San Francisco: Samuel Carson & Co. / New York: C.T. Dillingham, 1888. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth lettered and designed in gold and blind. 333 pp, Frontispiece. Ink name on front blank, dated 1895, small label removed from upper corner of front fly, a...... More
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
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
Chelmsford, UK: Xoanon Publishers. 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Edition. Octavo, original cream wrappers, title printed in black on spine and front panel, Twin Lions / Wand of Sethos design printed in terra cotta on front panel and Circle of the Sacred Alphabet on rear. 362pp Illustrated..... More
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[London]: Skoob Books, 1990. First Edition. Original Wraps. First Edition. Thin quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers. 57 pp, Illustrated throughout, ads. The author's first appearance in print, an approximately 1300 word article (pp 54-55, two full pages of triple column type), plus a small illustration by Chumbley - a variant..... More
London: Printed by B. Bensley, Andover, and Published by the Author, 183, Fleet Street. 1829. First Edition, First Impression. Original Boards. Octavo, publisher's original buff boards with green cloth spine, printed paper title label on spine panel bearing the price "6s". Unpaginated [240 leaves, 480 pp], 8 plates, some full..... More
No Place: No Publisher, Yule, 1982. First Edition, First Impression. Original Wrappers. Small octavo, original buff pictorial wrappers printed in red, stapled at spine. 44 pp. Illustrated throughout. A lovely little hand made & self published Grimoire. Mild spotting to covers, trace of rustng to staples, a near fine copy..... More
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Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1913. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo. Original black cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. 226 pp., top edges gilt, other edges uncut. Ink name on front endpaper, dated 1936; a virtually fine copy, clean and bright. In a...... More
New York: Bantam Books, [1987]. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue boards with dark blue cloth spine titled in silver. 390 pp. Faint trace of rubbing to edges of acket, a fine, bright copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner intact. An as new..... More
Venice: Francois Santini, 1776. An engraved map, 29 x 20.5 inches (image size: 25 x 18 inches). A clean and attractive copy. Contemporary colouring in outline, and handsome colouring of the cartouche and decorative marginal figures. An early issue of this significant map, first issued in Paris in 1750 [possibly..... More
No Place: The Fanlight House, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, ringbound. 89 pp. Light tanning, a near fine copy of the true first edition. More
Nuremberg, Germany: Anton Koberger, 1479. A large folio leaf of incunabula, from the 51-line Biblia Latina printed by Anton Koberger on August 6, 1479 at Nurenburg. Text is from 2 Esdras, Chapters11-13. The leaf measures 410 x 287 mm. Double column, 51 lines of Gothic type in Vulgate Latin, with..... More
Nuremberg, Germany: Anton Koberger, 1479. A large folio leaf of incunabula, from the 51-line Biblia Latina printed by Anton Koberger on August 6, 1479 at Nurenburg. Text is from Genesis, Chapters 44 - 47. The leaf measures 410 x 287 mm. Double column, 51 lines of Gothic type in Vulgate..... More
London: Grant Richards Limited, 1916. First Separate Edition. First separate and first illustrated edition. Octavo, original stiff pictorial wrappers. 20 unnumbered leaves, with 4 full-page illustrations by Albert Buhrer in black and white. Corners a bit bumped, a few small tears; a very good copy. ¶ Originally published under the..... More
Wien [Vienna]: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. 1908. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto, original printed paper boards, cloth spine. 80 pp. Issued as Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe, Band 53, Abhandlung 1. Note: Karshuni, Ethiopic and three Arabic texts in parallel columns, followed by..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, No Date [1899]. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 209 pp. + [1] pp ads at rear. Wrappers a bit worn and chipped, small stains. Masonic bookplate on inner front cover. A very good copy. Very Scarce. ¶ The..... More
London: Arthur Barker Limited. [1937]. [1937]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Tall octavo, original green cloth, spine titled and decorated in gilt. 382 pp. WITH AN INSCRIBED PRESENTATION FROM THE AUTHOR TO RONALD FRASER ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "Ronald Fraser / to whom memory of / the Light had..... 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
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich. 1894. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 55 pp. A rough copy, old glue along spine edges, small chips, mostly disbound with the pages loose; some underlining in red coloured pencil. Good condition only, but rare. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes. Octavo, original dark blue cloth bordered in blind and with a small decorative device in gilt on front panels, gilt decorations & titles to spines. Brown coated endpapers. 299 + 320 pp, [4] pp ads + [48] pp..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1891. First American edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled and decorated in red, brown and gold on spine and front panel, green coated endpapers. 443 pp + [12] pp publisher's ads at rear. Tiny abrasion to front free endpaper, spine a trifle darkened and..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth decorated in red and green gilt titles. 320 pp. Frontispiece and two additional black & white plates inserted in the text. Light foxing, mild rubbing to boards at edges and a bit..... More
Bern: Verlag der Dalp'ichen Buchhandlung [R. Schmid]. 1881. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 410 pp. Wear to wrappers, but complete; some splits to spine panel, old ownership name on title page. Overall, very good. ¶ A very rare book. On the Inquisition and..... More
Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1886. "New Edition" Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's full brown cloth heavily blocked in black & gilt on front panel, block in blind on rear cover. With 20 tipped in double-page maps [all maps are on guards and can be laid flat without loss]..... More
Tyrnau: Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu. 1743. Small octavo. Three parts in one volume, bound in contemporary mottled calf, the spine with raised bands decorated gilt in compartments, red title label, marbled edges and endpapers. Attractive head- and tailpieces throughout, initial letters, title page vignette. 182 + 315 + 254 pp..... More