London: William Morrow [ imprint of Harper Collins ], 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 224pp. Two- toned boards with gilt titling to spine, blind stamped publisher's device on upper board, b&w illustrations and maps throughout, two inserts [xiv pages] of full colour plates, select bibliography, index. Stated..... More
Phoenix, AZ: Spacecraft Research Association, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto booklet. 18pp. (inclusive of covers). Stapled mimeographed journal, being the "monthly publication of Spacecraft Research Association," a group concerned with UFO phenomena, etc. Includes a lengthy "letter to editor" by a Frances E. Kinsley advising the reader how to attempt..... 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
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New York: Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Inc., 1885. Second Edition thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. Two Volumes in One. Volume. Book I: Traditions of Freemasonry and its Coincidence with the Ancient Mysteries (Pierson): xii, 13-384pp, AND Book II: The Origin and Early History of Masonry (Steinbrenner): 164 pp. Original bright..... More
Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 210 pp. Black cloth with white titling to spine and small blind stamped publisher's emblem to lower corner of upper board; maps, b&w figures, index, bibliography. Contributors include J. Rufus Fears, S. Casey Fredericks, John V. Luce, Edwain S...... More
France: Pensées et Sociétés Secrètes, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. FRENCH text, 256pp. Plain black card covers overlaid with silver jacket, lettered in black, illustrated in black and silver, page edges black, b&w illustrations. From the publishers: "Depuis des siècles, le Temple, les Templiers sont l'objet de polémiques et d'accusations..... More
London: Heinemann, ND [ 1976 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 282pp. Bound in fine blue cloth and illustrations, coloured top edges, headbands, index. The first edition this analysis of Scientology from a sociological /historical perspective. A few light marks to boards, light bruising and chafing to spine..... More
New York NY: Oxford University Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x+ 332pp. Black papered boards, with silver titling to spine. A serious study of Scientology as a new religious movement, based on extensive interviews with Scientologists, etc. As new. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (Now in..... More
New York, NY: The Citadel Press, 1956. First US Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 208 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations; maps. Spine slightly faded; page edges a little browned; early and later pages unevenly browned; first free end page missing. Otherwise, a tight and clean VG copy..... More
New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1980. First US Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 302 pp. Orange cloth with gilt titling to spine; bibliography, index, b&w illustrations. Lower edge of cloth, spine ends, corners rubbed and lightly bumped; page edges a little darkened; owner's book plate on front paste down. Overall..... More
New York: University Books, 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo, 238pp. Original red cloth with black lettering to spine, with sixteen full page b&w plates. A reprint of this popular history with a new Foreword by Leslie Shepard. The author James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (1874 - 1955) was..... More
Amherst WI: Amherst Press, 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. Small quarto. 208pp. Beige textured boards lettered in gilt on spine, b/w illustrations, reference notes, bibliography and index. William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench (1911 – 1995) was a prominent ufologist who edited Flying Saucer Review from 1956 - 1959, founded the International..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 272pp. Green cloth lettered in white on spine, b/w illustrations, bibliography and index. William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench (1911 – 1995) was a prominent ufologist who edited Flying Saucer Review from 1956 - 1959, founded the International Unidentified Object Observer Corps..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1970. Book Club. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Red textured papered boards lettered in black on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations. Reissue of Von Daniken's second book, 'Return to the Stars.' Spine ends rubbed, bumps to corners of boards, top-edge dusty, small owner label on front..... More
Berkeley, CA: And/Or Press, 1981. First Edition - Second Printing. Softcover. Small Quarto. 150pp. Glossary, b&w illustrations. From the publisher: "In 'The Illuminati Papers', Robert Anton Wilson speaks through characters from his novels and other realities and presents his views on our future way of life." Covers lightly rubbed and..... More
Berkeley, CA: Ronin Publishing, 1992. Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 208pp. Colour illustrated covers. Glossary, b&w illustrations. From the publisher: " Wilson examines the jumping Jesus phenomenon, talks with Buckminster Fuller, finds a "maybe" in the universe, eyeballs Carl Sagan and witch-hunters of the scientific establishment, asks whether God is a...... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo, 256 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, notes, bibliography and index, illustrated in b&w. The author revists the original accounts of Atlantis - from Plato onwards - and posits a new theory about the location and story..... More
