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05/29/08 332 4 vols. Occult Subjects - Anna Kingsford: Kingsford, Anna. “Clothed With The Sun”:... The Book of The Illumination of... Birmingham: Ruskin Press, 1906. 2nd ed. 8vo, orig. pictorial red cloth; scuffed, corners bumped, spine ends frayed, slightly tender, hinges tender. * Maitland, Edward. Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work. London: J.M. Watkins, 1913. 2 vols. 3rd ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; light wear. Frontis. portraits. * Kingsford, Anna; Maitland, Edward. The Perfect Way. London: J.M. Watkins, 1923. 5th ed., with additions. 8vo, orig. blindpictorial blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light wear. Frontis. Adverts. $100-150 333 4 vols. Theosophy: Wyld, George. Theosophy or Spiritual Dynamics and The Divine and Miraculous Man. London: J. Elliot, 1894. 2nd ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered black cloth; light to moderate wear. Frontis. (detached). * Muller, F. Max. Theosophy or Psychological Religion: The Grifford Lectures. London: Longmans, Green, 1893. 1st ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine; slightly scuffed, light edge wear, spine fading. Minor spotting to edges. * de Purucker, G. Theosophy and Modern Science. Point Loma, Cali., (1930). 1st ed. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. stiff wrappers; light wear. $100-150 334 2 vols. Blavatsky, H.P. Isis Unveiled. New York: J.W. Bouton; London: B. Quaritch, 1877. Second edition. Lg. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gilt-lettered & pictorial spines; some edge wear, spine ends frayed & chipped, joints occasionally scuffed, slightly dusty, hinges slightly tender. $120-180 335 6 vols. Occult Subjects - William Howitt: Howitt, William. The History of The Supernatural. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, Green, 1863. 1st ed. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered & decorated spines, edges untrimmed; light edge wear, top edges slightly dusty. Adverts. Internally generally clean. * The 1st Am. ed. of the preceding, Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1863, 2 vols., 8vo, orig. brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines; light wear, slightly dusty. * Ennemoser, Joseph. The History of Magic. London: H.G. Bohn, 1854. 1st English-language ed. Translated by William Howitt. 2 vols. Sm. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gilt-lettered spines; light to moderate wear, spine ends chipped, hinges tender. Adverts. $120-180
336 4 vols. Occult Subjects - Paracelsus: Hartmann, Franz. The Life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim... Paracelsus and The Substance of His Teaching. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1896. 2nd ed., revised & enlarged. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, spine gilt; moderately scuffed. Private library label on spine. * The 1918 New York Theosophical Pub. ed. of the preceding, 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt; light wear. Frontis. $80-120 337 4 vols. Occult Subjects - Alchemy: Garstin, E.J. Langford. The Secret Fire: An Alchemical Study. London: Search Pub., 1932. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. black cloth, gilt; light wear, d/j (spine chipped off - but most preserved). Frontis. * Trismosin, Solomon. Splendor Solis: Alchemical Treatises of... London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, n.d. [ca. 1920]. 4to, orig. maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine, edges untrimmed; light wear, slightly sunned. With 20 plates. * Another copy of the preceding, orig. cloth; light wear, lacking 5 plates, minor foxing to front matter. * The New Pearl of Great Price. London: V. Stuart, (1963). 1/500. 8vo, orig. black cloth, gilt, d/j. Light wear. $80-120 338 4 vols. Occult Subjects - Magic - 19th-Century Imprints: Salverte, Eusebe. The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles. London: Richard Bently, 1846. 1st English-language ed., translated & edited by Anthony Todd Thomson. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. green cloth, giltlettered spines, edges untrimmed; some edge wear, occasionally scuffed, spine ends & joints often frayed, vol. 1 faded to brown, spine starting to separate. Contemp. bookplate of Augustus Fleming. * Adams, W.H. Davenport. Dwellers on The Threshold, or Magic and Magicians. London: J. Maxwell, 1865. 2 vols. in 1. Sm. thick 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light edge wear. Title page browned. Ex-library copy - ink stamp on title page. * Morley, Henry. The Life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa... Commonly Known as a Magician. London: Chapman and Hall, 1856. 1st ed. 2 vols. in 1. Sm. thick 8vo, modern blue buckram. $200-300 339 1 vol. Lenormant, Francois. Chaldean Magic: Its Origin and Development. London: Samuel Bagster, n.d. [1877]. First English-language edition. 8vo, orig. pictorial green cloth, gilt-lettered & decorated spine; corners bumped, other light wear, front hinge very slightly stressed. Ex-library copy - ink stamp on title & dedication pages. Minor internal spotting. NUC NL0256820 $80-120