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Hardcover. See Description. Small 12mo. Two books bound together. Full contemporary vellum. 1.) J-C. Scoti, Monarchia solipsorum. Second Edition. pp. 158, [4]. First printed in Venice, 1645. This second edition was printed by Elzevier. Pages are generally clean. A bibliographical note (listing several references) and an old ownership inscription - "ex bibliotheca Kripperdorfia" - are written in old hand on the front blank. The Monarchia solipsorum is bitter satire written against the Jesuits which, in its day, caused quite a sensation. The author describes a secret society of "Solipsen" (those who wish to govern entirely) understood to mean the Jesuits. The supposed laws, secret instructions and clandestine operations of the organization are discussed. The author's name is given as Lucius Cornelius Europaeus which is a pseudonym. Authorship is usually attributed to an ex-Jesuit named Jules Clement Scoti. Some, however, believe Melchior Inchofer (who's name appeared on a…
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Lucii Cornelii Europaei monarchia solipsorum. Advirum clarissimum Leonem Allatium. [Amsterdam: Elzevier], 1648. [Bound with] Regnum et regia Plutonis. Sive de Inferni et inferorum laudibus. Dissertatio festiva. Auctore. Vincentio Mussa.
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A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS
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Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1924 Octavo, bound in original slate gray cloth with gilt titles, 294 pp., including index. Top edge stained yellow. Stated first edition in the RARE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER. Offsetting from old moisture damage, evidenced by a white residue mark running the width of the rear cover, approximately one inch from the top edge. The damage mirrors a stain on the wrapper's rear panel and spine. The stain, while noticeable, is less detracting than one might expect, not affecting the spine of the book itself, that is otherwise fine and bright. There is other minor soiling and wear to the dust wrapper, but it is unfaded and complete, lettered in navy blue against a pale turquoise ground. '"Price $4.00" is printed on the inner flap along with a list of Harper publications on psychology and psychoanalysis. The back flap and rear panel also serve as advertisements for current Harper publications. The front cover of the dust wrapper, however, is fully dedicated to the promotion…
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Bibliographia Kabbalistica: Verzeichnis der gedruckten die judische mystik (Gnosis, Kabbala, Sabbatianismus, Frankismus, Chassidismus) behandelnden bucher und aufsatze von Reuchlin bis zur gegenwart. Mit einem anhang: Bibliographie des Zohar und seiner ko
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1st edition. Very Good HC, no DJ. Deutsche sprach/text in German. 1/2 cloth: brown and black patterned paper over boards, backed and corners in black vermiform-grain cloth; gilt titles on spine; 2 color added series title page with woodcut illustration. Clean, square, lightly scuffed covers and spine; light edge wear; small split at spine head; light clean interior but for limited ink marginalia on 9 pages; supple leaves. Series: 'Kabbala; quellen und forschungen zur geschichte der jüdischen mystik., bd. II'. 8vo, 230 pp; index. Cf, OCLC #13991048.
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Time, Space, and Knowledge: A New Vision of Reality (Nyingma Psychology Series)
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Emeryville, CA: Dharma Pub, 1977. First edition. Original hard cover edition. Published Emeryville, CA: Dharma Pub, 1977, first printing. 8vo., xli+307pp., illustrated with color plates and b/w drawings. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine titles and cover designs. Tarthang Tulku is one of the last remaining lamas to have received a complete education in pre-1959 Tibet. After teaching at Sanskrit University in India and founding Dharmamudranalaya (Dharma Publishing) in India, he settled in Berkeley, California in l969. He founded the Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center, the Tibetan Nyingma Relief Foundation, Dharma Publishing (USA) and the Nyingma Institute within the first four years of his arrival. Tarthang Tulku introduced his theory of Time, Space, and Knowledge in seminars held at the Nyingma Institute in 1976-77. The Time, Space, and Knowledge vision offers a path to the growth of knowledge, using practices specifically tailored to meet the needs of modern society. Near fine, clean, bright, crisp,…
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Les vrayes centuries et propheties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus. Où se void representé tout ce qui s'est passé, tant en France, Espagne, Italie, Allemagne, Angleterre, que autres parties du monde
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1689 NOSTRADAMUS Prophecies Astrology Astronomy Occult Visions Prophecy RARE"From the enslaved populace, songs,
Chants and demands
While princes and lords are held captive in prisons.
These will in the future by headless idiots
Be received as divine prayers."
– Nostradamus, prediction of the French Revolution
Nostradamus, considered, perhaps, the most famous prophetical seer, has been credited with prophesying important and impactful world events such as the French Revolution, Great London Fire, and reigns of Napoleon and Hitler. Nostradamus claimed that the basis for his "Prophecies" was founded in his judgment of astrology. He was heavily criticized by astrologers for being 'incompetent,' as no one could truly predict the future.
