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THE BOTTLE IMP. A Melo-Dramatic Romance, in Two Acts. Produced at the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, July, 1828... Illustrated with an Etching, by Pierce Egan the younger, from a drawing taken during the representation. PEAKE, R.B. (Richard Brinsley), 1792-1847.
THE BOTTLE IMP. A Melo-Dramatic Romance, in Two Acts. Produced at the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, July, 1828... Illustrated with an Etching, by Pierce Egan the younger, from a drawing taken during the representation.
London: Chapman & Hall., No Date [1838].. Wraps. 12mo, disbound without original wrappers, 29 pp., frontispiece. First ... more

Price: $150.00 CAD
HEROES AND HORRORS. Edited by Stuart Schiff. Illustrations by Tim Kirk. LEIBER, Fritz.
HEROES AND HORRORS. Edited by Stuart Schiff. Illustrations by Tim Kirk.
[Chapel Hill, NC]: Whispers Press., 1978.. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in gilt on ... more

Price: $100.00 CAD
THE TALKING IMAGE OF URUR. HARTMANN, Franz, M.D.
THE TALKING IMAGE OF URUR.
New York: American Publishers Corporation, [1890]. Early reprint, originally issued by Lovell in 1890. Octavo, original ... more

Price: $150.00 CAD
THE ORACLE OF BAAL. A Narrative of Some Curious Events in the Life of Professor Horatio Carmichael, M.A. Edited by J. Provand Webster. With Numerous Illustrations by Warwick Goble. WEBSTER, J. Provand.
THE ORACLE OF BAAL. A Narrative of Some Curious Events in the Life of Professor Horatio Carmichael, M.A. Edited by J. Provand Webster. With Numerous Illustrations by Warwick Goble.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Octavo, original green pictorial cloth designed in black, red, mauve ... more

Price: $250.00 CAD
EXPERIMENTUM. Potens Magna in Occult Philosophy. Compiled and Scribed by Frederick Hockley. Bound with A Brief Essay Concerning Experimentum by Dan Harms. Transcript & Translation of the Text Prepared & Annotated by Dan Harms. HOCKLEY, Frederick.
EXPERIMENTUM. Potens Magna in Occult Philosophy. Compiled and Scribed by Frederick Hockley. Bound with A Brief Essay Concerning Experimentum by Dan Harms. Transcript & Translation of the Text Prepared & Annotated by Dan Harms.
No Place [UK]: The Society of Esoteric Endeavour., No Date [2012].. Quarto, original publisher's half blue sheepskin leather over marbled paper ... more

Price: $650.00 CAD
OPUSCULA MAGICA. Volume I: Essays on Witchcraft and The Sabbatic Tradition. Edited by Daniel A. Schulke. Deluxe Hardcover Edition: quarter morocco with slipcase. CHUMBLEY, Andrew D.
OPUSCULA MAGICA. Volume I: Essays on Witchcraft and The Sabbatic Tradition. Edited by Daniel A. Schulke. Deluxe Hardcover Edition: quarter morocco with slipcase.
California: Three Hands Press [Xoanon], 2010. Octavo, original cloth with morocco leather spine, art paper end-leaves, ... more

Price: $275.00 CAD
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