Chicago: The Aries Press, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. 12mo. 98pp. Brown card covers with yellow title panel on upper cover. B/w illustrations. The first edition of this early work on numerology. Clear tape & tissue repair to spine, spots of white paint on back cover, page-edges age-toned, gutter pulled at...
Los Angeles, CA: Kosmon Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 236pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. Bibliography. Spine ends chafed, bottom corners of boards bumped, top-edge dusty, otherwise a VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed, a few tiny chips...
Los Angeles, CA: Kosmon Press, 1946. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 240pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Bibliography. B/w illustrations. Spine rubbed & slightly faded, spine ends chafed, corners of boards bumped, page edges lightly browned, otherwise a solid VG copy (no dust jacket).
Los Angeles, CA: Kosmon Press, July 1944. Second Printing. Softcover. Slim octavo. 64pp. Spine & wrappers a little rubbed & discolored, else a solid VG copy.
Racine Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, ND ( circa 1950s? ). First American edition. Softcover. Octavo. 190pp. Colour printed wrappers, b&w illustrations. Apparently the first American edition of British publisher Foulsham's popular book on divination and predicting the future: "Foulsham's Fortune Teller; Every Known Method of Fortune Telling for Serious Study...
Stow, MA: Anthony Publishing Company, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo, x + 148 pp. Index. Covers darkened at edges and spine, corners bumped and lightly creased. Otherwise a sound and unmarked VG copy.
New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 152pp. Green cloth lettered on spine. Index. B/w frontispiece. Slightest age-toning to edges, else a clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, rubbed & slightly discolored, lightly edge-worn, a few small edge-chips).
Atlantic City, NJ: Published by the author. Printed by L.N. Fowler & Co., 1922. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo.184pp. Original rust coloured cloth with black titling to upper board and spine & black borders, patterned endpapers. An unusual and curious book, whose author claims Pythagorean influence when she connects certain.....
Atlantic City, NJ: The Author, 1929. Third Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo.184pp. Original rust coloured cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. An unusual and curious book, whose author claims Pythagorean influence when she connects certain numbers, linked with individuals and objects, to certain colors, and suggests that the...
London: W. H. Allen, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 222 pp. Dark blue cloth w/ gilt titling etc to spine. The true, first British edition of this book by journalist Denis Bardens. Bardens was a friend of Austin Osman Spare's, and the chapter ""The World of Witches" contains a few...
New York: John W. Lovell Company, ND [ copyright 1891 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 158pp. Original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis-portrait. A scarce reminiscence about the life of Charles H. Foster (1838-1888), the Salem, Massachusetts born medium. Foster was both well-known and controversial; his repertoire...
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. l + 58 b/w plates + 336pp. Original red cloth. Index. Focuses on the "mounts" of the hand in Palmistry and their meanings. Spine ends chafed, bumps to corners of boards, boards a little rubbed, spine lettering dulled, slight...
New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1943. Hardcover. Octavo. 382pp. Grey cloth lettered in black on spine, heraldic design on front board. "A New Translation An Up-to-Date Interpretation." B/w frontis. portrait. Bibliography & index. Page-edges lightly browned, spine ends rubbed, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise a solid...
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1991. First American edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 240pp. Bibliography & index. A tight, clean near-Fine copy.
London: Rider, ND (circa 1935). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 222pp. Light orange cloth lettered in black on spine. The author uses the English alphabet to build a "working Kabala". Light chafing to extremities, page edges browned, a few pen numbers on front blank endpaper, otherwise a tight bright VG +...
London: Rider, ND (circa 1935). Hardcover. Octavo. 222pp. Light orange cloth lettered in black on spine. The author uses the English alphabet to build a "working Kabala". Page-edges foxed, top of spine slightly rubbed & faded, occasional browning, else a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket discolored...
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Tan glazed cloth boards lettered in black on spine. B/w illustrations. Organized to easily and quickly teach the reader the art of Palmistry. Page-edges lightly browned & foxed, else a clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped...
London: L. N. Fowler, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 142pp. Pictorial papered boards. Bibliography. B/w illustrations. Top-edge foxed, spine ends slightly rubbed, else a clean VG copy (no dust jacket).
Indianapolis: Alan McConnel & Son, Inc., 1970. First Edition, Inscribed. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii] + 360pp. Original metallic gold boards lettered in black on spine. B/w illustrations. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf: "10/27/71 To Sue Parrar, With every good wish for-- Happiness, Success, Good Health, in the years ahead --...
Virginia Beach, VA: The Cayce Publishing Company, Inc., 1959. First Edition. Softcover. Slim octavo booklet. Volume 2 only. 62pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Topical index. Wrappers slightly rubbed & discolored, else a solid, clean VG copy.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 1974. Book Club edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Blue papered boards lettered in black on spine. B/w plates. Bump to top of spine, slight foxing to top-edge, minor mark to rear free endpaper, otbherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed...
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 280pp. Crimson cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Slight chafed bump to top-corner of front board, 1" edge split at top of spine, top-edge lightly foxed, otherwise a clean, colid VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed &...
London: Herbert Jenkins, ND. Revised 26th edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 242pp. + 61 b/w plates + 4pp. [appendix & ads). Gray cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. B/w frontis. portrait. B/w line illustrations. Front board slightly bowed, bump to top-edge of rear board, page-edges foxed, cloth slightly...
London: Herbert Jenkins, ND (circa 1920's). Hardcover. Octavo. 188pp + 4pp ads. White cloth pictorial on spine & front board. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Boards slightly rubbed & discolored, page-edges browned, pages faintly browned, chafing & short tear at bottom of spine, otherwise a solid near-VG copy (no dust jacket).
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 144pp. Maroon cloth boards decorated in silver on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Cheiro (William John Warner, 1866 - 1936), was one of the most famous 'public' occultists of the early twentieth century. He wrote numerous books on the subjects in which...
