a little darkened. A letter, which is said to be more of "a religious treatise", from Porphyry, the third century philosopher - who was one of Plotinus' most important students..... More
Davis, California: Hermagoras Press, 1992. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. lvi +[ 272pp ] eccentrically paginated - parallel text / Latin and English. Original printed wrappers, notes and bibliography. "This edition and translation of Ramus's Brutinae quaestiones (Questions of Brutus) will be valuable to scholars and teachers alike. James J...... More
London: John Rodker, 1930. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Small quarto. xliv + 188pp. Saffron-coloured cloth spine with light beige cloth boards. Limited edition of 1275 copies, this copy being no. 760. Fore- & bottom-edges uncut. An important late sixteenth century text on witchcraft "drawn from the capital trials of 900..... More
London: C. W. Daniel Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. 1056pp. Original grey publisher's cloth, printed paper spine label with title and author, b&w frontis map, index. A massive, scholarly collection. The best known work by Charles Fillingham Coxwell (1856 - 1940) author and folklorist who translated works..... More
London: The Morland Press, 1921. First Edition - Second Issue. Hardcover. Large Quarto. xii + 44pp (plus 11 plates). Original buff colored boards with white buckram spine, with title lettered in black up the spine. The work itself is one of Spare's more enigmatic: a magical-philosophical discourse with Nietzschean undertones..... More
