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Paris: Saintin, 1816. Hardcover. See Description. 16mo. 78pp. With color frontispiece and 24 plates of handwriting samples from various personages. Contemporary calf back with paste paper boards. Some rubbing along the hinges. Pages clean. Contents include: "1. D'un essai sur l'art de juger les homes sur leurstyle; 2. Des ecritures de Louis XVI, de la reine Marie-Antoinette et du Dauphin, etc.; 3. D'un alphabet curieux des Sourds et Muets avec lequel on peut apprendre en quelques heures a converser avec eux." Includes material on sign language for deaf mutes. [Barbier I, 289 - citing the 1812 ed. Caillet 5197 - citing the 1812 and 1820 editions].
Unheard-of Curiosities: Concerning the Talismanical Sculpture of the Persians; The Horoscope of the Patriarkes; And the Reading of the Stars by Jacques Gaffarel and Edmund Chilmead - 1650
by Jacques Gaffarel and Edmund Chilmead
Unheard-of Curiosities: Concerning the Talismanical Sculpture of the Persians; The Horoscope of the Patriarkes; And the Reading of the Stars
by Jacques Gaffarel and Edmund Chilmead
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London : Humphrey Moseley, 1650 1st English edition of this extremely rare early work on the Cabala. Jacques Gaffarel first published the work in 1629 in France where it was extremely popular - Edmund Chilmead produced the first english version in 1650. The preface to the edition states 'This Curious Booke was printed Thrice, with the space of Sixe Moneths: Twice in Paris; and Once, in some other City of France not named in the Impression. And it is suspected, and upon very good Grounds too, that the Booke-sellers of Rouen, in hope of Gaine, printed it more than Once; though not without very great Corruption, both of the Sense and Stile.' The book caused considerable controversy, but Gaffarel became librarian to Cardinal Richelieu and had his protection. This copy lacks the 2 charts of the heavens but is otherwise complete and newly and expertly rebound in full leather. With Chilmead's preface, title page, dedication to Edward Bysshe, letter to My Lord Bishop of Nantes, the Author's Additions, and Advertisement to the Reader, Table of Chapters and Contents, and text with a number of small engravings. The book has many signatures of previous owners across the title page, preface and end of the book. It has also been much annotated in pencil, particularly towards the end. The paper is very soft and has had some damp spots. It has had a number of paper repairs and added backing to some pages and particularly page edges to give some protection. There is no loss of text.
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- Keywords Cabala, horoscopes, zodiac signs
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L'Art de juger du caractere des homes sur leur ecriture, avec vingt-quatre planches representant les ecritures de divers personages celebres, gravees d'apres les originaux autographes. Nouvelle edition Augmentee.
by HOCQUART, L.-J.-F.
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HARPOCRATES SIVE EXPLI CATIO IMAGUNCULAE ARGENTAE PERANTIQ
by GISBERT CUPERI
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Utrecht: Franciscum Halma, 1687 Original full leather, still in good condition, rebacked in calf preserving original spine. Contents complete in 3 sections with 43 text illustrations and 6 folding plates (one torn). The first part of the book covers Harpocrates - 180 pages. The second section has a separate title page 'Gisberti Cuperi Monumenta Antiqua Inedita and follows in in page numbering. The third section has a new title page 'Stephani le Moine ad Gisb. Cuperum de Melanophoris Epistola' and again follows on in page numbering. This section is written in greek and hebrew as well as Latin. Very bright and clean throughout. Deals with the cult of the Egyptian god Horus in the Roman world, detailing rights, beliefs and monuments. A spectacular book mainly due to the number and quality of the text and folding engravings. Small 8vo but wider pages than is normal.294 pages plus an 'index auctorum' and an 'index rerum' and an errata list.
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Problems of Humanity
by Bailey, Alice
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London: Lucis Press Limited, 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for slightest traces of wear to extremities, in jacket with insignificant signs of use at crown of spine. A remarkably well preserved copy. Scarce thus..
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THE GOLDEN STAR: A Mystic Crescendo in Twelve Visions
by Michaud, J. [Jean]
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London: Uma Press, 1946. First edition. Covers dulled and quite worn along the edges, though not through the cloth at any point; Longish contemporary gift inscription to end-paper; Contents very good.. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and cover though the gilt is worn off save for a bit of the name and star emblem on the cover; 8.75" x 6"; [viii], 323, [2] ads pp.Top of the title page reads "A Book fo Initiates" and the book is sometimes presented with that title but the cover and spine show the title as The Golden Star. Spiritual journey of Ma-u and Ma-uti who are lead by the Divine Messanger Neteru-Hem through the spiritual hierarchy from the Domains of Night to God. In the introductory Note, the author says the some of the messages are based on the "Secret Doctrine" of Madame Blavatsky.
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Spirit Communion: A Record of Communications from the Spirit-Spheres; With Incontestible Evidence of Personal Identity Presented to the Public, With Explanatory Observations
by Fergurson, J. B.
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Nashville: Union and American Steam Press, 1854. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Brown blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, lettering partly obscured from wear on spine edge. Foxing throughout. Back hinge is starting to separate but still attached. 276 pp. As of September 2021 no other copies are found in the trade. First Edition.
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L'Art de juger du caractere des homes sur leur ecriture, avec vingt-quatre planches representant les ecritures de divers personages celebres, gravees d'apres les originaux autographes. Nouvelle edition Augmentee.
by HOCQUART, L.-J.-F.
