magic, occult, esoterica
ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY
New York: Lucis Publishing, (1971). Later printing. Wraps. 8vos. Two volumes. Publisher's blue wraps. Minor edge-wear and toning to wraps.Volume one creased at rear panel. Interior clean and bright. Very good. Two volumes on new age psychology, part of the series A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS.
THE FALL OF IDEALS [Adyar Pamphlets No. 68]
Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916. First edition thus. Wraps. 12mo. Printed wraps. Previous owner's signature to front cover. Heavy toning, with moderate edgewear, corner scuffing, and substantial tears along both spine ends. 11pp. Very good minus. Article by Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, reprinted from "Lucifer" Vol. V, December.....
SPIRITUAL PROGRESS [Adyar Pamphlets No. 71]
Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Printed wraps. Previous owner's signature to front cover. Heavy toning, with moderate edgewear, corner creasing, and small tears to both spine ends. 11pp. Very good minus. Article by Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, reprinted from The Theosophist, Vol. VI. Pamplet.....
ART OF VENTRILOQUISM: How to Throw Your Voice
Detroit: Johnson Smith & Company, n.d. Wraps. Small 8vo. Saddle-stapled green wraps. Edges tattered; binding shaken; heavily soiled throughout with partial tears to several pages. One leaf fully torn out but laid in; no leaves missing. About good minus. Approximately half of this booklet contains the eight-chapter ventriloquism tutorial, including.....
A TREASURY OF AMERICAN SUPERSTITIONS
New York: The Philisophical Library, (1948). First Edition. 8vo. Smooth black cloth, green and gilt title bands to spine, top page edge dyed green. INSCRIBED by the author: "To Mary Chapman Ahrnke- / May the friendly thoughts / which I hold for you keep / you always on the sheltered.....
DEVIL SEX: The Erotic Lure of Witchcraft
North Hollywood: Barclay House, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Mass market paperback. Minimal edgewear; a small amount of pen marginalia (text not obscured.) Very good plus. Pseudo-historical guide to witch sex, cribbed from a variety of sources, with a bibliography ranging from Aleister Crowley to the author's own "Study of.....
SYNERGETICS: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking [and] SYNERGETICS 2
New York: Macmillan, (1975, 1979). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vos. Publisher's cloth in original dust jackets. Jackets mildly toned and edgeworn with short closed tears. Laminate lifting on jacket of SYNERGETICS 2. Ineriors bright and clean. Very good. Fuller's world view is systematically presented here in SYNERGETICS, a culmination of his.....
VIEWS FROM THE REAL WORLD: Early Talks in Moscow, Essentuki, Tiflis, Berlin, London, Paris, New York and Chicago
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket lightly worn at top edge and suffers some shelf-wear. Corners bumped. Interior bright and clean. Very good. 284 pp. Includes Gurdjieff's lectures, "Glimpses of Truth," and aphorisms.
UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY: In Search of Gurdjieff
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press with Little Brown, 1966. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Minor edgewear. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. An account of the writers time studying with the mystic Gurdjieff.
UFO COMMENTARY: A Journal of Progressive UFOlogy - Vol. 1 No. 1 [Through] Vol. 3 No. 3 [Eleven-Issue Run]
Newport News, VA: Patrick Huyghe, 1970-1973. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled wraps. Printed mimeo throughout. Very good to near fine. Several issues show moderate exterior toning; many have postage to rear. Most farily toned internally, but otherwise clean, sharp, and unmarred. Issues range from 22pp. to 43pp. An extremely charming.....
DESIGN FOR EVOLUTION: Self-Organization and Planning in the Life of Human Systems
New York: George Braziller, 1975. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Very good withsome minor soiling and edge-wear. Price sticker at rear wrap. 322 pp.
THE EXPANDING CASE FOR THE UFO
London: Arco Publications Limited, (1957). First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth in original printed dust jacket. Very good, in a good plus DJ. Several small chips to jacket front panel and at top of spine. Light rubbing to rear panel. On copyright page, the date has been eroded. Mild.....
THE MASONIC WORLD: A Magazine for the Men and Women of Masonry [20 Issues]
San Francisco: Masonic World Publishing Co., (1932-1937). First edition. Wraps. Small 4tos. Matching stapled wraps. Generally very good. Some cover wear overall. Jan 1934, Dec 1933, and July 1933 have some water damage; May 1937 has partial spine split. Various issues, dates, 20 in all, most 1933. 1932: Mar and.....
LIVRE DES MINUTES NO. 8 [FREEMASON RECORD-BOOK]
[Dijon]: n.p., [1881-1883]. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. Decorative stamped leather boards, handwritten paper label affixed to front. Leather chipped at corners and edges, with moderate loss. Blank journal with text handwritten in pen. [i-xv] + 1-229pp. Heavy soil to preliminary leaves; mild soil and toning throughout. Very good minus.....
THE HERMIT OF SISKIYOU, or THE TWICE-OLD MAN
Crescent City, CA: Office of Crescent City, 1896. First edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Original light grey stamped cloth with gilt title. Cloth rubbing, Front hinge started. Front endpaper chipped at corner. Rear endpaper missing. Overall all good, sound example. This 19th-century Northern California imprint is a long doggerel poem, but.....
PROGNOSTICS: A Science in the Making Surveys and Creates the Future
Amsterdam/London/New York: Elsevier Publishing, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's glossy wraps. Spine cocked. Laminate lifting slightly at waps. Spine sunned. Former private library stamp at title page. Interior clean and bright. 424 pp. An attempt to apply scientific methods to understanding the future from a pioneer of futures studies.....
GURDJIEFF IN ACTION
Boston and Sydney: George Allen and Unwin, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Bump at bottom edge affecting boards and jacket. Else clean, bright and tight. Near fine. 117 pp. Practical interpretations of Gurdjieff's teachings.
ELECTIONAL ASTROLOGY
New York: Samuel Weiser, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Very good plus with minor edge-wear to jacket and sunned spine. Interior clean and bright. Event-based astrology. 227 pp.
LOGIC AND TRANSCENDENCE
New York, et al: Harper and Row, 1975. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Wraps suffer minor shelf and edge-wear. Front wrap and several pages following hole-punched at top right corner. Interior clean and bright. Very good. 273 pp. Spiritual work from the swiss-born philosopher and mystic.
RADIANT LIVING: Summary of Course of Instruction in Psycho-Cosmology
(Hastings, NZ): (Hart Printing House Limited), 1951. Later printing. Wraps. 12mo. Red printed saddle-stapled wraps. Minimal edgewear. Near fine. Fifth edition. Summary and adjunct study-guide to Sutcliffe's full Course of Instruction in Psycho-Cosmology, an influential proto-New-Age movement of the mid-twentieth-century whose purpose was "to discover and consciously link ourselves with.....
FLYING SAUCER: Gurdjieff Revisits Earth
Daglingworth, Gloucestershire: Coombe Springs Press, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Near fine with a touch of toning to rear panel. Interior clean and bright. Book claiming to recount communications with Gurdjieff after his death. 205 pp.
SPACESHIP EARTH
New York: Columbia University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Compliments card from Francis Scott Key Book Shop. Jacket suffers light edge-wear and some toning at rear panel. Price-clipped. Interior clean and bright. Very good. 152 pp. Ward's early text on sustainable development.