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Previous|1|Next Lot #11 The Poems of John Keats [with] Of Truth, Beautye, and Goodnesse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Printing)AuthorKeats, John; Francis BaconHeadlineTwo fine press worksPublisherPrivately Printed; Swan PressDate Published1904 ; 1926 Lot #16 The Discourses and Manual of Epictetus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorEpictetusHeadlineSigned by illustrator Hans ErniPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1966 Lot #23 The Trial and Death of Socrates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPlatoHeadlineSigned by Hans Erni and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #42 The Worship of the Serpent [with] Serpent and Siva Worship and Mythology in Central America, Africa, and Asia and The Origin of Serpent Worship View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorDeane, John Bathurst; Hyde Clark and C. Staniland WakeHeadlineOne inscribed by the author to author G.S. FaberPublisherJ. Hatchard and Son; J.W. BoutonDate Published1830; 1877 Lot #43 Cross and Crucible: Johann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654) Phoenix of the Theologians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorMontgomery, John WarwickHeadlineIllustrated biography of Rosicrucian founderPublisherMartinus NijhoffDate Published1973 Lot #44 Seven works on Alchemy and Hermetics, in French, bound together View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)HeadlineFrench alchemy & hermeticsDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century Lot #45 Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians [with] The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: A Dissertation View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorTaylor, ThomasHeadlineTwo works on the Mysteries by Thomas TaylorPublisherBertram Dobell; J.W. BoutonDate Published1845; 1891 Lot #46 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorValentinus, BasiliusHeadlineEnglish translation of 15th century AlchemistPublisherJames Elliott and Co.Date Published1893 Lot #47 The Magical Writings of Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes), A Verbatim Reprint of his First Four Treatises: Anthroposophia, Theomagica, Anima Magica Abscondita, Magic Adamica, and the true Coelum terræ View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorVaughan, ThomasHeadlineMagical Writings of Thomas Vaughan, trans. by WaitePublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1888 Lot #48 Two Works on Astrology in the Ancient World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Astrology)HeadlineEgyptian & Greek astrology, Ptolemy & KarmaPublisherDavis and Dickson; Philip Allan & Co.Date Published1822, 1924 Lot #49 Index to Volumes IV & V of the "Psychological Commentaries" on the teaching of G.I. Gurdfieff and P.D. Ouspensky View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Gurdjieff, G.I.)AuthorNicoll, MauriceHeadlineScarce index for students of George GurdjieffPublisher[Maurice Nicoll] Lot #50 Sefer Ha-Tamar: Das Buch von der Palme, des Abu Aflah aus Syracus, Ein Text aus der arabischen Geheimwissenschaft. Nach der allein erhaltenen hebraischen Uebersetzung View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorScholem, Gerschom, translatorHeadlineGerman translation of the Sefer Ha-TamarPublisherUniversity of JerusalemDate Published1927 Lot #51 Sepher ha-Zohar (Le livre de la splendeur): Doctrine ésotérique des Israélites View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Kabbalah)HeadlineFirst translation of the complete ZoharPublisherErnest LerouxDate Published1906-1911 Lot #52 The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah [with] The Kabbalah Unveiled View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorWaite, A.E.; S.L. MacGregor MathersHeadlineTwo works on Kabbalah by members of the Golden DawnPublisherThe Theosophical Publishing Society; Kegan, Paul, Trench, and TrubnerDate Published1902; [1926] Lot #53 Echoes from the Gnosis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMead, G.R.S.Headline4 vols. on Gnosticism from G.R.S. MeadPublisherThe Theosophical Publishing SocietyDate Published1907-1908 Lot #54 Collection of lectures in German by Rudolf Steiner - 1907-1922 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Occult - Rudolf Steiner)AuthorSteiner, RudolfHeadlineLectures in German by Rudolf Steiner 1900-1920PublisherPrinted privately by the Anthroposophical SocietyDate Publishedca. 