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100701. FRATER ACHAD: LIBER XXI

1993 30pp Side Real A5 h/b. Cloth backed decorative boards. VG+. Ltd. ed. 107/310. An excerpt from his magical diary. Also contains “Thinking Backwards.” £25.00

100702. ANON: THE GRAND GRIMOIRE

2nd. Ed. 2004 122pp Trident Press small h/b. Full black kidskin. Gilt titles. VG. Ltd. ed. 97/1000. £75.00

100703. ANON: GRIMOIRIUM VERUM

2nd. Ed. 1997 86pp Trident Press h/b. Full black leather. Gilt titles. Slipcase. VG+. Ltd. ed. 500 copies, this one un-numbered. £275.00

100704. ANDREW CHUMBLEY: AZOETIA

2002 365pp Xoanon. Illus. Hollen green cloth boards, gilt stamped. VG+. Ltd. ed. 248/484. This is the Sethos edition. £475.00 SOLD

100705. ANDREW CHUMBLEY: QUTUB

1st 1995 80pp Fulgur/Xoanon. 11 illus. VG in VG d/w. Limited to 500 copies in standard edition. Poem of 72 verses based on Yatukih Sorcery of Ancient Persia, the Yezidic cult of Shaitan & the widdershin dance of the Sufi. Includes extensive commentary plus the Rite of the Opposer and a full glossary. £150.00 SOLD

100706. ANDREW CHUMBLEY: OPUSCULA MAGICA VOL. 1

Deluxe ed. 2010 152pp Three Hands Press. Illus. Quarter Morocco and charcoal cloth, in slipcase. NEW. Opuscula Volume One contains nine essays written between 1990 and 2003, including one previously unpublished. This volume also includes an Author’s Introduction never before published, as well as an expanded version of the interview with Chumbley in The Cauldron. The essays reflect a degree of magical insight, clarity of vision, and creativity seldom equaled in occult writing to this day. £149.99

100707. ALEISTER CROWLEY: GOLDEN TWIGS

1st 1988 152pp Teitan Press. Frontis. VG+ in VG+ d/w . A collection of eight tales, dramatising themes from James Frazer's The Golden Bough (hence the title). £35.00

100708. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE STRATAGEM

1st thus 1990 108pp Temple Press. Illus. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Includes the Stratagem, The Testament of Magdalen Blair, His Secret Sin and Which Things are an Allegory. £25.00

100709. [ALEISTER CROWLEY] CHARLES CAMMELL: THE MAN, THE MAGE, THE POET

1996 230pp Black Books trade p/b. VG. Facsimilie of the 1951 edition. £8.00

100710. GUSTAV DAVIDSON: A DICTIONARY OF ANGELS

Rpt. 1990s 386pp Free Press trade p/b. Illus. VG. Useful reference guide, includes all the fallen Angels. £8.00

100711. DRAGON ROUGE: CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

nd. 2000s 6 A4 stapled leaflets. VG. This is the complete magic course 1 from the Dragon Rouge group. Consists of 6 “letters”, double sided A4 sheets stapled at the corner, varying from 8 to 12pp. Each letter covers a specific topic, with the option in the last letter to progress to the first degree. Unique opportunity to study internal documents. £35.00 SOLD

100712. MAUREEN DUFFY: THE EROTIC WORLD OF FAERY

1st 1972 352pp Hodder & Stoughton. 24pp photos. VG in VG d/w. Interesting study of the erotic undercurrents of much faerie lore. £18.00

100713. GERALD GARDNER: THE MEANING OF WITCHCRAFT

Rpt. 1971 288pp Aquarian. 4 illus. plus frontis. VG+ n VG+ d/w. £20.00

100714. W.G. GRAY: THE ROLLRIGHT RITUAL

1st 1975 166pp Helios. 8pp photos. White d/w sl. soiled else VG in VG d/w. Account of a ritual performed at the Rollright stone circle in the Cotswolds. £30.00

100715. W.G. GRAY: SEASONAL OCCULT RITUALS

1st 1970 122pp Aquarian. All page edges spotted, sl. chips to edges of d/w else VG in VG d/w. A complete guide to quarterly rituals. £20.00

