London / New York: Continuum, 2009. Revised Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxxii + 260pp. Illustrated in b&w, maps, appendices, notes, indexes. Revised edition with a new preface. From the publisher: "The first book to challenge The National Geographic version of the Gospel of Judas. "The Thirteenth Apostle" is sure to inspire..... More
New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, nd (circa 1900). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 174 pp. Quarter white cloth with dark brown papered boards; gilt titling to spine and upper board; eight woodcuts by Albert Destanche. Spine, edges, and corners rubbed and bumped; rear board's paper faded, top edge of..... More
NP [ Wirral, Cheshire ]: The Aylesford Press, 1991. First Edition, Deluxe. Hardcover. Octavo. 36pp. Blue leatherette spine over marbled boards, printed paper spine labels. The De Luxe edition of 50 hardbound hand-numbered copies SIGNED by King Cedric at the end of his Foreword, of which only 33 copies were..... More
Milano, Italy: Giovanni De Vecchi Editore, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. large 8vo. 546 pp. Original black cloth, white title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations, ITALIAN text, glossary and index. Very light chafing to boards, bookshop sticker, page edges lightly thumbed and bumped, otherwise VG+ in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket..... More
Edmonds, WA: Sure Fire Press, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 36pp. Illustrated stapled wrappers. A reprint of this translation first published in 1909 by the Palestine Explorations Fund. Covers slightly darkened, price penned on rear cover, light rubbing -otherwise a tight clean VG+ copy. More
San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1986. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 194 pp. Quarter dark blue cloth and blue papered boards; gilt and light blue titling to spine. A thoughtful study on the history and significance of the God-Symbol. The author carefully analyzes the psychological and cultural aspects..... More
Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xx + 290pp (+ ivpp adverts). Original pale green cloth with brown titling to spine. 65 pages of black and white photographic plates (included in the pagination). GERMAN LANGUAGE. A very nicely produced volume - the plates are separately printed on..... 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
New York, NY: Renaissance Society of America, 1967, 1968, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 5 issues. Original printed wrappers. 184pp & 185-316pp & 437-556pp & 153-274pp [vi] & 329-450pp. Five non-sequential issues of this journal which covers art, literature, and history of the Renaissance for the academic audience. Contains research..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. x + 518pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine; pictorial end papers; b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. Both a history of the development of the study of folklore in Britain, along with a series of biographical portraits of..... More
Kila, MT: Kessinger, ND [ 1992 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. (11 x 8.5 inches). 92pp + iv. Glossy wrappers. A cheaply produced reprint of the 1912 first edition of this work by Levi H. Dowling (1844 – 1911) an American minister best known as the author of "The Aquarian Gospel..... More
Turnhout, Belgium: Établissements Brepols S.A., nd (ca 1960's?). Hardcover. Quarto (7" x 11"). viii + 282 pp. French text. Gray cloth with gilt titling to spine; gilt illustration and titling to upper board; b&w illustrations. Spine ends, edges, and corners chafed with some light fraying and a few light bumps;..... More
London: A. J. Valpy, 1811. First Edition. Hardcover, Octavo, (iv) 2 lxxxii (xvii plates) 381 (i). Modern brown quarter leather with maroon cloth boards. 16 lithographed plates by T. Baxter and one unsigned steel engraving "Deae Multimammiae Imago" all bound together following p. lxxxvii. The true first edition of which..... More
Gainesville, FL: University Presses of Florida, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 88 pp. Original wrappers; tables, bibliography. Spine edges and back wrapper lightly faded; upper corner of rear wrapper has half inch scrape; page edges lightly foxed. Otherwise, a tight and clean VG copy. More
Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1906. Third edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. xxxiv pp + 742 pp + 2 pp of adverts. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, blind rules on upper board; frontis, index, appendices. Light general wear to boards and a bit of rubbing and bumping to spine ends..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. 178 pp. Teal cloth with silver titling to spine, map, tables, b&w line drawings, map, bibliography, index. A study of the beliefs of this Native American group in the Colorado Valley. Vertical red mark on bottom edge of pages. Otherwise, a...... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1976. Hardcover w/dust jacket, 8vo, 178 pp, very good + condition, slight wear and soiling to dust jacket, slight creasing at top jacket edge. More
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xii + 210 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; index, bibliography. The author, an anthropologist, recounts a series of folktales which have the central motif of the sacrifice of a female victim to ensure the successful..... More
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi + 216 pp. Green cloth with black titling to spine; bibliography, index. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket (not price clipped). More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii + 482 pp. Yellow cloth with red and black titling to spine, orange and black titling to upper board, gray illustrations to upper board; index, bibliography, maps, b&w illustrations. Very light rubbing to ends and edges; page edges a...... More
Paris: H. Agasse, 1795. First Edition. Hardcovers. Small Quartos. Four volumes (complete). Text in French. Vol. I: xvi + 556pp. Vol. II: 302pp + 304pp. Vol III: 368pp + 358pp [2 fold-outs] +104pp. Vol IV: 16pp text + XXIIpp plates. A lovely set bound in contemporary (?) half parchment (made..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 286pp. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The British character actor (known for many years as "The Man in Black", the narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment with Fear and for appearances on the Goon Show) undertakes a Fortean..... 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
Alhambra, CA: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 230 pp. Tan cloth with gilt titling to spine; frontis map; b&w illustrations, maps, bibliography. Owner's book plate on front paste down. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket a little rubbed, not price..... More
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 344pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. The second volume of the journals of Mircea Eliade (1907- 1986), a Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History of Religions at the University of Chicago..... More
