New York: Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co., 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 494pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w frontis; b&w illustrations, indexes. An important study of the Kabbalah in which Scholem presents a summary of his life's studies. It covers the whole history..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 202pp. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, author index. From the publisher: "The first edition of this immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948-1969, which was also the first volume to appear in the..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii + 478pp + adverts. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, index. From the publisher: "This is a sequel to the immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948-1969, which was the first volume to appear in..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 256pp + adverts. Illustrated cloth with lettering to spine and upper board, index. From the publisher: "This is the third volume of the immensely useful "Nag Hammadi Bibliography", the first volume of which covered 1948-1969 and was the..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 192pp. Original cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Page-edges browned, faint small marks to front board, previous owner's name & old price on front endpapers, underlining to words on some pages (not too much), otherwise a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket). More
New York, NY: Eaton & Mains, 1909. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 462pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. Top-edge-gilt. Spine ends chafed, 1" frayed scuff to cloth on bottom-edge of rear board, else a solid, internally-clean Good+ copy (no dust jacket). More
np. np. ND. (circa 1948). Export Edition. Softcover. 12mo. 258pp. Printed wrappers, with front cover illustration depicting a nun behind bars. Spine creased, minor chipping at spine ends, pages age-browned, nicks from corners of preliminary pages, else a solid near-VG copy. More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1997. Hardcover. Large octavo. 264pp. Green textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. B/w illustrations. Bibliography & index. A clean Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket (Dust jacket snagged at fore-edge of upper board with short - 1/2 " - ragged tear, otherwise pristine). More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 130pp. Tan textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. 'The Haskell Lectures delivered at the Graduate School of Theology, Oberlin College 1956.' Index. Top-edge a little dusty, else a clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Company, 1953. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 228pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. Bottom of spine slightly rubbed, top-edge lightly browned, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else a solid VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, chipped along top-edge, 1"..... More
Cambridge: John Hayes for W. Morden, 1673. Second Corrected Edition. Hardcover. large 8vo. xxx + 512pp. Contemporary calf boards, rebacked (probably in the late nineteenth century ) with a leather spine with gilt titled spine label, and raised bands. A collection of essays by John Smith (1618-1652), who, along with..... More
New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi] + 112pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Corners bumped, edges a little dusty. Overall a tight, clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (price-clipped, rubbed, spine a little chipped & darkened). More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Image Book, 1959 copyright. Third Revised. Softcover. Pocket-sized paperback. 194pp + 4pp of ads. "A Classic in the Literature of Mysticism. From the Critical Edition of P. Silverio De Santa Teresa. Complete and Unabridged." Wrappers lightly rubbed, slightest crease to spine, page-edges foxed, else a clean..... More
London: Cassell, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 256pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. William Thomas Stead (1849 - 1912) was a remarkable English journalist, editor, and social reformer, with a profound belief in the occult and spiritualism - this volume being something of a...... More
Northvale, NJ / London: Jason Aronson Inc., 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 302pp. Turquoise cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, matching turquoise endpapers and top edge, b&w illustrations. From the publisher: "In the Beginning is a journey through the Book of Genesis by..... More
London: Rivingtons, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 88pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on front board, blind-stamped decorations on boards. B/w frontis. & one other b/w plate. An unusual early nineteenth century work of Biblical archaeology. The author focusses his researches on the river Pison (Pishon) one of four..... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1922. Reprint of Second edition. Hardcover. 16mo. vi + 96pp. Blue cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. This is one of a series of evidential books drawn up at the instance of the Christian Evidence Society. Spine ends a little rubbed..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 316pp. Black boards lettered in silver on spine. Notes, indexes. A clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 374pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Bibliography & index. Spine ends slightly chafed, top-edge a little dusty, otherwise a clean, tight VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket lightly rubbed, slight chafing to spine ends..... More
London: Methuen, October, 1923. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 326pp. + 8pp. ads. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered in blind on front board. Index. B/w frontis. & plates. Spine a little faded, page-edges foxed & browned, otherwise a near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. lviii + 286pp. Original light brown cloth with black title, etc. to spine, and illustration to upper board, marbled endpapers, appendix and index. 'Semitic Magic is a study of the magical practices - the spells, rituals, and incantations - of..... More
London / New York: Allen & Unwin / Humanities Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 256pp. Original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. 'The Muirhead Library of Philosophy' series. Index. A clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket edges a little chafed, price-clipped). More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii+ 284pp + advert. Publisher's olive green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "Study of the Gospel according to Philip, an important gnostic Christian text, has been hampered by unresolved questions..... More
London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1862. "New edition" Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 500pp. + 16ps. Original decorated cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. Fraying to cloth at spine ends, split to cloth down one side of spine, central horizontal tear to spine cloth, corners of boards worn..... More
Andover, MA: Mark Newman, 1832. Third edition. Hardcover. Tall thick Royal octavo. viii + 574pp. Blue cloth spine with paper title-label, brown papered boards. Fold-out color map. Index. Vertical split up length of spine (binding just holding by threads), spine & boards very worn, chipped & discolored, page-edges browned, occasional..... More
