England: Frank J. Gent, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 42pp. Stapled pamphlet. Frontis; appendices, references, b&w illustrations. A study of the 1682 trial of the Bideford witches. Corners bumped & creased. Otherwise a VG + copy. More
Canberra, AUS: Tudor Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. iv +256pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, frontis, b&w illustrations, index. A study of the life, trial, and death of Elizabeth Lowys, a traditional "healer" who was the first woman hanged for witchcraft in England under the new law..... More
London: Arthur Barker, 1973. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 150pp. Orange boards lettered in black on spine. B/w photos. Gibson covers the spectrum of the dark side of "the craft": nganga, voodoo, powwow and hexes. Includes a few pages on Aleister Crowley (who he erroneously states to have died in..... More
London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, and J. Batley, 1726. Fourth edition with Additions. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 500pp + 4pp ads. Early twentieth century (?) full brown leather binding, raised bands & gilt-lettering on spine. Each of the two parts has its own engraved frontispiece, one additional full page plate..... More
London: Printed by E.C. for James Collins, at the Kings Head in Westminster-Hall, 1668. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. [xvi] + 160pp. Contemporary leather boards with blind to margins, rebacked with a plain leather spine. An extremely scarce early (third) printing of this collection of accounts of witchcraft and supernatural..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 314pp. Green cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w plates. Spine ends slightly chafed, otherwise a clean, tight, VG+ copy (no dust jacket). More
Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1999. Reprint. Softcover. Large octavo. xii + 376pp, adverts. Glossy printed wrappers. B&w illustrations and photos, index. A broad ranging work which served as an introduction to the occult for many in the late seventies and eighties. The author, Migene González-Wippler, is an anthropologist and Santeria..... More
Harrogate: R. Ackrill, 1882. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 190pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. The first complete edition of a work that was written over 250 years previously. In it the author Edward Fairfax, laid forth in sincere and eloquent prose, his painfully misguided..... More
London: Fulgur, 2003. Revised Edition. Softcover. Landscape format quarto. 12in. x 10in. 98 pp. profusely illustrated, cover printed in red and black, frontispiece printed in brown ink. "Written by Kenneth Grant, Spare's literary executor, Images and Oracles is here reprinted after nearly thirty years in response to an increasing interest..... More
London: Starfire Publishing Ltd., 2015. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 280pp + 1pp afterword. Fine black cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device to spine. Sewn. Printed endpapers, b&w and colour photos, & illustrations, extensive glossary, bibliography & index. Cover design by Steffi Grant. The republishing of the..... More
London: Skoob, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Black cloth with silver title etc to spine, illustrations, index. An original survey of magical thought and practice, including explorations of the work of Crowley, Michel Bertiaux and others, drawn from experienced gained by Grant in the course of his workings with..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2009. First Edition - Deluxe "Heretics" edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 350pp. Quarter black goat skin over marbled paper boards. Raised bands with gilt titling to the spine. All edges gilt. Cloth slipcase. Black and white and colour plates. Edition deluxe - the "Heretics" edition, limited to 66 numbered..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 350pp. Bound in red cloth shot through with black, spine and boards lettered in heavy black. Original essays and artwork, in a striking talismanic production. Nine colour plates of artwork by Stafford Stone, Kyle Fite, Thomas Karlsson, and Johnny Jakobsson The..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, Vernal Equinox 2013. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 182pp. Strikingly bound in heavy black linen with white lettering to spine and white dove design imprinted on upper board (the dove design on the upper cover is said to have a hidden meaning which is revealed in..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, Vernal Equinox 2013. "Of the Crows" Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 182pp. Strikingly bound in full gold morocco with black lettering to spine and black crow design imprinted on upper board (the crow design on the upper cover is said to have a hidden meaning which is..... More
Rome [ Paris ]: [ Jules Bonaventure ], 1740 [1830?]. Edition Corrigée. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 6.25 x 3.75 inches. (ii) + 108pp. Recent brown quarter leather over marbled paper boards. Gilt titling on leather spine label, gilt rules and decorations to spine. Hand coloured design on title page & seven..... More
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Seattle, WA: Trident Publishing, 1999. First Edition Thus - Limited. Hardcover. Small octavo. (6 1/2" x 4") xxviii + 98 pp. Full gilt stamped black leather, inverted cross on upper board, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. Housed in original cloth covered slipcase. Frontis and illustrations, initials and ornamental typographical devices. Edition..... More
Lyon: Chez les Héritiers de Beringos fratres à l'enseigne d'Agrippa, 1868. Nouvelle edition corrigée et augmentée. Hardcover. Small octavo. 6 x 3.5 inches. 180pp Contemporary quarter leather with marbled boards. Gilt decorations to spine, raised bands, leather spine label with gilt titling. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Decorated title page..... More
Cold Spring, NY: Waning Moon Publications, 2013. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. (vi), 132pp. Bound in full red goatskin with gilt sigil to upper board, raised bands and gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations & sigils throughout. Sewn, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers. The "Deluxe Edition" limited to 50 numbered copies..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 212pp. Green textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. B/w illustrations. Map. Retells the story of the English witch persecutions from 1560 to the end of the 17th century using contemporary documents and reports, with a focus on Essex - once known as..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. x + 204 pp. Blue cloth with black title, etc. to spine. Includes stories by Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, A. E. Van Vogt and others. Cloth slightly faded and discolored in spots, endpapers..... More
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1955. Second Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 168pp. Original green cloth with silver titling and red publisher's device to upper board, silver titling to spine, map endpapers, b&w illustrations, appendix and index. The second printing of this study of the history, arts, religion (including..... More
London: Fulgur Limited, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 160 pages. Fine black cloth with blue metallic lettering to spine and device to upper board, matching printed endpapers and dust jacket. IIlustrated in b&w. Limited to 777 copies. From the publisher: "Birthed from strange and ancient larvae, the demon Beelzebub..... More
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2013. "Special" deluxe edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 172pp. Full turquoise leather with gilt stamped lettering to spine and device to upper board, raised bands and gilt embellishments to spine, b&w illustrations, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. This deluxe "Special edition" is limited to 66 hand-numbered copies..... More
Belfast, Maine: Privately published, E. F. Hanson, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 310pp. Original cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w frontis. By a Member of the "Maine Eldership of the Church of God". The author was born into a Spiritualist family about five years after modern Spiritualism, as..... More
