Catalogue 281 - Miscellany

Catalogue 281 - Miscellany

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Item #72080 The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg. A Collection of Original Documents, illustrative of the...

[ Druidry ] AB ITHEL, J. Williams (Editor) (Introduction by John Matthews).

The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg. A Collection of Original Documents, illustrative of the Theology, Wisdom, and Usages of the Bardo-Druidic System of the Isle of Britain [ Two volumes in one book ].

Boston, MA: Weiser Books, 2004. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, Large thick octavo. (lxxxvpp) + 594pp. Deep green cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, illustrations. Two volumes in one book. The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg is one of the only extant books detailing the practice of Druidic Bards..... More

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Item #72116 Druidism: The Ancient Faith of Britain. Druidry, Dudley WRIGHT

[ Druidry ] WRIGHT, Dudley.

Druidism: The Ancient Faith of Britain.

London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co., Ltd., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover, Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches). Original green cloth, with gilt title, etc. to spine, and black titling and device to front board. Nine b&w plates. Rubricated title-page. Printed on heavy paper, with edges untrimmed. A handsomely-produced wide..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #72095 Witchdom of the True. A Study of Vana-Troth and the Practice of Seidr, Volume I: Lore...

EDRED [ aka Edred Thorsson, aka Stephen E. Flowers ].

Witchdom of the True. A Study of Vana-Troth and the Practice of Seidr, Volume I: Lore and History.

Smithville, TX: Rûna-Raven Press, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xiv + 110pp. Glossy illustrated covers, b&w illustrations, appendixes, bibliography. Note this is the original Rûna-Raven Press first edition. The author of "Hermetic Magic" and "Fire & Ice", explores the origin of Wicca in the Vanir cult of the ancient Northlands..... More

Price: $45.00

Item #72096 An Egyptian Reading Book for Beginners. Being a Series of Historical, Funereal,...

[ Egypt ] BUDGE, E. A. Wallis.

An Egyptian Reading Book for Beginners. Being a Series of Historical, Funereal, Moral, Religious and Mythological Texts Printed in Hieroglyphic Characters together with a Transliteration and a Complete Vocabulary.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, lvi + 594 pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt title and author to spine. A revised and expanded version of Budge's 'Egyptian Reading Book,' (1888) with added transliterations and vocabulary. Boards lightly rubbed, edges and corners bumped..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #72201 The Egyptian Heaven and Hell. The Contents of the Books of the Other World Described...

[ Egyptology ] BUDGE, A. E. Wallis.

The Egyptian Heaven and Hell. The Contents of the Books of the Other World Described and Compared by A. E. Wallis Budge.

La Salle IL: Open Court Publishing, 1994. Third Softcover Edition. Softcover. Tall octavo. vi + 128pp. Illustrated glossy card covers. B&w illustrations. 24 inch b&w fold-out, index. Budge's examination of the ancient Egyptian guides to the other world, and the words of power that were said to animate them. Originally..... More

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Item #72203 From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt. Egyptology, Sir E. A. Wallis BUDGE

[ Egyptology ] BUDGE, Sir E. A. Wallis.

From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt.

New York: Dover Publications, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Tall octavo. xii + 546pp, xviii page publisher's catalog at rear. Printed card covers; With 240 b&w illustrations, index. In some ways a totally revised and extended version of the texts that could be found in Budge's "The Gods of the Egyptians." Part..... More

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Item #72124 The Tomb of Ramesses VI Texts and Plates; Egyptian Religious Texts and...

[ Egyptology ] PIANKOFF, Alexandre - Translator and Editor; N. Rambova - Editor.

The Tomb of Ramesses VI Texts and Plates; Egyptian Religious Texts and Representations [ Bollingen Series XL ] ( 2 Volumes in Slipcase ).

New York NY: Pantheon Books, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Quartos (12 1/4 x 10 inches). Two Volumes, complete. Vol. I (Text): xx + 460pp, colour frontis; Vol. II (Plates): comprises a 16pp list of plates (booklet in printed brown wrappers) and 196 loose plates. Matching volumes bound with brown..... More

Price: $325.00

Item #72106 British Fairy Origins. Fairies, Lewis SPENCE

[ Fairies ] SPENCE, Lewis.

British Fairy Origins.

London: Watts & Co., 1946. First Edition: Second Impression. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 206pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. Index. A study by Spence written with the aim of describing and reviewing the various attempts made to explain the origin and acceptance of the belief in fairies. The..... More

Price: $85.00

Item #72057 The Fairy Tradition in Britain. Fairies, Lewis SPENCE

[ Fairies ] SPENCE, Lewis.

The Fairy Tradition in Britain.

