Uncommon limited and deluxe editions include: an inscribed copy of Allan Armstrong & R. A. Gilbert's collection The Proceedings of the Golden Dawn Conference, London 1997 (100 copies thus; 1998); the deluxe edition, limited to 99 numbered, leather-bound copies, of the 1998 Weiser
edition of William Wynn Westcott Collectanea Hermetica, signed by both the editor, R. A. Gilbert, and the publisher, the late Donald Weiser.
London: Privately Published, ND [ 1948 ]. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo booklet. 6pp. Original stapled beige printed wrappers. As the title suggests, an essay on the objects and aims of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.). Although anonymous, S.R.I.A. sources attribute it to Col. Frank Martin Rickard, who succeeded..... More
London / New York: George Allen & Unwin / Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1965. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 264pp, photo frontis. Original maroon cloth with silver title etc, top edge maroon. A joint publication by George Allen & Unwin of London and Samuel Weiser of New York, this copy with..... More
New York, NY: Julian Press, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 242pp. Charcoal publisher's cloth with gilt titling, etc. to spine, gilt decorative panel on front cover. Sadhu (Mieczyslaw Demetriusz Sudowski; 1897 - 1971) was an enigmatic Polish-born mystic and author, who wrote a number of books..... More
New York, NY: The Jewish Publication Society/Princeton University Press, 1987. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xvi + 488 pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, index. Scholem's brilliant study of the historical and philosophical background of this important trend in Jewish mysticism. First published in German..... More
London: Fulgur Limited, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 120pp. Grey cloth, blocked in red. 35 full page plates, including five large folding triptychs and a quadriptych, and 28 in-text vignettes. Edition limited to a total of 892 copies, of which 800 were bound thus, in full grey cloth. From the..... More
Los Angeles, CA: The Phoenix Press, 1941. First edition, Inscribed. Hardcover. Large octavo. 88pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gilt floral design on front board, B/w frontisportrait. Inscribed by the author on the front blank: "To ... The greetings of the Xmas season and good thoughts and wishes always. Sincerely..... More
London: William Rider & Son, Limited, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 66pp + iipp. Original maroon cloth with gilt titling and borders to upper board, b&w illustrations & fold-out diagram, list of works used at rear. The 'Sepher Yetzirah' is a significant Kabbalistic treatise, that is thought to have..... More
London: Taylor & Francis Ltd., 1937 - 1951. First Editions. Hardcover. Small quarto. Two volumes bound in brown library cloth with gilt titling to spines. Eccentically paginated: Approx. 720pp in total, b&w illustrations. (note: there was a considerable gap between the years 1938 and 1947 when publication of the journal..... More
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Dorset, UK: The Prometheus Trust, 1994 - 1998. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavos. The first sixteen volumes of the Thomas Taylor series produced by Prometheus Trust of England. Over 7,000pp in total. All bound in matching publisher's purple buckram with gilt lettering and rules to spines, sewn. Includes: Vol..... More
Wellingborough, England: Turnstone Press Limited, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 160pp. Illustrated silver paper covered boards, b&w illustrations, appendix and index. From the publisher: "A unique survey of the living world of metals - their healing properties, their links with astrology, and their ability to promote vital life energies in..... 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. Edition limited to 500 copies. A nicely produced facsimile reprint of the1893 edition of this alchemical classic. This work was first published in..... More
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. lii + 498pp + 12pp of adverts. Gold textured boards, black title, etc. to spine, frontis, appendices, index. "The only collected edition of the Works of Thomas Vaughan (1621-1665), the English alchemist." First published in London in..... More
Seattle, WA: Ouroboros Press, 2012. Vellum Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 120pp. Lovely full vellum binding, raised bands, gilt rules & embellishments to spine, gilt device on both boards. Frontisportrait of Andreae and 2 engraved plates. This is the most limited edition of the Ouroboros Press release of Thomas Vaughan’s "Rosicrucian..... More
London: Rider & Co, ND [ 1939 ]. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Small octavo. 186pp. Original canary cloth with red titling to spine, b&w illustrations. A collection of three brief biographies of alchemists, each of which was originally published separately in Rider's 'Mystics and Occultists' series in the 1920s..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1970. Second edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. iv + 212 pp. Black cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt design on front cover., index. A facsimile reprint of the 1896 edition which was published jointly by Stuart & Watkins in London and Samuel Weiser in the..... More
Philadelphia, PA: David McKay, Publisher, ND [ 1912? ]. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 278pp. Original bright red cloth with gilt titling and pentagram design on upper board. Includes fold-out frontis of "The Wheel of Wisdom" and various tables in-text. The scarce first American edition of Waite's second..... More
London: Selwyn and Blount, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 288pp (+ 8pp publisher's catalogue). Original blue cloth, gilt title on spine, ornament on upper board. Frontis portrait photo of Waite plus 7 black & white plates. Index. A. E. Waite's autobiography, with extensive material on the Hermetic Order of..... More
New York: Collier Books/MacMillan, 1992. Revised edition. Softcover. Octavo. xiv + 404pp. Index. A reprint of the revised edition of this work on modern mystical Kabblah with a new foreword and afterword. A bit of light overall shelf rubbing, page edges a bit darkened and discoloured - else a tight..... More
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. First thus, Deluxe limited edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, xiv + 772 pp. Custom bound in full navy leather with gilt embellished spine, raised bands, gilt titled spine label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Copy no. 3 of a limited edition of a stated..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled booklet. 52pp. (+ 14pp. adverts). Original pictorial wrappers. "New Dimensions" was a periodical founded by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke of Llewellyn Publications in 1963, at the very start of the late twentieth century revival of interest in the occult. From the..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled booklet. 52pp. (+ 12pp. adverts). Original pictorial wrappers. The first issue of "New Dimensions," a periodical founded by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke of Llewellyn Publications in 1963, at the very start of the late twentieth century revival of interest in the..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trübner, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 316pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind borders to boards, index. The first edition of this scarce study of Renaissance Hermeticist Giordano Bruno (1583-1600). Light bumping to spine ends and corners, bookplate on front..... More
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. First 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 to..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 466pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w frontisplate and sixteen plates, index. The first US edition of this extraordinary study of Renaissance Hermeticist Giordano Bruno, his intellectual precursors, and his influence on both the..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1994. Second Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Large octavo. 234pp + xpp adverts. Glossy printed wrappers. Appendix. B/w illustrations. A volume in 'Llewellyn's Golden Dawn Series.' The first printing of the second revised edition of this work which offers the Golden Dawn's application of John Dee's Enochian..... More
