The Soldier and the Hunchback
by Crowley, Aleister
United Kingdom: Unicorn Press, 1970. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Reprint. Original Wraps. Aleister Crowley’s famous essay “The Soldier and the Hunchback” takes its name from a poetic description of two marks of punctuation: the question mark (? – the hunchback) and the exclamation point (! – the soldier). Crowley calls these marks by those names because of... Read More
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Gilles de Rais (The Banned Lecture)
by Crowley, Aleister
London: P.R. Stephenson / Printed by Botolph Printing Works, 1930. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. Scarce pamphlet is a printed original specimen and sold on the streets of Oxford the day after Crowley was told not to turn up Poetry Society. The lecture by Crowley was due to take place on 4th February... Read More
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The Handbook of Geomancy
by Crowley, Aleister
United Kingdom: Unicorn Press, 1972. Reprint. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Reprint. Original Wraps. "Although the rear covers have the imprint "Unicorn: Seattle" the booklets were actually produced by the avante-garde Unicorn Bookshop of Brighton, England, who were also the ones behind the piratical "'Booklegger Albion" imprint ['Booklegger" = "Bootlegger", "Albion" = "England" in other words published... Read More
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Energized Enthusiasm. The Equinox
by Crowley, Aleister
New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1976. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. "An essay developing the idea of creativity - and genius - as a sexual phenomenon". - Energized Enthusiasm was first published in "The Equinox" Volume 1, Number 9 at the Spring Equinox of 1913. More speculative work from Crowley on... Read More
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The Heart of the Master
by Crowley, Aleister [Khaled Khan]
United Kingdom: Booklegger / Albion, 1970. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Reprint. Original Wraps. Crowley's classic and visionary work on the initiatory philosophy of Thelema and the Mystic Teachers throughout history. whose purpose has been to transform human consciousness and guide its evolution. "Heart of the Master represents a seminal moment in Crowleys’ career and as his Proclamation... Read More
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The Dangers of Mysticism + Liber HHH
by Crowley, Aleister
United Kingdom: Unicorn Press, 1970. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Reprint. Original Wraps. Facsimile reprint of "The Dangers of Mysticism" & "Liber HHH" which were originally published in 1911 in "The Equinox" Volume I, No. VI. Crowley noted that "The Dangers of Mysticism" was "Affectionately Inscribed to Arthur Edward Waite". "Although the rear covers have the imprint "Unicorn:... Read More
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The Magical Record of the Beast 666 * The Diaries of of Aleister Crowley
by Crowley, Aleister; John Symonds; Kenneth Grant
London: Duckworth, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. The Magical Record of the Beast 666 by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant gives us a fascinating glimpse into the magical activities of Aleister Crowley during the years of the Great War. Perhaps a continuation of the experiments he made with fellow magician and poet Victor Neuburg,... Read More
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The Fun of the Fair (Nijni Novgorod, 1913 e.v.)
by Crowley, Aleister
London: Neptune Press, 1970. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Reprint. Original Wraps. The Fun of the Fair is Crowley's jovial poem describing the Nizhni Novgorod Fair, a famous yearly major trade event held from mid-16th century up to about 1929 in Russia, which attracted merchants from India, Iran and Central Asia. His memory of it, is humorously indecent...in... Read More
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The God-Eater. Beast of Revelations Comments On the God-Eater
by Crowley, Aleister; E.J. Gold
[Crestline, CA]: [Institute for the Development of the Harmonius Human Being], 1970. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Reprint. Original Wraps. Printed in 1970 by the Institute for the Development of the Harmonius Human Being, the book explore fascinating concepts and ideas on mysticism, the occult, and spirituality. The commentary is followed by a facsimile reprint of the text... Read More
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Witch Blood!: The Diary of a Witch High Priestess; introduction by Dr. Leo L. Martello
by Crowther, Patricia (Patrica); Dr. Leo Louis Martello, writer of introduction
New York: House of Collectibles, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Paperback. Autobiography of English high priestess and witch, Patricia Crowther, initiated under the teaching of Gerald Gardner. An intimate read from the British circle of well-practiced witches and warlocks developing Wiccan roots. Introduction by Dr. Leo Martello, New York witch and radical... Read More
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Fables of Aesop and Others:. Translated into English; With Instructive Applications and a Print Before Each Fable
by Croxall, Samuel
New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1813. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase/Very Good internally. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Repaired and rebound by Amy Wertheimer in 1987 with matching slipcase with burgundy silk pull. A lovely volume. Leaves toned, touch of foxing, professional repairs of torn leaves, else tight and unmarred. Slipcase tight. Half bound, burgundy leather spine... Read More
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They Had to See Paris
by Croy, Homer
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good- DJ. Later Printing. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf wear, several small, closed tears, some related creasing, small chip at heel, small soil spot at top edge, else bright and clean. Brown coated cloth boards, black ink... Read More
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La Lumière Magique. [13 poèmes magiques et poème en epilogue] [Manuscript]
by Croze, Austin de [1866-1937]
Paris: mss, 1920. Unique. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unique. Hardcover. To all intents, purposes, appearances and instincts this volume is a detailed artistauthor’s mock up or “maquette” for an occult poetic collection that was never published but that looks very much like (well, clearly is) a follow up to the legendary Calendrier Magique that de Croze created years earlier... Read More
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Max Brödel:. 1870-1941, Director of the First Department of Art as Applied to Medicine in the World
by Cullen, Thomas S.
Hardcover. Very Good+ in Wraps. Hardcover. "Reprinted from Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Vol. 33, No. 1, January, 1945" (from front wrap). A handsome copy of this somewhat uncommon volume. Light self wear, two soft creases, small, closed tear at head, toning at edges of wraps, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue paper wraps, black ink lettering... Read More
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The Canon of Aphrodisia [Complete in Four Volumes]
by Culp, Miranda; Delman, Jef; Gilmore, Laurelin [illus]
Portola Valley, CA: First Bite Press, 2023. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Custom Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Classic horror, fantasy, noir, fable, tragedy, sci-fi, fairy tales, and Americana find their way into this four volume collection of literary erotica. This four volume collection contains 12 stories with 16 full page illustrations, including Authors’ Notes with historical context... Read More
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A Poem in Praise of Jazz
by Cunningham, Carol
Mill Valley, CA: Sunflower Press, 1996. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Purple paper boards, purple and gilt pictorial label, pictorial endpapers. 74x72mm. 34pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 8 of 35.
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Muses
by Cunningham, Carol
Mill Valley, CA: Sunflower Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Purple cloth boards, paper label on front cover, printed endpapers, frontispiece. 71x75mm. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 10 of 37.
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Never Cry Wolf
by Cunningham, Carol
Mill Valley, CA: Sunflower Press, 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Grey paper boards, gilt decorative elements, orange endpapers, frontispiece. 52x50mm. 28pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 46 of 50.
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One Million Pagodas
by Cunningham, Carol
Sunflower Press, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red suede wraps, sculptural element on front wrap, Japanese style binding, black paper portfolio, gilt decorative box, handmade Japanese paper. 73x75mm. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 10 of 12.
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Marie Sklodowska Curie, Recherches sur les substances radioactives, a Bio-Bibliographical Study; Recherches sur les substances radioactives, Propositions données par la Faculté [together with] Theses presentée à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris
by Curie, Marie Sklodowska; Klickstein, Herbert S.
[Philadelphia, PA]: Mallinckrodt Classics of Radiology, 1966. Facsimile. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Facsimile. Original Wraps. Bibliographical Study by Herbert S. Klickstein. Facsimile Reprints of the original edition of Curie's Recherches, and of its first English translation [1904]. xv, 64 pp. (including 40 figs.) + Facsimile Reprints. Near Fine, in near fine slipcase. Bibliographical Study by Herbert... Read More
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Radio-Active Substances: Thesis Presented to the Faculte Des Sciences De Paris
by Curie, Mdme. Marie Sklodowska
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1904. Second Edition, US Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. Second Edition, US Reprint. Original Wraps. Reprinted from the Chemical News, 1903, Vol. 88. "For her groundbreaking research on radioactivity, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize. Or rather, she won two, one for physics and another for chemistry, making her the... Read More
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Beau-Beau's 1 2 3
by Curran, Joseph L.
Sudbury, MA: Kurbel Books, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. [miniature]. [miniature]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Cream full leather, title in blue on spine, accordion fold, stamps, printed label, marbled endpages; red paper slipcase. 2 1/2x2 1/2. 21pp. Illus. color. Numbered limited edition this being 73 of 200.
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Booth Tarkington: A Bibliography
by Currie, Barton
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good+ DJ in a Good Slipcase. First Edition. Hardcover. Many reproductions of title pages, sketches, etc. and a very good bibliography. A handsome copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. Glassine DJ shows light toning at spine, small closed tears at edge, else clean. Slipcase split at one... Read More
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Water [Design Binding]
by Curtis, Clare; Eastman, Bert; Graham, Rigby; Hall, Victoria; Hasse, Eric; Kershaw, Paul; Muir, Ann (illus); Stackpole, Juile (binding)
Oldham, UK: Incline Press, 2008. Limited Edition/Unique Binding. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Case. Limited Edition/Unique Binding. Hardcover. Art binding by Julie H.B. Stackpole, a fine hand bookbinder based in mid-coast Maine. After getting a BA at Kirkland College, Julie Beinecke Stackpole studied bookbinding with Kathryn Gerlach in Vermont, in Ascona Switzerland, at the Camberwell School of Arts... Read More
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Br. Curtis's Carriage: a Letter to Dea. Button
by Curtis, Harvey
Los Angeles, CA: Christian, Peggy, 1972. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Tipped-in bookplate. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed paper wraps, slipcase. 45x33mm. 18pp. Limited edition of 200.
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