The following is a selection from our stock of second-hand and collectable books. All books are 8vo size, hardbound in original publisher's binding unless otherwise noted. Dust jackets are noted only when present. Please call or e-mail if you need a more detailed description of any item or for clarification of any unfamiliar terms.
Abbreviations used in this list:
d.j.: dust jacket
e.p.: endpaper
f.f.e.p.: front free endpaper
r.f.e.p.: rear free endpaper
p/c: price clipped
ppbk: paperback
t.e.g.: top edge gilt
Last updated December 26, 2002.
Abbott, John - The Keys of Power. Secaucus, NY: University Books, 1974. xi, 560 pp. Top edge soiled, small book store sticker to front pastedown. Very good in lightly edgeworn d.j. Originally published ini 1932. $25.00
Baker, Roger - Binding the Devil. Exorcism Past and Present. NY: Hawthorn, 1975. First American edition. viii, 187 pp. Pencil notes to rear endpaper. Several leaves with indentations from paper clips. Very good in near fine d.j. $15.00
Baldick, Julian - Imaginary Muslims: The Uwaysi Sufis of Central Asia. NY: New York University Press, 1993. First American edition. 266 pp. Top edge lightly dust soiled. Near fine in d.j. $16.00
Bayless, Raymond - The Enigma of the Poltergeist. West Nyack, NY: Parker, 1967. First edition. xiii, 210 pp. D.j. edgeworn and with a couple of creases and stains to the rear panel. $10.00
(Bell, Jessie Wicker) Lady Sheba - The Grimoire of Lady Sheba. St.Paul, MN: Llewellyn. 1974. Second edition, revised. Pictorial boards, without dust jacket, as issued. First line of the "Owner's Personal Record" filled out in ink. Edges quite soiled, covers rubbed and with a couple of small scuffs. Very good. $90.00
(Blavatsky, H.P.) Meade, Marion - Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First edition. 528 pp. Top edge dust soiled. Very good in lightly edgeworn price clipped d.j. with an old book store sticker to the front flap. $22.00
Burland, C.A. - Beyond Science. A Journey into the Supernatural. NY: Grosset & Dunlap. (1972). First American edition. 4to. 128 pp. Prof illus. Near fine in d.j. $15
(Cagliostro) Dumas, Francois Ribadeau - Cagliostro. NY: Orion. (1967). First American edition. 308 pp. Illus. Very good in lightly worn and soiled d.j. A substantial biography of the famous eighteenth century mystic, occultist (and chalatan?). $25
Castaneda, Carlos - Tales of Power. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. First edition. 287 pp. Light fading to edges of covers, spine leaning slightly. A couple of smal chips and one short closed tear to front panel of d.j. $12.00
Castaneda, Carlos - The Eagle's Gift. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First edition. 316 pp. Boards abraded at bottom edge. Very good in rather edgeworn d.j. $12.00
Cavendish, Richard - The Black Arts. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. (1967). Book Club edition. 408 pp. Corners somewhat rubbed. Near fine. $15.00
Collins, Mabel - The Idyll of the White Lotus. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1952. Seventh edition. 158 pp. Spine rubbed, very good. Originally published in 1884. $12.00
Crowley, Aleister - Magick in Theory and Practice. Paris: N.D. [1930]. First edition. Four volumes in the original printed wrappers. xxxi, 436 pp, with the color plate in volume one and the "Signs of the Grades" plate laid in loose in volume four. The covers of all four volumes are lightly soiled. Volume one has neat scotch tape repairs to the spine ends and to the fore edge of the front cover. Volume three has tape repairs to the spine ends only. There is a neat annotation in red pencil to page 96 and additional brief annotations in lead pencil to pages 14, 43, 230 and 231. The first page of each of the volumes has an old book store stamp at the lower margin. Altogether, a nice copy of the first edition of Crowley's masterwork. $600.00
Crowley, Aleister - Magick in Theory and Practice. Paris: 1929 [i.e.: 1930]. First hardcover edition. xxxiv, 436 pp. Backstrip detaching from spine with some loss of cloth, affecting the lettering ("C" and "K" of "Magick", "Y" of "Theory" and "C" and "E" of "Practice"). Covers discolored and slightly bowed. Offsetting to front and rear endpapers, two long creases to front free endpaper. Some judicious application of archival glue would do much for this copy. Except for a few light stains to a couple of leaves, a very nice copy internally. This "Subsciber's Edition" is bound from the same sheets as the four volume wrappered edition, except for the title page and the Table of Contents which were reset. See D'Arch Smith, "The Books of the Beast". $275.00
