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
Smithville, TX: Rûna-Raven Press, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xiv + 110pp. Glossy illustrated covers, b&w illustrations, appendixes, bibliography. Note this is the original Rûna-Raven Press first edition. The author of "Hermetic Magic" and "Fire & Ice", explores the origin of Wicca in the Vanir cult of the ancient Northlands..... More
New York NY: Pantheon Books, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Quartos (12 1/4 x 10 inches). Two Volumes, complete. Vol. I (Text): xx + 460pp, colour frontis; Vol. II (Plates): comprises a 16pp list of plates (booklet in printed brown wrappers) and 196 loose plates. Matching volumes bound with brown..... 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
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: Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, lvi + 700 pp. Original orange cloth with black title, etc. to spine, appendixes, glossary and indexes. Spine ends and lower edge lightly chafed, upper corners bumped affecting text block a bit, paper lightly browned, otherwise a sound and unmarked VG+..... More
New York, NY: Four Winds Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 258 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board; b&w illustrations by Lucy Martin Bitzer. Very light foxing to top and fore edge of pages. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust..... More
North Yorkshire, UK: Dalesman Books, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Slim octavo. 80pp. B/w illustrations. An entertaining collection of ghostly and supernatural folk-lore from Lancashire. Wrappers lightly rubbed, hint of foxing to top-edge, small erasure spot on front free endpaper, else a tight, clean VG copy. More
London: F. and C. Rivingtons, 1816. First Edition. Hardcovers. Large quartos. Three Volume Set ( complete ). Vol. I: lxx + 496pp & Vol. II: xxii + 504pp & Vol. III: xxviii + 682pp. Matching late nineteenth century quarter leather bindings: deep green half leather over pebbled cloth boards Raised..... More
London: Watts & Co., 1946. First Edition: Second Impression. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 206pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. Index. A study by Spence written with the aim of describing and reviewing the various attempts made to explain the origin and acceptance of the belief in fairies. The..... More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 212 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine. Very light general wear with a bit of rubbing to corners and and spine ends; very slight foxing to top edge of pages. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xxviii + 564 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine; index, bibliography. Cloth of upper board slightly creased; general light wear and rubbing to boards; darkened mark to upper and lower inner corner front endpapers and early text..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 224 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, frontis, well illustrated in b&w and color. Old "new" stock, thus just a hint of shelf dust and rubbing. Near fine condition in Near fine dust jacket..... More
New York, NY: Philosophical Library Inc., 1945. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xx + 844 pp. Red cloth with black titling to spine and upper board. Light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, edges, and corners; spine slightly faded with a few small spots of white paint; ripple to cloth of lower..... More
New York: Bell Company, 1970. Hardcover. Octavo. 168pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations; maps on end papers. A psychic and a real journey to find the Lost Continent as prophesied by Edgar Cayce. Page edges a bit darkened, paper tonedd - otherwise a tight, bright VG+..... More
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii + 288. Red cloth with copper titling to spine; notes; bibliography; index; b&w illustrations by Raul Velazquez. Very light rubbing and bumping to spine ends and edges. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 212 pp. Black cloth with yellow titling to spine; frontis; bibliography; index, maps; b&w illustrations. Very light bumping to spine ends and corners; page edges a little browned; book seller's stamp & owner's details on front free end paper..... More
London: Aquarian Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 172pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. The first edition of this work on the mythical & historical roots of Western occultism written by Christine Hartley who was one of Dion Fortune's original pupil's (Fortune - as "D.N.F." - is..... More
London: Macmillan, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 84pp. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Index. Fore- & bottom-edges uncut. A series of lectures by Scottish social anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854 – 1941), author of the massive and influential study "The Golden Bough." In these..... More
