Saint Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, [1974]. Second Printing. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [trade paper format]. 241 pp. Covers lightly rubbed, mild creases; a very good, sound copy. Originally issued by Llewellyn in hardcover in 1968, this is the "Second Printing " of 1974, and the first paperback edition. Contents include..... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, [1973]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Issued simultaneously in hardcover and trade paper format, this is the paper edition. [298] pp, illustrated. Small mark to page edges, corners of 4 leaves folded over (now straightened); a very good sound copy. ¶ A...... More
London: Paladin, [1979]. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [trade paper format]. 203 pp + [4] pp ads at rear, Illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. Bibliography, Notes & Index. A fine bright copy, with the fantastic (uncredited) cover art by Linda Garland. ¶ Originally published by Batsford in 1945..... More
East Ardsley, Yorkshire: S.R. Publishers Ltd., 1971. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. (xix) + 80 + 10 + 66 (Three Books plus Foreword, separately paginated). Formerly the copy owned by Edward L. Margetts, M.D., with his ownership name & acquisition information in ink on first leaf plus his pencil..... More
London: Peter Davies, [1969]. First Edition. Octavo, original purple boards titled in gilt on spine. [155] pp, Illustrated with 8 pp of black & white plates by Jack Smith. Small scuffs to boards, a near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. This true first (UK) edition is extremely scarce. ¶..... More
London: Rider & Company. [1969]. Reprint. Third Impression, first issued in 1959. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 215 pp., Index. Small marks to page edges, lacks first blank leaf; a nice bright copy with no reading creases. First published in volume form 1959, this is the second printing..... More
London: Crispin Press in Association with Thorsons Publishers Limited. [1970]. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original patterned grey boards (boards meant to resemble a buckram cloth binding), lettered in gilt on spine. 108 pp., colour frontispiece and 5 additional plates in colour throughout the text. A few small marks in pencil..... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications. 1971. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 147 pp. Illustrated. Spine crease, lightly knocked at corners; a very good, sound copy. This is the First Edition, and it is very scarce. ¶ In 1932, an American Aleister Crowley associate named C.F. Russell..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1976. First American Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 145 pp., Portrait Frontispiece, Illustrated (the plates and the cover art by Adrian Cole are wonderfully psychedelic); Bibliography. Old reading creases to spine panel, but a great copy, nice and clean and sound, of..... More
New York: House of Collectibles, Inc., [1974]. First Edition. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 192 pp. Issued as House of Collectibles #161 ($1.25). Tiny edge snag affecting the fore-edge of about 5 pages (miniscule, but worth mentioning); light spine creasing; a very good clean copy. ¶ A rare..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser, [1973]. First American Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 208 pp., frontispiece. A couple of turned page corners (now straightened), very faint creasing to spine panel, covers lightly rubbed; a very good copy, nice and sound. First published in the UK by Neville Spearman..... More
[London]: Frederick Muller, [1974]. First Edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 272 pp.,Appendix, Suggested Reading List, Index. Illustrated with 24 pp of black & white plates. Covers slightly bowed, a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, spine panel just a touch faded, price..... More
New York: Magickal Childe, Inc., 35 W. 19th St. [1982]. Reprint. Reprint, 1st issued in 1959. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 288 pp., Illustrated, Appendixes, Bibliography. Large ink name to inner front cover; covers a bit rubbed and multiple reading creases to spine; a sound, very good copy..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser. Inc., [1975]. First Paperback edition. Second edition, first published in 1949. Octavo, original silver wrappers titled and decorated in black (trade paper format). [352] pp. This edition contains the "Introduction to the Second Edition" by Raymond Buckland. A very good copy in wrappers which show light..... More
Seacausus, NJ: The Citadel Press. [1974]. Reprint. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). [159] pp, Notes, Illustrated with 4 pages of plates. Issued as Citadel Books C-304($2.95). Light wear to covers, light creases to edges of spine; a very good copy. ¶ Gerald Brosseau Gardner (1884 -1964), sometimes known..... More
Brooklyn, NY: Earth Religious Supplies, 300 North Henry Street, No Date [1974]. First Edition. Small octavo, original black wrappers, 'PAGAN RITUALS' printed in red in Old English Text on upper cover. [61] pp. Issued as "Friends of the Craft-Version Vol. I". A few small insignificant creases, small ink price to..... More
New York: Harper Torchbooks / Harper & Row, Publishers. [1965]. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [trade paper format]. This is a later printing, circa 1970, the cover price is $2.45, and the catalogue at the rear of the book is revised. 175 pp, Notes, Index, plus 11 pp..... More
London: The Aquarian Press, [1968]. First Edition. Octavo, bound in the publisher's brown boards with vellum spine, printed paper label on spine, maroon endpapers. The number "154" inked to title page. We believe this to be the publisher's deluxe binding, and have seen similar bindings on other Aquarian Press Books..... More
London: The Aquarian Press, [1968]. First Edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled in silver on spine panel. 171 pp. Slightly dusty page edges, but a near fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket, which shows slight wear at the edges and has a small sticker on the front flap..... More
Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2011. First Edition Thus. First printing of this edition. Large Folio, publisher's original black boards titled and decorated in gilt. 678 pp, Index, Illustrations. Slight browning to text block, foxing to page edges, a very good clean copy in a nice unworn dust jacket which shows..... More
[London]: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., [1965]. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 143 pp. Five plates reproducing illustrations from Bodley MS 266, Index. Bookstore ticket on front paste-down, slight browning to endpapers and page edges, covers a trifle bowed;..... More
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press. 1972. First Edition. Octavo, original grey-green cloth stamped with an embossed design in blind on front panel, designed in black & lettered in silver on spine, black endpapers. 394 pp., Notes, Bibliography, Index. A fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, bright &..... More
TIthaca & London: Cornell University press, [1977]. First Edition. Octavo, original orange cloth stamped in orange and black on spine panel, black endpapers. 276 pp., Illustrated, Bibliography, Index. A fine copy in a very nearly fine dust jacket, slightly rubbed. More
Custer, WA: Phoenix Publishing. 1996. Thick octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 349 pp, Illustrated. Appendices, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Touch of shelfwear to binding; a fine copy. ¶ Collects two volumes, 'Eight Sabbats For Witches' and 'The Witches' Way'. More
New York: The Citadel Press, [1939]. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, outer wrappers French-Folded with flaps (trade paper format). 332 pp. This is a very early, or the first printing, in rather unusual format, the book is actually in plain white wrappers with what appears to be a...... More