Rare books from By The Way Books

Wichita: The Wichita Publishing Co, 1951. First edition. Very good condition in a fair to good dust jacket; Jacket has a couple tears and a few small pieces missing and is somewhat soiled; Front end paper sports two former owner signatures.. 101 pages.

Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. First edition. Two volumes, cloth bound in near fine condition, spine edges slightly bumped and half titles somewhat browned, but an extraordinarily clean and bright set.. Laid in is a slip stating 'With the Compliments of the Trustees and Family of the late Dr. James Young of Kelly'; xxi, 487 and 598 pages.

Gouveneur, NY: Brothers of the Book, 1898. First edition. Hardbound in nearly fine condition; Modest gift inscription on front end paper, "K. to J 12/25/'98." (the author's mother was Katherine and her brother was Jay).. Hand-numbered limited edition of 350 copies; Claude Bragdon's first book, a collection of his poems; Printed on handmade paper with edges untrimmed; Paper cover label apparently designed by Bragdon; Original prospectus, subscription form and return envelope laid in; 6" x 4.25"; 42 pages.

London: Uma Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth bound in very good condition.. 133 pages.

Santa Fe: Bocaccio Press, 1975. First edition thus. Case edges are worn; External paper surfaces somewhat soiled; Otherwise excellent condition.. Presentation copy inscribed by the illustrator(s) as 'M Taylor McCall' and parenthetically signed 'Love Mick', in addition to standard copy inscription; ('Taylor McCall' is the artist couple Mick Taylor and Sheena McCall, they are friends of the singer Donovan Leitch who provided illustrations for his albums Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow and illustrated his 1970 collection of writings, Behind Us, also published by Boccaccio Press); Number 15 of 150 copies, illustrated edition of Ouspensky's original of 1913, with 23 multi-colour silk-screen prints and letterpress in loose gatherings, heightened in gold and silver, pages measure 23 3/4" X 16 1/4"; Printed on special order hemp paper made by Luigi Amatruda in Amalfi, Italy, untrimmed with deckled-edges; Includes an introduction booklet, likely the prospectus, untrimmed; In original half calf portfolio… Read More

New York: Abrams, 1992. First edition. Cloth bound in fine condition in very good slip-case.. Two volume in slip-case; Text volume: 336 pages; Plates volume: 176 pages with 77 full page color plates; Very heavy set, significant extra shipping will be need to ship internationally.

London: Constable, 1909. First edition. Cloth bound in near very good condition; Some wear to spine ends; Seam cracked inside front board and frontis; Frontis slightly loose.. xvi, 342 pages; Frontis engraving with facing tissue.

New York: The Lenox Club, 1917. First edition. Cloth bound in near very good condition; pages somewhat age toned and brittle; First six leaves have short tear at bottom near spine; Treaties title page has inch long tear new outer edge; Moisture stain to lower back cover, mildly affecting last few pages; Fore-edges untrimmed and mostly unopened.. Edition limited to 125 copies; 50 pages.

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.

London: Uma Press, 1946. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. 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.

Margate: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, 1923. First edition thus. Boards somewhat faded; Corners slightly bumped; Toning to free end papers; Pencil notes to rear pastedown.. Originally printed in London in 1652 and now reprinted in facsimile with an Introduction, Notes, and a translation of the letter of Adam Haselmeyer, Notarius Publieus to the Archduke Maximilian, by F.N. Pryce"; Red cloth with gilt spine titles; 8.75" x 6"; pp. vii (List of Subscribers), 64 (Introduction), [2] (Original title), [70] (To the Reader & Preface), 64; Only four copies appear in OCLC;.

Kuala Lampur: S. Durai Raja Singam, 1984. First edition. Paperbacks in near very good condition; General wear to covers; Volume two outer corners bumped, affectinf text block at the head.. Two volumes; Limited to 200 copies; Introduction by A.K. Saran; "A comprehensive bibliography of all his publications from 1895 to 1981"; 9.5" x 6.5" paperbacks; Vol I: xlvi, 424 pages; Vol II: [viii], 565 pages;. The Introduction points out that this is titled A Bibliographic Record because the compiler recognizes that he is not a trained bibliographer and it is more "an expression of his utter devotion to Coomaraswamy..." Beyond its bibliographic details, it includes abundant annottation and quotations from works referenced.

London: C.W. Daniel, 1974. Second edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. Edited and Introduced by Francis King; 232 pages.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. First US edition. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; Jacket has considerable loss, wear and tears.. Bookplate of Magician Joseph Dunninger on front paste-down; 11.5" x 9"; 395 pages with 10 color illustrations and 366 illustrations in the text.

Denver: Privately Printed, 1983. Very good condition.. Inscribed by Arthur Rippey to Dr. Maurice B. Mitchell with a typed letter signed from Rippey to Dr. Mitchell laid in; 137 pages.