Omens of the Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection.
New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1997. Softcover. Large octavo. 258pp. A tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
Gnosticism
Order of the Skeleton Key, Being Comprised of the Gnostic Texts: Kosmology. [ Luciferian Philosophy ] and Lanterns, or Lanterns of Wisdom from the Firmament.
NP [ Finland ]: Lux Ferous, 2011. Proselyte Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. Two books in one volume. 200pp. Black wrappers with white title on front cover. Edition limited to 100 hand numbered copies - this copy INSCRIBED "Ave Sophia" and signed by the author [as "Xner"] on inside front cover..... More
The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 196pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Comprehensive and up-to-date Survery of Ten Years' Work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Community which owned them. The Haskell Lectures 1956--1957." Index. B/w plates. Map endpapers. Top-edge..... More
Seek to See Him. Ascent & Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas; ( Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Volume XXXIII )
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo.xiv + 212pp + adverts. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography & indexes. Illustrated in b&w. From the publisher: "This monograph represents a critical juncture in Thomas studies since it dispels the belief that the Gospel..... More
The Thirteenth Apostle. What the Gospel of Judas Really Says.
London / New York: Continuum, 2009. Revised Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxxii + 260pp. Illustrated in b&w, maps, appendices, notes, indexes. Revised edition with a new preface. From the publisher: "The first book to challenge The National Geographic version of the Gospel of Judas. "The Thirteenth Apostle" is sure to inspire..... More
The Riddle of the Scrolls.
Burke, London, 1958. Hardcover. Octavo. 432pp. Textured papered boards. Index. B/w plates. Exploration of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Page-edges lightly browned, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, scattered insect-holing along edges & on spine & rear panels)..... More
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Preliminary Survey.
Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1954. Hardcover. 12mo. 100pp + 10 b/w plates. Blue cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w frontis. & plates. Spine ends rubbed, spine slightly darkened, top-edge browned, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, old tape-stains on verso of one..... More
The Mystery of the Copper Scroll of Qumran: The Essene Record of the Treasure of Akhenaten.
Rochester, VT: Bear & Co., 2003. Softcover. Large octavo. xx + 394pp. Glossary & index. Color plates, b/w text illustrations. Signed by the author on title-page. A sharp, clean near-Fine copy. More
The Laughing Jesus. Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom.
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. x + 263pp + advert. Endnotes, suggested reading, index. From the publisher: "Discover for yourself why the Gnostic Jesus laughs." By the authors of "The Jesus Mysteries" and "Jesus and the Lost Goddess". Covers lightly rubbed, corners very..... More
The Scriptures of the Dead Sea Sect in English Translation.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 360pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Complete and Reliable Translation which allows the documents to raise their own Voice amid the Controversy about Them." Bumps to top-corners of boards, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust..... More
Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran.
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Minor marks to top-edge, slight rubbing to corners of boards, short pen line to..... More
Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran.
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A solid, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Studies in Manichaean Literature and Art; ( Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies XLVI )
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xii + 332 pp + 16 pp of plates. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w plates, bibliography. From Brill: "This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a...... More
The Woman Jesus Loved. Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents ( Nag Hammadi and Manichæan Studies XL ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 261pp + adverts. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, bibliography and indexes. From the publisher: "This is the first comprehensive study on Mary Magdalene in those second and third century Gnostic texts in..... More
The Quest: A Quarterly Review. The Quest Reprint Series. No. 1 "The Quest - Old & New: A Retrospect and Prospect"
London: John M. Watkins, 1926. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo 20 page booklet. An offprint paginated ; (ii), 289 - 307pp. [20pp]. Original green stapled wrappers printed in black, frontispiece photographic portrait of G. R .S. Mead with tissue guard. Includes original 4 page prospectus/subscription form loosely inserted. A...... More
Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Miscellany: Being for the Most Part Extracts from the Books of the Saviour, to Which are Added Excerpts From a Cognate Literature.
London: John M. Watkins, 1955. Third Impression of Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. lxx + 326pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine, annotated bibliography. Third Impression of the Second Edition (revised) of Mead's translation of this important third century (CE) Gnostic collection. The second (and best) edition, revised..... More
Apollonius of Tyana: The Philosopher Reformer of the First Century A. D. . A Critical Study of the Only Existing Record of His Life with some Account of the War of Opinion Concerning him...
London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 159pp + (iii pp adverts). Original green cloth with gilt title and author to spine, bibliographical notes. The first edition of Mead's study of Apollonius of Tyana, the first century (CE) Pythagorean philosopher and teacher. George Robert Stowe..... More
Treasure of the Caves: The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
New York, NY: MacMillan, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo. 214pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Index. B/w illustrations. Spine ends rubbed, top-edge dusty, otherwise a solid VG copy in near-Vg dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, lightly worn, a few short edge-tears). More
Seven Spheres.
NP [ South Carolina ]: Nephilim Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 146pp. Green boards embellished with gilt star-solar design on front board. Edition limited to 1000 hand numbered copies. Cloth book marker. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Seven Spheres is a book of traditional Hermetic Magic, that is..... More
The Apocalypse Unsealed; Being an Esoteric Interpretation of the Initiation of Ioannes commonly called the Revelation of (St.) John
New York, NY: John M. Pryse, [ copyright 1910 ]. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 222pp. Navy cloth w/ gilt title, etc. to spine, two toned frontis illustration, b&w illustrations. An early printing of this "esoteric interpretation of the Initiation of Ioannes commonly called the Revelation of (St.) John"..... More
Pagan Christs.
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1967. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 172pp. + 4pp. ads. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. Page-edges lightly browned, otherwise a clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
The Zadokite Fragments and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
New York, NY: MacMillan Company, 1952. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 134pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. Hint of rubbing to spine ends, top-edge a little dusty, otherwise a clean VG copy inVG dust jacket (dust jacket spine slightly rubbed & discolored, several short edge..... More
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Modern Translations of the Old Testament.
Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1993. Hardcover. Large octavo. 196pp. Orange cloth gilt-lettered on spine. "How the Dead Sea Scroll Discoveries have Influenced Modern English Translations." Bibliography. B/w plates. A tight, clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket has small top-edge tear & creases to front panel). More
Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948 - 1969 ( Nag Hammadi Studies, Volume I ); ( Nag Hammadi Studies, Volume I )
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 202pp. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, author index. From the publisher: "The first edition of this immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948-1969, which was also the first volume to appear in the..... More
Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1970 - 1994 ( Nag Hammadi and Manichæan Studies XXXII ).
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii + 478pp + adverts. Original olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, index. From the publisher: "This is a sequel to the immensely useful Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948-1969, which was the first volume to appear in..... More