London: Neptune Press, 2004. First trade edition. Hardcover, Octavo. 316pp. Clothbound, with full color dustwrapper, and black and white illustrations. Bibliography and Index. Signed by Keith Richmond. Progradior and the Beast recounts the story of Lancashire-born Frank Bennett (1868-1930), one of Aleister Crowley's more successful, if little-known followers. Whilst still..... More
Haarlem / Bandoeng: Cliche's en druk van Joh. Enschede en zonen, (1924/ 1925 ?). First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (12 1/4 x 10 inches). 452pp. 26 Issues in contemporary half-cloth binding. B/w plates. A generously illustrated monthly journal covering all aspects of life in the Dutch East Indies. Vol. 8..... More
(Semarang & Soerabia): ( G. C. T. Van Dorp & Co. ), ND (c.1914). First Edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto.(13 x 10 inches). ii + 314pp. Large Quarto. Original half cloth, green spine with gilt titling, buff papered boards with yellow and black printing. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with color maps &..... More
London: Augustine Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 228pp. Original red cloth with gilt titling and rules to spine, b&w frontis & illustrations. The author, William Walton Thomson Hannah (1912 –1966), was an Anglican clergyman who in later life converted to Roman Catholicism. "Darkness Visible", in which Hannah examined the..... More
Bombay, India: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., ND [ circa 1960 ]. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xxviii + 92pp + vi b&w plates. Original light grey papered boards blue lettering to upper board and spine, b&w photographs and illustrations, bibliography, appendix (glossary of Sanskrit anatomical terms). An unusual..... More
New York: Kangaroo / Pocket Books, 1979. First Pocket Books edition. Softcover. Pocket sized paperback. 256pp. Colour iIllustrated covers. A classic in its field. From the publisher: "From the days of Cabala and ancient India to the JFK assassination and Jimmy Carter, the underground society known as the Order of..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 188pp, iv adverts. Original black cloth with gilt titling on upper board and spine, index. This copy INSCRIBED to the original owner on the front blank: "Godfrey Rice / from the Writer / July 1927". An exploration of the content..... More
Chicago: The Masonic History Company, 1929. New and Revised Edition. Hardcovers. Large Quartos. Two volume set. (10.25 x 7.5 inches). Consecutively paginated. Volume I, A - K. xx, 1 - 556pp; Volume II, L - Z viii, 556pp - 1155pp. Blue textured boards bordered in black with gilt titling to..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, Inc., 1971. Reprint of the Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 114pp (ii). Original maroon pictorial cloth, with gilt titling to spine and upper board. Colour, b&w and colour illustrations; fold-out. A reprint of the revised and enlarged edition of this book which was..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 238pp. Teal cloth with gilt lettering to spine, index. The author argues that many illnesses are caused by the mind, and that their cure can be found in that direction. Cowles, explains the origins of psychosomatic illnesses..... More
New York: Gordon Press, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 326pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, index. A facsimile reprint of the text of the 1914 edition of this detailed study of the development of Confucianism in Japan. Light rubbing and bumps to..... More
Barre, Massachusetts: Atu House, 2015. Nox Et Lux Edition. Softcover book and boxed deck set. Small octavo. Book: viii + 232pp, b&w illustrations, signed by M. M. Meleen on title page. Includes a tarot card housed in black envelope with matching black bookmark. The book is the guidebook for the..... More
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1978. First US Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 208pp. Periwinkle blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. Following works such Gerald S. Hawkins' "Stonehenge Decoded", and Peter Tompkins' "The Secrets of the Great Pyramids" - author, Morrison takes up the..... More
Mexico City: Sociedad Zodiacal Panamericana, 1971. Second edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 448pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine, gilt metallic endpapers printed in black, b&w frontis, charts, colour illustrations, large fold-out multi-coloured charts, tabbed text pages allow for easy reference to astrological signs. A comprehensive..... More
NP: MacKenzie Publishing Ltd, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto (12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches). 256pp. Bright blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper cover, gilt Masonic device to upper cover, colour and b&w plates and illustrations, Gallery of 275 famous masons, index. From the Foreword: "This..... More
London: John M. Watkins, 1947. Second Impression of Second Revised edition. Hardcover. Octavo. lxix + 326pp. Publisher's olive cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. An attractive reprint edition of Mead's translation of this important third century (CE) Gnostic text. Mead was a Cambridge-educated classicist and long term member of..... More
New York: Redding & Co., ND [ 1885 ? ]. Second Edition (?). Hardcover. Large thick octavo. 544pp. Blue cloth decorated on spine and upper board in gilt and silver, gilt lettering to upper board and spine, rear cover decorated and lettered in blind, patterned endpapers, red page edges. Colour..... More
London: The Studio Limited, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches). 216pp. Original black composite boards with gilt titling to spine. B&W Plates. Approx. 40pp of text and 122 photographs. A detailed study of Buddhist sculpture in Japan, from the fifth to fifteenth centuries CE. "Mr..... More
(Kyoto ?): 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches). Flexible card boards, with printed Japanese characters. 32pp of Photographs (1 colour, the remained in black and white) & 16 pp. of text. TEXT IN JAPANESE (with a short, one page printed English synopsis loosely inserted). Essentially..... More
London: Privately Printed, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii + 154pp, ip advert. Leather spine ruled and titled in gilt, matching papered boards, marbled endpapers. Seven pages of b&w plates. A series of three essays on matters sexual by John Davenport (1789-1877) a writer who has been somewhat unkindly..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Yogoda and Sat-Sanga, 1926. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. ii + 121pp, iv adverts. Orange cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board; index, glossary. An early edition of this important work first published in 1923. Yogananda [born Mukunda Lal Ghosh] (1893 – 1952), was the..... More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1931. Second revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 578pp. Blue cloth spine with blue papered boards, dark blue titling to spine and upper board. The author, Tallapragada Subba Row (1856-1890) was a Hindu Theosophist, professor of the Occult at Madras University and much admired..... More
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 158pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, bibliography. A collection of essays by Alan Watts (1915-1973) the British-born philosopher, and one time Episcopal priest who moved to America where his many books on eastern religions and mysticism..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First English language edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 452pp. Light gray cloth with red titling to spine and red publisher's device to upper board. Bibliography & index, b&w illustrations. The first English language edition of this important examination of the Grail legend from the standpoint..... More
London: True Health Publishing Company, 1945. Second edition, revised. Hardcover. Octavo. xi + 314pp. Light blue cloth with dark blue titling to spine, appendixes. Cyril Meir Scott (1879 – 1970) was an English composer, writer, and poet who perhaps was best known for his three volume "Initiate" series which tells..... More
