This catalogue is largely devoted to works on the Hermetic Arts,
but with a special emphasis on works by and about Dr. John Dee.
Edmonds, WA: The Alchemical Press, 1986. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 36pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Joel Radcliffe. The first Alchemical Press edition of this alchemical tract which includes the series of alchemical engravings sometimes not present. Covers slightly faded, spine browned, otherwise a tight clean VG+ copy..... More
Edmonds, WA: Sure Fire Press [ Holmes Publishing Group ], [ circa 2000 ]. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Booklet. 40pp. Glossy printed card covers. A reprint, apparently, of a part of an earlier translation of Bacon's "De secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae." Light fading to spine..... More
Sequim, WA: The Alchemical Press/Holmes Publishing Group, 1995. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 54pp + advert. Stapled illustrated card covers. From the publisher: "The famous anthology compiled by a Rosicrucian initiate and doctor. The many selections are classified by topic and include the works of a number of alchemists who..... More
Glasgow, Scotland: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 2009. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 84pp. Hand-bound brown faux leather, gilt titling to spine, 11 full colour illustrations. Edition Limited to 200 numbered copies. Signed by Adam McLean. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks No. 37. Described by McLean: "This rather obscure early 17th century work..... More
Copenhagen, Denmark: Rhodos, International Science Publishers, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quartos. Two volumes. 331pp + 252 pp, 381 illustrations. Original green cloth w/ gilt title etc, beautifully and profusely illustrated, fold-outs, patterned endpapers. The first edition of this standard work on the subject of Sacred Geometry - now hard-to-find..... More
Escondido CA: The Book Tree, 1999. Reprint. Softcover. Large octavos. Two volumes. x + 290 pp, xii + 212 pp. A modern facsimile reprint in two volumes of Burgoyne's famous work which originally appeared in 1889. The author, Thomas Burgoyne, was a prominent member of the The Hermetic Brotherhood of..... More
Glasgow, Scotland: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 2012. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 110pp. Hand-bound brown faux leather, gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations. Edition Limited to 200 numbered copies. Signed by Adam McLean. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks No. 44. Described by McLean: "In 1829 Louis Paul Francois Cambriel (1784-1850) created a...... More
Edmonds, WA: Sure Fire Press, 1993. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. Booklet. 10pp. Blue stapled illustrated card covers. A short biographical essay on German mystic Jacob Boehme. Light rubbing to covers and faint darkening to spine - otherwise a clean VG+ copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. lxxxiv + 320pp. Original green cloth, gilt titling to spine. Notes, Indexes. The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity but long believed to be much older. A new English translation of the works ascribed to Hermes..... More
Sequim, WA: Alchemical Press/Holmes Publishing Group, 2007. Third Edition, Revised. Softcover. Octavo. 36pp. Illustrated stapled card covers, parchment endpages. From the publisher: "Translated from the French by Patrick Smith, this is the first appearance in English of this popular nineteenth century work about Cyliani's personal quest for the Stone -..... More
Milverton, England: Capall Bann Publishing, 2010. First UK Softcover Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 216pp. + 4pp. ads. Bibliography. From the publisher: "Explores Western esoteric traditions with quite profound implications, revealing the true 'inner tradition' within Western Magical lore for the first time and drawing upon an array of highly arcane sources..... More
London: Golden Hoard Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 308pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, b&w frontis, index. Text in red and black. The first edition of this companion to Golden Hoard Press' "Dr. John Dee’s Spiritual Diaries". From the publishers: "The famous..... More
UK: Privately Printed, 2010. First Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (12 ins x 8.5 ins), xviii (ii) + 79pp. Clamp-bound in publisher's black cloth decorated in copper and red on upper board, red lettering to upper board. Colour frontis portrait of Dr. John Dee. Tables, diagrams, etc. Edition limited to..... More
Seatttle, WA: Trident Books, 2011. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. lxxiv + 120pp. Dark navy cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board, b&w frontis portrait of John Dee, bibliography, endnotes, b&w illustrations. "Written in 1580, Tuba Veneris is a unique grimoire of ritual magic outlining a series of..... More
Schwarzenburg: Ansata - Verlag, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 78pp. The first "modern" study of Dee (originally published in 1893), and arguably a major step in the rehabilitation of his reputation: although it did take Dee's countrymen and women rather a time to catch on. Karl Kiesewetter had occult interests of..... More
Berwick, ME: Ibis Press, 2004. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, xxvi + 342 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt illustration of Dee on front cover, b&w illustrations. Originally published in 1909, this was the first serious attempt to provide a broadly focused biography of Dee..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 264 pp. Blue cloth with silver titling to spine, notes, bibliography and index. b&w illustrations, charts. An important study of Dee's "Propadeumata Aphoristica." It includes a lengthy Introduction by J. L. Heilbron, and the full Latin text..... More
York Beach, ME: Weiser/Red Wheel, 2003. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small thick quarto. xvi + 480pp. Index. B/w illustrations. A substantially revised edition of this highly important work that was originally published in the Magum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series. Adam Mc Lean then wrote "The Mysteriorum Libri Quinti manuscript has..... More
London: Routledge, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xiv + 347 pp. B/w illustrations & frontis. Notes, bibliography & index. A serious study and evaluation of Dee's philosophy and its place in the intellectual history of the time. Much on his occult thought, and many interesting photographs of his skry stones..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 244pp. Original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. portrait. B/w plates. Bibliography & index. The first edition of one of the better biographies of the remarkable Dee. Lower spine bruised, page edges a bit darkened..... More
New York, NY: Dorset Press, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 244pp. Quarter brown cloth w/ mustard papered boards, gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations. A reprint of one of the better biographies of the remarkable Dee. Very light bruising to spine ends, page edges lightly browned, otherwise a tight..... More
The Netherlands: Springer, 2006 [2009]. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 366pp, xpp publisher's catalog. White papered boards lettered in green, b&w plates, select bibliography, index. Many of the leading contemporary scholars of John Dee contribute to this significant collection of essays. Contributions: Introduction: Intellectual History and the Identity of..... More
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 292pp. b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography & index. A volume in the series Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Án important and highly original study of Dee, that by re-examining such issues as the role of his library..... More
New York, NY: Henry Holt, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 356pp. Black papered spine, over maroon papered board, gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w plates. A stated first edition of this sympathetic modern biography of John Dee. Most readers seem to have been impressed with the..... More
New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavos. Two volumes (complete). 581pp + 420pp. Original mauve cloth with gilt lettering to spines, b&w illustrations, fold out, bibliography. From a publisher: "Here is presented an investigation of the nature of the earliest extant records of the supposed..... More
