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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 light chafe 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

London, W. I: N.p., 1942. As New. Provenance: Although not marked as such, this copy is from the Collection of Helen Parsons Smith [¿Crowley/Germer?]. 4pp. leaflet, printed on all four pages- par Aleister Crowley, Createur du signe V auteur de "Thumbs Up!" 14 Juillet 1942 e.v. - Yorke 79 [Second Issue/State].. First Edition. Leaflet Folded. As New. 16mo size - over 6" 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 - over 5¾" - 6¾" 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.

Quebec, Canada: Publications 93, 1975. One of 500, Hand Numbered copies. Unquestionable Unread. Light rubbing to the textured, turned-in wraps, still a Fine copy (see scan). Printed in Blue throughout, internally Unmarked.. First Edition/French/Hand Numbered. Soft Cover/Turned-in Wraps/Sewn. Fine. Illus. by Full Color Stele of Revealing (Both Verso & Recto), Original Manuscript Facsimile of Liber XXXI. 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.

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

London: W H Allen & Co., 1988. John Symonds' copy with his check marks. Also, he underlined one passage regarding himself. Some spotting to books edge, otherwise light wear to Book and Dust Jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - 8¾" 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.

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.

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.

Adyar Madras India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1923. Textured Buckram, Gold Gilt Stamped front board and spine show light wear to spine head and tail with light fade, but Gilt still extremely bright without loss. Sewn binding very tight. Internally Unmarked, bright and clean with just a touch of age. Uncommon in condition thus. Second Edition. Hard Cover, Buckram, Sewn. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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

Pasadena, Calif.: Privately Printed By the O.T.O. Issued by The Church of Thelema, 1943. Fine. 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 Smith, in Cloth Case with Unique Thelemic Provenance. [Yorke 85. (b)] . First American Edition. Hard Cover Folder. Fine. 8vo size - 9½" tall, in 10" tall Folder.

Kings Beach, Calif.: Thelema Publications, 1973. Buckram shows age, rubbing. Square, sewn binding tight. Small price sticker ghost pastedown/ffep. Deckled blue stained fore edge as called for, tobacco aroma, internally Unmarked. A bit aged as pictured (see scan), still, a Very Good copy of the increasingly Scarce, Thelema Publications First Printing.. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Hard Cover, Buckram, Sewn. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Chinese Characters Woodcut Plate. Small 8vo - 7" tall.

N.p [East Haven, CT]: Brocken Mountain Lodge, 1980. N.p. / N.d. but Privately Printed at the Brocken Mountain Lodge of the OTO, 1980. RARE. Layout as the 1973 Helen Parsons Smith / Thelema Publications Edition, although in a much larger format measuring 11" vs. the 7" size of the Thelema Publications First. Marbled wraps show extremity wear with light age, although being a quite thin, light paper stock, in remarkable condition due to its fragility. Internally Unmarked. One for the completist, for surviving copies of this fragile edition is surely quite low.. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to size - 11" tall.

San Mateo, CA: Self Published, A. Mollick (Cafe Press), 2005. A New, Unread copy. "37/666", Signed and Hand-numbered, with A.'. A.'. stamp to half title. Additional, laid in "Letter of Authenticity", also Signed, Hand-numbered, with A.'. A.'. stamp. Touch of wear to glossy wraps, from CD-ROM. CD-ROM instructions laid in, as called for.. First Edition/Signed/HandNumbered. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Austin Osman Spare, Lady Frieda Harris (Jesus Chutney), Frater Antemos 666. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Great Britain: Tartarus Press, 2013. NEW, and As Issued with Initial Copies, "Hail O King" Booklet and DVD is Also Included: "Each copy of Gawsworth's Life of Arthur Machen is accompanied by the booklet 'Hail, O King', The Last Days of John Gawsworth by Roger Dobson, and a dvd of the BBC LINE-UP documentary on Gawsworth, narrated by Barry Humphries, originally released by The Friends of Arthur Machen in 2005.(While stocks last.)".. First Soft Cover Edition. Wraps. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.