The catalogue is noteworthy on account of the good selection of books published by Adam McLean under his Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks imprint that it contains. For the rest it has an eclectic mix of scholarly and "practical" books on alchemy and kindred hermetic arts, mostly modern and in lovely condition, as well as a few scarce out-of-print titles.
Bath, Avon: Solos Press, 1993. Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 256pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling, appendixes, advert. Translations of this important collection of writings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus. The book is an abridgement of the four volume work published by Scott in 1924. It's aim is to present the important..... More
Edmonds, WA: The Alchemical Press, 1991. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 12pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. One of a series of off-prints (excerpts from larger works) published by The Alchemical Press. Edges a bit browned and rubbed, old price sticker shadow on rear cover - otherwise a tight, clean VG copy..... More
Edmonds, WA: The Alchemical Press, 2003. "New Edition" Softcover. Booklet. 16pp. Stapled card covers. This booklet reprints A poem by Thomas South, father of Mary Anne Atwood (author of "The Suggestive Inquiry") in which he gives his thoughts on alchemy. Although not stated by the publisher, it, and the accompanying..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: Magnum Opus Sourceworks, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 170pp. Hand bound in brown faux leather with gilt title and author to spine, b&w illustrations. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Signed by Adam McLean. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series No. 5. A collection of alchemical emblems from the..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: Magnum Opus Sourceworks, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 170pp. Hand bound in brown faux leather with gilt title and author to spine, b&w illustrations. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Signed by Adam McLean. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series No. 5. A collection of alchemical emblems from the..... More
London: Science Museum, 1952. First Edition. Softcover booklet. 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. 32 pp. Original stapled wrappers. A nicely produced annotated catalogue, listing one hundred eye watering alchemical texts, that were displayed as part of the [London] Science Museum's first Exhibition of Books. With an Introduction by F...... More
NP [ Illinois ]: Yogi Publication Society, NP (circa 1990s ). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 104pp. Textured red cloth, gilt title and author to spine and front cover, blind rules, b&w illustrations. A facsimile reprint of the one of the first modern translations of what is probably the best..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 142pp. Hand-bound in brown faux leather with gilt titling to spine, frontis. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Signed by Adam McLean. The volume includes Books I and III of the "Steganographia," together with an extract from Gustavus Selenus'..... More
London: Vincent Stuart Ltd., 1962. Second edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xxxiv + 204pp. Black cloth with copper titling to spine and gilt device to upper board, index. A facsimile reprint of the1893 edition of this work. Valentine is thought to have been a Benedictine monk. This work was first published..... More
Edmonds, WA: Sure Fire Press, 1988. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 32pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers, b&w illustrations. One of a series of off-prints (excerpts from larger works) published by The Sure Fire Press. A tight clean near Fine copy. More
Toronto, Canada: Inner City Books, 2000. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xvi + 556pp.+ adverts, bibliography and index. A translation and commentary of the mediaeval Latin alchemical treatise "Aurora Consurgens" (Rising Dawn), a work sometimes attributed to Thomas Aquinas. Following the translation there is a psychological commentary by the eminent Jungian Marie-Lousie..... More
Glasgow: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 124pp. Hand bound in brown faux-leather, b&w illustrations. Edition limited to 250 numberred copies, signed by Adam McLean. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series No. 23. This volume reproduces the 16 kabbalistic diagrams, along with a translation of the..... More
Secaucus, NJ: University Books, ND [ Circa 1960 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xxxvi + 636 pp. Original cloth, gilt titling etc. to spine, colored top edge, frontis, b/w illustrations, appendixes and index. R. A. Gilbert observes: "The text [of The Holy Kabbalah] is a happy marriage of..... More
Seattle, WA: Ouroboros Press, 2006. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. 158pp. + adverts. Maroon cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt Ouroboros design on front cover, index. A fine press edition, with the text of the 1896 edition beautifully printed in Goudy and Hoefler typefaces. Limited hand-numbered printing..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1994. Reprint. Softcover. Large octavo. Two Volumes in One. xiv + 680pp. b&w illustrations. Originally published in Latin in 1678, The Hermetic Museum was intended as a representative collection of the significant works of alchemy, many of which were rare even then. The translation..... More
![Item #59772 The Chaldæn Oracles of Zoroaster [ Chaldean Oracles ]. W. Wynn WESTCOTT, Sapere Aude](https://weiserantiquarian.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/59772.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1523548660)
New York, NY: Occult Research Press, ND (1950s). First Edition Thus. Softcover booklet, Small octavo. 54pp, (+ iipp - blank) Stapled in blue printed card covers. 'The Chaldean Oracles' are hermetic poetic aphorisms commonly attributed to 'Zoroaster,' but assigned by recent scholarship to Julianus the theurgist, who lived during the..... More
New York, NY: Occult Research Press, ND (1950s). First Edition Thus. Softcover booklet, Small octavo. 60pp, (+ ivpp - blank) Stapled in blue printed card covers. A work on the "kabalistic scheme of alchymy" which survived, in fragmentary state, as part of the "Kabala Denudata" of Knorr Von Rosenroth. It..... More
New York, NY: Occult Research Press, ND (1950s). First Edition Thus. Softcover booklet, Small octavo. (ii) + 44pp, (+ iipp - blank) Stapled in printed card covers. A reprint of the revised edition of Westcott's translation of the Kabbalistic treatise "Sepher Yetzirah". It was first published in 1887 and later..... More
London: The Theosophical Publishing Society, 1893. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 22 pp (+iipp blank). Sewn in printed grey paper wrappers. A short study of alchemy by W. Wynn Westcott (1848 – 1925) published under his magical name / motto "Sapere Aude." Westcott was of course one of the founders of..... More
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. First thus, Deluxe limited edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, xiv + 772 pp. Full navy leather with gilt embellished spine, raised bands, gilt titled spine label, marbled endpapers. Copy no. 10 of a limited edition of 99 handbound copies signed and numbered by both..... More
Hudson, NY: Lindisfarne Books, 1999. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. xviii + 268 pp, illustrated. Uncorrected Proof Copy. A collection of essays which have their origins in two conferences held in the Czech Republic in the 1990s. The publishers observe: "The result is this book: in which John Matthews..... More
Bath, England: Robert H. Fryer, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto (8 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches). 114pp. (+iipp. - publisher's advertisement) Original buff colored printed wrappers. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. The first part of this work (actually an independent text) attributed to the famous Comte was translated..... More
Bath, England: Robert H. Fryer, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto (8 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches). 102pp. (+iipp. - eratta) Original buff colored printed wrappers. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. The first part of this work (actually an independent text) attributed to the famous Comte was translated by..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1972. Second UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 400pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. B&w frontis, fold out of Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo, b&w illustrations, index. The Greeks invented an art of memory which, like their other arts, was passed on..... More
