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London: The Aquarian Press, 1962. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Small 8vo. pp. xi, [1], 7-112. Bound in publishers pale gray-green cloth. The binding is clean and tight with only the most miniscule signs of bumping to the upper corner tip of the front board. The dust jacket is price clipped on the inner flap and shows spots of wear and rubbing to the extremities. The head cap of the jacket spine is chipped (15 x 13 mm). The rear jacket displays some mild soiling and a couple of small tears (sealed). An ink stamp from the U.S. distributer Wehman Bros. ("Wehman Bros. Publishers 159 Main Street Hackensack, N.J") is present in the lower margin of the title page. Interior pages are generally clean. Pages 92-93 contain a small, light manufacturing smudge. Doreen Valiente (1922-1999), often called "the mother of modern witchcraft" was a founding figure in the contemporary Wicca movement. During the 1950s, while she served as high priestess in Gerald…
Read More IIII. LIVRES DES SPECTRES OU APPARITIONS ET VISIONS D'ESPRITS, ANGES ET DEMONS SE MONSTRANS SENSIBLEMENT AUX HOMMES by Le Loyer, Pierre (1550-1634)
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IIII. LIVRES DES SPECTRES OU APPARITIONS ET VISIONS D'ESPRITS, ANGES ET DEMONS SE MONSTRANS SENSIBLEMENT AUX HOMMES
by Le Loyer, Pierre (1550-1634)
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Angers: Georges Nepueu. Fair. First Edition. Hardcover. Very rare first edition in fair condition in a fine tan folding case with a gilt lettered red leather label. Bound in worn original soft vellum covers with leather laces: pieces missing from spine head & rear corners. Text is tightly bound & is misnumbered on several pages. 2 volumes in 1. [12, 650pp]; [364pp, 1]. Livres I & II go to page 642, but actually there are 650pp. I have collated & the text is complete. Illustrated with historiated letters; head & tailpiece vignettes. Top margin is dampstained, edge chipped, has a few worm holes: it is gradually worn down to right above the text on the last 100 pages: the top line of text on the last page (errata) is affected. A few pages have dampstains on front & lower margins. Has only a front endpaper with handwritten notes. First & last few pages edgeworn. Paul Lacroix, in the Bulletin du Bibliophile, 1861, "tells that a nineteenth century zealot burned the copies he could get to fight against the occult influence of the book" (Bechtel). French text. Occult, Ghosts, Angels, Demons. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1014 pages .
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Where witchcraft lives.
by VALIENTE, Doreen
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JULII OBSEQUENTIS DE PRODIGIES LIBER: CUM ANNOTATIONIBUS LOANNIS SCHEFFERI ARGENTORATENSIS, ACCEDUNT CONR. LYCOSTHENIS SUPPLEMENTUM OBSEQUENTIS ITEM LIBORUM SCHEFFERO EDITORUM INDEX
by Obseqens, Julius & Johannes Gerhard Scheffer
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Amsterdam: Amacom. Good+. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean leather with somewhat faded gilt title. Page edges dyed red. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece and chapter headpiece. (167) , 156, (32) , C: 8. The 1st edition was printed by Lycosthenis in 1552. Livio created a Prodigior liber which explained many curious phenomena some which had been interpreted as UFO Sightings. Wonders, unexplained phenomena, Front cover starting with covers firmly attached. Museum of French Art ink stamp. Occult, Magic. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 156 pages .
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LES MYSTERES DE LA MAGIE , OU LES SECRETS DU MAGNETISME DEVOILES, SUIVIS D'UN APERCU SUR LA DANSE DES TABLES ET LA MAGIE DE M. DUPOTET
by Segouin, A
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Paris: Moreau, Libraire, Palais-Royal. Good. 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Lightly soiled tan wraps with edge wear. Darkened fore-edge of pages. Light foxing. Six illustrations. Text is tight & intact. French Text. Magic; Drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 236 pages .
