Kansas City, MO: Illustrated and Published by the Author. 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, titled in blind on front cover, gray floral endpapers. 430 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations. A very good clean copy. ¶ Spiritual..... More
Gottingen: L. Hantzschel. 1934, First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 143 pp. Mild creases, a very good copy. Quite scarce. ¶ Extensive bibliography of Jacob Boehme [Jakob Bohme, 1575-1624 ]. This volume is a catlogue of his manuscripts. Another work, Die Jakob Böhme-Ausgaben [2..... More
Paris: L. Desessart et Cie. 1837. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in contemporary half red calf over marbled paper boards, the spines with raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt titles. Marbled endpapers and page edges. 450 + 440 pp. Heraldic bookplate of Samuel..... More
Tyrnau: Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu. 1754-1755. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. 12mo. Five Volumes in Two; contemporary half calf over decorated paste boards, the spines ruled and titled in gilt on labels, all page edges dyed red. 268 + 264 pp (Books One and Two in the first Volume);..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original patterned blue cloth titled in gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 3 additional black & white plates inserted throughout the text, all by Cuneo. Bookplate on front endpaper and a date in ink, some..... More
No Place [London]: Fulgur for Xoanon. 1995. First Edition, Special Reserve Issue. First edition, Special Reserve issue, limited to just 5 unnumbered copies, THIS BEING COPY NUMBER 1 OF 5, bound in full black morocco spine titled in gilt, small gilt dot or "point" on front panel, all edges gilt..... More
No Place: Xoanon Publishing, MMIX [2009]. First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe issue. Leather Bound. First Edition, Deluxe issue. Small oblong quarto, original full dark burgundy morocco with satyr's head stamped in black on front cover, the spine with two raised bands and titled in gilt, gold-silver and black hand-marbled endpapers..... More
London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1924. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original grey boards with buckram spine, leather label on spine titled in gilt. Printed on fine handmade paper. 274 pp, colour frontispiece and 11 addition full-page black & white illustrations throughout the text. Issued in a limited edition of..... More
London: John Long. [1904]. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original red vertically-ribbed cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. [314] pp +[6] pp ads + [8] pp publisher's catalogue "Mr. John Long's Autumn and New Year Announcements 1904-1905" bound in at rear. "Second..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 255 pp, Notes, Bibliography, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The first comprehensive history of magical treasure hunting from the Middle Ages..... More
New York: The Medusa Head, 1928. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Large octavo, original purple cloth stamped in gilt. 107 pp., Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 9 additional full-page black & white plates by Blaisdell. Issued in a limited edition of 800 copies, of which this is copy No. 491..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., No Date [1903]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in black, gold and light green. 297 pp + [12] pp publisher's list of "Recent Publications" at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 15 additional full-page plates by Wooten..... More
London: Secker and Warburg. [1982]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine. 128 pp. Inscribed by one of the editors on the title page: "For John Ruyle from Richard Lancelyn Green with my best wishes and thanks". Text paper browning, slight..... More
Oxford: Oxford: At The Clarendon Press. 1983. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 712 pp., photographic frontispiece of Doyle. Issued as The Soho Bibliographies XXIII. A fine copy in a very slightly used dust jacket, small closed tear on rear..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe Issue. First edition, Deluxe Issue, limited to 500 hand numbered copies signed by both Lord Dunsany and Sidney Sime, of which this is number 212. Large Quarto. Quarter vellum spine with brown cloth boards with single gilt..... More
Boston: John W. Luce & Company. [1916]. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing. Octavo. Black cloth backed maroon paper boards with gilt designs and title on front cover, title on spine. 99 pages. Eight illustrations by Sidney H. Sime, first initial decorated. Boards lightly rubbed with minor surface..... More
Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus. 1498. A Folio leaf from the 1498 Edition of Saint Thomas Aquinas's OPUSCULA, published in Venice by Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus in 1498. Pages 318-319, with one small initial woodcut on the recto and one slightly smaller woodcut on the Verso. Printed in double..... More
New York: Brentanos, 1924. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original textured black cloth titled and ruled in redon spine & front panel,front panel bordered in blind. Top page edges stained red. 360 pp. Some fading to red dye on top edges, a very good, bright copy, in the original..... More
London: Jonathan Cape/ London Limited Editions. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original marbled boards with tan cloth spine, gilt titles and rules. 460 pp. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and Specially Bound, this being copy No. 70. A fine, unread copy in the original publisher's glassine..... More
London: Printed by William Clowes, 14, Charing Cross. 1832. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo, original cloth, paper spine label. 460 pp. Slip tipped in at rear annoncing "The Dispatches..." a companion to this work, prepared and shortly to be published. Front board and spine panel loose (separated), but..... More
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2020. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Royal Octavo, original red boards elaborately decorated in black & gilt on all covers, black embossed endpapers, red silk book marker. 415 pp., with over 55 full-page black & white images, plus numerous smaller drawings in the text, all by..... More
Pinner, UK: Private Libraries Association, 1985. First Edition, Deluxe Issue. Quarter Leather. Royal octavo, Quarter black morocco, grey cloth boards. Patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. No. 47 of 110 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by Joan Hassall. pp lxiii, 161, [7] plates,numerous reproductions of Hassall's wood-engravings throughout with an additional..... More
Buckinghamshire, UK: Hague & Gill, 1948. First Edition Thus. Half-Leather. Small octavo, bound in half green morocco over green cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, hand-marbled endpapers. 76 pp. Five wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, two of which are full-page. Hand-made paper. With the bookplate "Ex Libris venerabilis conventus Fratvm B.V.M...... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled and with a small decoration in gilt on spine and front panel. 38 pp + [82] pp plates. Small booksellers label on front paste-down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Contains a long essay..... More
Leicester: Wyvern Bindery, Wellington Street, 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Reprint of a work first issued in 1849. Octavo, original gray-green cloth blocked pictorially in gold on the front panel, titled in gold on spine. 63 pp., frontispiece and 5 additional black & white plates. Trifle bit of darkening to..... More