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Pacific Press, Mountain View, CA; Review and Herald Publishing Assoc., Washington, DC: (1970)., 1970 pp. ix, 678. Full page color illustrations. 4to. Original full color pictorial glossy binding. Nice copy. Ellen Gould (Harmon) White (1827-1915) was an American minister and author, whose work was instrumental in founding the Sabbatarian Adventist movement that led to the rise of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As an author, she is one of the most popular of all-time. Her supporters believe that she had the spiritual gift of prophecy (though she nver made such claims for herself). RELIGION BOX 5 + RELIGION BOX 8 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

North Point Press, San Francisco, CA: 1991., 1991 214p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. A fictional recreation of the journals of seven alchemists, starting with Paracelsus, the 16th century alchemist. With beautiful wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. OCC 2 Language: eng. F.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Fowlers and Wells, New York: 1847., 1847 pp. 392, 40. Numerous portrait engravings. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Small loss at top of spine. Text very damp stained and foxed. Early ownership of John B. Bachman. PHREN 1 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press, Cranbury, NJ: 1973., 1973 93p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. A fine copy of a significant book. OCC 4 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

G.P. Putnam's Sons & Knickerbocker Press, New York & London: 1911., 1911 pp. xxiii, 152, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Frontis. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding nicely embossed in gold. Some pencil markings. A wonderful fantasy based on Hindu mythology by a long-time resident of India. First American Edition. SCARCE. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! OCC 9. Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Los Angeles: DeVorss & Co. & The Theosophical Univ. Press, Los Angeles, CA: 1943., 1943 158p. 12mo. Original full cloth binding. Scarce. OCC 1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

G.P. Putnam's Sons & Knickerbocker Press, New York & London: 1912., 1912 pp. xxii, 160, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Frontis. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding embossed in gold. First American Edition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OCC 9. Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, MI: (Ca. 1930)., 1930 ff. (2), 90 leaves mimeographed on one side. Large 4to. Stapled. Wraps. First Edition. A remarkable work of metaphysics, economics, and philosophy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCC14 0.0. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

G.P. Putman's Sons, New York & London: 1914., 1914 pp. xi, 193. With 56 illustrations from original drawings by Carl Bohnen. 8vo. Library binding. XLib. PHREN 2. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Association for Research and Enlightenment, Virginia Beach, Va.: 1962., 1962 A whole collection of mimeographed Cayce materials, contained in a binder. Large 4to. Really quite unusual and scarce. The COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION. is a 2nd printing - issued just a year after the first. OCC 14 0.0. Soft cover. Very Good.

A. Mackel & Co., New York: 1900., 1900 pp. ix, 184. Portrait frontis. Twenty-four full page illustrations. *** PLUS Twenty four original ink drawn manuscript versions of these illustrations. A palmist's working copy with several pages of original manuscript marginal annotation. 4to. Original worn decorative full cloth binding. Spine taped. Very unusual. OCC 10 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Printed for a Society of Gentlemen; Sold by J. Denis, (London): 1787., 1787 pp. (x) 178 + Publisher's broadsheet (1). 12mo. Damp and age stained. Stencil and manuscript ownerships of Robert Gill. Plain modern wraps. Swedish philosopher, scientist and religious writer, Emanuel Sewdenborg (Swedenbourg) [1688-1772] established himself as an inventor and scientist. He started having visions in 1743, and devoted himself thereafter to psychical and spiritual research. interpreting the scriptures as the immediate voice of God. He taught that all scripture contains an inner, spiritual sense which is not at all obvious from the natural sense of the word, or our understanding of the world. Among other things, he taught: that the universe is filled with inhabited planets, which are peopled by perfect human forms just like those on our earth; that their spirits in the spirit world can be seen and contacted, and he proceeds to describe some of their inhabitants ('Worlds in Space'); in 'Heaven and… Read More

G.P. Putnam's Sons & Knickerbocker Press, New York & London: 1908., 1908 pp. 245, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding embossed in gold. Very nice copy. OCC 9. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Madras, India: 1917., 1917 70p. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Slightly soiled. Annie Besant (1847-1933) was an influential English social and political reformer before converting to Theosophy. She quickly became a major force in the movement. She was President of the Theosophical Society from 1907 to her death in 1933. OCC 5 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Warner Books, New York: 1989., 1989 207p. Warner paperback. OCC 2 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Realites de l'Imaginaire', Tchou, Editeur (Paris: 1965)., 1965 549 p. Highly illustrated. French language text. Large 4to. XLib. Original full cloth binding. Extremely useful reference to the occult sciences. OCCULT; REFERENCE; MYSTICISM; PHILOSOPHY; ESOTERIC; NEW AGE; HERMETIC; ARCANE; TRANSCENDENTAL; FRENCH; FORTUNE TELLING OCC 15 Language: eng. F.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Allentown: 1961-1963., 1963 354p. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XXV. A noted semi-monastic (utopian) religious community was founded (c.1732) there by Seventh-Day Baptist Brethren, under the leadership of Johann Conrad Beissel. This austere colony, the Ephrata Cloisters, was famous for its music and mysticism, and established (1745) one of the most important early printing presses in the country. The well-preserved buildings are still maintained as a monument by the state. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE USE THE ABE 'ASK THE BOOKSELLER A QUESTION' FUNCTION TO CONFIRM AVAILABILITY Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

G.G.J. & J.Robinson, London: (Ca. 1793)., 1793 pp. (vi), 275 + Plus seven engraved plates, each with six illustrations of heads. 12mo. Uncut. Original marbled boards binding, paper spine gone. Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), Swiss theologian and mystic is chiefly remembered for this work on physiognomy. Derived from the works of Giambattista della Porta, this is the art of determining character and personality from facial characteristics and shapes. It was a concept that was continued in the phrenological researches of Victorian times. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCC 16 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Fowler & Wells, New York: 1883., 1883 pp. 200, (1) [List of Illustrations], (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original full brown cloth embossed binding. Spine decorated in gold gilt. Printed bookplate for F.B. Ellis, Duncannon, PA. Ellis was a student at Lafayette College, Class of 1891. An important and popular work, which first appeared as 'Essays on the Anatomy of Painting'. It compares the muscles and expressions in man with those of animals. In this post-Darwin edition the connection with physinogomy and phrenology was made manifest (with the aid of the addition of some woodcuts from the various Fowler & Wells phrenological publications). Its influence on art (especially in England) is recognized, but deserves further study. A very nice copy of a fascinating book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCC 12. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., Boston: 1847., 1847 416p. Lithographed frontis. 8vo. Original full brown publisher's cloth binding. Spine decorated in gold. Top and bottom of spine torn. Five leaves torn. Dampstained. Foxed. Early inked ownership. Book plate of Beverley Robinson Potter. verse drama that enjoyed a phenomenal success in the nineteenth century, a retelling of the Faust legend, full of Byronic diction, liberal theology, and Victorian social and political aspirations. OCC 12 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.