Los Angeles: Hall Publishing Co., 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 351/3000. Elephant Folio. 127pp. Original blue half-cloth over light blue boards with orange Phoenix and lettering on cover; protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece portrait engraving with facsimile inscription by Manly Hall. Inscribed and hand-numbered "Best wishes of Manly P. Hall" on..... More
New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quartos. 3376pp. Original color-illustrated black buckram boards with yellow lettering on the front covers and spines. Black endpapers. Color frontispieces. Contains some 5,000 illustrations and more than 1,000 articles. The complete 24 volume set of Richard Cavendish's classic encyclopedia..... More
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1907. Second edition. Hardcover. Stout duodecimo. [4, half- and full title], ix, [1, blank], 571 pp. Text in French. Publisher's device at title page; decorative initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. Recent quarter light brown leather over marbled boards; spine with raised bands and gilt-lettered black cloth label;..... More
Paris: Editions E. De Boccard, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. VIII, 684, [4]pp (text), 64pp (plates). Uncut. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering on front cover and spine. Fascinating work on Roman sarcophagi with representations of Dionysus. This work is profusely illustrated with 64 numbered plates of..... More
LA Grange, Kentucky: Published for the author, 1879, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 608, 157pp. Original brown pebbled cloth with gilt palm tree and reverse lettering on cover, this with blind-stamped decorative ruling, same a back cover, and gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spine. Brown endpapers. Frontispiece portrait..... More
Paris: Bibliotheque Chacornac, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [8], 174, [1, contents]; 6 hors-text plates (3 in color; including frontispiece); text figures and diagrams throughout; original wrappers retained. Text in French. Quarter sheep over marbled boards; spine with raised bands, tooled in gilt with morocco lettering piece; decorative endleaves; silk..... More
Braine-le-Comte; Paris: Maison-Mere des Peres des Sacres-Coeurs de Picpus (Braine-le-Comte); Gabriel Beauchesne (Paris). 1927. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (10 x 6 3/4"). 204, [4]pp. Original printed wrappers. Half title inscribed and signed by the author. Illustrated with 34 b/w in-text maps, illustrations and photographic reproductions, this work documents the various..... More
Stuttgart: Verlag des Herausgebers, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 16mo. lx, 1020, [8]pp. Original quarter-cloth over paper-covered boards with printed title-label. Includes series and title-page. Festkalender (calendar of festivals) is a compilation of religious festivals for each day of the calendar year and their relationship to pre-Christian and Pagan celebrations. It..... More
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1966. Reprint. Softcover. Large quarto. IV, 543, [1]pp.Original printed wrappers. Scarce and fascinating work on Roman Sarcophagi and Symbolism profusely illustrated with 105 in-text b/w figures and 47 plates of b/w photographic reproductions. This edition is the anastatic reprint of the 1942 original edition. Spine..... More
Hannover: Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, 1832. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xi (i), 316pp. Original marbled boards, three-quarter in brown over black with decorative ruling on cover and spine, gilt lettering on black label of spine. Red edges. 'A handbook for the educated world and instruction at public schools.' Introduction with plea..... More
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. First edition thus. Hardcover. Large quarto. (2) xxiii,(2) 430; viii,(431)-884,(2)pp. Housed in publisher's orange-brown cardboard slipcase with paper label on spine. Gilt stamped black cloth over textured yellow-brown linen. Light brown endopapers. Illustrated with 24 color plates (6, are double-page) and 26 text drawings..... More
Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1962. Reprint (Unveränderter Nachdruck der 3. Auflage). Softcover. 4to. xxxvi,[1],424pp. Original printed wraps. Fascinating collection of Coptic-Gnostic writings. Front wrapper and spine detached from book block but present. Closed tears along spine on front and rear wrappers. Sunning, creasing and some staining to wraps. Wrappers in fair..... More
Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame, (1992). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv,258pp. Gray and maroon cloth. B/w photographic portrait of Père Èdouard des Places following title-page. Fascinating collection of articles by various scholars on Platonism in Late Antiquity. Includes articles on Plotinus and Christianity, Plotinus and the Chaldean Oracles..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 240pp. Index and 11 page bibliography. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. A fine, as new copy. Among the most important sources for understanding the cultures, religions, and systems of thought of ancient Mesopotamia is the large corpus..... More
Berlin: Friedrich Maurer, 1821. Hardcover. 8vo. viii. 255 pp. Followed by 1 errate-page (not paginated). 1/4 cloth over marbled boards. Illustrated title page. Printed on cotton rag. Work on Ancient History and Religion. Written by renowned German theologian, Johann Joachim Bellermann (see below). Age wear to binding, with rear board..... More
Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 130 (1)pp. Original three-quarter brown cloth over marbled boards with black lettering and ruling on spine. Tan endpapers. Publisher's device on title page. Extensive essay on the psychology and characterology of occultists. Reviewing the development of occultism over the last 150 years..... More
Berlin: Friedrich Maurer, 1790-1791. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. XVI, 368, [8], 369-773, [1], VIII, 238, [2]pp. Original full marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spines. Frontispiece. First edition of this concise encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology exquisitely illustrated with 15 full-page copper plates. Moderate rubbing along edges..... More
Leipzig: Th. Grieben's Verlag (L. Fernau), 1906. Hardcover. Ex library. Sm. 8vo. viii,147pp. Illustrated green cloth. Some age wear and staining on binding. Ex-libris of Hebrew Union College on inside of front board. Library date sheet and card pocket in rear endpapers. Underlining and notes in black ink throughout. Illustrated..... More
Boston: Charles W. Moore, 1870. Stereotype edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (viii) 98pp. 104pp. Dark blue pebbled cloth boards. Gilt-stamped illustration and lettering in the center of the front cover, with blind-stamped motifs around the edges of the covers. Engraved frontispiece, with tissue guard. The work a later expanded and corrected edition..... More
Paris: Société d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres" 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [4], 392pp. Original red cloth, with gold lettering on spine and printer's device in gilt on front board. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work on magic, magi, oracles and divination in Antiquity, illustrated with 2 plates of b/w photographic..... More
New York: Nosbooks, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 823pp, 1 map, 1 family tree. Original gray cloth with red lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece portrait. Including all the prophecies in French and English, with complete notes and indexes. Critical Biography of Nostradamus, his will and personal letters. Includes bibliography..... More
New York: Lawrence Fitzgerald, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. vi, 5-188pp. Three-quarter gray cloth over marbled boards. Title page with engraved vignette. Guide providing all the words, passwords, sacred words, oaths, and hieroglyphics used by Masons. Ineffable and historical degrees are also included in full. Profusely illustrated with engravings throughout..... More
Tübingen, Leipzig: J. C. B. Mohr, 1903. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xv, 329, iii, 448pp. Original three quarter green cloth over marbled boards with black lettering and publisher's device on cream labels on cover and spine. Publisher's device on title page. Slightly edited edition of the second, revised edition. Rohde..... More
Leuven: Peeters Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. xiv,412,(2)pp. Green dust jacket lettered in white. Green cloth, gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece photo of Derchain and several photographic plates and facsimiles of hieroglyphic inscriptions. "Orientalia Lovaniensa Analecta, Vol. 39." More
Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag, (1927). Hardcover. 8vo. 314pp. Gold- and blue decorated black cloth. Minor scuffing and age wear to binding. Ex-libris of Dr. Mauritius Schwarcz on free front endpaper. Signed and dated by other previous owner on same page. Frontispiece. "Eine volkstümliche Zusammenstellung von Glücksbringern, Sagen, Legenden und Aberglauben..... More