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New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1966. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ cloth volume in rubbed dust jacket. Orage was a famed editor of the Bloomsbury period, who became a follower of Gurdjieff, and served him well among the New York groups of the 1930s. Much of interest regarding the general metaphysical milieu of the period.140 pages, indexed. Royal 8vo.

Aurora, OR: Two Rivers Press, 1985. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Sewn, archival, and beautifully bound and designed. 136 pages. Small 8vo.

Holmes Publishing Group, 1999. In custom wraps, hand-bound; A FINE COPY with parchment overlay. The first appearance in English of this scarce alchemical work. Translated from the French by Patrick Smith. Alchemical Studies series 16.

Offprint, Reprinted from Transactions of the Japan Society of London, [1920]. Vol. XXXII. Ex-libris; Original tall wraps, faded and chipped; cover loosening; internals lightly foxed; Good Research copy of most unusual Japanese court material. Fourteen full page plates. A study of the abdicating Emperors from 531 to 1816 A.D. 67 pages. Tall octavo.

Nashville: Abingdon, 1981. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Color plates, plus numerous other illustrations en texte. 830 pages, double-columned. 4to.

London: SPCK, 1948. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ VOLUME in nice dust jacket. 131 pages. Octavo. With a Foreword by E. Gordon Selwyn.

UK: Fulgur Limited, 2013. Limited to 900 Copies. A FINE COPY, illustrated throughout in color and monochrome, many of which are full page plates. Contents list: Impurity, Auspiciousness and Power: The Tantric Transformations of Lajja Gauri at Kamakhya; Speculum Lapidum: Some Reflections on Sixteenth-Century Intaglios and Astral Magic; Open Secrets: Alchemical-Hermetic Imagery in the Ripley Scrolls; The Magician Triumphant: Occultism and Political Resistance in Victor Brauners' Le Surrealiste; The Magic of Time and Space: Occultism in the Films of Maya Deren, and more, all of which are select papers from the University of Cambridge Conference on Occultism.. 120 pages. Tall 4to.

London: Fulgur Limited, 2013. Limited Edition. A FINE NEW COPY, uncirculated, and printed on a variety of custom papers, being richly illustrated throughout in color and monochrome. An eclectic selection of esoteric, alchemical, Voudon, and magickal essays, poetry, significant interviews, and wide range of the arts, including works by Christine Odlund, Peter Dyde, Austin Spare, some rare Tarot prints in color, Anne Crossey, Susu Laroche, the extraordinary work of Agostino Arrivabene, Aleister Crowley, Francesca Ricci, and others. Eighty three color plates, plus black and white images. Pam Grossman, Associate Editor. 192 pages. Tall quarto.

London: Fulgur Esoterica, 2014. First Edition. A FINE NEW COPY in tall quality wraps, sewn. Special feature: the surrealist painter and novelist, Leonora Carrington, whose long career exhibited a ripe, continued interest in the esoteric and the occult. Printed on a variety of custom papers, and is richly illustrated throughout in color and monochrome, presenting an eclectic selection of esoteric, alchemical, Voudon, magickal essays, poetry, significant interviews, plus a rare photography essay on Marjorie Cameron. Further List of Contents: Death and Roses: Sante Muerte, the Love Sorceress / R. Andrew Chesnut; The Alchemy of Liberation: An Interview with Penny Slinger / Anja Dorofeeva; Heartbreak Wolf Vodu / Arturo Desimone; Chasing Cameron's Light / Victoria Ballesteros; John Jacob Niles, Ambrose Bierce and Folk Song as Thoughtform / Michael Pursley; Hymn to Saraswati / Joshua Mostafa; The Hermes of Harlem: Harlem Esoterics, and the Secret Life of Robert T. Browne / Matt Marble; Leaden Turns… Read More

London: Fulgur Limited, 2014. First Edition. A FINE NEW COPY in custom wraps as issued. Featuring outstanding color work and contents offering the following: Olivia Robertson: A Visionary Life by Caroline Wise; A Brief History of the Use of Spirits in European Occultism by Stephanie Spoto; Mycology by Madeline Cass; De Vermis in Se by Max Razdow; John Augustus Knapp: Modern Master of Occult Illustration by Ken Henson; Marrasio's Masque translation by Merlin Cox -- illustrated by Gromyko Semper; Black and White & Gold All Over: An Interview with Panos Tsagaris with Pam Grossman; Musings on Breath by David Blank; The (Not Entirely) Lost 'Art of the Apothecary': Abramelin Oil and Ancient Perfumery by Ioannis Marathakis; Blind Love by K Lenore Siner; Victor Brauner at the Crossroads of Magic and Chance by Jon Graham; La Villa dei Misteri Arrington de Dionyso ; Esoteric City: Theological Hermeneutics in Plato's Republic by Edward Butler -- with photography by SF Said; Sonnet of Comte… Read More

London: Fulgur Esoterica, 2014. Limited Edition. A FINE NEW COPY. This collection of essays commissioned by guest editor, Jack Sargeant, seeks to explore the impact of esotericism on cinema and film. Printed using state of the art offset lithography, the subjects covered range from the early German expressionist cinema of F.W. Murnau, to the contemporary art house films of Lars von Trier. In each essay, esoteric themes within these works are identified and analyzed. Tall quarto volume using premium papers and Smythe-sewn. 128 pages. Tall 4to.

Tournai: Societe de S. Jean L'Evangeliste, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Name on half title; else, A VERY GOOD+ cloth copy. Text in French. 632 pages. Small octavo.

UK: Element Books, 1995. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ or better cloth copy in dust jacket. 292 pages with index. Tall octavo.

Shanghai: The Commercial Press, 1979. FIRST EDITION. A fine cloth copy in dust jacket. 152 pages. Octavo.

Toronto: Inner City Books, 1982. Quality paper edition; several sections marked up; RESEARCH COPY with illustrations. A Jungian analysis. 204 pages with index. 8vo.

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1953. FIRST PRINTING. In custom wraps as issued; VERY GOOD or better. Illustrated. 112 pages. 8vo.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth copy in fine dust jacket. Excellent glossary of early medical and chemical terms and remedies. Edited by Thomas Rogers Forbes. 221 pages. Octavo.

Sydney: Penguin Books Australia, 1988. Paper editon; VERY GOOD without lining or marking. Unusual work, being a comic retelling of the Rosicrucian myth as drawn from Michael Maier and others. 161 pages. Small 8vo.

New York: MacMillan, 1931. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ Cloth Copy in dust jacket. Presentation copy, signed by author. Using a dialogues cast as play, the author seeks to condemn dualism, and find unity between Christianity and Buddhism. 263 pages. Octavo.

Princeton University Press, 1977. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in slightly rubbed dust jacket. 151 pages. Octavo.