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Le Roman de la rose par Guillaume de Lorris et Jean de Meung, dit Clopinel. Édition faite sur celle de Lenglet Dufresnoy, corigée avec soin, et enrichie de la dissertation sur les auteurs de L'ouvrage.
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Paris: J.B. Fournier, P.N.F. Didot, 1799. Hardcover. See Description. Tall 8vo. 5 vols. This copy dated "an septieme [1799]." Vol. I. pp. 435, [1 blank] Vol. II. pp. 410, [2 blank] Vol. III. pp. [4], 365, [2 blank] Vol. IV. pp. [4], 352 Vol. V. pp. [6], 352. Volumes I-III contain frontispiece engravings. Volume I contains an additional engraving opposite p. 74. Bound in period straight grained morocco binding blind stamped and gilt. All edges gilt. Corners a bit bumped; minor wear to extremities; tiny chip to head cap of vol. I. Initial and final blank leaves foxed. The interiors are generally clean with only mild scattered foxing a bit heavier in volume I. Small inscription on verso of fly-leaf in first volume. This edition is based on Lenglet Dufresnoys 1735 edition. The "Roman de la Rose" was one of the most important Medieval French poems. The work is divided into two sections. The first, written by Guillaume de Lorris in the early to mid 13th century, is…
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A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS
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Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1924 Octavo, bound in original slate gray cloth with gilt titles, 294 pp., including index. Top edge stained yellow. Stated first edition in the RARE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER. Offsetting from old moisture damage, evidenced by a white residue mark running the width of the rear cover, approximately one inch from the top edge. The damage mirrors a stain on the wrapper's rear panel and spine. The stain, while noticeable, is less detracting than one might expect, not affecting the spine of the book itself, that is otherwise fine and bright. There is other minor soiling and wear to the dust wrapper, but it is unfaded and complete, lettered in navy blue against a pale turquoise ground. '"Price $4.00" is printed on the inner flap along with a list of Harper publications on psychology and psychoanalysis. The back flap and rear panel also serve as advertisements for current Harper publications. The front cover of the dust wrapper, however, is fully dedicated to the promotion…
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Bibliographia Kabbalistica: Verzeichnis der gedruckten die judische mystik (Gnosis, Kabbala, Sabbatianismus, Frankismus, Chassidismus) behandelnden bucher und aufsatze von Reuchlin bis zur gegenwart. Mit einem anhang: Bibliographie des Zohar und seiner ko
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1st edition. Very Good HC, no DJ. Deutsche sprach/text in German. 1/2 cloth: brown and black patterned paper over boards, backed and corners in black vermiform-grain cloth; gilt titles on spine; 2 color added series title page with woodcut illustration. Clean, square, lightly scuffed covers and spine; light edge wear; small split at spine head; light clean interior but for limited ink marginalia on 9 pages; supple leaves. Series: 'Kabbala; quellen und forschungen zur geschichte der jüdischen mystik., bd. II'. 8vo, 230 pp; index. Cf, OCLC #13991048.
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Grand Jeu de Societe: Les Mysteres du Destin Expliques par l'Astrologie Ancienne et Moderne. Pratiques Secretes de Mademoiselle Lenormand, Devoilees par Mme la Comtesse de C***
by [Breteau, Madame]
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Paris: Passard, 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. London label of W. Foulsham & Co. pasted over imprint. [Part 2 of 5). contemporary pebbled cloth. [2] 312 p.p. Illustrated with astrological tables, in-text images and decorative tail pieces. Sporadic foxing, some faded pencil checkmarks to margins. Light rubbing to boards, edges. Some fraying at spine tail. Else near fine and scarce copy, published 2 years following the death of famous French fortune teller, Marie Anne Adelaide Le Normand. Only one copy of Part 2 listed in Worldcat at the Wellcome Library. Discusses the planets, 12 houses of the Zodiac, as well as kabbalistic numbers.
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Les vrayes centuries et propheties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus. Où se void representé tout ce qui s'est passé, tant en France, Espagne, Italie, Allemagne, Angleterre, que autres parties du monde
by NOSTRADAMUS, Michel
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1689 NOSTRADAMUS Prophecies Astrology Astronomy Occult Visions Prophecy RARE"From the enslaved populace, songs,
Chants and demands
While princes and lords are held captive in prisons.
These will in the future by headless idiots
Be received as divine prayers."
– Nostradamus, prediction of the French Revolution
Nostradamus, considered, perhaps, the most famous prophetical seer, has been credited with prophesying important and impactful world events such as the French Revolution, Great London Fire, and reigns of Napoleon and Hitler. Nostradamus claimed that the basis for his "Prophecies" was founded in his judgment of astrology. He was heavily criticized by astrologers for being 'incompetent,' as no one could truly predict the future.