100716. MICHAEL HARRISON: THE ROOTS OF WITCHCRAFT

1st 1973 278pp Muller. 32pp photos. VG in VG d/w. A good study which includes an interesting section on what the author believes is the Basque-derived ‘language of the witches.’ £12.00 SOLD

100717. PAUL HUSON: MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

1st US 1970 254pp Putnam. Illus. Page edges sl. spotted, minor water stain on edge of last few pages else VG in VG d/w. A practical guide for witches, warlocks and covens. Scarce and highly rated title. £45.00

100718. ISYA JOSEPH: DEVIL WORSHIP

1996 222pp Black Books trade p/b. VG. The sacred books and traditions of the Yezidis. Facsimilie of the 1919 edition. £8.00

100719. EVA POCS & GABOR KLANICZAY: DEMONS, SPIRITS, WITCHES

3 vol. set. 2005-8, 294, 284 & 350pp CEU Press. VG+ in VG+ d/ws. Volume 1 is dedicated to essays on Communicating with Spirits, Volume 2 deals with Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology and Volume 3 looks at Witchcraft Mythologies and Persecutions. An essential collection of academic essays. All 3 vols. £75.00

100720. E.A. KOETTING & BARON DE PRINCE: THE SPIDER AND THE GREEN BUTTERFLY

1st 2009 145pp Eternal Ascent h/b. Laminated boards. NM. Now out of print. NB. This copy had 3 blank pages due to a printing error. These pages have been replaced with tipped in scanned copies. £45.00

100721. W.E. LIDDELL: THE PICKINGILL PAPERS

1st 1994 174pp Capall Bann trade p/b. Sl. marked at edges else VG. Collection of articles on the origins of the Gardnerian craft that were originally published in the Cauldron. £5.00

100722. STEPHEN MACE: STEALING THE FIRE FROM HEAVEN

4th. ed. 1984 106pp Privately Printed A4 book. Illus. Sl. marked covers else VG. A technique for creating individual systems of sorcery, based on the writings of Austin Osman Spare. Revised and enlarged from the previous edition. £20.00

100723. VICTOR NEUBURG; THE TRIUMPH OF PAN

1991 181pp Skoob h/b in slipcase. VG. Ltd. ed. 500 copies. Magical poems. £20.00

100724. JOSEPH PETERSON (ed): GRIMORIUM VERUM

2007 240pp Creatspace trade p/b. Illus. NM. The most definitive edition to date, with full translation, plus the French and Italian texts. £19.95

100725. MILO RIGAUD: VE-VE

2002 592pp French & European Publications A4 paperback. Prof. illus. Sl. knocked at edges else VG+. Trilingual edition. Scarce collection of voodoo veves, reproduced full page. Includes text in 3 languages (English thankfully being one of them!). £85.00

100726. JONATHAN ROPER (ed): CHARMS, CHARMERS AND CHARMING

1st 2009 294pp Palgrave Macmillan h/b. No d/w as issued. VG+. Excellent, academic study. Features 19 essays, including material by Eva Pocs, Swedish snakebite charms, charming in Serbia, Lithuania, Russia etc. £50.00

100727. DONALD TYSON: LIBER LILITH

Deluxe ed. 2006 317pp Starfire. Col. Frontis. by Stafford Stone. Bound in red cloth with sword motif in white on front bd. Housed in red slipcase. NM. Ltd. ed. 58/81, signed by author. Liber Lilith is a powerful and disturbing book which charts the disintegration of a German occultist, Karl Steiger, who in mysterious circumstances comes across an ancient Gnostic grimoire, long considered lost. This contains the stunning revelation that it was Lilith, Queen of Hell and Mother of all Demons, who fashioned Adam from the clay of the earth, and who visited Eve in the form of a great serpent to teach her the secret wisdom of Heaven. The grimoire reveals in seductive detail a system of sex magic taught to mankind by Lilith, by which she may be summoned as a lover and teacher. The book opens with an introduction by the editor of Steiger's journal, and follows with a reproduction of the grimoire itself. Next comes the working journal of Steiger, revealing the progress of the ill-starred occultist as he discovers this lost necromantic grimoire, steeps himself in its shadows, and is beguiled by the glamours of Lilith. He is compelled to put into practice the obscene rituals as set out in the grimoire, and he gradually succumbs to madness as Lilith answers his call and he is enmeshed ever deeper in her dark and sinister web. £165.00 SOLD

