AMBIX: The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Early Chemistry. Volume XLVI, number 1. {March, 1999.
Cambridge: Black Bear Press, 1999. A FINE COPY, unmarked. 64 pages. Octavo.
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DEEP PRINCIPLES OF KABBALISTIC ALCHEMY.
New York: David Chaim Smith, 2017. Limited to 1000 copies. A FINE VOLUME, clothbound, Smythe-sewn, with titles foiled in red, custom end papers, in a beautifully designed French fold dust jacket. Sixty five full page plates, and 23 additional vignettes, plus one folding plate, poster size. Edited by Greg Kaminsky.....
ALCHEMY & CHEMISTRY, 16th - 20th Centuries. Catalogue 29.
London. Circa 1990. FINE COPY in original wraps. Well illustrated catalogue of 280 listings, several of which I have not seen offered since. I visited Graham in north London often in the late 80s as we shared many subject interests. 52 pages. 8vo.
SOMA: The Divine Hallucinogen.
Rochester, NY: Park Street Press, 2000. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Cloth Copy in fine dust jacket. Illustrations. Bibliography. [vii], 198 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.
THE ALCHEMY OF LIGHT: Geometry and Optics in Late Renaissance Alchemical Illustration.
Leiden: Brill, 2000. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth volume (archival) in the original publisher's shrink wrap. Many rare and unusual illustrations. Material on Dee, Khunrath and Fludd. 246 pages. Tall octavo.
THE FAME AND CONFESSION OF THE FRATERNITY OF THE R:C: Commonly, of the Rosy Cross. With a Praeface annexed thereto, and a short Declaration of their Physical Work.
Cheltenham: Helios Book Service, 1970. Limited hand-numbered edition of 200 copies only of which this number 93. Hand bound in linen and marbled boards; custom end papers; RC device gold pressed on front panel; A FINE COPY. Number Thirteen in the Helios series, "Rare Text Library of Philosophical Research", edited.....
A HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PHILOSOPHICAL OPINIONS IN CHINA From the Beginning to the Present Time.
Hsien-hsien [Catholic Mission Press], 1927. FIRST EDITION. Well traveled, and externally worn copy; the text is free of marking, foxing, and wear; binding firm; A GOOD CLOTH VOLUME. Curious presentation of Chinese religion, alchemy, magic and philosophy in seventy seven lessons stretching to an imposing 752 pages, plus an epilogue.....
A TESTAMENT OF ALCHEMY: Being the Revelations of Morienus, Ancient Adept of Egypt and Hermit of Jerusalem to Khalid Ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiyya, King of the Arabs of The Divine Secrets of the Magisterium and Accomplishment of the Alchemical Art.
Hanover, NH: The University Press of New England [for Brandeis], 1974. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY, bound in premium cloth, with fine dust jacket. [iv], 76 pages. Octavo.
JAKOB BOHME. [Jacob Boehme]
Rowhlt Monograph, 1980. In wraps as issued; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. This small work has a remarkable spread of early and later illustrations pertaining to the Boehme's philosophy and influence. Text in German. Bibliography. 156 pages, indexed. Small 8vo.
THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE.
New-York: Carlton & Phillips, [December] 1852. Very Good original excision. Brief article titled, "Alchemy and the Alchemists" which primarily addresses Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Jacob Boehme in the body of this sewn section along with work on Boas, Southey, Samuel Johnson, and other interests. This eclectic monthly was begun in New.....
PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE [Catalogue 1148] & SCIENCE [Catalogue 1152]. Two volumes.
London: Bernard Quaritch, circa 2005. FINE COPIES in custom wraps as issued. Includes plates and engravings pertinent to the rarities of which fifty are cited in 1148, and 200 more in number 1152. Small 4to.
PARACELSUS.
Thame: Mandrake Press, 1991. Mandrake Press Booklets number 10. In stitched wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Examines the alchemical and medical phiosophy of Paracelsus. Octavo.
