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The Seven Rays of the QBL
by Frater Albertus

Samuel Weiser, York Beach, ME, 1985

Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 170 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Tight binding and cover is as new, but many highlighted sections of text; more than 40 pages of thick-stock glossy pages, replete with color graphics and symbols.

 

Price:  $75.00  




Characteristics of Goethe: From the German of Falk, von Muller & c. With Notes, Original and Translated, Illustrative of German Literature, in Three Volumes
Sarah Austin, compiler

Effingham Wilson, London, 1833

Hardcover in three volumes, 5 x 7.5, 331 pp., 335 pp., 352 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Raised bands, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, bookplates in all three volumes "'The Cloisters' Ex-Libris Dudrea & Sumner Parker", slight foxing of pages, some underlining, tight binding.

 

Price:  $300.00  




Extracts from Nine Letters
by Rosamund Bland

The Stourton Press, South Africa, 1952
Limited Edition of 300 for private circulation


Hardcover, 5.75 x 9, 73 pp.

Book Condition: Book: As New. Pink buckram, red buckram back; tight binding, crisp pages; extracts from Nine Letters written by the author at the beginning of P. D. Ouspensky's London work in 1921.

 

Price:  $600.00  




With Gurdjieff in St. Petersburg and Paris
by Anna Butkovsky-Hewitt

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1978
First Edition


Hardcover with mylar-covered dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.5, 157 pp.

Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New.

 

Price:  $175.00  




The Theory of Celestial Influence
by Rodney Collin

Vincent Stuart Publishers, London, 1954
First Edition


Hardcover, 6 x 10, 393 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Unmarked pages with illustration plates, cover well-worn with some staining, tanning, and fraying, binding tight.

 

Price:  $140.00  




Do from the Octave of Man Number Four: The Awakening and Crisis
by Andrew J. da Silva

Borderline Press, New York, 1985
First Edition


Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 101 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Pristine pages and boards, slight tanning, tiny ink mark on bottom edge, appears unread; gold enneagram printed on blue cloth cover. DJ: Very Good. Mylar-covered, minor scuffing, no chipping.

 

Price:  $150.00  




Our Life with Mr. Gurdjieff
by Thomas de Hartmann

Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1964
First U.S. Edition


Hardcover with mylar wrapping, 6 x 9.25, 130 pp.

Book Condition: As New. Appears unread.

 

Price:  $125.00  




Our Life with Mr. Gurdjieff
by Thomas de Hartmann

Harper and Row, San Francisco, 1983
Revised and Enlarged from Memoirs of Olga de Hartmann
With foreword by Thomas C. Daly
Out of print, hard to find


Softcover, 5.25 x 7, 158 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good. Photographs on glossy paper; tight binding, appears unread, cover is shelfworn with a small crease on the top front cover, crisp pages with slight tanning, bookstore sticker on front endpaper.

 

Price:  $90.00  




Gurdjieff: An Annotated Bibliography
by J. Walter Driscoll (and The Gurdjieff Foundation of California)

Garland Publishing, New York, 1985

introduction by Michel de Salzman

Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 363 pp.

Book Condition: As New. Appears unread.

 

Price:  $250.00  




On Attention: Talks, Essays, and Letters Based on the Ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff
by Christopher Fremantle

Indications Press, Denville, NJ, 1993
First edition, second printing


Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 9, 171 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. No bumping or shelfwear, tight binding, bright pages. DJ: Very Good. Mylar cover, no tears or chips.

 

Price:  $95.00  




Labores Juveniles
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Graphische Kunstanstalten, Frankfurt, 1964
Facsimile edition of Goethe's handwritten manuscript of his copybook from early years of the lessons.


In linen clamshell. 7.5 x 8.75, 6 non-numbered sheets, 85 double-sided pages, 173 sides.

Book Condition: BBook: Very Good. Cover and pages stained to look like a book from 1757, pages intact, binding tight, some water stains on cover. Clamshell: Very Good. Corners bumped, marks on back, cream-colored linen cover.

 

Price:  $50.00  




All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
by G.I. Gurdjieff

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1950
First U.S. Edition, Subscription Copy No. 131 with Bookplate; subscribed for by: R.E. and I.M. Lansdown


Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.5 x 6.5, 1,238 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Clean copy with some tanning, good binding. DJ: Fair. Some chipping at top and bottom, frayed edges.

 

Price:  $1200.00  




All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
by G.I. Gurdjieff

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1950
First U.S. Edition, Subscription Copy No. 109 with Bookplate; subscribed for by H. D. Cullimore


Hardcover, 4.5 x 6.5, 1,238 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Clean copy with some tanning, front board creased; head, tail and joint fraying; binding loose but secure.

