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Cleveland and New York: "A Tower Mystery" The World Publishing Company (By arrangement with Arkham House), 1945. "First Printing, April 1945" - Full Cloth (see scan), shows extremity wear, head bump. Sewn binding tight. Publisher Top Edge Purple Stain, bump to bottom edge, a few chips with leaves toned and as per usual due to paper stock utilized in this First Printing. General wear, toning as above, still better than Good. . Tower Books Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 8" tall.

New York: Fall River Press/An Imprint of Sterling Publisjing, 2012. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan).. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo size - 9¼" tall.

Los Angeles, CA: The Philosophical Research Society, Inc., 1957 / circa 1976. New/Unread PRS old stock, light offset rubbing to wraps (see scan). Fourth Edition, Revised Sixth Printing. Soft Cover/Saddle-stitched. New. 8vo size - over 8¾" tall.

Lanham, Maryland / Oxford, UK: A Jason Aronson Book / Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1995. NEW in Publisher Shrinkwrap (see scan).. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - 9¼" tall.

Brisbane/Chiang Mai: Modern Magistery an Imprint of Salamander and Sons, 2008. NEW. From the Publisher : Alchemical Essays succinctly encapsulates the wisdom of the Hermetic Adepts, exploring the interface between alchemy, science, spagyrics, and archemy. In his first publication on the Great Work, Australian doctor, scientist, antiquarian, and operative alchemist, Ross Mack, translates and equates that contained within classical alchemical literature with the latest findings of the physical, chemical and cosmological branches of science. From DNA, dark energy, dark matter, and superconductors to Philosophical Mercury, Basil Valentine's Currus Triumphalis Antimonii, bhasma medicines, and the Smaragdine Table of Hermes Trismegistus, Dr. Mack generously shares the fruits of a lifetime devoted to enquiry and the pursuit of the good path. As Paul Hardacre says in his preface, Dr. Mack "... purports that science is edging closer to understanding Nature, and that the essential, yet missing, components of… Read More

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1975. Appears Unread. Light age, light edge wear keeping this copy from Fine. Game Board FINE, Never Opened and Still Attached. Dust Jacket light age, light extremity wear rubbing (see scan). A Very Good+ Copy Indeed.. First Edition. Hard Cover/Cloth/Sewn. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - 9¾" tall.

York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1998. NEW. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Copious Line Drawings. 8vo - 8¼" tall.

Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2002. NEW in DJ.. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Copious Illustrations Many in Color. 4to size - 9¾" tall.

Brisbane/Chiang Mai: Unearthed Arcana an Imprint of Salamander and Sons, 2014. NEW. From the Publisher : "This edition is limited to 300 copies numbered by hand". From the Publisher : Hyleal, Pri-material, Catholic, or Universal Natural Chaos consists of excerpts from the companion volume to Henricus Khunraths alchemical classic, Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae (or, Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom). Englished for the first time by Russell Yoder, Hyleal, Pri-material, Catholic, or Universal Natural Chaos is initially concerned with Magnesia (the Magnet of the Lord and universal raw Stone of the Wise that is to be found in Nature), the Green Lion of Nature (the fiery spark or ray of the Worlds Soul, or Light of Nature that is the naturally, conceivably catholic All) and Our Chaos or Hyle (the Worlds First Water [the] Fountain [from which] all material things have their first origin which is the Fundament or Foundation, the Basis of the World that God Himself put in place [which] the edifice of the… Read More

Great Britain: John Rodker, 1929. A Remarkable Unopened / Unread, Full Parchment Vellum First Issue, in the Rare First issue Dust Jacket. "Edition Limited To 1275 [Hand-numbered] Copies". Rare Dust Jacket with First Issue Points: price to spine. "25/-", but lacking "Edited with Notes by Montague Summers", and also lacking extra blurb below text on bottom front panel: "One Of The Rarest Of All Witchcraft Manuals". Some age, extremity wear, light chip to spine head (see image). Full Parchment Vellum shows some age (see image), but still quite exceptional, and as above, Completely Unopened (hence Unread). Light age to pastedowns, otherwise internally Fine. Rubricated Title page and copious Rubricated marginal notes. Title in Full : An Examen Of Witches DRAWN from various trials of many of this sect in the district of Saint Oyan De Joux commonly known as Saint Claude in the county of Burgundy including the procedure necessary to a judge in trials for witchcraft. This publication formed Volume II in 'The… Read More

Chiswick London W4: Askin Publishers Ltd, 1978. A Remarkable, Unquestionably Unread Copy (see scan) - Hand-numbered "Limited Edition of 500 copies handbound in leather". Light extremity wear, touch of age, with original price sticker to fly, still, a FINE copy Indeed, and quite Rare in condition thus.. First Facsimile Edition.Hard Cover/Leather/Cloth Boards. Fine. 8vo - over 8½" tall.

