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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. First Edition [Book Club Edition]. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition [Book Club Edition]. Hardcover. Often referred to as "the Mother of modern witchcraft" or "Mother of Wicca" Doreen Valiente (1922-1999) was an English author and poet best known for her books on witchcraft and related esoteric subjects. She was the High Priestess of Gerald Gardner's Bricket Wood coven. In 1971, she co-founded the Pagan Front, a British group for religious rights of Wiccans and other Pagans. Pagan scholar Aidan Kelly said of Valiente, "she deserves credit for having helped tranform the Craft from being a hobby of a handful of eccentric Brits into being and international movement.. a major personality in the development of Wicca." An exceptional resource for practicing and curious witches. Light shelf wear, bit of bumping/scuffing to boards, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Publisher's red cloth title in black, lacking dj. 416 pp. illus (b/w). index.

Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. With photographs by Jenny Lens. Light shelfwear around edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Matte color pictorial boards with rotating diecut record, no DJ as issued. 4to. 222pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates).

New York: Harper Collins, 2006. First US Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First US Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Inscribed by one of the authors: "Thanks for the great Bon/Iggy shot. Hope you enjoy the book." Toning and shelfwear around edges, bumping, bent corners/DJ, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color DJ with French folds, black paper over boards. 8vo, 488pp. illus (b/w, color, index). Inscribed.

Philadelphia, PA: Blakiston Company, 1951. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Dustjacket. Third Edition. Hardcover. "The Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company of Indianapolis, Indiana distributed some 150,000 copies of the third edition of Sir William Osler's Aequanimitas to graduating medical students between 1932 and 1953. Bibliophiles have considered these volumes identical. However, there were at least seven different printings in English and one in Spanish and one in Portuguese. The size of the book and type of paper changed over the years. The title page, spine information, and printing information also changed. A congratulatory letter from Eli Lilly and Company was placed in the front of each book. These letters have many differences. Thus, the volumes are not identical and the recognition of these differences opens a new field for research and collecting." Minor shelf/edge wear, gilt toned at spine, tipped in letter from Ely Lilly and ownership signature at the ffep, else tight, bright, and… Read More

Bologna: Edizioni Colophon - Colophonart, 2008. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "Twenty two poems by Adonis who signed on colophon in Arabic and Italian language (traslation by Fawzi Al Delmi) and an etching on the text and a dust cover on fold out map by Medhat Shafik numbered and signed by the arist. Copies on roman numbers and first 50 copies on arabic numbers with an oroginal work by the same Artist on paper 36x26 cm. Italian text's composed by Rodolfo Campi on Garamond." Tight, bright, and unmarred; small crack in arcrylic slipcase. Sculpted paper wrappers. original watercolors, acrylic slipcase. 4to. np.

Los Angeles, CA: Amok Books, 1989. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. "Over two thousand five hundred book titles and the sources on where to obtain them. First Edition. [405] pages with ads. Some of the arcane and obtruse publications are listed under such categories as:. mayhem, virus, and decay; dissections of the current global power structure; sexual impulses spinning out of control; psychiatric tyranny, schizophrenia; tribal documents; psychedelic reality-maps; the tactics of individual subversion and autonomy; and other stark visions of our time, stone fundamentalist, Satanist manifestos and Santeria spell books, Nudist Colony guidebooks and psyÂchotropic film directories, human oddities picture books and UFO abduction accounts, riot control technologies as well as, AIDS as biological warfare, the abolition of work and holocaust revisionists, also the African roots of Western civilization."--Publisher. Toning through, light wear, else tight,… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus, 1897. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, minor toning to spine, hint of foxing at endpages, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, blue and green ink floral elements. 8vo. 210pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Arnold Bennett. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning and soiling to boards and spine label, discrete pencil ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, dark blue cloth spine, printed spine label, pale blue paper boards, black ink lettering and image at front board. xii, 112pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1953. Later Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good Slipcase. Later Printing. Hardcover. The trade edition was preceeded by a limited deluxe edition. 480 and 482 pages respectively. Biography of Abraham Lincoln up to his train ride to Washington to assume the Presidency. Enhanced with 105 illustration from photographs, and many cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters. Tight, bright, and unmarred; slipcase shows light shelf/edge wear, two small 'pull' areas on the bottom of the box, else tight and unmarred. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind signature at front boards, frontispieces, yellow ink topstain. 8vo. 480, 482pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. This set bears a libary ownership bookplate indicating it was a gift from John Murray Forbes [American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist...and president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s]. The set was given to the Dark Harbor Library (an affluent enclave on an island off the coast of Maine) and they bear the bookplate and very discrete marks supporting that. Dark Harbor occupies about 1/4 of the island and is largely occupied by summer 'cottages', the rest of the island is occupied by largely year-around residents. Owners of the 'cottagers' created the Dark Harbor library, separate from the public library on the island and the cottage families (largely Boston Brahmin) donated books to be shared amongst themselves (there was also, for a period, a fund raised among them for buying new material. Folded map in bound… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition following a deluxe limited edition. With over 400 photographs, and hundreds of cartoons, letters, and documents. A handsome set. Light shelf/edge wear, light even toning to textblock, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece(s). 8vo. 660; 655; 673; 515pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Paris, France: Chez Nyon L'ainé & Fils, Libraires, 1729. [French Edition]. Full Calf. Very Good+. [French Edition]. Full Calf. Translation to English: Roman History (Summary). French translated edition. Plates by Gravelot, Piauget, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Eisen, and engraved by Tardieu, Chenu, Saint-Aubin. Father Millot wrote extensively on Ancient Roman and Greek history, in addition to French history. Suspected to be formerly owned by Victor Singer (1877-1943), successful art merchant from Hamburg, Minimal head and tail wear, chipping, rubbing to boards, minor foxing, evidence of dampstaining (gutter), repair; otherwise tight, bright, and unmarred. Half calf, gilt titling, 4to, v, 192 pp.+ illus., with frontispiece and 48 engraved plates, fold outs. In French. Rosy Christ ex libris.

Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey/Alexander & Phillips, 1808. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy, uncommon generally and rather scarce in this condition. Light shelf/edge wear, light rubbing, glue toning at endpages, light even toning throughout, owner signature on title page, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full brown leather boards, black leather spine label, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 12mo. 369pp.

Moscow, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Green faux leather boards, painted raised wheel design on front cover, striated design on back cover, pale green endpapers. 73x52mm. 64pp. Illus. (color plates).

Göttingen: A. Vandenhoeck Witwe, 1772. [First Edition]. Boards. Very Good+. [First Edition]. Boards. Translation to English: Academic Lectures on Knowing and Treating the Main Emotions of the Human Body. Rudolph Augustin Vogel (1724-74), academic doctor from Erfurt and since 1753 professor of medicine in Göttingen, was one of the most outstanding representatives of Göttingen medicine. 18th century school. He read about chemistry, mineralogy, pathology, therapy, semiotics, pharmacology and surgery. This work is one of his main works. Chipping and moderately worn boards, spotting, toning throughout, otherwise tight, bright, and unmarred. Contemporary parchment. [8] 668pp.[16] 8vo. Engraved vignette on tp. In Latin. Annotation on front flyleaf verso. Errata.

Dresden, Germany: Verlag von Friss Casper & Co, 1900. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+. Reprint. Hardcover. "The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses is an 18th or 19th century magical text allegedly written by Moses, and passed down as hidden (or lost) books of the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch. A grimoire, a text of magical incantations and seals, it purports to instruct the reader in the spells used to create the miracles portrayed in the Christian Bible. The work was printed with annexes or reputed Talmudic magic names, words and incantation, many taken from Christian biblical passages. Copies have been traced to 18th century German pamphlets, but an 1849 printing, aided by the appearance of the popular press in the 19th century, spread copies through Germany and Northern Europe, to German immigrants in the United States, to the African American South and Caribbean, and Anglophone West Africa. It influenced European Occult Spiritualism, as well as popular religious movements in the American South… Read More

Boston: Massachusetts Temperance Society, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. Rev. B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) DeCosta was a noted NE minister, abolitionist and temperance supporter. Laid in letter and signed personal card. Letter on Union letterhead [color top-piece with flags, eagle, "UNION" and a banner reading "Constitution of the United States of America"), dated Nov. 25, 1861, makes reference to their time in the "Virginia Campaign"...doubly interesting as the VC is now thought of as revolving around the Second Bull Run battle in 1862. Very likely a presentation as "Friend Phelps" was a drinker... A handsome copy of this minor classic termperence item with a period civil war letter with interesting content. Light shelf/edge wear, wear at head and tail, minor toning to spine, tide mark at fore-edge, light foxing at frontispiece, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, rust endpages, tissueguard.… Read More

Bavaria?, Germany: Lugd. Batavorum : Apud Severinum Matthaei & Davidem à Lodensteyn, 1651. Editio nova accurata, accedit ejusdem authoris Praxis logica. Full Calf. Very Good+. Editio nova accurata, accedit ejusdem authoris Praxis logica. Full Calf. Translation to English: Logical hermeneutics. Explanation of Burgersdician Synopses of Logic. Adriaan Heereboord (13 October 1613 in Leiden - 7 July 1661 in Leiden) was a Dutch philosopher and logician. Tight, bright, and unmarred, else some toning to front boards. In contemporary speckled calf over boards, red edged text block. 8vo, 311pp. + index. In Latin.

New York: The John Day Company, 1929. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. Reprint. Hardcover. "Newly printed from the text of the second edition as revised by the author." Limited edition of 1000 copies, where 950 were available for sale and the remaining for presentation. A handsom set of rather scarce volumes. Minor shelf wear, head of both spines showing the first signs of fraying, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt, medallion in gilt on front, gilt at top of text block. #133 of 1000 printed.

Boulder, CO: The Aspen Press, 1975. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Wraps. First American Edition. Hardcover. Sherlock Holmes parody fiction. In original orange wraps with illustrations. Tight, bright, and unmarred, excellent copy with light wear. 8vo, 62 pages, limited to 750 copies of which 250 are hand bound.