Crowley, Aleister - Olla: An Anthology of Sixty Years of Song. London: O.T.O. 1946. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Portrait frontis. 128 pp. Original gilt-stamped green cloth. Corners a little bumped, occasional light rubbing to spine lettering. Two tiny dings to the front cover, three surface scratches to the rear cover. An attractive copy of a handsome book, but lacking the very scarce d.j. Crowley's personal selection of his own verse, this was the last book he published during his lifetime. $325.00
Crowley, Aleister - The Vision and the Voice. Dallas, TX: Sangreal. 1972. First edition thus. Introduction and explanation of the foot notes by Israel Regardie. 261 pp. Previous owner's blindstamp to title page. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has quite a few small areas of discoloration on verso from acidic tape used with an old jacket protector. The discoloration is faintly visible on the colored portions of the recto of the d.j., more obvious on the white portions. Except for being price-clipped, the d.j. is complete and without any chips or tears. $110.00
Crowley, Aleister - Portable Darkness: An Aleister Crowley Reader. Edited with Commentary by Scott Michaelson. NY: Harmony. 1989. First edition. xxxvii, 339 pp. Fine in d.j. An excellent introduction to Crowley's work. $35.00
[Crowley, Aleister] Fuller, Capt. J.F.C. - The Star in the West. A Critical Essay Upon the Works of Aleister Crowley. (London: Neptune Press. 1976). Facsimile of the original 1907 edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. 327 pp. Old book seller's label to front pastedown, previous owner's signature to verso of frontispiece. Some magenta stains to the margins of several leaves. Backstrip faded. Very good without d.j., as issued. $125.00
[Crowley, Aleister]Ayers, J.R. & Bill Siebert, eds. - Mezla. Volume 1, Numbers 1-12. Ithaca & Buffalo, NY. 1973-1979. 50 pp. Unbound sheets, as issued. The complete first volume of the official newsletter of Kenneth Grant's O.T.O. Individual numbers vary in length from 2 to 12 pages. Fine condition except for some age-darkening of the paper. Contains various pieces by Aleister Crowley including "Ethyl Oxide", "The Order and Value of the English Alphabet", "Comment to Liber Liberi vel Lapis Lazuli", "The Book of the Caphaloedium Working" (plus C.F. Russell's rather acerbic commentary on the latter). Also includes "A Tarot of the Qlipoth" by Soror Andahadna (a.k.a. Nema), an account of the successful search for Lake Pasquaney in New Hampshire, official O.T.O announcements, book reviews and much more. $60.00
Dalton, Joseph G. - Dalton's Tables of Houses: The Spherical Basis of Astrology, for Latitudes 22 Degrees to 59 Degrees 0'N. Richmond, VA: Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, 1975. 4to. 75 pp. Book store ink stamp to copyright page, top of spine bumped. Originally published in 1893 and still a standard reference work. $10.00
Davis, Wade - The Serpent and the Rainbow. NY: Simon & Schuster. 1985. First edition. 297 pp. Remainder stamp to bottom edge, top edge dust soiled. Near fine in d.j. Ethnobiologist investigates Haitian Voodoo. Much more interesting (and much less sensational) than the film version. $18.00
Dawn, Crystal and Stephen Flowers - Carnal Alchemy. A Sado-Magical Exploration of PLeasure, Pain and Self-Transformation. Smithville, TX: Runa-Raven, 2001. Second edition, revised and expanded. xiv, 86 pp. Trade paperback. New stock. $15.00
Donovan, Frank - Never on a Broomstick. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1971. 256 pp. Near fine in lightly rubbed, very good d.j. $15.00
Dukes, Sir Paul - The Yoga of Health, Youth and Joy: Hatha Yoga Applied to the West. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Later printing. ix, 174 pp. Illus. Book store ink stamp to f.f.e.p., UPC sticker to rear pastedown. Price clipped d.j lightly rubbed and edgeworn and with two small tape repairs. $10.00
Feuerstein, Georg and Jeanine Miller - Yoga and Beyond: Essays in Indian Philosophy. NY: Schocken, 1972 First American edition. xii, 176 pp. Book store label to front pastedown, UPC sticker to rear pastedown. Some brown stains to front cover. D.j. price clipped and somewhat rubbed and edgeworn. $15.00
Flammarion, Camille - Haunted Houses. NY: D. Appleton. 1924. First American edition. vii, 391 pp. Pencil note to front pastedown, top edge dusty, else near fine with front panel and flap (detached) of d.j. present. $40
Flowers, Stephen - Lords of the Left Hand Path. A History of Spiritual Dissent. Smithville, TX: Runa-Raven Press. 1997. Second edition. 4to. Ppbk. xiv, 260 pp. New stock. $36.00