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PETRI PETITI PHILOSOPHI DOCTORIS MEDICI PARISIENSIS SIBYLLA LIBRI TRES
by Petit, Pierre (1617-1687)
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Lipsiae (leipzig): Frederici Lankisch. Very Good+. 1686. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards over leather spine in a 19th century binding. Page edges dyed red. 16 pp un-numbered preliminaries (title page dedication, preface, etc) , 424pp text. Interior is tight, clean and intact. Several vignetettes & a half-page engraving on verso of title page with "C. P. C. Schonemann" below. Occult, Religion, Divinity, Prophets and Oracles ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 424 pages .
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Petri Cunæi. De Republica Hebræorum, Libri III. Succinctæ & solidæ de Cherubim, Seraphim, Principatibus, Thronis, Dominationibus totoque Angelorum choro & ordine ad scripturæ filum deductæ Diatribæ
by CUNAEUS, Petrus; SCHMIDT, Sebastian
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1696 Hebrew Republic Judaism Judaica Republican Semitism Cunaeus + Angels OccultPetrus Cunaeus was an early 17th-century Dutch scholar whose 'Hebrew Republic' is considered, according to Tuck, "the most powerful statement of republican theory in the early years of the Dutch Republic."(Tuck, 169)
"De Republica Hebraeorum" describes ancient Hebrew kingdoms and portrays it as the model of republican governments. This book was highly influential on the formation of the Dutch Republic, even though Cunaeus foresaw the Dutch government falling just as Rome did. Ultimately, Cunaeus sought for the book to instill tolerance toward 17th-century Jews through the publication of 'Republica.'
This book is curiously bound with Sebastian Schmidt's 'Succinctae & Solidae' – an extremely rare occult work and commentary on angels from the Bible.
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CUNAEUS, Petrus;
Petri Cunæi. De Republica Hebræorum, Libri III.
Lipsiae: Sumpt. Jo. Christian. Wohlfarti, M.DC.XCVI. [1696]
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JULII OBSEQUENTIS DE PRODIGIES LIBER: CUM ANNOTATIONIBUS LOANNIS SCHEFFERI ARGENTORATENSIS, ACCEDUNT CONR. LYCOSTHENIS SUPPLEMENTUM OBSEQUENTIS ITEM LIBORUM SCHEFFERO EDITORUM INDEX
by Obseqens, Julius & Johannes Gerhard Scheffer
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Amsterdam: Amacom. Good+. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean leather with somewhat faded gilt title. Page edges dyed red. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece and chapter headpiece. (167) , 156, (32) , C: 8. The 1st edition was printed by Lycosthenis in 1552. Livio created a Prodigior liber which explained many curious phenomena some which had been interpreted as UFO Sightings. Wonders, unexplained phenomena, Front cover starting with covers firmly attached. Museum of French Art ink stamp. Occult, Magic. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 156 pages .
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LES MYSTERES DE LA MAGIE , OU LES SECRETS DU MAGNETISME DEVOILES, SUIVIS D'UN APERCU SUR LA DANSE DES TABLES ET LA MAGIE DE M. DUPOTET
by Segouin, A
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Paris: Moreau, Libraire, Palais-Royal. Good. 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Lightly soiled tan wraps with edge wear. Darkened fore-edge of pages. Light foxing. Six illustrations. Text is tight & intact. French Text. Magic; Drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 236 pages .
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PETRI PETITI PHILOSOPHI DOCTORIS MEDICI PARISIENSIS SIBYLLA LIBRI TRES
by Petit, Pierre (1617-1687)
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Lipsiae (leipzig): Frederici Lankisch. Very Good+. 1686. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards over leather spine in a 19th century binding. Page edges dyed red. 16 pp un-numbered preliminaries (title page dedication, preface, etc) , 424pp text. Interior is tight, clean and intact. Several vignetettes & a half-page engraving on verso of title page with "C. P. C. Schonemann" below. Occult, Religion, Divinity, Prophets and Oracles ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 424 pages .
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A Discovery concerning Ghosts; with a rap at the "Spirit-Rappers".
by CRUIKSHANK, George (illust.)
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1863 GHOSTS 1ed Discovery Ghouls Occult Spirits George Cruikshank Caricature ArtGeorge Cruikshank was one of the most prolific book illustrators of 19th-century England. His caricature illustrations most famously appeared in some of the works of Charles Dickens. He regularly depicted English life and satirized politics and social customs, especially slavery and abolitionist reforms. Being disturbed by the American spiritualist and séance fad going around he applied his satire to the idea of ghosts claiming that clearly it was all a hoax as ghosts always appear clothed and for that to be true clothes would have to be a part of the soul, which can only be absurd.
