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Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover in pictorial boards. Large quarto. xv + 220 pages, with additional pages of b&w plates at end of volume. Some corner bumps and a small ding to top of rear boards. A very good copy. An excellent study of the Tantric cult in Tamil Nadu. Chapter headings are: Tantrism in Tamil Classical Literature; Tantrism in Tamil Devotional Literature; Tantrism in Tamil Sastric Works; Tantrism in Sanskrit Works - Sastric; Silpa texts; Tantrism in Monumental Art; Sakti Worship as Gleaned from Epigraphs. Includes a select bibliography, index, and plates.

Columbus, OH: Nelson Enterprises, No date [1927]. First Edition. Reproduction of typescript in plain blue lower wrapper, stapled at top (as issued). 6 pages in total, printed on recto only. A litte bit of wear to the outer covers but still about fine. Quite scarce in this original format. A series of four unbelievable demonstrations where the performer - either man or woman - is able to defy the strength of a powerful, burly spectator. Nelson (1901-1973) was a professional stage mentalist and telepathist since 1921. He was the founder of Nelson Enterprises in Columbus, Ohio which became the world's largest company dealing in mentalist's props and literature. The company was sold to Micky Hades in 1972.

Chicago: Merit Books, 1961. First Edition. PBO. 602 (Holroyd page 360). Cover art by Richard Sloan. Very mild edge wear. Near fine. Quite scarce. I spent many, many hours admiring and fondling my beauties. They were an obsession to me. I wanted to possess the finest in womanhood. But no one will ever believe my story. No one will believe that sex and murder were as necessary to my plan as bread and water are to survival." Okay, this one is pretty disturbing! Myles Neville is actually Jerry M. Goff Jr.

Devon, UK: The Supreme Magic Company, 1984. Reprint. Stapled wrappers. 71 pp. Very good. Louis Nikola (1878 - 1936), born Walter J. Obree Smith in England, was a magician and shadowist. This work is a development of the principle of the stacked pack, presenting features unbelievable until demonstrated.

Varanasi: Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan, 2021. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv + 207pp. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. A near fine copy in like jacket. Bhoot means, ‘Past’ and Damar means ‘fierce'. Hence this is a Tantra, which liberates the seeker from the fierce sins of the past and makes one's present and future better. This is the chatushpeeth Tantra of Sri Krodha Bahirava, who is an expansion of the supreme Lord Sri Swacchanda Bhairava. He is the seer sage of the Mantra of Mata Chinnamasta Ji. He is Lord of the South and once worshiped as per the given rituals here. This translation indicates that ‘Bhoot’ means ghost. This Tantra, deals with exorcisms for enchanting ghosts, and more.