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  • GURNEY, Edmund; MYERS, Frederic; PODMORE, Frank.
    PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING. Two volumes.

    London: Rooms of the Society for Psychical Research/Trubner & Co, 1886. First edition (complete with the corrections added to the later copies of this edition), 8vo., two volumes, 8vo., pp.lxxxiv,573;(ii)further corrections and additions,xxvii,733,(2)adverts, dark blue cloth, gilt; ink ownership inscription, dated [18]’91, to half title of first volume, some superficial paper-cracking to the inner hinges, foxing to prelims and edges, a little musty, rubbing to the extremities, showing light wear to the corners, splash-mark to front board of Volume II, otherwise a very good set. Both volumes bear their original bookseller’s sticker to upper corner of front paste-down endpaper (T. Brear & Co., Bradford). A seminal work detailing early experimentation with thought-transference by telepathic means and hypnotic suggestion, with…

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    London: Rooms of the Society for Psychical Research/Trubner & Co, 1886. First edition (complete with the corrections added to the later copies of this edition), 8vo., two volumes, 8vo., pp.lxxxiv,573;(ii)further corrections and additions,xxvii,733,(2)adverts, dark blue cloth, gilt; ink ownership inscription, dated [18]’91, to half title of first volume, some superficial paper-cracking to the inner hinges, foxing to prelims and edges, a little musty, rubbing to the extremities, showing light wear to the corners, splash-mark to front board of Volume II, otherwise a very good set. Both volumes bear their original bookseller’s sticker to upper corner of front paste-down endpaper (T. Brear & Co., Bradford). A seminal work detailing early experimentation with thought-transference by telepathic means and hypnotic suggestion, with the aim of discerning and documenting a supra-physical quality of mind able to be sustained beyond the barrier of material incarnation. Gurney and Myers were both part of the founding committee of the Society for Psychical Research.

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  • THE QABALAH: Secret Tradition of the West. by PAPUS (Dr Gerard Encausse). Preceded by a letter from Adolphe Franck (of the Institute) and a study by Saint-Yves d’Alveydre, and Containing new texts by, LENAIN, ELIPHAS LEVI, STANISLAS DE GUAITA, DR MARC HAVEN, SEDIR, J. JACOB and a complete translation of the Sepher Yetzirah. Followed by a partial reprinting of a Qabalistic treaty by the Chevalier Drach.
    PAPUS (Dr Gerard Encausse). Preceded by a letter from Adolphe Franck (of the Institute) and a study by Saint-Yves d’Alveydre, and Containing new texts by, LENAIN, ELIPHAS LEVI, STANISLAS DE GUAITA, DR MARC HAVEN, SEDIR, J. JACOB and a complete translation of the Sepher Yetzirah. Followed by a partial reprinting of a Qabalistic treaty by the Chevalier Drach.
    THE QABALAH: Secret Tradition of the West. Studies in Hermetic Tradition Volume IV.

    Wellingborough: Thorsons Publishers Limited, 1977. 8vo,pp. 384, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; toned to margins, toned and lightly foxed to edges of text block, damp stain odour, with boards slightly marked, a good copy, in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and lightly soiled to extremities and sunned to spine, tears along rear upper edge and light wear to corners.

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  • EXPERIENCE OF THE INNER WORLDS. by KNIGHT, Gareth.
    KNIGHT, Gareth.
    EXPERIENCE OF THE INNER WORLDS. A Course in Christian Qabalistic Magic.

    Helios, 1975. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,254, green hardcover, gilt; light marking to endpapers, foxing to top edges, light splash-marks to fore-edges, light sunning to upper edges of boards, a very good+ copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • ITALIAN FOLK TALES. by CALVINO, Italo. Translated by Sylvia Mulcahy, and illustrated by Emanuele Luzzati.
    CALVINO, Italo. Translated by Sylvia Mulcahy, and illustrated by Emanuele Luzzati.
    ITALIAN FOLK TALES.

    London: J.M. Dent, 1975. First edition in English, 8vo., pp.x,139, publisher’s yellow faux-leather binding, with title labels printed in black and lettered in gilt, 16 colour plates; a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to the spine, with light chipping at the headband, and light rubbing to the other extremities, as well as some light surface soiling to the rear of the jacket.

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  • MYTH AND RELIGION OF THE NORTH: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. by TURVILLE-PETRE, E.O.G.
    TURVILLE-PETRE, E.O.G.
    MYTH AND RELIGION OF THE NORTH: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia.

    Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977. 8vo.,pp. ix,340, navy cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; a very good, clean copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • IRISH KINGS AND HIGH-KINGS. by BYRNE, Francis John.
    BYRNE, Francis John.
    IRISH KINGS AND HIGH-KINGS.

    Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001. 8vo.,pp. xlvii,341, paperback, b/w illustrations and maps; light creasing to extremities, two price labels to front and rear, otherwise a very good copy.

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  • CHAPPEL, Allen H.
    SAGA AF VICTOR OK BLAVUS, A FIFTEENTH CENTURY ICELANDIC LYGISAGA. An English Edition and Translation.

    Netherlands: Mouton & Co, 1972. 8vo., pp.,113, grey paperback; offsetting to end-papers, slightly toned, small closed tear and crease to upper corner of half-title, small ink stain to top edge, light shelf-wear to wrappers which are slightly soiled to rear, small crease to upper right corner, overall a very good copy.

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  • THE KING'S MIRROR. by Translated by LARSON, Laurence Marcellus.
    Translated by LARSON, Laurence Marcellus.
    THE KING'S MIRROR. Speculum Regale- Konungs Skuggsja. Scandinavian Monographs Volume III.

