MYSTICISM, SPIRITUALITY, OCCULT

New York: Thomas Y Crowell and Company., 1947. ix.372pgs. Very Good + condition black cloth hardcover in Good to Very Good jacket. Gilt decoration of a pierced heart to the front board, gilt lettering to spine. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers, previous owner name on front endpaper, else clean and unmarked, binding sound.Dusk jacket with price intact has general darkening of paper and some rubbing and small chips along edges and corners, overall quite presentable and now protected in a clear archival cover. Cover illustration of a woman with a stake piercing her heart. The author is a renowned anthologist and illustrator who has provided illustrations throughout the text for each of the short stories. Contents: Preface, Acknowledgments, Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu, Brother Lucifer by Chandler W. Whipple, The Metronome by August W. Derleth, Uncanonized by Seabury Quinn, The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch, Clay-Shuttered Doors by Helen R. Hull, Amour Dure by Vernon Lee, School for the Unspeakables by Manly Wade Wellman, The Adventures of the German Student by Washington Irving, The Tomb by H.P. Lovecraft, Second Night Out by Frank Belknap Long, Clarimonde by Theophile Gautier, The Seed From the Sepulcher by Clark Ashton Smith, For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford, The Story of Ming-Y by Lafcadio Hearn, The Quick and the Dead by Vincent Starrett, Satan's Circus by Eleanor Smith, Miss Mary Pask by Edith Wharton, Septima by Marcel Schob, Count Magnus by M.R. James, And He Shall Sing by H.R. Wakefield, Doom of the House of Duryea by Earl Pierce, The Room in the Tower by E.F. Benson. #1902.. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Elinore Blaisdell. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Undead, Vampires, Tales, Visitants, Elinore Blaisdell, Anthology, Vampyre, Nosferatu, Gothic Horror, Vintage, Occult, Fantasy, Weird Tales, Tales, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Carmilla, J. Sheridan LeFanu, Brother Lucifer, Chandler W. Whipple, The Metronome, August W. Derleth, Uncanonized, Seabury Quinn, The Feast in the Abbey, Robert Bloch, Clay-Shuttered Doors, Helen R. Hull, Amour Dure, Vernon Lee, School for the Unspeakables, Manly Wade Wellman, The Adventures of the German Student, Washington Irving, The Tomb, H.P. Lovecraft, Second Night Out, Frank Belknap Long, Clarimonde, Theophile Gautier, The Seed From the Sepulcher, Clark Ashton Smith, For the Blood is the Life, F. Marion Crawford, The Story of Ming-Y, Lafcadio Hearn, The Quick and the Dead, Vincent Starrett, Satan's Circus, Eleanor Smith, Miss Mary Pask, Edith Wharton, Septima, Marcel Schob, Count Magnus, M.R. James, And He Shall Sing, H.R. Wakefield, Doom of the House of Duryea, Earl Pierce, The Room in the Tower, E.F. Benson. more information

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San Diego, California, U.S.A.: Book Tree, 1996. 164 pgs. Fine condition softcover, as new. Contents: Opening Remarks by John M Cogswell, Introductory Presentation by Zecharia Sitchin: Are We Alone? The Enigma of Ancient Knowledge, Essays: Father Charles Moore: The Orthodox Connection, Marlene Evans: The Paradigm has Shifted-What's Next?, Madeleine Briskin: The 430,000 +/- Years Pulsation of Earth: Is There a 10th Planet Connection?, V. Susan Ferguson: Inanna Returns, Neil Freer: From Godspell to God Games, Jose Antonio Huneeus: Exploring the Anunnaki-UFO LinkEdited by the author of "The 12th Planet" and "Divine Encounters" ISBN 1885395175. #1832.. ISBN: 1885395175. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Of heaven and Earth, Madeleine Briskin, John M Cogswell, Human Origins, Cosmogony, Theory, Philosophy, UFO, 12th Planet, Marlene Evan, V. Susan Ferguson, Neil Freer, J. ANtonio Huneeus, Charles Louis Moore, Zecharia Sitchin, Sitchin Studies Day, Deluge, Inanna, Mysticism, Metaphysics, 12th Planet, 10th Planet, Planets, Phobus-2, UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects, Earth, History, ancients. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 2000. 8vo. 121 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine dust jacket. A spiritual guide for approaching everyday life written by a minister at All Souls Church in New York City. Author challenges us to imagine ourselves as a "consortium of personae" approaching our lives as a series of works in progress. ISBN 0807077127. #1190.. ISBN: 0807077127. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8-1/2 X 11 Inches. Forrest Church, Lifecraft, Inspiration, Self-help, Self-Improvement, Self-Awareness, Mindfulness, MEANING PHILOSOPHY SPIRITUAL LIFE RELIGION SPIRITUALITY Starting over Psychology. more information