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Paris: Saintin, 1816. Hardcover. See Description. 16mo. 78pp. With color frontispiece and 24 plates of handwriting samples from various personages. Contemporary calf back with paste paper boards. Some rubbing along the hinges. Pages clean. Contents include: "1. D'un essai sur l'art de juger les homes sur leurstyle; 2. Des ecritures de Louis XVI, de la reine Marie-Antoinette et du Dauphin, etc.; 3. D'un alphabet curieux des Sourds et Muets avec lequel on peut apprendre en quelques heures a converser avec eux." Includes material on sign language for deaf mutes. [Barbier I, 289 - citing the 1812 ed. Caillet 5197 - citing the 1812 and 1820 editions].
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Aegyptiaca, et dekaphylon. Sive, de aegyptiacorum sacrorum cum Hebraicis collatione libri tres. Et de decem tribubus Israelis liber singularis. Accessit diatribe de legione fulminatrice Christianorum, sub Imperatore Marco Aurelio Antonino. Editio secunda,
by WITSIUS, Hermann
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Amsterdam: Gerardus Brostius, 1696. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to pp. [16], 492. Includes extra engraved title page. Library stamp on main title accompanied by a second perforated library stamp near the printer's device. The outer edges to the first few prelims are slightly worn. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild marginal spotting. A small piece is missing from bottom margin of the final leaf. Page 492 is a bit soiled. Bound in brown library buckram; title and shelf number in gilt on the spine; pocket on inside front cover. Hermann Witsius (1636-1708) was a Dutch theologian and a professor of divinity at Franeker (1675), Utrecht (1680), and Leiden (1698). [EB11]. His Aegyptiaca (first printed in 1683) compares the religious rites of the Jews and the Egyptians. He argues against the theory put forth by Sir John Marsham and by John Spencer that Jewish traditions were derived from Egyptian practices. This second edition has been expanded from the first.…
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HARPOCRATES SIVE EXPLI CATIO IMAGUNCULAE ARGENTAE PERANTIQ
by GISBERT CUPERI
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Utrecht: Franciscum Halma, 1687 Original full leather, still in good condition, rebacked in calf preserving original spine. Contents complete in 3 sections with 43 text illustrations and 6 folding plates (one torn). The first part of the book covers Harpocrates - 180 pages. The second section has a separate title page 'Gisberti Cuperi Monumenta Antiqua Inedita and follows in in page numbering. The third section has a new title page 'Stephani le Moine ad Gisb. Cuperum de Melanophoris Epistola' and again follows on in page numbering. This section is written in greek and hebrew as well as Latin. Very bright and clean throughout. Deals with the cult of the Egyptian god Horus in the Roman world, detailing rights, beliefs and monuments. A spectacular book mainly due to the number and quality of the text and folding engravings. Small 8vo but wider pages than is normal.294 pages plus an 'index auctorum' and an 'index rerum' and an errata list.
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THE GOLDEN STAR: A Mystic Crescendo in Twelve Visions
by Michaud, J. [Jean]
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London: Uma Press, 1946. First edition. Covers dulled and quite worn along the edges, though not through the cloth at any point; Longish contemporary gift inscription to end-paper; Contents very good.. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and cover though the gilt is worn off save for a bit of the name and star emblem on the cover; 8.75" x 6"; [viii], 323, [2] ads pp.Top of the title page reads "A Book fo Initiates" and the book is sometimes presented with that title but the cover and spine show the title as The Golden Star. Spiritual journey of Ma-u and Ma-uti who are lead by the Divine Messanger Neteru-Hem through the spiritual hierarchy from the Domains of Night to God. In the introductory Note, the author says the some of the messages are based on the "Secret Doctrine" of Madame Blavatsky.
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Spirit Communion: A Record of Communications from the Spirit-Spheres; With Incontestible Evidence of Personal Identity Presented to the Public, With Explanatory Observations
by Fergurson, J. B.
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Nashville: Union and American Steam Press, 1854. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Brown blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, lettering partly obscured from wear on spine edge. Foxing throughout. Back hinge is starting to separate but still attached. 276 pp. As of September 2021 no other copies are found in the trade. First Edition.
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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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- 9780840211422 / 0840211422
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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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Aquarian Guide to Occult, Mystical, Religious, Magical London and Around
by Strachan, Francoise
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Aquarian Press, 1970, in soft wraps. Terrific lurid. A veritable time capsule which can serve as a bona fide research tool for those with an interest of the heady days of late 1960s London. No website to hide behind; here were REAL names of both adepts & quacks and where to find them! An interesting artifact- though don't expect to trace many of these street addresses now. Uncommon vintage paperback. Exceptional condition save for spotting on all edges. Very tight binding, extremely clean. Almost "As New". Inv. # 62542 bds 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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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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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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binding is very clean- just a touch of edgewear/shelfwear. They used a two tone quarter green cloth over gray cloth and the green portion still is glossy. Internals very clean ( not even any pricing marks in pencil) though there is a paper clip indentation at the lower edge affecting the title, onwards for 20 pages. Unclipped wrapper has only some rubbing but I detect no tears, creases or chips. The paper is wonderful; it strikes me as feeling and looking like "linen" (not your business/office grade) but I am by no means an expert on paper. This US Stackpole Edition omits 8 plates which are in the UK Allen & Unwin volume. Well-preserved, excellent copy.Inv. # 63672 NOAB* 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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Black Magic, Satanism & Voodoo: All the secrets and practices of these occult arts told for the first time! Weird rituals, blood sacrifices, hexes and spells, the Black Mass, Devil Worship, Voodoo Gods, Witchcraft—Black and White, unbelievable but true! The past, the present, and th
by Martello, Dr. Leo
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Very lightly edgeworn; else "Fine". Internals very clean. Unclipped wrapper has minor wear at spine caps. Rubbing to reverse; to a lesser degree on the front. No tears, chips or creases; nice jacket! Uncommon in hardcover 11/2023
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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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