A Catalogue of Mostly Modern Witchcraft & Occult Books, Mainly Dating from the Period of the 'Occult Revival' in the 1960's & 1970's.
London: Arrow Books. [1987]. Reprint. Reprint, the 4th Arrow Books edition (first issued by them in 1966); the original was issued in 1936. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 320 pp., Index. A couple of very faint spine creases, a near fine copy in wrappers. ¶ Necromancy, witchcraft, sex-rites..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, [1974]. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 635 pp. Notes in pen & pencil on final blank leaf and inner rear cover, light wear to edges and faint reading creases; a very good copy. ¶ An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic, Sorcery..... More
St. Paul. MN: Llewellyn Publications. [1973]. Third Printing. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 153 pp. A very good clean copy. ¶ Reprint (third impression); originally issued in 1970. Buckland was director of "The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick" and High Priest of the first Gardnerian witchcraft group..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser. 1974. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 158 pp + [2] pp ads at rear, Appendices, Bibliography. A fine copy in the original wrappers. The first edition is very scarce, especially in nice condition. ¶ Buckland was director of "The Buckland Museum of..... More
London: The Aquarian Press. 1968. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original white boards titled in gilt on spine panel. Bookplate on front endpaper, small bookseller's ticket on front flyleaf. One slight bump to upper front corner otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, price-clipped. ¶ "No serious..... More
No Place [San Francisco]: Level Press. No Date [1971]. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paper format). 155 pp. Tiny, 1/2 inch long closed tear at base of lower front spine hinge; a fine copy. A very scarce book, especially in fine condition. 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
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
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: 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
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]: 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: Perigee Books, [1980]. Trade Paperback Edition. Later printing of the trade paperback issued by Perigee Books in 1980. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 256 pp., Appendixes, Bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black & white line drawings by the author. Paper lightly browned, but a very nice copy - small reading..... More
Oxford, UK & Cambridge, USA: Blackwell. [1991]. First Edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 397, Notes, Index, Illustrations. Small blemish to front board , a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ The first survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the..... More
New York and Evanston: Harper Torchbook / Harper & Row, Publishers. 1970. First Paperback (& First American) edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [trade paper format]. 334 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Bibliography, Index, maps, charts & plates. Spine lightly browned, light spine creasing, a few small marks to..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. No Date [circa 1975]. Reprint. Early printing of the paperback edition, likely the 3rd impression, with code to "3" on copyright page. Octavo, large pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 231 pp., Bibliography. A fine copy. ¶ Dr. Martello writes about the roots of the "Old..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. [1973]. First Paperback edition. Ocatvo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 246 pp. Index at rear. Small sticker pull over the price on front panel, light reading crease along front spine hinge (but no spine creasing); light wear; a very good sound copy. ¶ 'A..... More
Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. First Edition. Octavo, original grey boards titled in black on spine panel. 277 pp., Frontispiece, Appendices, Notes, Bibliography. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, as new. ¶ Urbain Grandier, a 17th Century priest, with enemies in the church, was accused of..... More
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
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
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
Custer, WA: Phoenix Publishing Co., [1989]. First Edition. Small quarto, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 99 pp, Index, Illustrations. Light wear to spine, small crease to rear cover and last few pages; a very good, sound copy. Rhiannon Ryall (pseudonym) is an English-born Australian Wiccan who achieved claims the..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. [1972]. Reprint. Third paperback edition; originally issued in hardcover in 1957. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paper format). 316 pp, Index, illustrations in the text.One pronounced spine crease, light creasing to front cover & mild wear; a sound, very good copy. ¶ History of Black..... More
St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1973. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 111 pp., illustrated. Small bookseller's ticket on inner front cover (from Diddling Metaphysical Books in Victoria, owned by Lion Serpent Sun); a few small marks to covers, spine panel a bit dusty, a nice, clean, very..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1978]. First Edition, First Impression. Large octavo, original blue boards, spine panel lettered in gilt. 667 pp., Notes, Bibliography, Index. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "For Dick, warm regards, Colin / Jan 79". Bump to head of spine, affecting the inner upper..... More