Beneath the Rose: Adventrues in Collecting and Selling Rare Books
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The Making of the Big Book: The Monumental Publishing of Manly P. Halls The Secret Teachings of All Ages
I was first referred to the Special Collections Library of the Oakland Scottish Rite for the purpose of examining an “especially bound volume” of ... -
1885 The Light on the Path - First Edition (Association Copy)
One of the treasured items in my personal collection is a first edition of the theosophical classic "The Light on the Path" by Mabel Collins. Accor... -
1883 Calcutta: The Original Pamphlet of Eliphas Levi's Paradoxes of the Highest Science
The “Unpublished Writings of Eliphas Lévi” were first published in various parts in the early issues of The Theosophist, a monthly journal issued b... -
Beneath the Rose: Adventures in Collecting and Selling rare books
The intention of this blog series which I have titled "The Vault" is to showcase some of the rare occult books in my personal collection for the purpose of cataloging and maintaining a database of my collection throughout the coming years. The hope is that this blog will serve as a reference point for other collectors with similar interests while also providing historical context on the publishing history of such works.
