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London & Steyning: The Vine Press, 1920. One of 550 numbered copies, printed on antique laid paper. Some extremity wear, aging. Spine label shows rubbing to one side, but complete with no title loss. Extra spine label tipped in rear flyleaf, as called for. Sewn binding tight. Small previous owner to inner board. First Edition/Limited/Numbered. Cloth Spine/Paper Boards/Sewn. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. Wood-cuts by Eric West, Percy West. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

A Roven, De LImprimerie De Raphael du petit Val, Libraire & Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy., 1604. M. DCIIII. Rare Penultimate Edition. All Original, Full Calf Contemporary Binding. Elaborate Gilt Stamping to Spine, with Additional Decorative Gilt Stamping to All Board Edges. Full Leather binding shows some wear, joints Fine without splitting. Sewn binding tight with a few signatures askew. Red speckled page edges, Marbled pastedowns. Internally bright, with Silk Tie page-marker. A few instances of quilled marginalia, small worm to start (see image). Collated Complete, Signatures A-Z12 Aa-CC12 Dd6. with p.359 mis-numbered 450, 351 for 451. Although stated "Last" on Title Page, this is in fact the Twelfth, Penultimate Edition, that follows the Prevosteau of 1598, and Most Desirable, for it includes Contents not found in the quarto or octavo editions. "Considered the best work we have on Witchcraft" [Dorbon, Bibliotheca Esoterica 390; Coumont B87.19]. Denrniere. Hard Cover/Full-Leather/Sewn. Very Good.… Read More

Minneapolis, MN: The Vann Press, 1992. AS NEW (see scan). Includes Laid-in Slip : "[Cartouche Image] This cartouche of the Theban Necropolis once sealed the tomb of Tutankhamen. It now guards the Gate of the Labyrith...This edition limited to 250 handnumbered copies".. First Edition/Limited/Hand Numbered. Soft Cover / Saddle-stitched. As New. Illus. by Lucifer "Watermarks", Drawings, Photographs Interspersed Throughout. 8vo size - 8½" tall.

Glasgow: J. Lumsden & Son/J. Neilson, printer., 1822. Some age, extremity wear. Date rubbed out below rule (see scan), likely due to the unfortunate practice of removing original prices (such as DJ price clipping) and probably mistaken as cost by a misguided, previous bookseller. Collated, complete. Includes "Visit From The World Of Spirits." as terminal. A quite scarce, if not Rare chapbook with a quite lovely Woodcut on title-page of the Devil with three-pronged pitchfork.. First Thus. Chapbook. Very Good. 16mo size - over 6" tall.

London & Steyning: The Vine Press, 1922. One of 550 Hand numbered copies, printed on antique laid paper. Boards show aging, with extremity wear. Stain to lower edge (see scan). Spine fade, but Gold Gilt Title still bright. Top Edge Gilt (T.E.G.). Sewn binding extremely tight. Signed Binding: binder's ticket on rear board - Kensett Binder Brighton. First Edition/Limited/Hand Numbered. Cloth Spine/Paper Boards/Sewn. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Dennis West. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Phoenix, Arizona: Falcon Press, 1985. A FINE Unread copy (see scan)... Second Edition Revised/Second Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Copious Line Drawings. 8vo size - over 8¼" tall.

South Stukely Québec, Canada: Publications 93, 1975. One of 500 Hand Numbered copies in textured, turned-in wraps (see scan, albeit a bit light), printed in Blue throughout. A Fine, Unread copy.. First Edition In French/Hand Numbered. Soft Cover/Turned-inWraps/Sewn. Fine. Illus. by Two Full Color Plates Of Obverse And Reverse Of The Stele of Ankh-af-na-Khonsu / The Stele of Revealing, And Liber XXXI Manuscript In Facsimile. 8vo - 8" tall.

London/New York/Cologne/Sydney: Omnibus Press, 1984. NEW.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.

England:Ramble, N.D. Numbered box shows light age (see scan). CD is FINE in Fine case, as are the two original 5 x 7 glossy color photos on FujiColorPaper. One photo of Page, one of Plant, laid in as called for.. Limited/Numbered. Box Set. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1975. Appears Unread. Light age, light edge wear keeping this copy from Fine. Game Board FINE, Never Opened and Still Attached. Dust Jacket light age, light extremity wear rubbing (see scan). A Very Good+ Copy Indeed.. First Edition. Hard Cover/Cloth/Sewn. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - 9¾" tall.

