Baha'i Publishing Trust. Hardcover. This is the 2nd printing of the 4th edition of religious writings by Abdu'l-Baha, son of the founder of the Baha'i religion, Baha'u'llah. Binding is tight and pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket has a fair amount of loss at edges and a large piece... More about Some Answered Questions; collected and translated from the Persian
Hebrew Publishing Company, 1917. Full leather. In English and Hebrew. At time of listing, we were unable to find other leather copies of this edition for sale online. This is a leather-bound prayer book with gilt edges and gilt lettering and decorations. A red silk ribbon is laid inside. Some... More about Service of the Synagogue: Day of Atonement; A new edition of the festival prayers with an English...
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.5". Blue cloth boards in yellow pictorial dust jacket. 212 pp. Jacket has some tears aroung edges and spine, but no loss. Contemporary Kroch's & Brentano's sticker and note in blue pen on back of jacket. Price clipped. Brief owner's note... More about The Unknowable Gurdjieff
[Chicago]: [Yogi Publication Society], [1976]. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x5.75". Red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. 597 pp. Several small stains on right and bottom block edges. Tea stain on p. 35. Light underlining on pp. 64, 72, 75, 76, 78, 84. This is a scarce facsimile... More about A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mystery; With a Dissertation of the Alchemical...
New York: Lucis Publishing Company, 1974. 9th printing. Paperback. 8vo. 7.5"x4.75". Wraps. Several diagrams and charts. 742 pp. Wraps are scuffed and creased. Dark stains on block edges. Tight and clean. This is a reprint edition of English occultist Bailey's guide to esoteric astrology, or as she describes it, "the science of... More about Esoteric Astrology; Volume III: A Treatise on the Seven Rays
Fleming H. Revell Co., 1903. Cloth. This is a second printing of theologian Black's treatise on the moral imperative of hard work. A gorgeousely decorated book with gilt letters and design on cover and spine. Each chapter has its own unique green agrarian border motif. One of the more agreeably... More about Work
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
New York: Scribner's, 1933. First edition, unknown printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8.25"x5.5". Red cloth with gilr lettering on spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. 19 black and white photographic plates. 431 pp. Jacket is brittle and has some tears and cracks around edges and sunning on spine. Small dent on front cover... More about The Dawn of Conscience; The Sources of Our Moral Heritage in the Ancient World
Farrar & Rinehart, 1927. First Thus. Cloth. Binding is very sound, but covering over top of spine is removed. Corners are crushed. Fascinating inscription to original owner on flyleaf, a gift for his birthday on Halloween, 1930. This is the 1927 printing of Burton's landmark 1621 study. Part medical textbook... More about The Anatomy of Melancholy
Thoemmes Antiquarian Books Ltd., 1990. Cloth. Very light stain on spine. Previous owner's information on flyleaf. No dust jacket as issued. Bound in fine maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. This is the 1990 reprint of the 1910 text. Carlyle was the leader of the Church of Scotland in... More about The Autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle of Inveresk 1722-1805
University of Chicago, 1928. Hardcover. This is an early reprint of Case's influential book about the historical Jesus, signed by Case. At the time of listing, we were able to find no other instances of Case's signature for sale online, so this book is an incredible rarity for collectors of... More about Jesus: A New Biography
Harmony Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a signed first edition of Chopra's bestselling study of the spiritual component of the aging process and why people who look old didn't believe in themselves hard enough. More about Ageless Body, Timeless Mind; The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old
New York: Putnam, 1975. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Purple cloth with silver lettering on spine. Decorative dust jacket. Many illustrated and photographic plates. 307 pp. Edge wear to jacket and some chipping at header of spine. Tight and clean. This is a history of the secret society Hermetic Order of... More about Sword of Wisdom; MacGregor Mathers and "The Golden Dawn"
Danbury Press, 1976. Hardcover. This is a lot of 10 heavily illustrated hardcovers about various facets of "the supernatural." The whole set has a charming 1970s vibe, particularly the photos. Shelf wear and scuffing is present on all volumes, and a few have a slight lean to the spine. All... More about The Supernatural series (set of 10
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
Chicago: de Laurence Company, 1941. 6th printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8.75"x6". Red and yellow marbled cloth. 406 pp. Minor offsetting throughout. Much of the final chapter, "The Art of Getting Rich," is underlined. Prayer of sorts written in pen inside back cover. This is an early printing of de Laurence's occult guide to... More about The Master Key
Bruce Publishing Company, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. This is a very scarce first edition of Eden's final collection of poetry. Eden was an English poet whose verses often involved Catholic themes. In fact, this copy was former property of the Notre Dame convent in Milwaukee. It bears a few small... More about Poems and Verses
Pilgrim Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Small chips around edges of dust jacket. This is a scholarly assessment of the Christian Apocryphal Gospels unearthed in the Dead Sea Scrolls of Nag Hammadi, including the fragments in the original Greek and Latin and a handful of photos of the fragments. Those... More about Hidden Records of the Life of Jesus
Hardcover. In Hebrew and English. At the time of listing, we were able to find no other copies of this book listed for sale online. This is an evidently self-published collection of the influential rabbi's letters and published articles inscribed by Fogelman. Handsomely bound in faux leather with gilt lettering. More about Ten L'Chochom; Articles and Letters
London: Aquarian Press, 1967. 11th printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8.75"x6". Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. 212 pp. Jacket edges are rather ragged. 2" loss at bottom of jacket spine. Water stains and discoloration on jacket and block edges. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. "Wehman Bros"... More about Psychic Self-Defence; A Study in Occult Pathology and Criminality
B. Herder Book Co., 1941. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, second impression. This is a rare metaphysical text by Catholic priest and philosopher Paul J. Glenn. Cosmology is part of his series of influential undergraduate philosophy texts that were long considered definitive in religious institutions. Glenn was a devout follower... More about Cosmology; A Class Manual in the Philosophy of Bodily Being
Norfolk: Hampton Roads, 1989. 3rd edition. Boards. 8vo. 9.5"x6.25". Decorative boards with illustrated rear endpapers. 1081 pp. Top of p. 675/676 torn but no loss. Hey look, it's Gooberz! This is an epic, 1000+ page occult fantasy poem by astrologer Linda Goodman about her previous relationships. According to the introduction by Dr... More about Gooberz
New York: Samuel Weiser, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 9.25"x6.25". Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 556 pp. Edge wear to jacket, including 1.5" chip at footer of spine and 1.5" closed tear at header of spine. Book is fine. This is a scarce first edition of astrologer... More about The Talking Tree
Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. Unada. First Edition. Cloth. This is a juvenile adaptation of the epic tale of the Israelites' defense of the fortress Masada. More about Masada Will Not Fall Again
Real People Press, 1979. Paperback. This is a first edition of one of the companion books to the series of lectures given by Grinder and Bandler throughout the 1970s promoting their invention of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a now-discredited combination of hypnosis and New Age quasi-religion. NLP is still widely used... More about Frogs Into Princes; Neuro-linguistic programming