Catalogue # 186 is another eclectic mix of scholarly and "practical" books on alchemy and kindred hermetic arts. Many of the books are recent
releases, generally in like-new condition, from a thoughtfully put-together collection which we started dispersing last year. It includes a small selection of books published and /or edited by Adam McLean.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xxii + 249pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w plates and illustrations, bibliography, index. A scholarly dictionary of alchemical symbolism with an emphasis on the literary and intellectual references to alchemy and focusing most closely on the 16th and..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Para Publishing Company, 1973. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 28pp + iipp. Original gold stapled wrappers printed in black, b&w illustrations. The first edition of this scarce booklet published by Paracelsus Research Society of Frater Albertus Spagyricus (Dr. Richard Albert Riedel, 1911–1984); practising alchemist and founder..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 124pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations, appendix. The first British Edition of the Revised Edition of Albertus' 'The Alchemist's Handbook,' with a new foreword by Israel Regardie. A practical guide to the alchemical..... More
Stoubridge England: Wynstones Press, 1991. First Edition Thus. Harcover. Folio. 408pp, adverts at rear. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and upper board, lavishly illustrated with full page colour plates throughout. Bibliography, A modern edition of the Foxcroft translation of 'The Chymical Wedding.' From the dust jacket: "In the..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1991. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 176pp. frontis, appendix, bibliography. A new translation into contemporary English of "Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutzhe," ("The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz"), arguably the most profound of the three 'Rosicrucian manifestos' published between 1614 and 1616. Although the publication retains its designation..... More
Edmonds, WA: The Alexandrian Press / Holmes, 1985. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 60pp. Stapled printed wrappers. B/w illustrations. A lengthy essay on Plotinus, anonymously published, but it is clearly reprinted from an early twentieth century work. Covers lightly rubbed, otherwise a clean VG+ copy. More
London: Rigel Press Ltd., 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 36pp, Quarter beige cloth with gilt decorated green papered boards. Black and white reproductions of alchemical engravings. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. "The Book of Lambspring" is one of the most famous sixteenth century emblem books to deal with..... More
Edmonds, WA: The Alchemical Press/Holmes Publishing Group, 1985. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 20pp. Stapled illustrated card covers. The operation of the alchemical elements in forty-seven revealing steps. One of a series of excerpts from larger works published by The Alchemical Press. Covers slightly creased and faded, faint shadow from..... More
Edmonds, WA: The Alchemical Press, ND (circa 1980s). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 50pp + 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
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New Jersey: Heptangle, 1983. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. xvi + 146pp. Green cloth with paper spine label. Title page in red and black. A nicely produced reprint of a classic seventeenth century work on alchemy and chemistry. A bit of glue around spine label, otherwise a tight clean..... More
Dallas, TX: Spring Publications, 1987. Second Edition, Revised. Softcover. Octavo. vi + 182pp. First published in 1972, the Boer translation is considered one of the best. Edges lightly chafed, anti-theft device rear inside cover - otherwise a tight, clean VG copy. More
London: Vincent Stuart Ltd., 1963. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 442pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt emblem on front cover. Edition limited to 500 copies. "A Treatise Concerning the Treasure and Most Precious Stone of the Philosophers or the Method and Procedue of this Divine..... More
Louisville KY: Fons Vitae, 2006. Reprint of 1997 edition. Softcover. octavo. 206pp. b&w illustrations.Cream printed wrappers. One of the better modern broad ranging studies on the subject of alchemy. Previously owned but appears unread, thus in near Fine condition. 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. Very light bruising and rubbing to corners and spine..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, ND [ circa 1941 ]. First US Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 158pp. Original red cloth lettered in black on spine. An unusual study which emphasises the practical, as well as the historical and theoretical aspects of the alchemical tradition. "With an account of the extraction of the..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. lxxxiv + 320pp. Original green cloth, gilt titling to spine. Index. The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity but long believed to be much older. The first edition of this new English translation of the works..... More
Newburyport, MA: Weiser Books, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 128pp. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrated in black & white. Appendixes, bibliography and endnotes. From the publisher: "Cotnoir offers a detailed, step-by-step introduction to Alchemy that explores its mysteries while illustrating its use as a modern spiritual system of attainment. He provides an..... More
London: John M. Watkins, 1925. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii +88 pp. Blind ruled navy cloth with gilt titling to spine, orginal errata slip bound in at title page. Edition limited to 500 copies. An unusual defence of the practice of Alchemy, with a preface by the author..... More
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[ New York ]: Occult Research Press, ND [ circa 1960 ]. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 260pp. Faux reptile binding with gilt titling, gold lettered black cloth spine label, appendices, frontis, b&w illustrations. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies - this copy is numbered "1." Occult Research Press..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1999. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. lvi + 212pp. Gray cloth spine with illustrated papered boards, silver lettering to spine, index. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Vol. 1109. Two important alchemical treatises by "the hermetic magistrate" Jean D'Espagnet.: "The Summary of Physics Restored" ("Enchyridion Physicae..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1988. First US Edition. Hardcover. Thick folio. 320pp. Original gray cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. A huge volume, including 533 illustrations reproducing the most famous alchemical engravings of the seventeenth century, such as those by Heinrich Khunrath, Michael Maier, "Mylius", and Jacob Boehme. Explanatory..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1988. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Thick folio. 320pp. Original red cloth, gilt title, etc., to spine, gilt emblem on front cover. A huge volume. It comprises 533 illustrations reproducing the most famous alchemical engravings of the seventeenth century, including those of Heinrich Khunrath, Michael Maier, "Mylius"..... More
New York, NY: Bounty Books, ND [Circa 1975]. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. 128 pp. Olive cloth with gilt titling to spine. An interesting overview by the author of 'The Golden Game,' beautifully illustrated in color and b/w. Very light rubbing and fading to edges, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, remainder..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1997. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xciv + 116pp. Cloth spine with papered boards, titling and author printed to upper board, gilt titling to spine. Index, b&w plates. From the publisher: "A major forgotten work of English alchemy, Fasciculus chemicus was first published in Paris in..... More
Gillette, NJ: Heptangle Books, 1988. Second Impression. Hardcover. Large octavo, xxviii + 206 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. B&W illustrations, appendix and bibliography. Enochian scholar Geoffrey James' collection drawn from the magical diaries and workbooks of Elizabethan scientist and magus, Dr. John Dee. Although not stated..... More
