Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Original pale blue pictorial cloth, 7.5 x 5 inches; 49 pp., illustrated. Contains 6 tales of nature and fairy spirits: A Rainy Day; Poppy; Under the Ocean; The Cloud Fairies; The Gnome; The Salamander. Though the stories are presented as fiction... More
Los Angeles: Mazdaznan Press, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. LV, 1 fl, 48 pp., tipped in photo frontispiece; 12mo, original blue cloth with gilt title. A study of Omar Khayyam and his iconic poem by the founder and leader of the Mazdaznan religious cult. More
Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, Inc., (1943). Paperback. 12 mo, original orange wrappers, (47) pp., illustrated. Signed by the author on first (dedication) page: "Kindest Regards, Manly Hall." More
Edinburgh: Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1714. First edition. Hardcover. Original full calf; quarto; [8], 32, 232, 104, [2], 105-163 (but 164), 31 pp. (penultimate section with page 152 misnumbered 151 with error continued). Boards somewhat warped, joints cracked but cords holding, covers scuffed, contemporary ink... More
Santa Rosa: Published by the Author / Fountaingrove, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 314 pp. + leaf of adverstisements for other works by the author, frontispiece (mounted albumen photograph portrait of the author with facsimile autograph in blue ink); octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt title, top edge gilt. This... More
Santa Rosa: Privately Printed, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 136 pp.; octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles. Thomas Lake Harris (1823-1906) born in England, his family emigrated to the US when Harris was 5 years old. At the age of 20 he became a Universalist minister for a year before... More
Santa Rosa: Privately Printed, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 79 pp.; octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles, floral patterned endpapers. With pencil inscriptions on front blank leaf thus: "Presented to Orange Blossom by T. L H. [i.e., Thomas Lake Harris] May 31st, 1886" and below: "Mrs. Mary Buckner's Book" and... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, no date (circa 1925). Early reprint. Hardcover. xii, 372 pp.; small octavo, original brown cloth. Originally published in 1891, this Stokes edition is bound from the sheets of the 1925 Methuen (London) edition. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., (1945). Early reprint. Hardcover. xvi, 504 pp., with illustrations from photographs, line drawings by Theresa Garrett Eliot; octavo, original cream cloth with title stamped in green. Dustjacket. "The tracing of the evolution of the gods of men in a search for the innermost motive of society." More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth and patterned boards; octavo, xi, 286 pp.,color frontispiece from photograph, page decorations by Mac Harshberger. The life of Buddha told as a story narrative. More
London: W. H. Guest, no date (circa 1875). Early reprint. Hardcover. x, 296 pp.; octavo, original blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, all edges gilt. Edward Hine (1825-1891) believed the the Anglo-Saxon people were literally the true descendants of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel and that this bestowed... More
London: Theosophical Publishing House, (1930). Second printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo, original tan cloth, 126 pp. Fine in very good pictorial dustjacket with slight chipping to corners and spine ends. With a Preface by Bishop Leadbeater and an Introduction by E. L. Gardner. Clairvoyant studies of the nature spirits. This was... More
London: Theosophical Publishing House, (1927). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo, original tan cloth; 112 pp. Very fine in very good pictorial dustjacket with slight chipping to corners and spine ends. Further clairvoyant studies of the kingdom of Faery using the methods of training taught by Theosophy. More
New York: (1935). First edition. Hardcover. xiv, [1], 176 pp., original blue cloth, dustjacket. A study guide to the tenets of Ernest Holmes' New Thought movement "Religious Science." More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pale green cloth with cover titles stamped in yellow, pictorial paper inset on front cover; (xvi), 215 pp., illustrated with 12 full-page plates. Minor cover wear, else fine. A selection of myths and legends from the original inhabitants... More
New York: Redfield, 1854. Early reprint. Hardcover. 212 pp. + 22-page catalog at rear, frontispiece, many engraved illustrations in the text; small octavo, original purple cloth. A well-written dissertation on Rome's catecombs and their significance in the early Christian church. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth,octavo, xxiii, 555 pp. Catalogue at rear. Previous owner name to front free endpaper. From the publisher's "History of Civilization" series. More
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman CO., 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, original maroon cloth; xvii, 630 pp., map endpapers. Driven by the belief that Aramaic was the language of Jesus, native Aramaic speaker and member of the Assyrian Church of the East, biblical scholar George M. Lamsa (1892-1975) translated the... More
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman CO., 1945 (1969). Sixth printing. Hardcover. Small octavo, original green cloth; xvii, 630 pp. Driven by the belief that Aramaic was the language of Jesus, native Aramaic speaker and member of the Assyrian Church of the East, biblical scholar George M. Lamsa (1892-1975) translated the Aramaic... More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1964). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles; xv, 976 pp., endpaper maps. Fine in lightly worn jacket with slight fading to jacket spine. Driven by the belief that Aramaic was the language of Jesus, native Aramaic speaker and member of the Assyrian... More
New York: Truth Seeker Co., nd [1915]. Early reprint. Hardcover. 103, [5] pp., frontispiece illustration; octavo, original yellow cloth. An atheist's analysis of the Christian beliefs. Scarce. More
London: L. N. Fowler (and) Modern Astrology, 1909. Second edition. Hardcover. viii, 305 pp. + 4-page catalog at rear; small octavo, original pale green cloth. Originally published in 1904. More
San Jose: Rosicrucian Press, (1930). First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, original black cloth with gilt titles; 339 pp. Gilt on spine somewhat dull, else fine. "A complete outline of the doctrines of reincarnation." Stated "First Edition, November 1930" on copyright page. More
Chicago: Theosophical Press, (1925). First edition. Paperback. Green wrappers, 7.5 x 5.25 inches; 50 pp.. Slight fading to wrappers, else fine. This title one of several in the "Theosophical Science Series" by W. Scott Lewis. More
Paris: Chez Truettel et Wurtz, 1818. Second edition. 4 volumes (complete), octavo, original speckled paper over boards with old manuscript spine labels, l, 493; vi, 553; vi, 497; vi, 500 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in first volume. All half-titles present. Boards scuffed and worn, joints splitting, cracking... More