Catalogue 165: A Winter Miscellany
New York, NY: Dorset Press, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 420pp. Red cloth spine over white papered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Appendices, notes & references, bibliography and index. Maps. From the publisher: "In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade—this time, against a country of fellow Christians... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. xiv + 122pp. Bibliography. From the cover: "Lansdowne reveals the esoteric significance of fourteen symbolic rules that were originally published by Alice A. Bailey. He shows that the symbols in each rule have both an outer and inner meaning... More
New York: Rudolf Steiner Publications, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 704 pp. Maroon buckram with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations, List of Illustrations. The first edition of this extensive and important collection of works relating to Christian Rosenkreutz and Rosicrucianism. It includes The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, an... More
Dublin: Wilkinson & Courtney (printers), 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 128pp. Superb half-leather binding by renowned London book-binder Bernard C. Middleton. Blue calf over blue paper-covered boards, raised bands, gilt decorations & gilt stamped label on spine. The June, July, August & September, 1809, issues bound together - all published... More
Gillette, NJ: Heptangle Books / Ars Obscura, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 58pp. Original maroon cloth with paper spine label. The last book to be printed by Heptangle Books, publishers of "The Sworn Book of Honorius," "The Enochian Evocation of Dr. John Dee," "De Nigromancia of Roger Bacon," etc.... More
London: Methuen, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 220pp. Blue cloth with dark blue lettering to spine. Index. Published post-humously - the author investigates the phenomena of dreaming, based on his own carefully kept records of some ten years. Spine faded, spine ends bruised, page-edges foxed & browned, light... More
Munich: Munich Rhythm Theory Press, 1984, 1985. First English language edition. Softcover. Octavo, 460pp + 456pp + 436pp. Original printed wrappers, b&w illustrations. Text in ENGLISH. The first English language edition of this work first published in German as "Astrologisches Lehr- und Übungsbuch." German astrologer Wolfgang Döbereiner developed the Munich... More
London: L. N. Fowler, 1907. Hardcover. Octavo. 248pp. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered in black on front board. First edition. A very scarce early work by Atkinson. As far as we can determine the book was not reprinted as such, but part of it was fused with... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv + 372pp. Full leather library binding, raised bands, gilt rules & lettering on spine. Both the front and rear boards have the seal of "The Society of Writers to the Signet" - a prestigious private society... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 226pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Top-edge-gilt. Index. The author advances the theory that sleep is not merely rest, but a state of psychic and spiritual rejuvenation. Minor bowing to boards, endpapers unevenly... More
London: Knight & Lacey, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo. [vi] + 102pp. Superb half-leather binding by Riviere and sons: deep brown morocco over marbled papered boards, elaborately tooled spine with raised bands, gilt rule borders to leather panels. Marbled endpapers. Top-edge-gilt. An amusing anti-Catholic tract that was published in... More
New York, NY: J. W. Bouton, 1887. Fifth Thousand. Hardcovers. 2 Volume set. Large thick octavos. xlvi + 628 pp. & (vi) iv + 692pp. (+ xxii pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at rear). Original dark blue cloth with black rules and decorations to boards and gilt titling, decorations and... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Tenth Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 160pp. Gray faux suede with gilt lettering, illustrated endpapers, b&w illustrations of runes throughout. The 10th anniversary edition of this classic guide to the use and reading of Runes. Based on a tradition over one thousand years old... More
BOEHME, Jacob (Bohme, Behmen) (Introduction and Notes by Franz Hartmann, M.D.).
New York, NY: Macoy Publishing Co. 1929. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 336pp. Grey cloth with blue title, etc. to spine and front cover, appendix. First published in 1891, a biography and outline of the writings and doctrines of German mystic Jacob Boehme (1575-1624). Covers a little marked and discolored, light fraying... More
Albany, California: The CHAOSium, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. Illustrated stapled wrappers. The author received 'the world's first Bachelor of Arts degree in Magic and Thaumaturgy' from the University of California, Berkeley on the front cover. Like all Berkeley diplomas of the time, it was "signed" by then Governor Ronald... More
New York, NY: Macmillan, May 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 270pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. Index. A study on the mystic teachings of German Jacob Boehme (1575-1624). Spine faded, spine ends and corners lightly bruised and chafed, several small dark marks to rear cover, a.... More
London and New York: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 282pp + series list. From the publisher: "John Day's magnum opus considers in detail the relationship between Yahweh and the various gods and goddesses of Canaan, including the leading gods El and Baal, the great goddesses (Asherah, Astarte... More
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc. 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small quarto. 332 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; color frontis, illustrations, index. The first printing of the Weiser edition of Case's study of the Rosicrucian Initiation system. A few very light bumps to edges, otherwise a.... More
Brooklyn, NY: International Graphocharts, nd [ 1921 ]. First Edition. Hardcovers. 10.25 x 5.5 inches when folded, 24 x 37.75 inches when opened. One large folded chart, printed on both sides: chart on recto, illustrations and instructions on verso. Accordion folded into cloth covered boards, dark green alligator-grain cloth, titled... More
London: Avon, 1975. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Pocket-sized paperback. 206pp. Original wrappers. B/w illustrations. The author examines the mystery of the construction of the massive medieval Roman Rite Catholic cathedral at Chartres France. A few minor scuffs & slight crease to spine, owner's name crossed out first page, pages browned... More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 34pp. Original printed wrappers. B/w frontis of the original papyri fragments. The text (in Greek) and English translation, with an extended commentary on the fragments of an early Christian papyrus (Egerton Papyrus 2) in the British Museum. The... More
Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1836. Second Edition (actually First Edition Thus). Hardcovers. Octavos. Two volumes. lii + 396pp.; xii + 416pp. Superb half-leather binding by renowned London book-binder Bernard C. Middleton. Brown calf over marbled papered boards, with raised bands & gilt rules & title on spines; marbled boards. Additional... More
Liverpool, England: William Robinson, ND (1817?). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 70pp. Superb half-leather binding by renowned London book-binder Bernard C. Middleton. Brown calf over marbled papered boards, raised bands and gilt titles and decorations on spine. A rebuttal of the claims of the extraordinary powers of perception attributed to Margaret... More
London: Richard Beckley, 1822. "A New Edition" [Second edition]. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 288pp. Original (?) publisher's cloth with lettered spine label. Frontispiece: "Execution of Madame Tiquet & her porter at Paris in 1699 ..." by H.R. Cook, after G. Cruikshank. Title-page in red and black. A collection of... More
[ Demosthenes ] HAUSMANN, Bernhard, Rosario Pintaudi, Editor.
Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli, 1978 / 1981. First Edition Thus. Softcovers. Tall quartos. Two volumes. Part 1: 146pp. Part 2: 150pp. Original card covers. Spines a bit darkened and chafed at ends, light bumping and chafing to all extremities, lower corners slightly curled (Part 1), paper lightly toned. Closed tear to... More