London: Rider & Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 374pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, references and Index. B/w frontis & plates. A detailed and serious study of the fairy traditions of the British Isles, by James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (1874 - 1955), a Scottish journalist..... More

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Item #72196 The Folklore of Fairy-Tale. Fairy-Tales, Macleod YEARSLEY

[ Fairy-Tales ] YEARSLEY, Macleod .

The Folklore of Fairy-Tale.

London: Watts & Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiii + 240pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine. Bibliography and index. An overview of the nature, philosophy and origin of fairy-tales, with chapters on the beliefs systems that they reveal, and an exploration of recurring themes such as..... More

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Item #72153 Mystical Meditations on the Collects. Dion FORTUNE, Violet M. Firth

FORTUNE, Dion [ Violet M. Firth ].

Mystical Meditations on the Collects.

London: Rider & Co., ND [ 1930 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 192pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, black borders. The first edition of this work by Dion Fortune described by the publisher as "based upon an esoteric interpretation of the Christian scriptures..... and provides a...... More

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Item #72108 The Theory of Celestial Influence. Man, The Universe & Cosmic Mystery. Fourth Way,...

[ Fourth Way ] COLLIN, Rodney.

The Theory of Celestial Influence. Man, The Universe & Cosmic Mystery.

London: Stuart and Watkins, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii + 394pp.Original orange cloth lettered in gilt, b&w illustrations and photos, appendix and index. A student of P.D. Ouspensky and a prolific writer, this is Collin's effort to unite astronomy, physics, chemistry, human physiology, and world history in light..... More

Price: $75.00

Item #72109 Psychological Commentaries, on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky ( Five...

[ Fourth Way ] NICOLL, Maurice (on Petr Demianovich Ouspensky and George Ivanovich Gurdjieff).

Psychological Commentaries, on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky ( Five Volumes ).

London: Stuart & Watkins / Watkins, 1955 - 1975. First Editions: 1st, 3rd & 7th impressions. Hardcover. Large octavos. 5 Volumes, Consecutively paginated: 1766pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titles, etc. to spines. A matching set of the 5 volumes of Maurice Nicoll's "Psychological Commentaries" (Vol. 1 - 7th impression..... More

Price: $220.00

Item #72170 A New and Revised Edition. An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Kindred Sciences...

[ Freemasonry ] MACKEY, Albert G.; William J. Hughan; Edward L. Hawkins. Revised and Enlarged by Robert I. Clegg.

A New and Revised Edition. An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Kindred Sciences Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected With the Institution. ( 2 volumes, complete ).

Chicago: The Masonic History Company, (Copyright 1929). New and Revised Enlarged Edition. Hardcovers. Large thick Quartos. Two volume set. (10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches). Consecutively paginated. Volume I, A - K: xx,1 - 556pp; Volume II, L - Z: viii, 567pp - 1155pp. Brown textured faux leather boards, blind..... More

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Item #70533 Alexandri ab Alexandro Iurisperiti Neapolitani Genialium dierum libri sex, varia ac...

[ Ghosts ] ALEXANDRO, Alexander ab ( Alessandro Alessandri ).

Alexandri ab Alexandro Iurisperiti Neapolitani Genialium dierum libri sex, varia ac recondita eruditione referti. Accuratius quam antehac excusi, cum duplici indice [ Dies Geniales ].

Paris: Ioannem Roigny via Iacobea, sub insigni Basilisci quatuor Elementorum, 1549. Expanded Edition. Hardcover. Folio 11 1/4" x 7 3/4". [lxxvi] + 370pp. Modern full limp vellum with linen ties. Woodcut design on title-page. An attractive, early, expanded edition of "Dies Geniales" by Alessandro Alessandri (Alexander ab Alexandro: 1461–1523). The..... More

Price: $675.00

Item #52428 Historic Poltergeists (Carrington) & The Saragossa Ghost (Fodor) ( International...

[ Ghosts ] CARRINGTON, Hereward, & Nandor Fodor.

Historic Poltergeists (Carrington) & The Saragossa Ghost (Fodor) ( International Institute for Psychical Research, Bulletin 1 ).

London: International Institute for Psychical Research, ND. [c.1935]. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto booklet. 44pp. The original wrappers have been professionally restored, laid down on stiff plain card, and the renewed wrappers restitched to the text block. The booklet is the first of what was intended to be a series..... More

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Item #72060 Haunted England: A Survey of English Ghost-Lore. Ghosts, Christina HOLE, John Farleigh

[ Ghosts ] HOLE, Christina. Illustrated by John Farleigh.

Haunted England: A Survey of English Ghost-Lore.

London: Batsford, 1951. Third impression. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 184pp. Dark red boards lettered in gilt on spine, b&w frontispiece. & illustrations (being intriguingly modernistic and surreal illustrations by Farleigh). Index. A selection of important English ghost stories, gathered by the renowned folk-lorist Christina Hole. The book was first published..... More

Price: $30.00

Item #72197 Fragments of a Faith Forgotten; Some Short Sketches among the Gnostics mainly of the...

