Boulder: The Magic Hedonists, 1983. No edition statement. Quarto (11.25" x 8.75"); 110pp. Photos & illus. throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over blue boards with silver lettering. Jacket rubbed at corners and spine ends with a small chip at top front corner, with some general toning along edges and a few..... More
New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1969. First Thus, with full letter line. Octavo; 338pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket; red cloth boards stamped in black. Mild rubbing and creasing to dust jacket, with blind pen impression of a previous price on front flap. Boards show mild shelfwear; binding..... More
La Haye [The Hague]: Pierre Gosse, Junior, 1759. 12mo (17cm.); full contemporary calf, gilt spine in six compartments with printed paper spine label, all edges stained red; xxi,[1],141,[1]pp.; fourteen leaves of engraved folding plates (lacking final blank, otherwise collated complete). Leather a bit scuffed with small loss at spine crown..... More
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First Edition, stated with publisher's C-Y code (March 1924). Octavo (24.3cm); publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering and border; [xxiv],294pp; photo plates and a few vignette illustrations, all present. Missing dust jacket. Decent bow to front board, with heavy chipping at head..... More
New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, n.d., ca. 1885. Two volumes in one; small octavo (18.5cm); publisher's cream pictorial wrappers; 58,[5]-58pp. (complete despite error in pagination); illus. throughout. Wrapper margins a bit chipped and creased with light fading to upper cover spine edge, textblock uniformly browned as usual, else Very..... More
Berlin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1789. "Dritte und ermehrte Auflage." Two volumes bound in one; octavo; contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red; [26],461,[7]; [20],406,[12]pp. (collated and presumed complete); twelve folding engraved plates at rear of Band I, fourteen folding engraved plates at rear of Band II. Boards rather worn, front..... More
San Juan, Mexico: Tezontle, 1953. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's black pictorial card wrappers; 116,[4]pp.; cover design and five black and white illustrations by novelist and surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. Light wear and creasing to edges of wrappers. Binding sound; all but first gathering unopened; pages unmarked; Very Good. First of..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Inc., 1970. First American Edition. Octavo; 452pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark gray boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket chipped with a few short tears along edges; creasing and rubbing. Boards lightly worn along edges; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good. More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc. / The Aquarian Press, 1981. Reprint. Octavo; 154 + 19pp. of modern alchemical experiments. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt; no dust jacket as issued. Mild spotting and rubbing to boards; binding sound; soiling along top edges, interior unmarked; Very Good and sound. More
Des Plaines, IL: Yogi Publication Society, 1990. Reprint. Tall octavo; 104pp. Black and white illustrations. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt; text being a facsimile reprint of the Kegan, Paul, Trench, Tubner London publication of 1920. Mild rubbing to boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good or better. More