Search Results: Occult and Mysticism from Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)

Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Binding feels a little loose with some pulling at several areas, including the title page. It appears the first front free end page has been removed as there is only one blank end page in the front and two in the rear. Page 193 has a binding error along the bottom fore edge wear a section of the paper was folded over and printed on when the book was made. Text on that pages still complete, it's just is printed on the folded flap. Overall condition of the book is good to good plus but because of the but she likely issue of the missing first free end page it has been degraded to fair. First edition thus.

New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers by the Falstaff Press, 1933. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, decorated, limited edition private printing, limited to 500 copies of which this is number 423. Ivory colored paper front board with black cloth to spine and rear as well as front fore edges. Exterior shows spotting and soiling as well as a small chip to the paper label, black cloth has numerous deep spots peppered showing loss to the cloth finish, the worst being on the spine area. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Paper is toned due to age and some spotting and foxing is present with the heaviest being the end pages and pastedowns. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting found.

Chicago, IL: The Progressive Thinker Publishing House, 1910. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards show quite a bit of spotting and soiling, the turn-in edges of both boards show spotting and fading to the cloth. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues other than some minor pulling such as at page 284. No signatures or personal bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting found. The front pastedown contains the original bookstore label for the Philadelphia Occult Book Company. Pages are toned due to age and there is some light scattered spotting present, though nothing severe. Note: there is no publication date on the title page or copyright page. The only date found in the book is on the preface which shows a date of 1896. The publisher year of CA 1910 is based on the advertisement on the rear pastedown, which advertises a book titled After Death, by William T. Stead, as is book was published in 1909.

Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society Press, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green clapboards with gilt to spine. Exterior shows minor handling wear corner bumps, the worst issue being several small spots near the spine edges. Interior biting is good, no hinge issues. Pages are faintly tone due to age and some minor spotting is present. Generically inscribed signed by the author on the front end page: "Best wishes of Manly P. Hall". Front end page also has residue from pencil pricing along the top edge and corner. Stated first edition on the title page. A scarce book and extremely rare to have signed by the author.