New York, NY: Alfred A. Knoff, 1927. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xii + 624 pp + ivpp of adverts. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind stamped series title to upper board, blind rules, b&w frontis and illustrations, index. Regarded by Summers as a "complementary..... More
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Booklet. 28pp. Printed card covers with green paper dustjacket. The text of a talk on Montague Summers given by the author to "The Society" in 1984. Edition limited to 110 copies, the first 25 of which were printed on paper by Amatruda..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1990. Second Printing. Softcover. Octavo. 230pp, b&w illustrations. Not so much a biography as an overview and appraisal of the Beast and his Law of Thelema. Not so much a biography as an overview and appraisal of the Beast and his Law of Thelema..... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. Reprint. Softcover. Large Octavo, x + 470pp. "An exploration into the life and works of a modern mystic, occultist, poet, mountaineer, and bisexual adventurer known to his contemporaries as 'the Great Beast.'" Although largely overshadowed by Richard Kaczynski's admirable "Perdurabo" and other recent..... More
Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1697. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Two volumes. Small octavos. French text. (xxxii) 532pp & (xxviii) 520pp. Modern full leather with gilt rules and embellishments to boards and spine, raised bands and gilt titling to spine, marbled page edges, fresh endpapers.The 'Traité des superstitions selon l'Ecriture..... More
Bergen/Dumme, Germany: Peyn und Schulze Verlag, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches). 76pp. Stapled. Glossy pictorial wrappers, B&W Ills. and Diagrams. GERMAN TEXT. A single issue of this beautifully produced, magazine format, journal of Thelema and Magick. This issue includes: Das O.T.O.-Phänomen (12) Von..... More
Bergen/Dumme, Germany: Peyn und Schulze Verlag, 1993. First Edition. Softcovers. 4 Issues. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches). Stapled. Glossy pictorial wrappers, B&W Ills. and Diagrams. GERMAN TEXT. Four issues of this beautifully produced, magazine-format, journal of Thelema and Magick. The issues include: FEBRUAR: 76pp. Von Kopf bis..... More
Bergen/Dumme, Germany: Peyn und Schulze Verlag, 1992. First Edition. Softcovers. 11 Issues. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches). Stapled. Glossy pictorial wrappers, B&W Ills. and Diagrams. GERMAN TEXT. Eleven issues of this beautifully produced, magazine-format, journal of Thelema and Magick. The issues include: JANUAR: 76pp. Das O.T.O.-Phänomen (13)..... More
New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ND [Circa 1970s]. Reprints. Hardcover. Eight volumes (complete set). Octavos. Vol. I: xl + 836pp.; Vol. II: viii + 1036pp.; Vol. III: xxvi + 830pp.; Vol. IV: xviii + 770pp.; Vol. V: xxii + 696pp.; Vol. VI: xviii + 766pp; Vol. VII: x +..... More
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2014. First Edition, "Special edition" Hardcover. Octavo. 336pp. Bound in full gold leather with blind stamped solar device to upper cover and titling to spine, lovely marbled endpages, ribbon marker, b&w illustrations by Bob Eames, tables of correspondences, bibliography and index. Sewn. The most..... More
Marburgi: Nova Officina Libraria Academica, 1787. First Edition. Hardcover. small quarto. 158 pp. Nineteen century black half leather with black cloth boards, title page vignette. One of the most celebrated works by Dietrich Tiedemann (1748-1803) the German philosopher and professor known for his skill as a linguist and as one..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 208pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w frontispiece and in-text diagrams. A groundbreaking publication in the history of the rediscovery of the Golden Dawn. It includes a number of lectures and teachings of the Order that had not previously been..... More
Munich: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Religions- und Weltanschauungsfragen (A.R.W.), 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 402pp + iipp adverts. Printed blue card covers lettered in black, b&w illustrations. TEXT MOSTLY IN GERMAN (includes some English language correspondence between Crowley and Tränker, etc.). A collection of texts by or relating to Heinrich Tränker. Inhalt..... More
Bruxelles: Société Belge de Librairie, 1845. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Duodecimo ( 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches). 1 - 8, 1 - 120pp; Old grey cloth binding, with original front and back wrappers laid over the boards. Frontispiece, vignette on title-page and numerous illustrations in text. FRENCH text. Series..... More
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Seattle WA: Trident Books, 1997. First Edition Thus - Limited. Hardcover. Small octavo. xiv + 116pp. Original full black leather with raised bands and gilt titling to spine. Housed in custom black cloth slipcase. The edition deluxe of the first revised Trident Press edition of this classic grimoire. The edition..... More
Seattle WA: Trident Books, 1987. First Paperback Edition Thus. Softcover. Small octavo. xiv + 116pp. Printed brown wrappers with black titling to front cover and magical sigil on rear. The first Trident Press publication of the "Ars Notoria." It was produced in limited softcover, cloth, and leather editions, this being..... More
Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2019. Deluxed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (10.25" x 7.25"). 436pp. Half leather, black leather over mahogany-coloured cloth boards with gilt title etc. to spine, and title and design on front cover. Illustrated endpapers, colour frontispiece, well illustrated thoughout, many in full page colour. This deluxe half-leather..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xvi + 372pp. Black cloth with silver titling to spine, endnotes, biblio and index, b&w illustrations. A scholarly study. From the publisher: "Tracing the complex genealogy of Tantra as a category within the history of religions, Hugh B...... More
London: Aquarian Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 112pp. Original light grey cloth with gilt title etc to spine, bibliography. The scarce first edition of the first book by Doreen Valiente (1922 – 1999), who was initiated into witchcraft by Gerald Gardner in 1953 and was for a time..... More
Glastonbury, England: Spiral Publications, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Booklet. 48pp. Stapled printed wrappers. The first issue of this relatively shortlived neo-Pagan magazine published out of Glastonbury. Articles include: Magick of the Star-God-Dess; Pagan Roots; Intuitive Magick; Lateral Movements in Magick; Devas on Balance; The Nature of Devas; The Harmonic Convergence;..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1985. First American English language edition. Softcover. Octavo. 64pp. From the publisher: "The divinatory techniques and descriptions presented here were taken from the instructions of a secret esoteric Lodge, and are written in the form of letters from teacher to student." Light wear, price..... More
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Oxford: Golden Dawn Publications, 1986. First Edition. Softcovers. Quarto 11 x 8 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. 30pp. The first 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. Contents include: "Sexual Magick..... More
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Oxford: Golden Dawn Publications, 1989. Softcovers. Quarto 11 x 8 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. 30pp. The seventh 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. Contents include: "Wilhelm Reich, Tantric Saint"..... More
London: Observer, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 70pp. Color & b/w photos. Includes a 10-page article on the history of and belief in 'Superstition', followed by Richard Cavendish's 3-page article 'The Magic of our Minds'. From the collection of English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper. Wrappers foxed, otherwise..... More
Eugene, OR: Conquering Child, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Folio (newspaper format). 12pp. (inclusive of covers). B/w illustrations. The first issue of this quarterly Thelemic journal out of Eugene, Oregon. This issue includes lengthy articles "The Thelemic Origins of Wicca" by Aaron Leitch, the first installments of "Qabalah: The Key to..... More
