Catalogues

40 Items Related to Metaphysics, Hermetica & the Occult - Part 3

40 Items Related to Metaphysics, Hermetica & the Occult - Part 3

Our third list of items related to metaphysics, hermetica & the occult. Inside you'll find several collectible tarot decks, a signed and stunningly illustrated edition of "The Secret Teachings of All Ages," and first editions of all ten volumes of Aleister Crowley's monumental occult periodical, "The Equinox."

The I.W.W. & 20th Century Radical Politics (KSRB Catalogue #64)

The I.W.W. & 20th Century Radical Politics (KSRB Catalogue #64)

Just in time for the 2025 RBMS Conference hosted at Yale Library in New Haven, Connecticut, we are pleased to offer Ken Sanders Rare Books Catalogue #64: The I.W.W. & 20th Century Radical Politics. Comprised of 180 items of ephemera, periodicals, books, posters, and a plethora of pamphlets and leaflets created by various Wobblies, Anarchists, Socialists, Communists, Peace Activists, Environmentalists, Folk Singers, Hoboes, Tramps, and Vagabonds.

45 Items Related to Metaphysics, Hermetica & the Occult - Part 2

45 Items Related to Metaphysics, Hermetica & the Occult - Part 2

Our second list of items within the fields of Metaphysics, Hermetica and the Occult. Included is a first of Aleister Crowley's most famous fictional work and a limited edition facsimile of a popular magician's manual, considered to be an early European representation of angel magic.

40 Items Related to Metaphysics, Hermetica & the Occult - Part 1

40 Items Related to Metaphysics, Hermetica & the Occult - Part 1

A selection of 40 items all within the field of Metaphysics, Hermetica or the Occult. Included is a limited edition facsimile of "The True Grimoire," works by respected Occult figures including Aleister Crowley, Paschal Beverly Randolph and A. E. Waite, and multiple collectible tarot decks.

We will be issuing additional lists of similar material in the following months; if these subjects are within your field of interest, stay tuned!

Ex-Libris John Ruyle, Part Four (KSRB Catalogue #63)

Ex-Libris John Ruyle, Part Four (KSRB Catalogue #63)

Part four of our series of catalogues featuring books passionately collected by the writer, publisher, and collector John Eric Ruyle (1934-2008), which we procured from Serendipity Books after the unfortunate passing of legendary bookseller Peter B. Howard. Ruyle, the creator of Berkeley’s fine press, Pequod Press, was a fervent collector of Sherlockiana and early science fiction, including books with only vague “occult” and “fantasy” elements. Books with balloons, airships, lost races and cities, tombs, clairvoyance, telepathy, ghosts, and possession. The impassioned spirit with which Ruyle approached his collection is immediately evident when one reads the detailed pencil notes he has left on the endpapers of many of his books. As a whole, this collection is lively and fun, and offers a pleasant escape from reality.

Ken Sanders Rare Books at New York Bibliography Week Booksellers’ Showcase 2025

Ken Sanders Rare Books at New York Bibliography Week Booksellers’ Showcase 2025

We are pleased to offer here a list of forty of the items that we will be exhibiting as part of the New York Bibliography Week Booksellers’ Showcase 2025 at the L’Alliance New York’s Le SkyRoom on Wednesday, January 22nd from 10:30am-4pm. Some highlights here include a scarce signed limited edition fine press Gary Snyder volume, a rare volume inscribed by its author to massacre and captivity survivor Olive Oatman, several lovely vernacular photograph albums, and many radical labor publications including two nicely illustrated Hungarian labor movement journals from the 1930s.

Utah, LDS, Western Americana. Photographs, Ephemera, Books. Twenty New Arrivals. (KSRB Catalogue #62)

Utah, LDS, Western Americana. Photographs, Ephemera, Books. Twenty New Arrivals. (KSRB Catalogue #62)

Just in time for the holidays, we present a short catalogue of twenty new arrivals in a few of our fields of specialty: Utah, Latter-day Saints, and Western Americana. Some nice photographs will be found amongst a smattering of ephemera and books. Of particular note – a three-volume set of the Deseret Alphabet books, an uncommon piece of early Utah/Mormon currency, a carte-de-visite portrait of Daniel H. Wells by pioneer photographer Edward Martin, several rare photographs by Charles Roscoe Savage, and a complete set of Wilford Woodruff ’s journals (the Signature Books Typescript edition). Thank you for your attention. Happy holidays!