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
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 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
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
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
Grenoble, France: Le Mercure Dauphinois, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/4). 152pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. French text. From the publisher: Pierre Dujols (1862-1926) est toujours présenté comme un libraire et un bibliophile averti. Le philosophe-alchimiste qu'il était disparaît derrière l'activité à tel point que son Hypotypose..... 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
Hamburg Zürich: Luchterhand Literaturverlag, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (12 1/4 x 9 1/4). 344pp. Original red cloth with blue titling to spine. Colour and B&W Illustrations. German text. Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Akademie fur Sprache und Dichtung Darmstadt 65. Veröffentlichungen. A collection of essays, mostly exploring Hermetic themes in art..... More
[ England ]: Society for Esoteric Endeavour, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. A boxed set comprising two books (a facsimile volume of a magical manuscript and a typeset transcription) and a folder of talismans in a cloth slipcase. Size of boxed set: approximately 9 inches x 7 inches x 4 3/4..... More
London: George Redway, 1884 & 1885. First Editions. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1. Large Octavo. xxviii + 298 pp; + (36)pp (Illustrated supplement). Handsome mid-20th century half-leather binding. Deep red-brown calf over matching mottled-patterned paper boards. Fine gilt titling and decorations to spine, gilt rules to boards. Top-edge gilt, fore-edge..... 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
Los Angeles, CA: The Philosophical Research Society, 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. (iv)+ 136pp. Brown leatherette with gilt titling to spine, frontis. Limited edition. A facsimile reprint of the 1656 first English edition of 'Themis Aurea, Laws of the Fraternity of the Rosie Crosse,' by Count Michael Maier -..... More
London: Printed by J. M. for Giles Calvert, at the black spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls. 1652. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. Modern brown calf-leather binding, with blind-stamped rules and devices to margins of boards, and raised bands with gilt rules and titling to spine. (lxx) +..... More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. Eccentrically paginated [ 32pp.] Green coated wrappers with black lettering. Print on demand production values. Lower corners bumped, else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. 42pp. Green coated wrappers with black lettering. Print on demand production values. Covers lightly rubbed, else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. Eccentrically paginated [ 52pp.] Pink coated wrappers with black lettering. Print on demand production values. Upper corner bumped, else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ circa 1990s? ]. Reprint. Softcover, Quarto. 8 X 10.25 inches. 58pp. Pink coated wrappers with black lettering, b&w illustration. Print on demand production values. Upper corner lightly bumped - else a tight, clean copy. Near Fine condition. More
Chicago: The Hermetic Publishing Company, 1932. Softcover. Quarto. 8" x 11". 40pp (i adverts, viii blanks). Original printed wrappers, secured by staples. No statement of edition, but the appearance of the volume is consistent with the copyright date of 1932. Published by the Hermetic Publishing Company - publishers of various..... More
Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2016. Seventh Edition - Second Printing. Hardcover. Thick quarto. xl+ 918pp. Black papered boards with gilt lettering to upper cover and spine, color and b&w illustrations. A new edition of the complete text of the original four volume collection of the rituals etc. of the Golden..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 370pp. Pale green cloth with gilt titling on maroon spine label, index. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, page edges slightly dusty and lightly thumbed. A serious study of Masonry and anti-Masonry in Europe in the..... More