    New York & London: The American Scandinavian Foundation and Oxford University Press, 1917. First edition, 8vo., pp.xvi,388, navy cloth, gilt; slight pencilling to endpapers, blind stamp to title reading “presentation copy”, slight ink mark to half title, slightly foxed, light toning to edges and slightly throughout, light bruising to extremities and light rubbing to boards, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • INHERITING POWER. by LEVI, Giovanni. Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane.
    LEVI, Giovanni. Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane.
    INHERITING POWER. The Story of an Exorcist.

    University of Chicago Press, 1988. 8vo., pp.xviii,209, paperback; a very good, fresh copy, with light curling to wrappers.

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  • DID SPACEMEN COLONISE THE EARTH? by COLLYNS, Robin.
    COLLYNS, Robin.
    DID SPACEMEN COLONISE THE EARTH?

    London: Pelham Books, 1974. 8vo., pp.260, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 23 b/w plates; very slight toning to endpapers, very light rubbing to boards, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • SPACESHIPS IN PREHISTORY. by KOLOSIMO, Peter. Translated by Lovett F. Edwards.
    KOLOSIMO, Peter. Translated by Lovett F. Edwards.
    SPACESHIPS IN PREHISTORY.

    Secaucus, N.J: University Books, Inc, 1976. 8vo., pp.379, navy cloth, silver lettered, b/w illustrations; small bruise to upper edge of front board, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and lightly chipped to extremities.

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  • MYSTERY ANIMALS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND. by McEWAN, Graham J.
    McEWAN, Graham J.
    MYSTERY ANIMALS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

    London: Robert Hale, 1986. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 224, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w illustrations; toned and foxed to edges of text block, with light foxing to endpapers and margins, spine slightly rolled, with light toning to extremities, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities, with creased tears to head and foot of spine and to upper corners, light sunning to spine and extremities, overall a very good copy, now in a protective plastic dust-jacket covering.

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  • THE GREEN STONE. by PHILLIPS, Graham; KEATMAN, Martin.
    PHILLIPS, Graham; KEATMAN, Martin.
    THE GREEN STONE.

    Jersey: Neville Spearman, 1983. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xv,224, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; toned to edges of text block and to margins throughout, light toning to edges of boards, otherwise a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities with light wear to corners and creasing to head and foot of spine and extremities, with light soiling and a price label to rear.

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  • CULTS & LEGENDS OF ANCIENT IRAN & CHINA. by COYAJEE, Sir J.C.
    COYAJEE, Sir J.C.
    CULTS & LEGENDS OF ANCIENT IRAN & CHINA.

    Bombay: M. J. Karani, 1936. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 308, green cloth, gilt, b/w plate with tissue guard to frontispiece; small ownership label to rear paste down endpaper with number penned in red ink to upper margin of front and rear paste down endpapers, toned and lightly foxed to edges of text block, endpapers and lightly toned to margins, rubbed to spine and extremities of boards, with slight curling to corners of boards and light thinning of the cloth to head and foot of spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER: A Chinese Book of Life. by Translated and explained by, WILHELM, Richard. With a Foreword and Commentary by, JUNG, C.G. And part of the Chinese meditation text THE BOOK OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIFE. With a Foreword by, WILHELM, Salome.
    Translated and explained by, WILHELM, Richard. With a Foreword and Commentary by, JUNG, C.G. And part of the Chinese meditation text THE BOOK OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIFE. With a Foreword by, WILHELM, Salome.
    THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER: A Chinese Book of Life.

    London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. 8vo.,pp. xvi,149, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; toned and foxed to edges of text block, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to extremities, overall very good.

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  • YEATS'S GOLDEN DAWN. by MILLS HARPER, George.
    MILLS HARPER, George.
    YEATS'S GOLDEN DAWN.

    London: Macmillan Press, 1974. First edition, 8vo., pp.322, black hardcover, gilt; boards lightly dampstained, otherwise very good, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities.

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  • DEE, John. Edited by: HALLIWELL, James Orchard.
    THE PRIVATE DIARY OF DR. JOHN DEE, And the Catalogue of his Library of Manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge.

    London: printed for the Camden Society by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1842. First edition, small 4to., pp.viii,102,35 (Camden Society Members List and notes), uncut, decoratively blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; light toning to margins, wear at headband, with bruising to corners and lower edge of front board, light marking to cloth, a very good copy of this scarce volume.

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  • DEUTSCHE MYTHOLOGIE. Vollstandige Ausgabe. by GRIMM, Jacob.
    GRIMM, Jacob.
    DEUTSCHE MYTHOLOGIE. Vollstandige Ausgabe.

    Wiesbaden: Marix Verlag, 2007. 8vo., pp.1385, green hardcover, gilt; a fresh and near-fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

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  • SQUIRE, Charles. Illustrated by J.H.F. Bacon et al.
    CELTIC MYTH AND LEGEND: Poetry and Romance.

    London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1914. 8vo., pp.xiv,450, highly ornamented decorative green cloth, gilt, t.e.g., colour frontispiece with guard leaf, three further colour plates and 20 monochrome plates; ink ownership autograph, dated 1914, to front free endpaper, foxing to prelims and edges, rubbing and slight wear to extremities, darkening and mottling to fore-margins of boards, with crease and stain to rear board, overall a very good copy indeed of this attractive and richly designed edition.

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  • THE MAGICAL REVIVAL. by GRANT, Kenneth.
    GRANT, Kenneth.
    THE MAGICAL REVIVAL.

    London: Skoob Books, 1991. First edition thus, with corrections, 8vo., pp.244, black hardcover, silver lettering, b/w illustrations; toning to edges of text block and lightly to margins, light foxing to upper edge of text block, otherwise a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.

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