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Lost? Or merely dispersed? On Jan 16, 2008 4:18 PM, D E <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > absolutely good for buyers, I saw some of an earlier auction of his books > that the Museum of Witchcraft acquired, and stunning items they were, but > IMO there is a (kind of) spirit of place that a large personal library > creates, and every time one is split up and sold then something intangible > is lost, even if we have a catalogue listing of what Robert owned, that will > never all be in one place again > > dave e > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Caroline Tully <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:00 PM > *Subject:* Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] [Norton AntiSpam] > [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Weiser Antiquarian Books > > There must be lots of cases where someone's precious book collection gets > dispersed after death - yes, it is sad, but perhaps not sad for buyers? > > ~Caroline. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* D E <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:01 PM > *Subject:* Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] [Norton AntiSpam] > [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Weiser Antiquarian Books > > rather sad to see this- I remember when Robert died and there was a grand > scheme to house all of his books (about 3/4 of a million was the > estimate) in a study centre, to (a) keep them together and (b) allow free > access to researchers; which we reported in JSM1 > > dave e > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Caroline Tully <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:23 AM > *Subject:* [Norton AntiSpam] [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Weiser Antiquarian > Books > > Weiser Antiquarian Books Catalog Twenty-Eight: > > > > *Alchemy and Hermetica. Books from the collection of * > > *Robert Lenkiewicz. Part II.* > > > > may now be viewed at: > > > > www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalog > > > > To view the catalog simply click on the link above. If the link does not > work direct from your email, please cut and paste it into your web browser. > If your web-browser shows an earlier catalog of ours at the above link (ie > it is not 'refreshing' properly) a duplicate copy of our new catalog is > on-line at: www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogtwentyeight > > > > Weiser Antiquarian Books is pleased to announce the issue of our > twenty-eighth on-line catalog. This is the second of two catalogs (the > other was Catalog Twenty-Three) devoted to *Used, Out-of-Print, and Rare > books on Alchemy, Hermetica, and related subjects from the library of Robert > Oscar Lenkiewicz* (1941 - 2002). > > > Lenkiewicz was a well-known British artist, eccentric, and book collector > who owned over 25,000 books at the time of his death. One room of his studio > was termed by Lenkiewicz the "Occult Philosophy Room," and contained a > world-class library on the subject, with a special emphasis on alchemy and > alchemical symbolism, Neo-Platonism and Renaissance occultism, and the > Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism. > Weiser Antiquarian Books was fortunate enough acquire a small selection of > these books, which are now offered for sale in this catalog, and in our > earlier Catalog Twenty-Three. > > > The first section of Catalog Twenty-Eight is a miscellany of books from > the "Occult Philosophy Room," and includes a number of serious, scholarly > studies of alchemy, some of which are quite scarce. Most of the books in > this section are in pristine condition, though some have obviously seen a > lot of practical use, such as one of the copies of Atwood's *A Suggestive > Inquiry Into Hermetic Philosophy and Alchemy *which is interleaved with > closely written scraps of paper, on which Lenkiewicz has made notes in a > miniscule handwriting. The second section of the catalog comprises three > *handwritten copies of rare alchemical manuscripts* made by Lenkiewicz > from the originals in the British Library. *Two of these include > delightful hand-drawn illustrations by Lenkiewicz, after originals in the > texts*. The third section comprises a number of bound off-prints (or > photocopies thereof) of journal articles which Lenkiewicz obviously found to > be of special significance. Both the manuscripts and the journal articles > have been ingeniously (if rather crudely) bound by Lenkiewicz in thin > plywood boards, with cloth spines which he hand-lettered, giving them a > rather 'folk-art' look and feel. The final section contains a number of > limited edition books from the *Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks* series > produced by *Adam McLean*, the highly-regarded scholar of alchemical > texts, who is well known for his alchemy website, and as the editor and > publisher of numerous important hermetic texts. > > > > At present we have a number of other catalogs in preparation. Our next > catalogs, are due out in February and early March. The first will be on * > Spiritualism* and the second will be a *Miscellany of New Arrivals*, > featuring a selection of interesting and unusual books and manuscripts from > across our fields of speciality. During that period we will probably also > squeeze in another catalog of *Works by and Relating to Aleister Crowley*. > Future catalogs will be devoted to *The Occult Review*, *Rosicrucianism*, > *Mythology*, *Theosophy*, *Magic*, *Grimoires*, and other of our > specialties. Of course we will also continue to regularly issue our special > *Aleister Crowley* catalogs. > > > > The books in these catalogs represent just a fraction of a percent of our > overall holdings. *We currently list nearly 10,000 other mostly > esoteric-related titles* on our main website: www.weiserantiquarian.comwith new stock added weekly. > > > > Again, if you wish to view the books in this current catalog simply click > on: > > > > www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalog > > or go to > > www.weiserantiquarian.com/catalogtwentyeight > > > > -- Ty Falk ~~~~~~~ Erisian Anthropologist Grand Rapids, MI, USA