Zurich, Switzerland: Buchclub Ex Libris, 1977. German Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 500pp. Blue cloth lettered in black on spine. GERMAN text. Pages lightly age-toned, else a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1891 - 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. Modern beige cloth with printed paper spine label. Issues are consecutively paginated, this volume contains vi + 774pp + 98 pages supplements at rear. A complete year, twelve issues with index and supplements bound in. The..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 232pp. Gray textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Psychical research concerning survival after death. Study of paranormal phenomena, speaking in unknown tongues, out of body experiences, etc. Bottom of spine slightly chafed, top-edge foxed, otherwise a clean VG..... More
London: Frank Cass, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. xiv + 84pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine. Glossary. Overall, a tight and bright near-Fine copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed, spine darkened, price clipped.). More
Harvard: The Harvard Theological Review, 1918. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Slim large octavo. [32pp]. Printed wrappers. Offprint from 'The Harvard Theological Review' Volume XI, April 1918. Wrappers rubbed & creased, corner creases to booklet, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy. Scarce. More
Edmonds, WA: The Alexandrian Press / Holmes, 1985. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Endnotes. A facsmile reprint of Thomas Taylor's translation of Plotinus' "Concerning the Beautiful" with an introduction by Taylor. Covers lightly rubbed, otherwise a clean VG+ copy. More
Chicago: The Hermetic Publishing Company, 1932. Softcover. Quarto. 8" x 11". 40pp (i adverts, viii blanks). Original printed wrappers, secured by staples. No statement of edition, but the appearance of the volume is consistent with the copyright date of 1932. Published by the Hermetic Publishing Company - publishers of various..... More
Chicago, IL: Hermetic Publishing Co., ND (circa 1940s). First Edition. Softcover, Quarto. 8" x 11", 80 pp, Original printed wrappers. Undated but presumably a first or early edition. Much of the treatise seems to be devoted to drawing connections between various power centers on the human body and mystical and..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1972. First Paper edition. Softcover, 8vo, xx + 206 pp, b/w illustrations. Very slight rubbing to covers, otherwise as new. Near fine condition. More
London: Yale University Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 504pp + fold out map at rear. Green cloth with dark green lettering on spine, b&w frontisportrait of Nicholas Roerich, b&w illustrations, index. Author George Nicolas de Roerich (1902 - 1960) was a Russian Tibetologist and the son..... More
Prescott, AZ: White Mountain Educational Association, 1998. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. x + 254pp + adverts. B&W portrait of Helena Roerich, b&w illustrations, end-notes, index, Agni Yogi bibliography. From the publisher: "This book is a rare look into the life, visions, and fiery experiences of a great spiritual..... More
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India: Kitabistan, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 150pp. Red cloth with black lettering to spine and upper board. The extremely scarce Indian-published true first edition of this work by Nicholas Roerich (1874 - 1947). Roerich was a Russian-born painter, philosopher, writer, and traveler, renowned for his studies..... More
New York, NY: New Era Library / Roerich Museum Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 380pp. Gilt-lettered white cloth spine, green cloth boards gilt-lettered on front board. B/w frontis. The first American Edition of this volume from the works of Nicholas Roerich (1874 - 1947) the Russian painter..... More
North Hollywood, CA: Wilshire Book Company, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. viii + 242pp + viiipp adverts. Reprint edition. Sadhu (Mieczyslaw Demetriusz Sudowski; 1897 - 1971) was an enigmatic Polish-born mystic and author, who wrote a number of books on various aspects of the Western Hermetic tradition before embracing the teachings..... More
Paris: Triades-Editions, 1962. Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 266pp. Original printed & illustrated wrappers with folded flaps. Index. Text in FRENCH. An unusual and important edition of this allegorical reflection on good and evil by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743 - 1803), the French mystical philosopher known as "le philosophe inconnu,"..... More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 240 pp. Original black cloth with gilt titling to spine, index of Biblical quotations, general index. The first edition of this new annotated transation of three significant books of "The Zohar": Book of the Mystery; The..... More
Hierosolymis: E Prelis Universitatis Hebraicae, 1930. First Edition. Softcover, sm.4to, xii+258 pp, Original printed wrappers, HEBREW text. Many upopened papges (likely never read). Upper cover lightly faded at top edge, a bit rubbed and worn at all edges, spine ends chipped with a few short tears, otherwise a sound and..... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxxviii + 276pp. Blue cloth spine lettered in silver, tan papered boards lettered in silver on front board. Index. A tight & clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
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
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1975. Revised. Softcover. Octavo. xxxii + 156pp. Index. Wrappers a little curled, binding cracked at centre of pages (pages are still solid in binding) - a Good reading copy. As is. More
New Delhi, India: Oriental Books Reprint Corporation, 1974. First Indian Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxii + 242 pp. Brown cloth with gilt titling to spine; index, glossary. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped; top of page edges slightly dusty. Otherwise, a tight and unmarked VG+ copy in better then..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Bright green cloth with gilt and silver lettering, etc. to spine. The first edition of this work in which Shah, a well known Sufi scholar, presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings as a basic..... 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
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
