London: George Routledge, 1928. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. vi + 126pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board, gilt dragon device on front board. In 'The Golden Dragon Library' series. Slight lean to spine, spine faded & rubbed at ends, boards slightly discolored, top-edge slightly..... More
Toronto, CANADA: Chroniker Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 278pp. Illustrated papered boards, b&w frontispiece and illustrations, extensive glossary, indexes. A new study of Crowley and the philosophies of Thelema, including the pseudonymous author's commentaries on the first and third chapters of "The Book of the Law." Damp ripple to..... More
New York: Taplinger, 1972. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 160pp. Original red boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index of quotations. Several minor bumps to bottom-edges of boards, spine ends rubbed, otherwise a VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket lightly rubbed, price-clipped). More
New York: State University of New York Press, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xii + 338pp. Index. Hint of foxing to top-edge, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1923. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 192pp. Original cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Spine ends worn, small scuff near bottom of spine, slight chafing to corners of boards, a few minor marks to front board, endpapers discolored, marginal pencil annotations to several pages, page-edges..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 128pp. Cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w frontis. portrait. Spine ends a little rubbed, small white mark to bottom-corner of front board, otherwise a tight, clean VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket discolored & much..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 128pp. Blue cloth spine with paper title label, blue papered boards. Page-edges toned, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket a little faded, a little discolored, a few edge nicks). More
New York: Edward Livermore, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 330pp. Original red cloth, boards decorated in blind, gilt-lettered & decorated on spine. Tinted frontis. & illustrations. Cloth a bit rubbed and slightly darkened, spine slightly canted, spine ends bruised and chafed with a small tear at lower spine, some nibbling..... More
Boston, MA: Grosset & Dunlap, ND. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 296pp. Original papered boards lettered in black on spine & front board. "'Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal' is not a sequel to 'Magnificent Obsession.' It is rather an expansion of the philosophy that made 'Magnificent Obsession' important, illumined by other..... More
Basingstoke & London: Macmillan, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 380pp. Green boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w plates. Bump to bottom of spine, top-edge lightly browned, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket has a few creases in laminate on rear..... More
Leicester, UK: Matador, an imprint of Troubador Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 230pp. bibliography, appendix, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated by Doyle: "Towards Gnosis / Julian Doyle / 25th May 2008" (the time of publication) on the half-title page. A novelisation of Iron Maiden singer-turned-film scribe Bruce Dickinson's..... More
New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 204pp. Index. Spine & wrappers slightly rubbed & discolored, page-edges age-toned, else a tight, clean VG copy. More
NP, ND (c.1950). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small octavo. 142pp. Original wrappers pictorial (same design) front and back. An unusual clandestinely published American edition of this, the first volume (complete in itself) of a trilogy of flagellation novels that was originally published in Paris circa 1900 by Charles Carrington. Spine..... More
Boston, MA: Little Brown, 1916. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 116pp. Black cloth lettered in red on spine. In 'The Modern Drama Series.' Boards slightly marked, bumps to corners of boards, slight wear at spine ends, page-edges browned, previous owner's name label on front free endpaper, front endpapers slightly discolored..... More
London: Jarrolds, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 128pp. Grey cloth lettered in red on spine & front board. Frontispiece portrait of Dunsany. The third volume of Dunsany's autobiography. A clean VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket scuffed & worn, price-clipped, slight loss from spine ends). More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1929. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 144pp. Original cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w frontis. portrait. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Ex-library copy, white library numbers on spine, tiny tear at top of spine, small top-corner pieces torn from first three pages..... More
Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1851. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 4to. iv + 272pp. Later (?) brown pebbled cloth, leather spine label with gilt titling and rules. An early English translation of Sri Lallulji Lal's "Prem Sagar," ("Ocean of Love") a version in Hindi of the 10th chapter of the Bhagavata Purana..... More
Hertford, England: Stephen Austin, 1854. First edition. Hardcover, sm.4to, 28 pp of prelims + 650 pp + 10 pp of adverts, overall vg condition, half leather with marbled boards, nicely rebacked w/ original spine and marbled boards, original endpapers, gilt title, etc. to spine, raised bands, slight wear to covers..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 245pp. Black papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. Cambridge Studies in Latin Ameican and Iberian Literature 3. A tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
New York, NY: The United States Publishing Company, 1875. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 606pp. Original decorated brown cloth with gilt titles & decorations on spine. B/w frontis portrait (with tissue guard). Supposedly the autobiography of the second daughter of the author of the notorious "Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk." Wear..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Dark blue papered boards lettered in light blue on spine. Previous owner's small name-stamp on bottom-edge, page-edges foxed, small bump at top of spine, else a tight, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, rubbed, short tears at..... More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii + 224pp. Brown cloth with gilt titling, frontis portrait, index. The second volume of the post-humously published autobiography of Mircea Eliade who was Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History of Religions at the University of Chicago..... More
New York, NY: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1910 copyright. Hardcover. 8vo. 438 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine; blind rules and blind emblem to upper board; frontis w/ tissue guard. Light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, corners and edges; top edge slightly dusty; small tear..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 196pp. Blue textured papered boards lettered in silver on spine. Pictorial endpapers. A tight, clean near-Fine copy in near-Fine dust jacket. More
London: Peter Owen, 1988. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 238pp. Red textured papered boards lettered in silver on spine. Bumps to bottom of spine & top-corners of boards, slight foxing to top-edge, small old price-sticker mark on front pastedown, else a tight VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust..... More
