Grand Rapids: Phanes Press, 1989. Hardcover. Facsimile edition. Translated and edited by Joscelyn Godwin. Octavo. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Jacket copy mention this is to be accompanied by a cassette tape which is NOT present. From the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series. Very scarce. More
(Albany): State University of New York Press, (1998). Hardcover. First edition. Glossy printed boards. About fine, issued without dustwrapper. A volume in the SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions. Author Phillip Beitchman looks at the origin, development, personalities, and branching streams of the Jewish "Cabala" during the Renaissance (1490-1690). More
Grand Rapids: Phanes Press, 1988. Hardcover. Reprint of 1920 edition. New forward by Joscelyn Godwin. Octavo. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Limited to 250 copies. Thomas M. Johnson was a translator from original Greek. According to jacket texc: "In this work, the second volume of his 'Pythagorean Encyclopedia' Iamblichus, the Neo-Platonist..... More
San Diego: Wizard's Bookshelf, 1979. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of an 1892 edition. Trasnalted by R. & D. Lawlor. Small octavo. 174pp. Illustrated, charts, diagrams. Pale yellow leather-grained cloth titled in red. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Published in the Secret Doctrine Reference Series. Scarce. More
New York: Devin-Adair Company, (1960). Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo. Illustrated. Fine in price-clipped and lightly rubbed very good or better dustwrapper. Classic work on Greek vases and their geometry and proportions. Hambidge starts with a chapter of basic designs and proportions in nature, then applies these an analysis of the Greek..... More
New York: The Inner-Life Publishing Co., (1913). Hardcover. First edition. Small quarto. 330pp. Blue cloth gilt. Owner's name, extensively underlined and annotated in ink, hinges have been neatly repaired, else a good or better copy. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1954). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Drawings, figures and tables. Red cloth lettered in silver. Stamp of a university philosophy Department, ink name of author Edward Schouton Robinson, spotting mostly confined the spine, else a near very good copy. More
Boston: Chapple Publishing Company, 1927. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 483pp. 4 plates. Red cloth gilt. Tiny tears and light wear at the extremities, very good or better. Joseph F. Snipes who compiled these stories and reports from 1873-1915, was the founder of the New York Psychical Society. This reads more..... More
Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Lindisfarne Association, (1982). Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 144pp. Illustrated, charts. Illustrated wrappers. Published as Lindisfarne Letter #14. Spine uniformly toned, else very good or better.. A collection of articles from contributors for a presentation at Crestone, Colorado in 1981. Contents include: "A Homage to Pythagoras" by Christopher Bamford;..... More
New York: The Author, 1900. Hardcover. Second edition. Small quarto. 277pp. Illustrated. Green cloth decorated in gilt. Corners bumped and rubbed about very good. "Le Plongeon discovered numerous ruins and ancient relics of the Mayans. A controversial researcher, his aim was to present to the world the true esoteric, occult..... More
London: George J. Stevenson, 1858. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 452pp. + errata. Illustrated. Fold-out chart titled "A Universal Table of Genealogy" that starts with Noah. Fold out is delicate, but complete. Green cloth. Recased and neatly rebacked, about very good, binder's label on rear endpaper. Religious interpretation of ancient mythology..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc., (1973). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 304pp. Illustrated. Near fine in price-clipped very good or better price-clipped dustwrapper with some light spotting at the top of the spine. Torrens was an initiated Mason, and expert in researching the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Here, he..... More
Jersey: Neville Spearman, (1980). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated. Fine in fine dustwrapper. From the jacket: "In this book, Kenneth Rayner Johnson takes a fresh look at the origins, history and process of transmission of the alchemical art-and reveals some amazing new facts about Fulcanelli. He also points up the..... More
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1957. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 181pp. Illustrated. Ink spot on foredge else near fine in modestly soiled and nicked very good dustwrapper with a faint stain at the crown. Lethbridge looks at figures cut into the landscape in Britain and tries to discover their origin..... More
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Brooklyn, New York: Trobar, [1960]. Unbound. Cover proof. Single legal sized stiff paper sheet folded once. Near fine with toning. Yellow quarto sheet printed in black and red. Near fine with horizontal crease and splash marks. Two items from Trobar co-publisher George Economou. The first is a Proof of the..... More
Buffalo, New York: Intrepid Press, 1976. Softcover. First edition. 369pp. Perfectbound in illustrated wrappers. About near fine with reading crease along the spine and touch of edgewear. Large anthology with dozen of contributions include William Burroughs, Diane di Prima, Rochelle Owens, Jeff Nutall, Jerome Rothenberg, Ted Berrigan, Charles Bukowski, Allen..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Trobar, 1962. Softcover. Magazine. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. A touch of sunning, else fine. The fifth and final issue of this short-lived but influential magazine of deep image poetry. Contributors include Owens, Economou, Charles Olson, Robert Kelly, Robert Duncan, Paul Blackburn, Jerome Rothenberg, David Antin, John Wieners, Amiri..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Trobar, 1962. Softcover. Magazine. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Fine. Signed by contributor Rochelle Owens, who was also the wife of Trobar co-founder George Economou. The fifth and final issue of this short-lived but influential magazine of deep image poetry. Contributors include Owens, Economou, Charles Olson, Robert Kelly, Robert..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Trobar, 1962. Softcover. Magazine. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Near fine with bump at the bottom of the spine. The fourth issue of this short-lived but influential magazine of deep image poetry. Contributors include Owens, Economou, Louis Zukofsky, Robert Kelly, Robert Duncan, Paul Blackburn, Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Wakoski, Jackson..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Trobar, 1962. Softcover. Magazine. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Fine. Signed by contributor Rochelle Owens, who was also the wife of Trobar co-founder George Economou. The fourth issue of this short-lived but influential magazine of deep image poetry. Contributors include Owens, Economou, Louis Zukofsky, Robert Kelly, Robert Duncan, Paul..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 347pp. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing at the crown. From the preface: "In this book we shall study the history of Egyptian and Babylonian astronomy in connection with stellar religion and astrology. In this..... More
Groningen, Neatherlands: Wolters Noordhoff Publishing, [1975]. Hardcover. Third edition. Quarto. 306pp. Illustrated. Initials and date on front fly, else fine in very good or better dustwrapper with light wear at the crown. Listed in *HSML* p. 13 as: "A scholarly and comprehensive treatment of Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek mathematics" More
New York: Exposition Press, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Thick octavo. 823pp. Folding plates. A touch of toning at the spine ends, near fine in rubbing and modestly worn very good or better dustwrapper. Although issued by a vanity press, by some accounts the definitive volume on Nostradamus, including all the..... More
London: John Baker, (1969). Hardcover. First edition. Small quarto. 247pp. Illustrated. Figures and plates including folding. About fine in near fine dustwrapper with a few faint spots on the front panel. More
San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, (1974). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 446pp. Illustrated. Black cloth gilt. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Many fine full page drawings and illustrations. One of the best books written on Pythagorean Cosmology and its impact on the Renaissance. The author acknowledges modern scholarship concerning Pythagoras, but..... More