100728. VEXIOR: PANPARADOX

Deluxe ed. 2009 196pp Ixaxaar. Full black Goatskin. Inlaid Pan sigil to front board and spine. Black endpapers. Leather marker. VG+. Lt ed. 16/50. Anti-cosmic, Chaos-gnostic, Satanic philosophy and mysticism around the misrepresented contemptuous god and black magical Chaos-philosophy. Includes illustrations and rituals. £325.00

100729. DON WEBB: MYSTERIES OF THE TEMPLE OF SET

1st 2004 96pp Runa Rave trade p/b. Sl. marked at edges else VG. The inner teachings of the left hand path. £12.00 SOLD

100730. DON WEBB: UNCLE SETNAKT’S GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

1st 1999 120pp Runa Rave trade p/b. Sl. marked at edges else VG. £12.00 SOLD

JOURNALS

100735. STARFIRE COMPLETE SET

1986-1998 7 A4 journals, first 2 issues staple bound. Prof. illus. All VG condition. Technically Volume 1 issues 1 to 5 and volume 2 issues 1 and 2. Latest issue can be bought for a discounted £10 if buying with this set (though I presumed that anyone interested would already have the latest issue). What can be said of Starfire? An essential publication containing a wealth of significant material including much on Crowley, Lam, Grant, the Esoteric Order of Dagon, Jack Parsons and Austin Osman Spare etc. etc. Later issues had material by Andrew Chumbley. The set £295.00 SOLD

100401. DAVID BETH: VOUDON GNOSIS

1st deluxe ed 2009 90pp Scarlet Imprint. Quarter bound in black snakeskin, snake embossed on front board. All edges black, handmade marbled endpapers. Illus. inc. col. VG. Ltd. ed. 7/55, signed and sigilized by the author. An exposition of the voudon Gnostic system of Michael Bertiaux and The Couleuvre Noir. Introduction by Michael Staley. Deluxe editions of Scarlet Imprint titles very rarely arrive on the secondhand market. £315.00 SOLD

100402. RICHARD BOVET: PANDAEMONIUM

1975 191pp EP Publishing. VG in VG d/w. Subtitled The Devil’s Cloyster, this was first published in 1684. An account of witchcraft, fallen Angels etc. £25.00

100403. JOHN COUGHLIN: LIBER YOG SOTHOTH

High Priest Edition 2007 64pp Waning Moon 4to h/b. Half leather bound (maroon goat skin), handmade marbled endpapers. Illus. VG+. Ltd. ed. 10/10. Originally issued privately, this is the second, public edition of this record of a Cthulhian working. This copy is one of only 10, in a larger format than the regular edition of 100, for ease of use in ritual. Includes a signed certificate from the author, with a wax embossed stamp. £195.00

100404. CRESTA: FAERYE INVOKATION

1981 no publisher 40pp small leather book. Gilt title to front and spine. Illus. VG+. Ltd. ed. 97/100. The Saxon art of the invocation of the Priestess Faeryes which is the rightful magick of all women, as is here taught by the Priestess of Wessex of the Order of Northumbria in the year 1463 by Maryecat of Northumbria. Interesting title, has similarities with The Book of The Shield (see item ). £65.00 SOLD

100405. [ALEISTER CROWLEY] O.T.O. RITUALS AND SEX MAGICK

1st 1999 500pp IHO trade p/b. Illus. NM. Introduction by Peter Koenig, compiled by Anthony Naylor. Gives Crowley's initiation rituals and the instructional texts, including the scarce & explicit Emblems & their Modes of Use (the clearest text concerning Crowley's conception of sex magick), signs and words of IXth degree, regalia of Xth degree etc. and some pre-Thelemic versions of O.T.O. Rituals. Also constitutional missives, allegorical texts & other material. Extremely scarce. £175.00 SOLD

