Siam - General and Medical Features -
1930 - Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, Bangkok - First Edition
‘Deals primarily with medical matters in Thailand and provides information regarding medical education, public health and medical services, together with summary accounts about the government and administration, Siamese history, religion, literature, archaeology, fine arts, and education.’ - [Cecil Hobbs Southeast Asia: An annotated bibliography 106]
With 65 illustrations, two maps (railways of Siam and Bangkok waterworks), 26 tables, chart and three diagrams.
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1930 - Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, Bangkok - First Edition
‘Deals primarily with medical matters in Thailand and provides information regarding medical education, public health and medical services, together with summary accounts about the government and administration, Siamese history, religion, literature, archaeology, fine arts, and education.’ - [Cecil Hobbs Southeast Asia: An annotated bibliography 106]With 65 illustrations, two maps (railways of Siam and Bangkok waterworks), 26 tables, chart and three diagrams.
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The Mind of the Savage -
Raoul Allier, Fred Rothwell [translator]
Circa 1929 - Harcourt, New York - First Edition Thus
Concerned chiefly with an examination of the thesis that ‘Human nature is everywhere and always the same, and consequently the difference between uncivilized man and ourselves is only one of culture and development.’
In two excellent chapters on “Magic and the Arrest of the Intelligence,” and “Magic and Moral Disintegration,’ Allier gives us an illuminating picture of the effects of magic upon thought and feeling. M. Allier has an excellent account of the role of magic in the societies of sorcerers of West Africa.
A work rich in insight and sympathetic understanding’ which unfortunately ends ‘in an irrelevant and ignominious rationalization of the French colonial program. This defection should not, however, deter the student of primitive mentality from reading this wise and thoughtful book with much profit’. - Leslie A. White, American Anthropologist 1930.
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Circa 1929 - Harcourt, New York - First Edition Thus
Concerned chiefly with an examination of the thesis that ‘Human nature is everywhere and always the same, and consequently the difference between uncivilized man and ourselves is only one of culture and development.’In two excellent chapters on “Magic and the Arrest of the Intelligence,” and “Magic and Moral Disintegration,’ Allier gives us an illuminating picture of the effects of magic upon thought and feeling. M. Allier has an excellent account of the role of magic in the societies of sorcerers of West Africa.
A work rich in insight and sympathetic understanding’ which unfortunately ends ‘in an irrelevant and ignominious rationalization of the French colonial program. This defection should not, however, deter the student of primitive mentality from reading this wise and thoughtful book with much profit’. - Leslie A. White, American Anthropologist 1930.
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Command the Morning -
Pearl S. Buck
1959 - The John Day Company, New York - First Edition
Signed by Buck on the front free endpaper. A work of historical fiction driven by Pearl Buck's post-World War II fascination with the development of the atomic bomb and it consequences for humanity. A scarce signed copy in near fine condition.
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1959 - The John Day Company, New York - First Edition
Signed by Buck on the front free endpaper. A work of historical fiction driven by Pearl Buck's post-World War II fascination with the development of the atomic bomb and it consequences for humanity. A scarce signed copy in near fine condition.
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Solar Biology: A Scientific Method of Delineating Character; Diagnosing Disease, Determining Mental, Physical and Business Qualifications, Conjugal Adaptability, Etc., Etc., From Date of Birth. -
Hiram E. Butler
1889 - Esoteric Publishing Company, Boston - Early Edition
The next time someone asks you "what's your sign" as an icebreaker, remember Mr. Hiram E. Butler. Hiram Butler put forward a radically simplified version of astrology during the 19th century. Although not well known today, Butler is the missing link in the chain from Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos to today’s astrology column.
A bright and near fine copy, scarce in this condition. A comprehensive work, with illustrations including over 150 full page plates showing the annual positions of the planets.
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1889 - Esoteric Publishing Company, Boston - Early Edition
The next time someone asks you "what's your sign" as an icebreaker, remember Mr. Hiram E. Butler. Hiram Butler put forward a radically simplified version of astrology during the 19th century. Although not well known today, Butler is the missing link in the chain from Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos to today’s astrology column.A bright and near fine copy, scarce in this condition. A comprehensive work, with illustrations including over 150 full page plates showing the annual positions of the planets.
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The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. -
Captain James Cook
1821 - Longman, London
A remarkable seven volume set of all of Cook’s three voyages. Illustrated with twenty five striking aquatint plates, including frontispieces in each volume, large folding map, and a table.
‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]
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1821 - Longman, London
A remarkable seven volume set of all of Cook’s three voyages. Illustrated with twenty five striking aquatint plates, including frontispieces in each volume, large folding map, and a table.‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]
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The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook, with "The Death of Captain Cook" Plate -
James, John, James Cook, Hawkesworth, King
1773London - Second Edition, First Edition, Second Edition
‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]
Together nine volumes. Overall, a near fine set.
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1773London - Second Edition, First Edition, Second Edition
‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]Together nine volumes. Overall, a near fine set.
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The Universal Atlas and Introduction to Modern Geography in which are described, the most celebrated Empires, States and Kingdoms of the World. with. A General View of Astronomy; The Solar System; The Fixed Stars and Constellations; Definitions of Geography; Figure and Motion of the Earth, Vicissitudes of the Seasons, &c.; A Description of the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes; With Geographical Problems; Eastern and Western Hemispheres, &c. Also - The Method of Adverting to the Time of Day in Distant Nations, is clearly elucidated on A New Geographical Clock. The whole illustrated with Thirty-One Maps and Plates, Accurately Delineated by an Eminent Geographer. -
John Cooke. The Rev. Thomas Smith
1802 - Printed for J. Harris, London - First and Only Edition
A rare work which includes a plate of a geographical clock with separate moving centre piece, 27 plates of circular maps with hand coloured outlines, two plates showing the solar system and seasonal changes, one hand coloured plate of a terrestrial and a celestial globe.
With engraved dedication page ‘To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, Princess Royal of Prussia, &c. &c. &c. Madam’.
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1802 - Printed for J. Harris, London - First and Only Edition
A rare work which includes a plate of a geographical clock with separate moving centre piece, 27 plates of circular maps with hand coloured outlines, two plates showing the solar system and seasonal changes, one hand coloured plate of a terrestrial and a celestial globe. With engraved dedication page ‘To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, Princess Royal of Prussia, &c. &c. &c. Madam’.
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Magick in Theory and Practice. [Book Four, Part Three] by the Master Therion. -
Aleister Crowley
1929 (actually 1930) - Published for Subscribers Only, Paris - First Edition
‘Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.’ - from Crowley’s introduction.
A beautifully presented copy of Crowley's masterwork considered by many as the foremost book on ceremonial magic written in the twentieth century. This, the scarce original was privately printed in 1929 after Crowley failed to find a publisher in London.
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1929 (actually 1930) - Published for Subscribers Only, Paris - First Edition
‘Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.’ - from Crowley’s introduction.A beautifully presented copy of Crowley's masterwork considered by many as the foremost book on ceremonial magic written in the twentieth century. This, the scarce original was privately printed in 1929 after Crowley failed to find a publisher in London.
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