London: John M. Watkins, 1913. Third Edition, Revised. Hardcovers. Octavos. Two volumes. Volume I: xxiv + 442pp & Volume II: x + 466pp. Navy cloth gilt-lettered on spines, blind rules to upper board, b&w frontisportraits w/ tissue guards, b&w plates, fold-out plate, top edge gilt, index. The biography of Anna..... More
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New York, NY: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1970. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Small quartos. Two volumes in slipcase (complete). xlvi + 584pp & 585 -1011pp. Taupe cloth with blue spine panels titled and decorated in gilt. This edition limited to 500 sets. A facsimile of the first 1926 edition of this set..... More
Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 232 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title etc. to front cover and spine, b&w illustrations. Author, Dr. Neugebauer, then a professor of the history of Mathematics at Brown University, is perhaps best known for his massive "Egyptian..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxviii + 344pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind rules to upper board. Colour frontispiece. Very scarce First Edition of this collection of stories, sayings, and superstitions of old Northumbria by avid folklorist, William Henderson. Chapters include..... More
Cambridge, England: The Cambridge University Press, 1896. First edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 84pp. Dark navy cloth, gilt title to spine, blind rules to front cover. Author, James Rendel Harris (1852 – 1941) was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many..... More
London: David Nutt / Folk-Lore Society, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 148pp + 8 plates (2 coloured). Brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine and device to upper board, black borders to upper board. The first 90 pages of the work comprise a study and collection of..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Second Edition, Third Impression. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxviii + 316pp. Series green cloth with gilt titling to spine, gilt device and blind rules on upper board; color frontis, b&w illustrations, index. A biography of Jetsun Milarepa (Rje-btsun Mi-la ras-pa - c. 1052—1135), student of Marpa..... More
London: Fulgur, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 296pp. Original fine black cloth, silver lettering to spine, silver sigil to upper board, printed endpapers. Tipped in colour frontispiece, generously illustrated, mostly in black and white, but some magnificent color plates. A detailed account of Austin Osman Spare and his relationship with..... More
Avondale Estates, GA: IlluminNet Press, 1991. New Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxxiv, (ii), 78pp. Purple covers with black lettering and illustrations. b&w illustrations. "Is it a joke disguised as a religion or a religion disguised as a joke? ..... Principia Discordia is the official bible of the most relevant religion ever..... More
Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 346pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; blind rules to upper board. Appendixes, Index of Upanishad Passages put into verse; index of abbreviations; Corrigenda; general index. The first edition of this work described by..... More
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Quakertown, PA: Philosophical Publishing Co. "Beverly Hall Corp." ND [ Copyright 1946, 1947 and 1949 ]. First Editions (?). Hardcover. Large octavos. Three volumes. xxviii + 288pp & xxxii + 280pp & xxxii + 288pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles and authors to spines, gilt Rosy Cross design on..... More
Glen Ellen, CA: Glen Ellen Scientific Co, 1970. First Edition Thus. Vintage star finding kit! Seven pieces, never assembled, including packet of plastic holding devices for the Star Finder, and the Star Finder Telescope. Also includes 4 printed, folded sheet of directions, time zone map, etc. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap..... More
Waterbury Center, VT: Dominion Press, 2001. First Edition: Limited. Hardcover, Octavo, 160 pp. Black cloth with silver title, etc. to spine and front cover, decorative blind stamping. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, this copy out-of-series (there is a "-" in the place where the number would usually be written)..... More
Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, Biblio and Tannen, 1940, 1964-1965. Mixed set: First Editions & Facsimile Reprints. Hardcovers. Five massive volumes, or to be precise, three "volumes" in Five physical books / parts. Complete and rare thus. Three large octavos & two quartos. Vol. I: xliv, 886pp. Vol. II..... More
London: John Murray, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover, large octavo, xiv + 320 pp, Original red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine. A historical study of the various influences of Christian thought in the western political and social landscape, from the pre-mediaeval period, to the modern state, with chapters on "Mystical..... More
London: Morgan and Scott Ltd., 1917. (New Edition) Third Impression. Hardcover, Octavo. xxiv + 3346pp (+ii - adverts). Original green cloth, with black titling to spine and front board. Frontispiece. A surprisingly uncommon work authored by Henry Grattan Guinness and his wife. Guinness (1835 – 1910) was an Irish Protestant..... More
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1914. Reprint. Hardcover, Small octavo. xx + 450 pp. Original black cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, blind stamp emblem and rules to front board. A pleasant edition of the "Historia Ecclesiastica" by the 5th-century C.E. Christian church historian Socrates Scholasticus (Socrates of Constantinople..... More
Edmonds, WA: Sure Fire Press [ Holmes Publishing Group ], 1988. First Edition Thus. Softcover booklet. Octavo. 28pp. Textured yellow stapled wrappers lettered and illustrated in black. Although not identified as such in the publication, this essay on number and the Kabbala is reprinted from "The Equinox" Vol. I, No..... More
NP [ England ]: NP, ND [ Circa 1970 ]. First Edition Thus? Softcover. Large octavo. viii + 24pp. Grey stapled wrappers with white lettering to upper cover, b&w frontisportrait of Crowley. The Fun of the Fair is Crowley's reminiscences - in verse - of the bawdy spectacle of the..... More
Northampton UK: Sut Anubis / Occultique, ND ( Circa 1980s ). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. [viii] 24pp. Stapled stiff grey wrappers. INSCRIBED by the publisher Michael John Lovett of Sut Anubis and Occultique to Clive Harper on the inside front cover. "The Fun of the Fair" is Crowley's reminiscences..... More
NP: Lulu.com, 2007. POD. Softcover. Octavo. 78pp. A privately published collection of Crowley's writings including "One Star in Sight"; Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni"; "Liber Collegi Sancti"; "A.'.A.'. Curriculum"; and "A Syllabus of the Official Instructions of the A.'.A.'.". The compiler evidently intended to include a Foreword, but failed to do..... More
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Thame, England: Mandrake Press, Ltd., 1990. First Edition Thus, limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 62pp. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, portrait of Crowley on title page. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. This copy SIGNED by Keith Richmond on the title-page. In February 1930 Crowley was invited to..... More
Cambridge, UK: Privately Printed, 1996. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 6pp. Stapled booklet. Stiff black textured card covers with printed paper title label on upper cover, tipped in b&w frontis. Edition limited to 93 copies, this copy being No. 86. The first separate publication of a short story by Crowley..... More
London: Iemanja Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 70pp Original yellow stiff card wrappers with titling etc. in black. Edition limited to 500 hand-numbered copies (this copy No. 308). This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to Clive Harper on the half-title page. ALSO included is a brief, hand-written..... More
London: Askin Publishers & Samuel Weiser, 1976. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. (vi) + 116 pp. Printed card wrappers. A scarce edition of Crowley's rendering of the great Taoist classic, with Introduction by Stephen Skinner. Typescripts of Crowley's version of the "Tao Teh King" circulated amongst Crowley's students, but the..... More
