Search Results: Occult from Black Cat Hill Books

Albany, NY State University of New York Press, 1994. Hardcover First Edition; First Printing indicated. First Edition; First Printing indicated. Very Good+: shows light wear to the extremities (a little heavier at the lower rear corner).The binding leans slightly, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Bright; structurally sound and tightly bound: Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 369pp.Translated by Joscelyn Godwin. (S U N Y Series in Western Esoteric Traditions). Hardcover: Pictorial Laminate Boards. This is the first systematic treatment of esotericism to appear in English. Here is also a historical survey, beginning with the Alexandrean Period, of the various esoteric currents such as Christian Kabbalah, Theosophy, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, and Hermeticism. Common characteristics of these currents are the notion of universal interdependency and the experience of spiritual transformation. The author establishes a rigorous… Read More

New York, NY New American Library: Signet , 1971. Paperback First Edition Thus (1971); First Printing, so stated. First Edition Thus (1971); First Printing, so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; faint, but pervasive toning and background soiling to the panels; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; a single, very very faint crease to the backstrip and another equally fine and barely discernible near the upper corner of the front panel; the binding leans ever so slightly off square, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A lightly-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo (7 x 4.25 c 0.7 inches). 240… Read More

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK Thorsons: The Aquarian Press, 1979. Paperback First Edition Thus (1979), Fourth Printing (1983). Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows just a hint of wear to extremities; a former owner's name at the top corner of the front endpaper; a small spot of sticker residue at the upper corner of the rear panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections only. Bright and clean. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches). ix, 110 pages. Language: English. Weight: 8 ounces. First Edition Thus (1979), Fourth Printing (1983). Trade Paperback. Ms. Dion Fortune (Violet M. Firth 1890 – 1946) was a British occultist, ceremonial… Read More

New York, NY Doubleday: Anchor Books, 1970. Paperback First Edition thus (1970), so stated; First Impression. But this is the Third edition of a book first published in 1936. Very Good in Wraps: shows noticebable wear to the outside edges; a small chip at the bottom of the front hinge; a faint crease to the lower front panel and several stress-creases to the backstrip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. An attractive reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and some minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.15 x 4.2 x 1.15 inches). xviii, 500pp. Language: English. Weight: 10.5 ounces. First Edition thus (1970), so stated; First Impression. But this is the Third edition of a book first published in 1936. Mass Market Paperback.

York Harbor, ME Arcane Publications, 1972. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Near Fine in Very Good DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; former owner's address label at front free endpaper; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows light wear to extremities, with short closed tears at top front and rear hinges; the rear hinge tear has some attendant wrinkling; mild rubbing to its sheen; some creasing at inside front flap; price unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains close to it, in a better than average dustwrapper. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 543pp. Natal charts for hundreds of historical figures. Hardback with DJ.

Philadelphia, PA Dorrance & Co, 1967. Hardcover First Edition [1967], unstated in accordance with Dorrance's customary, but far from universal practice. Very Good+ to Near Fine in a Very Good DJ: The Book shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear along the outside edges of the panels the former owner's name, date and short note at the upper corner of the front free endpaper; the binding shows barely discernible lean, while remaining perfectly secure; else flawless; the text is clean. The DJ shows light wear to extremities and the mildest rubbing; the price has been clipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains a very handsome copy in a lightly used DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.7 x 1 inches). v, 185 pages. Weight: 14.6 ounces. First Edition [1967], unstated in accordance with Dorrance's customary, but far from universal practice. Hardback with DJ.

Van Nuys, CA Atlantis Interactive, 1995. CD-ROM One CD-ROM in Like New condition, housed in a black & clear cystal plastic case, with colorful informative liner notes, which is housed in a colorful slip case. Also present is a floppy disc "The Magic Destiny Disc", a Shareware Supplement to the Cards of Your Destiny, which also appears to be in Like New condition. This is housed in a black molded plastic holder, which has a couple of tiny cracks, into which the CD-ROM also fits (Very Good+). All of these elements are housed in a colorful cardstock box, which shows light wear to the outside edges and is slightly crushed, probably from being stacked with heavier books in a stack (About Good+). Overall, Very Good. Size: 9.1 x5.8 x 1.55 inches). Weight: 6.2 ounces. CD-ROM. This software makes using the book "Destiny Cards" by Robert Camp so much easier. The software makes the calculation quicker and gives a meaning for its calculation. It is very valuable and offers a timely… Read More

National Astrological Journal , 1978. Hardcover First Edition (1978), unstated. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of careful use: minimal shelving wear along the bottom edge of the white cloth-covered boards, causing faint crimping to the heel of the backstrip and a hint of fraying to the lower corner tips; a hint of foxing to the top edge of the text block; several pages have been creased at the upper corner (though the creases are very faint and are not apparent from the exterior); the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows faint sunning to the red titles at the backstrip (though they remain legible if slightly blanched); the price has not been clipped;… Read More

Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan Press, 1996. Hardcover First Edition; Fourth Printing [1998]. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 178pp. First Edition [1995]; Fourth Printing [1998]. Hardback with DJ. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was one of the greatest poets of his or any age. His odd, eccentric, comic, and finally serious prose work A Vision has long exasperated some readers with its occultist connections and strange, pseudo-geometrical diagrams and intrigued others with its odd origins and complex thought. In this sequel to his critical study of Yeats's poems, Hazard Adams argues that A Vision is of extraordinary interest for its literary merit, its place in intellectual history as an example of romanticism's persistence in modernism, and its oblique defense of poetic fiction-making. Rather than treating the book in terms of its historical and biographical… Read More

New York, NY D.M. Bennett, 1873. Hardcover First Edition [1873], unstated. Good: Shows significant indications of use: the binding shows slight lean; considerable wear to the extremities; fairly heavy soiling and rubbing to the panels. The binding remains secure; the text clean. Some notations and the former owner's name and date at the front endpaper; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging. A small occultish sign drawn at the upper corner of the front free endpaper; faint foxing to the outside edges. Remains a sturdy reading copy with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches). 286 pages. Weight: 12.4 ounces. Brown cloth over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. First Edition [1873], unstated. No subsequent editions or printings noted. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.

