New York: William Morrow, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 246pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w frontis, b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. A biography of Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 – 1626) the hugely influential English writer, philosopher and statesman. The author is most definitely not a...... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, Large Quarto (approx 11-1/2 x 9 inches), xvi + 176pp. + 198pp. Decorated Cloth. Frontisportrait. Color & b/w plates. Diagrams, etc A facsimile reprint of the first (1801) edition of Barrett's influential magical treatise. The work played an important..... 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
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
Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. Tall octavo. Stapled in original printed paper wrappers, illustrated. 16pp. 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..... More
Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. Tall 8vo. 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
Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. Tall octavo. Stapled in original printed paper wrappers. 16pp. 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
Quakertown, PA: Rosicrucian Foundation, ND [ Copyright 1935 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two volumes. Small, thick quartos. 464pp & 960pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles, etc. to spines, gilt crests of the House of Clymer on front covers, blind rules, colour and b&w illustrations. R. Swinburne Clymer's massive..... More
Quakertown, PA: Philosophical Publishing Company, 1931-1932. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 192pp. Original cloth with gilt titling to spine, gilt Rosicrucian symbol to upper board. R. Swinburne Clymer (1878 - 1966) enrolled as a Neophyte in the Temple of The Rosy Cross and Imperial Eulis in 1897..... More
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Quakertown, PA: Philosophical Publishing Co. "Beverly Hall Corp." ND [ Copyright 1946, 1947 and 1949 ]. First Editions (?). Hardcover. Large octavos. Three volumes. xxviii + 288pp & xxxii + 280pp & xxxii + 288pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles and authors to spines, gilt Rosy Cross design on..... More
Quakertown, PA: The Humanitarian Society, ND ( Copyright 1961 ). Second, Enlarged. Softcover. Octavo, 48pp. Original printed stapled wrappers. A strange racist diatribe, attacking race-mixing, Islam, the United Nations, modern educational methods, etc. etc. Oddly there are a couple of pages on, and several passing references too, Aleister Crowley, who..... More
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Wickford, Essex: An Earthquest Production by the Supernaturalist Magazine, Spring, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 59pp pages (inclusive of printed inside covers). White wrappers titled and elaborately illustrated in black, b&w illustrations and "centerfold" map. This copy INSCRIBED and signed by the author on the title page in November 1991..... More
Paris: Éditions La Table d'Emeraude, (1996). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 354 (+ vi)pp. Glossy pictorial card covers. Black and white illustrations. Text in French / texte en français. One of 1000 offset printed copies (there were also 25 numbered copies on Périgord demi-mat). The uncommon first edition of this..... More
Paris: Éditions La Table d'Emeraude, (1998). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 312 (+ ii)pp. Pictorial card covers. Black and white illustrations. Text in French / texte en français. The first edition of this second collection of hermetic and alchemical essays by Baron Emmanuel van der Linden d'Hooghvorst (1914–1999), a Belgian..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, Inc., 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Large 8vo. viii +lviii + 48 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations. A Reprint of the Rare Masonic Monograph. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped. Overall, a tight and clean VG+ copy. No dustjacket..... More
Manchester, England: Charles Simms & Co., 1859. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. 66pp. Contemporary maroon half leather with cloth boards, marbled end papers. The book was originally bound in wrappers, which have not been bound into this copy. Edmund Dudley (c.1462 -1510) was a minister of Henry VII of England, and..... More
Leipzig: Max Altmann, 1911 [ 1910 / 1911 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. Bound periodical. 768pp. Quarter cloth with papered boards. Index. 12 issues of this scarce German language Occult periodical. The early years of the twentieth century witnessed the foundation of a number of occult publishing companies in..... More
Los Angeles, CA: The Philosophical Research Society, 1982. Reprint. Softcover. Booklet. 62pp. Printed wrappers. Manly Palmer Hall (1901 - 1990), was a Canadian-born occultist, mystic and author best known for his "The Secret Teaching of All Ages." Hall gathered together a world renowned collection of books and manuscripts on alchemy..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: The Teitan Press, 2009. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. xxiv + 240pp. Quality red cloth with gilt sigil on upper board, gilt titling to spine, colour frontis, index. The editor, John Hamill, is one of the leading historians of English Freemasonry - with a particular fascination..... More
Austin TX: The Golden Dawn Research Trust, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 52pp. Glossy printed wrappers. Reproduction of the Bristol S.R.I.A. Certificate designed by Benjamin Cox in 1871 as frontispiece. This copy SIGNED by the Editor, Darcy Kuntz, on the half-title page. This volume was limited to 250 copies and..... More
London: Arthur Barker, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 202pp. Original boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. The author explores the beliefs of the Dukhobors, the Thugs, the Amish, the Rosicrucians, and other unusual religious groups. From the collection of English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, with his..... More
Quakertown, PA: The Rosicucian Foundation - Beverly Hall, ND [1935 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 76pp. Original deep red cloth with gilt title and author to upper board, color frontis with tissue guard. A book published at the time of the establishment of the "Rosicrucian Foundation" in 1934/1935 by R...... More
Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1989. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. 144pp. Light grey cloth titled and decorated in gilt, b&w illustrations. A scarce hardcover edition study of the use of mandala-type designs in Western esotericism, by means of an analysis of engravings from alchemical, kabbalistic, magical, Rosicrucian and..... More
St. Gallen, Switzerland: Zollikofer & Co. Publishers, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Small format. (7.25" x 4.5"). 94pp. Beige papered boards with red titling to spine and upper board, annotations and amendations at rear, b&w frontispiece and folding map. A brief biography of the life and main works of Paracelsus. Boards..... More
Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Publishing, 2000. Facsimile reprint edition. Hardcover. Small thick quarto. xiv + 722. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering and rules to spine, index. A facsimile reprint of this massive bibliography of the works of Paracelsus which was first published Berlin in 1894. TEXT in GERMAN: the..... More