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London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. 4to.312 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for Non-fiction. An informative, richly illustrated reference covering a diversity of multi-media sci-fi aspects including a chronology, bibliography of sci-fi literature, biographies of 19th and 20th century authors, historical contexts, themes associated with the chronology of the genre, pulps, classics, illustration trends, films and television. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for best non-fiction book. ISBN 0789401851. #834.. ISBN: 0789401851. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Science Fiction, Reference, Illustration, John Clute, Encylopedia, Fantasy, Art, Illustrated, Chronology, Bibliography, Graphic Art, Genre Film, Sci-fi, Non-Fiction, History of Science Fiction, Hugo Award. more information

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London: Ebury Press, 1999. 4to. 160 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover, clean and unmarked. Practicing what she teaches, with artful blending of colors, shapes and textures, the author blends the design and layout of her own illustrations to result in book which is a work of art in itself. Contents: Introduction, Origins and Theory, Applying Feng SHui, Compass Directions, Personality Analysis (Compatibility: Personal and Professional), 400 suggestions and how to apply then, more in-depth theory, index. ISBN 0091870941. #2139.. ISBN: 0091870941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Rosalyn Dexter.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Feng Shui, Interior Design, Chi, Design, Yin, Yang, Chinese Horoscope, Personality Analysis, Environmental Design, Harmony, Chinese Numerology, Balance, Life Energy, Chinese Whispers, Rosalyn Dexter. more information

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NY: The Viking Press, 1939. 88 pgs. Good to Very Good condition hardcover, no jacket. Navy boards with blind stamp decorative front cover, tan spine, top edge of textblock is colored red. Internally clean, tight, unmarked. Exterior is has one light paint spot on front cover and a bump to edge of back cover affecting the edge of the last few pages. November 1939 printing. In a time of war and global turmoil, Edman's words are a clear flickering "Candle in the Dark", sharing the darkness but offering glimpses of light and hope. Excerpt: "The crisis of civilization through which we are living is, though a tragic moment, a moment only in the history of the cosmos, an episode only in the history of men. History moves along in waves; we are caught in the roughest surf today, and hurled about by it. But in the midst of the ocean it will be calm tomorrow. In its depths it is calm today...". Irwin Edman was a professor of philosophy, as well as an author of poetry and some fiction. His works include "Philosopher’s Holiday","Richard Kane Looks at Life", "Four Ways of Philosophy","Philosopher's Quest", and "Arts and the Man - An Introduction to Aesthetics". #346 . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Irwin Edman, Candle in the Dark, Essay, Morality, Ethics, Politics of War, Casualties, World War II, Wartime, Non-Fiction, Coping, Self-Awareness, Faith, Spirituality, Depression, Self-Assessment, Hope, Philosophy. more information

