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Delhi: D.P.B. Publications, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Small, thick quarto (7.5 x 9.5 inches). Limited to 200 copies. 868pp. Pictorial boards (issued without dust jacket). Text in English and Sanskrit, with transliterations. Some b&w illustrations. Typical Indian production values. Some edge and corner wear to boards, a couple of dings to book edges at top and bottom. A very good copy. This is a most remarkable work, being a textbook of worship for the Dasamahavidya (the ten tantric transofrmations of the Great Goddess). The Mahavidyas are: Kali, Tara, Sodasi, Bhuvanesvari, Bhairavi, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Matangi, Bagala, and Kamala. This massive work includes ritual procedures for all ten goddesses, with mantras, yantras, modes of worship, and much more. Some of the sections are in Sanskrit only with transliterations - these are mostly in the form of lengthy mantras and hymns but for these parts there are some commentaries in English. The transliterations do allow for interpreting the… Read More

Brussels: A New Think Publication, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Octavo. Limited to 400 copies.114 pp. Small slip with 3 additional listings is laid in. Includes a few musical scores. An uncommon item. A very good copy. A complete discography (through 1983) of the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago (Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Don Moye, Malachai Favors, and others) featuring poetry, photography, song lyrics, and more.

Laurel, MT: Araxes Press, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 352pp. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 223. Maroon cloth with gilt design of Kali to front cover, spine titled in gilt. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. Very slight lean to spine, otherwise a near fine copy. This work takes the reader on a wild journey, exploring the amazing regional variations of Thai folk magic. What comes to light is not a dusty, monolithic tradition, but a fluid, adaptable system of spirit work that changes with the changing times. The author lets the Thai ajarns tell their own stories in their own words, and what they reveal about the role of initiations, astrology, karma, corpses, and ghost-magic must be seen to be believed. Remarkably, Jenx also gives a detailed guide on how Westerners can participate in this powerful occult system by caring for and communicating with the spirits contained in amulets created by Thai sorcerers. The book also contains a first-ever… Read More

Laurel, MT: Araxes Press, 2023. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 352pp. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. A new, unread copy. This work takes the reader on a wild journey, exploring the amazing regional variations of Thai folk magic. What comes to light is not a dusty, monolithic tradition, but a fluid, adaptable system of spirit work that changes with the changing times. The author lets the Thai ajarns tell their own stories in their own words, and what they reveal about the role of initiations, astrology, karma, corpses, and ghost-magic must be seen to be believed. Remarkably, Jenx also gives a detailed guide on how Westerners can participate in this powerful occult system by caring for and communicating with the spirits contained in amulets created by Thai sorcerers. The book also contains a first-ever description of the sacred properties of certain herbs, metals, and alloys, including the occult role of Mercury and the mysterious Leklai.

Van Nuys, CA: Harmony Communications / London Enterprises, 1983. First Edition. Stapled wrappers (Magazine). Quarto. 48pp including covers. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs with some in color. Light edge and corner wear. A very good copy. Dramatic "damsels in distress" photographs from the private files of an authentic bondage & restraint enthusiast.

London: Wonder Programme, 1922. First Edition. Wrappers. Tall octavo. 56 pp. Illustrations in b&w. Some light edge and handling wear. Very Good. The Magic Wand was a British Magic Periodical that ran for 47 years from Vol. 1, No. 1 (September 1910) to Vol. 46, No. 256 (December 1957). It was equivalent to the US published Sphinx in terms of influence, longevity and time-frame. Stage and close-up magic.

London: George Johnson, 1925. First Edition. Stapled wrappers (4.25 x 5.5 inches). 32 pp. With b&w illustrations. Some fading to edges. Very good. Jardine Ellis was a master of what is known to Conjurers as “close quarter work.” The majority of his effects were designed to puzzle the single onlooker, and in this particular class of Magical deception he was a past master. Ellis was quite secretive about his effects but once stated "when I am gone it does not matter what becomes of them.” So, here are explanations of 12 of his deceptions.

No place: No publisher, No date. Stapled wrappers. Octavo. 20 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Former owner's small address label to inside front cover (Mr. Mystic the Magician). Light edge and corner wear. Very good. Includes several tricks by Eddie Joseph. The Suggested Routines by Abbott is a list of routines for different ocassions/events and only runs two pages.

New York: Hippocampus Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. Two Volumes. 1148 total pages. Bound in black cloth with silver spine titles. In original pictorial dust jackets. Illustrated with b&w photographs and illustrations. A near fine set in like dust jackets. Note: Photos show some camera glare from the mylar dust jacket covers. S. T. Joshi s award-winning biography H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996) provided the most detailed portrait of the life, work, and thought of the dreamer from Providence ever published. But that edition was in fact abridged from Joshi's original manuscript, and this expanded and updated edition restores the 150,000 words that Joshi omitted and, in addition, updates the texts with new findings from Lovecraft research since Joshi's original biography was issued. This is a monumental work and will remain until the end of time, the most definitive work on Lovecraft's life.