Item #59323 The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. Arthur Edward WAITE, L. W. de Laurence.

The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy.

Chicago, IL: The de Laurence Company, Inc., 1940. Reprint. Hardcover. Small quarto. xvi + 296 pp. Full black (faux?) leather with gold titling to spine and solar design to upper board, b&w illustrations. An attractive, large format edition - presumably the second American edition, and the first to be published under the de Laurence imprint (the first American edition was published under the imprint "Occult Publishing House"). A study and collection of material from various grimoires, including the Key of Solomon, the Lesser Key of Solomon, Grimoire of Honorius, Fourth Book of Agrippa, Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage etc. etc. Edges very lightly rubbed, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and chafed, page edges browned, pages lightly toned, NYC Weiser bookshop sticker on front pastedown & US distributor's sticker at lower edge of title page, small ink stamps on front pastedown and front blank, text pages bright and unmarked. Overall a tight clean VG+ copy. Item #59323

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