Night of Pan Books
Catalog #39
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1) A.E. (George William Russell). The Candle of Vision. 1965. University Books. 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. 175 pp. A mystical study by famous Irish author and poet. Some light wear to the covers. Near very good in same jacket. $20.00
2) Aymard, Jean-Baptiste and Patrick Laude. Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings. 2004. SUNY Press. 8vo. Hardcover, bound in glossy printed paper covered boards. 196 pp. A very good copy. $50.00
3) Best, Michael and Frank Brightman (edited by). The Book of Secrets of Albertus Magnus.1973. Oxford University Press. 8vo. Cloth bound with gilt stamping to spine. 128 pp. Illustrated. A very good copy in good dust jacket (spine slightly faded). $75.00
4) Brann, Noel L. Trithemius and Magical Theology: A Chapter in the Controversy over Occult Studies on Early Modern Europe. 1999. SUNY Press. First printing. 8vo. Trade paperback. 354 pp. One of the only full- length studies of this important figure. Very good. $30.00
5) Burgess, E. and Whitney, W.D. Surya Siddhanta: A Text Book of Hindu Astronomy. 1978. Wizards Book Shelf: Minneapolis. 8vo. Cloth bound, gilt to spine and front cover. No jacket as issued. About 260 pp. Small bookstore label to front paste down, small red dot to the bottom page edge. Otherwise very light wear, a very good copy. $50.00
6) Butler, E.M. Ritual Magic. 2002 Pennsylvania University Press. 8vo. Trade paperback. 329 pp. A classic historical approach to the subject by one of the earliest academics to seriously look at the history of magic. Very good+. $30.00
7) Butler, W.E. The Magician: His Training and Work. 1963. Aquarian Press. 8vo. Cloth bound. 176 pp. A good+ copy in good dust jacket. $40.00
8) Chattopadhvava, Debiprasad (editor). Carvakal/ Lokayata: An Anthology of Source Materials and Some Recent Studies. 1994. Indian Council for Philosophical Research. 8vo. Cloth bound 8vo. 543 pp. A good+ copy in same dust jacket. The definitive book on the subject of Carvakal and Lokayata; an Indian materialist philosophical school. Contains primary texts as well as essays by modern scholars. Rare. $75.00
9) Crowley, Aleister. In Residence: A Don’s Guide to Cambridge. 1992. First Impressions. Trade paperback. 8vo. 114 pp. Facsimile of the first edition published in 1904. A very good copy. $40.00
10)Crowley. Liber Aleph vel CXI. The Book of Wisdom or Folly. 1961. Thelema Publishing Company: West Point, CA. First edition. 4to. 219 pp. Tipped in frontispiece of Crowley. A very good copy in good edge worn and chipped dust jacket. $300.00
11) Crowley. Magick in Theory and Practice. No date (ca. 1965) Castle Books: New York. 8vo. Hard cover, bound in white paper covered boards with black stamping to the spine. 436 pp. This Castle books variant is very rare. Address of Castle Books is listed as being “352 Park Ave South, New York 10, New York” Pointing to potentially a very early 60’s publication date. A very good tight and bright copy in slightly edge worn good to good+ dust jacket. $60.00
12) Crowley. Moonchild: A Prologue. No date (1970). Dove Press/ Weiser: New York. Cloth bound in dust jacket. 8vo. 335 pp. A very good copy in same dust jacket. $100.00
13) Crowley. Olla: An Anthology of Sixty Years of Song. 1992. First Impressions. 4to. 128 pp. Trade paperback. Facsimile of the original. Previous owners signature on the half title. Some light wear, else a very good copy. $100.00
14) Crowley. The Qabalah of Aleister Crowley: Including Gematria, 777, Sepher Sephiroth.1973. Weiser. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt stamping to the spine. A very bright copy with some uneven discoloration to the page edges on the outer edge. Dust jacket equally bright with some discoloration and damage to the back outer fold. Overall very good in same protected dust jacket. $50.00
