![The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of Shiraz [ The Bagh-i-Muattar ]. Aleister CROWLEY,...](/images/noimage.png)
Chicago, IL: The Teitan Press, 1991. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 138pp. Quarter red cloth w/ white papered boards, gilt title, etc. to spine, red Arabic script across front cover. A facsimile reprint of one of Crowley's scarcest works - part homo-erotic parody, part mystical text. With an Introduction by... More
Berkeley, CA: Privately published ( J. Edward Cornelius ), 2019. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 316pp. Fine black cloth (consistent with other clothbound volumes in the series), with gilt titling to spine. Edition limited to 200 signed copies (not numbered), signed by Jerry and Erica Cornelius on the limitation page... More
![Water-Divining, New Facts and Theories [ Water Divining ]. Dowsing, Theodore BESTERMAN](/pictures/thumb/64353.jpg?v=1570722976)
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. x + 208pp. Brown cloth with black title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations (2 plates and 7 plans & diagrams), index. By Theodore Besterman, who co-authored, with Sir William Barrett, "The Divining-Rod" (1926) which was long the standard work... More
NP [ England ]: The Hell Fire Club, ND. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. Small folio in clothbound slipase. 254pp. Bound in full black leather with elaborate gilt device to upper board, gilt lettering to spine, maroon gilt embossed silk endpapers backed with complimentary marbled paper, marbled page edges, well illustrated... More
New York, NY: Metaphysical Publishing Company, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xvi + 506pp, iipp advert, Four b&w fold-outs. Original gilt illustrated navy cloth with gilt title and author to spine, gilt solar system design on upper board, b&w frontispiece with tissue guard, b&w in-text illustrations, appendix and..... More
London: Anthroposophical Publishing Co., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 188pp. Blue cloth gilt lettering on spine and upper board, b&w illustrations. The autobiography of Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (1861 – 1925), the Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, economist and esotericist who founded the esoteric spiritual movement, Anthroposophy. Corners... More
Los Angeles, CA: The Philosopher's Press, 1956. Fourth, revised. Hardcover. Large octavo. 217pp + iii adverts. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations, fold-out chart "The Bhava Chakra", bibliography, index. A revised, expanded edition of this work by Manly Palmer Hall (1901 - 1990), a Canadian-born occultist, mystic... More
Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 190pp. Black cloth spine with purple papered boards, gilt title, etc. to spine. Notes, glossary, references and index. A study of Santeria as a religion - in history and in practice. The author is a Theology Professor who had... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxvi + 488pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules to spine. B&w frontis, bibliography. Bretall offers this anthology of the works of Kierkegaard which he hopes, if read from front to back, "gives a picture of Kierkegaard's intellectual... More
New Delhi / Madras: Asian Education Services, 1992. Facsimile reprint edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Two volumes (complete). Volume I: xiv + 134pp; Volume II: vii + 310pp. Red papered boards elaborately illustrated in gilt on upper boards, numerous b&w illustrations and maps, 5 large fold-outs. A facsimile of this two volume... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxiii + 128pp + folded map, b/w photographs, plates, and figures. (incl. maps) in text, bibliography. Navy publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine, blind borders. A serious archaeological study of the southern Neolithic complex of Shorapur Doab... More
London: Hurst and Blackett Limited, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. lxxxiv + 302pp. Original black cloth has been professionally re-backed with matching cloth, original boards and most of original spine have been retained. Appendix and index. Francis Hindes Groome (1851-1902), was a writer with a particular interest in the... More
London: The Masonic Record, Ltd., 1924. First Edition. Softcover. Small format (7.5 x 5 inches) 58pp + iv adverts. Original light blue cloth with darker blue titling and decorative borders to upper board, and titling to spine. A scarce first edition of this survey of Royal Arch Masonry. Includes the... More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. 58pp. Pink coated wrappers with black lettering, b&w illustration. Print on demand production values. Upper corner lightly bumped - else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. 42pp. Green coated wrappers with black lettering. Print on demand production values. Covers lightly rubbed, else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. Eccentrically paginated [ 32pp.] Green coated wrappers with black lettering. Print on demand production values. Lower corners bumped, else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. Eccentrically paginated [ 52pp.] Pink coated wrappers with black lettering. Print on demand production values. Upper corner bumped, else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, Bollingen Foundation, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xliv + 1474pp. Black cloth spine over green cloth boards, gilt titling to spine, gilt device to upper board, glossary and index. A massive anthology from the Bollingen series. "This work presents selections of poetry and prose... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xviii + 584pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules to spine. Index. A study of metaphysical thought in the ancient world, and the way it shaped later philosophy and religion. From the Preface: "What is the nature of... More
London: John Hogg, ND [ Circa 1900 ]. "Fifth Edition" Hardcover. Small octavo. 296pp + 32pp adverts at rear. Brown cloth with black titling to spine and front cover, gilt illustrations on spine and front cover, b&w frontis and plates. A serious, wide-ranging study of palmistry, with chapters on 'Gypsy... More
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 254pp + 2pp ads. Gray cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. British Theosophist and author of books on the paranormal, higher consciousness, and mysticism, Osborn examines case histories and studies on precognition: or accurate premonitions or readings... More
Boston, MA: J. P. Mendum, 1875. Tenth edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 88pp (+iip diagram and blank). Decorated green cloth lettered in gilt on front board. Beveled edges. B/w frontispiece and illustrations. This edition includes an appendix added to the fifth edition, and additional notes by the publisher. By Robert Dale... More
London: Andrew Dakers, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 368pp + vi index. Original black cloth gilt lettered on spine, b&w frontisportrait of Bragdon. Index. The autobiography of Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866 - 1946) the American architect, author, and stage designer. Bragdon wrote a number of books on spiritual... More
New York, NY: Society of Friends of the Roerich Museum, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. ii + 68pp. Original gray illustrated printed wrappers. Frontispiece colour reproduction of Roerich's "White and Heavenly" from "His Country" series. B&w photographs and illustrations. A single issue of this periodical which features essays and articles... More
New York, NY: Urusvati Himalayan Research Institute of the Roerich Museum, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. vi + 231pp + ii adverts. Original printed wrappers, b&w photographs and illustrations. The third and final issue of this, the annual journal of the "Urusvati" Himalayan Research Institute, which was founded by Nicholas... More
