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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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THE IDEAL TOWER. PENNICK, Nigel.
THE IDEAL TOWER.
UK: The Society of Esoteric Endeavour., 2018. First Edition. Tall octavo, 31.5cm x 16cm, bound in publisher's ... more

Price: $450.00 USD
THE CONFESSIONS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY. An Autohagiography. Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant. DAVID TIBET'S COPY. CROWLEY, Aleister.
THE CONFESSIONS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY. An Autohagiography. Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant. DAVID TIBET'S COPY.
London: Jonathan Cape., 1969. First Edition of the Expanded Edition. Thick octavo, original gray ... more

Price: $500.00 USD
THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT. Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition under the Veil of Divination. With 78 Plates, illustrating the Greater and Lesser Arcana, from designs by Pamela Coleman Smith. WAITE, Arthur Edward.
THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT. Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition under the Veil of Divination. With 78 Plates, illustrating the Greater and Lesser Arcana, from designs by Pamela Coleman Smith.
London: William Rider & Son Limited., 1911.. First Edition. Octavo, original publisher's salmon cloth boards, spine and ... more

Price: $650.00 USD
THE NEW PEARL OF GREAT PRICE. A Treatise Concerning the Treasure and Most Precious Stone of the Philosophers. Or the Method and Procedure of this Divine Art; with Observations Drawn from the Works of Arnoldus, Raymondus, Rhasis, Albertus and Michael Scotus, First Published by Janus Lacinius, the Calabrian... The Original Aldine Edition, Translated into English [by Arthur Edward Waite]. LACINIUS, Janus [Giovanni]. WAITE, Arthur Edward [translator].
THE NEW PEARL OF GREAT PRICE. A Treatise Concerning the Treasure and Most Precious Stone of the Philosophers. Or the Method and Procedure of this Divine Art; with Observations Drawn from the Works of Arnoldus, Raymondus, Rhasis, Albertus and Michael Scotus, First Published by Janus Lacinius, the Calabrian... The Original Aldine Edition, Translated into English [by Arthur Edward Waite].
London: James Elliott and Co., 1894. Reprint. Octavo, rebound in quarter leather over marbled paper boards, ... more

Price: $150.00 USD
ARS PHILTRON. Concerning the Aqueous Cunning of the Potion and Its Praxis in the Green Art Magical. First Edition, Signed. SCHULKE, Daniel A.
ARS PHILTRON. Concerning the Aqueous Cunning of the Potion and Its Praxis in the Green Art Magical. First Edition, Signed.
No Place: Xoanon Publishing, 2001.. First Edition. Quarto, original full brown cloth decorated with the ... more

Price: $950.00 USD
THE GOD OF THE WITCHES. MURRAY, Margaret.
THE GOD OF THE WITCHES.
London: Faber & Faber., 1952.. New edition; originally issued in 1931. Octavo, original black cloth, ... more

Price: $75.00 USD
THE WITCHING OTHER. Explorations & Meditations on the Existential Witch. HAMILTON-GILES, Peter.
THE WITCHING OTHER. Explorations & Meditations on the Existential Witch.
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2017. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped with the publisher's ... more

Price: $65.00 USD
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