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A NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FREEMASONRY:
(Ars Magna Latomorum), and of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites, Literature and History.
London: Rider & Co, 1921. New, revised edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxi,458;488, blue cloth, gilt, heraldic emblem in gilt to front boards, titles in red and black, 16 b/w plates including frontispieces, further b/w in-text illustrations; ex libris the Museum and Library of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire, with pale inkstamp to endpapers of both volumes, light rubbing to extremities, small split to cloth at headband of Volume I, a bright and otherwise near-fine set.
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ALEISTER CROWLEY: The Nature Of The Beast.
Wellingborough: The Aquarian Press, 1987. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 174, yellow hardcover, gilt; toned to margins, light foxing to endpapers and to edges of text block, otherwise very good, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine and light foxing to edges.
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BEGINNINGS.
Creation Myths Of The World.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. 8vo., pp.146, black hardcover, gilt, pictorial title and b/w plates; very good indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is slightly sunned to spine.
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Carmina Gadelica, Ortha Nan Gaidheal, Hymns and Incantations. With illustrative Notes on Works, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete: Orally Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated into English.
Edinburgh/London: Oliver & Boyd, 1928. Second edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxvi,335;339;xv,381,(i), uncut, quarter red buckram, gilt, with contrasting red cloth boards, t.e.g., b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, celtic vignettes throughout; foxing to prelims and margins, more especially to Volume II, half title to Volume I partially removed, rubbing to extremities, with a few marks to cloth, spines uniformly sunned, a good set.
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DAEMONOLOGIA: A Discourse on Witchcraft. As it was acted in the family of Mr. Edward Fairfax, of Fuyston, in the County of York, in the Year 1621; Along with the only TWO ECLOGUES of the same author known to be in existence.
Harrogate: R. Ackrill, 1882. First edition thus, 8vo.,pp. v,189, blue cloth, gilt; new endpapers, toned and lightly foxed to margins, with foxing to title and original free endpapers, rubbing to extremities, with light toning to spine, slight crease to upper corner of front board, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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DARKNESS VISIBLE.
A Revelation and Interpretation of Freemasonry.
London: Augustine Press, 1952. Twelth edition, 8vo., pp.228, red cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and 4 further b/w plates; a very good, clean copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has small closed tear to foot of spine, 3 small nicks to edges, and some light rubbing/creasing to extremities.
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DIGGING FOR DRACULA.
Dublin: Dracula Transylvannian Club, 1997. Limited edition, of 1000 copies, 8vo.,pp. 211, paperback, in a cased box; author’s presentation copy with inscription to title page, a near-fine copy, in a very good cased box with rubbing to extremities and slightly coming unstuck at inner hinge.
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FINN AND HIS COMPANIONS.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. 12mo., pp.xvi,182,8(adverts), decorative cloth, with matching endpapers and edges, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, further b/w plates, decorative b/w headpieces, pictorial half title; foxing to prelims, spine lightly rolled, sunning to spine, with light wear at head- and tailbands, internally fresh, a good+ copy.
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GREAT THAMES MYSTERIES.
London: Selwyn and Blount (1928) Ltd. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, cloth, gilt, 8 b/w plates; edges foxed, occasional foxing to margins of text throughout, light foxing, a very good copy. (No dust-jacket).
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LES MABINOGION DU LIVRE ROUGE DE HERGEST AVEC LES VARIANTES DU LIVRE BLANC DE RHYDDERCH.
Traduits du gallios avec une introduction, un commentaire explicatif et des notes critiques par J. Loth.
Paris: Fontemoing. Second edition, ‘edition entierement revue, corigee et augmentee’, 2 volumes, royal 8vo., pp.436; 478, title page in red and black, original printed wrappers at rear, attractively bound in green library buckram with morocco label to spines, a fine set.
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MAGIC AND THE DIVINATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds.
Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum, 2001. 8vo.,pp. xii, 370; turquoise hardcover, gilt, b/w figures and tables; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.
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MEMOIRS OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.
London: Hugh Evelyn, 1973. Facsimile reprint of the 1859 edition, 8vo., pp.viii(Foreword),xx,506, red cloth, gilt, pictorial title and numerous b/w illustrations within; light crease to upper corner of front free endpaper, a fresh copy, very good indeed. No dust-jacket.
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NALA & DAMAYANTI.
London: A.M. Philpot, 1926. Edition limited to 1000 copies for England and America, of which this is No.416, 8vo.,pp. xi,207, gold coloured boards, vellum spine, gilt lettering to spine, colour plates and colour frontispiece; light off setting to endpapers, rubbing to extremities, lightly worn at corners, light foxing to spine, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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POPULAR RELIGION IN LATE SAXON ENGLAND.
Elf Charms in Context,
Chapel Hill/London: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.x,251, paperback, b/w maps and decorations; light surface soil/shelfwear to pale wrappers, a very good copy.
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SNORRI STURLUSON.
Boston: Twayne Publishers, A Division of G.K. Hall & Co, 1978. 8vo., pp.188, green cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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SWORD DANCE AND DRAMA
London: Merlin Press, 1962. First edition, 8vo., pp.222, red cloth lettered in silver, b/w frontispiece, b/w plates, folding map at rear of volume; light rubbing to extremities, slight mustiness, a very good copy, in lightly edge-worn pictorial dust-jacket.
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TALES FROM ETERNITY.
The World of Faerie and the Spiritual Search.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1973. First edition, 8vo., pp.191, hardcover lettered in silver; a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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TAYTAY’S TALES:
Folk-Lore of the Pueblo Indians.
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1923. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.xiii,213, pictorial yellow cloth stamped and lettered in green, colour frontispiece and 7 further colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations; foxing to edges and endpapers, undulation to fore-margin of front free endpaper, a very good, bright copy of this scarce title.
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THE ARCH-CONJUROR OF ENGLAND: JOHN DEE
Yale University Press, 2011. First edition, 8vo., pp.335, hardcover, gilt; a very good copy in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE FOOL AND THE TRICKSTER.
Studies in Honour of Enid Welsford.
Cambridge: D.S. Brewer. First edition, 8vo., pp.(vi),142, brown hardcover lettered in silver, b/w plates; light foxing to top edges, slight mustiness, else very good indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly toned to spine and with a light marking to pale paper, else very good.
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