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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PICATRIX: Ghayat al-Hakim; The Goal of the Wise. Volume One.
Seattle: Ouroboros Press, 2002. Special Subscriber's Edition of twenty five numbered copies in slip case. Bound in full leather with marbled end papers & ribbon marker. A MINT COPY. Translated from the Arabic. 174 pages, including appended list of original subscribers. Octavo.
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 FRO 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.
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.
ART IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: A Handbook of Styles and Forms by Amiet, Pierre; Noblecourt, C.D.; Devaux, Marie-Joseph; Pasquier, A. & F. Baratte.
New York: Rizzoli, 1981. FIRST EDITION. [Printed by Hertig in Switzerland as per colophon]. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY with pictorial boards in original slip case. Glossary. 568 pages. Octavo.
CROSSED KEYS; Being a Chimeric Binding of Both "The Black Dragon" and the "Enchiridion of Pope Leo III".
London: Scarlet Imprint, 2011. Limited to 685 copies, hand-numbered, of which this is number 225. A FINE CLOTH COPY with foiled symbol on front panel and ribbon marker. With additional notes by Peter Grey. Edited by Alkistis Dimech. Two grimoires with commentary. 240 pages. Small 8vo.
THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS. With an Introduction by W.O.E. Oesterley.
London: SPCK, 1923. Old price on fly; else, A FINE CLOTH COPY. 108 pages.
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. 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.
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.
THE TREASURE OF THE OLD MAN OF THE PYRAMIDS; The True Science of Talismans to Conjure Up Spirits of All Kinds, to Control Them, to Obtain All That One May Wish and to Foil Their Evil Spells. The Black Screech Owl. Supernatural Birds by Means of Which One May Without Fail Unmask All That the World Withholds That is Precious.
Seattle: Trident Books, 2002. FIRST EDITION. Limited Serpent Binding. A FINE COPY with the original glassine wrapper intact, and quarter bound in dark crimson snakeskin and blond parchment boards, matching marbled end papers, ribbon marker, and resides in a fine slipcase. Front panel shows a gold stamped magical device together.....
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 WORKS OF AURELIUS AUGUSTINE, BISHOP OF HIPPO: Writings in Connection with the Manichean Heresy. A New Translation.
Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1872. Ex-libris; binding well worn, but sturdy; internals free of marking; RESEARCH COPY. 571 pages, indexed, plus Clark catalogue appended. Tall octavo.
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.
THE DIVINE PYMANDER OF HERMES. In Twelve Books with Commentary.
San Diego: Wizard's Bookshelf, 1994. FIRST WIZARD EDITION. MINT hardcover copy with an illustrated front panel. One of Robb's best productions. Classic Hermetica.
