Search Results: Authors starting with R from Books That Expand The Mind

Chancellor Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1993 , TALES OF WITCHES AND SORCERY By Ken Radford Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Chancellor Press, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 207 ISBN: 9781851523467 SKU: BTETM0001237 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Watkins Pub Limited, 2002. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 2002 , YOU CAN THINK DIFFERENTLY By Caterina Rando Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Watkins Pub Limited, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 158 ISBN: 9781780287577 SKU: BTETM0000519 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: Blackie and Son, 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Bumping and scuffing to spine and boards. Labels have come off. The original label for Vol 2 is present but not attached. Mild foxing. Text black and binding firm and tight. Please see photos as part of condition report 1846 1st Edition , Leather POPES OF ROME (2 VOLS) Their Church and State in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries By Leopold Ranke Leopold von Ranke (21 December 1795 – 23 May 1886) was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and the analysis of historical documents. Building on the methods of the Göttingen School of History, he was the first to establish a historical seminar. Ranke set the standards for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on… Read More

Witebergae (Wittenberg), Germany: Christoph Axinus (Axin), 1593. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Royal octavo (8vo 6+1?4 × 10 159 × 254). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - With title printed in red and black, woodcut coat of arms on the back of the title page and some woodcut initials and illustrations. Browned due to paper and a little brown stained, some pages slightly (ink) stained and dog-eared. Overall, a well-preserved copy. Please see photos as part of condition report 1593 1st Edition , With Provenance DIARIUM SIVE CALENDARIUM ROMANUM, OECONOMICUM, ECCLESIASTICUM, ASTRONOMICUM, ET FERE PERPETUUM, AD DIES VETERIS IULIANI & NOVI GREGORIANI ANNI ACCOMMODATUM By Heinrich Rantzau Heinrich Rantzau or Ranzow (Ranzovius) (11 March 1526 – 31 December 1598) was a German humanist writer and statesman, a prolific astrologer and an associate of Tycho Brahe. He was son of Johan Rantzau. He was Governor of the Danish royal share in the Duchy of Holstein, a rich… Read More

London: Souvenir Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1971 1st Edition , DJ BEYOND THE SENSES A report on the psychical research and occult phenomena in the sixties By Paul Tabori Phyllis Raphael Paul Tabori, author and journalist, was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1908 and was educated in Switzerland, Hungary and Germany. He graduated as a Doctor of Economic and Political Science at the University of Budapest and received his PhD at the Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Good Published By: Souvenir Press, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 218 ISBN: 9780285620117 SKU: BTETM0001365 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Red/maroon boards - some shelf wear. Some mild foxing on early/late pages otherwise pages are clean Please see photos as part of condition report 1907 1st Edition , THE KINGDON OF MAN By E Ray Lankester Sir Edwin Ray Lankester KCB FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist. An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Archibald Constable & Co, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 191 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001207 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Lyon: Jean Marcorelle for Antoine de Harsy, 1579. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Rare Lyon edition that we cannot find in the secondary market. On the title page with the printer's mark of Jean II and Francois Fellon (see Baudrier V, 155). - The BNF Paris copy is dated 1572 on the title and 1573 on the last page, ours is dated 1573 on both the title and the last page. With woodcut printer's mark on title, two folded woodcut maps and 5 wholes. Woodcut panels. First 2 sheets. including title reinforced with scotch tape in the right margin. Title page with collector's stamp. pp. 1-4 missing, ms. added in the 19th century. Some with old marginalia. Headers renewed, old heads installed. Somewhat browned and occasionally stained due to the paper. Overall, a well-preserved copy with the illustrations. Restored contemporary pigskin with rich scroll and plate stamps with figural centerpieces,… Read More

Aquarian Press, 1983. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1983 , HOW TO MAKE AND USE TALISMANS By Israel Regardie Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Aquarian Press, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 62 ISBN: 9780850302097 SKU: BTETM0000932 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1970. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Facsimile reprint of 1930 John Rodker edition. In original cellophane. Some browning to dust jacket (spine). Some bumping to spine top/tail. Price clipped dust jacket, with previous owner bookplate and booksellers label on FEP. Some browning on REP. Please see photos as part of condition report 1970 1st Edition (Thus) , DJ DEMONOLATRY Privy Councillor to The Most Serene Duke of Lorraine, and Public Advocate to his Duchy In 3 Books. Translated by E.A.Ashwin Edited and Introduction by Rev. Montague Summers Drawn from the capitol trails of 900 persons, more or less, who within the last fifteen years have in Lorraine paid the penalty of death for the crime of witchcraft. By Nicholas Remy Nicholas Remy, Latin Remigius (1530–1616) was a French magistrate who claimed in his book to have overseen the… Read More

Thorsons, 1996. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1996 , PRINCIPLES OF NATIVE AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY (THORSONS PRINCIPLES SERIES) By Dennis Renault Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Thorsons, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 112 ISBN: 9780722533338 SKU: BTETM0001423 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: A. & C. Black, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Green cloth with black decoration and lettering to front and spine. Contains monochrome photographic plates. Binding is firm. Boards have have some marks/stains (especially the rear board) Please see photos as part of condition report 1928 1st Edition , WITH FLY ONLY A BOOK FOR TROUT FISHERMEN By WFR Reynolds Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: A. & C. Black, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 204 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001206 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Wisdom Publications, 2005. Softcover. Like New/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Like New - Please see photos as part of condition report 2005 , THE THREE LEVELS OF SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION By Kunga Tenpay Nyima (Deshung Rinpoche) Jared Rhoton Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Wisdom Publications, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 550 ISBN: 9780861713684 The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception is a revised edition of the classic guide to the Lamdre, a key system of meditation of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by one of the first Tibetan masters to live and teach in the United States, it is rendered in a lyrical style that entertains, inspires, and motivates the reader. A key work for all those who are eager to develop and deepen their meditation practice. SKU: BTETM0000476 Approximate Package… Read More