London: W H Allen & Co., 1988. John Symonds' copy with his check marks. Additionally, Symonds underlined a passage regarding himself. Dust Jacket Fine (see scan), with light edge spotting keeping this copy from Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Fine. 8vo - 8¾" tall.

London: W H Allen & Co., 1988. A seemingly Unread copy. Touch of age to top edge, still Fine in Fine Dust Jacket (see scan). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8¾" tall.

St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1970. Light wear to wraps, light age tone (see scan). Crisp, and Gently read, if at all, binding remains Extremely tight. Internals Clean, Unmarked. Occult bookstore sticker to half title. Very Good+ Indeed. Second Edition, revised & enlarged. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait. 8vo size - 8" tall.

London: Mandrake Press Ltd., 1930. "Being a Study of the Documentary Evidence Relating to a Campaign of Personal Vilification Unparalleled in Literary History". The usual extremity fade to wraps (see scan), some extremity wear, mottling. Square, Sewn binding Very Tight and Crisp. Some spotting to edges, ends, otherwise internally Clean and Unmarked. A Very Good+ copy of this fragile title. [Yorke 106.].. First Edition. Soft Cover, Sewn. Very Good+. 8vo - 8½" tall.

London: The Folio Society, 1976. Appears Unread. Slipcase shows some wear, corner rubbing. Cloth boards shows light spotting, but square, all corners sharp. Sewn binding very tight, and as above seemingly Unread. Internally Fine. Note on provided images: Wavy, color lines to book imparted by scanner, not so to the eye.. First Edition Thus., First Printing. Decorative Cloth, Sewn Binding. Very Good/Very Good Slipcase. Illus. by Jean Cocteau. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

York Beach, ME: Weiser Books, 2001. FIRST PRINTING / FULL CLOTH HARDCOVER - NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). New / Unread Samuel Weiser, Inc. old stock, Rare in condition thus. Do Note: this is the First Weiser Cloth Hardcover Printing in DJ, not the current, readily available lower quality Red Wheel/Weiser reprint.. First Edition / First Printing. Hard Cover/Cloth/Sewn. New/New. Illus. by Copious Sigils, Seals, Woodcuts, Line Drawings, Facsimile Title, Figures, Charts, Tables, etc. 4to size - over 10" tall.

London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2005. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco, Calif.: Level Press, 1974. Appears Unread. First Thus Level Press direct reprint of Thelema Pub.Co. [Germer, Motta], 1962 First Edition with a New "Preface To The Third Edition", and "A Technical Note Concerning Divination And Liber Aleph". Some age, bump crease to lower spine (see scan), but binding Square, Crisp and Extremely Tight. Edge age. Internally Clean, Unmarked. Aged, still a Very Good, seemingly Unread copy.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Aleister Crowley Frontispiece, "In Hastings (with little left but pipe and wit)". 8vo size - 8½" tall.

San Francisco, Calif.: Level Press, 1974. Appears Unread, and quite remarkable thus with the rarely seen errata tipped to half-title. Said by some to be included later issue, alternatively said to be First Issue, left off of later issue due to the trouble of being affixed. Glue tan as per usual when / if found. Light age, light extremity wear to wraps (see scans). Square, Crisp, Extremely Tight. Internally Fine. Rare in condition thus, w/ Liber Oz [ LXXVII ] / "Rights of Man" [ED], Rear wrap (see scan).. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by April Funcke and Llee Heflin. Stele of Revealing with Nuit, Winged Globe, and Horus Headpieces, Eye in the Triangle, Sigils, etc. 8vo size - 8½" tall.

Pasadena, Calif.: Privately Printed By the O.T.O. Issued by The Church of Thelema, 1943. As New. One sheet folded in two and printed on three sides, enclosed / inserted in a specially made Blue Cloth, Gold Gilt Stamped Hard Cover from the Collection of Helen Parsons Smith [¿Crowley/Germer?]. A RARE, Finely preserved copy still retaining the tissue guard placed in between by HPS, in Cloth Case with Unique Thelemic Provenance. [Yorke 85. (b)] . First American Edition. Hard Cover Folder. As New. 8vo size - 9½" tall, in 10" tall Folder.