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Pa.: Rodale Press., 1990. 8vo. 262 pgs. Softbound,pb. Very Good condition, with one small closed tear and shallow bend in back bottom cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. By the editors of Prevention Magazine. A 30-day topical program to reduce stress. Sixty chapters cover everyday tension causers and strategies with everything from alcohol and substance abuse to back pain, perfectionism, marital and job stress, hospitalization and illness, vacations, workaholism, unemployment, overeating and time management. ISBN 0878578854. #184.. ISBN: 0878578854. Softbound Pb. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stress Management, Tension, non-fiction, self-improvement, Prevention magazine, stress, psychology, Assertiveness Training, Relaxation, stress Reduction. more information

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San Francisco: Pomegranate Communications, Inc, 1993. 4to. 93 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover in Near Fine jacket, clean and unmarked with minimal shelf wear. Richly illustrated throughout featuring color plates of medicine women rendered in watercolor, color pencil and oil pastel by Patricia Wyatt. Descriptive verse by Susan Freilicher appears opposite each full page plate. In Native American tradition, a person's medicine is that which brings her power. Medicine women are dispensers of power, instruments of healing, keepers of tradition. ISBN 156640598X. #2141.. ISBN: 156640598X. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wyatt, Patricia (illustrator). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Medicine Women, Shamans, Medicine Path, Priestess, Herbalist, INDIANS NORTH AMERICA PICTORIAL NATIVE AMERICAN Art Watercolor, Oil, Pastel, Susan Freilicher, Patricia Wyatt. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers (Angus & Robertson), 1995. 12mo. 96 pgs. As New condition hardcover in As New jacket. Contents include spelles, blessings, ceremonies, circles, colour magic, crystals, magical pouches, symbolism, divination sets, love talismans, nature's life force, bath rituals, finding lost items, grief beads, dreams, Hopi indian prayer feather, welcome ritual, suppliers and recommended reading. ISBN 0207186413. #2195.. ISBN: 0207186413. First American Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Witchcraft, White Magic, Talismans, Rituals, Spells, Divination, Magic, Spiritualism, Wicca, Ceremonies, Blessings, Helen Glisic, Spell book. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2002. 8vo. 194 pgs. As New hardcover in As New jacket, clean and unmarked. With his usual blend of philosophy, analogy and guided meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh helps us examine death, fear and the nature of existence, teaching that death is not a final ending to be dreaded, and offering a fresh perspective on living a life unfettered by fear. Contents: Foreword, Where do we come from? Where do we go?, The real fear, The practice of looking deeply, Transforming grief and fear, New beginnings, The address of happiness, Continuing manifestations, Fear, acceptance and forgiveness: the practice of touching the earth, accompanying the dying. 1573222216. #1459. ISBN: 1573222216. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo. Hanh, Thich Nhat, BUDDHISM, Zen, Buddhist Monk, Monastery, Monastic,Tao, Eastern, RELIGION, Meditation, Koans, RITUALS, Buddha, Death, Reincarnation, Philosophy, Mysticism, Mystic, Grief, Counseling, Mindfulness, Guided Meditation, Buddhist, Brand New. more information

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San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996. 8vo. xv. 236 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. As unread. Black boards, brown cloth spine. Chapters on Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Ancient Greece, Islam and Christianity followed by further commentary, biographical and bibliographical informaton. ISBN 0062509047. #564.. ISBN: 0062509047. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Essential Mystics, philosophy, religion, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Meditation, Spiritualism, Mysticism, Mystic, Mystics, Shaman, Transcendental, Metaphysics. more information

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California: Joseph Simon/Pangloss Press., 1992. 4to. 127 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean andunmarked. King David, Rabbi Hillel, Maimonides, Dona Gracia Nasi, Menassah ben Israel, Glueckel of Hameln, The Vilna Gaon, Sir Moses Montefiore, Emma Lazarus, Chaim Weizmann. With reference list for further readings. ISBN 0934710287. #647.. ISBN: 0934710287. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Minyan, Chaim Raphael, non-fiction, biography, reference, Judaic, Hebrew, Yiddish, , Jews, Rabbis, religious Reference. more information

