London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 159pp + (iii pp adverts). Original green cloth with gilt title and author to spine, bibliographical notes. The first edition of Mead's study of Apollonius of Tyana, the first century (CE) Pythagorean philosopher and teacher. George Robert Stowe..... More

South Africa: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Press, 2007. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tall octavo. xx + 153pp. Papered boards illustrated to match the design on the dust jacket. Publisher's description: "This translation of Carlo Michelstaedter’s 'Persuasion and Rhetoric' brings the powerful and original work of a seminal cultural figure to..... More

USA: Privately Printed [ LULU.com ], 2012. POD. Softcover. Octavo. xx + 194pp. Illustrated covers, appendices, bibliography, end-notes. Cover description: "This work unravels the great mysteries of the Bible and ancient civilization. In introducing her disclosures Christine Preston reveals the meaning of Trees in Scripture as being in connection with..... More

New York: Schlangekraft Inc. / Barnes Graphics, 1981. Third Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Quarto. lviii + 222pp. Original black grained (faux?) leather, ornately lettered & decorated with silver title on spine & title and decorations on front cover. All edges silver. Black and white diagrams. The Third Edition (revised) of the..... More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 324pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w portrait photo frontispiece & plates, Index. The first edition of this biography of Madame Blavatsky, largely compiled by the author from Blavatsky's own papers, letters, journals etc. Corners lightly bruised..... More

Hampshire, UK / Burlington VT: Ashgate, 2006. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 234pp. Black cloth with silver titling to spine, appendices, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Québec were murdered or committed suicide..... More

Dallas TX: Spring Publications, 1986. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. (xxii) + 244pp. White card covers, lettered in black and illustrated in green, b&w frontispiece and illustrations, end-notes, index. From the publisher: "In this classic work, Walter Ottto provides not only an authoritative study of the myth and cult of Dionysus, but..... More

New York: Fawcett Crest, (1995). Reprint. Softcover. Trade paperback. 288pp. Illustrated. Chronological bibliography, index. From the publisher: "One day in 1943, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, something happened. Suddenly the U.S.S. Eldridge, a fully manned destroyer escort, vanished into a green fog, within seconds appeared in Norfolk, Virginia, and then..... More

Atlantic GA: ULTRA, 2002. First Edition. Softcover, Octavo. 286pp. Glossy card covers. A collection of essays. From the publisher "Published annually, TYR celebrates the traditional myths, culture, and social institutions of pre-Christian, pre-modern Europe. It includes in-depth, original articles, interviews, translations of essential works by radical traditionalist and anti-modern thinkers..... More

Boston: Bullfinch Press / Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Parallel text in ENGLISH & FRENCH. x + 89pp. Black cloth spine over red papered boards with gilt titling to cover and spine, tipped on b&w photo illustration on front cover, b&w photos. A parallel text..... More

San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1988. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 216pp. Original deep red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis & illustrations. Index. The stated first US edition of this significant work by the well-known British esoteric philosopher John Michell (1933-2009), author of over two..... More