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University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. NEW, Hardcover Sealed In Publisher Shrinkwrap. "In the Middle Ages, textual amulets short texts written on parchment or paper and worn on the body were thought to protect the bearer against enemies, to heal afflictions caused by demonic invasions, and to bring the wearer good fortune. In Binding Words, Don C. Skemer provides the first book-length study of this once-common means of harnessing the magical power of words. Textual amulets were a unique source of empowerment, promising the believer safe passage through a precarious world by means of an ever-changing mix of scriptural quotations, divine names, common prayers, and liturgical formulas. Although theologians and canon lawyers frequently derided textual amulets as ignorant superstition, many literate clergy played a central role in producing and disseminating them. The texts were, in turn, embraced by a broad cross-section of Western Europe. Saints and parish priests,… Read More

London/New York: I. B. Tauris, 2010. New.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Plate Section. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. NEW / UNREAD.. First Thus, Stated 2011 Printing. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo size - 9½" tall.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). Shelfwear, bump to top edge front board (see scan). First American Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth Spine. New/New. Illus. by Maps, Glossy Plate Section. 8vo - over 9¼" tall.

New York: Arbor House, 1974. An Unread copy, just a touch of age. Dust Jacket, light wear (see scan), price clipped.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover/Cloth/Sewn Binding. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Copious Plates, Line Drawings, Diagrams, Tables, etc. 8vo - over 8¼" tall.

London: Orbis Publishing, 1977. A seemingly Shelved, Unread copy. Touch of wear, age, otherwise Fine.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Copious Illustrations, Photographs, Full Page Plates, Many in Color. 4to - over 11½" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely packed.

Great Britain: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd., 1997. Just a touch of age, still Fine, in Fine DJ.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

England/New Jersey: EP Publishing Limited/Rowman & Littlefield, 1974. Appears Unread. A Fine copy, in Fine DJ. Shares ISBN: 0-87471-464-8.. Facsimile Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Fifty Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1928. Copy #14, of the "First Edition Limited To 800 Copies". Fine, seemingly Shelved, Unread. Spine shows light extremity rubbing (see image), still FINE, with titling to spine and front board remarkably preserved, and Quite Rare Thus. T.E.G (Top Edge Gilt), others uncut. Internally FINE as well, with tipped-in slip to the half-title, "The quota of this edition apportioned to the United States of America sold by Random House, New York". Translated by Aleister Crowley, with several added versions of the Epilogue by various hands [in fact by Crowley] and twelve copperplate engravings from the original drawings by Jean de Bosschere. Edward W.Titus. Paris. 1928. pp. xi, 147.[pp. 1-143 consist of sheets from the 1913 edition.] [Yorke 67. (b)].. First Edition Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Jean De Bosschere. 8vo - over 7½" tall.

St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1994. NEW (see scan), light page tone as per usual.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Numerous Full Page Plates, Figures, Diagrams, Charts, Tables, etc. 8vo size - 9" tall.

GB, UK/MA, USA: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2010. New in DJ.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Sewn Binding. New/New. Large 4to - over 11" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.

N.p. [Iowa City, IA]: Renaissance Astrology, 2006. NEW / FIRST EDITION / SIGNED - Initialed, Dated, Sigiled, and Quite Artfully Done in Two Tone Pen, Outlined. Additionally Laid-in : "The Emerald Tablet", Thick Card with Rubricated Decorated Initial / "[Image] Renaissance Astrology" to verso. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Nigel Jackson 2004-6. 8vo size - 9" tall.

York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1997. First Samuel Weiser Edition NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). New / Unread Samuel Weiser, Inc. old stock, Rare in condition thus. Third Revised Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. New/New. Illus. by Sixteen Page Glossy Plate Section. 8vo - over 9" tall.

N.p. [Iowa City, IA]: Renaissance Astrology, 2010. NEW. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Numerous Images / Drawings / Symbols / Sigils Within Text. 8vo size - 9" tall.

Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 2006. SIGNED BOOK / NEW SEALED DECK - New book Individually Signed, Inscribed, and Dated by both Sandra Tabatha Cicero and Chic Cicero with Publisher Sealed 83-card Deck, bumping to box (see scan).. First Edition, First Printing. Box Set. New. Illus. by Sandra Tabatha Cicero. 8vo size box - 8½" tall.

University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. FIRST PRINTING - NEW (see scan). New / Unread old stock - from the Publisher: "Conjuring Spirits contains both general surveys and analyses of magical texts and manuscripts by distinguished scholars in a variety of disciplines. Included are chapters by Richard Kieckhefer and Robert Mathiesen on the Sworn Book of Honorius, Michael Camille on the Ars Notoria, John B. Friedman on the Secretum Philosophorum, Nicholas Watson on the McMaster text, and Elizabeth Wade on Lullian divination. The work also includes Juris Lidaka's edition of the Liber de Angelis, and an overview of late medieval English ritual manuscripts by Frank Klaassen. This book will be invaluable for scholars and other readers interested in ritual magic in the later Middle Ages.". First Edition. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by 26 b&w Illustrations. 8vo size - 9¼" tall.

Metuchen, N.J. & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1984. New, Sealed in Publishers Shrink Wrap.. First Edition. Hard Cover, Cloth. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon Taylor & Francis Group, 2003. NEW / UNREAD. First Edition. Hard Cover. New. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo size - 9½" tall.

York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). New / Unread Samuel Weiser, Inc. old stock, Rare in condition thus.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. New/New. 8vo - 8½" tall.

Boston/Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1992 A New, Unread copy. This is a facsimile edition of the work originally published in London by John Murray in 1940.. First Facsimile Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover,Cloth,Gilt Stamping. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.