{"title":"Spooky Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"demons-in-the-covent","title":"Demons in the Convent: Nicolas de Montmorency - Manna absconditum (1616)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicolas de Montmorency, \u003cem\u003eManna absconditum, seu Spiritualis dulcedinis. \u003c\/em\u003eApud Petrum Henningium (Peter Henning), 1616. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot an inherently spooky book, Manna Absconditum seu Spiritualis Dulcedinis (Hidden Manna, or Spiritual Sweetness) is a series of prayers, contemplations, and holy exercises, compiled by Nicolas de Montmorency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNicolas demonstrated his piousness in 1604 by also founding a Bridgettine convent in Lille, in what was the the Spanish Netherlands. Lovely. Picturesque.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1611, a group of nuns were said to be possessed by demons in Aix-en-Provence. A young noble woman, Madeleine de Demandolx, confessed a sultry intimacy with the local priest, Father Gaufridi. She was sent to a convent in Aix where she began to exhibit signs of possession, which spread to other nuns. Exorcists were called in to no avail. Gaufridi was sent to the Inquisition in Avignon \u0026amp; ultimately signed a confession \u0026amp; was executed. Madeleine \u0026amp; the other nuns were immediately released of their demons (such as, maybe for example the demon of lust?). But the witch \u0026amp; demon hunt was already ablaze.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1612 or 1613, the nuns at Nicolas de Montmorency’s convent began reporting spectral visions \u0026amp; demonic voices. They blamed the very holy \u0026amp; devout Sister Marie de Sains. She was summoned \u0026amp; confessed. Oh boy did she confess: on Mondays \u0026amp; Tuesdays she \u0026amp; the nuns she had bewitched had some ritual sex, with each other \u0026amp; some demons; devil worship \u0026amp; sodomy on Thursdays; more wild sex throughout the week, some child murder; potion concocting with Satan; some signing; \u0026amp; rest on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer confession was an exact copy of Madeleine’s description of the satanic acts she was bewitched into performing in Aix, nearly 1000 kilometers away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltimately the acts described by Marie in Lille were so wildly unbelievable that she was more or less dismissed as being insane and incarcerated rather than executed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin 5 years of this wild happening at his convent, Nicolas de Montmorency died. This book was published a year before his death; the original readers would likely have had this infamous possession incident in the back of their minds, as they practiced their holy exercises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMB242\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454828937408,"sku":"","price":285.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0892.jpg?v=1702130290"},{"product_id":"aubrey-beardlsey-adjacent-robert-louis-stevensons-fables","title":"Aesthetically Aubrey Beardlsey-Adjacent: Robert Louis Stevenson - Fables (1914)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEVENSON, Robert Louis. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFables. \u003c\/i\u003eIllustrated by E. R. Herman. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(270 x 200 mm) pp. 83.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWith frontispiece and 19 full page tipped in illustrations in black and white— all present. Captioned tissue guards intact. Printed by Chiswick Press (British, London) by Charles Whittingham and Co. Inscription on front flyleaf: “To Nellie, November 8, 1914, from Dick Herman”. Spine has some bumps to extremities. Inside is bright and without foxing. Overall VERY GOOD to NEAR FINE condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally published in 1896, this 1914 update of Robert Louis Stevenson’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFables\u003c\/i\u003e opens dramatically with “Captain Smollett and Long John Silver step out of the pages of Treasure Island to discuss the role of the author: who is his favourite character? Does the author need both a villain and a virtuous character to write a good story? They debate about how well their own characters will fare in Treasure Island when they are recalled to the story by the author.” The tales continue, considering existential questions about the inevitability of death; responsibility versus desire; nature versus destiny; radical equality; and, truth and interiority. E. R. Herman’s illustrations of these themes are clearly evocative of Aubrey Beardsley’s work.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2020\/03\/27\/er-hermans-fables\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2020\/03\/27\/er-hermans-fables\/\"\u003eJohn Coulthart\u003c\/a\u003e has done some work on E. R. Herman, whose forenames are unknown. Coulthart posits that Herman’s career was cut short by service in World War II, though some biographical entries suggest he died in 1930. It is possible— though unprovable— that the inscription “from Dick Herman” on the flyleaf may be the illustrator’s hand. Perhaps the R. stands for Richard, and he is signing with his nick name. Unknowable, but interesting.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e MB199\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461162893504,"sku":"","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1549.jpg?v=1702128451"},{"product_id":"arsenic-bound-missionary-account-of-ethiopia-gobat-journal-d-un-sejour-en-abyssinia-pendant-les-annees-1830-1831-et-1832-1835","title":"[Arsenic Collection] Missionary Account of Ethiopia: Gobat - Journal d’un Séjour en Abyssinia, pendant les années 1830, 1831, et 1832 (1835)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e[GOBAT, Samuel]\u003ci\u003e Journal d’un Séjour en Abyssinia, pendant les années 1830, 1831, et 1832.\u003c\/i\u003e Paris: Chez J.-J. Risler, Rue de l’Oratoire, No. 6; Genève: Chez Mme. Suzane Guers. [1835]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e(250 x 130 mm) pp.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eviii, 438. Signatures: 27 (8), 28 (3). Text complete. Lacks frontispiece portrait and foldout map. Half title, followed by title. Browning and foxing commensurate with age. Some text in Ge’ez (401). Ex libris Clinton E Geiser (Anglo-Swiss financier, d. 2010) pasted over older bookplate now obscured. Bound in Paris green book cloth (indicative of arsenical binding) with ornate floral stamping and gilding. Some flaking to spine. Overall GOOD condition despite faults. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE TEXT: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eParmi tant de travaux intéressant opérés depuis quelques années par les missionnaires de l’Evangile, on peut certainement mettre au premier rang les efforts fait par M. Samuel Gobat pour rallumer en Abyssinia le pur flambeau du Christianisme. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e[Among so many interesting works carried out in recent years by the missionaries of the Gospel, we can certainly put in the first rank, the efforts made by M. Samuel Gobat to rekindle Ethiopia with the pure torch of Christianity. ]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSamuel Gobat’s training as a missionary brought him from the Basel Mission Institute in his native Switzerland to the Missionary Institute in Paris, to the CMS training institution in London. His training complete and his ordination in the Lutheran church confirmed, he served six years in Ethiopia. The record of his first three years are preserved in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe first two parts, written in the third person, depicts the inhabitants of Ethiopia, the geography of the landscape, natural resources, and wildlife, the history of Christianity and a general history of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe third part shifts into M. Gobat’s first-person introduction of his journal. He begins with a prayer expressing his fears and hopes for his mission:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLe 25 février 1830, à huit heures du matin, j’ai quitté Adi-Grâte avec mes frères Kulger et Aichinger, qui m’ont accompagné pendant environ une demi-heure. En me séparant d’eux j’ai senti, pour un moment, ma misère et ma faiblesse plus que jamais. J’ai confessé mes péchés à Dieu en chemin, et je l’ai prié de m’accompagner, de me préserver des dangers que j’allais courir, surtout du péché, et de bénir mon voyage pour les salut de quelques ames.\u003c\/em\u003e” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e[On the 25\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e of February, at 8am, I left Adi-Grate with my brothers, Kulger and Aichinger, who accompanied me for about a half an hour. In separating from them, I felt, for a moment, my misery and my weakness more than ever. I confessed my sins to God on the road, and I prayed to him to accompany me, to preserve me from the dangers that I was going to encounter, and above all from sin, and to bless my voyage for the salvation of some souls.]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE BINDING:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe emerald green pigment of on the binding of this book is due to the use of copper acetoarsenite— the cloth contains arsenic. Arsenic was used as a colouring agent for book bindings particularly between the 1840s to the 1860s. Often embellished with gold and blind stamping, as with this example, these bindings appear shiny or coated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eMB443\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000988229824,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_4433.jpg?v=1714129249"},{"product_id":"spooky-stories-from-a-spooky-medievalist-m-r-james-thin-ghost-1925","title":"Spooky Stories from a Spooky Medievalist: M.R. James - Thin Ghost (1925)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRHODES, Montague James. \u003cem\u003eThin Ghost and Other Stories. \u003c\/em\u003eLondon: Edward Arnold, 1925. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, fourth impression, stated. (19 x 12.7 cm)[8], 152 pp. An early edition of the third popular short story collection by M. R. James, a brilliant collection of ghosts stories. Bound in publisher's cloth binding (grey buckram) with iconic blue spiderweb design. Pages bright with scattered and expected spots.