Andrew Collins Ex Libris

ACP1. Anonymous, The Book of Gwineva, 1st edition, Culdian Trust 1981, 8vo, red hard covers with gilt titles and decoration to front board, 214pp. A channelled text relating to the creation and evolution of mankind. The Culdian movement is one relating to esoteric Christianity, and supposedly tracing its roots to early Celtic Christian Britain. With a signed inscribed card to author Andrew (Collins) from the Trust laid in. Minor spotting to edges of text block, contents clean and tight and otherwise a near fine copy of a scarce title £65

ACP13. Gildas, The Ruin of Britain and other documents, 1st edition, Phillimore & Co. 1978, 8vo, green cloth with gilt titles to spine, 2 + 162pp including index, edited and translated by Michael Winterbottom. One of the most important sources of British history in the 5th-6th century A.D. Spine slightly creased at head, light pencil annotation to a couple of leaves, contents otherwise clean and tight. Very good in like (edges very lightly rubbed, price clipped) d/w £35

ACP18. Heckford, W, A Succinct Account of all the Religions, and Various Sects in Religion, etc, 1st edition, printed for William Lane 1741, 8vo, contemporary full tan calf, 22 + 464pp including index. A fairly comprehensive study drawn from the work of ancient and modern philosophers, and including sections on many obscure Gnostic sects and other ancient doctrines. Binding rather rubbed and worn, outer joints splitting, title label virtually lost, related cutting to front paste-down, some occasional light foxing or soiling, a few corners dog-eared, stitching lightly strained in places but inner hinges firm. A good, relatively sound and textually clean copy of the very scarce original issue £125

ACP19. Jochmans, J.R, The Hall of Records: Part One: Revelations of the Great Pyramid and Sphinx, 1st edition, privately published 1985, 4 volumes complete, 4to, spiral bound with various coloured plastic cover sheets, 648pp of text printed on one side of the leaf only, illustrated. A controversial and thought provoking study based on both historical and esoteric study in order to validate the potential existence of the Hall of Records at Giza proposed by Edgar Cayce and others. Minor marks to cover sheets, upper cover of volume two more seriously spotted, edges of text blocks slightly soiled in places, margins of last few leaves in volume one soiled, trivial spots to a few other margins, text all clean and tight. Overall, a very good set of a scarce work £85