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. Due to the popularity of our lists we have expanded the number of items in the list considerably, making more books available and increasing your chance of finding and getting the book or books you want.
London: (Designist Communications), (1981). First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 40pp. Beige stapled card covers lettered and bordered in dark brown line borders. Easterling and Hanafy present these Sufi discussions conducted during evening meetings with Idries Shah, some in a Q & A format with students. Covers lightly worn with a few..... More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knoff, 1927. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xii + 624 pp + ivpp of adverts. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind stamped series title to upper board, blind rules, b&w frontis and illustrations, index. Regarded by Summers as a "complementary..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in slipcase. Green cloth with gilt titling to spines, frontispieces, b&w and color illustrations and fold outs, chronology, bibliography, appendix. Volume I: The Tao of Painting: xxii +161pp. index; folding plates; Volume II: The Chieh tzu yuan Hua Chuan..... More
Stamford, CT: U.S Games Systems, Inc., 1979. Second Printing. Hardcover. Oversized quarto. xvi + 388 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w and color illustrations, bibliography, index, frontis. Volume I of Kaplan's fascinating four volume encyclopedia of Tarot and playing cards. This volume (complete in itself) examines..... More
Stamford, CT: U.S Games Systems, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Oversized quarto. xvi + 552 pp [ viii blank Notes pages ]. Original blue clotth with gilt titling to spine, b&w and color illustrations, bibliography, index, frontis. Volume II of Kaplan's fascinating encyclopedia of Tarot and playing cards. This volume..... More
Stamford, CT: U.S Games Systems, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 694pp. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, heavily illustrated with B/W and color photos. Volume III of Kaplan's fascinating encyclopedia of Tarot and playing cards. This volume (complete in itself) offers illustrations and descriptions of over 8500 tarot cards..... More
Van Nuys, CA: Astro-Analytics Publications, 1980. Second Printing. Softcover. Quarto. 11 x 8.5 inches. iv + 144pp. Green paper upper cover illustrated and lettered in black, plain rear cover, black plastic strip binding, b&w illustrations, glossary and bibliography. A series of ten lessons plus added material for those wishing to..... More
Dorset, UK: Element, 1996. Reprint. Softcover. Small octavo. viii + 152pp, b&w illustrations, bibliography, glossary, index. The "Elements of" is a series designed to present high quality introductions to a broad range of esoteric subjects. This volume offers a history and explanation of the practical use of the Tarot. Very..... More
London: William Rider & Son Limited, 1920. New Edition. Hardcover. Octodesimo (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches). xii + 212pp. Light blue-grey moire patterned cloth, with title and author's name to upper board, and title lettered up the spine in gilt. design to upper board, bibliography, top edge gilt. "The..... More
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1908. Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Octavo. 152pp. Blue cloth lettered in white on spine & front board. The revised and enlarged edition of this work in which Dr. Marques, seeks to support Theosophical teachings in view of the modern sciences. Chapters include: Electricity; Chemistry; Physiology; Astronomy;..... More
London / The Hague: Oxford University Press / Mouton & Co., 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Small thick quarto. xv + 666pp, [+ xx full page plates]. Black cloth with gilt titling on gilt bordered red panel on spine, color and b&w plates & illustrations, appendices, indexes. The first edition of..... More
Amherst WI: Amherst Press, 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. Small quarto. 208pp. Beige textured boards lettered in gilt on spine, b/w illustrations, reference notes, bibliography and index. William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench (1911 – 1995) was a prominent ufologist who edited Flying Saucer Review from 1956 - 1959, founded the International..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1959. Second UK printing. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 230pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine, appendices. George Hunt Williamson (1926 – 1986), who also wrote under the pen names Michael d'Obrenovic and Brother Philip, was an American flying saucer contactee, channel, and metaphysical author known for his writings..... More
Yelm, WA: Leading Edge Research, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 11 x 8.5 inches. [xiv]+ xiv + 730pp. Blue card covers under clear mylar covers, upper cover illustrated and titled in black. Black strip binding, b&w illustrations. This copy inscribed by the author on the title page: "Best wishes, Val..... More
NP: NP, ND (1960s). Reprint. Softcover. Small booklet. 6.75 x 5 inches. 26pp. Stapled wrappers lettered in black, b&w illustrations. A modern (1960s?) reprint of an earlier work by Verner who was the founder of the British Psychological Institute and the author of a number of such books in the..... More
Calcutta, India: Advaita Ashrama, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979. [ Mayavati Memorial Edition ]. Hardcovers. Octavo. Eight volumes (complete set). xviii + 544 pp & viii + 538 pp & xii + 558 pp & vi + 534 pp & viii + 558 pp & 546 pp & viii + 558..... More
New York: Stein and Day, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 226pp. Black cloth spine, red paper covered-boards, gilt titling to spie and front board. B&W photographs. A popular history and study of voodoo and hoodoo, from its African roots to its practice in America in the 1970s. James (Jim) Haskins..... More
Kila, MT: Kessinger, ND [ circa 1992 ]. POD. Softcover. Quarto. 10.75 x 7.5 inches. [xxxii plates] xx + 652 pp. Printed pink paper covers. A cheaply produced facsimile reprint of Waite's important study of 17th century Rosicrucianism and its successor movements. Covers unevenly faded, a bit of rippling to..... More
Kila, MT: Kessinger, ND [ 1992 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. 10.75 x 7.5 inches. viii + 138pp. Blue paper covers, lettered and illustrated in black, appendix and index. A cheaply produced reprint of this volume succinctly described by Waite expert Dr. R. A. Gilbert as "... a collection of lectures..... More
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 378pp. Black cloth lettered in silver titling on spine. Appendixes & index. B&w illustrations. Of the book, the publisher says: "Waller examines and compares vampire stories as portrayed in fiction, plays, and movies, and looks at..... More
New York, NY: Maurice Girodias, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 324pp. Blue cloth with dark blue titling to spine and upper board; frontis, and b&w illustration; glossary. The first edition of this collection of the essential teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Includes the histories of some of the..... More
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Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research, ND [ 1966 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. Eccentrically paginated. [ viii + [64pp], viii adverts ]. Stapled pink card covers lettered in black. Two essays in one volume. Oddly the author and title of the second essay are not given on the front cover. "The..... More
Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press, 1959. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 406pp. Bound in light grey cloth with deep red titling to spine and devices to upper cover, end notes and index. An academic study of the language of symbolism in literature by Philip Ellis Wheelwright (1901 –..... More
London: Sphere Books Ltd, 1975. First UK Softcover Editions. Softcover. Pocket sized paperbacks. Three volumes, complete. Vol. I: 312pp, Vol II: 250pp + vi adverts. and Vol. III: 253pp, iv. Illustrated covers. The first UK edition of the "Illuminatus!" trilogy which Wilson co-authored with Robert Shea and which quickly became..... More
Berkeley, CA: Ronin Publishing, 1992. Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 208pp. Colour illustrated covers. Glossary, b&w illustrations. From the publisher: " Wilson examines the jumping Jesus phenomenon, talks with Buckminster Fuller, finds a "maybe" in the universe, eyeballs Carl Sagan and witch-hunters of the scientific establishment, asks whether God is a...... More