Lincoln, NE iUniverse: Writer's Club Press, 2002. Paperback First Edition (2002), unstated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very fine creasing to three of the corner tips; else only a hint of wear to the outside edges of the panels; the faintest smudging to the fore-edge; the binding leans very slightly off square, while remaining perfectly secure; the text clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing only mild wear and a few minor flaws. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 0.9 inches). xv, 338 pages. Language: English. Weight: 19.5 ounces. First Edition (2002), unstated. Trade Paperback.

Prague, Czechoslavakia Paseka, 1992. Hardcover Reprint Edition (1992). Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Shows a a hint of wear; but remains a structurally sound, tightly bound copy; virtually 'As New'. The DJ price is unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Folio. (13.2 x 10 x 1.05 inches). 307 pages. Profusely illustrated with color plates and lack & white wood block prints. Language: Polish. Weight: 4 pounds, 1.6 ounces. Reprint Edition (1992). Originally published in 1924, with the following imprimatur: Nihil Obstat, Johannes Antonius Koniass, Vicarius, Gehenae Generalis, & Officialis. Vrssoviceii, 19 Marcius AD 1921. Hardback with DJ. Neobycejna cesta mezi dablovyml detmi, prizraky a bytostml prirodniml,… Read More

Hutchinson, KS Privately Printed, 1972. Paperback Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Appears unread. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11 x 8.5 x 0.65 inches). 216 pages. Indexed. Profusely illustrated with drawings, photographs, maps, diagrams, etc. Language: English. Weight: 28.5 ounces. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. 

London, UK Thorsons Publishing: Aquarian Press: Crucible, 1982. Paperback Reprint Edition (1982); Second Printing (1983). First published in the Collectanea Hermetica Series in 1896. Very Good+ in Wraps: la small patch of sticker residue at the upper corner of the rear panel; the backstrip shows a single stress creases the binding leans ever so slightly; else flawless; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the panels. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, minor imperfections. Bright and clean. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.35 x 0.35 inches). xvii, 85 pages. Language: English. Weight: 7 ounces. Studies in Hermetic Tradition Series. Reprint Edition (1982); Second Printing (1983). First… Read More

Buffalo, NY Prometheus Books, 1989. Hardcover First Edition [1989]; probable later printing, but none is indicated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows a bit to crimping to the heel of the backstrip and some smudging to the outside edges of the text block; the binding is ever so slightly cocked off square, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Close to "As New". The DJ is flawless; unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.35 x 6.35 x 1.5 inches). 447 pages. Language: English. Weight: 32.5 ounces. First Edition [1989];… Read More

New York, NY St. Martin's Press: Thomas Dunne Books, 2001. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: Mild rubbing to the lamination only; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 198pp. Hardack: Pictorial Laminate Boards. [We assume this book came with a deck of cards and perhaps other related items; this is the book only]

Berkeley, CA Privately Printed, 1990. Paperback First Ed, unstated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing; faint crease along portion of front hinge; binding secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 178pp. First Ed, unstated. Trade Paperback.

Kinsau, Germany Hermetika, 1989. Paperback First Ed, unstated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 430pp. First Ed, unstated. Paperback. In the first chapters of this book we simultaneously follow two threads. While considering the lives of Richard Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche, and King Ludwig II of Bavaria in their nineteenth-century incarnations and in earlier incarnations, we examine the planetary configurations accompanying not only their conception, birth, and death, but also various significant events in their lives. In this way we experience how these two perspectives-the biographical and the astrological-weave together and are intimately interconnected. As illuminating as this is, the author also indicates however that astrological calculation alone can never suffice for the truly deep biographical research into karma and reincarnation demonstrated in this work. The author shows that although it is… Read More

Kinsau, Germany Hermetika, 1987. Paperback First Ed, unstated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 458pp. First Ed, unstated. Paperback. This book starts with a meticulous explanation of terminology used in astronomy and astrology. This can be considered as a splendid example of how to explain strictly scientific notions to readers who are not necessarily skilled in the exact sciences. From an astronomical point of view, the most interesting part of the work is the presentation of the old Egyptian world system, which the author concludes was the same as the system of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). He considers this astronomical system not just as a transitory historical conception, but as something which possesses permanent value. The author's deep historical studies made it possible for him also to solve the problem of the interchange of Mercury and Venus, something indicated many years ago by Rudolf… Read More

1974. Loose-Leaf (Unbound) Limited Edition (1974). 180 Signed and numbered, of which this is number 92. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR. Limited Edition (1974). 180 Signed and numbered, of which this is number 92. A Portfolio of Seven Tri-tone Prints with accompanying meditative texts all dealing with Hexagram Two. Printed on on Strathmore paper.The type is Caslon and set and printed on a Golding letterpress. The Prints art placed in a Printed Rose-toned Swarthmore Paper "Portfolio" which is fashioned to hold them and which shows some toning at one edge of the front panel and a hint of smudging to both panels. The Prints with accompanying texts are in Fine condition. The Portfolio is about Very Good. Overall, Very Good+ to Near Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR.