The catalogue comprises a mixture of books and journals, relating to the Magical Arts. Unusually for us the list comprises mainly modern works and new editions of classic texts, including a number of signed and limited editions, as well as a few interesting older works. The books hail from several collections, but notably there are a number of duplicates and otherwise surplus books from the library of well-known occult scholar Stephen Skinner.
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2005. Eighth Printing. Softcover. Thick quarto. lxxii + 938pp + 10pp. ads. B/w illustrations. Index. An important new edition, extensively annotated and with commentary by Donald Tyson - author of "Liber Lilith". Agrippa's "Three Books of Occult Philosophy" is arguably one of the most important..... More
Seattle, WA: Trident Books, 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 88 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine, black boards and black endpapers. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being no. 42. This edition is comprises two (of the six) books that made up Robert Turner's 1655..... More
Redbourn: The Mouse That Spins, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 72pp. Original printed wrappers, tipped in errata at front. The scarce First Edition of an interesting - and well-regarded - work on magic and its relationship with art, science, and just about everything else. The title is commonly said to..... More
Graz, Austria: Rudolf Pravica, 1967. First English Language. Hardcover. Octavo. 280 pp + [clv pp plates]. Yellow cloth with orange titling to spine and upper board. Extensive diagrams and b&w illustrations. By Franz Bardon (1909-1958), the Czech-born Hermeticist. The first English language edition of Bardon's second work, which outlines in..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1967 (probably c.1970's reprint). Reprint. Softcover. Quarto (approx 10 x 8inches), xxiv + 176pp. + 198pp. Frontis portrait. B/w illustrations & diagrams. A facsimile reprint of the first (1801) edition of Barrett's influential magical treatise with an important new introduction by Timothy D'Arch Smith. The work..... More
New York: University Books, 1967. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large Quarto (approx 11 1/2 x 9 inches), xxiv + 176pp. + 198pp. Black Cloth with silver titling to spine. Frontisportrait. B/w plates. Diagrams, etc. First published in 1801 "The Magus" was one of the most influential works of the "Occult..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, Large Quarto (approx 11-1/2 x 9 inches), xvi + 176pp. + 198pp. Decorated Cloth. Frontisportrait. Color & b/w plates. Diagrams, etc A facsimile reprint of the first (1801) edition of Barrett's influential magical treatise. The work played an important..... More
Gotëborg: Belzebez, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. Not paginated [42pp]. Illustrated wrappers. Edition limited to 50 hand numbered copies, sewn, b&w and colour illustrations by Robert Fludd, Fredrik Eytzinger and Michael Idehall. "The reoccurring contributors of Feral Transmissions are limited to a handful of individuals devoted to the Draconian current..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2008. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo. 108pp. Black cloth blind embossed with an ophidian design in keeping with the cultus of La Coulevre Noire, black endpapers. 3 colour plates of original artwork. This is one of a small number of copies of the first issue of..... More
London: Aquarian Press, 1969. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 106 pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b/w frontis.The second UK edition of this core work by Walter Ernest Butler (1898-1978), a priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, who studied with Dion Fortune and was active in..... More
Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1998. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 236pp. Glossy pictorial covers. Four early works by Butler combined into one book. By Walter Ernest Butler (1898-1978), a priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, who studied with Dion Fortune and was active in her Fraternity of the Inner Light for nearly..... More
Wellingborough, England: The Aquarian Press, 1982. First paperback edition. Softcover. Octavo. 176pp. B&w illustrations, appendix and bibliography. Walter Ernest Butler (1898-1978), was a priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, who studied with Dion Fortune and was active in her Fraternity of the Inner Light for nearly twenty years. In later..... More
York Beach, Maine, USA: Teitan Press, 2015. Special Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. viii + 280pp. Bound in high quality black cloth, with a gilt design stamped on the front cover, blind rules; gilt-lettered spine. Sewn, printed on acid free paper. Black endpapers. Housed in heavy black clothbound slip-case. Diagrams and..... More
East Morton, England: Chaos, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. ii + 53pp. Stapled white wrappers printed in black, black cloth taped spine. B/w illustrations. The second issue of this ground-breaking British chaos magick journal. This issue includes articles by Pete Carroll, Will Parfitt, Robin Turner & Phil Hine among others..... More
np. O.S.K. / Lux Ferous, 2009. Podium edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. [92pp.] Textured black leatherette boards lettered in silver on spine & and with decorative device on front board. Black endpapers. B/w illustrations. Silk marker ribbon. The deluxe "Podium edition," of the first issue, limited to 27 copies (there was..... More
NP: Succubus Publishing, ND [ 2007?]. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 175pp. Illustrated papered boards. By Christos Beest, creator of the "Sinister Tarot." From the author: "This volume is a compilation and study of the various forbidden and banned texts of the ONA and the Sinister Tradition. This group of Satanists..... More
(Chelmsford, UK): (Privately Printed), ND (ca. 1997). First Edition. Softcovers. 3 Huge Volumes (11.5 x 8.75 inches). Sequentially paginated - on rectos only: Vol. I: 1 - 222; Vol. II: 223 - 461.; Vol. III: 462 - 884. Quarto sheets printed on one side only, apparently on a computer printer..... More
Hercules, CA, USA: Xoanon Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Landscape format in slipcase. 84pp. Quarter morocco with slipcase, printed in full letterpress in red, black and gold. This is the standard edition - limited to 333 hand numbered copies (there was also a deluxe edition in full morocco). Both..... More
Essex, UK: Phoenix of Chelmsford, 2013 [2012]. First Edition - First Issue. Softcover. Octavo. 90pp. Colour plates, b&w illustrations, list of suggested reading. Signed and dated by the author on the title page in December 2012. This is the first issue of the first edition of this work, published late..... More
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NP [ Cold Springs, NY ]: Waning Moon Publications, 2007. Limited Edition - "High Priest" edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Approximately 9 x 11.25 inches. 62pp (1). Half leather (maroon goat skin) over heavy grey embossed paper boards. End papers are hand-made crimson paper marbled in silver, gold, and black ink. The..... More
Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2010. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. xlii, 310pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. B/w plates, glossary & index. A revised and expanded edition of this popular volume on the rites and teaching of the G .'. B .'. G .'. ("Gnostic Body of God" - but often cited..... More
London: Avalonia, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 204pp. b&w illustrations. This copy inscribed on the half title page by the author to the late Helene Hodge, whose bookplate is on the inside front cover. Hodge, the ex-wife of Stephen Skinner, was herself an author and an unassuming but important figure..... More
Seattle, Washington: Ouroboros Press, 2003. First edition thus: Limited. Hardcover. Small octavo. Approx 200pp. (unpaginated). Original full black leather with raised bands, gilt-stamped leather title-label to spine, and gilt Ouroboros design on front board. Marbled endpapers. Frontis portrait of Abano, engraved initial letters, and Italian woodcuts of planetary figures and..... More
Chicago, IL: The de Laurence Company, Inc., 1939. "Fourteenth Edition" Hardcover, Large Quarto. (8 x 11 inches) 636 pp. Maroon faux leather with gilt title, etc. to cover and spine, frontis photo portrait of L. W. de Laurence. Illustrated. A massive book 'by' Lauron William de Laurence (1868 - 1936)..... More
UK: Bibliothèque Rouge, 2011. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Octavo. [viii], iv + 215pp. Pink covers lettered in black. b&w illustrations, numerous b&w sigils, glossary & bibliography. The "Bibliothèque Rouge" edition. Frisvold carefully unravels the skeins, revealing the origin of Pomba Gira in historical figures such as Maria Padilha, but more..... More
