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Pasadena: The Theosophical Society, 1964. In wraps; A VERY GOOD+ copy. 32 pages. 8vo.

NY/London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1998. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Replete with comparative tables and illustrations. 428 pages with index. Royal 8vo.

Sequim: Holmes Publishing Group, 2009. Limited Edition of 44 copies, twenty-five of which are hand numbered, and intialed on the verso.. A FINE COPY, hand bound monograph in custom papers with a Patapar overlay. Composed of the following selections: "The Pythagorean Brotherhood"; "Hymn to Ishtar as the Planet Venus and to Idn-Dagan as Tammuz"; and "The Babylonian Caduceus". Octavo.

Aurora, OR; Morris, NY: Charlottesville, VA: David Kherdian, 1983-1991. A FINE SET, with only purchases [by JDH] circled. Of the first 29 issued, only Catalogue Three is missing. Each catalogue averages 32 pages with approximately 300 listings. Much on Gurdjieff, including many titles related to the Fourth Way, but not recognized as such. A wide range of unusual titles in theology, literature, philosophy, mythology, and historical occultism, all well catalogued, and representative of the metaphysical interests of the time. Each catalogue has an illustrated cover, well chosen by David, Octavo.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. 1968, Revised Edition. A FINE CLOTH COPY. [xlii] ,2516 pages. Square octavo.

Sequim: Holmes Publishing Group LLC, 2010. A FINE SET. Hand-bound monographs in custom papers, parchment overlays, and enclosed in a protective slip case. Illustrations. Octavo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1994. Hand bound monograph with parchment overlay; A FINE COPY. Well done analysis which captures the initiatory drama of the Quest of the Grail. Includes numerous references to the works of Frater Perdurabo (Aleister Crowley). Crowley-Thelema series VII. Edited by Adrian Axworthy. Octavo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1988. Hand bound monograph with parchment overlay; A FINE COPY. A work designed by the famed book artisan, Will Ransom. The quotations attributed to the Star-Goddess in this volume are from Liber Al vel Legis. Crowley-Thelema Series XI. Adrian Axworthy (ed.) Octavo.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First American Edition. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. 399 pages. Tall octavo.

New York: The Free Press, 1965. Ex-libris; no internal marking; firm, clean binding; Very Good reference volume. [xv], 364 pages. Tall 8vo.

Buccaneer Books, 1985. In wraps as issued; small nick front panel; else, VERY GOOD+, unmarked. Octavo.

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1961. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume without marking or defect. Excellent reference work on the Irish poet and mystic, George Russell a/k/a AE, the friend of Yeats, and many other members of the Golden Dawn. Foreword by Padraic Colum. Compiled by Alan Denson. Twelve illustrations. 255 pages. Octavo.

Novato: Prophecy Pressworks, 1973. FIRST EDITION. Small custom monograph printed on colored paper with illustrations. A FINE COPY. Aflaki was a disciple of the grandson of Rumi and this small work is excerpted from a 14th century work. Considered by some to be the work of Rodney Collin. 12mo.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. FIRST EDITION. A FINE cloth copy in dust jacket. The Ahmadiyya movement was formed in 1889, and sought a return to the putrity of Islam. [xvi], 328 pages. Octavo.

Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1982. Quality trade paper edition; FINE. 191 pages. Octavo.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1949. FIRST EDITION. Very good, tight cloth volume in chipped dust jacket. 291 pages, indexed. Introduction by Dr. Walter Muelder. One of the first comprehensive writings on the life of Christ from a Hindu perspective. Small octavo.

Alif Publishing, 1967. In wraps; Very Good or better volume. 215 pages.

Munich: Theion Publishing, 2015. Limited to 720 copies only. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY with embossed vignettes on front and rear panels, headbands, and Smythe-sewn. Edited, with annotations, by David Beth. With eight gray-scale photographic reproductions. Klages was a driving force in a notorious Cosmic Circle of German mystics. He influenced many important contemporaries such as Hermann Hess, Walter Benjamin and the Frankfurt School, COG. Jung, Martin Hedger and others, and the work of esoteric teachers such as Lama Anadarko Govinda, Michael Bertiaux and David Beth has been deeply inspired by Klages' theories. Additional essays by Dr. Viler Sots, successor of Lama Anadarko Govinda, head of the Aria Mastery Mandala Order of Tantric Buddhism, and Prof. Paul Bishop of the University of Glasgow. 208 pages, printed on archival papers, Tall octavo.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. A Fine Cloth Copy in fine dust jacket. Glossary and References Cited. 263 pages, indexed. Royal octavo.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. FIRST EDITION. FINE premium archival cloth copy in fine dust jacket. Includes an excellent bibliography of works cited. 317 pages with index. Tall octavo.