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Caruso, Dorothy. DOROTHY CARUSO: A Personal History.
New York: Hermitage House, 1952. FIRST EDITION.
Slightly shelf worn; otherwise, VERY GOOD or better cloth volume in chipped dust jacket. Chapter on Gurdjieff and the influence of the System: Caruso was among those who met regularly with Orage, and later Gurdjieff, in New York in the late 20s. Eight pages of photos. 191 pages. 8vo.
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413 |
Causton, Richard. NICHIREN SHOSHU BUDDHISM.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989. FIRST EDITION.
Fine cloth copy in fine dust jacket. A detailed study of the practice of this Buddhist sect founded by Nicheren Daishonin, a thirteenth century Japanese Buddhist monk. 300 pages. 8vo.
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33.00 USD
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417 |
Cavendish, Richard. THE TAROT.
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. FIRST EDITION.
A FINE CLOTH COPY IN FINE DUST JACKET. A small folio with many colored illustrations. Nice color quality unlike the later printings.
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26.50 USD
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418 |
Cellaris, Christophori. GEOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA, Recognita denuo, & ad veterum novorumque scriptorium sidem, historicorum maxime,... With additions by Samuel Patrick, L.L.D.
Londini: Sumptibus J. & T. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst, J. & F. Rivington, S. Crowder, & T. Longman, 1773.
Title page printed in red and black; rebound in a beautiful golden leather; text clear of foxing and free of marking; A FINE COPY. With 26 foldout maps (but missing Palestine only following page 91) of the ancient world. 180 pages. Octavo.
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875.00 USD
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419 |
Cellarius, Andreas. HARMONIA MACROCOSMIA.
Taschen, 2006.
Elephant folio in original publisher's box; quarter bound in cloth and illustrated boards; A FINE COPY. Complete with all twenty-nine double-folio maps and dozens of unusual details reproduced here depict the world systems of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolas Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe, the motions of the sun, the moon, and the planets, and the delineation of the constellations in various views. Cellarius's Atlas, superbly embellished with richly decorated borders depicting cherubs, astronomers, and astronomical instruments, features some of the most spectacular illustrations in the history of astronomy. This reprint, made from the beautifully hand-colored and complete copy of the FIRST EDITION in the Library of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, includes a copiously illustrated introduction by Robert van Gent, one of the leading Cellarius experts, summarizing the history of celestial cartography from antiquity to late 17th & early 18th century and illuminating the life and work of Andreas Cellarius. Extra shipping charges required.
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99.00 USD
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Chantrine, P. LA FORMATION DES NOMS EN GREC ANCIEN.
Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion (for La Societe de Linguistique de Paris), 1933.
Beautifully bound in leather and boards with banded spine and gilt titles; A VERY GOOD+ or better volume. Text in French. From the library of Prof. Jack Dabbs who had this bound in Berlin after the War. Collection Linguistique XXXVIII. 473 pages. Royal 8vo.
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225.00 USD
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Chevalier, Jean & Gheerbrant, Alain. DICTIONNAIRE DES SYMBOLES: Mythes, Reves, Coutumes, Gestes, Formes, Figures, Couleurs, Nombres. Four volumes.
Paris: Seghers Publishing, 1969.
Covers show rubbing, else, a Very Good set in wraps sporting some unusual and rare illustrations related to alchemy and magic among the many subjects covered. 1572 pages plus bibliography. Text in French.
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60.00 USD
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Chitty, Susan. THE BEAST AND THE MONK: A Life of Charles Kingsley.
New York: Mason/Charter, 1975. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
VERY GOOD+ cloth volume in dust jacket. Kingsley was the author of HYPATIA and the children's classic, THE WATER BABIES. He was also chaplain to Queen Victoria and coined the term, muscular Christianity which he applied with vigor. Cardinal Newman's APOLOGIA was written especially to silence Kingsley, a remarkable compliment. Drawings & photographs. 317 pages. Royal 8vo.
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Chumbley, Andrew. THE SATYR'S SERMON.
Xoanon Publishing, 2009. Limited Edition of 333 copies.