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45344068468928,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_3853.jpg?v=1719862180"},{"product_id":"when-ghosts-side-with-your-daughter-mills-the-ghosts-of-their-ancestors-1906","title":"When Ghosts Side with your Daughter: Mills- The Ghosts of their Ancestors (1906)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMILLS, Weymer Jay. \u003cem\u003eThe Ghosts of their Ancestors\u003c\/em\u003e. New York: Fox Duffield and Co. 1906.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Edition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(120 x 170mm) pp. 143. Green publisher’s binding with gilt title and coloured paste-down illustration. Checked green pastedowns. Illustrations throughout. Listed in Bleiler 1178. Overall in VERY GOOD condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Bleiler’s masterwork of The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, he provides a short summary of this Turn of the Century romance\/surprising moralizing tale\/ ghost story:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eRomance \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ein early Federalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eNew \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eYork. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOld Knickerbocker has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efour daughters, three of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewhom follow \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ehis precepts, while the fourth, Patricia, is rebellious. Patricia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003edetermines \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003emarry a church \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eorganist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ea man whom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eher father considers unacceptable, forbidding the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ematch. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethe ancestors, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewhom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eold \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKnickerbocker holds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ein high reverence \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s5\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eis often quoting, take \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ea hand. The ghost \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eof his great great \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003egrandmother comes and summons \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethe present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003efamily \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ehearing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eancestral ghosts are not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eas Knickerbocker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethought, for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ethey \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efind against \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ehim and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efor Patricia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe thereupon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003egives his consent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eRoutine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45796574625984,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/PHOTO-2024-09-15-11-33-29.jpg?v=1731363056"},{"product_id":"newton-men-and-ghosts-of-gough-square-1947","title":"Newton - Men and Ghosts of Gough Square (1947)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewton, A. 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Dark brown publishers binding, with gilt title on spine. Spine panel lifing exposing 19th century binding waste, endbands lacking, and foxing and discolouration throughout. Despite flaws a very nice copy of a particularly rare book on ghosts and their manifestations. It examines phenomena like rappings and mediums, aiming to authenticate these events while offering Christian, rational interpretations of their causes and messages. Overall GOOD condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175424114880,"sku":null,"price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/1170_1.jpg?v=1766632013"},{"product_id":"gurney-meyers-podmore-phantasms-of-the-living-1886","title":"Gurney, Meyers, Podmore - Phantasms of the Living  (Vol. I \u0026 II) (1886)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdmund Gurney, Frederic W. H. Meyers, Frank Podmore. 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The Philosophy of Mysticism, Translated from the German by C.C. Massey. London: George Redway, 1889. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTWO VOLUMES, COMPLETE (225 x 150 mm) V1: xxviii, 332; V2: 316  Disbound, cover present, but text block has detatched, 20th century tape intervention along spine and attempting to repurpose flyleave as wrapper. 20th century pencil annotations throughout in margins. Vol. 2 in much better condition, intact, clean text block, endbands bumped. Bound in red-brown publishers cloth binding. Vol 1: FAIR; Vol 2: FAIR. 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Leather has discolored fly leaves. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOverall VERY GOOD condition.