La Mandragore Magique; Teraphin- Golem- Androides- Homoncules
Paris: H. Daragon, 1912. Orne de 5 Planches. 32mo, printed red wrappers; unopened. Paris: H. Daragon, 1912. Fine. More
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Virginia Ghosts
Berryville: Virginia Book Company, 1966. Illustrated. 255 pages, printed wrappers, with color print mounted on front cover. Berryville: Virginia Book Company, 1966. Revised edition. A very good(+) copy. More
The Works of Arthur Machen.
London: Secker, 1928. 9 volumes, 8vo, original khaki cloth stamped in gilt. London: Martin Secker, (1928). The Caerleon Edition, number 375 of 1000 sets, signed by Machen. Each volume of this set has the bookplate of Gloria Swanson. More
Astronomicon.
Cambridge: Typis Academiae, 1937. 5 volumes, tall slim 8vo, burgundy cloth (spines evenly and lightly sunned). Cambridge: Typis Academiae, 1937. Second Edition. Near Fine. More
The Masculine Cross, or a History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship.
Also, an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices. 128pp.. tall thin 12mo, parchment-covered boards printed in red, uncut edges. Privately printed, 1904. Very good. More
La Magie et l'Astrologie
Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1970. 426 pages with text in French. Narrow 8vo, ornately gilt-stamped decorative purple cloth, d.w. Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1970. First edition thus. A fine clean copy in a near fine dust wrapper. From the series Bibliotheca Hermetica: Alchimie - Astrologie - Magie. Collection dirigee par Rene Alleau. More
La Magie et l'Astrologie dans l'Antiquite et au Moyen Age, ou Etude sur les Superstitions Paiennes.
Paris: Didier, 1860. [4], 450pp. Thick 12mo, contemporary leather-backed marbled boards (lightly worn; outer front hinge just starting to weaken; light scattered foxing). Paris: Didier et Cie, 1860. A very good copy. Small ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
Flagellum Daemonum Exorcismos Terribles, Potentissimos, et Efficaces: Remediaq; probatissima, ac doctrinam singularem in malignos spiritus expellendos...Cum suis benedictionibus, & omnibus requisitis ad eorum expulsionem.
1586. Short thick 8vo, title page in red and black, [16], 253, [3], 84, [18], 327 pages, old calf-backed marbled boards with red spine label. Bononiae: Apud Joannem Rossium, 1586. Very good condition. Scarce in any edition -- a very early copy of this work which was republished numerous times. More
The World of Fantasy Films.
South Brunswick: Barnes, 1980. Profusely illustrated. 4to, black cloth, d.w. South Brunswick: Barnes, (1980). Near fine. More
The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd: or, an Universal History of Apparitions Sacred and Profane, Under all Denominations; Whether Angelical, Diabolical, or Human Souls Departed...Title printed in red & black.
London: Watts, 1735. [12], 395pp. Thick 8vo, bound in old brown calf with leather spine label; red speckled edges (leather is well-rubbed; outer joints starting but still firm, front inner hinge reinforced, worm hole at lower blank margin through the length of book, another at upper right corner for last twenty pages or so; ink scribbles in margins of pp301-2). London: Printed for J. Watts and sold by Thomas Worral, 1735. Second edition. Very good. A scarce book by Daniel..... More
The Chemical Theatre
London: Routledge, 1980. Illustrated. viii + 292pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1980). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
"The Law and the Prophets". A Scientific Work on the Relationship Between Physical Bodies, Vegetable, Animal, Human, and Planetary.
Chicago: Ormsby, 1893. Illustrated. 210pp., 8vo, blue cloth; library stamp and label inside front cover, cover dampstained, worn. Chicago, 1893. A very good copy. More
"The Law and the Prophets". A Scientific Work on the Relationship Between Physical Bodies, Vegetable, Animal, Human, and Planetary.
Chicago: Ormsby, 1900. Frontispiece portrait and 58 illustrations. 272pp., some ink notations, one page damaged in margins, tall slim 8vo, red cloth; Chicago: Ormsby, 1900. A very good copy. More
The Mind Field; A Personal Essay.
New York: Viking, 1976. Illustrated. Thin 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, 1976. Very good. More
ABC Illustre d'Occultisme: Premier Elements d'Etudes des grandes Traditions initiatiques
Paris: Dorbon-Aine, 1922. Preface by Charles de Brhay. 219 figures and tables. 434pp., 8vo, rebound in green library buckram. Paris: Dorbon-Aine, (1922). Text slightly toned, but otherwise a near fine copy. More
L'Entree Ouverte au Palais Ferme du Roi
Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1970. Illustrated. 238 pages with text in French. Narrow 8vo, ornately gilt-stamped decorative purple cloth, d.w. Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1970. First edition thus. A fine clean copy in a near fine dust wrapper. From the series Bibliotheca Hermetica: Alchimie - Astrologie - Magie. Collection dirigee par Rene Alleau. More
Vorsoktratische Philosophie und Griechische Alchemie
Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1975. 2 black-and-white plates. 142pp., 8vo, printed wrappers. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1975. A near fine copy. More
The Judgement of Paris; and Some Other Legends Astronomically Considered
London: John Murray, 1908. Illustrated. 199pp., 8vo, grey cloth with front cover decoration; lightly worn. London: John Murray, 1908. A very good copy. More
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
New York: Bigelow. 10 volumes bound in 5. Black and white frontispieces. 3/4 red morocco leather over red cloth, gilt stamped spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Subtle dampstain in the upper margins of two volumes. New York, Bigelow, no date circa 1910. A very good(+) set. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front attached endpapers. Some pages unopened. More
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.
New York: Crowell, 1902. Edited by James A. Harrison, Frontispiece in each volume & many other illustrations, lettered tissue guards. 17 volumes, 8vo, 3/4 red morocco, spines gilt, with floral motifs, marbled boards, t.e.g. Several spines are chipped. New York: (Crowell) & Society of English and French Literature, (1902). Limited to one of 1000 copies. Very good. More
The Fall of the House of Usher.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. Illustrated by Alice Neel. Afterword by Raphael Soyer. Thin folio, leather backed marbled boards; cloth folding case (light dust soiling). New York: Limited Edition Club, 1985. Fine. Of 1500 copies this is one of a few signed by both Soyer and by Neel who died while the book was in production. More
Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
London: Harrap, 1919. Illustrated by Harry Clarke with 24 full page illustrations with tissue guards and many incredible black and white head and tail pieces. 383 pages bound in full vellum with gilt decoration on cover, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, uncut edges with many pages unopened. London: George Harrap, 1919. A beautiful clean copy. Fine. Limited Deluxe Edition. Number 146 of only 170 copies, signed and numbered on the limitation page by Harry Clarke. More
Astral des Sons
Paris: Adyar, 1924. 181pp., 8vo, cloth-backed marbled boads; corners worn. Paris: Editions Adyar, 1924. A very good copy. More
Studien zu Den Astrologischen Schriften Des Heinrich Von Langstein
Leipzig: Teubner, 1933. ix + 286pp., 8vo, original printed wrappers; unopened. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1933. A very good (+) copy. More
The Occult in Art
London: Cromwell, 1993. Numerous illustrations in color and in black & white. Square 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. London: Cromwell, (1993). Second Edition. Edges just a bit foxed, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More