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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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. 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.
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.
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.
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, Hand-numbered 24. 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.....
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.
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.....
SALOMONIC MAGICAL ARTS; Being Two Swedish Books of the Black Art, Comprising THE RED BOOK and THE BLACK BOOK. DeLuxe Edition.
Hercules, CA: Three Hands Press, 2013. Limited to 72 copies, hand-numbered. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. A FINE COPY, bound in full Crimson leather with exquisite end papers, and ribbon marker. Front panel blind stamped and spine banded. Translated, with an introduction, by Fredrik Eytzinger. Amid the great genres of European.....
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.
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.
SPLENDOR SOLIS; With its Figures Wherein is Written All the Information on the Philosopher's Stone which is Divided into Seven Parts.
Edinburgh: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1981. Limited to 250 hand bound copies of which this is number 68. Hand bound in full faux leather; offsetting to the early and late pages; all plates hand colored by Adam McLean; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. Signed and numbered by Adam McLean with his.....
