PAPUS” [IE GERARD ENCAUSSE]: ABSOLUTE KEY TO OCCULT SCIENCE – THE TAROT OF THE BOHEMIANS, THE MOST ANCIENT BOOK IN THE WORLD FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF INITIATES, translated A P Morton, London, Chapman & Hall, 1892, 1st edition, frontispiece + 8 full page plates (of which 2 folding) + numerous full page illustrations and illustrations and diagrams in text as called for, xiv, 355pp, original black cloth with gilt “Absolute Key to Occult Science” design to top board, gilt lettering to spine, contemporary ownership signature to title page + HENRY STEELE OLCOTT: THEOSOPHY, RELIGION AND OCCULT SCIENCE, London, George Redway, 1885, 1st edition, 384pp + 15pp publisher’s adverts at end dated January 1885, original cloth gilt worn, contemporary ownership signature to title page, inner joints weak, small number of pages slightly loose + ADOLPHE D’ASSIER: POSTHUMOUS HUMANITY: A STUDY OF PHANTOMS, translated Henry Steele Olcott, London, George Redway, 1887, 1st UK edition, xxiv, 360pp, original blue cloth lettered in gilt, “Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co” publishers name in gilt at foot of spine, contemporary ownership signature to title page, no adverts at end + W H WILLIAMS: VIBRATION, THE LAW OF LIFE – A SYSTEM OF VITAL GYMNASTICS WITH PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN HARMONIC BREATHING AND MOVEMENT, New York, 1899, 2nd edition, portrait frontispiece, 176pp, original two-tone cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + HELEN WILMANS: 3 titles: CONQUEST OF DEATH, Seabreeze, Florida: International Scientific Association Publishers, 1900, 2 portrait frontispieces depicting the author and Charles Cyril Post + 33 (of 34) plates (lacks plate page 331), 407pp + [4]pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth silvered (worn), inner joints weak, some gathering slightly loose: A BLOSSOM OF THE CENTURY, Seabreeze, Florida, Freedom Publishing Co, 1898, 164 [1]pp, original decorative cloth silvered (cloth faded), contemporary ownership signature to front free end paper: MEN AND GODS, A LITTLE MORE BRAINS, O WORLD!, Seabreeze, Florida: Wilmans Publishing House, April 1906 volume 1, number 1, 48pp, original printed wraps worn + JOHN DENHAM PARSONS: OUR SUN-GOD OR CHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRIST, by the author, 1895, 1st edition, 214pp, original cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + ANON: THE TWICE-BORN, BY A LATE ASSOCIATE OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, London, Philip Wellby, 1906, 1st edition, 173pp + [2]pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + ANON: THOUGHTS OF A FREE-THINKER, London, A&C Black, 1900, 1st edition, 95pp, original cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + HOPE CRANFORD: IDA LLYMOND AND HER HOUR OF VISION, London, William Ryder & Son, 1909, original decorative cloth gilt, “Library of Occult Records” in gilt to top of spine, contemporary ownership signature to title page + 3 others similar (14)
PAPUS” [IE GERARD ENCAUSSE]: ABSOLUTE KEY TO OCCULT SCIENCE – THE TAROT OF THE BOHEMIANS, THE MOST ANCIENT BOOK IN THE WORLD FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF INITIATES, translated A P Morton, London, Chapman & Hall, 1892, 1st edition, frontispiece + 8 full page plates (of which 2 folding) + numerous full page illustrations and illustrations and diagrams in text as called for, xiv, 355pp, original black cloth with gilt “Absolute Key to Occult Science” design to top board, gilt lettering to spine, contemporary ownership signature to title page + HENRY STEELE OLCOTT: THEOSOPHY, RELIGION AND OCCULT SCIENCE, London, George Redway, 1885, 1st edition, 384pp + 15pp publisher’s adverts at end dated January 1885, original cloth gilt worn, contemporary ownership signature to title page, inner joints weak, small number of pages slightly loose + ADOLPHE D’ASSIER: POSTHUMOUS HUMANITY: A STUDY OF PHANTOMS, translated Henry Steele Olcott, London, George Redway, 1887, 1st UK edition, xxiv, 360pp, original blue cloth lettered in gilt, “Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co” publishers name in gilt at foot of spine, contemporary ownership signature to title page, no adverts at end + W H WILLIAMS: VIBRATION, THE LAW OF LIFE – A SYSTEM OF VITAL GYMNASTICS WITH PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN HARMONIC BREATHING AND MOVEMENT, New York, 1899, 2nd edition, portrait frontispiece, 176pp, original two-tone cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + HELEN WILMANS: 3 titles: CONQUEST OF DEATH, Seabreeze, Florida: International Scientific Association Publishers, 1900, 2 portrait frontispieces depicting the author and Charles Cyril Post + 33 (of 34) plates (lacks plate page 331), 407pp + [4]pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth silvered (worn), inner joints weak, some gathering slightly loose: A BLOSSOM OF THE CENTURY, Seabreeze, Florida, Freedom Publishing Co, 1898, 164 [1]pp, original decorative cloth silvered (cloth faded), contemporary ownership signature to front free end paper: MEN AND GODS, A LITTLE MORE BRAINS, O WORLD!, Seabreeze, Florida: Wilmans Publishing House, April 1906 volume 1, number 1, 48pp, original printed wraps worn + JOHN DENHAM PARSONS: OUR SUN-GOD OR CHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRIST, by the author, 1895, 1st edition, 214pp, original cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + ANON: THE TWICE-BORN, BY A LATE ASSOCIATE OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, London, Philip Wellby, 1906, 1st edition, 173pp + [2]pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + ANON: THOUGHTS OF A FREE-THINKER, London, A&C Black, 1900, 1st edition, 95pp, original cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + HOPE CRANFORD: IDA LLYMOND AND HER HOUR OF VISION, London, William Ryder & Son, 1909, original decorative cloth gilt, “Library of Occult Records” in gilt to top of spine, contemporary ownership signature to title page + 3 others similar (14)
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