New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic plates by the author. 334 pp. 1" closed tear at bottom left corner of front jacket cover. This is a scarce first edition account of explorer and anthropologist Davis' experience with black magic... More about Sorcerers' Village
New York: Random House, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Cream boards over brown quarter cloth. Silver lettering on spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. 330 pp. Slight scuffing to jacket. Speckles on block edges. This is a American journalist Boyd's personal account of meeting and working with the spiritual leaders of... More about Swami
RIGGS, Bobby. Tennis Is My Racket. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1949, 1st edition. 8vo. 8.25"x5.75". Green boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates. 245 pp. Several significant chips around jacket edges. Front flap detached but included in mylar wrap. Rectangular sunning inside rear cover where newspaper clipping about this book... More about 2 First Editions by Bobby Riggs
Great Barrington: Lindisfarne Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 9.5"x6.5". Burlap cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 286 pp. Shelf wear to jacket, including some small dents and scuffs. 1/4" stain on right block edge. Previous owner's book plate on front free endpaper. Pen notes on... More about Al-kemi; Hermetic, Occult, Political, and Private Aspects of R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Purple boards over quarter purple cloth with silver lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Several photographic plates. 348 pp. Jacket scuffed around edges. 3/4" closed tear on top front jacket cover. Owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Typed note laid in. This... More about Alma Mahler: Muse to Genius; From Fin-de-Siecle Vienna to Hollywood's Heyday
Elsie T. Mead, 1972. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.75"x5.75". Red quarter cloth and blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 65 pp. Very minor rubbing to bottom edge of front cover. Inscriptions on front and rear free endpapers. Not in OCLC. Presentation copy. This is a unique and curious finely... More about An Intimate Tribute: George H. Mead, Jr., 1917-1942