As with all our Miscellany catalogues this list comprises a selection of books from across our areas of specialty, ranging from rare and out-of-print works, limited editions, and signed copies to used modern paperbacks.
London: Aquarian Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 244 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Frontis and b&w illustrations, index. Although titled "Tibetan Yoga" the book is actually about the occult arts in Tibet in general, and seems to have very little about what most would..... More
New York: Dutton, 1969. Reprint. Softcover. Small octavo. xviii + 384pp. Printed covers. Frontis. portrait. The highly influential collection of theories of "cosmic consciousness" (defined as "a higher form of consciousness than that possessed by the ordinary man") by Canadian psychiatrist Richard Maurice Bucke (1837 – 1902). Bucke's work was..... More
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1900. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 198pp. Original brown series cloth decorated and lettered in black on front cover and spine, coloured top edge, b&w illustrations. The second edition of Budge's classic study of the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians..... More
London & New York: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. / E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938. Second revised and enlarged edition, Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Small, thick octavo.Three Volumes in one. ccvi & 698pp & xxxvipp index. Original brown series cloth decorated and lettered in black on front cover and..... More
New York: Gramercy, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Rust cloth with gilt lettering, b&w frontis and illustrations. A modern reprint of Budge's classic study of the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians concerning life and death, resurrection and Future life. The book is a complete reprint of the 1959 London edition..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1933. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, Octavo. lx + 356pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine and gilt stamped depiction of Mary and Jesus on the front board, b&w frontispiece, sixty-four full page b&w plates, index. The first printing of this edition of..... More
London: The British Museum, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 360 pp + 88 pp + 23 pp of plates. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w and colour plates. Appendix, biblio and indexes. An unchanged reprint of the original edition of 1876 which included the text, 88 page..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1968. Second Printing of First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. xii + 196pp. Dark brown cloth with gilt title, etc., to spine, coloured endpages, appendixes. The second printing (same year as the first) of the first edition of the first book by Carlos Arana Castaneda..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 326pp + 10pp of adverts at rear. Original brick-red cloth, black-stamped title, etc. to spine and front board, b&w frontis and illustrations. A collection of essays on early Masonic history by Albert Churchward (1852–1925). Churchward was a...... More
New York: Pantheon Books for Bollingen Foundation, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xiv + 424pp. Pale blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine, matching blue top edge. List of works cited & index. The first US edition of this important study of Avicenna (Ibn Sina), the renowned 11th century Persian physician..... More
Washington, DC: The Philosophic Book Co., 1933. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 328pp, x adverts. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, blind border on upper board, b&w illustrations, index. Harriette Augusta and F. Homer Curtiss were ardent Theosophists who founded of The Order..... More
Washington, DC: The Curtiss Philosophic Book Co., ND [ circa 1940 ]. Eighth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 392pp + 28pp. adverts. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, appendix and index. B&w illustrations. Harriette Augusta Curtiss (1856-1932) and F. Homer Curtiss were ardent Theosophists who founded..... More
New York NY: Creation Books, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Sqaure octavo. 320pp. Illustrated covers, b&w illustrations, chronology, table of illustrations. From the publisher: "Maniac Eyeball is the third, final and most comprehensive autobiography written by the late Salvador Dali. Maniac Eyeball contains the frank and uncensored confessions of Salvador Dali..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1941. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxviii + 568pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, well illustrated with b&w illustrations, charts, diagrams - many of them two page spreads & fold-outs. Includes preface to seventh edition by Davidson. One of the key works of..... More
Hyde Park NY: University Books, 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxvi + 336pp. Original green cloth, lettered in black on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w frontis. & illustrations. A new edition of this work on dowsing for water, minerals, and other hidden objects, written by two distinguished authors..... More
Brisbane, AU: Salamander & Sons, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 198pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Bibliography & index. The standard hardcover edition. A richly-illustrated study of the two pre-eminent twentieth century artist-magicians, Austin Osman Spare and Rosaleen Norton..... More
New York: Payson & Clarke, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 204pp. Quarter black cloth with patterned papered boards; gilt titling to spine; coloured top edge, b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. This copy inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front blank: "Very sincerely, Ernest Ingersoll, New York..... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 290pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w frontisportrait and plates. Portsmouth, New Hampshire born Bessie Clarke Drouet was a medium and artist active on the East coast. In this book she recounts recordings of..... More
London: John Murray, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 274pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine, frontis, b&w illustrations, appendix, index. Author, Ethel Stefana Drower (1879 – 1972) was a British cultural anthropologist, orientalist and novelist who studied the Middle East and its cultures, specializing primarily on..... More
New York, NY: Samuel Weiser, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 200pp. Red cloth lettered in white on spine. Index & references. A study of the Druids and their history by James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (1874 - 1955), a Scottish journalist, folklorist, and prolific author of books on the occult..... More
Warminster, England: Aris & Phillips Ltd., 1973. First Edition. Hardcovers. Small Quarto. xiv + 285pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titling to spines. The first edition of the first volume only Faulkner's important translation and study (Volumes II & III were subsequently published in 1977 & 1978). The Coffin Texts..... More
West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Company, Inc., 1964. Book Club. Hardcover. Small Octavo. xii + 298pp. Black cloth with white titling to spine. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed. By Nandor Fodor (1895-1964 ), the Hungarian born psychoanalyst and psychical researcher. This work opens Fodor's private files to the world..... More
New York, NY: The Fortean Society / Henry Holt and Company, 1941. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, Thick octavo. xxvi + 1126pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titling, b&w frontis of Fort. A reprint of this omnibus volume of the works of Charles Fort with a new introduction byTiffany Thayer, (then)..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975. First Edition - First Printing. Hardcover, Small quarto. xii + 244pp. Original black cloth with red lettering to spine, appendix and index. B&w illustrations, maps, frontis. Stated first printing. A survey of the myths that lay behind Shelley's famous novel: "What is the link..... More
Houston TX: By author [ Lulu.com ], 2008. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxii + 166pp. Glossy black wrappers with galaxy illustration on upper cover. Several b/w illustrations. Quirky occult-philosophical fiction, likened by one reviewer to "The absurdity of Robert Anton Wilson infused with the paranoia of Philip K. Dick..... More
