London: Prentice-Hall, 1966. Hardcover. Octavo. 172pp. Cloth with blind-stamped title design. In the Tuttle 'Library of Japanese Literature' series. Previous owner's signature across title page, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket. More
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc., 1930. Hardcover w/ dust jacket, 8vo, 708 pp, very good - condition, red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, moderate wear and soiling to dust jacket, slight tears to top and bottom of jacket, price clipped, light soiling to page edges, minor..... More
Camden, NJ: RCA Manufacturing Company, Inc., 1936. Ninth Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, large 8vo, 528 pp, very good condition, quarter red cloth w/ tan cloth boards, gilt title, etc. to spine, photographs, slight wear and soiling to cover, light soiling to page edges, minor browning to pages, previous owner's..... More
London: Faber, 1961. Softcover. Slim octavo. 48pp. Card covers with wraparound d/w affixed at spine (as issued). Wrappers lightly rubbed, foxing to page-edges, touch of foxing to endpapers, discreet old bookseller's stamp at bottom of front free endpaper, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy. More
Various, Various (1970s - 2008). Softcovers. Various formats - mostly quarto glossy magazines - some newspaper-style. A mixture of music magazines, popular culture, and news magazines, and a couple of collectables magazines, mainly from the 80s or 90s, all of which have some material on Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin..... More
New York, NY: The Metaphysical Publishing Company, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 114 pp + 6pp of adverts. Original deep blue cloth w/ gilt title, etc, including decorative gilt stamping, to spine, gilt title and decorative symbol to cover, extensive appendix at rear. Patterned endpapers. The main text of this..... More
Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii] + 190pp. Original burgundy cloth lettered on spine. A study of the representation of madness in Elizabethan theatre. I. Introductory; II. The Presentation op Madness— from the Standpoint of History; III. The Presentation op Madness— from the Standpoint..... More
New York: Hari G. Covil, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 84pp. Printed stiff card wrappers. B/w frontis. & plates. Limited edition of 950 copies, this one unnumbered. Light wear to spine & wrappers, wrappers discolored, minor chipping at spine ends, page-edges browned, previous owner's name on half-title, slight foxing..... More
Poona: the Author, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 204pp. Green cloth spine & printed papered boards. Bibliography & index. B/w frontis. Slight bumps to top-corners of boards, small thin worm-hole to first pages (not affecting text), otherwise a tight, clean near-VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust..... More
New York, NY: Broadside, Ltd., 1986. Magazine, 4to, 20pp, very good condition, illustrations, slight wear and soiling to cover, minor creases on cover. More
Berkeley: Uni. of California Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. xviii + 234pp. 8vo. Cloth. B/w plates. Biblio & index. A volume in the 'Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care' series. From the publisher: "Music and dance play a central role in the healing arts of the 'Senoi Temiar,'..... More
London: Heinemann, 1990. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 724pp. Black boards gilt-lettered on spine. Color & b/w illustrations. Discography, bibliography, chronology, index. A solid, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. xii + 770pp. Index & bibliography. Chronology, discography, b/w illustrations, color plates: this impressive biography of the influential American musician Jimi Hendrix is possibly the most comprehensive. Plastic laminate slightly lifting from fore-edge of back cover, faint mark..... More
London: Routledge and Sons, ND [ 1912 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. xvi + 488pp. Black library cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. & plates. Index. The first edition of this important work describing the theory and practice of stage magic by Nevil Maskelyne (1863–1924), a British..... More
Dornach: Selbstverlag der Rudolf Steiner, 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Slim octavo. 44pp. Original printed wrappers. German text. Small paper tape pieces inside covers (from old cover protector?), occasional pencil lines in margins, otherwise a VG copy. More
Boston, MA: Journey Editions, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover, tall 4to, [iv]+164pp. Maroon cloth with gilt color and b/w plates, filmography. Very light rubbing to edges of boards, cloth very slightly faded at lower edge, otherwise a sound and bright near find copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly edgeworn..... More
London: Heinemann, 2004. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 462pp. Yellow boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. B/w plates & illustrations. Jim Steinmeyer (b 1958) is an internationally respected author and designer of magical illusions & theatrical special effects. Here Steinmeyer explores the magnificent sleight of hand and legendary legerdemain of the great..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii + 260pp. Black textured papered boards lettered in gilt on spine. Musical scores. List of works. Bibliography & index. A clean, tight near-Fine copy in near-Fine dust jacket. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Octavo. Volume I only. x + 334pp. Black boards gilt-lettered on spine. B/w frontis portrait. B/w illustrations. Notes, index. Spine ends slightly rubbed, top-corner clipped from front free endpaper, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket. More
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. Softcover. 8vo, xxii + 204 pp, illustrations. Covers lightly chafed, etc. Otherwise Near fine condition inside and out. More
New York: Knopf, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 496pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. portrait & plates. Index. Errata. Bumps to corners of boards, spine lettering dulled, page-edges foxed, otherwise a solid VG copy (no dust jacket). More
Toronto: National Arts Centre, 2000. Hardcover, 4to, 112pp. Black cloth with white titling to spine, b&w ills. Related publicity photograph and ephemera loosely inserted. Publisher's review copy stamp on title page, otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket has just a hint of edgewear). More
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Eccentrically paginated [28pp]. Original brown printed wrappers, french folds. B&W frontis photo of Florence Farr with her Dolmetsch Psaltery, in text musical examples. A brief monograph focusing on music in the life of William Butler Yeats. Nothing specific about the Golden Dawn..... More
London: Proteus, 1984. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 158pp. Color & b/w photos. Biography of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Includes several references to Aleister Crowley and Jimmy Page's interest in him. Discography. From the collection of English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, with his bookplate inside front cover. Foxing..... More
Mamaroneck, NY: Paul P. Appel, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 370pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index & bibliography. The author looks at the supernatural elements in plays, from the Greek tragedies through to the dramas of Maeterlinck. Top-edge foxed & dusty, lacks front free endpaper, else..... More
