ALCHEMY JOURNAL, Volume IX, number 1.
Brisbane: Salamander and Sons, 2008. Limited Edition. In custom wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Illustrated. Articles by Mack, Hardacre, McLean, Hauck, and others. 84 pages. 4to.
Alchemy & Hermetica
THE LIFE AND SOUL OF PARACELSUS.
London: Gollancz, 1951, FIRST EDITION. No internal marking; binding slightly soiled around the edges; else, A VERY GOOD CLOTH COPY in used dust jacket. Illustrated. 253 pages. Tall 8vo.
THE LIFE OF PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS, Bombast of Honenheim Known by the Name of Paracelsus and The Substance of His Teachings Concerning Cosmology, Anthropology, Pneumatology, Magic and Sorcery Medicine, Alchemy and Astrology, Philosophy and Theosophy.
San Diego: Wizard's Bookshelf, 1985. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Cloth Volume. Secret Doctrine Reference Series 35. Richard Robb always included additional material in his series, and in this case, an article from the Theosophical Forum on Paracelsus by HPB, and a short biographical sketch of Hartmann on the rear end.....
THE ALCHEMICAL WORKS OF GEBER.
York Beach: Samuel Weiser, 1994. Limited edition of 999 hand-numbered copies of which this number 47. Heavily penciled with marginalia; Research volume with a hand typed Geber dictionary [English/Russian] tacked onto the rear end papers. It appears as this was the beginning of either a Russian translation, or an index.....
ALCHEMY RISING: The Green Book.
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2015. DeLuxe Special Edition of 69 signed copies of which this is #50. Half bound in grey goatskin with marbled boards & endpapers, gilt edges, ribbon marker, and lodged in a slipcase. FINE IN FINE SLIPCASE. Beautifully designed. With 80 colored illustrations. 208 pages. Small 4to.
RAMON LULL AND LULLISM IN FOURTEENTH CENTURY FRANCE.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Premium Cloth Volume in a nice jacket with a minor chip top of spine. Oxford - Warburg Series. Sixteen plates. Bibliography. [xxvii], 504 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.
SIR ISAAC NEWTON, [1727-1927]: A Bicentenary Evaluation of His Work, A Series of Papers Prepared Under the Auspices of the History of Science Society. (Special Publication No. 1).
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins 1928. First Edition. Top and bottom of spine shows slight rubbing; else, A VERY GOOD CLOTH VOLUME free of marking or defect. Papers by David Eugene Smith, DC. Miller, Michael Idovorsky, William Wallace Campbell, George David Birkhoff, and others. [ix], 351 pages. Royal Octavo.
SWEDENBORG: A Hermetic Philosopher.
Charleston, SC: Arcana, 2003. In quality trade paper; A VERY FINE COPY, unread and sewn. Nicely re-set and printed on text stock. 219 pages. Tall 8vo.
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY; Being the Entire Collection of General E.A. Hitchcock.
Edmonds: Alchemical Press, 1985. Limited edition of nine copies, signed and numbered by the publisher on the verso, this is number five. In stitched wraps as issued; A Fine Monograph in custom papers. List of works auctioned by Hitchcock from his alchemical library. General Hitchcock's annotations are interspersed. Out of.....
REMARKS ON THE SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE; With the Sonnets; Showing that They Belong to the Hermetic Class of Writings, and Explaining their General Meaning and Purpose.
New York: James Miller, 1865. FIRST EDITION. Light wear along the edges; gilt titles are bright; internals free and clear of marking except for a page in the catalogue appended to the rear; end papers and binding sound; FINE COPY. 258 pages, plus 4 pages Miller catalogue. Scarce. Octavo.
SWEDENBORG: A Hermetic Philosopher; Being a Sequel to "Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists". Showing that Emanuel Swedenborg was a Hermetic Philosopher and that his Writings may be Interpreted from the Point of View of Hermetic Philosophy.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1858. FIRST EDITION. Rebound in a fine brown buckram with leather spine label with gilt title; new end papers; foxing minimal, but rear pages show some edge staining though light in presence; A FINE COPY. 352 pages, plus General Literature Catalogue for Appleton's.
SWEDENBORG: A Hermetic Philosopher; Being a Sequel to "Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists". Showing that Emanuel Swedenborg was a Hermetic Philosopher and that his Writings may be Interpreted from the Point of View of Hermetic Philosophy.
