New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 372pp. Paper covered boards, red spine over cream boards with gilt titling to spine, B&w illustrations, endnotes, bibliography and index. Stated first edition. From the publisher: "A fascinating study of three young female hysterics who shaped..... More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover Octavo. 256pp. Blue cloth spine over matching papered boards, navy titling to spine and upper cover. A very uncommon first edition of this study by Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854-1934) the prominent, if controversial, member of the Theosophical Society, co-founder of the..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 324pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w portrait photo frontispiece & plates, Index. The first edition of this biography of Madame Blavatsky, largely compiled by the author from Blavatsky's own papers, letters, journals etc. Corners lightly bruised..... More
London: George Redway, 1884 & 1885. First Editions. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1. Large Octavo. xxviii + 298 pp; + (36)pp (Illustrated supplement). Handsome mid-20th century half-leather binding. Deep red-brown calf over matching mottled-patterned paper boards. Fine gilt titling and decorations to spine, gilt rules to boards. Top-edge gilt, fore-edge..... More
London: Norroena Society, 1907. Memorial Edition. Hardcover. Three volume set (complete). Large octavos. Consecutively paginated: Volume I: xii + 352pp. Volume II: xi - 353pp- 706pp and Volume III: xii + 707pp-1058pp. Superb gilt decorated green cloth bindings with gilt titling to spines. Coloured half title pages and frontispieces with..... More
London: J. G. & F. Rivington, 1833. Second edition, Enlarged. Hardcover, Octavo, xvi + 476 pp, Contemporary (?) dark grey publishers cloth with original printed paper title-label to spine. B&w illustrations and fold-outs. An early study of Ophiolatreia, or serpent-worship, by John Bathurst Deane (1797-1887), a Reverend gentleman whose cogitations..... More
New York, NY: J. W. Bouton, 1875. Second Edition Revised and Englarged. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xl, 148pp (+ 4pp. & [vipp.] publisher's catalogues). Original brown cloth with blind stamped decorations to boards and spine and gilt titling to spine. Brown endpapers. Frontispiece & eighteen other woodcut plates, nearly 200 figures..... More
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Deventer, The Netherlands: N. Kluwer, 1951, 1953, 1954. First Editions. Hardcover. Large Octavos. Three hardcover volumes complete with three Supplements in wrappers. "The Book of Signs": xx + 408pp (12pp Supplement with four diagrams loosely inserted); "The Book of Battles" (xvi) + 348pp + (Supplement with 9 loose diagrams) &..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1937. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 198 pp. Blue cloth with dull gilt titling to spine. Index, diagrams. The first US edition of this major early study on the subject - which seeks to validate the findings of earlier research, bringing the..... More
Atlantic City, NJ & London: Published by the author. Printed by L. N. Fowler & Co., ND ( circa 1928 ). Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 188 pp. Original brown cloth with black titling to upper board and spine. Original marbled-pattern endpapers. An unusual and curious book written by L...... More
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 208pp. Brown cloth with gilt 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
Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company, ND (circa 1930). Revised Edition. Hardcover, Octavo. xvi + 88pp. Original royal blue patterned cloth with gilt titling to spine. Diagrams. A revised and expanded edition of a work originally published in 1902. In it the apparently pseudonymous author expounds a treatise on number theory..... More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 102pp (+ iipp publisher's adverts). Original red cloth with silver-gilt lettering to spine, bibliography. From the publisher: "The book here translated was composed by an eminent Sufi mystic whilst in prison in Baghdad, awaiting execution, in a vain attempt to..... More
NP [ Virginia Beach, VA ]: Dark Harvest Occult Publishers, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 160pp. Red cloth with black titling to spine and serpent design to upper board, charcoal textured endpapers, ribbon marker. B&w frontis and illustrations by Lucas Pandofelli. The "Crown of Flames edition," limited to 313 hand..... More
NP [ South Carolina ]: Nephilim Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 146pp. Green boards embellished with gilt star-solar design on front board. Edition limited to 1000 hand numbered copies. Cloth book marker. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Seven Spheres is a book of traditional Hermetic Magic, that is..... More
Virginia Beach, VA: Dark Harvest Occult Publishers, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 134pp. Deep green cloth with black foil lettering to spine, sigil to upper board. B&w illustrations - Ceremonial diagrams and 5 full page illustrations by the artist Lucas Pandofelli. Ribbon marker. SIGNED by the author with a sigilic..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Reprint. Patrick Riley (ed); Leibniz: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) Cambridge University Press, 1988 (2nd edn) Softcover. x + 252pp. Leibniz's political and ethical writing long has been neglected, and with this new edition Professor Riley makes available the..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. First Edition Thus. Softcover, Octavo. viii, 324pp. Glossy card wrappers. From the publishers: "G. W. Leibniz’s Monadology, one of the most important pieces of the Leibniz corpus, is at once one of the great classics of modern philosophy and one of its most..... More
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2013. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. 94 pages. Charcoal cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gilt heart design on front board. Deep green endpapers. B/w illustrations. Bibliography. This hardcover edition limited to 396 hand-numbered copies. "First published in 2009 as an essay in the British..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. i-xxii, 528 pp. + xxiii-lxiii notes & Bibliography + lxiiv- xcvi Index. Leibniz's thoughtful critique of John Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding". The work was originally written in French, and this translation by Peter Remnant and Jonathan Bennett, first published in..... More
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2000. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 96pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. A volume in the Wadsworth Philosophers devoted to the study of Leibniz. The series is described by the publisher as providing "a brief and accessible insight into the ideas of major philosophers throughout history. Each of the..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover lxiv, + 146 pp Original Latin text with English translation on opposite pages. The first volume in a series that presents original texts by G.W. Leibniz accompanied by English translations on the facing pages. This book presents a selection of..... More
London: Arthur Probsthain, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv + 318pp (+ vipp. publisher's catalogue). + 30pp of b&w full-page plates not included in the pagination.. Original navy blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and upper board. Index. A handsome study of the deified serpents or Nagas whose..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1994. First Printing of Second revised edition. Softcover. Octavo. xviii + 216pp + 6pp of adverts, b&w illustrations, appendices, notes and bibliography. The first printing of the second revised edition of this now scarce edition by Stephen Flowers (aka Edred Thorsson). A study of the..... More
York Beach, Maine, USA: The Teitan Press, 2008. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, approx. 28.5 x 22cm). lxiv + [158]pp. Quality deep blue cloth binding, with a gilt sigil & titling stamped on the front cover, and gilt title etc. on the spine..... More