15) Crowley. The Scrutinies of Simon Iff. 1987. Teitan Press: Chicago. First edition thus. Edited and introduced by Martin Starr. Collection of 6 short stories with Crowley’s master detective Simon Iff. 12mo. 180 pp. Bound in red cloth with silver stamping to the spine and blind stamped question mark to the front cover. Wonderful publication, as were all of the Teitan Press publications. Very good in same jacket. $40.00
16) Crowley. The World’s Tragedy. 1985. Falcon Press. Introduction by I. Regardie, Foreword by Christopher Hyatt. First Falcon edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. 114 pp. Slight darkening of the pages. Very good. $25.00
17) [Crowley, edited by] The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia, the Book of Evil Spirits. 1916 (but probably later) de Laurence. 12mo. Cloth bound with gilt stamping. 80 pp. Small format edition by everyone’s favorite plagiarist and pirate of others publications, L.W. de Laurence. Spine lightly sunned else near very good copy. No jacket as issued. $150.00
18) [Crowley related] Ipsos: Transmissions from the Black Sun. 2013. Black Sun Oasis, OTO: Cleveland. 4to. 79 pp. Comb bound reprint of the original issue from 2003. Limited to just 23 numbered copies (this being #19). Printed in black and red throughout. Contains the following: Parsifal and the Grail Secret Unveiled by Theodor Reuss translated by Randall Hobart; The Eucharist by Chevalier le Clement translated by Edgar Mann; Life, Blood and Sacrfice of the Maya by Frater Ta Yu. Excellent collection of essays, beautiful typesetting. A very good+ copy. Rare. $50.00
19) [Crowley related] Materials Pertaining to the Study of TEX: the Thirtieth Aethyr in the Enochian System… No date [ca. 1980’s] Makhashanah Publications: Oakland. 4to. Stapled wraps. 16 pp. Research copy only- condition is worn with a wax stain to the front cover. One pen marking to the text as well. Rare. $10.00
20) [Crowley related] Sabazius X°. Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Thelemic Ecclesiastical Gnosticism. 2014. Conjoined Creations. Berkeley. 8vo. 364 pp. Deluxe limited edition. Number 14 of 93 numbered copies bound thus. Bound in red bonded leather with gilt stamping to the spine and front cover. No jacket as issued. Indispensible work on Crowley’s The Gnostic Mass and the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica by the U.S. head of the OTO. Contains a history of the E.G.C; An examination of the Gnostic Mass; Portraits of the Saints of the Gnostic Catholic Church; E.G.C. in America etc. A fine copy of this rare limited second edition. $200.00
21) Drury, Nevill. Pan’s Daughter: The Magical World View of Rosaleen Norton. 1993. Mandrake of Oxford. 8vo. Trade paperback. 154 pp. Illustrated. Good+. $20.00
22) Fortune, Dion. The Demon Lover. 1972. Weiser; New York. 8vo. Cloth bound in jacket. 286 pp. Some occasional small pen marks to the text otherwise very good in good edge worn jacket that has a small closed tear (about ¾”) to the front spine. $20.00
23) Fuller, J.F.C. The Secret Wisdom of the Qabalah. No date (ca. 1980). Yogi Publications. Small 8vo. Cloth bound with bright gilt stamping to spine and front cover. No jacket as issued. 224 pp. Illustrated. Facsimile of the original Rider edition. Very good. $75.00
24) Gardner, Gerald B. The Meaning of Witchcraft. 1988. Magickal Childe; NY. 8vo. Trade paperback. 288 pp. About very good. $15.00
25) Gardner. Witchcraft Today. 1988, Magickal Childe; NY. 8vo. Trade paperback. Very good. $15.00
26) Garrison, Omar. Tantra: The Yoga of Sex. 1964. Julian Press. 8vo. ¼ Cloth on paper covered boards. 252 pp. One of the first books to really popularize Tantra as sexual yoga. A very good copy in good dust jacket. $15.00
27) Gray, William G. Inner Traditions of Magic. 1970. Weiser: New York. First edition. 8vo. Cloth bound. 287 pp. Previous owners stamp and label to the front free end page. A very good copy in near very good protected dust jacket. $35.00
28) Gray. Seasonal Occult Rituals. 1970. Weiser: New York. First edition. 8vo. Cloth bound. 121 pp. A very good+ copy in very good dust jacket. $70.00