1900-1932 Lot #55 Der übersinnliche Mensch, anthroposophisch erfaßt: Fünf Vorträge gehalten im Haag, vom 13. bis 18. November 1923. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Occult - Rudolf Steiner)AuthorSteiner, RudolfHeadlineAnthroposophy & the individual, 1923 lecturesPublisher[Anthroposophical Society]Date Published1937 Lot #56 Die Mission Einzelner Volksseelen im Zusammenhange mit der Germanisch-Nordischen Mythologie: Vortragsyzklus Gehalten in Christiania (Oslo) vom 7. Bis 17. Juni 1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Occult - Rudolf Steiner)AuthorSteiner, RudolfHeadlineSteiner's 1910 lectures on Folk-souls & mythPublisherRudolf Steiner-NachlassverwaltungDate Published1950 Lot #57 Mein Lebensgang View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Occult - Rudolf Steiner)AuthorSteiner, RudolfHeadlineMein Lebensgang with 2 Goetheanum postcardsPublisher[Anthroposophical Society]Date Published1925 Lot #58 Not under the Rosy Cross: Presenting documentary proof that H. Spencer Lewis, imperator of the A.M.O.R.C., a spurious R.C. order, fabricated and copied secret lessons from published books. Lewis admits that Crowley – Baphomet Anti-Christ – is his Secret Chief and the Black Cult of O.T.O., as source of his authority, shows his connections with Black Magic and inverted triangle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Occult)AuthorClymer, R. SwinburneHeadlineA polemic contra H. Spencer Lewis and A. CrowleyPublisherThe Rosicrucian FoundationDate Published[1935] Lot #59 Friedrich Nietzsche: The Dionysian Spirit of the Age [with] Nietzsche in Outline and Aphorism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Occult)AuthorOrage, A.R.HeadlineFirst two books by A.R. OragePublisherT.N. Foulis; A.C. McClurgDate Published1906; 1910 Lot #60 Two Undiscovered Planets: Four Lectures Delivered in Oct.-Nov. 1900 at the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, Bombay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Occult)AuthorSutcliffe, G.E.HeadlineA scarce Theosophical tractPublisherTatva-Vivechaka PressDate Published1901 Lot #111 Opera / Works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAristotleHeadlineBekker's definitive edition of AristotlePublisherOxford University PressDate Published1831-70 Lot #139 The Carrier Dove, Volume VI. Nos. 1 -52. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSchlesinger, Julia, editor.HeadlineThe Carrier Dove, Volume VI 1889Publisher[Library of Spiritual Experience]Date Published1889 Lot #187 Two Works on Indian art & culture View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Indian Art)AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda K.HeadlineCoomaraswamy on India, 1st editions, 1 signedPublisherVariousDate Published1917-1918 Lot #208 Meng Tseu vel Mencium inter Sinenses philosophos, ingenio, doctrina, nominisque claritate Confucio proximum, edidit, Latina interpretatione, ad interpretationem Tartaricam utramque recensita, instruixit, et perpetuo commentario, e Sinicis deprompto, illustravit Stanislaus Julien View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMenciusHeadlineThe works of Meng Ke, 1st Latin editionPublisher[Societatis Asiaticae et Comitis de Lasteyrie-impensis]Date Published[1824] Lot #221 The Greater Hippias: A Dialogue of Plato Concerning The Beautifull View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineSydenham's Plato, Greater HippiasPublisherH. WoodfallDate Published1759 Lot #222 The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineThe Platonic Dialogues in 3 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1860 Lot #243 Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Taoism)AuthorGiles, Herbert A., translatorHeadlineFirst printing of Chuang Tzu in EnglishPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1889 Lot #244 The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Taylor, Thomas, translator)AuthorAristotleHeadlineThomas Taylor's Aristotle first edition 1/50PublisherPrinted for the translator by Robert WilksDate Published1811 Lot #249 Select Works of Porphyry; containing his four books on abstinence from animal food; his treatise on the Homeric cave of the nymphs; and his auxiliaries to the perception of intelligible nature View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Vegetarianism)AuthorPorphyryHeadlineFirst work on VegetarianismPublisherPrinted for Thomas RoddDate Published1823 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next