Salt Lake City, UT: Merkur Publishing Inc., 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 286 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, color illustration. The third volume of the magical trilogy, by Franz Bardon (1909-1958), the Czech-born Hermeticist. The other volumes are 'Initiation into Hermetics' and..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1980. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 110 pp. Hand-bound in brown faux leather, b&w frontispiece and illustrations, fold-out reduced-size magical calendar diagram at rear. The second edition of the first work in McLean's ground-breaking "Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks" series. "The Magical Calendar," designed..... More
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1992. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Three Volumes in One. Large octavo. Eccentrically paginated [ xvi + 820pp]. Green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind rules, index. Previously printed only in 3-volume sets, this is the first edition of this the Weiser one..... More
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Gillette, NJ: Heptangle Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (viii) + 100 pp. Original black cloth, with printed paper label to spine. Illustrations. Title page in red and black, initials printed in red, blue and black throughout. Attractive letterpress edition. De Nigromancia, or, Concerning the Black Art, is the translation..... More
London: Privately Printed, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Large quarto (12ins x 8.5ins), xviii + 79pp. (text printed and paginated on one side only). Tables, diagrams, etc. Although unstated the edition was limited to 200 copies, each of which is individually numbered. A grimoire purportedly based on material prepared by John..... More
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Basileæ: Apud Petrum Pernam, 1572. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. Vol. I: small, thick octavo. (6 3/8 x 4 inches). (xvi), 672, (iil)pp. Contemporary patterned brown calf, raised bands, gilt stamped leather title label reading "Auriferae Artis" and gilt decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. Printers devices and decorative initials..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii, 452pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine and blind stamped sigil in upper board. A detailed study of the nineteenth century occult group: The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, which reproduces the Order's "Secret Manuscripts" along..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: Samuel Weiser Publishing, Inc., 1994. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xl + 266pp. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind rules. Frontis and b&w illustrations. Edition limited to 999 numbered copies this being number 213. The text of the first English translation of..... More
Prescott AZ: Corneliuspublications.com, 2022. Third, Printing [ First Paperback Edition, revised ]. Softcover. Octavo. 336pp + vi publisher's catalogue, b&w illustrated title page and in text illustrations. Edition limited to 111 copies. Includes an Introduction by Jerry Cornelius, and also Appendixes entitled: "The Scarlet Women", "On the Scarlet Woman" and..... More
Secaucus, NJ: University Books, 1965. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xxxvi + 636 pp. Original blue cloth, gilt titling etc. to spine, colored top edge, frontis, b/w illustrations, appendixes and index. Dr. R. A. Gilbert observes: "The text [of "The Holy Kabbalah"] is a happy marriage of Waite's two earlier..... More
New Haven CT: Yale University Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 420pp. Blue cloth with copper lettering to spine. Notes, indexes. From Yale: "In this prizewinning new interpretation of Jewish mysticism, Moshe Idel emphasizes the need for a comparative and phenomenological approach to Kabbalah and its position..... More
New York, NY: Sentry Press, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 336pp. Brown cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w illustrations. A reprint of this readable overview, first published in 1897. The author, Charles John Samuel Thompson (1862-1943), was in charge of acquisitions for Henry Wellcome, and thus had access..... More
London: G. Bell And Sons, Ltd., 1961. Second Printing, Corrected. Hardcover, small octavo. xviii + 206 pp, original red cloth, black title, etc. to spine, illustrations. "An attractive pageant of the leading ideas and personalities' in the flow of history from alchemy to chemistry" by John Read (1884–1963), a renowned..... More
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. Small quarto. (xII) + 332 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; color frontis, illustrations, index. A reprint of the final revised edition of Case's now-famous study of the Rosicrucian Initiation system with particular reference to the Kabbalah. Case first..... More
New York NY: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1974. Third Impression. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 500pp Original brown cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, index, errata. A hardcover reprint of an important work on the Kabbalah originally published in 1888. Mme. Blavatsky cited it approvingly in "The Secret Doctrine,"..... More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 240 pp. Original black cloth with gilt titling to spine, index of Biblical quotations, general index. The first edition of this new annotated transation of three significant books of "The Zohar": Book of the Mystery; The..... More
Des Plaines, IL: Yogi Publication Society, ND (circa 1990s). Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 144pp. Original blue textured cloth with gilt titling to upper board. A modern reprint of the 1871 Rosicrucian Publishing edition of this important work - translated into English by Everard and edited by Paschal Beverly Randolph. Bookplate..... More
New York, NY: Abaris Books, 1983. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 380pp. Original blue-grey cloth with gilt lettering, rules and device to upper board, gilt lettering and rules to spine, b&w illustrations, list of proper names, notes. Latin and English parallel texts. The German humanist Johann Reuchlin's (1455-1522) keen..... More
New York, NY: Henry Schuman, 1949. First US Edition. Hardcover, Octavo, x + 246 pp. Green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind stamped device to front cover, frontispiece, b/w illustrations, index. A well illustrated, historical overview. The author, F. Sherwood Taylor, was a Director of the [London] Science..... More
New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xiv + 356 pp. Original blue cloth with gold titling to red panels on spine, frontispiece illustration, notes, bibliography, glossary of Hebrew terms, index. A comprehensive study of Jewish occult and magical practices from the 10th to the..... More
Rookhope, County Durham: Aziloth Books / Parchment Books, ND [ ca. 2000s ]. Unknown. Hardcover. Octavo. 262pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to the spine. Saint Martin's last and most important work. The work appears to be a nicely-produced, reset, reprint of the 1864 English translation of this text..... More
Boulder, CO: Archive Press and Communications, 1999. First English language edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 554pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt illustration on upper board, red marker ribbon, frontis, illustrations by Julian Champagne. The identity of the master alchemist who wrote under the pseudonym of Fulcanelli is..... More
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UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2022. Second, Revised [ First Thus ]. Hardcover. Octavo. xiii, 268pp. Deep black cloth dramatically illustrated with gilt titling to spine and gilt sigil to upper board, scarlet endpapers and ribbon marker, bibliography and index. Art stock black dust jacket, titled on spine and front panel in..... More
London: Barnes & Mortlake History Society, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 96pp, b&w illustrations & maps, appendices, bibliography, index. A short study of John Dee, best known for his communication with angels, which resulted in Enochian ‘language’ and magic. Includes Dee’s adventures and travels as well as his life and..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxviii + 306pp + 4 page b&w plate insert at center. Black cloth with gilt title etc spine, previously unpublished b&w plates, b&w line figures. Appendixes and index. The first edition of this excellent historical study of the individuals associated..... More
