Search Results: Authors starting with L from Richard Bishop, Bookseller

Wee Hours, 1968. First Edition. PBO. WH 566 (Holroyd page 535). Cover by Eric Stanton. Fine. Sleaze novel with S&M and bondage scenes.

New York: Harper Collins, 2023. First Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. 510pp. With color and b&w photographs. A fine copy in like dust jacket. Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success story of Canadian progressive rock trio Rush. Here for the first time is his account of life inside and outside the band. Long before Rush accumulated more consecutive gold and platinum records than any rock band after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, before the seven Grammy nominations or the countless electrifying live performances across the globe, Geddy Lee was Gershon Eliezer Weinrib. He talks candidly about his childhood and the pursuit of music that led him to drop out of high school. He tracks the history of Rush which, after early struggles, exploded into one of the most beloved bands of all time. He shares intimate stories of his lifelong friendships… Read More

UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover (issued without dust jacket) Octavo. Limited to 1200 copies. Bound in fine black cloth emblazoned with a gilt shield bearing seven keyholes, blackened edges, textured endpapers in British racing green, and a black page-marker ribbon. 368 pages with colour facsimile of British Library Additional manuscript 36674. Edited and introduced by Phil Legard, with supplementary essays by Alexander Cummins, and a foreword by Dan Harms. Illustration of the Tree of Crystal by Sin Eater. A fine copy. The magical experiments conducted by Elizabethan explorer, soldier and courtier Humphrey Gilbert, along with his scryer John Davis, during the spring of 1567 are notable for their forceful methods and stripped down Protestant ritual. The spirits are called into a ‘crystal stone’ by way of a large number of conjurations, charges, constraints, curses and bonds. The work includes the practical conjuration of Bleth, Aosal, Assassel (Azazel) and the four demon… Read More

Port Townsend: Process Meida, 2013. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xx + 118pp. Bound in blue velvet-like material with color image embedded to front with gilt border. Spine titled in gilt. Limited to 418 signed and numbered copies and signed by Robert K. Siegel on a special translucent page bound in. Illustrated in color and black and white. A fine copy in a fine, red plush slipcase. A fantastic production. For the first time this classic work on a forgotten Arabian legend has been translated into English. This illustrated novel is presented as a “pictorial opera” of love, hashish, and tragedy in the time of Victorian erotica, and it contains the first known illustrations and descriptions of true hashish hallucinations. Introductory essays by Siegel detail the history of this curious work. In addition to the translated work, there are original German advertisements for the work, extra images, and more.

Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1925. First Edition. 2 Volumes in original wrappers plus a third volume (atlas) in a hardcover portfolio with string ties and loose plates inserted (as issued). Small quarto. Text in French. Volume One (Expose): 220 pp. Volume Two (Les Textes Magiques): 236 pp. Volume Three (Atlas): a portfolio consisting of over 160 photographic images and line drawings shown on 71 loose plates (all present). Both text volumes remain largely unopened along top edge. A fine, complete and unread set. A detailed study of ancient Egyptian magic from the time of the Old Kingdom to that of the Copts. The author is considered to be the founder of Egyptology in Czechoslovakia. Lecsa states in the introduction: "A large number of magical texts of the ancient Egyptians have been preserved to this day, but only a few of them have been published until now, and only a part has been studied and translated. It is therefore impossible for me to offer readers the translations of all… Read More

[Hercules, CA]: Xoanon Publishing, No date [2017]. First Edition. Prospectus for the First Edition of Lapis Lamiis. One leaf, printed one side on off-white card stock, 21.5 x 12 cm (4.75 x 8.5 inches). Offers the standard edition of 222 copies at $27.00. Prosepctus is cut slightly uneven. Otherwise in Fine condition.

Holyoke: Columbia Publishers, 1958. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers (digest). 130pp. Cover art by Emsh (Ed Emshwiller). Near fine. Includes Riddle of the Deadly Paradise by Charles Long; The Sun Stood Still by Maurice Vaisberg M.D., and others

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover in pictorial boards. xiv + 242pp. A very good copy. This study attempts to give as complete as possible a description of two extinct Saivite sect -- the Kapalikas and the Kalamukhas. In a Christian context the concept of a 'sect' embodies three essential features: a specific doctrine (including a prescribed mode of worship), a priesthood, and a well-defined and exclusive laity. The structure of Hindu 'sects' is in general much more amorphous than that of Christian ones. In most cases more emphasis is placed on doctrine and mode of worship than on organisation. The Sanskrit words most often used for the Kapalika, Kalamukha and Pasupata 'sects' —the groups discussed in this study—are darsana, samaya and mata. The basic meaning of these words is 'doctrine.' Each of the three groups also had its own priesthood. That of the Kalamukhas appears to have been the best organised. Several Kalamukha monasteries… Read More

Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., 1950. First Edition. Paperback. 107 pp. A few illustrations. Text printed on quality glossy paper making this a somehwat heavy volume for it's size. Very light edge wear. Very Good. Some hilarious patter for magicians which even though a bit dated, are still funny. Lorraine was a commercial artist and amateur magician. He was deeply involved with the International Brotherhood of Magicians from its beginnings in 1922 and was named "official artist" in 1925. He was considered as a "historical encyclopedia of magic " by John Booth.