Ex Libris Miskatonici. A Catalogue of Selected Items from the Special Collections in the Miskatonic University.
West Warwick RI: Necrnonomicon Press, 1995. Second Printing. Softcover. Small quarto. 66pp. Gold stapled wrappers lettered in black, bibliography. A beautifully constructed and nicely produced study of the (fictional) Special Collections, of the (fictional) Miskatonic University Library, most famous home of the Necronomicon. From the publisher: "It is well known that the Miskatonic University Library holds in its collection some of the rarest and most obscure volumes in occult literature. Until this time, access to materials within the library have been restricted to scholars and researchers, and only those with significant academic credentials. Now, in this greatly detailed and researched volume, university librarian Joan C. Stanley offers some background on the various collections to be found within the library, as well as detailed descriptions of many of the more infamous volumes contained therein. To be found in this book are chapters detailing histories of the library's copies of The Pnakotic Manuscripts, The Eltdown Shards, The Celaeno, G'harne and Sussex Fragments, The Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan, The Book of Dzyan, The R'lyeh Text, The Dhol Chants, The Ponape Scripture, Codex Dagonensis, Les Cultes des Coules, De Vermis Mysteriis, Peri ton Eibon or Liber Ivonis, Die Unaussprechlichen Kulten, as well as the most notorious volume in the university's collection, The Necronomicon. This publication also includes information on The Voynich Manuscript and Praesidia Finium or Frontier Garrison, as well as a bibliography and introduction detailing the university library's history, and how it came to obtain these volumes through the years." From the collection of Clive Harper with his discreet book-label neatly tipped in at the rear. Harper is well- known as the bibliographer of Austin Osman Spare, for updating the Aleister Crowley bibliography in the 2011 Teitan Press collection of Gerald Yorke's writings, and as someone who has lent his expertise to numerous other publications. Very light signs of handling else a tight bright near Fine copy. Item #66532
ISBN: 0940884569
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