The catalogue comprises the usual mix of books, journals and pamphlets, on Spiritualism, Psychical Research, and related aspects of occultism.  It includes too many scarce titles to list in a small space, but amongst these are a rare early work on the planchette.

Catalogue 199b is devoted to different editions of The Book of the Law, and works relating to it.

The one hundred and ninety-eighth of our internet cataloguesis another of our "Miscellany" lists comprising a varied selection of books and ephemera on different subjects.  Most of the items listed are relatively recent second-hand publications but with a few rarities scattered throughout. 

The catalogue consists of works relating to Aleister Crowley and his circle.  As usual it is quite a broad selection, including a number of unusual modern printings, some of which are limited editions and signed copies. There are also a number of unusual earlier items.  Amongst the latter are the first US edition of Crowley’s The Diary of a Drug Fiend (Dutton, 1923), first editions of Book 4, Parts I & II (2 Volumes: 1912 & 1913), The Tale of Archais (1898), and Carmen Saeculare (1901).  Rare ephemeral items include an envelope fragment with Crowley’s name and address in his own handwriting and a large blob of red wax impressed with his eye of Horus seal (much rare than his later Ankh-af-na-khonsu seal); and an amusing and revealing holograph list of errands which Crowley prepared for his disciple J. G. Bayley to undertake on his behalf (December 1943).