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FROM THE VAULTS OF YOH-VOMBIS
AN IMPORTANT & VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY CLARK ASHTON SMITH


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THE BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC AND OF PACTS. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. Prepared for Publication Under the Editorship of Dr. L.W. de Laurence. Text and Illustrations of the London Edition of 1898 Faithfully Reproduced. WAITE, Arthur Edward.
THE BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC AND OF PACTS. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. Prepared for Publication Under the Editorship of Dr. L.W. de Laurence. Text and Illustrations of the London Edition of 1898 Faithfully Reproduced.
Chicago: Privately Printed; The deLaurence Company., 1937.. Reprint of the 1898 London edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black ... more

Price: $750.00 USD
THE MORIBUND PORTAL. Spectral Resonance & the Numen of the Gallows. GAVIN, Richard.
THE MORIBUND PORTAL. Spectral Resonance & the Numen of the Gallows.
No Place [California]: Three Hands Press., 2018. First Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth decorated in gilt on ... more

Price: $45.00 USD
SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. HOWARD, Robert E.
SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. First Edition. Large crown octavo, original black cloth titled and ... more

Price: $145.00 USD
OBEAH SIMPLIFIED. THE TRUE WANGA! What It Really Is and How It Is Done. A Scientific But Plain Treatise From a Popular Point of View and Divested as Far as Possible of all Technical Terms. CASSECANARIE, Dr. Myal Djumboh, Sc.U.D. &c.
OBEAH SIMPLIFIED. THE TRUE WANGA! What It Really Is and How It Is Done. A Scientific But Plain Treatise From a Popular Point of View and Divested as Far as Possible of all Technical Terms.
UK: The Society for Esoteric Endeavour, 2018.. First Printing of this edition, the first Hardcover Edition of ... more

Price: $350.00 USD
EBONY AND CRYSTAL. The Author's Own Copy of His Third Book. SMITH, Clark Ashton
EBONY AND CRYSTAL. The Author's Own Copy of His Third Book.
Auburn, Ca: The Auburn Journal, 1922. First Edition. Octavo, publisher's original dark maroon cloth titled in ... more

Price: $15,000.00 USD
ARS PHILTRON. Concerning the Aqueous Cunning of the Potion and Its Praxis in the Green Art Magical. First Edition, Signed. SCHULKE, Daniel A.
ARS PHILTRON. Concerning the Aqueous Cunning of the Potion and Its Praxis in the Green Art Magical. First Edition, Signed.
No Place: Xoanon Publishing, 2001.. First Edition. Quarto, original full brown cloth decorated with the ... more

Price: $950.00 USD
THE MAZE OF MAAL DWEB [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 32, No 4., October, 1938 issue. SMITH, Clark Ashton.
THE MAZE OF MAAL DWEB [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 32, No 4., October, 1938 issue.
Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company. , 1938. The First Appearance in Print of this Short Story. Quarto, ... more

Price: $150.00 USD
THE STAR TREADER AND OTHER POEMS. The Author's Own Copy of His First Book. SMITH, Clark Ashton
THE STAR TREADER AND OTHER POEMS. The Author's Own Copy of His First Book.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1912. The First Edition of the Author's First Book. THE AUTHOR'S ... more

Price: $17,500.00 USD
THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH. Illustrated by Frank A. Utpatel. In the Original Illustrated Dust Jacket. [LOVECRAFT, H.P. [Howard Phillips].
THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH. Illustrated by Frank A. Utpatel. In the Original Illustrated Dust Jacket.
Everett, Pennsylvania: Visionary Publishing Co., 1936. First edition. A VIRTUALLY FINE COPY IN THE MOST DESIRABLE ... more

Price: $7,500.00 USD
THE GOD OF THE WITCHES. MURRAY, Margaret.
THE GOD OF THE WITCHES.
London: Faber & Faber., 1952.. New edition; originally issued in 1931. Octavo, original black cloth, ... more

Price: $75.00 USD
THE IDEAL TOWER. PENNICK, Nigel.
THE IDEAL TOWER.
UK: The Society of Esoteric Endeavour., 2018. First Edition. Tall octavo, 31.5cm x 16cm, bound in publisher's ... more

Price: $250.00 USD
THE CONFESSIONS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY. An Autohagiography. Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant. DAVID TIBET'S COPY. CROWLEY, Aleister.
THE CONFESSIONS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY. An Autohagiography. Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant. DAVID TIBET'S COPY.
London: Jonathan Cape., 1969. First Edition of the Expanded Edition. Thick octavo, original gray ... more

Price: $500.00 USD
THE GREEN MYSTERIES. ARCANA VIRIDIUM. An Occult Herbarium. Images by Bejamin A. Vierling. FORTHCOMING, Fall, 2018. 74. SCHULKE, Daniel A.
THE GREEN MYSTERIES. ARCANA VIRIDIUM. An Occult Herbarium. Images by Bejamin A. Vierling. FORTHCOMING, Fall, 2018.
Three Hands Press, 2018. Tall Quarto, full green cloth with color dust jacket. 560 ... more

Price: $85.00 USD
TYPED LETTER FROM MRS. CLARK ASHTON SMITH Dated Five Days Before the Author's Death and Detailing His Medical Condition. SMITH, Clark Ashton]
TYPED LETTER FROM MRS. CLARK ASHTON SMITH Dated Five Days Before the Author's Death and Detailing His Medical Condition.
Typed Letter Signed, on Mrs. Clark Ashton Smith's Letterhead, Dated ... more

Price: $450.00 USD
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