London: Rider, 1919. 8vo, xxvii, 355 pp, bound in the publisher's original decoratively blind-stamped green boards, with titles in gilt. Illustrated with numerous drawings and diagrams. Later printing of the second, revised edition. Cloth rubbed at extremities, with dulling to the hilt at spine, though still readable. Endpapers toned, binding..... More
London / New York: O.T.O. / Occult Research Press, 1937/1955. Second edition, second state, one of the approximately 900 copies made from unbound sheets from the 1937 second state, which were passed by Karl Germer to Samuel Weiser, who had them trimmed and bound without the folder bound in at..... More
London: George Redway, 1896. First edition. 8vo, x, 108 pp, rebound in full black leather in a snakeskin pattern, with 4 raised bands at the spine, with the motif from the original binding pasted down onto the cover, with glassine interleaved between each original page, perhaps to preserve the original..... More
Barstow: Thelema Publishing Company, 1952. First edition thus. 4to, 163 pp, bound in limp red leatherette stamped in gilt, and bound with 32 rings. Mimeographed from typescript, drawings, and hand-lettering. With lengthy errata slip tipped onto verso of title page. Place of publication rubberstamped at foot of title page, as..... More
np: nd. 3 7/8 x 4 7/8" vintage silver gelatin print, laid into an unprinted folder holder of green pattened card stock. An unusual hand-tinted photograph of what appears to be the 1884 Hermann Schmiechen painting. Undated, and without photographer stamp or publication info. Though not marked as such, From..... More
np: nd. 4 1`/2 x 6 3/4" cabinet card [image size 4 x 5 1/2"], silver gelatin print. The cabinet card mount on bevelled, textured board. Some light oxidation to image at margins, and light wear to card. Near fine. More
np: nd. Large cabinet card, 7 1/4 x 10 1/8" [image size 6 1/2 x 9"], photographic print. A striking image of the co-founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, and influential Buddhist modernist. Image heavily silvered at margins, a light warp to the card, else very good. More
np: nd. 5 x 6 1/2 " printed reproduction of a painted portrait, hand-ruled in pencil and mounted onto an 8 x 10" sheet of heavy card stock, similar to a cabinet card mount. From the occult collection of NASA scientist Ralph Donaldson. The portrait is very similar, if not..... More
New York: The Jazz Review, 1959. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. Single issue of one of the most essential of all American jazz magazines, co-founded by Nat Hentoff and Martin Williams in 1958. The mysterious jazz critic and architect Hsio Wen Shih, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1965, is listed as..... More
New York: The Jazz Review, 1960. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. Single issue of one of the most essential of all American jazz magazines, co-founded by Nat Hentoff and Martin Williams in 1958. The mysterious jazz critic and architect Hsio Wen Shih, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1965, is listed as..... More
[Groningen]: Artistiek Bureau, 2021. First edition. One of an edition of 250 copies. 12mo, 24 pages, printed in two colors, and bound in sewn wraps illustrated by Natalia Simal. Book design by Martien Frijns. New from the publisher. 'When I first came to Amsterdam, it was beautiful but dead. All..... More
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Wien: Pakesch & Schlebrügge, 1990-2011. 8vo, each issue saddle-stapled in card wraps. Profusely illustrated. Most texts in German or English. A complete run of the artists' periodical published in Wien by Peter Pakesch and Johannes Von Schlebrügge. Each issue invites an artist or group to create and design the issue..... More
Chicago: Collegium ad Spirium Sanctum, 1922. First edition. 8vo, xiv, 106 + 43 pp, bound in greenish black paper over boards stamped in gilt and backed in linen, with printed spine label. t.e.g. No dust jacket. The subscriber's edition, one of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by..... More
Marietta, GA: Luxor Press, 1998. 8vo, [12] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated. The text in English, followed by the Latin. Near fine with a touch of soiling to spine and a slight crease to one tip. More
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Chicago: Aries Press, 1937-1940. First edition. 8vo, each volume bound in publisher's original black cloth titled in gilt at the spine. No dust jackets. The first volume signed by Regardie at the title page. Illustrated with drawings in the text and several plates, ncluding both large fold-out plates of the..... More
Los Angeles: Phoenix Press, 1933. First edition thus. 4to, 116 pp, boards decorated in red and gilt backed in quarter black cloth with gilt titles. Illustrated with tipped-in plates. No dust jacket. Association copy, inscribed by Hall to Jacob Bonggren, important early Theosophical writer and the editor of the Occult..... More
Antwerp: Club Moral, 1985. 4to, pp. 376-421, offset printed on white paper with color covers. Saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of 750 copies.Text in French and English. Eleventh issue of the legendary industrial art zine issued by the Belgian Club, one of the most provocative and beautiful zines..... More
London & Felling-On-Tyne: Walter Scott Publishing Co. and the Society for the Propogation of Religious Truth, 1907. First edition. 8vo, xii, 108 + 12 pp. publisher's catalog, bound in cream glazed cloth embossed in gilt. Fore edge untrimmed. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Crowley by Aimé Dupont. The edition..... More
[Philadelphia]: nd [c. 1980's]. 22 1/2 x 25", ink on heavyweight paper, edged in black gaffer's tape, as hung. Unsigned and undated. A large scale flash poster,completely handdrawn, by the influential tattoo artist Crazy Philadelphia Eddie, aka Eddie Funk, which hung in his Philadelphia tattoo parlor. Eddie began his career..... More
np: nd. 4 x 5 1/2" silver gelatin print, mounted on a 5 15/16 x 7 15/16" cabinet card mount with bevelled edges, pointillist textured pattern, and embossed seal at lower margin. A cabinet card featuring a striking portrait of Annie Besant, seated, and giving a penetrating gaze towards the..... More
Antwerp: Club Moral, 1985. 4to, pp. 336-373, offset printed on white paper with color covers. Saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of 750 copies.Text in French or English. Eleventh issue of the legendary industrial art zine issued by the Belgian Club, one of the most provocative and beautiful zines..... More
Valencia: Hijos de L. Carbonell, 1964. First edition. 8vo, 146 [1] pages [index]. Illustrated with 72 b/w photographs printed on 11 plates following the text. Includes bibliography. Text in Spanish. A doctoral thesis presented to the Facultad de Medicina de Valencia. The book is a legal and medical study of..... More
Braunschweig: Friedrickh Vieweg und Sohn, 1907. 4to, pp. 36-41, publisher's printed orange wraps. Illustrated with 5 drawings. Text in German. The rare offprint from the Archiv für Anthropologie, printing Krämer's study of the tattooing customs of the Mentawei Islanders. Krämer was best known for his two volume work on the..... More
Bordeaux: Université de Bordeaux, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie, nd [c. 1960's?]. 4to, 131 pp, printed on rectos only. Publisher's printed wraps. No illustrations. The results of a large scale study of 293 tattooed subjects at the notorious Charcot psychiatric hospital, and submitted as part of the author's..... More
Paris: Hachette, 1990. First edition. 8vo, 664 pp, publisher's wraps. Association copy, inscribed by Thom to Gérard Jorland; ""A Gérard Jorland, au moins une dédicace… Avec mes meilleurs souvenirs de sa collaboration." A superb association between the founder of Catastrophe Theory and a prominent historian of science. Books inscribed by..... More