Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Richard Bishop, Bookseller

New Delhi: D.K Printworld, 2016. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 206pp. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Illustrated with 60 (mosty color) photographs. A near fine copy in like dust jacket. The Yoginis are awful expressions of the divine in feminine form of which evidence is found in Tantric contexts in both the Hindu and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. Endowed with a multitude of aspects and functions, they may take the form of women or witches devoted to obscure rituals, of primordial forces linked with illness, poisoning and possession, of subtle beings present in supporting one for meditation like yantra and mantra, or of genuine gods who frighten and fascinate. Gathering in circles in the depths of the forest or in cremation grounds, the Yoginis engender powers and secret knowledge, granted to those who evoke them through practices which may be extreme. Ultimately the Yoginis keep company with death, offering to the initiates who surrender to their embrace the… Read More

Documentary Classics / Consolidated Publishing, 1969. First Edition. PBO. DC 513 (not in Holroyd). A fine copy. A bizarre tale that plunges the reader into the depths of cruel and barbaric fetishism. Graphically detailed exploitation of the needs and hungers of the fetishist; you experience their origins, gratifications and punishments. A study which reveals the deep desire which stirs the fetishist dominated by silken stockings, shows and gloves, satin, leather, panties, rubber, etc.

Holyoke, MA: Published for Conjuror's Library by Sidney H. Radner, 1948. First Edition. Stapled card covers. 20 pp. Very good. Close-up card magic. Tony Kardyro began his career performing as "Tony London", changing it to "Tony Kardyro" around 1933. He also performed as "Senor Torino, the Continental Deceptionist" when presenting his dove act. He once explained his working under so many names by saying that he had worked all the venues and a new name was needed for new bookings. Kardyro was the originator of the Dove Bag. He wrote a autobiographical column in New Tops called "Kardyro's Magical Highway".