The one hundred and ninety-first of our internet catalogues is now available. It is another of our "Miscellany" lists comprising a varied
selection of books and ephemera on different subjects. Most of the items listed are relatively recent second-hand publications but with a few rarities scattered throughout.
Vancouver, B.C. The Academy of Oriental Heritage, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Squarish octavo (8.5 x 7 inches). 366pp. Yellow fabric spine, yellow plastic boards lettered in gilt on front. Black and white ills. The classic text on acupuncture, attributed to the Yellow Emperor (Huangi), who reigned during the third millennium..... More
London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover, Octavo. lxiv + 596pp. Attractive late nineteenth century (?) half-leather binding: brown calf over fine pebbled cloth. Decorative gilt rules and titling to spine. Buff-colored endpapers. Inscribed "From the author" on second blank. A study of the doctrines and..... More
London: Aquarian Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 176pp. Colour and b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. A well illustrated alphabetical reference to the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. Very light rubbing and creasing to covers, light pencil notes to about a dozen pages - otherwise a tight unmarked VG..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1993. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 196pp. From the publisher: "With this book, Liz Greene has taken a major step in the unveiling of the light of reason, so long obscured by those who have interpreted Saturn as a 'malefic' planet and, in doing so..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1971. Hardcover. Tall Octavo. 184 pp. Blue cloth with yellow titling to spine; b&w illustrations, pictorial front and end papers (map), index. The author investigates the writings and perspectives of most of those who have written on Atlantis, from Plato and Homer, to..... More
New York, NY: Causeway Books, ND ( Circa 1974 ). Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 232 pp. Teal cloth board with blue titling to spine; map frontis; b&w illustrations and maps. The author James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (1874 - 1955) was a Scottish journalist, folklorist, and prolific author of..... More
London: Rebman, 1911. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 330pp. Original green cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. Sample "aura" color strips on pastedowns. The first edition of this scientific examination of the concept of a human "aura." It was later reprinted under the title "The..... More
San Cristobal, NM: Hanuman Foundation, 1978 [ circa 2010 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Square octavo. Eccentrically paginated (approx 250pp). Distinctive purple card covers illustrated and lettered in white. Illustrated throughout, glossary, suggested reading. Describes Alpert's personal transformation into Baba Ram Dass. Sections are printed using various combinations of paper and ink..... More
New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 208pp. Rose cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and upper board. The author, Theos Casimir Bernard (1908 – 1947) was an American scholar of Indic and Tibet religion, an accomplished practitioner of Yoga, and a pioneer of..... More
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1892. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 76pp. Gilt lettered navy cloth, glossary. An early (second) edition of this collection of fragments from the text called "The Book of the Golden Precepts" which outlines the two paths of spiritual enlightenment. The book was first published in 1889 -..... More
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 260pp. Taupe cloth gilt-lettered on spine. b&w illustrations, endnotes, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "Brazilian Spiritism (espiritismo, kardecismo) is an important middle-class religious movement whose followers believe in communication with the dead via..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949. Fourth Impression of Second revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Small, thick octavo.Three Volumes in one. ccvi & 698pp & xxxvipp. Original brown cloth lettered in black on spine. 20 plates (including some color fold-outs) and 420 vignettes. Index. An attractive and compact hardcover reprint..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, viii + 9-326 pp, Original blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine, blind stamp title and author to front cover, frontis and 23 b&w plates, bibliography and index. The first edition of Budge's detailed study of the history..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxii + 344pp. Green cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. B/w frontis. The selected sermons of four 17th century philosophers, chosen to illustrate the tenets characteristic of their common philosophy - Cambridge Platonism. The sermons are reprinted from the original text and fully..... More
Los Angeles, CA: B.O.T.A., Builders of the Adytum, ND ( Circa 1990s ). Tarot cards. 7 x 4.25 inches. A set of 22 black and white "colour your own" set of cards of the Major Arcana of the tarot adapted by Paul Foster Case. Additional card depicts the Kabbalistic Tree..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 234pp. Deep maroon cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w illustrations. 'Studies in Oriental Culture, Number Six.' The renowned fifty-stanza Indian love poem, with notes, bibliography etc., as well as black and white paintings from a sixteenth..... More
Vancouver, B.C. The Academy of Oriental Heritage, (1978). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. Oblong quartos (13.75 x 8.5 inches). Vol. I, viii, 1- 253 pp, Vol. II (iv) 254 - 650pp. Yellow fabric spine, yellow plastic boards lettered in gilt on front. Black and white ills. A translation (with..... More
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
Yorkshire: Dalesman Publishing Company, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 72pp. Illustrated covers, b&w illustrations by Arnold Crowther. A High Priestess initiated by Gerald Gardiner gives a history of Witchcraft in her native Yorkshire. Covers and edges neatly covered with clear laminate, tape reinforcement to inside hinges. Still an unmarked..... More
New York: Dodd Mead and Co, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 158pp. Green cloth lettered in black. B/w illustrations, bibliography, index. The first edition of this look at the existence of "bigfoot" written for the younger reader. Very light bruising and chafing to spine ends and corners, top edge a...... More
London: Nichols & Co., 1903. New and revised. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 98pp + adverts. Original green cloth lettered in gilt, black and gilt illustration to upper board, blind borders, b&w illustrations, glossary. First published in 1896 this is a revised edition of this study on the use of crystals in..... More
London: Aldus Books, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 144pp. Black cloth silver lettering to spine, well illustrated in colour and b&w, photo credits. A heavily illustrated guide to modern cults. Chapters include: The Lure of Cults; Cults of Violence; Cults and Politics; Love Sacred and Profane; The Messiahs; West Meets..... More
New York, NY: Fieldcrest Publishing, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. 106pp + vipp adverts. Blue textured faux leather with gilt lettering and illustration to upper board, gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrations. An extraordinarly odd book. The author, German-American Robert Ernst Dickhoff (1904 - 1991), called himself Sungma Tenzing and purported..... More
London: Tartarus Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 164pp. Original red cloth decorated & lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Ribbon page marker, b&w frontisportrait, color & b/w illustrations. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies this being copy number 184. The first major retrospective biographical study of the..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Second edition, Second printing. Hardcover. Octavo. xliii + 390pp. Gilt-decorated green cloth; frontis, color & b/w illustrations, index. Seven closely related but independent texts, with commentaries, reveal the yoga teachings of the Tibetan spiritual tradition, and its Indic roots. The editor, Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (1878..... More