 

Price:  $1000.00  




All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
by G.I. Gurdjieff

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1950
First U.K. Edition


Hardcover, 4.5 x 6.5, 1,238 pp.

Book Condition: Includes original obituary for Gurdjieff from New York Times, Dec. 11, 1949, glued to front endpaper.

Book: Good. Clean copy, slight crease in front board, joints slightly frayed, head and tail show some wear, firm binding. Front endpaper with newspaper clipping has been covered with mylar to prevent acid migration.

 

Price:  $200.00  




All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
by G.I. Gurdjieff

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1950
First U.S. Edition


Hardcover, 4.5 x 6.5, 1,238 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Clean copy, bottom right corner of front board dented, head and tail show wear, slight tear on top joint, pages tanned.

 

Price:  $300.00  




All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
by G.I. Gurdjieff

E. P. Dutton, New York, 1964

Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.5 x 6.5, 1,238 pp.

Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New. Sealed copy.

 

Price:  $100.00  




Beelzebubs Erzählungen für seinen Enkel
All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

by G.I. Gurdjieff

Sphinx Pocket, Germany, 1983
German edition


Softcover, three-volume set, 4.25 x 7, 1,322 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Clean copy, bottom right corner of one cover creased, minor tanning, well-maintained.

 

Price:  $350.00  




Récits de Belzébuth à son petit-fils
All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

by G.I. Gurdjieff

Janus, Paris, 1956
No. 22 from a Special Privately Distributed Set of 75 given to those who helped with the publication
Translated from the original manuscript


Hardcover, 4.75 x 6.75, 1,178 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good. Appears unread, cover worn, spine separated from binding, but sewn binding intact.

 

Price:  $900.00  




Rencontres avec des hommes remarquables
Meetings with Remarkable Men

by G.I. Gurdjieff

Julliard, Paris, 1960
Special Deluxe Edition, one of 20 copies printed for Private Distribution on pur fil du marais
Inscribed by J. de Salzmann "To my dear friends Keith and Rita" on half title page
Translated from the Russian by Jeanne de Salzmann with the help of Henri Tracol, frontispiece with photograph of author, table of contents in back


Softcover, 5.5 x 7, 355 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Clean copy, top right of front cover creased, bottom right corner dented tear on front bottom joint water stains on front and back covers, chipping on covers, creases on some pages near top of hinge.

 

Price:  $725.00  




The Herald of Coming Good
by G.I. Gurdjieff

La Societé Anonyme des Editions de L´Ouest, Angers, France, 1933
Extremely rare, with Registration Blank No. 00089 appended in front and back within body of text. Exact date of printing given as August 26, 1933. Stamped "PARIS 1933" on bottom of back cover.


Softcover, dark brown, 6.5 x 9, 89 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Pages clean and crisp, some foxing throughout, front registration blank has words "price paid" in ink at bottom, red stain on front cover; very well preserved.

 

Price:  $4500.00  




The Herald of Coming Good
by G.I. Gurdjieff

La Societé Anonyme des Editions de L´Ouest, Angers, France, 1933
Very rare, with Registration Blank No. 00262 appended in front and back within body of text. Stamped "PARIS 1933" on bottom of back cover.


Softcover, unusual design of blue diagonal lines on beige front cover, 6.5 x 9, 89 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Pages clean and crisp, front cover unglued at spine, some indenting and staining on back and front covers, bumping on bottom of spine, slight soiling on front cover and small crease on bottom edge; very well preserved.

 

Price:  $3200.00  




The Only Exact Measure
by G. I. Gurdjieff

The Press at Butternut Creek, Morris, NY, and Charlottesville, VA, 1988
Limited edition of 100 copies


Softcover booklet, 5.5 x 7.75, 5 pp.

Book Condition: As New. Very rare. Handset on Rives lightweight with hand-sewn binding, cover is Ingres Fabriano.

 

Price:  $200.00  




Views from the Real World: Early Talks of Gurdjieff
by G.I. Gurdjieff

E.P. Dutton, New York, 1973
First U.S. Edition, foreword by Jeanne de Salzmann; inscription by Irmis Popoff, a disciple of G.I. Gurdjieff, to Harriet Krull of Long Island, New York.


Hardcover with mylar-covered dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 284 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Grey and black cloth, small stain on bottom of front endpaper to page ix, pages clean and crisp, front groove slightly strained but not loose. DJ: Very Good. Minor scuffing.

 

Price:  $125.00  




Undiscovered Country: A Spiritual Adventure
by Kathryn Hulme

Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1966
First Edition, signed by author


Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 306 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Appears unread, no marks or tears, slight foxing on top, slight bumping on corner. DJ: Very Good. Some chips, slight tears back cover, price-clipped, now protected in mylar.

