New York: Magickal Childe, Inc., 1988. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Large quarto. xviii + 620 pp. The first softcover edition, published by Magickal Childe in 1988, of Michael Bertiaux's well-regarded book of Voudon-inspired magical teachings. Includes a lengthy SIGNED INSCRIPTION by Bertiaux, "Friends in the light, Welcome the Dawn and..... More
New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1997. Softcover. Large octavo. 258pp. A tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1955. Hardcover, no dust jacket, large 8vo, 24 pp of prelims + 436 pp, very good - condition, red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations, moderate wear and soiling to cover, slight rubbing to corners and edges, light soiling to page edges, minor..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 196pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Comprehensive and up-to-date Survery of Ten Years' Work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Community which owned them. The Haskell Lectures 1956--1957." Index. B/w plates. Map endpapers. Top-edge..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo.xiv + 212pp + adverts. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography & indexes. Illustrated in b&w. From the publisher: "This monograph represents a critical juncture in Thomas studies since it dispels the belief that the Gospel..... More
Burke, London, 1958. Hardcover. Octavo. 432pp. Textured papered boards. Index. B/w plates. Exploration of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Page-edges lightly browned, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, scattered insect-holing along edges & on spine & rear panels)..... More
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. x + 263pp + advert. Endnotes, suggested reading, index. From the publisher: "Discover for yourself why the Gnostic Jesus laughs." By the authors of "The Jesus Mysteries" and "Jesus and the Lost Goddess". Covers lightly rubbed, corners very..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 360pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Complete and Reliable Translation which allows the documents to raise their own Voice amid the Controversy about Them." Bumps to top-corners of boards, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust..... More
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Minor marks to top-edge, slight rubbing to corners of boards, short pen line to..... More
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A solid, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xii + 332 pp + 16 pp of plates. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w plates, bibliography. From Brill: "This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a...... More
Christiania: Jacob Dybwad, 1908. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches). 10pp. Stapled booklet. Pale green printed wrappers. Christiania Videnskabs-selskabet Forhandlinger For 1908 No. 2. TEXT IN FRENCH. A comparative study of the antimimon of gnosticism and the Ka of ancient Egyptian religious belief. Some passages typeset..... More
London: John M. Watkins, 1926. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo 20 page booklet. An offprint paginated ; (ii), 289 - 307pp. [20pp]. Original green stapled wrappers printed in black, frontispiece photographic portrait of G. R .S. Mead with tissue guard. Includes original 4 page prospectus/subscription form loosely inserted. A...... More
Blauvelt NY: Spiritual Science Library, 1989. Reprint of First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. lxx + 325pp (+iiipp adverts). Red cloth, gilt lettered on black spine label and title panel on upper board. A nice hardcover reprint edition of Mead's translation of this important third century (CE) Gnostic text. Mead was..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii + 478pp + adverts. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, index. From the publisher: "This is a sequel to the immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948-1969, which was the first volume to appear in..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 256pp + adverts. Illustrated cloth with lettering to spine and upper board, index. From the publisher: "This is the third volume of the immensely useful "Nag Hammadi Bibliography", the first volume of which covered 1948-1969 and was the..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii+ 284pp + advert. Publisher's olive green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "Study of the Gospel according to Philip, an important gnostic Christian text, has been hampered by unresolved questions..... More
Haarlem, The Netherlands: Rozekruis-Pers, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 254pp. Green cloth with silver star design to upper board and silver lettering to spine, glossary. FRENCH TEXT. Volume I only. The first volume of this study of the ancient Egyptian gnosticism, the work of Hermes Trismegistus, etc. Very light..... More
