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 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
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1950. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xii + 210pp + 48pp b&w plates. Original brown wrappers with black lettering to the upper cover, in text illustrations. Index. A study of the iconographic forms and historical setting of the Unicorn motif in mediaeval Islamic art. Wrappers..... More
London: Oxford University Press, [1960]. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. lxxxiv + 250pp. B/w illustrations. Index. The Evans-Wentz edition of the "Bardo Thodol" - long the standard English language version of the text with prefaces by Evans-Wentz, a Foreword by Lama Govinda and Commentary by Carl Jung. Wrappers a little rubbed and..... More
London: H. G. Bohn, 1850. New Edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Hardcover. Small octavo. xvi + 560pp + vi adverts. Original cloth decorated in blind, gilt title to spine, b&w frontis with tissue guard by George Cruikshank, b&w plates, index. Printed endpapers. Thomas Keightley (1789–1872 ) was an historian who..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1994. First Edition, Second printing. Softcover. Large octavo. xiv + 369pp + 1 page advert. B&w illustrations. Appendixes, suggested reading & bibliography, index. From the popular Lllewellyn "New Age series". Of the book, publisher says: "McCoy teaches how to work with faeries in a mutually..... More
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1899. First US Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. vi + 252pp. Gilt decorated scarlet cloth, gilt illustration to upper board, gilt titling and dragon image on spine, top edge gilt, b&w illustrations, endnotes. The first American edition A collection of twelve "fairy-tales, old and new," retold..... More
San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row Publishers, 1973. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 486pp, Index. Originally published in 1907 in England under the title "Precious Stones: For Curative Wear; and other Remedial Uses; Likewise the Nobler Metals" with a new editorial preface by Marc Allen. Cover and edges lightly rubbed..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1930. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xv + 204pp + 8pp publisher's catalog. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bibliography, index. From the Preface: "In this volume are collected eight separate and independent studies of subjects concerning magic, mythology and folklore.... each revealing attempts..... More
London: Frederick Muller, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 110 pp. Blue cloth with green titling, title page vignette. Dion Fortune's lyrical tribute to Glastonbury - long regarded as one the great mystical centres of England. It was at Chalice Orchard, a property at the foot of the Glastonbury..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, September, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 396pp. Illustrated covers, b&w illustrations, appendixes and maps, glossary and index. Number 72 in the series: Anthropological Papers of The American Museum of Natural History. In it the authors describe & analyze of Indian ghost beliefs, ghost illness, and..... More
London: International Institute for Psychical Research, ND [ c.1935 ]. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. (10 x 7.5 inches) 44pp. Original brown wrappers lettered in black. The first published of what was intended to be a series of "Bulletins" published as a collaboration between the International Institute for Psychical Research of..... More
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Oxford: Oxford University Press / Shakespeare Association, 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xlviii + 252pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine, gilt heraldic device on upper board. A reprint, with additional introduction and notes, of the first English edition (1572) of the book that is generally regarded as..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on spine. B/w map & plates. Index & bibliography. A serious and systematic survey of church hauntings in England. Chapters are divided into regions: The West Country; The North of England; East Anglia; South of England;..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on spine. Index & bibliography. B/w plates. A series of biographical studies of well known "ghost hunters" or psychical researchers, including Harry Price, Elliott O'Donnell, James Wentworth Day, Hans Holzer, Tom Lethbridge and Dennis Wheatley, with..... More
New York, NY: A Fireside Book, 1994. First Fireside Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xvi + 240pp. B&w illustrations, index. From the publisher: "A thorough and entertaining introduction to the Tarot". Tarot historian Stuart Kaplan calls it: "A work that genuinely illuminates the Tarot." Covers and edges a little rubbed and..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 118pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, index. From the publisher: "The selection of talks in this book provides practical interpretations of some of the everyday aspects of conscious living" (as taught by Gurdjieff). The author..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, 1945. Subscriber's Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 270pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering to spine, illustrations. "A clear and concise survey of constructive philosophy" by Manly Palmer Hall (1901 - 1990), Canadian-born occultist, mystic and author best known for his "The Secret Teaching of All..... More
San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1990. First Softcover Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. xxvi + 171 pp. Notes, appendix, b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. From the publisher: "This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism. Now, with a new introduction..... More
London: Chiswick Press, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 160pp + v+ plates, 3 fold-outs. Original blue cloth with blind borders on covers and gilt titling to spine. B&w illustrations and plates. The author, Daniel Smith, was an eccentric amateur linguist, whose interest in the language of ancient..... More
London: Baskerville Press Limited and A. Lewis, 1925-1926. First Edition, Second issue. Hardcover. Small quartos. Three volumes in slipcase. xvi + 180pp & viii + 196pp & vi + 148pp. Red silk binding w/ gilt titling and rules to spine and gilt device to upper boards. Card dividers between the..... More
NP [ Stony Brook, NY ]: Nicolas Hays, Ltd., 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 298pp. Beige boards with lettering to spine, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "Edmund Husserl's Origin of Geometry": An Introduction (1962) is Jacques Derrida's first published work. In this commentary-interpretation of the famous appendix..... More
NP: Lux Publications, 1988. First Edition (?). Softcover. Octavo. vi + 83pp. Red stapled wrappers lettered and illlustrated in black, b&w illustrations, bibliography. A study of the Illuminati - said to be drawn from "A.I.S.B. (Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria) as well as Outer Illuminati documents." Dedicated to Robert Anton..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv, [piv map], 108pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine, well illustrated in black and white, suggested reading list, place index. A nice reprint of the Third revised edition of this work which provides a picture of the many monuments..... More
Escondido, CA: Dr. Bernard Jensen, ND (circa 1990). Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. viii + 128pp, b&w illustrations, color illustrations inside covers. From the publisher: "Learn how to correct symptoms of asthma, allergies, hay fever, and other respiratory problems. Suggestion for helpful herbs, food supplements, breathing exercises, nutrition, climate, and altitude..... More