29) [Grimoire] Anonymous. The Authentic Red Dragon (Le Veritable Dragon Rouge)… Followed by The Black Hen (Le Poule Noir). Translated from the French edition by Joshua Wentworth with an introduction by Silens Manus. 2011. Teitan Press. Limited to 800 numbered copies, this being number 489. 12mo. Cloth bound with gilt stamping to the front cover and spine. No jacket as issued. A near fine copy, rare. $300.00
30) [Grimoire] Mathers, S.L. MacGregor. (translator). The Grimoire of Armadel. 1995. Weiser: New York. Small 4to. 79 pp. Introduction by William Keith. Bound in grey cloth with silver seal to the front cover and title to the spine. A good+ copy with some edge wear. Dust jacket has some creases, now protected in mylar sleeve and is in good condition. $30.00
31) Henderson M.D., Joseph L. Thresholds of Initiation. 1967. Wesleyan University Press. First edition. 8vo. 260 pp. Cloth bound in jacket. Book is in very good condition, dust jacket good with edge wear, now protected in mylar cover. Book examines the archetype of initiation from a Jungian perspective. $20.00
32) Hillman, James. Re-Visioning Psychology. 1975. First edition/ first printing. SIGNED by Hillman on title page, with inscription. 8vo. Cloth bound. 266 pp. Good+ copy in same dust jacket. Jacket has some very light wear and sunning the the spine and top fore edge. Rare to find signed copies of Hillman’s books. $75.00
33) Hine, Phil. The Pseudonomicon. 1997. Dagon Productions: Irvine, CA. 8vo. staple bound wraps. 44 pp. Second edition. A very good copy of a scarce edition. $50.00
34) Hume, Lynn and Nevill Drury. The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval and Modern Magic. 2013. Praeger.First printing. 8vo. Cloth bound with gilt stamping to spine. 295 pp. An attempt, ala William James Varieties of Religious Experience to categorize magic. A very good+ copy in same dust jacket. $40.00
35) Knight, Gareth. A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism. 1969. Helios Books. 2 volumes. 8vo. 249 pp. + 291 pp. Cloth bound. Both in very good condition, dust jacket from volume one is missing, volume two is in good+ condition. $40.00
36) Levi, Eliphaz. The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum: Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps. (Translated by W. Wynn Westcott). 1970. Weiser: New York. 12mo. Colored plates. 108 pp. A very good copy in Good+ dust jacket. $100.00
37) Macdonald, David. The Land of the Lama. No date, circa 1929. J.P. Lippincott Co.: Philadelphia. Yellow cloth bound with gilt titles and designs to the front cover and spine. 8vo. 283 pp. Illustrations and plates throughout with folding map tipped in at rear cover. Some uneven, but slight, discoloration to the covers, light wear to the top and bottom of the spine. A very attractive copy near very good condition. Subtitled: “A description of a country of contrasts & of it’s cheerful, happy go-lucky people of hardy nature & curious customs; their religion, ways of living, trade and social life.” Macdonald was the British trade agent in Tibet for 15 years, this work is a very early account of Tibet and it’s people. Rare. $250.00
38) [Masonry] Condit, L.A., Braden, C.E., Montgomery, E.A. (compiled by). Blue Book of Minneapolis Lodge no. 19 A.F. & A.M. Containing By-laws and roster of officers and members, historical review… 1910. 16mo. 107 pp. Bound in limp blue leather with gilt stamping to the front cover. Has a bound in, unfilled out certificate indicating that the bearer is a Master Mason of the Lodge. Edge wear to the covers, good+. $30.00
39) [Masonry] Ad Lucem XVI. 2009. The High Council Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis. 8vo. Trade paperback. Illustrated. 73 pp. A very good+ copy. Contains the papers: The August Order of Light by David Lindez; To Stand in the Symbolic Center by Shawn Eyer; The Influence of the Florentine Academy of Marcilio Ficino upon the Roiscucian Tradition by Thomas Worrell; The Secret is how to Die by Russell Donathan and Robert Davis; The Importance of the Initiation into Freemasnory by Jason Marshall; and Degree of the Theoretical Rosicrucian by Oliver Kruse. This publication for members of the S.R.I.C.F. very rarely show up for sale. $40.00
