A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism 2 Volume Set, Gareth retailer Knight, Helios,, 1965, First Editions, Hardcover, Tree of Life and the Tarot

A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism 2 Volume Set, Gareth Knight, Helios Book Service, London, 1965, First Editions, Hardcover, 8.5x6x1", Vol.1 has 249pp.,Vol2 has 291pp.

Volume 1 - On the Spheres and the Tree of Life
VERY GOOD condition with POOR Dust Jacket (now with protective mylar cover), Binding is tight and slightly cocked, my 1968 bookshop sticker and name/date on ffep, Clean, supple pages with no markings noticed.

Volume 2 - On the Paths and the Tarot
ACCEPTABLE condition with no DJ, Boards suffered insect damage (as seen in photos) but no damage to text block. Binding is tight and slightly cocked, pages clean and supple with light pencil notations throughout.

Volume 2 is one of about a dozen my termite survivors that suffered damage to the bindings but not the text. I lost about ten boxes of esoteric books in 2003 -in indoor climate controlled storage. I was horrified when I discovered retailer one of the boxes was soft to the touch... but ultimately impressed with the secretiveness and thoroughness of their destruction. They came up through a crack in the concrete floor, and ate through the shelving and the boxes of books leaving the outsides intact. Clever little buggars, they are...

I was a student in Gareth Knight and William Butler's Helios Home Study Course in 1969 (as mentioned in the Preface in photo #4), and these books were part of that program. I later taught a course on the Tarot using Paul Foster Case's book "The Tarot" and vol 2 of this set as textbooks... thus the pencil notations in Volume 2.