Collection of 30 Booklets, Pamphlets, and Broadsides on Pyramidology and Prophecy
Ca. 1925-1945. Various.
Extensive collection of works on Pyramidology by Scottish engineer, David Davidson (1884-1956). Davidson began his career in the field seeking to disprove the prophetic arguments of Charles Piazzi Smyth using the revised measurements of Flinders Petrie. Instead, he ended up adopting his own units of measurement and reconciling them with both Petrie's numbers and Smyth's theories, becoming a proponent of British Israelism. Davidson would speak and publish numerous works on the belief system beginning in 1924 and continuing for the next couple decades, influencing the next generation of prophecy models.
The collection includes:
TALKS ON THE GREAT PYRAMID. No. 3. Pyramid Prophecy and Current Events. Leeds: Williams & Norgate, 1925.
Second revised edition. 24pp + 3 fold-out pages. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Includes publisher’s tipped-in ad for other issues. Very good.
TALKS ON THE GREAT PYRAMID. No. 1. The Science of the Pyramid’s Revelation. Leeds: Williams & Norgate,
1926. Second revised edition. 12pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Includes publisher’s tipped-in ad for other issues. Very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID. Address by Mr. D. Davidson. Royal Albert Hall. The Morning Post, Thursday, March 3, 1927.
5-6pp. Broadsheet, front and verso. Folded. Delicate, but very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID’S PROPHECY AND ITS FULFILLMENT. “Tribulation Beginning 29th-30th May, 1928.”
Reprinted from The Morning Post (Advertisement Columns), with Additions. London: Williams & Norgate, undated.
Broadsheet, folded. Very good.
THREE GREAT REVELATIONS ON THE CURRENT CRISIS. An Address by Mr. David Davidson at the Central
Hall, Westminster, on October 8th, 1931. A special article reprinted from The Morning Post (advertisement
columns) with additions. Unknown publisher, October, 1931. Broadsheet, front and verso. Folded. Very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID’S PROPHECY CONCERNING THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND AMERICA. London: The
Covenant Publishing Company Limited, September, 1932. [1] + 44 + [1]. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Price struck out in blue ink on front cover. Very good.
GREAT PYRAMID FUNDAMENTALS. Linking Divine Revelation and Human Reception in Current Times. An
Address by…Mr. David Davidson at the Central Hall, Westminster, on October 6th, 1932. Leeds: Williams &
Norgate, October, 1932. 12pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Previous owner’s name, notation on front cover. Handwritten notes in pencil throughout. Spine delicate, but holding. Overall very good.
THE DATED SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR LORD’S BIRTH AND PASSION REVEALED BY BIBLICAL AND GREAT
PYRAMID SYMBOLISM. Leeds: March, 1933. 4pp. 4to bifolium. Central crease. Minor stain on p. 4. Overall very good.
THE EXODUS OF ISRAEL. Its Date and Historical Setting. An Address delivered at Central Hall, Westminster,
on October 5th, 1933. With Annotations, and an Additional Part on Ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, and
Assyrian Synchronisms. Leeds: D. Davidson, November, 1933. 32pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Very minor stain on upper
right corner of front cover, otherwise very good.
THE HIDDEN TRUTH IN MYTH AND RITUAL AND IN THE COMMON CULTURE PATTERN OF ANCIENT
METROLOGY. A Study showing that the “Common Culture Patterns” in Myth and Ritual emanated from
Messianic Prophecies current over 5000 years ago; and that the Structural Expression of these Prophecies is
enshrined in the Divine Revelation of the Great Pyramid of Gizeh. Leeds: D. Davidson, September, 1934. xiii + 70pp. 4to.
Printed paper wrappers. Includes b/w frontispiece featuring aerial photo of Pyramids of Giza. Light chipping visible on wrappers, very minor staining in upper right corner. Overall very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID’S DIVINE MESSAGE. Reprinted from the advertisement columns of The Morning Post,
Friday, October 5, 1934, with additional plates, etc. Unknown publisher, October, 1934. Broadsheet, front and verso.
Folded. Very good.
THE PROPHECY OF THE GREAT PYRAMID. Reprinted from the advertisement column of The Morning Post,
Saturday, November 16, 1935, with additional matter, plates, etc. London: Williams & Norgate, November, 1935.
Broadside, front and verso. Folded. Very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID’S PROPHECY: The Age of Gold and the Golden Age. An Address by Mr. David Davidson at
the Central Hall, Westminster, on October 7th, 1937. Unknown publisher: October, 1937. 12pp. 4to. Staple binding, no
wrapper. Very good.