[ Gnosticism ] MEAD, G. R. S. [ George Robert Stowe Mead ].

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten; Some Short Sketches among the Gnostics mainly of the first two centuries-A Contribution to the Study of Christian Origins.

London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1931. Third Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo, lvi + 632pp. Original olive cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover. The third edition of this anthology of Gnostic texts together with Mead's explanations. Mead, a Cambridge-educated classicist and long term member of the Theosophical Society..... More

Price: $95.00

Item #72162 The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic. Golden Dawn, Israel REGARDIE

[ Golden Dawn ] REGARDIE, Israel.

The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.

Phoenix AZ: Falcon Press, 1984. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large thick quarto (11 x 8 3/4 x 3 inches). Variously paginated - but over a thousand pages. Original red faux leather boards with gilt title, etc. to spine. Many color and b&w illustrations. The stated "First Edition" of this comprehensive..... More

Price: $275.00

Item #72087 Ritual Z Part Three. Containing Symbolism of Admission to Neophyte Grade, Closing,...

[ Golden Dawn ] D.D.C.F. [ S. L. MacGregor Mathers ] & N.O.M. Transcribed by "Cogito Ergo Sum" [ Jean Gillison ] .

Ritual Z Part Three. Containing Symbolism of Admission to Neophyte Grade, Closing, Oration and Equinox [ Z 3. The Enterer of the Threshold, a facsimile of a Golden Dawn Inner Order Manuscript. Ritual Z Part 3. ].

United Kingdom: Hell Fire Club, ND. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [ 120pp ]. Quarter leather: quarter burgundy grained calf spine with marbled paper boards & matching marbled endpapers, gilt rules and titling to spine. The quarter-leather edition, limited to 56 copies, although unlike many copies the publisher neglected to add..... More

Price: $220.00

Item #72064 The Harmonious Circle. The Lives and Work of G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky and...

[ Gurdjieff / Fourth Way] WEBB, James [ Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff: related work ].

The Harmonious Circle. The Lives and Work of G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky and their Followers.

Boston: Shambhala Publications Inc., 1987. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 608pp. Illustrated covers, b&w illustrations, map, Index, and list of Sources. A study of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, their spiritual inner circle and followers. Gurdjieff (1870? -1949), was the famous Russian mystic, philosopher, and spiritual teacher who founded..... More

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Item #72204 Gurdjieff and Mansfield. Georges Ivanovich GURDJIEFF, James Moore, Jeanne De Salzmann

[ GURDJIEFF, Georges Ivanovich ] James Moore, Foreword by Jeanne De Salzmann.

Gurdjieff and Mansfield.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 262pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, references, select bibliography and index, b&w illustrations. After being diagnosed with tuberculosis novelist Katherine Mansfield spent the last months of her life as a guest at Gurdjieff's Institute for..... More

Price: $45.00

Item #72117 The Adepts, In the Eastern Esoteric Tradition. Parts One, Two & Three. Part One: The...

HALL, Manly P.

The Adepts, In the Eastern Esoteric Tradition. Parts One, Two & Three. Part One: The Light of the Vedas. Part Two: The Arhats of Buddhism. Part Three: The Sages of China (3 Volumes).

Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, (1952, 1953 & 1957). Stated First Printings. Softcovers. Three volumes. Octavos. Part One: The Light of the Vedas (112pp, 1952). Part Two: The Arhats of Buddhism (112pp, 1953). Part Three: The Sages of China (114pp, 1957). Yellow card covers with printing to the spine..... More

Price: $90.00

Item #72100 Astrological Keywords. Compiled from Leading Authorities. Manly P. HALL

HALL, Manly P.

Astrological Keywords. Compiled from Leading Authorities.

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company, 1931. Third Edition. Hardcover, Octavo, 230pp. Maroon cloth, with blind stamping to front board and gilt titling to spine. A broad ranging guide to astrology by Manly P. Hall (1901 - 1990), the Canadian-born occultist, mystic and author best known for his "The Secret Teaching..... More

Price: $125.00

Item #72101 Great Books on Religion and Esoteric Philosophy. With a Bibliography of the Writings...

HALL, Manly P.

Great Books on Religion and Esoteric Philosophy. With a Bibliography of the Writings of Manly P. Hall.

Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo Stapled booklet. 86pp. Original grey printed wrappers. Frontispiece, b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. Hall's relections on the great books on religion and esoteric philosophy, divided into four short sections: Introduction; Comparative Religion; Philosophy and World Cultures; Esoteric Arts, Sciences..... More

Price: $45.00

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