the secret teachings
of all ages
why this volume was catalogued
8 quires · reg. 001
2 pp.
read fol. vi
acquired march 2026 from a sealed private estate. original cloth boards with copper plate stamping; spine faded, boards rubbed, hinges sound. light foxing to endpapers. one small library label removed from front pastedown, residue visible. no annotations in the body of the text. prior ownership traced through a private london dealer before dispersal; received into private trust via paternoster row, july 1964, and held for sixty-one years. no known public exhibition in that interval.
the first printing is held in institutional collections and in a small number of private hands. all fifty-four color plates, printed by j. f. rowny, los angeles, 1928, are reproduced in position through the body of the volume.
- edition
- first printing · j. f. rowny press · los angeles
- binding
- original publisher's cloth over boards, copper plate stamping; gilt titles faded
- imprint
- los angeles · 1928 · mcmxxviii
- condition
- quarto · 7¼ × 10½ in. · 736 pp. · rubbed to boards · light foxing endpapers
- provenance
- private california estate · dispersal on file · prior ownership chain held in archive
- references
- cf. standard bibliography of the author · trade catalogues, 1960s onward
contents · abridged
fifty-four chapters. this is the key arc, abridged.
following the title
for pyramid initiation
plate census
fifty-four plates in full color by j. augustus knapp, commissioned for this edition. plates bound before each relevant chapter, tissue interleaves intact on first printing. plate iv follows.
first-edition facsimile now in private circulation
in response to standing requests on file, the archive has commissioned a first-edition facsimile, reproduced at full scale from the 1928 rowny plates. cloth boards, copper plate stamping, 54 plates in color, 736 pages complete. distributed from the archive to correspondents on record.
dispatch worldwide · no further payment · delivery in 5 to 14 days · tracked
conservation window 30 days from arrival · return accepted within archive policy
the archive permits multiple copies per correspondent. bundle options appear on the requisition page.
a selection from subscriber correspondence received in the year following acquisition. filed by initials per archive policy. unedited excerpts, lightly punctuated.
additional items in the standing collection
each bears the same sigil and the same filing form. concurrent accessions, registered under one hand.
in the year mmxxvi · item acq. 2026·staa·001
this page forms the archive's first record of the work. subsequent items will bear the same sigil, the same accession form, and the same hand. nothing in the register is decorative. the volume catalogued here may be requisitioned via the seal below.