HARMONIZING YIN AND YANG: A Manual of Taoist Yoga, Internal, External, and Sexual; The Dragon-Tiger Classic
Boston: Shambhala, 1997. FIRST EDITION. Scarce Hardcover with pictorial panels; A FINE COPY. 146 pages. Octavo.
DIZIONARIO DI ALCHIMIA E DI CHIMICA ANTIQUARIA - PARACELSO.
Rome: Edizioni Mediterranee, 1985. In French fold wraps; A FINE COPY. Illustrated. Introduction by Stefano Andreani [Biblioteca Ermetica]. 301 pages, plus catalogue. Octavo.
FALSE DOCUMENTS.
Barrytown/Station Hill Press, 2016. In quality trade wraps; A FINE COPY. Illustrated. 328 pages. Tall octavo.
THE TRIUMPHAL CHARIOT OF ANTIMONY: With the Commentary of Theodore Kerckringius. Being the Latin Version Published at Amsterdam in the Year 1685, Translated Into English, with a Biographical Preface.
London: Vincent Stuart Ltd., 1962. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Fine cloth copy in dust jacket. Illustrated. Atlantis Bookshop bookseller tag tipped to front pastedown. 204 pages, indexed. Octavo.
THE TURBA PHILOSOPHORUM or, Assembly of the Sages, Called also the Book of Truth in the Art and the Third Pythagorean Synod. An Ancient Alchemical Treatise Translated from the Latin, the Chief Readings of the Shorter Codex, Parallels from the Greek Alchemists, and Explanations of Obscure Terms.
New York: Samuel Weiser, 1970. Limited Edition of 500 copies published in cooperation with Watkins, London. A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. See Gilbert, page 105, for an interesting sidelight. [iv], 211 pages, indexed. Octavo.
STORIES OF RED HANRAHAN; THE SECRET ROSE; ROSA ALCHEMICA.
New York: MacMillian Company, 1914. First American Edition. Paper title label intact; binding is well used, but firm; no markings; GOOD CLOTH COPY. [v], 231 pages, plus MacMillan catalogue. 8vo.
ALCHEMY, THE ANCIENT SCIENCE.
New York: Doubleday, 1976. Very Good+ cloth copy in dust jacket. Colored illustrations. 144 pages. Quarto,
THROUGH ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY: A Procession of Ideas and Personalities.
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1961. Very Good copy in used dust jacket. Great illustrations and informative text. This is Read's corrected edition. Twenty alchemical plates plus 50 additional illustrations. 206 pages. Small octavo.
ALCHEMY AND MYSTICISM: The Hermetic Museum.
Koln: Taschen, 1997. Original work in sewn custom wraps; A FINE COPY. A fine selection of rare plates and figures beautifully rendered with commentary. Recommended. 711 pages. Small octavo.
LEXICON ALCHEMISTISCH - PHARMAZEUTISCHER SYMBOLE.
Weinheim: Verlag Chemie, 1962. FIRST EDITION. A Very Good+ Cloth Copy in dust jacket. Illustrated. Fold out chart of alchemical symbols. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references. 140 pages, indexed. Octavo.
TRANSMUTATIONS: Alchemy in Art: Selected Works from the Eddleman and Fisher Collections at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2002. In quality text wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. With thirty seven plates and illustrations in color. 40 pages. Landscape quarto,
THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE: To Which is Added a Small Budget of Interesting Paradoxes, Illusions, Marvels, and Popular Fallacies; A Popular Account of the Most Famous Scientific Impossibilities and the Attempts Which Have Been Made to Solve Them. With Numerous Illustrations.
New York: Van Nostrand Company, 1912. Third Edition, greatly enlarged. Internals free of marking or defect; A Very Good Cloth Copy. Two sections address transmutation and the Fourth Dimension. 231 pages, indexed, plus book catalogue. Octavo.
ALCHEMY: A Bibliography of English-Language Writings.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul jointly with the Library Association, 1980. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume in fine dust jacket with ribbon place marker. Very useful reference with content blurbs and additional information. 439 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.
