Search results for: 'the works'
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POPE, Alexander. The Works.London : 1835
First edition thus, with Croly's memoir and notes, of Pope's works. This attractive set is from the library of the philosopher and writer Alan W. Watts (19151973), each volume with his self-designed esoterically illustrated bookplate, including the biblical motto "pulsate et aperietur vobis" ("knock, and it shall be opened to you"). Watts was a highly... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 134475
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LAWRENCE, Margery. Nights of the Round Table.London : [1926]
First edition, first impression, of Lawrence's first collection of horror stories. The collection was reviewed at the time as "a remarkable compendium, exhibiting considerable sensitivity to the methods and concerns which were to remain central to the tradition of the English supernatural short story long after 1926" (Orlando). Margery Lawrence (1889-1969)... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 139274
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SPARE, Austin Osman. The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aāos.London : 1921
First edition, number 8 of 50 vellum-backed copies signed by the author on the half-title, not all of which were ultimately signed, with the most commonly found second state title page with the Francis Marsden attribution slip pasted down over the third and fourth lines. A beautiful copy of this uncommon work.
The Focus of Life is a treatise... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 144900
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LAVEY, Anton Szandor. The Compleat Witch, or What To Do When Virtue Fails.New York : 1971
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the title page to the historian Gottfried Kerscher, "To Gottfried Kerscher, and a bright future - Rege Satanas, Anton Szandor LaVey", the tip of the y stylised with a forked tail. Works signed by LaVey are notably uncommon in the market.
Anton LaVey was the founder of the Church of Satan... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 143038
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LELAND, Charles Godfrey Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches.London : 1899
First edition. The work of a Philadelphia-born journalist and folklorist, Aradia, a study of the persistence of "la vecchia religione" in Italy, it was claimed by its author to have been based on a manuscript account obtained from "Maddalena", a Florentine fortune-teller and witch. Although the subject of continuing controversy, the text undeniably... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 114436
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LELAND, Charles Godfrey Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches.London : 1899
First edition, in notably bright condition, of this uncommon work. Aradia is study of the persistence of "la vecchia religione" in Italy and despite being the subject of continuing controversy, the text undeniably exercised a persuasive influence over Gerald Gardner in the development of his ideas of witchcraft, and is widely considered to be the foundation... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 114094
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BOND, Frederick Bligh. The Hill of Vision.Boston : 1919
First edition, first printing, an exceptionally fine copy in the jacket, of this collection of psychically produced pieces prophesying from as early as 1909 World War I. They were obtained by the English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and "psychical researcher" Frederick Bligh Bond (1864-1945).
Bond was a member of the Freemasons from... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 143850
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MACKAY, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.London : 1852
Second edition, and the first thoroughly illustrated one, following Bentley's 1841 first edition, which had only five plates over three volumes. This is an important early work on popular delusions of all types, considering the credulous enthusiasm of mankind for phenomena such as alchemy, witchcraft, relics, the Crusades, urban myths, as well as economic... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 139739
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BROWN, Robert Hewitt. Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy;New York : 1882
First edition of this rare work on the hidden meanings of Masonic and other esoteric symbols, includes two intriguing colour plates with volvelles.
While not disclosing "any of the essential secrets of the order" (intro.), the author reveals "truths which are... of great importance and interest to the craft" (ibid.). Himself a 32nd degree master... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 139889
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DREITZEHN, Zell, as "De la Mano". Group of ephemera relating to the shows of the 19th-century magician and spiritualist.New York : [c.1878]
A highly appealing group of rare ephemera relating to the 19th-century Austrian-born magician and spiritualist Zell Dreitzehn, who as De La Mano, "The Great French Magician", made three tours of the east coast of the United States in 1876, 1878 and 1881. Included here is a copy of his book on conjuring tricks and six theatrical posters and handbills.
