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New York: Paragon House, 1991. Appears Unread. A Fine copy, in Fine DJ.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1930. A seemingly Unread copy. Dust jacket shows some age, light spotting (see scan), some extremity wear, but no large rips, tears, missing pieces. Small price clip to flap. Cream paper covered boards show light age with just a few spots. Stamping Fine without loss. Square, sewn binding Extremely tight. Light pastedown age, otherwise Fine with internals bright, clean and Unmarked. Small previous owner to pastedown obscured by DJ flap. A much nicer copy than usually found.. Souvenir Edition. Hard Cover, Sewn Binding. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Copious Plates. 8vo in 12mo size - 7½" tall.

London: Printed For A.K. Newman and Co., 1831. Rarely seen, Original Publisher Board Binding. Light wear to boards, wear to spine head and tail with paper extremity loss, still title complete. Square, sewn binding tight. Edges deckled, with leaves varying much in size. Internally very clean, and bright, Fold-out frontispiece is Fine. Some roughly opened pages, with some remaining Unopened (hence Unread). Head and tail wear noted, still a Very Good+ copy, and as above, Rare in Publishers Original Binding. Title in Full: Demonologia ; Or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, Credulity, Fanaticism, Enthusiasm, & Imposture; As connected with the Doctrine, Caballa, and Jargon of Amulets, Apparitions, Astrology, Charms, Demonology, Devils, Divination, Dreams, Deuteroscopia, Effluvia, Fatalism, Fate, Friars, Ghosts, Gipsies, Hell, Hypocrites, Incantations, Inquisitions, Jugglers, Legends, Magic, Magicians, Miracles, Monks, Nymphs, Oracles, Physiognomy, Purgatory,… Read More

London: Printed For A.K. Newman and Co., 1831. Old textured buckram cloth binding shows rubbing, wear. Square, sewn binding tight. Edges deckled, with leaves varying in size. Collated, Complete with half-title, and tri-fold frontispiece as called for. Age to pastedowns with spotting, age to prelim, terminal pages, and some light, sporadic extremity spotting. Light extremity edge worm, not effecting text nor fold-out image. Pencilled owner, dated "Jan. 7, 1914", to the original flyleaf, and easily erasable if so desired, otherwise, internally Unmarked. Title in Full: Demonologia ; Or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, Credulity, Fanaticism, Enthusiasm, & Imposture; As connected with the Doctrine, Caballa, and Jargon of Amulets, Apparitions, Astrology, Charms, Demonology, Devils, Divination, Dreams, Deuteroscopia, Effluvia, Fatalism, Fate, Friars, Ghosts, Gipsies, Hell, Hypocrites, Incantations, Inquisitions, Jugglers, Legends, Magic, Magicians, Miracles,… Read More

London: Williams & Norgate Ltd., 1935. Provenance: From the Library of Author Henry Fleming Payne (see below). Dust Jacket shows some extremity wear, touch of spine fade, a few spots, price clipped. The book just a touch of age, bottom corners bumped, other corners sharp. Gilt spine stamping very bright without loss. Sewn binding tight. Payne's elaborate Signature in full, to pastedown, with his very small "Ref. 270" to corner of ffep., and dated 1935 in his hand to title.. First Edition, First Printing. HardCover, Cloth, Sewn Binding. Very Good+/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Inner Light Publishing Society, 1938. Copyright page: "First cheap editions 1938". In other words, First Softcover Edition, and although "cheap", the binding is sewn, paper wraps thick paper stock. Some wear, spotting to paper wraps, and edges. Spine shows a touch of tone, lightly creased (see scan). Sewn binding tight. . First Edition. Paper Wraps, Sewn Binding. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1907. One of Nine Hundred and Fifty Copies on Van Gelder Hand-made Paper. Scarce printed slipcase is present, albeit well worn, with most of top strip lacking. It did do its job in protecting the book itself that shows some age, it is otherwise Fine. Paper title labels to front upper board, and spine title complete. All corners sharp, Sewn Binding tight. As above, Van Gelder Hand-made paper, with deckled edges. P/O to ffep., with some lightly pencilled (and easily erasable) notes in French. Rear flys have a long passage from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1882 critique of Villon, from "Familiar Studies of Men and Books". Once again, easily erasable if so desired.. Limited, Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/In Slipcase. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

N.p [New Haven, CT]: The Hounuculus Club c/o Ordo Templi Orientis Brocken Mountain Lodge, 1983. RARE. N.p. / N.d. but Privately Printed at the Brocken Mountain Lodge of the OTO, 1983. An off-white paper advertisement handout flyer on joining the Lodge / Order. "Do You Know Who Aleister Crowley Is? / Have You Heard Of Magick With A k?". It states, "Do You Desire A Unique Short Cut To Initiations ?", echoing C. F. Russell [Frater Genesthai, Fiat Lux], naming it "Homunculus Club", in the vain of Russell's "Choronzon Club", (later changed to G.'.B.'.G.'. [Gnostic Body of God]). A Rare piece of Early "Caliphite" O.T.O / Brocken Mountain Lodge ephemera.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by J. Edward Cornelius. 4to size - 11" tall.

Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2012. New. "Limited to 111 Hardcover copies". Stated First Edition: "This book contains the original text of Inside Solar Lodge - Outside the Law...Highly revised with much additional Material". Compare Inside Solar Lodge - Outside the Law - 183 pages, to this book - 39 pp. Introduction, 313 pages. Also includes expanded illustrations.. First Edition/Limited. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965. Glossy wraps show just a touch of rubbing, wear, with very light creasing to spines (see scans). Bindings Extremely tight, and Crisp. Approaching Fine. Enclosed in publishers plain cardboard slipcase, as issued, light age, wear. Text in French.. Troisième édition augmentée. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Pierre Jahan, et al. quarante-six (46) illustrations photographiques nouvelles (some Full Colour). Large 8vo - Over 9" tall. Heavy, Oversized Safely, and Securely Packed.