100406. MIRCEA ELLIADE: ZALMOXIS, THE VANISHING GOD

1st 1972 260pp University of Chicago. V in sl. faded, VG d/w. Comparative studies in the religions and folklore of Dacia and Eastern Europe. Extremely scarce study which covers the magic and folklore of the region now covered by Romania, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia and Macedonia. Includes the ritual hunt, shamanism, the god Zalmoxis and a chapter on the cult of the Mandragora. £75.00

100407. STEPHEN FLOWERS: THE GALDRABOK

1st 1989 135pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. VG. A complete Icelandic grimoire. £40.00

100408. CARLO GINZBURG: ECSTACIES

1st 1990 339pp Hutchinson Radius. 16pp plates. Pages sl. browned else VG in VG d/w. Deciphering the Witches Sabbath. An excellent study, much praised by members of the Cultus Sabbati. £20.00 SOLD

100410. PETER GREY: THE RED GODDESS

1st 2007 156pp Scarlet Imprint 4to h/b. White boards sl. marked else VG. This is the rare first printing, published in an edition of 156 copies (this copy un-numbered). Lacks the original simple card slipcase. £75.00

100411. HARRY HYATT: HOODOO CONJURATION WITCHCRAFT ROOTWORK VOLS. 3,4,5

1st 1974 980, 996, 978pp respectively Western Publishing Co. 4to hardbacks. No d/ws as issued, VG+. An extraordinary collection of work. Hyatt was a minister who traveled throughout the southern states of the USA, collecting tales of folk magic and hoodoo work from southern root doctors. He recorded over 4,000 interviews. In the 1950s he published the first two volumes in a limited edition of 400 copies. These three volumes were published some 20 years later. Covers all types of subjects from love and money magic to curing illness and finding fortunes, all recorded in vernacular speech. A rare set. £375.00

100412. ADAM McCLEAN: ALCHEMY

1st 2007 44pp Embassy 4to p/b. Prof. illus. inc. col. NM. Catalogue for an exhibition put on by Adam McClean in Glasgow. Includes many full colour alchemical illustrations. £6.00

[PROCESS CHURCH OF FINAL JUDGEMENT]

100413. [-] PROCESS MAGAZINE NO. 3

1st nd 1960s 32pp A4 magazine. Prof. illus. VG. This is the Mindbending issue. Features an interview with Mick Jagger, plus brainwashing, Robert De Grimston questions the concept of normality etc. Original issues are increasingly difficult to find. £225.00 SOLD

100414. [-] PROCESS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ISSUE

1st 1967 30pp A4 magazine. Prof. illus. VG. Un-numbered issue. This one features an interview with Marianne Faithful. The art director is Tim Wylie, author of the Feral House book on The Process (see below). £195.00

100415. [-] WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE: SATAN’S POWER

1st 1978 312pp University of California Press. Illus. VG in VG d/w. Study of a deviant psychotherapy cult, the cult in question being The Process, here renamed The Power. Much material on Processian beliefs and history. Included is a yellow typed card stating that it is a review copy, plus a short newspaper cutting assessing The Process and its subsequent devolution into a born again Xtian cult. Ends with the quote “Some people are nicer when they worship the Devil!” £60.00 SOLD

100416. [-] TIM WYLIE: LOVE SEX FEAR DEATH

1st 2009 304pp Feral House trade p/b. Prof. illus. inc. 24pp col. NEW. The complete history of the Process. £17.99

100417: [-] NOX NO. 6

nd 1988? 56pp A4 magazine. Illus. VG. Includes a lengthy section on The Process by Stephen Sennitt (extracts from their magazines). Also includes an article by Gareth Hewitson-May (author of Dark Doorway of the Beast) plus material on the Esoteric Order of Dagon, Phil Hine, John Beal etc. £20.00 SOLD

