Thompson Rare Books specializes in fine, rare and interesting books in many fields. Our specialties include literary first editions, fantasy, science fiction, occultism, mythology and folklore, detective fiction and mysteries, illustrated books, children's books, fine printing and bindings. ~ Established in 1983.
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In addition to the books we list on our site we issue regular on-line catalogues which showcase new arrivals, collections and subjects. If you would like to receive email notification when we post a new catalogue, please use the Mailing List link at the left. You may also receive weekly notification of new arrivals in your topics of interest by subscribing to our Topic Notification feature.
We hope you will enjoy browsing through our books. Our offerings include thousands of volumes, available on-line, only at this site. ~ mjt
Featured Items
BROWN, George Rothwell.BEYOND THE SUNSET. A Tale of Love and Pirate Gold. Illustrated by Reginald F. Bolles.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, Publishers.,
[1919]..
Octavo, original green cloth stamped in dark red. 319 pp; ... more
Price: $150.00 CAD
HARTMANN, Franz, M.D.THE TALKING IMAGE OF URUR.
New York:
American Publishers Corporation,
[1890].
Early reprint, originally issued by Lovell in 1890. Octavo, original ... more
Price: $150.00 CAD
MARKWICK, Edward.THE CITY OF GOLD. A Tale of Sport, Travel and Adventure in the Heart of the Dark Continent. With Illustrations by H. Piffard.
London:
Tower Publishing Company Limited.,
1896..
Large octavo, original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and ... more
Price: $225.00 CAD
HUME, Fergus.THE SACRED HERB.
New York:
G.W. Dillingham Company,
[1908].
Octavo, original dark green cloth titled in gray on spine ... more
Price: $175.00 CAD
HOCKLEY, Frederick.EXPERIMENTUM. Potens Magna in Occult Philosophy. Compiled and Scribed by Frederick Hockley. Bound with A Brief Essay Concerning Experimentum by Dan Harms. Transcript & Translation of the Text Prepared & Annotated by Dan Harms.
No Place [UK]:
The Society of Esoteric Endeavour.,
No Date [2012]..
Quarto, original publisher's half blue sheepskin leather over marbled paper ... more
Price: $650.00 CAD
GAUTIER, Theophile.SPIRITE. A Fantasy. From the French...
New York: D. Appleton and Company.,
1877..
First edition in English. Octavo, original gray cloth titled and ... more
Price: $150.00 CAD


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