J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

OF NUMERALS AS SIGNS OF PRIMEVAL UNITY AMONG MANKIND.

Ellis, Robert. · 1873

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,348)

London: Trubner & Co., 1873. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY with Victorian lined front panel with gilt titles. Old bookplate; spine shows removal of title label; internals free of marking and fine; binding firm. [iii], 94 pages, plus the Linguistic Publications catalogue of Tru...

LIBRE DELS FEYTS DARMES DE CATALUNYA: Edicion Facsimil Del Manuscrito De Poblet (1343) Conservado En La Biblioteca Universitaria De Barcelona.

Jaime I, El Conquistador. · 1972

$177.00 (€160.59 | £133.98 | ¥28,265)

Espana: Universidad de Barcelona, 1972. A FINE COPY of a handsome volume. Faux brown leather with gilt titles and a gilt cover emblem. Beautiful facsimile of an illuminated work, primarily of colored miniatures, from 1343 written in Catalan, and was the first autobiography by ...

MYTHOLOGIE DE LA GRECE ANTIQUE.

Decharme, P. · 1886

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Paris: Garnier Freres, 1886. Second edition, revue et corrigee. Bound in caramel goat and boards with custom marbled ends; light rubbing to the edges, but binding is firm; internals fine and free of defect or marking; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. Colored frontispiece under tissue, with ...

TREATISE AGAINST JUDICIAL ASTROLOGIE; In Two Parts.

Chamber, John. · 1977

$36.50 (€33.12 | £27.63 | ¥5,829)

Norwood, NJ: Walter Johnson (in collaboration with Theatrum Orbis), 1977. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME, sewn, archival, and issued without dust jacket. Judicial astrology [mundane astrology], while certainly used to assess an individual's fate based on the star position, is most often ...

THE LAND OF THE CAMEL: Tents and Temples of Inner Mongolia.

Cammann, Schuyler. · 1951

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York: Ronald Press, 1951. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME, being free of markings or defect. Illustrated with forty two plates. [x], 200 pages. Royal 8vo.

THE HIEROGLYPHICA OF HORAPOLLO NILOUS; Which He Himself Transmitted in the Egyptian Tongue, and which Phillipus Faithfully translated into the Greek Language. With a Mystical Commentary.

Mead, J.G. (tr.) · 2001

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.18 | ¥21,558)

Edmonton: J. Mead Publications, 2001. FIRST EDITION, limited to less than 24 copies, as per Mead provenance to JDH. Hand bound with colored front panel inset; A FINE COPY. In the translator's words My commentary has focused on elucidating (within, of course, my own limitations...

BLOOD BROTHERS: An Ethno-Sociological Study of the Institutions of Blood Brotherhood with Special Reference to Africa.

Tegnaeus, Harry. · 1952

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Stockholm: Ethnographical Museum (New Series Publication No. 10), 1952. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD in original academic wraps, bound with French folds; the internals are excellent, mostly unopened; outer cover slight chipping. Twenty illustrations, two maps, and lengthy bibliogr...

THE DREAM OF POLIPHILUS: Facsimiles of One Hundred and Sixty-eight Woodcuts in Hypnerotomachia Poliphili; Being Reproductions of the Woodcuts in the Dream of Poliphilus (Hypnerotomachia Polihili) Printed at Venice by Aldus in 1499.

Appell, J.W. · 1893

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

London: Department of Science and Art in Photo-Lithography by W. Griggs, 1893. Original mock Vellum binding shows soiling; front and rear hinges repaired and strengthened; internals bright and free of marking; GOOD RESEARCH COPY. Introductory notice, and descriptions by J.W. A...

THE MYSTERIES AND CHRISTIANITY.

Glasse, Rev. John. · 1921

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1921. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ cloth volume. I.B. Horner's copy with her bookplate, and dated signature on the front free end paper. Horner was the translator of the Pistis Sophia (1924), and well known for works on Buddhism. Strong sections on the...

SECRETS OF NATURE: Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe.

Newman, William R. & Grafton, Anthony. (eds.) · 2001

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Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2001. First Edition. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME IN FINE DUST JACKET. Colored frontispiece of the Norton plate at the British Library. 443 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

NO RELIGION HIGHER THAN TRUTH: A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia. 1875-1922.

Carlson, Maria. · 1993

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1993. FIRST EDITION. A jacket. Among the various kinds of occultism popular during the Russian Silver Age (1890-1914), modern Theosophy was by far the most intellectually significant. This contemporary Gnostic gospel was invented and di...

JANE HEAP: Notes..

Heap, Jane. · 2002

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.18 | ¥21,558)

Aurora, OR: Two Rivers Press, 2002. FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket with marbled end papers, hand bound, in premium cloth. 95 pages. Octavo.

DE L'ESOTERISME DANS LES SYMBOLES SACRES. Cahier I, Number 3.

Pertoka, Andre´. · 1956

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Zurich: Bibliothe`que Me´taphysique et Ethnographique, 1956 Number Six of a limited edition of 200 copies only. In side bound tall wraps as issued; VERY GOOD. Four color plates by Ilse Rotter. Text in French. 4to.

THE BEHMENISTS AND THE PHILADELPHIANS: A Contribution to the Study of English Mysticism in the 17th and 18th Centuries.

Thune, Nils. · 1948

$189.00 (€171.48 | £143.06 | ¥30,181)

Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1948. FIRST EDITION. Academic wraps as issued; A Fine, Uncut, Unread Copy of a scarce title with excellent material on Jane Leade, Francis Lee, John Pordage, and other New Philadelphians. 229 pages. Demy 8vo.

DE L'ESOTERISME DANS LES SYMBOLES SACRES. Cahier I, Number 1.

Pertoka, Andre´. · 1956

$144.00 (€130.65 | £109.00 | ¥22,995)

Zurich: Bibliothe`que Me´taphysique et Ethnographique, 1956. Premier Cahier. Number 131 of a limited edition of 200 copies only. In side bound tall wraps as issued; VERY GOOD. Six color plates by Ilse Rotter. Text in French. Quite scarce, and early issues of this splendid work...

NUPTIAL ARITHMETIC: Marsilio Ficino's Commentary on the Fatal Number in Book VIII of Plato's Republic.

Allen, Michael. · 1994

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.18 | ¥21,558)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. FIRST EDITION. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Chapters are Ficino's Commentary on the 8th Book of the Republic; Figured Numbers and the Fatal Number; Eugenics, the Habitus, and the Spirit; and Jupiter, the Stars...

SAVIOURS OF MANKIND: Dalai Lamas and Former Incarnations of Avalokitesvara.

Schmid, Toni. · 1961

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,348)

Stockholm: Sven Hedin Foundation, 1961. FIRST EDITION. Large oversize academic wraps as issued; FINE COPY. Twenty five full page plates. Small folio.

LIFE OF GIORDANO BRUNO THE NOLAN.

Frith, I. · 1887

$179.00 (€162.41 | £135.49 | ¥28,584)

London: Trubner & Co., 1887. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ COPY in a handsome decorative binding. Slight edge wear, but rebacked nicely with original spine and titles; light foxing at the prelims; binding firm, text clean and free of marking. Revised, and edited, by Professor Mori...

ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MEDITATION.

Naranjo, Claudio & Ornstein, Robert. · 1971

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

New York: Viking Press, 1971. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. Bibliography. 248 pages. Octavo.

ANDRE GIDE AND THE GREEK MYTH: A Critical Study.

Watson-Williams, Helen. · 1967

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1967. FIRST EDITION. Fine Cloth Volume in dust jacket. Bibliographical footnotes. [xiii], 200 pages, indexed. Octavo