New York: James Miller, 1865. Second Edition. Very slight rubbing along edge of spine; gilt titles bright; coated ends in superb condition; A FINE COPY in mylar protector. Rear panel blind stamped with publisher Miller's device. 352 pages, plus D. Appleton's six page catalogue. Small octavo.
HISTOIRE DE LA CHEMIE Depuis les Temps les Plus Recules Jusqu'a Notre Epoque; Comprenant une analyse detaillee des Manuscrits Alchimiques de la Bibliotheque Royale de Paris... Two volumes.
Paris: Bureau de la Revue Scientifique, 1842. FIRST EDITION. Bound in decorated boards; rubbed at the edges; internals tight, clean and crisp; VERY GOOD+. 1028 pages. Text in French. First comprehensive history on the origins of Alchemy. Bolton I, 119. Caillet 5200. Duveen, page 297. Bolton remarked: "A work of.....
ALCHEMY: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Manly P. Hall Collection of Books and Manuscripts Including Related Material on Rosicrucianism, and the Writings of Jacob Boehme.
Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Limited to 1000 copies only. Quarter bound in cloth and blond linen boards; A FINE COPY. No jacket issued. Introduction by Manly Palmer Hall. Eight color plates, and 71 black & white, and with bibliographical descriptions of many of the most famed.....
HENRY VAUGHAN AND THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1932. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ volume in dark blue cloth with gilt titles. 62 pages. Octavo.
ALCHEMY.
New York: Dover, 1990. Quality trade paper; VERY GOOD. Illustrated. 288 pages, indexed. 8vo.
AVICENNAE de Congelatione et Conglutinatione Lapidum being Sections of the Kitâb al-Shifâ'; The Latin and Arabic Texts Edited with an English Translation of the Latter and with critical notes.
Paris: Paul Geuthner. 1927. FIRST EDITION. Old light water stain to lower right corner not effecting text; else, A VERY GOOD+ COPY rebound in buckram. No markings. Includes a complete English translation, the original Arabic text, and the Latin text, plus an introduction by Holmyard. 97 pages. Tall octavo.
MYSTERIES OF MAGIC.
London: Bloomsbury Books, 1991. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Small folio; heavily illustrated with many rare plates in color. 255 pages, indexed.
THE ALCHEMIST: The Secret Magical Life of Rudolf von Habsburg.
New York: Stein and Day 1974. FIRST EDITION. FINE CLOTH COPY in slightly soiled dust jacket. Bibliography. 192 pages, indexed. Tall 8v0.
THREE FAMOUS OCCULTISTS: Dr. John Dee by G.M. Hort; Franz Anton Mesmer by R.B. Ince; Thomas Lake Harris by W.P. Swainson.
London: Rider and Company, no date. Spine well sunned; internals clean and free of marking; VERY GOOD CLOTH VOLUME. 190 pages. Small octavo.
AURIFONTINA, or, A Collection of Fourteen Small Treatises Concerning the First Matter of Philosophers for the Discovery of their (hitherto so much concealed) Mercury: which many have studiously endeavoured to hide, but these to make manifest for the benefit of mankind in general.
Dallas: RAMS Production, 1981. First page of Thesaurus laid in as it wasn't bound in; internals free of marking; comb binding; A VERY GOOD+ COPY typed by Hans Nintzel. 83 leaves. 4to. Much is owed to Hans for the extraordinary effort he expended in bringing so many alchemical classics into.....
THE ALCHEMISTIC SYMBOLS: A Brief Account of Their Origins and Meanings.
Newark: Baker & Co. [Platinum Refiners], no date. Small monograph, side-stitched; A FINE COPY of a ephemeral advertising. Illustrated. 12 pages. 12mos.
INTERNAL ALCHEMY: The Natural Way to Immortality; The Metamorphosis of the Human Spirit.
Santa Monica: Shrine of the Eternal Breath of Tao, 1992. In quality trade paper; VERY GOOD. [xii], 252 pages. Tall 8vo.
THE RISE OF ALCHEMY IN FOURTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND: Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone.
London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012. In quality text wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. An essential volume for its research using the mss. of the period, especially the Ripley Scroll, rather than relying on later authors. Illustrated. 279 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN CHEMISTRY.
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. A FINE CLOTH COPY in used dust jacket in new Mylar. Frontispiece, and other figures en texte. [xii], 851 pages with index and bibliographical notes. Royal 8vo.
