Search Results: Authors starting with V from JD Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1992. A FINE COPY in wraps. With the Commentary of Theodore Kerckringius. Translated from the Latin by A.E. Waite. Biographical preface, alchemical plates, and annotations. Text (type reset), with commentary, added annotation, and illustrated plates have been placed in their own sections for study and reference. Quality trade paper edition. Octavo.

London: Wildwood House, 1974. Quality trade paper edition; VERY GOOD+ & free of marking or defect. 240 pages. 8vo.

Springfield: Templegate Publishing, 1958. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME. 238 pages. One of the best studies of the obligation, and the rigors of the religious vow. Octavo.

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. A Fine premium cloth volume in dust jacket. Dante, Augustine, Roland and Charlemagne are only a partial selection of works addressed in this study. 365 pages with index. Royal 8vo.

Edmonds, WA: Holmes Publishing Group, 1986. Final Limited Edition of 22 Copies Only, signed and numbered by the publisher. Hand-bound in linen wraps; A FINE COPY. Analysis of the four elements of the Mystery of Man, and considered one of Vaughan's essential texts. Octavo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group [Alexandrian Press], 2005. Limited Edition of Twelve Copies Only, signed and numbered by the publisher. Hand bound monograph with parchment overlay; A FINE COPY. From the text: "He that would foyle me must use such weapons as I doe, for I have not fed my readers with straw, neither will I be confuted by stubble." Octavo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1992. In special hand bound linen wraps; A FINE COPY. Translated in 1657 by Henry Vaughan, the poet, and twin brother to Thomas, the alchemist. Octavo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1998. Custom wraps with special papers, hand bound; A FINECOPY. This alchemical treatise of Vaughan's was edited by A.E. Waite, and includes his extensive notes, plus a new introduction by Patrick Smith. 8vo. Alchemical Studies series 12.

Northampton, MA: Smith College Classical Studies, 1945. FIRST EDITION. In academic wraps as issued; VERY GOOD+ without marking or defect. 117 pages, indexed. Octavo.

Milan: Arche, 1978. Pamphlet; FINE. Text in French. Traditionalist work. 22 pages. Small octavo.

Grand Rapids, 1987-88. Winter and Summer Solstice issues. In custom wraps as issued; FINE COPIES with contributions by Versluis, Aitken, a gem of a review by William Stoddart, Guenon, Martin Lings. Splendid Traditionalist fare. With original subscription form laid in. 8vo.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. FIRST EDITION. A Fine premium cloth volume in dust jacket. 250 pages, indexed. Tall octavo.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1953. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Very Good cloth volume. Colored frontispiece, With a preface by Pearl Buck. Forty eight monochrome illustrations and bibliography. Map tipped in rear. Royal octavo.

London: Faber & Faber, 1953. FIRST UK EDITION. Very Good+ cloth volume in nice dust jacket. Frontispiece in color. Forty nine plates. Folding map tipped in rear. 144 pages. Tall 8vo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1992. Sewn quality paper edition; A FINE COPY. Classic work of Rosicrucian mysticism and mystery in six letters. Very influential work on the early Order of the Golden Dawn. Translated by Isabel DeSteiger. 8vo.A very important edition of the famous and influential work by German mystic Karl Von Eckartshausen (1752 - 1803) in which he outlined the existence of a secret order or "hidden church" that guided human destiny. The work is known to have played a signal role in Aleister Crowley's embrace of occult pursuits. This is very likely the same edition that Crowley would have used, as it was published early in 1896, the same year that Arthur Edward Waite recommended to Crowley that he read it. Although Crowley would not have known it at the time there were several threads connecting the work with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The translator, Isabelle deSteiger (1836-1927), was a writer and artist, and one of the earliest members of the… Read More

Edmonds: The Alchemical Press [Holmes Publishing Group], 1992. Limited to 19 copies, hand-numbered, and signed by the publisher. In linen wraps as issued; A Fine Custom Monograph. Thirty-two magic figures and prognostications made more than four centuries ago. The 11th figure, representing the Bear of Russia, is most illuminating, and reminiscent of Nostradamus. From the Strassburg edition of 1616. Translated by Julius Kohn. Octavo.