As... Learn More£1,850.00Stock Code: 113225
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DEAN, Henry. The Whole Art of Legerdemain: or Hocus Pocus in Perfection.London : 1772
A remarkably fresh copy of an early edition of by far the "best-known 18th-century book on conjuring", first published in 1722 (Pierson, p. 31). The work provides a detailed guide on how to conduct various tricks including "how to make a cat draw a fellow through a pond of water" and "how to cause the beer you drink to be wrung out of the handle of... Learn More£6,250.00Stock Code: 107439
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GRIMOIRE - AGRIPPA, Henri-Corneille. Les Œuvres Magiques.Rome [actually Lille : 1740 & 1744 [but 1830 & 1813]
A superb early 19th-century French copy of two grimoires, printed by Simon Blocquel (1780-1863). This is a clear, neat, and evocative example of contemporary popular grimoires and contains the works of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535) including his Heptameron, a concise book of magical rites concerned with conjuring specific angels for the seven... Learn More£4,000.00Stock Code: 121171
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GARDNER, Gerald Brosseau. Witchcraft Today.London : 1954
First edition, first impression, in a notably attractive example of the uncommon dust jacket. Witchcraft Today is a seminal account for modern Wicca by the influential rediscoverer, or inventor, of the "Old Religion" Gerald Gardner. It is his first work on the "craft" itself and did much to influence the general public's perception of witchcraft and... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 142584
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[SOELDNER, Johann Anton.] Fegfeuer Der Chymisten, Worinnen Für Augen gestellt die wahren Besitzer der Kunst;Amsterdam : 1701
The scarce and largely unrecorded first edition of this important collection of alchemical texts. This work is most often attributed to Johann Anton Soeldner and features excerpts from the works of many alchemists, including a striking account in verse of Edward Kelly and John Dee's alchemy experiments for the Bohemian nobleman Rosenberg and later for... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 143277
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GIBRAN, Kahlil. Twenty Drawings.New York : 1919
First edition, trade issue, of Gibran's first and only collection of drawings, retaining some parts of the rare dust jacket laid in. "For Gibran the canvas represented another form in which his poetry could be expressed... the pieces included in Twenty Drawings clearly demonstrate the mystical qualities Gibran imbued in all his works, whatever the medium"... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 137326
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YEATS, W. B. A Vision.London : 1937
First trade edition, first impression. A revised and expanded edition of the work which was first published in 1925 in a private edition for subscribers only. Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 112129
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FORT, Charles. Lo!London : 1931
First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US earlier the same year. Perhaps Fort's most popular work, this is his third published non-fiction book, in which he is widely credited as having coined the term teleportation. Charles Fort (1874-1932) was an American writer and researcher into examples of the occult, supernatural, and... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 93613
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MACKAY, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions.London : 1841
First edition. Mackay's important early work of social psychology discusses popular delusions of all types and considers the credulous enthusiasm of mankind for phenomena such as alchemy, witchcraft, relics, the Crusades, urban myths, as well as economic events such as the tulip bubble, the Mississippi Bubble, and the South Sea Bubble. Still in print,... Learn More£22,500.00Stock Code: 128845
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FORT, Charles. Lo!London : 1931
First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US the same year. Perhaps Fort's most popular work, this is his third published non-fiction book, in which he is widely credited as having coined the term teleportation. Charles Fort (1874-1932) was an American writer and researcher into examples of the occult, supernatural, and paranormal.... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 88854
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MACKAY, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions.London : 1841
First edition. Mackay's important early work of social psychology discusses popular delusions of all types and considers the credulous enthusiasm of mankind for phenomena such as alchemy, witchcraft, relics, the Crusades, urban myths, as well as economic events such as the tulip bubble, the Mississippi Bubble, and the South Sea Bubble. Still in print,... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 139863
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CHEVANES, Jacques de. L'Incredulité scavante, et la credulité ignorante:Lyons : 1671
First edition, a reply to Gabriel Naudé\'s sceptical Apologie pour tous les grands personnages, qui ont été faussement soupçonnés de magie, recently republished in 1669.
Jacques de Chevanes (c.1608-1678) of Autun had personal experience of a witch-hunt in Burgundy in 1648/9, and the present work includes extracts from a 1670 interview with... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 84955
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MAY, Betty. Tiger-Woman.London : 1929
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title, "To Mr. & Mrs. Percy with love from Betty May, 1929". The autobiography of the notorious night-club singer, darling of the Café Royal set, and muse to Aleister Crowley, Augustus John, and Jacob Epstein is uncommon, with ten locations on Library Hub.
Tiger-Woman "provides a very... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 107273
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AGRIPPA, Heinrich Cornelius. De occulta philosophia libri tres.[Cologne? : July 1533
First collected edition of this masterpiece of Western Renaissance magic. The first part of this summa of occult and magical thought was originally published in 1531, probably under the influence of Johannes Trithemius, abbot of Würzburg, whose notable students included Agrippa and Paracelsus.
The privilege of the Emperor Charles V,... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 136927
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HEARN, Lafcadio. Some Chinese Ghosts.Boston : 1887
First edition of this stylised retelling of ancient Chinese legends by Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn. The present work is one of his earliest writings and the only one about China and its folklore. It was published the year he was sent by magazine Harper's to the French West Indies as a correspondent for two years.
In 1890, at 30, Hearn... Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 139801
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SCOTT, Walter - REMY, Nicholas. Daemonolatreiae libri tres,Lyon : 1595
Rare first edition of this seminal work on the worship of demons, Sir Walter Scott\'s copy, with his ownership inscription on the title page and his library shelf mark on the front free endpaper: \"Abbotsford Library O13\". Scott\'s fascination with witchcraft led him to spend years gathering \"perhaps the most curious library of diablerie that man... Learn More£27,500.00Stock Code: 123052
