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New York, N. Y.: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1970. Light age, light extremity wear (see scan). Square, Sewn binding Tight. Contemporary bookseller ticket "Samuel Weiser...10003" to pastedown. Internally Unmarked.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover/Sewn Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 8¾" tall.

London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1830. Presentation Copy SIGNED - "From the Author", to title page. Fine Contemporary Binding shows light wear, light rubbing to points. Top edge gilt (t.e.g), fore and bottom edges uncut. Sewn binding Extremly tight, with spine rounded fore edge remaining concave. Hand-marbled endpapers. Some age to prelims/ends. Internally Unmarked. Provenance: Engraved Bookplate, B. Franklin Barger, Civil War Major/Bibliophile to pastedown. Very Good+ Indeed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - 9" tall.

Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1988. NEW old stock, Publisher Sealed (see scan). Rare in condition thus.. First American Edition / First Printing. Box Set. New. Illus. by Amanda Barlow. 8vo size box - 11" tall.

London: Rigel Press Limited, 1972. Seemingly Unread. Keeping the book from Fine is light fore edge age, with light damp staining to prelim and terminal extremities, quite unobtrusive. Dust Jacket some light extremity wear, light age (see scan). Extremely small, slightly later circular price sticker to inner front flap changing "£1.80/$4.50" to 5.00. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover/Buckram/SewnBinding. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - 8¾" tall.

London: David Bogue, 1881. First Printing, One of 250 copies only. "Handsomely Bound" Thick Parchment Vellum boards by Matthew Bell, in excellent state, with gilt stamped, "much smaller prune blossom design", as called for. Light age, with a few spots, some rubbing, extremity wear. Watermarked "Van Gelder", Dutch Handmade Paper, Top Edge Gilt (T.E.G.) very bright, other edges deckled, with "leaves varying slightly in size" as issued. Light browning offset to endpaper as per usual. Binding extremely tight. Free terminal of "Panthea" remains unopened. An exceptional copy of Wilde's First True Book, in which he oversaw the production, designing the prune blossoms binding, "wanting the cover and typography to be distinctive" (Ellmann, p.137). With a "Limited Edition", total print run of only 750 copies, it was issued in three "Printings" of 250 each. This First was released June 30, the Second and Third to follow on July 22 and September 26, using both the First Print Run sheets, and later printed sheets,… Read More

London: Reeves And Turner, 1894. Ribbed Moire bindings show extremity rubbing wear, age, but Cloth still "Flashes". Both volume's sewn bindings very tight, with both spines rounded, fore edges perfectly concave. All edges uncut. Internally Unmarked. A Very Good Set Indeed.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo's - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. NEW. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brighton, Sussex, England: EER Edward Everett Root, Publishers, Co. Ltd., 2018. NEW. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - 8¾" tall.

York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). Limited to "999 [Hand]numbered, cloth-bound copies". New / Unread Samuel Weiser, Inc. old stock, Rare in condition thus.. First Edition / Hand Numbered. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. New/New. 8vo - 8½" tall.

Chicago, IL: Eschaton Productions, Inc., 1997. AS NEW (see scan) - SIGNED / DATED / INSCRIBED : "More powerful souls perceive truth through themselves + are at a more inventive nature. Such souls are saved through their own strength. Best Wishes".. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo size - 9" tall.

Minneapolis, MN: The Vann Press, 1992. AS NEW (see scan). Includes Laid-in Slip : "[Cartouche Image] This cartouche of the Theban Necropolis once sealed the tomb of Tutankhamen. It now guards the Gate of the Labyrith...This edition limited to 250 handnumbered copies".. First Edition/Limited/Hand Numbered. Soft Cover / Saddle-stitched. As New. Illus. by Lucifer "Watermarks", Drawings, Photographs Interspersed Throughout. 8vo size - 8½" tall.

Minneapolis, MN: Magus Meta Media, a division of Magus Books Ltd., 2006. AS NEW (see scan) - SIGNED / DATED / INSCRIBED : "May the Gods be with you what ever they are".. First Trade Edition. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Cartouches of the Theban Necropolis, Line Drawings, Diagrams, Charts, Tables, etc. 12mo size - over 7½" tall.

Minneapolis, MN: Magus Meta Media, 2007. SIGNED / DATED / HAND NUMBERED - First Edition Major ArcanaTarot Card Deck, one of only 75 Signed and Numbered copies in Original Box, set in Cloth Lined Holder (see scan). Shin/Tav show laminate lift to verso, still FINE, cards appear Unread. First Edition Book Unread, also Signed and Dated, wrap rubbing (see scan).. First Edition/First Printing/Limited. Hard Cover Box/Soft Cover Book. Fine. Illus. by Roger Williamson. 8vo size - over 8½" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Appears Unread. Light extremity page tone as per usual due to paper stock, otherwise Fine. Light rubbing to glossy DJ (see scan).. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by 16 pages of Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. New, Unread copy in DJ (see scan). Laid in "Books & Authors...For Immediate Release", rubricated print announcement from Harper & Row San Francisco. Touch of age. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth Spine. New/New. Illus. by 8 pages of Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. Some rubbing to wraps, touch of wear to points (see scan). Square, binding still extremely tight and crisp. Light tone to fore edge, internally clean, and Unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Various Photographs, Maps, Drawings, etc.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Roxburry, Mass.: Privately Printed For W. Elliot Woodward, 1864. Hand Numbered, copy 42 of an "Edition Two Hundred And Fifteen Copies...". All Original, Contemporary Binding. Half Leather, Beveled Marbled Boards show rubbing, spines show wear (see image), a little dry, but still rounded, with both fore edges remaining perfectly concave. Both volumes square, sewn bindings very tight. Top Edges Gilt (t.e.g.), others uncut. Hand marbled ends, edges show light extremity wear. Internally Unmarked. Provenance : Engraved bookplate of "Erastus Corning", to pastedowns of both Vol. I. & Vol. II., confirmed by "Subscribers List.", end of Vol. II. : copies 41 & 42 "Corning, Erastus / Corning, Erastus Jr., Albany, NY". Binding wear and age noted, still a Very Good Set of the Hardest to Find Witchcraft Title (with the lowest print run), in Woodward's Historical Series. [Cornell BF1575.R31; Coumont W37b.1.]. First Edition. Hard Cover/Half-Leather/T.E.G.. Very Good. Illus. by Rubricated Title, Headpieces, Grotesques,… Read More