40) [Masonry] Ars Quator Coronatorum: Transactions of the Quator Coronati Lodge No. 2076. Volume 87 for the year 1974. Small 4to. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 292 pp. Contains essays on: Brother Mozart by Frederick Smyth; Drama and Craft by N.B. Cryer; Masonic Passwords by A.C.F. Jackson; The William-Arden Manuscript by C.F.W. Dryer; A Russian Initiation Ritual by D.K. Chamberlin etc. etc. Former research library copy with stamp to the front pastedown and small blind stamp to the title page else a very good copy, no dust jacket as issued. $40.00
41) [Masonry] Bernard, David. Light on Freemasonry. Revised edition with an appendix Revealing the Mysteries of Odd Fellowship by a Member of the Craft. 1870. W.J. Shuey: Dayton, OH. 12th edition. 8vo. Cloth bound. 492 pp. Gilt stamping to the spine. An important early expose of Masonic and Odd Fellows rituals. This copy has some light wear to the edges but is in otherwise in remarkable good condition with only very light foxing to the pages. Considering age a very good+ copy. $100.00
42) [Masonry] Evans, Isaac Blair. The Thomson Masonic Fraud: A Study in Clandestine Masonry. 1922. Privately printed: Salt Lake City. First edition. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt stamping to the spine and front cover. 268 pp. Thomson was the head of various Masonic organizations of more or less dubious nature, he was also an associate of Yarker’s, and was a member of the OTO being an original 6th Degree signatory. This book only tells part of the story, but is certainly of interest for those fans of the byways of Masonic history or the history of the OTO. A very good copy. $50.00
43) [Masonry] Higgins, Frank C. Ancient Freemasonry: An Introduction to the Study of Masonic Archaeology. 1923. Pyramid Book Company: New York. First edition. 8vo. 463 pp. Bound in red cloth with gilt stamping to the spine. Blind stamped square and compass on the front cover. Light wear along the edges, some foxing to the page edges. Front and rear hinges cracked but holding. Previous owner’s signature on the front free end page. Good or a little better. Rare. $150.00
44) Merivale, Patricia. Pan the Goat-God: His Myth in Modern Times. 1969. Harvard University Press. First edition. 8vo. Cloth bound. 286 pp. No dust jacket. Ex-library copy with tape staining to the front and rear paste downs and staining from where the pocket was removed from the rear free end page. Library stamps to the fore edge of the book as well. Aleister Crowley is mentioned among a host of other authors and artists in this interesting study. Good only. $40.00 45) Mordell, Phineas. The Origin of Letters and Numerals According to the Sefer Yetzirah.1975. Weiser: New York. 8vo. Staple bound booklet. 71 pp. Originally published in the Jewish Quarterly Review in 1912-1913. Spine sunned, else a very good volume. $20.00
46) Occult: New Dimensions of Life in the Field of Psychic Phenomena. December 1970. 8vo. trade paperback. 130 pp. Contains articles on: Mystical Powers of Stones and Metals by Jemma Powell; Tibet- Remote Land of Mysticism by Marz Minor; Hermetic Magic by Edward Costain; Sources of Western Occultism by Dane Rudhyar etc. Pages are browned as is typical with these, some light cover wear, a few pages are crinkled from the time of printing. Near very good for a fragile piece of early 70’s occultism. $20.00
47) Occult: New Dimensions of Life in the Field of Psychic Phenomena. December 1974. 8vo. trade paperback. 130 pp. Contains articles on: A Manual of Do-It-Yourself Occult Experiments by W. Wilson Weir; Jung’s Seven Sermons of the Dead by Martin Ebon; Magic and Sorcery in Czarist Russia by George Wagner and an interesting early examination on The Church of Satan called Are Neo-Satanists the Devil’s Disciple by Rodney Adams among others. Wear to the covers, pages are browned. Good only copy. $20.00