 

Price:  $400.00  




The Psychology of Consciousness
by C. Daly King, Introduction by Dr. William Marston

Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, London, 1932
First Edition


Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 256 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good. Ex-library, stamp on top edge, appears unread, some tears on spine and shelfwear to cover, pages tanned, some foxing, otherwise in very good condition with tight binding, gold embossed lettering and logo on spine.

 

Price:  $165.00  




The Psychology of Consciousness
by C. Daly King

Routledge, England, 1999

Hardcover, 5.5 x 9, 256 pp.

Book Condition: As New. Appears unread, slight rubbing on cover.

 

Price:  $250.00  




Yezidism: Its Background, Observances and Textual Traditions
by Philip G. Kreyenbroek

Edwin Mellen Press, New York, 1995

Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 349 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. As new except for minor bumping on spine and some scuffing on covers.

 

Price:  $300.00  




Dream Psychology
by Maurice Nicoll

Oxford Medical Publications, Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1917
First Edition


Hardcover, 5 x 6.5, 194 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good+. Special note: in exceptional condition for its age; spine has some discoloration and scuffing, chipping at top edge; pages crisp and clean, foxing on front and back matter, no marks. No dustjacket as issued.

 

Price:  $225.00  




Poems
by Maurice Nicoll

Very rare, hand-made, privately bound and printed at New End House, Hampstead, England, 1956
No. 76 of limited edition (not specified), 9 poems


Paper and cloth, hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 10 single-sided pages.

Book Condition: Book: Good+. Owner signed on inside front cover, pages crisp and clean, yellowing on back inside cover, unusual black and white cover design with yellow spine.

 

Price:  $240.00  




Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff & Ouspensky, Vol. 1
by Maurice Nicoll

Shambhala, Boulder, 1984
First Shambhala edition


Softcover, 6 x 9, 268 pp.

Book Condition: Good. Appears unread, clean copy, some pages bent; tight binding, shelfwear with wrinkling and scuffing on front and back covers, rubbing on spine.

 

Price:  $125.00  




Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, 3-volume set
by Maurice Nicoll

Kitchen & Barratt, London, 1949
Privately printed for subscribers only; No. 101 of limited edition of 200 copies, volumes hand numbered, photo of Nicoll pasted in front of each volume.


Hardcover, 6 x 9.75

Book Condition: Books: Very Good. Pages clean and crisp, minor bumping on spines and slight scuffing, spines and binding strong and tight on all three volumes.

Vol 1: pp. 1 to 371; sunning and slight foxing on early pages and back endpaper

Vol 2: pp. 372 to 777; signed in pencil by owner on front endpaper, slight sunning and stain on title page, sunning on back endpaper

Vol 3: pp. 778 to 1229; sunning and stains on half title page

 

Price:  $2000.00  




Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, Vol. 6: Index to Volumes One through Five
by Maurice Nicoll

Samuel Weiser, York Beach, Maine, 1996

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 201 pp.

Book Condition: Books: As New. DJ: As New.

 

Price:  $150.00  




The New Man
by Maurice Nicoll

Shambhala, Boston, 1986

Softcover, 6 x 8.5, 153 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good. Appears unread, tight binding, clean, slight shelf wear on front cover edge, slight damage from retail sticker on front, no marks.

 

Price:  $190.00  




Friedrich Nietzsche: The Dionysian Spirit of the Age
by A. R. Orage

T.N. Foulis, Edinburgh, 1906
First Edition


Hardcover, 4 x 7.25, 83 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Beautifully preserved, some soiling on covers, some tanning appropriate to age, no marks.

 

Price:  $130.00  




A New Model of the Universe: Principles of the Psychological Method in its Application to the Problems of Science, Religion, and Art
by P.D. Ouspensky

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1931
First American edition. Erratum tipped in title page


Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 554 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Very Good. Pages tanned, some foxing on first and last few pages, well preserved; black cloth, title stamped in red, some rubbing to cloth.

 

Price:  $95.00  




A Record of Meetings
by P.D. Ouspensky

Penguin Arkana, London, 1992

Softcover, 5 x 7.75, 662 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Pages crisp and clean except for some tanning around edges and waterstaining on back few pages, cover shows shelf wear and has diagonal crease on back. Hard to find.

 

Price:  $86.00  




In Search of the Miraculous
by P.D. Ouspensky

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1949
First Edition


Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 399 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Grey cloth, no marks, pages bright and clean, some sunning, slight staining on top edge, tight binding. DJ: Fair. Chipping along edges and spine, edges frayed, two tears on front near the spine, top and bottom, price-clipped.

