London: Rider & Co, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 196pp. Red cloth w/ gilt lettering to spine. B/w illustrations. Index & bibliography. The first edition of the study of the "secret history of mystics, Templars, Masons, and other occult societies." (from jacket). A tight, unmarked near Fine copy..... More
New York: Dutton, 1964. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small thick octavo. x + 1238pp. Original navy cloth, gilt title and author to spine. The second one volume edition of Gurdjieff's of "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson" (the first volume of his "All and Everything" trilogy) in which Gurdjieff expresses his ideas..... More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 334pp. Decorated blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover. The author, Arthur Edward Waite (1857 - 1942) who was an occultist, mystic, and prolific author. A member of the Societas Rosicruciana..... More
New York: Ives Washington, 1931. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 400pp. Original black cloth gilt-lettered on front board, spine titled in blind, b&w frontis & plates, index, fold-out table, printed endpapers. The first US edition of Carrington's "attempt to summarize the findings of modern Psychical Research." Hereward Carrington (1880-1958)..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition, Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 274pp. Gray cloth with red titling and black decorative stamping to spine and upper board, references. SIGNED by the author opposite the title page on a presentation panel. Hereward Carrington (1880-1958), was one of the best-known of..... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 232 pp. Original black cloth with gilt titling, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations. The first edition of this work in which Suster documents the details of the growth of the occult influence on the Nazi party and..... More
London: M.C.P. Publications [Militant Christian Patriots Publications], ND [1938]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 250pp + iv index. Original green cloth with black lettering to spine, b&w frontis & b&w illustrations (diagrams really) in pocket affixed to rear pastedown and one folding chart bound in (all present). A denunciation of occultism..... 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: Fulgur, 2014. First Edition, limited & numbered. Hardcover. Octavo. 122pp. Bound in obsidian black cloth, blocked, and with special custom mirror-black end papers. Color plates throughout. Edition limited to 900 copies, 300 of which are numbered and with an artwork (DVD). This is a planned series of twelve volumes..... More
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Wickford, Essex: An Earthquest Production by the Supernaturalist Magazine, Spring, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 59pp pages (inclusive of printed inside covers). White wrappers titled and elaborately illustrated in black, b&w illustrations and "centerfold" map. This copy INSCRIBED and signed by the author on the title page in November 1991..... More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1949. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii + 98pp. Blue publisher's cloth gilt titling to upper board, and spine, b&w frontisportrait and twenty-nine illustrations, short bibliographical note. A collection of essays by Dutch psychiatrist & neurologist, K. Herman Bouman as he uses his knowledge of human..... More
Escondido, CA: The Author, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. (xxviii) + 580pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine & front board with coloured artwork inset into front board. Generously illustrated with color & b/w photoraphs and diagrams. Two transparent overlays ("Anthropomorphic Grids" and "Perimeter Grids") loosely inserted, and..... More
Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. x + 292 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title etc. to front cover and spine, b&w illustrations. A study of the part that was played by Astrology in Roman thought and society from its origin in the Hellenistic world..... More
London & New York: Routledge, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 204pp. Original black cloth with silver title, etc. to spine, bibliography, name and subject indexes. From the publisher: "Clarke aims to show that Jung is an important thinker in his own right and that his ideas play..... More
Boston MA: Colby & Rich, Publishers, 1891. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 504pp. Original deep maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine, blind rules on both boards, beveled edges, appendixes, a few b&w illustrations. The author, W. J. Colville [ William Juvenal Colville ] (1862-1917) wrote a number of novels and..... More
London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 72pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine & titling, border and device in blind on upper board. The author explains theories of reincarnation from a Theosophical perspective, and suggests ways that those who are interested in it..... More
Albany NY: SUNY, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 434pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and embellishments on upper cover and spine, endnotes, select bibliography, indexes. The first edition of this volume from the Suny Series in Islamic Spirituality. From the publisher: "This is the most accessible work..... More
London: Octagon Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 244pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Notes. The pseudonymous Hadrat B. M. Dervish describes his experiences on the sufi path, meetings with and observations on contemporary Sufis, and his travels, physical and spiritual. The book was published by..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Bright green cloth with gilt and silver lettering, etc. to spine. The first edition of this work in which Shah, a well known Sufi scholar, presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings as a basic..... More
London: John Wright & Co., 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xx + 486pp (+ iipp adverts). Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, blind border and publisher's device on upper board, errata page. The first edition of this work which discusses the history, biblical significance, myths..... More
London / Philadelphia: W. Foulsham & Co. / David McKay Company, ND (ca. 1920). (Revised Edition). Hardcover. Small octavo. 93pp. + iiipp. publisher's adverts. Original light blue cloth with silver key, title and author on upper cover. A 'hybrid" copy in that the title and copyright pages indicate Foulsham of..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967. First English language edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 220pp. Black cloth with gilt b&w illustrations, coloured top edge. The second of two novels exploring ancient Egyptian life, mystical belief and initiatory practices by way of the the fictional biography of Her-Bak, a young man who is initiated..... More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 196pp. Original pale blue cloth with dark blue titling to spine. B&w photographic frontispiece and plates, b&w line-drawings in-text. Appendixes. A lovely copy of a scarce work on "Pyramidology". The author, Ethel Susan Graham Bristowe (1864–1952), was a British painter and..... More
New York: Dharma Book Company, 1962. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 380pp. Navy cloth with gilt title and author to spine, b&w illustrations, subject and name indexes. The autobiography of John G. Bennett (1897 –1974) a British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director and author who is best known for..... More
Dorset-Rockport MA: Element, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 415pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w photos/illustrations, navy endpapers, index. Chronology, Notes, references, bibliography and index. One of the better biographies of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1870s? -1949), [ AKA Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff and G. I...... More