(Freemasonry) Chandler, Joseph R. - Masonic Discourses: Containing an Inagural and Valedictory Address as Grand Master and Addresses on Occasions of Grand Visitations. Philadelphia: Ed. Barrington & Geo. D. Haswell. 5844 [ie:1844]. First edition. 223 pp. 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Ex Masonic Library copy with pocket at rear and various inked numerals and stamps. Foxed throughout, covers detached. A very scarce work by this esteemed Senator and diplomat. $150
Grant, Kenneth - Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God. London: Skoob. 1992. Second edition, with errata leaf. 245 pp. + 200 pp of plates. Upper corner of front cover very lightly bumped. Near fine in d.j. $75.00
Grant, Kennth - Against the Light. A Nightside Narrative. London: Starfire, 1997. First edition. xii, 120 pp. New stock, mint in d.j. Semi-autobiographical fiction of the Typhonian tradition. $31.95
Grant, Kenneth - Images & Oracles of Austin Osman Spare. London: Frederick Muller. (1975). First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Oblong 4to. 96 pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Spare's art. Text printed in red and black. Near fine in very good price-clipped d.j. with one small nick to the front panel and two light creases running along the spine panel. $450.00
Grant, Kenneth - Beyond the Mauve Zone. London: Starfire. 1999. First edition, 1,000 copies printed. 367 pp. + 16 pp. of plates. New stock, mint in d.j. $45.00
Grant, Kennth - Snakewand & The Darker Strain. London: Starfire, 2000. First edition. 1,000 copies printed. Frontis, 168 pp. New stock, mint in d.j. Two novellas of the Typhonian tradition. $40.00
Herner, Russell A. - Stonehenge: An Ancient Masonic Temple. Richmond, VA: Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, 1984. Revised edition. xvi, 144 pp. Illus. Previous owner's bookplate taped to half title. Near fine in d.j with a couple of nicks to the edges and a light scratch to the rear panel. $12.00
Hole, Christina - Witchcraft in England. London: B.T. Batsford. (1947). Book Club edition. 222 pp. Despite the date on the copyright page, this is a much later (1970's?) Book Club edition. Covers lightly soiled. Near fine. $12.00
[Horror Fiction Anthology] Williamsson, J.N., ed - Masques. All New Works of Horror and the Supernatural. Baltimore, MD: Maclay & Assoc. 1984. First edition. 307 pp. Fine in d.j. with tiny tear to froont panel. Contributions by Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Gahan Wilson, et al. $25
[Horror Fiction Anthology] Williamson, J.N., ed. - Masques II. All new Works of Horror and the Supernatural. Baltimore, MD: Maclay & Assoc. 1987. First trade edition. 221 pp. Fine in silver boards lettered in black, without d.j., as issued. Contributions by Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, et al. $25
Indich, William - Consciousness in Advaita Vendata. Columbia, MO: South Asia Books. (1980). First edition, American issue. ix, 144 pp. Near fine in p/c d.j. $10
Jahoda, Gustav - The Psychology of Superstition. NY: Jason Aronson. (1974). First edition. xvii, 158 pp. Very good in d.j. $15
Jennings, Gary - March of the Demons. NY: Association Press. 1977. First edition. 159 pp. Top edge lightly foxed, front cover bumped at top of joint. Very good in d.j. with a very small water stain to bottom of spine panel and one short closed tear to front panel. $25.00
(Lavey, Anton Szandor) Barton, Blanche - The Secret Life of a Satanist. The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey. Los Angeles, CA: Feral House. 1990. First edition. 262 pp. Photo illus. Fine in near fine d.j. with a small nick to the bottom of the front panel. $30.00
Lewisohn, Richard - Science, Prophesy and Prediction. NY: Bell. (1961). Reprint. 318 pp. Illus. Very good in d.j. $9
Mead, G.R.S. - Fragments of a Faith Forgotten.The Gnostics: A Contribution to the Study of the Origins of Christianity. New Hyde Park, NY: University Books (1960). lxvi, 633 pp. Originally published in 1906. This editions includes an introduction titled "A Primer of Gnosticism" by Kenneth Rexroth. Very good in worn, tattered, stained, price-clipped d.j. $25.00
Muldoon, Sylvan and Hereward Carrington - The Phenomena of Astral Projection. London: Rider, 1953. Second printing. vii, 222 pp. Near fine in striking d.j. which is slightly edgeworn and has some light soiling to the rear panel. $20.00
Olcott, Henry Steel - Old Diary Leaves. The History of the Theosophical Society as Written by the President-Founder himself. First Series: America 1874-1878. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House. 1974. xiv, 489 pp. Illus. Small stain to fore edge, top edge foxed. History of the Theosophical Society by one of its founders. Originally published in 1895. $15.00
Paine, Lauren - Sex in Witchcraft. NY: Taplinger, 1972. First edition. 186 pp. Narrow area of dark staining to lower edge of front cover. D.j. is fine except for some very minor edgewear and one tiny chip to the front panel. $20.00