100418. RAEX THE BERSERK: THE BOOK OF THE SHIELD A Style of Ancient Saxon Religion and Wytchecrafte

1st 1982 33pp Catweasel small Black leather book. Illus by Harold Arthur MacNeil. VG.+. Ltd. ed. 492/500. Prepared by the Coven of the White Hart and the Coven of Barnsdale. Introductory essay by Aelric the Bold, Highgate Coven Master of London, England. A guide to the Traditional witchcraft order ‘The Shield’. The introduction includes a long purported history of the order which is of traditional witchcraft lineage as opposed to wiccan roots. The order also appears to have an active group in the USA. Scarce. £70.00

100419. ALEX SANDERS: THE RITUAL OF THE CABBALISTIC CROSS

nd 1980s 10pp loose A4 sheets plus extras. Illus. VG. Collection of loose printed pages that were gifted by Sanders to his magical partner Derek Taylor who in turn gifted them to The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle. The papers (which were duplicates) were sold by the Museum a couple of years ago. This collection focuses on the Ritual of the Cabbalistic Cross, complete with primitive computer drawn illustrations. Also includes various adverts and single page covers from other booklets put out by Sanders and Taylor, plus a photocopied letter from the Museum detailing the history as above. £45.00

090720. DANIEL SCHULKE: VIRIDARIUM UMBRIS

1st 2005 526pp Xoanon. Prof. illus. No d/w as issued. Sage green cloth, decorations stamped in copper. VG. Ltd. ed. 456/576. The Pleasure Garden of Shadow, which Treats of the Secret Knowledge of Trees and Herbs Deliver'd by the Fallen Angels unto Man. An excellent discourse on the magical use of plants and herbs. Schulke is the Magister of the Cultus Sabbati, having taken over after the death of Andrew Chumbley. £275.00 SOLD

090721. DANIEL SCHULKE: ARS PHILTRON CODEX VASCULUM EDITION

Rev. ed. 2008 304pp Xoanon. 33 illus. Rust cloth boards with motif stamped in black pewter on front board. NM. Ltd. ed. 720 copies. Revised and expanded edition of the 2001 original. £95.00

100422. STEPHEN SENNITT: LIBER KOTH

2nd 1998 40pp Logos A5 stapled booklet. VG. Record of an intense working by the editor of Nox magazine. £10.00

100423. PETER SMITH: NAMELESS AEONS

1st 1999 70pp Logos A5 stapled booklet. VG. Collection of Smith’s articles on the Cthulhu Cult, previously published in various magazines and internal Esoteric Order of Dagon journals. Introduction by Kenneth Grant. £25.00

100425. MONTAGUE SUMMERS (ED): MALLEUS MALEFICARUM

1968 221pp Folio Society h/b in slipcase. Illus. Spine sl. faded, flame embossed bds nice and bright, overall VG. The classic Hammer of Witchcraft by Sprenger and Kramer, originally written in the 15th. century. £20.00 SOLD

100426. “VICTOR VORONOV”: LIBER NIGRI SOLIS

1st 2009 190pp Octavia Press. Bradel binding, quarter leather with hand marbled paper bds. Illus. VG+. Ltd. ed. no. 1/39, signed and hand-sigilised by the author. Also signed by the owner of Treadwell’s with statement noting that this copy was launched on 1st May 2009. An Aeonic Astrochymical Grimoire of the Black Sun. This work alchemically combines the occult, magical and initiatory work of two esoteric orders: the Arcanum Ordo Nigri Solis and the Ordo Hermeticum Sinistrum. Presenting the mythic imagery of the Black Sun along with its alchemical and astrological aspects and significances, this grimoire includes a concise though multi-faceted system of esoteric correspondences suitable for work with the Black Sun on microcosmic, mesocosmic, and macrocosmic levels. In addition to the relevant previously unpublished arcane correlations of the sinister astrological arte, the grimoire suggests magical techniques associated with Eighteen Keys opening the Nine Infernal Gates and the Nine Gates of Radiant Darkness leading to the vision of the Black Sun, and the Twelve Crooked Paths that cross their Nine Thresholds. Further, the text describes magical relevance of the twelve rays of the Black Sun, and other significant concepts such as the Fivefold Unmanifest or the Grand Chymical Conjunction of the arcane Black Suns that unveils the fiery gates of the Inverse Opus. The artes reveal self-initiatory workings, rites, and operations of sinister alchemy, initiating the practitioner into the gnosis of Sol Niger. £275.00 SOLD

