THE SECRETS OF ALCHEMY.
University of Chicago Press, 2012. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Cloth Volume in fine dust jacket. Twelve color plates, and numerous black and white figures en texte. 281 pages, indexed. Octavo.
Alchemy & Hermetica
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. Tall 8vo.
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.
THE HERMETIC ART: An Introduction to the Art of Alchemy; the text of the Hermetic Sermons, entitled, The Greatest Ill among Men is Ignorance of God, That no one of Existing Things Doth Perish, and the Sermon on Thought and Sense; Together with: The Esoteric Commentary, giving in Full the Esoteric Key to these Three Great Sermons, the Official Interpretation of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Atlantis, and the Official Text Book in the Hermetic Art.
Chicago: Hermetic Publishing Company, 1919. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ cloth copy in the Raleigh style with gilt titles and lined panels. Frontispiece portrait of Raleigh. Lesson I: The ill of ignorance and That no one of existing things doth perish, but men in error speak of their changes as destructions.....
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALCHEMY; Being a Sequel to Philosophia Hermetica, the text of "The Key of Thrice-Greatest Hermes," Together with the Esoteric Commentary, giving in Full the Esoteric Key to this Great Sermon. The Official Interpretation of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Atlantis, and the Official Text Book in the Philosophy of Alchemy. A Course of Private Lessons,
Chicago: Hermetic Publishing, 1924. FIRST EDITION. Owner's name in pencil on front end paper and rear pastedown; A FINE CLOTH COPY. 153 pages, plus advertisement. Tall octavo. Scarce.
A SERIES OF PRIVATE LESSONS in the Science of Alchemy: A Treatise on the Science of Soul-Transmutation...
Chicago: Hermetic Publishing, 1925 LIMITED EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY. Some contents of this volume: The All and Good; God and Æon; The Æon Lore; The One Maker of All; The Divine Workman; Life and Death; The Master's Word; more. Scarce. 172 pages. Tall 8vo.
PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA: A Course of Ten Lessons; Being An Introduction to "The Philosophy of Alchemy".
Chicago: Hermetic Publishing 1916. FIRST EDITION. Some slight evidence of fish on the rear panel; internals clean and free of marking; A VERY GOOD CLOTH COPY with gold stamped front panel WITH Phoenix emblem. 125 pages, plus Raleigh catalogue. Tall 8vo.
GOETHE AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE: Symbolic Patterns in 'The Parable' and the Second Part of 'Faust'
New York: Helix, 1965. FIRST EDITION. FINE cloth copy in fine dust jacket. A work which contains the concealed meaning of the second part of Faust and its relationship to the Alchemical Great Work. Illustrated. 273 pages with index. Octavo.
GOETHE AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE: Symbolic Patterns in 'The Parable' and the Second Part of 'Faust'
New York: Helix, 1965. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. A work which contains the concealed meaning of the second part of Faust, and its relationship to the Alchemical Great Work. With nine plates. 273 pages with index. Octavo.
ALCHEMY AND CHEMISTRY IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES.
Dordecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Premium Cloth Copy in fine dust jacket. International Archives of the History of Ideas 140. Superb collection of articles addressing alchemy as related to Paracelsus, Rosicrucianism, Philalethes, Maier, and others. Text in English. 208 pages, Royal 8vo.
THE ALCHEMIST IN LIFE, LITERATURE AND ART.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 1947. FIRST EDITION. Top edge gilt; A FINE VOLUME in slightly chipped dust jacket. Illustrated with twenty nine full page plates, including a colored frontispiece, and six illustrations en texte. 100 pages. Octavo.
FROM ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY.
New York: Dover, 1995, Quality trade paper; VERY GOOD+. Illustrated. 206 pages, indexed, PLUS Dover catalogue. 8vo.
HUMOUR AND HUMANISM IN CHEMISTRY.
London: G. Bell, 1947. FIRST EDITION. Name on front free end paper; other wise, A FINE BRIGHT COPY. With 90 plates, photos and illustrations. First four chapters address alchemy in specific with emphasis on Seton. 388 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.
PRELUDE TO CHEMISTRY: An Outline Of Alchemy, Its Literature and Relationships.
New York: MacMillan, 1937. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Light browning to the end papers; else, a VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME in chipped dust jacket. Colored frontispiece. With sixty three full pages plates, and additional illustrations en texte. 327 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.
THROUGH ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY: A Procession of Ideas and Personalities.
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1961. Very Good+ Cloth Copy in dust jacket. Great illustrations and informative text. Read's corrected edition. Twenty alchemical plates, plus 50 additional illustrations. 206 pages. Small octavo.
MAGIC AND MYSTICISM: Studies in Bygone Beliefs.
New York: University Books, 1971. A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. New foreword by Leslie Shepard. Excellent articles on alchemy, folklore, and magic. Illustrated with thirty two full page plates. [xx], 205 pages. Octavo.
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE: A Modern Comparative Approach to Alchemy from the Psychological and Magical Points of View.
St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1970. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. 204 pages. Tall 8vo.
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE: A Modern Comparative Approach to Alchemy from the Psychological and Magical Points of View.
St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1970. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Previous owner's bold magical signature and drawing on the front free end paper in red marker; otherwise, A FINE CLOTH COPY in very slightly soiled dust jacket. 204 pages. Tall 8vo.
THOMAS NORTON'S ORDINALL OF ALCHEMY; Being a Defence of Alchemy as Arcane and Sacred and Warning Against Imposters.
London: Early English Text Society [for Oxford University Press], 1975. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece on coat from BM 10302; A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. Two plates. Lengthy glossary and index of names. Early English Text Society 272. [lxxv], 125 pages. 8vo.
THE TRUE AND PERFECT PREPARATION, by the Brotherhood of the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross Wherein the Materia for this Mystery is named by its name, also the Preparation is shown from the Beginning to the End, with all Manipulations.
York Beach: Teitan, 2013. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME with gilt blind stamping to the front panel. Edited, with an introduction, by R.A. Gilbert. This alchemical work originally issued in Breslau in 1710, but heretofore, not published in English though the translation dates back to London.....
THE COMPOUND OF ALCHYMY.
Norwood/Amsterdam: Walter J. Johnson & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977. A FINE CLOTH COPY, sewn. Early Printed Books Published in Facsimile Series, Number 887. Well printed facsimile of the London 1591 edition, imprinted by Orwin. With illustration of Ripley's Wheele. Octavo.
ALCHEMY: The Secret Art.
New York: Bounty Books, no date. The London edition by T&H was issued in 1973, and this one followed shortly afterwards. A FINE CLOTH COPY in dust jacket. 193 illustration, thirty three in color. Good source material and text by the author of THE GOLDEN GAME. 128 pages. 4to.
ALCHEMY AND MYSTICISM: The Hermetic Museum.
Koln: Taschen, 1997. Original work in sewn wraps; VERY GOOD+ or better. A fine selection of rare plates and figures beautifully rendered. 711 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.
CIBA SYMPOSIA JOURNALS. A Continuous Run of the First Nine Volumes. Together with: CIBA SYMPOSIA: Index to Volumes I to X, April, 1939 - June, 1949.
Summit, NJ: Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, 1939-48. In journal wraps with pictorial covers as issued; some occasional use; one cover missing (Vol. II, issue 2); otherwise, A FINE SET, free of marking or defects, and printed on a heavy coat. Splendid series of booklets published by the Swiss company, CIBA, addressing.....