This rare 1689 Bordeaux edition features a fine, woodcut engraving on the title page and includes over 300 Nostradamus prophecies and visions.
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The Way to Attain". Author's Autograph Manuscript, signed ("Arthur Machen, Sept 27, 1922"), a reminiscence of the origins of his book, Fantastic Tales; or, The Way to Attain
by Machen, Arthur
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[N.p., London], 1922. 3 leaves, pencil on ruled wove paper, with one holograph deletion. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine. 3 leaves, pencil on ruled wove paper, with one holograph deletion. 1 vols. 8vo. 'the queerest book in the world'. A choice Machen manuscript, written in the years of his greatest fame, and looking back to his early years as a literary drudge before he composed the supernatural tales for which he is best remembered. In 1889, the Dryden Press printed some sheets of his translation of The Way to Attain before abandoning the project; an edition was issued in 1890 with the title Fantastic Tales; or, the Way to Attain. Machen outlines the circumstances of the book's evolution (reading in part): "In 1888, cataloguing for Messrs. Robson & Karslake, then of Coventry street, I came upon a little dumpy book dated 1610. It was called 'Le Moyen de Parvenir', by Beroalde de Verville & looking into it, I perceived that it was, almost if not quite, the queerest book in the world. In 1922 this would be a…
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A Handbook on Witches
by Tindall, Gillian
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book is "Fine." red top stain. (just a hint of foxing to fore edge but not enough to knock it down to Near Fine.) Unclipped wrapper has moderate soiling to front and heavier darkening to spine. one miniscule tear to the upper edge of the face; there are no other tears, chips or creases. Several b/w plates interspersed throughout(eight pages of prints).Inv. # 63758 HOW* bds 10/2023
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The Morning of the Magicians
by Pauwels, Louis & Bergier, Jacques
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Stein & Day, New York, 1974 (Third Impression-first published in the US in 1964); Medium 8vo., 300 p. quarter red cloth over black paper boards.Binding is clean, straight, fresh & attractive. Internals are flawless. Unclipped wrapper has some age toning along edges, else Fine. A very tidy copy indeed.
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Great ghosts of the West: over forty fascinating stories of how otherwise normal lives are disrupted by ghosts and other psychic manifestations
by Webb, Richard
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book is bumped on upper board by spine, else "Fine." Unclipped* wrapper has two short closed tears, gently faded spine and just a bit of wear at spine head. *a Nash inventory re-order form is still attached to rear jacket flap-something which is clearly unintended for the purchaser. So, this copy is unclipped x two!! An extremely fresh, attractive book and what great campy art on the wrapper!Inv. # 63762 GGW* bds 10/2023
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Satan’s Disciples
by Goldston, Robert
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Nice tight copy; small bump to reverse. Old tape "ghost" to flyleaf, else internals clean. Terrific cover art; more campy than lurid, still the essentials remain.Inv. # 63812 SD* bds 11/2023
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Never on a Broomstick: the true story of the faith, mystery and magic of WITCHCRAFT- classical and contemporary
by Donovan, Frank Robert
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The Way of Initiation and Its Results
by Steiner, Rudolf
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First Edition Thus; this volume re-issues two of Steiner's works: The Way of Initiation and Initiation and Its Results. Some shelfwear and soiling to edges, but the binding is generally clean & straight; internals are also in good order.Inv. # 63648 TWOIAIR* bds 9/2023
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The Magical Arts: A Short History
by Burland, C.A
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Binding is square, tight and clean save for a stray mark on reverse. Red top stain. Internals clean except for faint marginal spotting/staining on pp.136-37. Old Weiser booklabel on front pastedown. Unclipped wrapper has minor wrinkling/ small creases (it is a very thin gold foil paper jacket) plus some edgewear; else Fine. Fifty-seven illustrations on b/w plates interspersed throughout text; again, as mentioned elsewhere on this space; images perhaps those not commonly seen re-printed ad nauseum.Inv. # TMA* bds 9/2023
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Magic and Superstition
by Hill, Douglas
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8.25 x 11.25 (Oversize format) Fine/Fine; book is fresh and the pages are white, white! Straight, tight, square- not a hint of foxing, not even on the top edge. Binding is beautiful. Clipped(err..!) still glossy wrapper is the same- perhaps just a hint of rubbing/dust-dulling but so minor- hey, let's not ruin the fun, eh? This is The One. Inv. # 63773 MS* bds 10/2023
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Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witches, Demons, Sorcerers and Their Present Day Counterparts: an illustrated encyclopedia of witches, demons, sorcerers and their present day counterparts
by Holzer, Hans (introduced by)
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Satan’s Disciples: A modern history of black magic & witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the present day
by Goldston, Robert
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