The catalogue comprises a selection of books, journals and ephemera relating to The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and its various off-shoots. The items range from original 1890s ephemera, through some handsome 1920s editions, a varied collection of works by Israel Regardie (some are signed and inscribed), to modern works and reprints.
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1970. Third Edition, Revised and enlarged. Hardcovers. Four volumes in two. Large Octavos, Vols. 1 & 2: 528 pp, Vols. 3 & 4: 644 pp, Black cloth, gilt titles, etc. to spine, illustrations. This attractive edition from 1970 reprints the complete text of the original..... More
Bristol, England: Hermetic Research Trust, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 256pp. Black cloth with gilt title etc. to spine and gilt Golden Dawn emblem on front cover. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies, 100 of which were hardbound, thus, and 150 of which were in printed wrappers. This..... More
Rangoon, Burma: International Buddhist Society, December 1903. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. (viiipp), 175 - 352pp, xxiipp & (6pp adverts). A single issue in the original printed wrappers (lacks lower wrapper). Illustrated in b&w, some plates w/ tissue guards. Only six issues of Buddhism—An Illustrated Quarterly Review, were published, appearing..... More
Rangoon, Burma: International Buddhist Society, 1908. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. Paginated 1a -8a, (169-) - 168 + viiipp, (+ 10pp adverts). Printed wrappers - absent. One colour and two b&w plates with tissue guards, various b&w ills. in text. The sixth of six issues (all published) of "Buddhism, An..... More
Rangoon, Burma: International Buddhist Society, 1908. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. Paginated 1a -8a, (169-) - 168 + viiipp, (+ 10pp adverts). Original printed wrappers. One colour and two b&w plates with tissue guards, various b&w ills. in text. The sixth of six issues (all published) of "Buddhism, An Illustrated..... More
Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. Tall octavo. Stapled in original printed paper wrappers. 18pp. Original printed wrappers. According to Dr. R. A. Gilbert "many of the members" of the producers of this volume - the Scottish Lodge of the Theosophical Society - "were also members of the Amen-Ra..... More
London & Edinburgh: George Redway / Andrew Elliot, 1896. First Edition. Softcover. Tall 8vo. Stapled in original printed paper wrappers, illustrated. 16pp. According to Dr. R. A. Gilbert "many of the members" of the producers of this volume - the Scottish Lodge of the Theosophical Society - "were also members..... More
London & Edinburgh: George Redway / Andrew Elliot, 1896. First Edition. Softcover. Tall octavo. 18pp. Stapled in original printed paper wrappers. According to Dr. R. A. Gilbert "many of the members" of the producers of this volume - the Scottish Lodge of the Theosophical Society - "were also members of..... More
Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Tall octavo. Stapled in original printed paper wrappers, illustrated. 16pp. According to Dr. R. A. Gilbert "many of the members" of the producers of this volume - the Scottish Lodge of the Theosophical Society - "were also members of the Amen-Ra Temple" of..... More
NP: ( Privately Printed ), 1894. First Edition. Leaflet. Octavo. A single sheet, folded to give four 8 inch x 5 inch pages. Printed on the first page only. A notice sent to members of the Isis-Urania Temple of the Golden Dawn, announcing the resignation of "V. H. Frater Fide"..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1975. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 308pp. Orange cloth with gilt titling to spine. Index. Colour frontis portrait. B/w plates, coloured endpapers. Ithell Colquhoun's biographical study of MacGregor Mathers and his involvement with Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Despite some factual shortcomings, it is still the..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 242 pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Includes a lengthy (63 page) Introductory essay by Israel Regardie, and the texts of Crowley's "The Psychology of Hashish" and his translation of Baudelaire's prose-poem "The Poem of Hashish,"..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 242pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Includes a lengthy (63 page) Introductory essay by Israel Regardie, and the texts of Crowley's "The Psychology of Hashish" and his translation of Baudelaire's prose-poem "The Poem of Hashish," as..... More
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Leipzig: Privately Printed, 1923. Second edition, Limited and signed. Hardcover. Large Octavo, xxiv+ 102pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title on upper board, frontis. The second Edition of Gardner's bibliography. The edition was limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, although this copy is neither signed nor numbered (as common)..... More
Wellingborough, UK: Aquarian Press, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo . xi + 212pp. Glossy printed wrappers. Index of members, bibliography. An important collection of documentary materials relating to the Golden Dawn, it includes "the texts of both official and unofficial documents ... the full texts of the Order's Constitution, Rules..... More
London: Quantum, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo, 200pp. Gilt solar Tarot image on front cover, colour and b&w illustrations, bibliography. One of the less-common modern works on the Golden Dawn, it was described by the publisher as " ... the first illustrated history of the order to draw on..... More
Wellingborough, England: Crucible, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 208pp. Light grey boards gilt-lettered on spine. B/w frontis. portrait. & illustrations. Appendix, notes, bibliography & index. A. E. Waite (1857-1942), was one of the leading figures to emerge from the Victorian occult revival. Amongst his accomplishments were the introduction of the..... More
Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 144 pp. Glossy printed wrappers. Index, appendix, bibliography. The text of the work includes the first complete publication of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's 'Historical Lecture', as well as a new translation of the whole text of the 'Anna..... More
Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 224 pp. Glossy printed wrappers, b&w line illustrations. The first edition of this group of previously uncollected writings on Tarot, Kabbalah, Astrology and Hermeticism by S. L. MacGregor Mathers and J. W. Brodie-Innes. Covers rubbed, slight chafing to edges otherwise a...... More
Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo.144pp. Illustrated papered boards; index, appendix, bibliography. Includes the first complete publication of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's 'Historical Lecture', as well as a new translation of the whole text of the 'Anna Sprengel' letters. Corners and spine ends lightly..... More
Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xxii + 490pp, Quarter black cloth w/ purple papered boards, gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations. An interesting biographical study of four remarkable female members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: Maud Gonne, Moina Bergson Mathers, Annie..... More
Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 224 pp. Glossy printed wrappers. b&w illustrations. The first edition of this important work in which John Hamill and R.A. Gilbert collected, for the first time, the magical writings of Frederick Hockley, a major influence on the Occult Revival of the..... More
London: Macmillan Co., 1976. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 322 pp. Original blue cloth with silver title, etc. to spine, frontis and 11 plates, notes and list of Contributors. A collection of important essays on Yeats and the occult - including contributions by: George Mills Harper, James Olney..... More
London: Aquarian Press, 1987. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. x + 322pp (iv pp adverts). Notes, appendixes and index. A study of Yeats's involvement in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, drawn from - and reproducing - much then unpublished material; includes a list of the contents of Westcott's Hermetic..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1984. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xxviii + 306 pp. Index, appendix, b&w illustrations. Despite being originally published in 1972 this remains the core historical study of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Spine faded (as common), covers lightly rubbed, bookshop sticker on title..... More
