Religion, Myth, Occult
THE GOD-IDEA OF THE ANCIENTS, or Sex in Religion
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. First edition. Original green cloth, octavo (6.25 x 9.25 inches), pp vii, 339. 2-page advertisement for "The Evolution of Woman" by Mrs. Gamble at rear. Light wear to covers, contemporary owner name to front fixed endpaper, front inner hinge starting. A very literate and compelling... More
Hiera Dakrya (in Greek), Ecclesiae Anglicanae Suspiria. THE TEARS, SIGHS, COMPLAINTS, AND PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
London: Printed by J. G. for R. Royston at the Angel in Ivie-lane, 1659. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio (11 x 7 inches), [12], 23, [22], 24-711 pp., (pagination includes the engraved allegorical title-page); vignette engraving on text title-page, folding engraved emblem plate titled "Tree of the Church." Contemporary full... More
THE MASTER'S SECRET OF POWER: Being Modern Studies in the Secret Principles Underlying the Gospel Miracles of Healing, in the Light of Advanced Scientific and Psychological Thought, Supplemented with Exercises and Affirmations for Practical Application.
[np: np, 1931]. Limited first edition. Hardcover. viii, [4], 76 pp.; octavo, original blue cloth with gilt title. More
THE BOOK OF REAL FAIRIES. (Lotus Leaves for the Young No. III.)
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
OMAR KHAYYAM IN HIS RUBAIYAT: With a true History, Life and Biography of the Persian Poet, Astronomer and Statesman.
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
LADY OF DREAMS: A Fable in the Manner of the Chinese.
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
NATURAL RELIGION INSUFFICIENT; AND REVEAL'D NECESSARY TO MAN'S HAPPINESS IN HIS PRESENT STATE; And particularly the Writings of the learn'd Lord Herbert, the great Patron of Deism, to wit, His Books de Veritate, de Religione Gentilium, and his Religio Laici, in so far as they assert Nature's Light able to conduct us to future Blessedness, are consider'd and fully answer'd. To which Treatise are annex'd several Essays upon other SubjectsOr, a Rational Enquiry into the Principles of the modern Deists. Wherein is largely discovered their utter Insufficiency to answer the great Ends of Religion, and the Weakness of their pleadings for the Sufficiency of Nature's Light to eternal Happiness
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
GOD'S BREATH IN MAN and in Humane Society.
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
IN DAWNRISE: A Song of Songs. Dedicated in Faith Love and Adoration to Our Lady Christa-Yessa One with Christ-Jesus our Life and Lord.
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
THE JOY BRINGER: Fifty Three Melodies of the One-in-Twain. February - March, MDCCCLXXXVI.
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
THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES: An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology.
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
THE WISDOM TREE.
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
THE LIFE OF BUDDHA: According to the Legends of Ancient India.
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
FORTY-SEVEN IDENTIFICATIONS OF THE BRITISH NATION WITH THE LOST TEN TRIBES OF ISRAEL, Founded Upon Five Hundred Scripture Proofs. Dedicated to the (So-called) British People by their Kinsman, Edward Hine.
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
FAIRIES AT WORK AND AND PLAY: Observed by Geoffrey Hodson.
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
THE KINGDOM OF FAERIE.
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
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE SCIENCE OF MIND.
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
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE GREAT LAKES.
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
THE CATACOMBS OF ROME: As Illustrating the Church of the First Three Centuries.
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
THE IMMORTAL MANHOOD: The Laws and Processes of its Attainment in the Flesh
Chicago: The Guiding Star Publishing House, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 182 pp., octavo, original red suede and cloth over boards. Cyrus Reed Teed, known as "Koresh" (the Hebrew for Cyrus) was the leader of a Utopian movement of hollow-earth believers called "Koreshians." The group formed a communal settlement at Estero... More
HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF CHRISTIANITY: From Tertullian to Boethius
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
NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY.
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
SELECTED MYSTICAL WRITINGS OF WILLIAM LAW. Edited with notes and twenty-four studies in the mystical theology of William Law and Jacob Boehme and an enquiry into the influence of Jacob Boehme on Isaac Newton.
London: Rockliff, 1948. Revised second edition. Hardcover. xxiii, [2], 425 pp., octavo, original blue cloth, dustjacket. This revised second edition adds the foreword by Aldous Huxley as well as the "enquiry into the influence of Jacob Hoehme on Isaac Newton. Stephen Hobhouse's preface to this edition credits Aldous Huxley's inclusion... More
THE CHRISTIAN MYTHOLOGY.
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