London: Thames & Hudson, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 256pp. Original gilt decorated boards (front and spine). Maps, b/w illustrations, bibliography, chronology, and index. Small stain (coffee?) to fore edge, chip on top of rear board and slight bump to base, crease on paste downs, otherwise VG in VG+ dustjacket..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, (1992). First UK Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Original spiral bound aluminium boards, with title stamped into upper cover, and symbol cut out from centre of lower cover. Reference number, 0216932 stamped on rear board. The entertainer Madonna's famous and controversial illustrated exploration of sex in photos and..... More
Glasgow, Scotland: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourcewoks, 1997. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 78pp. Hand-bound in red-brown faux-leather with gilt title, etc. to spine. Faux woodgrain endpapers. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Adam McLean. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series No. 25. "This relatively unknown book by Michael Maier is..... More
London: Kahn & Averill, 1993. revised edition. Softcover, 8vo, 189pp. Original color printed glossy wrappers. B&W illustrations, pictures, music, glossary, bibliography, discography, index. Near Fine. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 222pp. Black textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. B/w frontis. & two b/w plates. Slight bump to top of spine, minor foxing to top-edge, else a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket lightly rubbed, short tear..... More
Stony Brook, NY: Nicolas-Hays, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. x + 192 pp. Dark grey cloth with red gilt lettering to spine. A systematic musical study of the mathematical allegories: "Republic", "Timaeus", "Critias", "Statesman", and "Laws". Upper corners bumped, boards lightly chafed, bookplate, fore-edge lightly foxed, paper very slightly..... More
Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1979. Reprint. Softcover, 8vo. 214pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Oxford in Asia Paperbacks. Glossary, b/w photographic illustrations. Wrappers slightly faded on spine and corners lightly chafed. Pale offsetting, thumbing to margins of half title, title pages; few spots to rear free page; edges lightly tanned, otherwise..... More
London: Macmillan, 1874. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 198pp. Original red cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gitl title & decorations on front board. B/w frontis. portrait. Spine leaned & worn at ends, front board much discolored & scuffed (previously damp-affected), top-edge browned, tide-marks to frontis. & title-page, still a solid..... More
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