London: John Williams, 1654. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1654 , Leather LETTERS OF MONSIEUR DE BALZAC 1. 2. 3. AND 4TH PARTS By Sir Richard Baker Balzac (1595-1654), at the age of 29, retired to his estate of Balzac, where he dedicated himself to perfecting French prose. An early member of the Académie Française, he is a master of lucidity, thus preparing the way for Pascal and Bossuet. "He expressed sound, if somewhat pessimistic, opinions (some of them commonplaces from ancient authors) on ethics, politics and literature; but he also shows love of rustic scenery and he can give an agreeable turn to his wisdom." Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: John Williams, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 530 ISBN: First English Edition… Read More

London: Folio Society, 1988. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1988 1st Edition (Thus) , Slipcase LORD BYRON AND SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES The Life of George Gordon Sixth Baron Byron 1788-1824 Told by Himself and by some of those that knew him By Joanna Richardson Joanna Leah Richardson (8 August 1925 – 7 March 2008) was an English writer, translator and journalist. She wrote 21 biographies of literary writers and poets and was awarded the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie in 1989. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Folio Society, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279),Pages 251 ISBN: Compiled and Edited by Joanna Richardson SKU: BTETM0001768 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Canada: Anathema Publishing, 2021. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Andrey Savchenko. Signed by Author(s). Please email for Photographs or further information. Fine - COLLECTOR'S Edition (Limited to 206 copies — 2021): 5.25 x 8.5 inches. 192 pages. Hardbound 90pts, bound in Plush-White Vegan leather with 'Spanish' creases finish. Gold foil blocking on rounded spine and on the cover, as well as Blind Deboss on the cover. Full Colour interior, with Marbled 'Tigereye' Endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Andrey Savchenko. Fine typography, printed on Cougar White 160M archive-quality paper. Individually hand-numbered. [SOLD OUT] Please see photos as part of condition report 2021 1st Edition , Collectors Edition KURUKULLA Goddess of Bewitchment By Veronica Rivas Verónica Rivas (Melong Yeshe) is an Uruguayan author and researcher based in Brazil. Her cosmological and anthropological studies in magical practices among Eastern cultures led her to become… Read More

London: SPCK, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. 5th Printing Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Fifth impression of 58 page booklet on Exorcism. Stain on rear cover, otherwise in very good condition. Please see photos as part of condition report 1974 1st Edition 5th Printing, Pamphlet EXORCISM By Dom Robert Petitpierre Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: SPCK, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 58 ISBN: Dom Robert Petitpierre attended his first exorcism in the nineteen thirties and has been an adviser to many Bishops ,and others since that time. He points out that in the early centuries of our era, candidates for baptism were exorcised by their sponsors at the end of each weekly period of instruction and again immediately before baptism. This was done not because candidates were thought to be… Read More

London: R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, 1692. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Very Early English Translation, Scar?e. Complete. Illustration frontis present. Some Gothic Black Letter printing, portrait frontispiece that is in some other editions is not present in this edition, 1 etched and engraved plate, repaired title page with chipped loss to lower-right margin, rebacked and relayed contemporary two-tone panelled calf, refreshed endpapers Very Scare - Worldcat has three copies listed worlwide. Please see photos as part of condition report 1692 1st Edition , FABLES OF AESOP and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections By Sir Robert L'Estrange Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). Edmund J. Detmold. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - 25 tipped-in plates by llustrator Edward Detmold Please see photos as part of condition report 1909 1st Edition , THE FABLES OF AESOP By Sir Robert L'Estrange Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King Charles II's regime during the Restoration era. His works played a key role in the emergence of a distinct 'Tory' bloc during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81. Perhaps his best known polemical pamphlet was An Account of the Growth of Knavery, which ruthlessly attacked the parliamentary opposition to Charles II and his successor James, Duke of York (later King James II), placing them as fanatics who misused… Read More

London: Printed for Richard Sare, 1702. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Boards and spine rubbed. Four Foldout plates. Please see photos as part of condition report 1702 1st Edition , With Provenance THE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS By Sir Robert L'Estrange Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King Charles II's regime during the Restoration era. His works played a key role in the emergence of a distinct 'Tory' bloc during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81. Perhaps his best known polemical pamphlet was An Account of the Growth of Knavery, which ruthlessly attacked the parliamentary opposition to Charles II and his successor James, Duke of York (later King James II), placing them as… Read More

London: George G Harrap, 1936. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). Stephen Gooden. Signed by Illustrator. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Bound in vellum, with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decorations on front and rear covers, Calf skin binding, gilt designs and top edge gilt all clean and bright. Internally, no marks or annotations, some foxing on end papers and rear of engravings, of which there are twelve, all intact. Slip case in very good condition except cup ring. Lovely copy. Please see photos as part of condition report 1936 1st Edition (Thus) , Vellum AESOP FABLES By Sir Robert L'Estrange Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King Charles II's regime during the Restoration era. His works played a key role… Read More