As with all our Miscellany catalogues this list comprises a selection of books from across our areas of specialty, in editions ranging from unusual and out-of-print works to used modern paperbacks.
New York: Aurora Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xvi + 194pp, iv adverts. Appendix, b&w illustrations. From the publisher: "This unique and comprehensive book reveals the Taoist secret of circulating Chi, the generative life force, through the acupuncture meridians of the body. Illustrated with detailed diagrams that aid..... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1972. First US Edition. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Four volumes: xii + 644 pp & vi + 592 pp. & vi + 570 pp. & viii + 538 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spines. An English translation by Edward Powys Mathers of the..... More
New York: University Books, 1970. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 220pp. + iv adverts. Black cloth lettered in red metallic on spine, top edge red. One of a number of studies by psychical researcher, Robert Crookall who investigated over 700 out-of-body experiences from a scientific point of view. His better..... More
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1962. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 160pp. Black cloth with silver title, etc. to spine. The first US publication of this work in which Fox gives a detailed, first hand account of his astral travels. Light rubbing and bumps to edges & points, page..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 320pp. Index. Several b/w illustrations. First published in 1929 by Hereward Carrington, a psychical researcher, and Sylvan J. Muldoon (1903-1971), a then young man who had experienced out of body states since his youth. The two collaborated on "The Projection of..... More
York Beach Maine USA: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1989. First English language edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. vi + 410pp. Original blind ruled maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations. Tables, appendixes and index. A tribute to the life and work of German Cosmobiologist, Reinhold Ebertin, whose work revolutionized medical..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 109pp. Bright blue cloth bordered in black with gilt lettering and star/pyramid illustration on upper cover, blind borders on rear board. Two-tone frontis and b&w illustrations. Scarce first edition of Ballard's explanation of his unique theory regarding the original..... More
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1892. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small format. (6.5 x 5 inches). 88pp. Original blue cloth lettered in black on front board. B/w illustration. The 1st of a series of "Theosophical Manuals" which were designed to "meet the public demand for a simple exposition of Theosophical teachings". This..... More
New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 214 pp. Quarter blue cloth with black papered boards and yellow titling to spine; map, bibliography, glossary, index. From the publisher: "Written as an informal first-person narrative, "Samba in the Night" is an absorbing account of an..... More
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Large thick octavo. 482pp. Upper cover illustrated with fairies, hobgoblins etc. Index. B/w plates & illustrations. A reprint of this massive and authoritative encyclopedia by the renowned folklorist, university lecturer and President of the English folklore society, Dr. Katharine Briggs. Appears unused..... More
Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1998. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 236pp. Glossy pictorial covers. Four separate essays (on auras, psychometry, telepathy and clairvoyance) combined into one book. By Walter Ernest Butler (1898-1978), a priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, who studied with Dion Fortune and was active in her Fraternity of the..... More
São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Pensamento, 1995. First Edition. Softcover book & deck set. 162pp. + ii adverts. 64 color cards - sealed. Text in Portuguese. Described by publisher as: "Cards depicting 64 types of dragons, whose characteristics the author describes, have similarities with different types of human personality and, especially..... More
Boston and Shaftsbury: Shambhala Publications Inc., 1989. First Shambhala Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv + 248pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bibliography. Chinese and Japanese Glossary A, Chinese and Japanese Glossary B. Errata. Well illustrated in black & white. From the publisher: "The authors carefully examine the influence..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1930, 1927. First Edition Fourth Impression & First Edition First Impression. Hardcover. Large octavos. Two volumes. Volume I: xxiv + 232pp and Volume II: xxxiv + 278pp. Matching brown cloth with gilt scarab designs to black gold bordered panels on upper boards, gilt titles and authors..... More
London: Gresham Publishing, ND (circa 1910). Reprint. Hardcover. Thick octavo. xiv + 450pp. Light brown cloth with dark brown titling to spine and brown and yellow illustrations to spine and upper board; yellow line borders to upper board; frontis with tissue guard; b&w and color illustrations after paintings by J.H.F...... More
Chicago, IL: Advanced Thought Publishing Co., 1916. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Octavo. 320pp. + xvipp adverts. Original gilt decorated green cloth w/ gilt title, etc, to spine, and gilt illustration and titling to upper board. Apparently the first edition - it has the copyright date 1916 (only) and no evidence..... More
New York: Dorset Press, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 300pp. Black cloth spine with red lettering, over black papered boards. Bibliography & index. A nice hardcover reprint of this popular study of beliefs concerning the Devil, demons, and other evil supernatural agencies. Richard Cavendish (b. 1930), is an Oxford-educated..... More
London: Epworth Press, 1949. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 234pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w frontispiece, b&w illustrations, bibliography, indices. Langton examines the history, origin and function of demonology in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Chapter headings: Ancient Semitic Demonology; The Demonology of the Old Testament and..... More
New York, NY: American Heritage Press, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. 302pp. Black cloth with silver title, etc. to spine, b&w and color illustrations, index. From the publisher: "In this volume Wheatley sums up a lifetime's reading and advances his own tranchant views on the conflict of Good and Evil, Light..... More
London: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 354pp. Black cloth lettered in red on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. Index. The devil as portrayed in European literature and mythology. Chapters include: The Legend of Lucifer, The Number of the Devils, The Names..... More
London: Studio Editions, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. Large octavo. x + 152pp + iv adverts. B&w illustrations, index. A reprint of this broadranging look at the "history and mystery of the devil and the forms he takes. The origin, names, legends and proverbs are all dealt with, liberally illustrated with a...... More
Paris: Progrès Scientifique, 1941. First English language edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 216pp. Original beige wrappers, lettered & bordered in black and red on upper cover and spine, b&w frontispiece and illustrations. TEXT in English. First English language edition, enlarged and translated from the second French edition. The author explains how..... More
New York: MacMillan and Co., 1979. Revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Quarto. xviii + 206pp. Beige cloth spine over green cloth boards, red titling to spine. Colour and b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. Revised and enlarged from the 1972 first edition, this is thus the best edition of this comprehensive survey..... More
New York NY: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 216pp. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine, purple band. The first hand account of the author's experiences with LSD-25, written under the pseudonym Jane Dunlap by Adele Davis (1904 – 1974), who was..... More
Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 124pp + xxiv pages b&w plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bibliography, maps, index. From the publisher: "Intended as an introduction to the study of runes in general and of English runic inscriptions in particular" and thus..... More
