# JD Holmes > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-08. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/jd-holmes - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/jd-holmes.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/jd-holmes/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://jdholmes.com - **Slug:** jd-holmes - **Categories:** retail-ecommerce ## Overview - **Tagline:** Antiquarian, secondhand, and rare bookseller specializing in books from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries, with a substantial selection of esoteric publications and in-house monographs. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Description:** JD Holmes is a bookseller and publisher offering antiquarian, secondhand, rare, and esoteric books through an online catalog. It also operates Holmes Publishing Group, which issues hand-crafted monographs and study series on Hermetica, alchemy, magick, Kabbalah, the Golden Dawn, Crowley-Thelema, and related subjects. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 ## Identity - **Mission:** To offer antiquarian, secondhand, rare, and esoteric books and to publish hand-crafted monographs and seminal works concerning Hermetica, alchemy, magick, Kabbalah, and the ancient Mysteries. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Website:** https://jdholmes.com Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Voice & tone:** Informative, catalog-oriented, specialist, and scholarly. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Founded:** 1971 Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Parent ownership:** The website presents JD Holmes alongside Holmes Publishing Group LLC and identifies Holmes Publishing Group LLC as its publishing entity. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** Helps customers discover and purchase specialized antiquarian, rare, secondhand, and esoteric books, including titles not listed in the online catalog through searches of its offline inventory. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Core capabilities:** - Online browsing and searching of a rare and antiquarian book inventory - Special-title and offline-inventory searches - Publication of hand-crafted monographs and seminal works - Publication of continuing study series - Wholesale and retail distribution of publications in the USA, Canada, South America, and the Pacific Rim - Annual printed antiquarian catalogs - Domestic and international order fulfillment with adjusted shipping totals for multiple-title orders Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Products / SKUs:** - Antiquarian, secondhand, and rare books from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries - Esoteric publications - Holmes Publishing Group hand-crafted monographs - Study series on the Order of the Golden Dawn, Alchemy and Hermetica, Crowley-Thelema, and Kabbalistic-Grimoire - Printed annual antiquarian catalogs Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Pricing:** Individual books and publications are priced in the online catalog; displayed examples range from $5.95 to $677.00. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Antiquarian bookselling, rare books, specialist publishing, and esoteric literature. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer base:** Long-term customers, collectors and purchasers of antiquarian and rare books, and readers interested in esoteric, occult, religious, mystical, and ancient-Mysteries literature. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Ideal customer profile:** Collectors, scholars, and specialist readers seeking antiquarian, secondhand, rare, limited-edition, and esoteric books, as well as customers interested in Hermetica, alchemy, magick, Kabbalah, the Golden Dawn, and Crowley-Thelema. Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Use cases:** - Searching and browsing a specialist inventory of rare and antiquarian books - Purchasing limited-edition and collectible esoteric publications - Requesting a search for titles in the offline inventory - Buying Holmes Publishing Group monographs and study-series volumes - Ordering multiple titles for domestic or international delivery - Receiving annual printed antiquarian catalogs based on subject interests Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer outcomes:** - Access to specialized rare, antiquarian, secondhand, and esoteric titles - Ability to locate requested titles not visible in the online catalog - More accurate shipping totals for multiple-title orders - Access to hand-crafted monographs and continuing study series - Opportunity to receive printed catalogs tailored to stated subject interests Source: Brand's website (https://jdholmes.com) · 2026-11-08 Page last updated 2026-11-08. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. 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