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Wisconsin: Willow Creek Press, 1998. 4to. 176 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket. Color photographs throughout. Introduction, followed by nicely presented sections on holistic gardening, feng shui, color therapy, herbalism, aromatherapy, meditation, designing a zen garden, resources, suggested reading, index. ISBN 0572232080. #1075.. ISBN: 1572232080. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gardening, Healing Gardens, Color Therapy, Aromatherapy, Feng Shui, Holistic Gardening, Herbalism, Meditation, Plant Symbolism, Plant therapy, Garden Therapy, Horticulture, Landscaping, Flowers, Non-Fiction, Reference. more information

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New York and Cleveland: Warner Books., 1995. 8vo. 284 pgs. Very good + condition, with slight wrinkle to top corner of cover, else fine. Softbound, pb. Companion book to The Celestine Prophecy. ISBN 0446671223. #181. ISBN: 0446671223. 4th Printing. Softbound Pb. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Redfield, Celestine Prophecy, non-fiction, spirituality, self-improvement, Metaphysics. more information

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New York and Cleveland: Philosophical Library, NY [nd]. Copyright 1957., 1957. 12 mo. 96 pgs. Very Good condition hardbound. Grey paper boards, slight yellowing to spine and pages. A few scattered paragraphs marked by brackets in the margins. Sections on Existentialism, Freedom and Responsibility, The Desire to Be God, Existentialist Psychoanalysis, the Hole and Ethical Implications. The section on "Existentialism" is taken from the book of that name, translated by Bernard Frechtman; all other sections are from "Being and Nothingness" translated by Hazel E. Barnes.#566.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. non-fiction, philosophy, existentialism , psychology, Psychoanalysis, Emotions, Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, Metaphysics. more information

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New York and London: Oxford University of Press, 1959. 8vo. xviii. 525 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover, gilt to spine, clean, sound, unmarked. Faint foxing to edges of texrblock and rear endpapers, shallow waviness to several rear pages. 188 illustrations. Frontis by Sebastien Le Clerc of Louis XIV and Colbert visiting the Académie des Sciences in 1671. Nine chapters subtitled: Introduction-the Nature of Scientific Ideas; The Foundations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ionia, Magna Graecia, Athens, to c. 400 B.C.; Unitary System of Thought:Athens, 400-300 B.C.; Divorce of Science and Philosophy: Alexandria 300 B.C.-A.D. 200; Science the Handmaid of Practice: Imperial Rome 50 B.C.-A.D. 400; The Middle Ages: Theology, Queen of the Sciences c. A.D. 400-1400; Rise of Humanism: Attempted Return to Antiquity 1250-1600; Downfall of Aristotle 1600-1700: New Attempts at Synthesis; Enthronement of Determinism 1700-1850; Culmination of the Mechanical View of the World 1850-1900. #1141.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Science, Medicine, History, Alchemy, Magic, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagorus, Archimedes, Ptolemy, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Greece, Rome, Galileo, Kepler, Dark Ages, Astronomy, Astrology, Mathematics, History of Science. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Castle Books, 1974. 8vo. 218 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine jacket. An introduction of the history and philosophy of the Asian animal zodiac, with charts of the cycle of twelve and the cycle of sixty, is followed by chapters devoted to each animal of the zodiac. ISBN 0785811214. #2150.. ISBN: 0785811214. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Norman Sun. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Asian Animal Zodiac, Ruth q Sun, Chinese Zodiac, Asian Zodiac, Animal Zodiac, Cycle of Twelve, Cycle of Sixty, ZODIAC BODY MIND SPIRIT ASTROLOGY. more information