Quarter bound in leather with slipcase; A MINT COPY. Landscape 16mo. Completed in early 2004, the Sermon formed a portion of the 'Monadic Transmission' series of texts originally issued in hand-written, hand-illustrated editions of one copy only.This unique grimoire concerns the sorcerous precept of Unfettered Desire, as expounded in parable form by the twin sexual hypostases of the Sabbatic Agapae. The book gives voice to a connubial dialectic patterned upon 26 aphoristic formulae or 'Sermons' and their accompanying calligraphic sigils. As a whole, the book exposits diverse formulae of magical adoration, invoking the eternal mystae of The Beloved.The Satyr's Sermon is 84 pages, small format, printed in full letterpress in red, black and gold.
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299.00 USD
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450 |
Clark, Anne. BEASTS AND BAWDY.
London: J.M. Dent, 1975. FIRST EDITION.
Very Good or better cloth volume in chipped dust jacket. Illustrated study of fabulous beasts and their relation to medieval lore whose origins are both ancient and obscure. Numerous citations of ancient works. 159 pages. Small 4to.
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14.00 USD
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Coghlin, Ronan. HANDBOOK OF FAIRIES.
England: Capall Bann Publishing 1898307911 PAPER
This is a detailed guide to fairies and other otherworldly beings. The different types of fairy and other world beings are described, together with stories and legends about them. The possible origins of fairies are also discussed.
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Collector/Compiler of Agharta and Inner Earth Material. HOLLOW EARTH SCRAPBOOK, circa 1940s-1980s.
A treasure trove of material on the subterranean worlds, UFOs, polar legends, aliens under ice, occult geology, theory of concentric spheres, Shambhalla and the King of the World, and the Hollow Earth movement. Made up of photocopies, articles, clippings, newsletters, book reviews, maps, and other ephemera, this collection weighs seven pounds and is housed within a large ringed binder.
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850.00 USD
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485 |
Collin, Rodney. HELLAS: A Spectacle with Music and Dances in Four Acts.
Cape Town: The Stourton Press, 1951. FIRST EDITION.
Bookplate of D'Agapeyeff (might be Alexander, he of the undecipherable cipher); cloth volume Very Good+ in dust jacket with light stain along lower edge of rear panel. Very scarce like most of Fairfax Hall's press works which centered around the Fourth Way. He adopt an unusual style for this book. A ruled page in traditional proportion, being 1, 2, 3, 4. This play, cast in backdrop of the Greek Mysteries offers vivid descriptions of certain dance movements as well as focusing on the eternal recurrence of gods and men, Ouspensky's prime theme. 138 pages. Octavo.
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300.00 USD
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487 |
Collin, Rodney. THE MYSTERIES OF THE SEED.
Holmes Publishing Group LLC 1558181008 PAPER
Attributed to Collin by a number of Gurdjieff authorities, this work uses dramatic form to create a feeling for the ancient Eleusinian Mysteries. Nicoll also used these Mysteries in his discussion of the mustard seed. Collin's notes are appended. Illustrated.
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489 |
Collin, Rodney. THE MIRROR OF LIGHT.
Holmes Publishing Group / By the Way, 2007. 1558184880 CLOTH
New revised edition with photographs of Ouspensky, Collin and other people important to the Work at Lyne Place and in Mexico. This edition corrected and enlarged with a new index to the text. Premium cloth, sewn and archival, in dust jacket. Limited to 1000 copies only.
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490 |
Collin, Rodney. THE MIRROR OF LIGHT.
London: Stuart & Watkins, 1959. Second Impression.
Very Good+ copy in dust jacket. 89 pages. Small octavo. I purchased this copy so I could refer to Stuart's edition when I was editing and issuing a revised edition (which follows) of this posthumous title by Rodney Collin in 2007.
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77.00 USD
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491 |
Collin, Rodney. THE MIRROR OF LIGHT.
Holmes Publishing Group / By the Way Books, 2007. Revised and corrected second edition limited to 1000 copies only.
A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH EDITION, sewn and archival, in dust jacket. Fourteen previously unpublished photographs on the life of Rodney Collin and friends in the Work (from the family archives) with a splendid, almost mystical portrait of Ouspensky (taken by Collin at Lyne Place), as the frontispiece. A new index has been added to aid study of the text.
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25.00 USD
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