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Lot of 17 titles, all but two bound in dark red / maroon cloth with gilt highlights. Includes: Clymer, Dr. R. Swinburne. Alchemy and the Alchemists. Giving the secret of the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of Youth, and the Universal Solvent. Allentown (PA): The Philosophical Publishing Co., 1907, vols. 1, 3, and 4. All 12mo, with gilt spine and rose and cross device on front; 266, 243, and 214 plus 4pp ads; last with frontis presumably of Clymer. Chips missing from front cover of last vol., but little to no toning of this volume, as there is with the other two. All with worn and bumped corners, damage to spine ends. Clymer, R. Swinburne, ed. The Beautiful Philosophy of Life. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1910. 8vo, title on front in gilt, pages not numb. Wear to corners and spine ends. Gariner, F.E. and Clymer, Dr. R. Swinburne. Christhood and Adeptship. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1910. Presumed first ed., which seems to be rare. 8vo, title on front in gilt, 101pp plus one pg ads. Wear to head and foot of spine and corners. Clymer. The Divine Mystery. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing, 1910. 8vo, gilt spine and star device on front; 181 numb. pp, but only odd numbered pp with text. [Clymer] The Irreconcilable Gnomes or Continuation to the Comte de Gabalis. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing, 1910. 8vo, gilt star device on front. Wear to spine and edges of boards. Clymer. The Rosicrucians: Their Teachings. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing, 1910. 8vo, gilt spine and triangular device on front with lamp, anchor and "TRY"; 212pp. Clymer. The Illuminated Faith: The Christic Interpretation of the Gospel of St. Matthew. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing, 1912. Inscribed and signed "By the Author." 8vo, gilt spine and "all-seeing eye in triangle with "Temple of Illuninati" on front; 267pp. Spine nearly gone, although about half is still hanging on. Slight water damage to upper corner. Heavy wear to lower corners. Guru Rakadazan ("of the Aryan Yoga Society"). Ritualistic Occultism: True White Magic. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1913. 8vo, gilt spine and star device on front; 272 numb. pp., but text only printed on odd numb. pp. Guru Rakadazan ("of the Aryan Yoga Society"). Kabballistic and Eloimic Magic. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1914. 8vo, gilt spine and star device on front, 248 numb. pp (but text only on odd numbered pp). Heavy wear to corners. Upper third of spine gone. Clymer, R. Swinburne. The Way to Godhood. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1914. 8vo, gilt on spine and "Temple of Illuminati" device on front; 191pp, including ads. Top half of spine coming loose. Moderate wear to corners and spine ends. Clymer. Divine Alchemy. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1915. 8vo, gilt spine and "TRY" device on front; 216 numb. pp, but only odd numb. pp with text. Agreement "No. 39 NE." Shelfwear and wear to spine ends. Top of spine faded. Anon. [presumed Clymer] Fundamental Laws: A Report on the 68th Convocation of the Rose Cross Order. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1916. 12mo, burnt orange cloth, gilt on spine and "TRY" device on front; 208pp plus "Catalog of Mystical Books" in rear. Slight water damage to boards. Slight bumping and wear to spine ends. Overall in very good shape. Clymer, R. Swinburne, ed. The Rose Cross College. A resume of the teachings and proceedings of the Rose Cross College during its session held in the month of October, 1916, on the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of the Order. Quakertown (PA): Beverly Hall, 1917. 8vo, this with burnt orange cover with "TRY" device on front; 216pp plus 31 pp "Catalog of Mystical Books" in rear. Some water damage to boards. Scattered foxing. "The Church of Illumination and the Illuminati." [presumed Clymer] Degrees of Illumination. Allentown: Philosophical Publishing, n.d., but ca 1917. 8vo, red cloth with gilt front and spine, this with triangle, sun and star device, 109pp. Moderate we