Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1922. 8vo, wraps. Scarce early 20th century edition published in India. This is, unfortunately a battered example, with a section of the text loose and laid in, and heavy wear. Good only. More
Mainz, Germany: Transkommunikation, 1990-95. 8vo, yellow wraps. Illustrated in black and white. Text mostly in German, with some scattered English. A substantial lot of the seminal German periodical devoted to Electronic Voice Phenomona, or EVP, UFO's, extraterrestrial communication, and related topics. It includes Vol. 1, No. 1, Vol. 1, No..... More
np: nd [c. late 960's]. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, offset printed on recto only, with some orange hand-coloring. 1.5" area of staining to verso, bleeding through slightly to left margin of recto, else very good. More
Milano: Jaca Book, 1984. First edition. 8vo, 92 pp, bound in french card wraps. With tarot deck, still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, both housed in a full black cloth slipcase embossed with white titles, with a color pastedown to front panel and black silk enclosures Text in Italian..... More
Gloucester, MA: The Fish, 1989. First edition. 4to, xeroxed in black and white and side-stapled. A limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Single issue of this late 1980's Gloucester art zine from the Discordian milieu, which described itself elsewhere as "sort of a Newsletter/Billboard/Soapbox/ Rant Space and/or Creative Outlet for..... More
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Pepperell, Massachusettes: 1906. 2 3/4 x 4 9/16" card, printed in white on very heavy black coated card stock on recto only. Invitation to a ghostly happening in Pepperell, Massachusetts, on Friday evening on March 16, 1906. The card advertises music by Thayer's Orchestra, electrical effects beginning at 8 pm..... More
np: nd. 8 x 10" photograph, printed in vivid matte sepia. Provenance: from the archive of NASA scientist and occult book collector Ralph Donaldson. An untitled, undated striking photograph of Annie Besant. This is a known image of Besant, which I believe was taken in 1920. The print has an..... More
London: James Elliott & Co., 1894. Large 4tos, xvi, 394 pp. vii, 396 + [4] pp. ads. Each volume in the publisher's original red pebbled cloth titled and decorated in gilt. From the library of NASA scientist Ralph Donaldson, with a few scattered pencil annotations and several slips of scrap..... More
np: Folk-Lore, 937. First separate edition. 8vo, pp. 115-182, printed wraps. Profusely illustated with drawings. An offprint from Folk-Lore, and the first separate edition of this fascinating work addressing labyrinth ritual and threshhold South Indian and Malekulan tattoo designs. This was Layard's second work in the series, following his lecture..... More
Jamaica, NY: The Occult Press, 1927. Second edition. 8vo, xviii, 350 pp., bound in red cloth ruled and titled in gilt. No dust jacket. Second edition of this massive compendium, including extensive biographical and bibliographic entries, compiled by the founder of the Occult Brotherhood. Cloth a bit rubbed at extremities..... More