 

Price:  $75.00  




Surface Personality: A Study of Imaginary Man
by P.D. Ouspensky

The Stourton Press, Cape Town, 1954
Privately printed in limited edition of 200


Hardcover, 6 x 9.75, 53 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Clean and crisp pages, light foxing on endpapers, boards lightly bumped.

 

Price:  $400.00  




Ladies of the Rope: Gurdjieff's Special Left Bank Women's Group
by William Patrick Patterson

Arete Communications, Fairfax, CA, 1999
Signed by author. Out of print and hard to find.


Softcover 5.75 x 8.5, 302 pp.

Book Condition: Book: As New.

 

Price:  $275.00  




Struggle of the Magicians: Exploring the Teacher Student Relationship
by William Patrick Patterson

Arete Communications, Fairfax, CA, 1998
Signed by author
Second edition, new material and new essays


Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 312 pp.

Book Condition: Near Fine. Cover slightly rubbed, otherwise as new.

 

Price:  $75.00  




Struggle of the Magicians: Why Uspenskii Left Gurdjieff
by William Patrick Patterson

Arete Communications, Fairfax, CA, 1998
First edition. Signed by author.


Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 312 pp.

Book Condition: As New. Appears unread, crisp unmarked pages, tight binding, minor edgewear to cover, spine uncreased.

 

Price:  $95.00  




Voices in the Dark: Esoteric, Occult & Secular Voices in Nazi-Occupied Paris 1940–44
by William Patrick Patterson

Arete Communications, Fairfax, CA, 2000
First printing. Signed by author.


Hardcover with mylar-covered dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 342 pp.

Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New.

 

Price:  $150.00  




Voices in the Dark: Esoteric, Occult & Secular Voices in Nazi-Occupied Paris 1940–44
by William Patrick Patterson

Arete Communications, Fairfax, CA, 2000
Limited edition of 515 copies. Signed by author.


Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 342 pp.

Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New.

 

Price:  $150.00  




Voices in the Dark: Esoteric, Occult & Secular Voices in Nazi-Occupied Paris 1940–44
by William Patrick Patterson

Arete Communications, Fairfax, CA, 2000
Limited edition of 515 copies.
Signed by author, number 33/515. Very rare


Hardcover with mylar-covered dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 342 pp.

Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New.

 

Price:  $200.00  




The Descent
by Fritz Peters

Farrar, Straus & Young, New York, 1952

First Edition, signed by author Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 249 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Fine. Pages crisp, lightly tanned; cover well-preserved with light rubbing on back; spine has slight creases and fraying. DJ: Very Good. Now mylar-covered, minor soiling, heavy textured stock.

 

Price:  $150.00  




The Enneagrama of the Man of Unity
by Irmis B. Popoff

Samuel Weiser, New York, 1978

Softcover, 7.25 x 10, 96 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Binding tight as if never opened, pages clean and bright, some shelfwear on cover, slight tanning on inside of cover.

 

Price:  $130.00  




Gurdjieff in Action
by J. H. Reyner

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1980
First edition


Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.75, 117 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Fine. Bright clean copy, tight binding, bright gilt lettering, very slight bumping to bottom of spine, appears unread. DJ: Near Fine. Mylar-covered, bright colors, no chips or tears, slight sunning on edges of front flap.

 

Price:  $95.00  




Voyage of Discovery: Sayings and Teachings of Francis C. Roles
Francis C. Roles, compiled by his students

Society for the Study of Human Being, New York, 1992

Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.25, 130 pp.

Book Condition: As New.

 

Price:  $95.00  




Statue in a Field
by Solita Solano

Privately published, Paris, 1934

Very Rare. Contains hand-written note addressed "To my oldest friend Elsa Wright, Love always. Solita, December, 1936"

Softcover booklet of poems, 4.75 x 7.25, 54 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hand-sewn binding, minor soiling on covers, small tears at top and bottom of spine, pages tanned with age, otherwise very clean.

 

Price:  $75.00  




The Uncertain Feast
by Solita Solano

G. P Putman's Sons, New York, 1924


Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 336 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Good. Tight binding, foxing and discoloration on edges, sunning inside front and back endpapers.

 

Price:  $150.00  




What Happened in Between: A Doctor's Story
by William J. Welch, M.D.

George Braziller, New York, 1972

Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 x 8.5, 208 pp.

Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Pristine condition, inscribed with note to owner by author and dated May 30, 1979 on front endpaper. DJ: Very Good+. Mylar-covered, no tears or chipping, minor tanning on top edges of flaps.

 

Price:  $150.00  




   


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