Boston: Gambit Incorp. 1969. First Edition. Octavo. First printing.505pp., Contradicting many current notions about cultural evolution, this exploratory book investigates the origin of human knowledge in the archaic, preliterate world. Selecting Shakespeare's Hamlet as a congenial introductory figure, the authors begin their journey proper with Amlodhi, Hamlet's counterpart in Scandinavian..... More
New York; (1930): Charles Scribner's Sons. Octavo. First Hurd illustrated edition. 347 (1) pages. Beautifully illustrated by Peter Hurd. A great medieval classic set in the Carolingian age. On the shelves of the Mark Hopkin's Hotel in San Francisco are the Scribner's classics with illustations of Peter Hurd's Story of..... More
London: Printed By Glabin and Baker for J. Buckland and G. Robinson, 1783. Octavo. 495 pages. One of the most important dissenting ministers of the late 18th century, the author became the most important of the students of Philip Doddridge. His works were concerned with the false attribution of demonic..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Co., 1827. First Edition in English. Octavo. Frontispiece by T. Dighton, 406pp. Possibly written by Baron A.H. de Jomini as noted by the British Museum. A story of fantasy of Napoleon and his afterlife. The creator takes him on a tour visiting heaven and hell and..... More