NP [ USA ]: Birdland Communications / Component Spaces Division, 1999. First Edition. Large format softcover. Quarto ( 8.5 x 11 inches). vi, iii, 124pp, xxiv. Black cloth tape spine, flexible clear plastic front cover over white cover sheet illustrated in black, black textured rear card cover. Xeroxed sheets. One..... More
Amherst, WI: Amherst Press, nd (circa 1970s). Reprint. Softcover. 8vo. (vi) 36-332pp. Notes illustrative, explanatory and critical. Facsimile reprint of Volume I of the 1847 edition (complete in itself). Spine a bit darkened and lightly creased, pages edges slightly darkened, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy. More
New York: The Time Inc. Magazine Co., 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. Magazine format. 124pp. Illustrated stapled wrappers. Color illustrations. This issue contains a 7-page illustrated article by Jane Furth and Mimi Murphy entitled 'Satan' which explores the mythology and folklore of, and modern interest in, Satan. Previous owner's pen..... More
Chicago, IL: Eschaton Productions, Inc., 1996. First Edition, Inscribed [ Author's leatherbound ]. Hardcover. Octavo. iv + 204pp. Full black leather with silver embossing to upper board and silver lettering to spine, all edges gilt, black endpages, b&w illustrations, tables. Most likely one of a kind, this copy bound in..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2014. Fine Edition. Hardcover. Landscape format octavo. 94pp. Quarter black morocco spine over ivory cloth boards stamped with an image of a blue She-Wolf. Black cloth slipcase. Page edges silvered, custom marbled end papers, photo illustrations by Paul Lambert. "Fine" edition limited to 40 hand-numbered copies. "The..... More
London: Routledge, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. x + 278pp, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "Thinking Through Rituals explores religious ritual acts and their connection to meaning and truth, belief, memory, inquiry, worldview and ethics. Drawing on philosophers such as Foucault, Merleau-Ponty and Wittgenstein, and sources from cognitive science..... More
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2012. First Edition, limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 178pp. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine, elaborate silver embellishment to upper board, foil endpapers. Glossary, bibliography. B&w in-text illustrations, 4 page full colour insert. First edition, limited to 1,250 copies. From the publisher: "Veneficium concerns..... More
Sacramento, CA / York Beach, ME: College of Thelema of Northern California / The Teitan Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 288pp. Blue cloth with gilt title etc. to spine. Dust jacket. Frontispiece photo portrait, black and white photo insert, Index. Edition limited to 666 numbered copies. Phyllis..... More
London: W. Foulsham, ND. Hardcover. Octavo. 120pp. Black boards gilt-lettered on spine. Color frontis. B/w illustrations. Undated, but probably from the early 1950s. A nice edition, with color frontis and printed on thick paper, of this work on the history and practical use of talismans, by 'Sepharial' (Dr Walter Gorn..... More
Hoym, Germany: Spiritual Instinct Press, 2017. Fourth hardcover edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 186pp. Illustrated paper covered boards, b&w frontis and illustrations, glossary and bibliography. From the publisher: "The role of the archetype is central to the art of spiritual alchemy. The archetype can be described as a spiritual instinct..... More
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NP [ Canada ]: The Devil's Press, 1988. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. Eccentrically paginated. [12pp.] White stapled wrappers lettered and illustrated in black on covers. Shirley was the founder and long-term editor of the famous "Occult Review." This booklet reprints in fascimile some pieces from the journal "The Occult..... More
London: Rider & Co., 1911. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo, xii + 248 pp + 48 pp of adverts. at rear. Maroon cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, top edge gilt. Light chafing to edges, corners bumped and very lightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened, old Weiser sticker..... More
London: William Rider & Son, July - November 1915, December 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 374 pp. Bound in period blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. b&w illustrations. Six issues of this influential journal - though clearly there was a mistake at the binders, for while the first..... More
London: Rider & Co, July - November 1924. First Edition. Softcover. Large Octavos. 326pp. Five consecutive issues that were originally bound in wrappers, now disbound (that is these are copies of the journal that had had their wrappers removed in preparation for binding in cloth, but that never actually had..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2011 [2012]. First Edition - Hardcover. Hardcover. Octavo. Glossy printed boards (no dustjacket). xxiv + 158pp, b&w illustrations & diagrams. Although not stated this hardcover first edition was limited to 150 copies and is SIGNED by way of a bookplate, which is also stamped..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Academic Services International, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224 pp. Glossy printed boards, b&w illustrations, diagrams. The hardcover edition limited to 200 copies - now out of print. SIGNED by the author on a specially-made color bookplate tipped onto the inside front cover. The author, Frater Shiva..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2011 [ 2012 ]. First Edition - Limited hardcover. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv + 158 pp. Glossy printed boards. B/W Ills. & Diagrams. Although not stated this hardcover first edition was limited to 150 copies. From remote antiquity to the present day people of all..... More
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Oxford: Nuit-Isis Publications, 1990. First Edition. Softcovers. Quarto. 11 x 8 inches. 32pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. A single issue of this important British Thelemic journal. The journal was eccentrically produced (as Ben Fernee observed, a glorious typo in one issue advises us that "Every man and woman is a stat")..... More
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Oxford: Golden Dawn Publications, 1987. First Edition. Softcovers. Quarto. 11 x 8 inches. 30pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Billy Duvenny, cover art. The second issue of this important British journal which gathered together writers on Thelemic subjects from the (then) Caliphate, Typhonian, and other Crowleyan (and even anti-Crowley) perspectives and traditions..... More
[United Kingdom]: Society of Esoteric Endeavour, 2008. First Edition, Quarter-leather. Hardcover. 4to. [306pp] Text and diagrams printed on rectos only of 150 leaves, the final 3 leaves being blank. Bound in quarter sheepskin leather over cloth boards with gilt titling to the spine and decoration to the front board. Embedded..... More
Avon, MA: Provenance Press [ Adams Media ], 2006. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xxviii + 228pp. b&w illustrations, index. From the publisher: "Singer uses the ubiquitous biblical rules to frame the 10 tenets witches should live by. These tenets incorporate aphorisms common to the New Age, Neo-Pagan movement, such as: Thou..... More
NP [ Great Britain ]: POD, (2015). Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 142pp. Illustrated covers, The third volume in Skelson's "Crowley Ravensblack" series of novellas. Clearly self-published and devoid of much of the standard publishing data. From the publisher: "Crowley, Bryson and Reed are trapped. Where is Lafferty? Is Benny..... More
NP [ Great Britain ]: POD, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 70pp. Illustrated covers, The final volume in Skelson's "Crowley Ravensblack" four part series of novellas with a Crowley-based character. Obviously self-published and devoid of much of the expected publishing data. From the publisher: "The concluding chapter of the Ravensblack..... More
Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2016 / 2019. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (10.25" x 7.25"). 256pp. Quarter leather: black leather spine over patterned maroon-coloured leatherette boards with gilt title etc. to spine, and front cover. plates and tables, text printed throughout in red and black. Deluxe edition limited to 36..... More
NP [ Finland ]: Ixaxaar Occult Literature, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 331 pages. Bright blue silk-like cloth with elaborate "Perfect Red King of Sulphur" device in gilt on upper board, gilt titling to spine, black textured endpages, 15 full page artworks and over 100 sigils/seals. The first edition..... More