HERSCHEL’S GEOMETRIC INCH. The Natural Unit-Measure of Astronomy, Geodesy, and Rational Metrology.
Leeds: D. Davidson, June, 1938. 27pp + [2]. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. 27pp + [2]. Printed paper wrappers. Very minor scrape in upper right corner, otherwise very good.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. A Study in Chronology. Proving Accredited Authorities Two
Years in Error. Leeds: D. Davidson, September, 1938. 19pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Spine delicate, but holding. Very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID’S PROPHECY: Light on the Crisis. An Address by Mr. David Davidson at the Central Hall,
Westminster, on October 6th, 1938. London: The Covenant Publishing Co. Ltd., October, 1938. 10pp. 4to. Staple binding, no
wrappers. Very good.
"THE DESTINY OF THE JEWS” IN THE GREAT PYRAMID’S PROPHECY. Leeds: February, 1939. [4]. 4to bifolium. Very
good.
THE DOMINATION OF BABYLON: Literal and Symbolic. An Interpretation of Prophecy in relation to the
perplexing sequence of Current Events. London: The Covenant Publishing Co. Ltd., May, 1939. 80pp. 4to. Printed
paper wrappers. Very minor chipping along spine. Includes single b/w photo plate (“Plate 3”), however not missing plates.
Complete. Very good.
THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS IN THE GREAT PYRAMID’S PROPHECY. London: The Covenant Publishing
Company Limited, April, 1940. Fourth edition. 39pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Few pencil markings by previous owner
within. Overall very good.
THE DOMINATION OF BABYLON: Literal and Symbolic. An Interpretation of Prophecy in relation to the
perplexing sequence of Current Events. London: The Covenant Publishing Co. Ltd., December, 1940. Second revised
edition. 80pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Includes single b/w photo plate (“Plate 3”), however not missing plates.
Complete. Very good.
THE EXODUS OF ISRAEL. Its Date and Historical Setting. An Address delivered at Central Hall,
Westminster, on October 5th, 1933. With Annotations, Illustrations, and an Additional part on Ancient
Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian Synchronisms. London: The Covenant Publishing Company Limited, 1946.
Second edition. 32pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Very good.
TALKS ON THE GREAT PYRAMID. A New Series of Pyramid Booklets. This pamphlet contains short articles
dealing with the Nativity and Crucifixion Dates; Ancient Messianic Symbolism; and the Messiah of the Jews;
and Tombic and other Theories. Undated. 8pp. 4to. Stapled pamphlet. Possibly missing paper wrapper, otherwise very
good.
TALKS ON THE GREAT PYRAMID. No. 2. The Solar Year and the Messianic Year. London: Williams & Norgate, undated. 12pp. 4to. Stapled pamphlet. Possibly missing paper wrapper. Includes tipped-in publisher’s ad. Very good.
THE CHALLENGE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID TO ALL MODERN THINKERS, SCHOLARS, PHILOSOPHERS, SCIENTISTS, ECCLESIASTICS. A Scientific Revelation to a Scientific Age. London: The Covenant Publishing Company, Limited, undated. 22pp + [2]. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Rust stains around staples, binding delicate. Overall very good.
THE PATTERN OF PROPHECY FOR OUR LIFE AND TIMES. Vancouver: British Israel Assn. of Greater Vancouver, undated. Copy of the same work published by The Covenant Publishing Co. Ltd. 22pp. 4to. Green printed paper wrappers. Very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID. London: British-Israel-World Federation, undated. 8pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Includes laid-in printed note from the Toronto British-Israel Association. Very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID. Knowledge from the Past. A Study for Scholars. London: Williams & Norgate, undated. [6]. 4to. Staple binding, no wrappers. Very good.
TO THE READER: The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message. Unknown publisher, undated. 4pp. 4to bifolium. Central crease. Very good.
THE GREAT PYRAMID’S MESSAGE TO THIS MODERN AGE. London: The Covenant Publishing Company, Ltd., undated. 8vo folded pamphlet. Very good.
CHURCH AND STATE IN THE GREAT PYRAMID’S PROPHECY. Special Articles Reprinted from The Morning Post (Advertisement Columns). Unknown publisher, undated. Broadside, front and verso. Folded. Very good.
2 PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN NOTES BY UNKNOWN AUTHOR. Undated [Ca. 1945]. 2x 4to pages, carbon copies. Basically a list of the contents of the collection, likely by the previous owner.
Many of these publications are quite ephemeral in nature, and most quite scarce. In all, the collection is an excellent representation of Davidson's work in Pyramidology and the British Israelist movement of the first half of the 20th century as a whole. The movement still exists today, albeit with a much smaller following.
. Item #7437
Price: $1,500.00