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: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 400pp. Green cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. An extraordinary collection of lore regarding demonic and spiritual possession, from all countries and eras, suggesting that the phenomena of possession and exorcism have always been present in..... More
London: W. H. Harrison, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 152pp. + xviii pp. ads. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board, blind borders, beveled edges, red page edges. Some b/w illustrations. An unusual collection of essays on spiritualism and psychic phenomena by literary and..... More
New York: Prometheus Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 264pp. Black boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. B/w plates. A highly intelligent, albeit skeptical study by Gardner of the methodology, practice and results of the decade of experiments that psychical researchers undertook with the Czech celebrity psychic and clairvoyant, Pavel..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 224pp. Gray cloth lettered in black on spine & front board, black rules. One b/w illustration. A discussion and text of spirit communications by F. Gurtis (Willibald Franke), originally published in German as "Stimmen aus Einer Andern Welt" (1921)..... More
London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xvi + 254pp. Light blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. A collection of articles by various authors from the Theosophical Research Center on the subjects of: Psychical research; Psychic perceptivity; Etheric vision and radiation; Psychometry; Telepathy; Radiesthesia; Human consciousness..... More
New York, NY: Society of Rosicrucians, Inc., 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Small format. 28pp. Original printed, stapled wrappers. First published in this format in 1947 - this is the 1976 reprint of this short work on Rosicrucian healing by George Winslow Plummer aka Frater KHEI, X (1876-1944), co-founder and Supreme Magus..... More
Quakertown, PA: Rosicrucian Foundation, ND [ Copyright 1935 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two volumes. Small, thick quartos. 464pp & 960pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles, etc. to spines, gilt crests of the House of Clymer on front covers, blind rules, colour and b&w illustrations. Bottom edges untrimmed. Bevelled..... More
New York, NY: Society of Rosicrucians, Inc., August, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 122pp. Original printed wrappers, b&w frontisportrait, list of publications at rear. The first publication of a series of lectures on the subject of death given by George Winslow Plummer aka Frater KHEI, X (1876-1944), co-founder and..... More
Warminster, England: E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 1990. Reprints. Hardcovers. 6 volumes in 3. Octavos. Original black publisher's cloth, gilt title, etc to spine. Vol. 2: xxiv + 420 pp; Vol. 4 xvi + 496 pp, Vol. 6 xiv + 530pp. A complete set of THE TRANSLATION ONLY of..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1987. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 390pp, xvi page b&w photo insert at page182. Black papered spine titled in red, over black papered boards. Notes, bibiography and index. Stated first edition. A critical biography of Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Just a hint..... More
Secaucus NJ: Lyle Stuart Inc., 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 402pp. Black cloth spine, over black papered boards spine titled in copper, 10 page index. A highly controversial study of the life and work of Scientology founder, A critical biography of Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard. The Church of..... More
London: Heinemann, ND [ 1976 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 282pp. Bound in fine blue cloth and illustrations, coloured top edges, headbands, index. The first edition this analysis of Scientology from a sociological /historical perspective. A few light marks to boards, light bruising and chafing to spine..... More
New York NY: Oxford University Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x+ 332pp. Black papered boards, with silver titling to spine. A serious study of Scientology as a new religious movement, based on extensive interviews with Scientologists, etc. As new. A fine copy in find dust jacket. (Now in..... More
Albuquerque, NM: Sun Books, 1981. Second Printing. Softcover, Octavo. 262 pp (+ 8pp. adverts). Original red paper wrappers illustrated etc. in black. Something of a classic in its field. From the publisher: "From the days of Cabala and ancient India to the JFK assassination and Jimmy Carter, the underground society..... More
New York: Berkley Books, 1988. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Pocket Paperback. 140pp. (+ ivpp. adverts) Glossy pictorial covers. The first book by Nancy Shavick (b. 1957), a well-known New Jersey-born author on the tarot and tarot counselor. Light rubbing and creasing to cover edges and spine, pages a bit toned..... More
London: The Fortune Press, 1927. First edition thus. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xliv + 128pp. Original black cloth with gilt titling to spine, top edge gilt. Edition limited to 1290 numbered copies, the first 90 of which were on Arnold unbleached handmade paper, and bound in full vellum. The remaining copies..... More
New York: Magickal Childe, ND. (ca 1990). First Edition Thus. Softcover. 8" x 11". 144pp. Stapled. A mail order catalogue from Herman Slater's famous Magical Childe occult store in New York City. The catalogue advertises predominantly occult books, comprising the titles published by Magickal Childe Publishing (including on the front..... More
New York: Magickal Childe, ND. (ca 1990). First Edition Thus. Softcover. 8" x 11". 168pp. A mail order catalogue from Herman Slater's famous Magical Childe occult store in New York City. Undated, but internal evidence suggests that it was produced in 1990. The catalog advertises predominantly occult books - including..... More
[England]: Society for Esoteric Endeavour, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo. 184pp. Blue cloth with silver titling to spine, frontis, b&w illustrations, appendixes. Limited to 1,000 copies. A collection of essays, interviews, etc relating to "The Society of the Horseman's Word", the secretive group of professional horse and ploughman who..... More
London: Fulgur Ltd., 2002. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 42pp. Blue cloth with stiff paper dustwrapper, in black slipcase. Edition limited to 45 copies thus, hand numbered and SIGNED by the author - this is numbered 34. (there were also 400 copies in wrappers, and five bound in quarter leather..... More
West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 202pp. Maroon cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations. Included with this copy is the original 15 page stapled pamphlet: "The Mystic Grimoire Talisman and Amulet Kit" which is often missing. According to on-line sources Frater..... More
Boston, MA: S. J. Parkhill & Co., 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 96pp. Gilt and black decorated brown cloth, gilt titling to spine. Contains quite a potpourri of "wisdom" from recipes to psychological advice and occult instruction. The book is divided into three parts, in the first the author..... More
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Albany NY: SUNY, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xxii + 478pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards, extensive end-notes and indexes. The first edition of this volume from the SUNY Series in Islamic Spirituality. From the publisher: "Ibn al-'Arabi is still known as "the Great Sheik" among the surviving Sufi orders. Born..... More
London: Wildwood House, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 160pp, Glossy pictorial card covers. B&w illustrations, glossary and bibliography. A generously illustrated (in quality black and white photographs) study of the Mevlevis group of Sufism, their belief, music, cermonies etc. A hint of light shelf-wear, inside covers toned and small, neat..... More
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Geneva: The Sufi Movement, ND [Circa 1921]. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Octavo. 367pp + ipp advert. Original textured brown with gilt titling and illustration and blind borders on upper cover, subject index. A volume by Inayat Khan (1882 –1927), the founder of The Sufi Order in the West in 1914..... More