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CRUIKSHANK, George (illust.)
A Discovery concerning Ghosts; with a rap at the "Spirit-Rappers".
London: Frederick Arnold, [1863]. First edition
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Macrobii Opera
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1694 Macrobius Saturnalia Dream Scipio Occult Pagan Philosophy Astronomy Vellum"Good laws are produced by bad actions."
– Macrobius, Saturnalia
Macrobius was a 5th-century Roman scholar known for his works of Platonism during the Middle Ages. His most well-known and remembered works are 'Somnium Sciponis', or 'Commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio' and 'Saturnalia' which is a collection of Roman religious anecdotes and historical sketches.
'Commentary on Dream of Scipio' was the most widely cited and referenced book in the Middle Ages. It is important for giving astronomical distances – one of the earliest estimations of the diameter of the sun. His anti-Christian approach to philosophy was evident in 'Dream' as he sought to describe Creation in a stoic pseudo-scientific manner. According to Shirley,
"His Neo-platonic commentary on Cicero includes, among many references to the pseudo-sciences, a geographic concept which is different from that of Ptolemy. The inhabited world north of the… Read More
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The Morning of the Magicians
by Pauwels, Louis & Bergier, Jacques
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Stein & Day, New York, 1974 (Third Impression-first published in the US in 1964); Medium 8vo., 300 p. quarter red cloth over black paper boards.Binding is clean, straight, fresh & attractive. Internals are flawless. Unclipped wrapper has some age toning along edges, else Fine. A very tidy copy indeed.
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Great ghosts of the West: over forty fascinating stories of how otherwise normal lives are disrupted by ghosts and other psychic manifestations
by Webb, Richard
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book is bumped on upper board by spine, else "Fine." Unclipped* wrapper has two short closed tears, gently faded spine and just a bit of wear at spine head. *a Nash inventory re-order form is still attached to rear jacket flap-something which is clearly unintended for the purchaser. So, this copy is unclipped x two!! An extremely fresh, attractive book and what great campy art on the wrapper!Inv. # 63762 GGW* bds 10/2023
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Satan’s Disciples
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Nice tight copy; small bump to reverse. Old tape "ghost" to flyleaf, else internals clean. Terrific cover art; more campy than lurid, still the essentials remain.Inv. # 63812 SD* bds 11/2023
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Aquarian Guide to Occult, Mystical, Religious, Magical London and Around
by Strachan, Francoise
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Aquarian Press, 1970, in soft wraps. Terrific lurid. A veritable time capsule which can serve as a bona fide research tool for those with an interest of the heady days of late 1960s London. No website to hide behind; here were REAL names of both adepts & quacks and where to find them! An interesting artifact- though don't expect to trace many of these street addresses now. Uncommon vintage paperback. Exceptional condition save for spotting on all edges. Very tight binding, extremely clean. Almost "As New". Inv. # 62542 bds 2023
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The Magical Arts: A Short History
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A Handbook on Witches
by Tindall, Gillian
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Never on a Broomstick: the true story of the faith, mystery and magic of WITCHCRAFT- classical and contemporary
by Donovan, Frank Robert
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Magic and Superstition
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Black Magic, Satanism & Voodoo: All the secrets and practices of these occult arts told for the first time! Weird rituals, blood sacrifices, hexes and spells, the Black Mass, Devil Worship, Voodoo Gods, Witchcraft—Black and White, unbelievable but true! The past, the present, and th
by Martello, Dr. Leo
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Very lightly edgeworn; else "Fine". Internals very clean. Unclipped wrapper has minor wear at spine caps. Rubbing to reverse; to a lesser degree on the front. No tears, chips or creases; nice jacket! Uncommon in hardcover 11/2023
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The Way of Initiation and Its Results
by Steiner, Rudolf
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First Edition Thus; this volume re-issues two of Steiner's works: The Way of Initiation and Initiation and Its Results. Some shelfwear and soiling to edges, but the binding is generally clean & straight; internals are also in good order.Inv. # 63648 TWOIAIR* bds 9/2023
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