London: Rider & Co., (1933). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 222 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and blind rules to upper board; bibliography. Black and white frontispiece. An early - possibly first British - edition of this study of music and its links with higher states of consciousness..... More
New York: Crescent Books, 1967. First US Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 350pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, color and b&w illustrations, index. A generously illustrated and informative collection of essays examining secret societies by types as grouped into four categories: primitive, political, religious & theosophical, and criminal..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (1931). Reprint of Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 324pp + 70pp, fold-out. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations, fold-out chart, bibliography and index. Loosely inserted booklet see further below. "Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery" is a classic study of..... More
London: Christie's South Kensington Ltd., 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. (10.5ins x 8ins) 36pp. Stiff pictorial coloured wrappers. Colour & black and white illustrations: 32 pictures are illustrated in monochrome, 18 in colour. One page Introduction by Gavin Semple. The generously illustrated catalogue detailing 128 works by Austin Osman Spare..... More
San Antonio, TX: Federation of Spiritual Churches and Associations Inc., ND [ 1948 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 200pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on front board. B/w photo illustrations throughout. A well illustrated collection of about 30 essays / articles on different aspects of Spiritualism and its history..... More
New York, NY: Partridge & Brittan, Publishers, 1854 & 1855. Tenth edition & Second Edition. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Two volumes (all published). Vol. 1 (1854, 10th edition): 506pp. + 4pp. ads; Vol. 2 (1855, 2nd edition): 542pp. + 6pp. ads. Mixed editions though bound in the matching original cloth decorated..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1922. Second Edition (?). Hardcover. Octavo. (vi) 322pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine, lettered in blind on front board. Flammarion was a well-known French author and astronomer, who sought to apply the methodology of the sciences to his studies of Spiritualism. In this volume he explores..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1860. First American edition. Hardcover. Small Thick Octavo. 528pp. Blind stamped brown cloth w/ gilt titling to spine. 2 plates. Appendix and index. Year 1860 on title-page, copyright date 1859 on verso of title-page. A work by Robert Dale Owen (1801-1875), an American..... More
Brookline, MA: Franklin A. Thomas, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover, Octavo. 471pp (+ 3pp of adverts). Dark blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, gilt title and blind rule on upper board. The author was born into a poor farming family in Illinois in the 1860s, though the family soon moved..... More
London: Durtro Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo. viii + 46pp. Bound in fine black cloth with red sigil on upper cover and red titling to spine, b&w frontisportrait. Black / red marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Edition limited to 222 unnumbered copies. From the personal archive..... More
London: Strange Attractor Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xl + 320pp. Light brown paper-covered boards with black crowned serpent design by Ania Goszczynska. B&W illustrations. Patterned endpapers. Bibliographic notes by Mark Valentine. This hardcover edition limited to 500 signed copies. This copy SIGNED on the title-page by David Tibet..... More
Italy: Hypnos, 2012. Edizioni Hypnos. Softcover. Octavo. 408pp. ITALIAN text. Red wrappers titled in black block letters on the front cover and spine, frontisportrait in b&w front and rear. From the personal archive of contributor David Tibet, with "Archive Copy" in his handwriting and SIGNED by him on the reverse..... More
Wellingborough, UK: The Aquarian Press, 1979. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. Octavo. xxvi + 278pp. Bound in fine deep green cloth with blind stamping and gilt symbols of the "Footprints of Buddha" to front panel and red spine label with gold lettering. All edges tinted. Frontispiece, 5 plates & illustrations..... More
Madras, India: Ganesh & Co., 1958. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Small thick quarto. xvii + 530pp + vi + approximately 120pp of Sanskrit text & index. Publisher's bright red cloth with black titling to spine and upper board; serpent/solar design on upper cover, color frontispiece & plates, b&w illustrations. An important..... More
Madras, India: Ganesh & Co., 1953. Third Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xviii + 462pp (i) xxviii + (approx 350pp. sanskrit text) + (viiipp adverts). Red cloth with black titling to spine, black titling and yantra design to upper board; blind rules to upper board. Sir John Woodroffe (1865-1936), who also..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., (1989). Reprint. Softcover. Trade paperback, 192 pp. Glossy card covers. The author was an artist and life-long investigator of mysticism and Ancient Wisdom. In this work she "offered us a guide to attainment through the path outlined by Ancient Wisdom which she summarizes in..... More
New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ND [Circa 1970s]. Reprints. Hardcover. Eight volumes (complete set). Octavos. Vol. I: xl + 836pp.; Vol. II: viii + 1036pp.; Vol. III: xxvi + 830pp.; Vol. IV: xviii + 770pp.; Vol. V: xxii + 696pp.; Vol. VI: xviii + 766pp; Vol. VII: x +..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1965. Second UK printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 448pp. Original navy cloth lettered in white on spine, b&w illustrations. A sequel to his 'The Saucers Speak', this is the first edition of this pioneering work on UFOs called by the publisher: "a history, a collection of proof and a...... More
Yelm, WA: Leading Edge Research, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 11 x 8.5 inches. [xiv]+ i - viv (sic - ix) 1-730pp. Original black plastic strip binding. Upper cover is a pale-green paper sheet illustrated and titled in black under a clear mylar coversheet. Black coated-paper cover sheet at rear..... More
Friedberg [ Germany ]: Theion Publishing, 2013. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo (16.5 × 23.5cm - approx 6.5 x 9.3 inches), 288pp. Bound in full ivory cloth, with black design on front board and black lettering to spine. 10 full page halftone illustrations, various other illustrations. Standard edition: limited to..... More
New York: Bell Publishing, ND [ circa 1969 ]. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxvi + 338pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations. 'The Book of Ceremonial Magic' is a revised and enlarged edition Waite's 'Book of Black Magic and of Pacts', first published in 1898. The..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 296pp. (last 4 pages are advertisements). Black cloth, with gilt titling on spine, and red Rosicrucian symbol in center of front board, bibliography & index. The very scarce first edition of this work by Waite, which..... More
Boston, MA: Christopher Publishing House, 1956. First Edition. Reflections directed to "the aspirant whou would consciously scale the initiatory pathway to cosmic understanding." The short Introduction is by Mah-Atman-Amsumata (Norman R. Westfall), a long-time member of the "I AM" movement, who prior to that had been involved with Theosophy, the..... More
New York: The Citadel Press, 1955. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 158pp.+ endnotes. Bound in original grey/green pebbled cloth with black title, and rules to spine. Illustrated with b&w photographs, notes and biblio. The first US Edition of Gardner's landmark work on the modern Witchcraft revival. Cloth slightly darkened with..... More
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2011. First Edition, limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 320pp. Limited edition hardcover. Quarter charcoal cloth with red metallic illustrations to black papered boards & red titling to spine, red textured endpapers. Title page and in-text b&w illustrations, woodcuts, 16 pages illustrated in full colour, glossary, bibliography..... More