48) Regardie, Israel. Foundations of Practical Magic: An Introduction to Qabalistic, Magical, and Meditative Techniques. 1982. Aquarian Press. 8vo. First trade paperback edition. 160 pp. A very good+ copy of this collection of various essays by Regardie. $20.00
49) Sangren, P. Steven. History and Magical Power in a Chinese Community. 1987. Stanford University Press. First edition. 8vo. Cloth bound with gilt titles to the spine. 268 pp. A very good copy in jacket. Jacket has a slightly sunned spine, and some apparent remnant of an old sticker on the back panel else very good. $35.00
50) Schoenholtz, Larry. New Directions in the I Ching: The Yellow River Legacy. 1975. University Books: NJ. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to the spine.157 pp. Illustrated. Very good in same dust jacket. $10.00
51) Serrano, Miguel. Nos: Book of the Resurrection. 1984. Routledge and Kegan Paul: London. 8vo. Trade paperback. First edition. 190 pp. Spine is sunned light creasing to the front cover. Good+ overall. Considered by Serrano to be a culmination of his work this book is a hermetic autobiography based on Nietzsche’s idea of eternal return. $40.00
52) Serano. The Ultimate Flower. 1969. Routledge and Kegan Paul: London. First English edition. 8vo. Cloth bound with gilt and black designs to the front cover. Gilt title to spine. Color illustrations throughout text. Small bookstore label on the front paste down. Very light edge wear , front bottom corner lightly bumped, else a very good copy. $60.00
53) Serrano. The Visits of the Queen of Sheba. (Foreword by C. G. Jung). 1972. Routledge and Kegan Paul. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. 61 pp. Cloth bound in jacket both in very good condition. This is Serrano’s allegorical account of visits with Queen Sheba, written in India, and relates to dealing with the archetypal feminine. $75.00
54) Snellgrove, David and Hugh Richardson. A Cultural History of Tibet. 1963. UBS Publishers Distributors. 4to. 291 pp. heavily illustrated. Cloth bound with gilt stamping to the spine. A good+ copy in good edge worn and torn dust jacket. $10.00
55) St .Germain, Comte de. The Most Holy Trinosophia. (Introduction and Commentary by Manly P. Hall). 1983. Philosophical Research Press. 8vo. Hardcover in jacket. 149 pp. With a facsimile of the original text in black and white. A very good copy in same dust jacket. $20.00
56) Steiner, Rudolph. Supersensible Influences in the History of Mankind. 1956. Rudolph Steiner Publishing: London. First thus. 8vo. Cloth. 83 pp. No jacket. A very good copy. Collection of 6 lectures given by Steiner in 1922. Rare. $40.00
57) Stiles, Mukunda. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. (as interpreted by Mukunda Stiles) 2002. Weiser. 8vo. Trade paperback. 124 pp. Very good. $10.00
58) Taylor, Thomas (translator). On the Mysteries: Iamblichus. 1984. Wizards Press: San Diego. 8vo. 376 pp. Hardcover with gilt stamping on the spine and front cover. Taylor’s 19th Century translation of this important work of Neo-Platonism and Theurgy. A very good copy with only light wear. $30.00
59) Turner, Robert. Elizabethan Magic. 1989. Element Books: UK. First edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. 190 pp. Excellent collection of essays on Elizabethan magicians, largely focused on John Dee, but including Simon Forman, Robert Fludd, Thomas Jones and Robert Turner, a well recommended collection of essays. Very good. $40.00
60) Westcott, W.Wynn. Sepeher Yetzirah: The Book of Formation. 1975. Weiser: NY. 8vo. Staple bound booklet, originally published by Westcott in 1887. Good+ condition or better. $20.00
61) Wilhelm, Richard. Lectures on the I Ching: Constancy and Change. 1979. Princeton/ Bollingen. 8vo. Cloth bound in jacket. 186 pp. Near very good in good edge worn dust jacket. $10.00