(Paracelsus) Pachter, Henry M. - Magic Into Science: The Story of Paracelsus. NY: Henry Schuman. 1951. First edition. xi, 360 pp. Illus. Book store sticker to front pastedown. D.j. lightly rubbed at spine and with a small chip to the front panel. $12.00
(Rasputin) Vogel-Jorgensen, T. - Rasputin: Prophet, Libertine, Plotter. New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1970. xvi, 143 pp. Book store label to front pastedown, UPC sticker to rear pastedown. Price clipped d.j. moderately rubbed and edgeworn. Originally published ca. 1917. $10.00
Rogers, L.W. - Elementary Theosophy. Los Angeles, CA: Theosophical Book Concern, 1917. First edition. 214 pp. Book store label to front pastedown, previous owner's name scrawled in pencil on verso of r.f.e.p. Corners bumped, covers and top edge soiled. A good copy. $12.00
Rosen, Barbara, ed. - Witchcraft in England, 1558-1618. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. (1991). First paperback edition. 407 pp. Originally published in 1972, this edition has a new preface by the editor. A couple of tiny green stains to spine, short crease to lower corner of front cover. $10.00
Rutledge, Dom Denys - In Search of a Yogi. The Quest of a Christian Monk in the Sacred Places of India. NY: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. First edition. xiv, 321 pp. Preface by Thomas Merton. Book store ink stamp to f.f.e.p, UPC sticker to rear pastedown, upper corners bumped. D.j. somewhat edgeworn and with soiling to the rear panel. $10.00
Sheridan, Daniel P. - The Advaitic Theism of the Bhagavata Purana. Delhi, India: Motilal Banaridass. (1986). First edition. xii, 144 pp. Near fine in d.j. $10
Smith, Clark Ashton - Genius Loci and Other Tales. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. 1948. FIrst edition. 3,000 copies printed. 228 pp. Light offsetting to e.p.'s from d.j. flaps, top edge lightly browned. Very good in lightly darkened d.j. with some minor rodent nibbles at top edge. $150
Smith, Richard Furnald - Prelude to Science. An Exploration of Magic and Divination. NY: Scribner's. (1975). First edition. viii, 129 pp. Illus. Very good in chipped, edgeworn d.j. Topics covered include Astrology, I Ching, Kabbalah, Tarot. $18
Stableford, Brian - The Empire of Fear. NY: Carrol & Graf. (1991). First American edition. 390 pp. Fine in d.j. Literate, imaginative vampire fiction. $20
Stearn, Jess - Yoga, Youth and Reincarnation. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. Later printing. 392 pp. Illus. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and pencil signature to f.f.e.p. Some edgewear to d.j. $10.00
Steinbach, Marten - Medical Palmistry: Health and Character in the Hands. Secaucus, NJ: University Books, 1975. First edition. xii, 192 pp. Illus. Remainder stripe to bottom edge, book store label to front pastedown, UPC sticker on rear pastedown, previous owner's bookplate to f.f.e.p. D.j. price clipped and with two tears to the front panel. $15.00
Steinhour, Harold - Exploring the Unseen World. NY: Citadel. (1959). First edition. 258 pp. Very good in p/c d.j. $10
Turner, Robert - The R'lyeh Text. Hidden Leaves From the Necronomicon. London: Skoob. (1995). Second printing. 175 pp. Fine in original pictorial wraps. $30.00
Wasson, R. Gordon, Carl A. P. Ruck, Albert Hofmann - The Road to Eleusis. Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries. NY: Harvest / HBJ. 1978. First paperback edition. 126 pp. Illus. Spine crresed and with one short closed tear. Several leaves with dog ear cresses to upper corners. Very good. $30.00
Wendell, Leilah - Our Name is Melancholy. The Complete Books of Azrael. New Orleans, LA: Westgate. 1992. Limited signed edition, one of 250 hardcover copies. Silver stamped black cloth, issued without d.j. Top edge lightly foxed, some abrading to bottom edges of covers and a couple of tiny nicks to the cloth at the rear joint. This edition is rather uncommon. $65.00
Wilson, Colin, ed. - Dark Dimensions. A Celebration of the Occult. NY: Everest House. (1977). First American edtion. Published in England under the title "Men of Mystery". D.j. price clipped and somewhat edgeworn with large chips from the upper corners of the spine panel. Includes chapters on Rasputin, Gurdjieff, H.P. Blavatsky, Nikola Tesla, Aleister Crowley, Francis Dashwood, Uri Geller, Franz Anton Mesmer and Nostrodamus. $15.00
Wright, Harry B. - Witness to Witchcraft. NY: Funk & Wagnalls. (1957). First edition. 246 pp. Near fine in d.j. $18
Zolar - The Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge. Los Angeles, Nash. (1970). Book Club edition. 394 pp. Near fine. Topis covered include Kabbalah, The Astral World, The Mysteries of Sex, Astrology, Tarot. $15.00
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