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091201. JORG ANDERSEN: THE WITCH ON THE WALL

1st 1977 174pp. Rosenkilde and Bagger 4to h/b. Pictorial bds. Prof. illus. VG+. Medieval erotic sculpture in the British Isles. Excellent and scarce study of Sheela-na-gigs. £75.00

091202. MARCUS BACH: STRANGE ALTARS

1st 1952 253pp Bobbs Merrill. Frontis. Blank bookplate pasted over previous owners details. Spine of d/w sl. faded else VG in VG d/w. A study of voodoo. Signed by the author on front endpaper. £25.00

091203. E.R. BILARDI: THE RED CHURCH

1st 2009 545pp Pendraig Publishing. Illus. NM in NM d/w. Ltd. ed. 73/100. The art of Pennsylvania German Bucherei. Comprehensive guide to the history, theory and practice of Pow-wow. Prayers, charms and herbs of this folk-magic tradition. £50.00

091204. FRANCIS BARRETT: THE MAGUS

1970 approx 380pp Vance Harvey 4to h/b. Illus. inc. col. No d/w as issued, page edges sl. marked else VG. Ltd. ed, 454/500. Facsimile of the first edition. Includes colour plates of the fallen angels etc. and a fold-out plate of cabalistic tables. £115.00

091205. BENGT & ANKARLOO: WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN EUROPE – BIBLICAL AND PAGAN SOCIETIES

2001 168pp Athlone Press trade p/b. NM. Excellent selection of articles on magic in the Bible, Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine. £10.00

090202. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE SOUL OF THE DESERT

1st thus 1974 20pp Thelema Publications small h/b. No d/w as issued. Gilt lettering on brown bds sl. faded else VG. Written at Touzer in 1914. £30.00

090203. [ALEISTER CROWLEY] 666/777: THE BOOK OF PERFECTION Sub Figura Liber 440

1st 1977 120pp 93 Publishing trade p/b. Illus in col. Pictorial covers, VG. Limited edition 717/718 copies, printed on Carlyle Japan paper. Text printed in black and red. "During the four day period of January 5, 6, 7, & 8th, Year 71 of the Aeon of Horus, the scribe 777 received through direct invocation a five-part treatise entitled 'The Book of Codes--Liber 718', the revealed comment to Aleister Crowley's 'The Book of the Law' and later 'The Book of Oz' Together these make up The Book of Perfection, aka the Fourth Chapter of Liber AL. The Scribe 777 has been identified as James Beck, also known as Jimmy Rocket. £85.00

091211. PATRICIA CROWTHER: ONE WITCH’S WORLD

1st 1998 208pp Hale. 8pp photos. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Scarce autobiography cum witchcraft study. £40.00

090205. MICHAEL FORD: THE BOOK OF THE WITCH MOON

1st 2000 92pp Succubus A4 stapled book. Illus. VG. Ltd. ed. 74/93. A grimoire of Sabbatic Sorcery, Vampirism and Darkside Magick. This is the first, self-published edition. Signed on the limitation page by Michael Ford and the illustrator Elda Isela Ford. Further signed and dedicated by Ford to Frater Polaris on inside front cover. Scarce. £75.00

091214. J. FINLEY HURLEY: SORCERY

1st 1985 232pp RKP. Bottom of d/w sl. crinkled, some page edges sl. grubby else VG in VG d/w. £20.00

091215. LEWIS HYDE: TRICKSTER MAKES THIS WORLD

1st UK 2008 417pp Canongate. Illus. NM in NM d/w. Mischief, myth and art. £10.00

091216. EVAN JOHN JONES & DOREEN VALIENTE: WITCHCRAFT, A TRADITION RENEWED

1st 1990 203pp Hale. VG+ in VG+ d/w. A guide to traditional witchcraft. £20.00

090408. ADAM McLEAN: A TREATISE ON ANGEL MAGIC

2006 225pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. NEW. Originally published as part of the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks. A rare 17th. century manuscript on Angel magic, an important link between John Dee and modern occult thought. Several copies available. £7.99