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"25\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFrom Matter to Spirit\u003c\/strong\u003e (1863) is a landmark Victorian exploration of spiritualism, documenting ten years of firsthand encounters with séances, spirit manifestations, and psychic phenomena. Written with intellectual rigor rather than blind belief, it grapples seriously with evidence, skepticism, and the limits of scientific explanation. 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Single stapled bound, black and white, illustrations throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453163421888,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/1257_4.jpg?v=1770775124"},{"product_id":"crash-collusion-3","title":"Crash Collusion #3","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelsey Nation [ed.] Crash Collusion #3. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epp. 23 Another issue of Crash Collusion, a wierd little 'zine offering Psychadelics, H.P. Lovecraft, UFOs, Reviews, HIGH WEIRDNESS and much more. 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Back cover is repro of sacred flower symbol of Lemuria. Creasing to front cover near spine. Staining to top corner of first ten or so pages. First page has chip to top corner. Else in GOOD condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457438564544,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/1268_1.jpg?v=1771124789"},{"product_id":"hidden-world-a-6-summer-1962-copy","title":"Hidden World (A-7, Fall 1962)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRay Palmer. \u003cem\u003eHidden World (A-7, Fall 1962)\u003c\/em\u003e. Amherst, WI: The Hidden World, 1961.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(240 x 170mm) pp. 1149-1340 (continued from earlier issue). With black and white illustrations throughout. Creasing to front cover near spine and a bit faded. Some staining  and handprints (?) on pages. Else in GOOD condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457442300096,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/1262_1_b343e74a-9ffb-4e63-bd14-ae25a339d250.jpg?v=1771124548"},{"product_id":"hidden-world-a-16-winter-1964-copy","title":"Hidden World (A-8, Winter 1962)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRay Palmer. \u003cem\u003eHidden World (A-8, Winter 1962)\u003c\/em\u003e. Amherst, WI: The Hidden World, 1961.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(240 x 170mm) pp.1342-1532 (continued from earlier issue). Cover in color with some scuffing to top lefthand corner; back cover in black and white. Several black and white illustrations within text, text typeset in multiple fonts. Some staining in margins of page. Overall GOOD condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457659912384,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/1271_1.jpg?v=1771116350"},{"product_id":"arguelles-the-mayan-factor-1987","title":"Argüelles -  The Mayan Factor (1987)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosé Argüelles. \u003cem\u003eThe Mayan Factor : Path Beyond Technology.\u003c\/em\u003e Santa Fe, NM: Bear \u0026amp; Company, 1987.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSIGNED FIRST EDITION. pp. 221. Illustrated throughout with glyphs, graphs, and Maya motifs. Some pencil annotations in margins. Inscribed in purple marker to Jean and Fred from the author, José, inscription in English, marked with a Mayan glyph. Overall a GOOD copy. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the early proponents of the 2012 Maya Apocalypse, with three main ideas as a lead up to the transformation: that there are galactic \"seasons\" and that the Maya accurately recorded them; and that each person had the capability to connect directly with the energy of a beam emanating from the galactic center that contains the power to awaken the higher mind. File under: Pseudo-Archaeology. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457688256704,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/1272_1.jpg?v=1771116082"},{"product_id":"underhill-column-of-dust-1909","title":"Underhill - Column of Dust (1909)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvelyn Underhill. \u003cem\u003eColumn of Dust\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Overall GOOD condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten before Evelyn Underhill's major works of Christian mysticism, the Column of Dust (in concert with the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilisbooks.com\/products\/underhill-the-gray-world-1904?_pos=2\u0026amp;_psq=underhill\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003eGrey World\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilisbooks.com\/products\/underhill-the-lost-word-1907\"\u003eLost Word\u003c\/a\u003e), the Column of Dust about a woman named Constance Tyrrel who accidentally summons a disembodied spirit, appearing as a column of dust, while exploring old books in a bookshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463714488512,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/3313_1_703d9775-2b79-474e-9f74-332b7732fc6b.jpg?v=1771122281"},{"product_id":"kenilworth-life-of-the-soul-1911","title":"Kenilworth - Life of the Soul (1911)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Winston Kenilworth. \u003cem\u003eLife of the Soul. \u003c\/em\u003eNew York : R. 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