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New York: A.L Burt Company, 1924. 310 pgs. Very Good condition green cloth hardcover. Light wear to cloth at edges and corners, gilt lettering and decoration to front board and spine a bit faded. Binding sound, Clean and unmarked with the exception of a paraphrase of a quotation by Edward Wallis Hoch written on the front endpaper: " There is so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us...". An odd tale admixing a bit of spiritualism and the occult in a nevel set in pre-Depression Era New York City. The lives and careers of two Wall Street investment banker partners become tumultuous after one of them encounters a doctor who promises to return his youthfulness through a series of therapeutic treatments with various colored light rays and hypnosis. The doctor is assisted by a capable but mysterious nurse and a Negro assistant whose skin color was transformed from black to white. The result is not quite the chakra tune-up he was expecting. By the author of "The Pointed Tower", "The Night Watchman and Other Poems", "Eat and Grow Thin", "The Scarlet Iris" and others. #1959.. Later Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Vance Thompson, The Green Ray, The Pointed Tower, The Scarlet Iris, Fiction, Vintage, Fantasy, Occult, Critic, Novelist, Poet, Color Therapy, Rays, Hypnosis, Charlatain. more information

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New York: The Modern Library, 1950. xviii.243 pgs. Very Good cloth hardcover in Good to Very Good jacket. Binding No. 8, clean, sound, tight. Very slight rubbing to edges and corners. Jacket No. 21, price intact (1.95), 388 titles listed on inside, small chips and rubs along edges and corners, two inch closed tear (slit to paper) on front cover. Translated by Constance Garnett. Introduction by Herbert J. Muller. #1577.. Not Dated.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Ivan S. Turgenev, Turgenev, Fathers and Sons, Russian Literature,Constance Garnett, Herbert J. Muller, Modern Library, Fiction, Historic Novel. more information

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Saginaw, MI, U.S.A.: Stargate Press, Incorporated, 2003. 290 pgs. As New hardcover in As New jacket. Clean and unmarked, direct from publisher. First book of a new mystery series by a mother-daughter team in which homicide detective Webb Harris gains new investigative insights and intuition with the help of a personable-and purple-spirit guide named Samuel. It's up to Webb to learn how to utilize both his new found guide and his growing understanding of a ubiquitous force called synchronicity to solve the murder of the president of a fireworks empire. ISBN 0972178309. #1669.. ISBN: 0972178309. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Jill Willington, Fireworks, Edna Mae Holm, Spirit Guide, Synchronicity, Second Sight, Clairvoyance, Metaphysics, Channeling, FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL, Webb Hannis, Spirit Guide. more information

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Cliftondale, Mass.: Coates Bros.. Not dated [circa late 1800's]. Pages not numbered [8pgs]. Very Good condition in original illustrated heavy cardstock, pamphlet bound with a vintage ribbon tie. Attractive and unusual, the page edges are gilded with silver. Some age-toning and light smudging to covers, otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated on front cover and each page by sepia-toned lithographs by the artist David L. Munro. A non-denominational devotional, the poem begins: "The Ocean looketh up to Heaven, As 't were a living thing, The Homage of its waves is given In ceaseless worshipping...". #1954.. Original Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by David L. Munro. 7.5 inches by 7.5 Inches. John Greenleaf Whittier,The Worship of Nature, Poem, Poetry, David L. Munro, Vintage, Ephemera, 1800's, Nineteenth Century, Illustrated, Verse, Pantheistic, Non-Denominational, Prayer, Devotional, Spiritual. more information

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New York: Random House, The Modern Library, 1972. 8vo. Modern Library Giant format. xix. 1080 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Modern Library Giant. Brown boards with shallow bump to top spine. Owner name on front endpaper, else unmarked. An anthology of 52 tales of terror and the supernatural from de Balzac and Poe through Wells and Lovecraft. #718.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Poe, De Balzac, H.G. Wells, Lovecraft, Conrad Aiken, Hemingway, Faulkner, Hawthorne, O. Henry, Edith Wharton, Le Fanu, Rudyard Kipling, Isak Dineson, fiction, short stories, anthology, horror, supernatural, Modern Library, Macabre. more information

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