090212. DONALD McCORMICK: MURDER BY WITCHCRAFT

1st 1968 174pp John Long. 8pp b/w photos. VG in VG d/w. Extremely scarce study of the Lower Quinton and Hagley Wood murders. £75.00

091219. ROBERT NORTH: THE NEW FLESH PALLADIUM

4th. ed. 2006 approx 80pp New Flesh Palladium 4to h/b. Laminated bds. Prof. illus. inc. col. NM. Special hardback illustrated edition of this study of the history of sex magick. £45.00

091220. LAUREN PAINE: WITCHCRAFT AND THE MYSTERIES

1st 1975 192pp Hale. 8pp plates. VG in VG d/w. Study of the transition of the ancient mystery religions into medieval witchcraft customs. £10.00

091225. ANTHONY ROBERTS & GEOFF GILBERTSON: THE DARK GODS

1st 1980 266pp Rider Hutchinson. 8pp photos. Page edges sl. browned else VG in VG d/w. Sometimes overlooked study of the influence of the dark gods throughout history. Much material relating to H.P Lovecraft, UFOs etc. £20.00

091228. RAY SHERWIN: THE BOOK OF RESULTS

4th. ed. nd. 1980s 36pp Sorcerer’s Apprentice large p/b. Illus. Perfect binding sl. loose, as with all copies. Sl. mark to bottom of paper wraps else VG+. Classic study of sigil magick. £25.00

091229. RAY SHERWIN: THE THEATRE OF MAGICK

1st ed. nd. 1980s 36pp Sorcerer’s Apprentice large p/b. Illus. Perfect binding sl. loose, as with all copies, else VG+. An exposition of chaos magick. £25.00

090414. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: BOOK OF AUTOMATIC DRAWINGS

1st thus 1972 Catalpa Press. Twenty loose unpaginated folio sheets of hand made paper (310 x 440mm) printed on one side only. Original cheque signed on front and reverse by Spare. Housed in a handmade folder. VG+. Comprises of: title; limitation; two page introduction by Ian Law; 1 plate; illustrated title; illustrated contents; 11 plates; illustrated sine curve calligraphy and illustrated final page. A rare unbound set, ideal for framing or binding. £150.00

090416. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: THE EARLY WORKS OF AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE 1900-1919

1st 1987 22pp Catalpa Press A5 sewn booklet. Col. Frontis. 25 loose b/w plates in pocket at rear. Errata slip laid in. Sl. marked cover, overall VG. Essay by William Wallace, with a foreword by Frank Letchford. Limited to 300 copies. NB. 1 plate missing. £30.00

090417. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: THE LATER WORKS OF AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE 1917-1956

1st 1989 30pp Catalpa Press A5 sewn booklet. Col. Frontis, 1 col. plate plus 24pp b/w plates. VG. £30.00

090215. MARSHA KEITH SUCHARD: WHY MRS BLAKE CRIED

1st 2006 448pp Century. Illus. NM in NM d/w. An excellent study of William Blake and the sexual basis of spiritual vision. £15.00

090419. PETER TOMPKINS: THE MAGIC OF OBELISKS

1st US 1981 470pp Harper & Row 4to h/b. Prof. illus. d/w sl. chipped at edges else VG in VG d/w. Fascinating study of Egyptian obelisks, how and why there were constructed etc. Also notable for insight into the occult significance, including material on Kenneth Grant etc. £20.00

091230. DOREEN VALIENTE: NATURAL MAGIC

1st 1975 184pp Hale. 16pp plates. Sl. tear to top right corner of d/w else VG in VG d/w. £12.00

091231. DOREEN VALIENTE: WITCHCRAFT FOR TOMORROW

Rpt. 1985 205pp Hale. 8pp plates. VG in VG d/w. £10.00