THE TAWASIN OF MANSUR AL-HALLAJ.
Berkeley & London: Diwan Press, 1974. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY issued without jacket. Gilt Islamic device on front panel. 81 pages, plus book list. Octavo.
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AUREA CATENI HOMERI: The Golden Chain of Homer; That is a Description of Nature and Natural Things. From an Unpublished Manuscript copied by Percy Bullock.
San Francisco: Sapere Aude Metaphysical Republishers, 1983. Limited edition of 550 numbered copies. Bound in full polished calf with marble end papers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker, and numbered. A FINE COPY of the classic work by Anton Joseph Kirchweger. Color work and red/black printing, and one double-page color.....
TEXTS FROM THE BUDDHIST CANON, Commonly Known Dhammapada, With Accompanying Narratives.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1902. FIRST EDITION. Red and black title page; deckled edges; brewing to end papers; else, A VERY GOOD or better cloth copy, free of marking. Translated from the Chinese. 209 pages, plus catalogue. 16 mo.
THE PLAIN PATH TO CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, SHEWING THAT WE ARE TO SEEK FOR RECONCILIATION AND UNION WITH GOD, Solely by Renouncing Ourselves...
Philadelphia: Crukshank, 1780. First American Edition. Disbound, but solid block; age toned and lightly worn; VERY GOOD. [xi], 91 pages. Small 8vo. Translated from the French.
MEISTER ECKHART: A Central Source... with the text of his "Historic Defense against Charges of Heresy".
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Quality trade paper edition; light rubbing along edges; free and clear of marking; else, VERY GOOD+ copy. 333 pages.
THE ZEN TEACHING OF HUI HAI: On Sudden Illumination.
New York: Samuel Weiser, 1972. Quality trade paper edition; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. 160 pages, indexed. 8vo.
DOCTOR ILLUMINATUS: A Ramon Llull Reader.
London: Princeton University Press, 1985. In quality academic wraps, sewn and archival; A Fine copy, unread. Excellent essay on the Lully's historical significance precedes a selection of many of Lully's rare works newly translated from the Catalan. 380 pages. Royal 8vo.
DOCTOR ILLUMINATUS: A Ramon Llull Reader.
London: Princeton University Press, 1985. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Copy in dark blue premium cloth. Sewn, archival, and unread. Excellent essay on the Lully's historical significance precedes the selection of rare works newly translated from the Catalan. 380 pages. Tall octavo.
THE PAPYRUS EBERS. [on Ancient Egyptian Medicine]
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1931. FIRST EDITION. Very Good+ or better cloth volume in chipped dust jacket. Introduction by G. Elliot Smith. Translated from the German. With sixteen illustrations appended printed on coat. 167 pages. Octavo.
THE DREAM OF SCIPIO. Studies in the Hermetic Tradition.
Wellingborough: Aquarian, 1983. First Edition. In quality wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Introduction by Robert Temple. 88 pages, 8vo.
WORLDLY WISDOM: Confucian Teachings of the Ming Dynasty.
Boston/London: Shambhala, 1991. FIRST EDITION. In tall quality trade wraps with custom decorative end papers; A FINE COPY. 172 pages.
THE ESSENTIAL CONFUCIUS: The Heart of Confucius' Teachings in Authentic I Ching Order.
San Francisco: Harper, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in fine dust jacket. 179 pages. Tall octavo.
LIVING AND DYING BY GRACE: Counsels of Hadrat 'Ali.
Boston: Shambhala, 1995. FIRST EDITION. Fine copy in a dust jacket with small worn spot on the bottom of the rear panel. Printed in red and black. Sufi teachings.
RECORDS OF THINGS HEARD: From the Treasury of the Eye of the True Teaching.
Boulder: Prajna, 1980. Quality trade paper; A FINE COPY. Works by Zen Master Dogen, founder of the Soto school of Buddhism. 129 pages. 8vo.
MICHAEL PSELLUS ON THE OPERATION OF DAEMONS.
London: Golden Hoard, 2010. First Modern Edition. A FINE COPY in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Greek. An exploration of this scarce piece of magical, Hermetic work from Byzantium. 95 pages, indexed. Small 4to.
THE SHORT PRAJNAPARAMITA TEXTS.
London: Luzac & Company, 1973. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Conze's translation of the Perfect Wisdom" sutras. 217 pages. Octavo.
THIRTY YEARS OF BUDDHIST STUDIES.
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1967. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. 274 pages, indexed. Octavo.
ROGER BACON'S LETTER; Concerning the Marvelous Power of Art and of Nature and Concerning the Nullity of Magic.
Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Co., 1923. FIRST EDITION. Name on fly; otherwise, A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY. 76 pages. Small octavo.
SELECT PASSAGES ILLUSTRATING NEOPLATONISM.
London: SPCK, 1923. FIRST EDITION. Light browning to the end papers; otherwise, a FINE CLOTH COPY. Translations of Early Documents series. Small 8vo.127 pages with 16 page SPCK Publications catalogue appended.
THE ROSE-GARDEN OF SHEIKH MUSLIHU'D-DIN SADI OF SHIRAZ.
London: Octagon Press, 1979. A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket with small chip now under mylar. With a Preface, and Life of the Author, from the Atish Kadah. Introduction by Idries Shah. 243 pages. Tall octavo.
SALOMONIC MAGICAL ARTS; Being Two Swedish Books of the Black Art, Comprising THE RED BOOK and THE BLACK BOOK.
Hercules, CA: Three Hands Press, 2013. Limited to 1200 copies only. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH VOLUME IN FINE DUST JACKET. Translated, with an introduction, by Fredrik Eytzinger. Amid the great genres of European magical books are the Scandinavian Svartkonstböcker, or 'Books of Black Arts', the privately kept practical manuals of.....
THE DEEDS OF GOD IN RDDHIPUR.
Oxon: Oxford University Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth copy in fine dust jacket. The secret lore of the Mahanubhava sect of western India whose literature was kept secret from outsiders until the 19th century. 212 pages with index and glossary. Tall 8vo.
ECHOES OF EGYPTIAN VOICES: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Poetry.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. FIRST EDITION. FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. Many important literary texts, including the "Leiden Hymns" and "Menna's Lament". [xxiii], 134 pages. Tall 8vo.
IN THE DARK OF THE HEART: Songs of Meera.
New York: Harper-Collins, 1994. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket. Meera was a much loved Hindu saint of the sixteenth century. Royal octavo.
A CARNIVAL OF PARTING: The Tales of King Bharthari and King Gopi Chand as Sung and Told by Madhi Natisar Nath of Ghatiyali, Rajasthan.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. FIRST EDITION. A VERY FINE CLOTH COPY. 368 pages. Tall octavo.