London: Henry Danielson, 1923. A FINE, Exemplary Copy. "This Edition, printed on English hand-made paper, is limited to 150 copies for both England and America, numbered and signed by Arthur Machen". This is copy 6., with All pages remaining Completely Unopened, hence, Unread. Square, without the usual bowing to the Thick, Vellum spine, sewn binding Extremely tight, and as above Unread. Just a touch of wear to paper boards, touch of age to spine (see scan), Gold Gilt stamping remains Very Bright. Internally Fine, with Dark Blue Silk Page Marker present as called for, and also in Fine condition without loss. A Remarkably well preserved Copy Indeed.. First Edition/Signed/HandNumbered. Hard Cover, Vellum Spine, Sewn. Fine. Illus. by Tissue Guarded Frontispiece Portrait, with Additional Facsimile Signature. 4to - over 10" tall.

Albany: Balance Press, 1810. Fine Facsimile Leather Spine/Original Hand Marbled Boards enclosed in New Period Style Quarter Sheep/Hand-marbled Clamshell, both executed by Old English Bindery Co., North Vancouver, BC. Some extremity rubbing/wear to boards. Square, sewn binding Extremely tight. Quilled dedicatee, placed and dated "a present of the author" to fly, with 19th century owner top title page. Internally Fine with some light pencil ticks, errata correction without indent, and easily erasable if so desired. A quite lovely restored, newly "clamshelled" copy. First Edition. Leather/Marbled Boards/Sewn. Very Good+/New Clamshell Box. 16mo - over 6¾" tall.

London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2005. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984/1986. NEW old stock (see scan). First American Edition. Soft Cover. New. 8vo size - 8¼" tall.

Hammersmith, London: Aquarian/Thorsons, 1987. NEW old stock (see scan). First Edition. Soft Cover. New. 8vo size - 8½" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983/1986. First Printing - NEW old stock (see scan). First U.S. Edition/First Printing. Soft Cover. New. 8vo size - over 8" tall.

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: The Aquarian Press/Thorsons Publishing Group, 1985. Unread First Printing. Keeping this copy from Fine is rubbing, creasing to front wrap (see scan). First Edition/First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Martin Jones. 8vo size - over 8¼" tall.

London: Bookplan by Paul Hamlyn Ltd., Westbrook House, 1964. True First Printing of the 1964 Bookplan Edition. Book is square, corners sharp. Pages show toning as per usual with all Bookplan Editions, but the printing is of much higher quality than the more common Book Club Editions, with images sharper, and much more clear. Previous owner to ffep., otherwise Unmarked. DJ is present with some extremity wear, corner chips, price clipped, now under mylar and shows quite well (see scan).. First Thus/First Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Illus. by Copious Illustrations, Photographs, Line Drawings, Facsimile Titles Pages, etc. . 4to size - 10" tall.

The Works: London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. MDCCXCVIII (1798), WITH Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second: London, John Murray, Albemarle-Street. MDCCCXXII (1822). Over 4000 pages and 177 full-page engravings. Seven volumes uniformly bound in Contemporary Calf over marbled boards. Gold Gilt on black leather title labels. Additional spine gilt stamping, with decorative blindstamp. Some rubbing to bindings, wear heavier towards extremities (see image). Hand Marbled endpapers, hinges unobtrusively reinforced with moire brown cloth. Internally clean, Unmarked. Off-setting from plates with sporadic foxing, particularly to plates and adjoining leaves as per usual. Full Collation of the papers used, contents and plates on request. A Very Good Antiquarian Set Indeed. First Edition. Half-Leather, Marbled Boards. Very Good. Illus. by 177 Full-page Engravings, Fold-outs, etc. 4to - over 11½" tall. Extremely Heavy, Oversized Safely,… Read More