Magic, Witchcraft & Western Esoterica from Richard Bishop, Bookseller

Scarlet Imprint, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 146 pp. Limited to 465 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 439. Bound in white shimmering cloth with silver stamping to front and silver titles to spine. A near fine copy. A nice collection comprising the work of 26 leading poets from the occult and pagan communities, and six essays on the… Read more about this item

UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 246 pp. Limited to 450 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 97. Bound in crushed copper cloth, stamped in black with the spirit of Mandragora. Printed on 150 gsm paper. One small corner bump to back cover otherwise a near fine copy, issued without dust jacket. Mandragora: Further Explorations in Esoteric… Read more about this item

[UK]: Society of Esoteric Endeavour, 2009. First Edition. Leather bound. fine. Deluxe limited edition of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Billy Rennie (an initiated member of the Society). Small oblong quarto. 184pp. Illustrated with 4 tipped-in plates. Bound in full leather limp binding, using the same kind of leather that is used for horse harnesses. The front cover… Read more about this item

UK: Hell Fire Club Books, no date (2018). Privately Printed. Hardcover. Octavo. 266pp. Limited to 156 copies bound in quarter scarlet pigskin. Seven-fold Star of Babalon blind-stamped to front. Mark of the Beast stamped in gold to the center, with Aleister Crowley's facsimile signature in gilt to lower front, gilt titling to spine. Includes folding card with publication details… Read more about this item

Kolkata: Punthi Pustak, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vii + 223pp. Bound in black cloth with white titles to front and spine. Usual Indian production values. Title misspelled on front cover (Trantric), corners bumped, small bump to lower edge of front board. Still a very good copy in like dust jacket. Includes a history of tantra in relation… Read more about this item

Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 284pp. Red cloth with white spine titles, in original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with full-page color photographs. A near fine copy in like dust jacket. The Goddess Devi, the primordial Shakti, is a revelation of the eternal Brahman in a maternal aspect. She is worshipped during the autumnal festival… Read more about this item

Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxi + 178pp. Bound in pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Illustrated with b&w and color plates at end of volume. A very good copy in like dust jacket. Camunda, the Divine Mother, is one of the manifestations of Shakti. She is considered to be the most feroscious goddess… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2009. First Indian Edition. Hardcover in pictorial boards. Thick octavo. xxvii + 701pp. A near fine copy. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South… Read more about this item

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1961. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. 192pp. Small chip to spine. Very good. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver (with some help by Palmer), some of which appreared in Amazing Srories in the 1940s.

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1962. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. Front and back cover photographs by Ray Palmer. Light wear to upper spine. Very good. [The Shaver Mysteries]. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver some of which appeared in Amazing Stories in the 1940s, and more.

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1962. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. Front and back cover photographs by Ray Palmer. Light wear. Very good. [The Shaver Mysteries]. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver some of which appeared in Amazing Stories in the 1940s, and more.

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1961. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. Cover illustration by Richard Shaver. Light edge wear and creases. Very good. [The Shaver Mysteries]. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver (with some help by Palmer), some of which appeared in Amazing Stories in the 1940s.

Munich: Theion Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 207pp. Auric Edition hand-bound in full "Kosmic Blue" leather (looks black) complemented by a consecrated silver talismanic pendant in the shape of a three-legged spinning, rotating sun wheel spraying telesmatic light, to front panel, enclosed within a blind-stamped border. Same border design to back panel. Limited to 80 hand-numbered copies,… Read more about this item

London: Fulgur Limited, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Landscape quarto. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, this being no. 203. Black cloth with small blind-stamped image to front panel, silver spine titles. 96pp, color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. An excellent introduction to the work of Austin Spare. The book was published to… Read more about this item

Hercules, CA: Xoanon Limited, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 86pp. Limited to 727 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 500. Dark grey cloth with silver device to front, spine titled in silver. Color frontispiece plus 8 full page color plates and one additional color illustration, all by Chumbley. A bit of light rubbing to dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy… Read more about this item

London: Fulgur Limited, 2008. First Edition. Tall 4to. Green cloth with white spine titles in original matching dust jacket. Limited to 700 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 276. xi + [38]pp. Nineteen full page color drawings by Spare. Small corner bump, otherwise a near fine copy in like dust jacket. Reproduction of a sketchbook featuring delicately colored drawings created… Read more about this item

London: Jerusalem Press, 2015. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in quarter purple leather over white cloth boards. Silver spine titles. Marbled endpapers. Page marker ribbon. Litho printed. Limited to 100 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 51. Book is signed by the author and laid in is an original signed ink drawing by the author, and a facsimile invitational… Read more about this item

London: The Magic Circular, November, 1969. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Quarto. Pages of this complete circular are numbered 21-36. This is the November 1969 issue of The Magazine of The Magic Circle. Illustrated in b&w. Very light corner wear. A near fine copy. NOTE: also included with this listing are the other 10 issues of The Magic Circular from… Read more about this item

New York: Roy Publishers, 1952. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 316pp. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. With a b&w frontis photo of Crowley, plus additional photographs in b&w. Book has some small corner bumps. Dust jacket flaps were once taped to front pastedown and rear free endpaper, leaving old cellophane tape ghost marks, with tape residue also appearing… Read more about this item