Occult And Mysterious Phenomena from The Owl at the Bridge

Issue dedicated to H. Adrian Smith, Brown Class of 1930, whose gift of books on magic forms the heart of this issue and sizeable shelving footage in the Brown Library. xvi, 156 pages, illustrations; printed wraps; Very Good. Stock#ofc0852,

Boston,Marsh, Capen & Lyon. 1836. Hard Cover. xii, [13]-204 p. 2 engraved plates, 19 cm. Combe, inspired by a visit from Prof. Spurzheim to Edinburgh in 1828, became the leading advocate for the "science" in Scotland, England, and America. Stock# 31,646. . Vg, paper toned.

NY, AMS Press, ©1989. Periodical. [viii], 225-415 p., illus.; 23 cm. 4 articles, 1 Documentation, Bibliography. Daly & Silcox, A Short Title Listing of English Emblem Books and Emblematic Works Printed to 1900. Stock#46601x. Vg, one copy still in shrinkwrap.

New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1847. Soft Cover. 144 p., illus., 20 cm. Title continues: suggestions to lovers and the married concerning the strongest ties and the most sacred and momentous relations of life..Thirteenth Edition. "The amazing melange of scientific facts, popular superstitions, and personal fancy which came from his fluent pen procured him an immense reputation in his… Ler mais sobre este item

NY, University Bks. [1960]. First published 1920 by George Routledge, London, whose editor was Arthur Edward Waite, one of the great scholars in the field. Hard Cover. xxiv, 440 pages, index, bibliography, illustrations. Fine in scuffed slipcase. Stock#25419/h.

Glasgow, R. Maclehose, 1943; reprint Martino 2002 with Krown & Spellman. Hard Cover. Ferguson, Regius Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow, is well known among scholars for his 'Bibliotheca Chemica', a catalogue of the alchemical collection of James Young (1811-1883) published in 1906. This two-volume work describing Ferguson's own collection of some 7500 books (about 2500 on alchemy) and… Ler mais sobre este item

London, George Johnson, 1920; reprint Martino 1998. Hard Cover. 8vo, 84 pages; 23 cm. Particulars for about 2500 publications ranging from leaflets of two or four pages to substantial volumes, and covering a period of 300 years. A comprehensive list of separately printed books and pamphlets dealing with conjurers, tricks, illusions, and varied sidelines from automata to ventriloquism that are… Ler mais sobre este item

Crown, NY [c1999]. 'First Edition.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Human-Animal Bonds; Animals That Know When Their People Are Coming Home (dogs, cats, parrots, horses, other animals); Animal Empathy; Intentions, Calls and Telepathy; The Sense of Direction; Animal Premonitions. 'This is a book of recognition-- a recognition that animals have abilities that we have lost. One part of… Ler mais sobre este item

Hard Cover. 244 pages, illustrations; 28.5 cm. Artist/ Illustrator Ken C. Yang. Editor Robin M. Thompson. Includes Consulting the I Ching Oracle; Construction of the Hexagrams; I Ching Prophesizes; Elementary Analysis of Trigrams; Vocabulary; Index & cross reference of subjects. Color pictorial front cover, no dj, as issued; fine. Stock#100236/h.

NY, AMS Press, ©1988. Periodical. [viii], 1-208 p., illus.; 23 cm. 4 of the 6 articles based on "papers read at the conference on The European Emblem, held at Glasgow on August 10-14, 1987." Stock#46602. Vg / soft cover.

Baltimore, 1963 (original limited to 300 copies); reprint Martino 1999. Heyl intended to record all English conjuring books not described in Trevor Hall's A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring. He added 360 items not in Hall. Limited to 150 copies. Hard Cover. 4to; ii leaves, 62 pages; 28 cm. Fine in binder's cloth; new from publisher. Stock#34898x/h.

Chartwell [1979]. . Hard Cover. 199 p., illus., diagrams; dj; VG with some small stains.

Clarendon Press, 1899; unabridged & unaltered re-publication by Dover, NY, 1963. Soft Cover. xxi, 448 pages, charts; 21.5 cm. Series: The Sacred Books of China, Vol. XVI. Paper; VG. stock#100834.

Softcover. xv, 133 pages; 18 cm. Reprinted from the 1890 edition. "The result of a ten-year friendship between Leland and Madellana, a semi-literate peasant woman born of an Italian witch family... a picture emerges of an ancient and secret cult, La Vecchia Religione--The Old Religion-- with its distinctive beliefs and practices." "There are old people in the Romagna of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Preface by Hester E. Hosford: "In this volume Rodman Westcote enters the field of Mysticism." Inscribed by Helen Rodman Westcote. Hardcover. 70 pages; 26 cm. Very Good +/no dust jacket (as issued?). Stock#27107/h.

London: Guild, by arrangement with Judy Piatkus Ltd., 1989. Hard Cover. xix, 172 p.; 24 cm. "Hodgkinson carefully weighs up the arguments… a compelling read which presents both sides of the case, and finally leaves readers to make up their own minds about whether or not they believe in reincarnation". ISBN (10): 0861888952. Stock#47562. Vg / dj vg.