Search Results: Occult & Esoterica from Richard Bishop, Bookseller

UK: Hell Fire Club Books, no date (2018). Privately Printed. Hardcover. Octavo. 266pp. Limited to 156 copies bound in quarter scarlet pigskin. Seven-fold Star of Babalon blind-stamped to front. Mark of the Beast stamped in gold to the center, with Aleister Crowley's facsimile signature in gilt to lower front, gilt titling to spine. Includes folding card with publication details and limitation number. Illustrated with b/w figures and emblems. A lovely book production. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. This invaluable work gathers together all the available information pertaining to the sex magic practices and rituals of the O.T.O. from various authors and practitioners including Crowley, Theodor Reuss, Frater Achad, Gerald Yorke, Marcelo Motta, and many others. Includes the full texts of Crowley's Amrita, De Arte Magica, and others as well as numerous Secret Papers of the O.T.O. Additional information is gleaned from essays, letters, and more. CONTENTS: Introduction; Hymn to Pan with… Read More

Richmond Vista, CA: Xoanon Publishing, 2007. First Printing. Single sheet, printed on one side, 8.5 x 11 inches. "Xoanon Publishing Limited is pleased to announce the formation of Three Hands Press, a sister publishing house treating contemporary and historical Metaphysical, Folkloric, and Occult Subjects." A fine copy. The sheet invites subscribers to submit name and contact information as a charter subscriber to "this new publishing endeavour". Authors slated for publication at the time of this announcement are: Andrew D. Chumbley, Michael Howard, Dale Pendell, and Daniel A. Schulke.

UK: Hell Fire Club Books, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 2 Volumes. Limited to 251 hand-numbered copies in slipcase. The first volume is bound in dark green toad-effect sangrain from a vintage roll of material produced by the Ratchfords Mill in Manchester in the 1950s. Along with the main volume showing Alex Sander's notebook (details below), a second, cloth-bound volume is included with a complete transcript. Both are housed in a cloth slipcase with sangrain edges. The books are both in fine condition in a fine slipcase. The notebook contains material reflecting the hereditary witchcraft traditions of Northern England, the rituals and practices of both Gardnerian Wicca and later Alexandrian Witchcraft, as well as the teachings of Aleister Crowleys sexual magick, the ‘Key of Solomon’ and instructions for ritual and spiritual practices culled from surviving lineages of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In Alex’s hand, the notebook is a remarkable fusion of traditional… Read More

Warminster (UK): Aris & Phillips Ltd., 1977-1978. Vol. I is stated as a reprint (1978), no indication of reprint for II (1977) and III (1978). Hardcover. Octavo. 3 Volumes: Vol I: Spells 1-354, Vol II: Spells 355-787, Vol III: Spells 788-1185 & Index. All volumes in blue cloth with original dust jackets. Volume I jacket is price-clipped. Former owner's bookplate to free endpaper of each volume. Otherwise all volumes fine in near fine dust jackets. The Egyptian Book of the Dead has long been familiar to people interested in ancient Egyptian religion, but its earlier and equally extensive counterpart, the collection known as the Coffin Texts, are lesser known. The Coffin Texts date primarily from the early part of the second millennium BC, and were intended to provide a deceased person, buried in the coffin on which a version of the texts was written, with the magical spells and speeches which would enable him to achieve a secure and important place in the next world. Faulkner provides an… Read More

Chicago: Iceberg Projects, 2022. First Edition. Single sheet folded once to make a 4 page booklet. Loose single-sided sheet laid-in. A fine copy. This brochure was created for the premier US exhibition of Austin Spare's drawings which make up the recently published book by Fulgur Press: Psychopathia Sexualis: Drawings from the Kinsey Institute. The brochure was only available during the exhibition which ran from March 19th to May 22nd, 2022. 

Firense: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1985. First Edition. First Edition. Sewn wrappers. Octavo. text in Italian. xxi + 225 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Scarce. Mostly unopened along the top edge. A near fine, unread copy. Superb bibliography of works on Magic and related subjects including Alchemy. Over 1200 works are described, most of which are in Italian or Latin. An excellent reference work.

No place: Atramentous Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 130pp. Limited to 333 copies. Bound in terracotta cloth with blue insignias to front and back panels. Spine titled in blue. Heritage blue endpapers. Illustrated in color and b/w. A near fine copy, issued without dust jacket. This grimoiric work by David Herrerias is based on Andrew Chumbley’s Dragon Book of Essex, Qutub and Azoetia, as well as Austin Osman Spare's Zoetic Grimoire of Zos and The Book of Pleasure. Combining his Mexican cultural background with western occultism, The Book of Q’ab iTz presents an opportunity to engage with a pantheon of tricksters, familiars, Gods and Goddesses through the dream state. And while it acknowledges the influence of others, it is not a simple reflection of the past, but rather marks the evolution of the mysteries based on individual endeavour. The work is visually stunning.

London: Maggs Bros., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. Originally issued in pictorial wrappers, this copy has been rebound in quarter red goat over maroon boards (original wrappers bound in). 220 pp. plus indexes. Illustrated with full page plates, mostly in b&w, some foldout. A beautiful, near fine copy. Contains 442 total items with detailed descriptions. One of the most unusual catalogues I have encountered. Includes some extremely rare works from the 15th through 20th centuries. Several occult works and many other oddities. With an 8 page introductory essay about the catalogue. Most of the books listed are now practically unobtainable.

London: Fulgur Limited, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Landscape quarto. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, this being no. 203. Black cloth with small blind-stamped image to front panel, silver spine titles. 96pp, color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. An excellent introduction to the work of Austin Spare. The book was published to accompany an exhibition of Spare's work at the Maas Gallery in London and it contains a comprehensive collection of his art, a biographical introduction, a checklist of his exhibitions and essays by those who knew Spare personally. Contributors include Kenneth and Steffi Grant, Clifford Bax, Hannen Swaffer, Philip Paul, John Smith, Haydn Mackay, Ralph Straus and Grace Rogers.

Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxi + 178pp. Bound in pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Illustrated with b&w and color plates at end of volume. A very good copy in like dust jacket. Camunda, the Divine Mother, is one of the manifestations of Shakti. She is considered to be the most feroscious goddess of the Hindu pantheon and her cult is of considerable antiquity. The Mahabharata, the Puranas and other literary texts have provided vivid accounts of her origin. The author presents a rich and variegated picture of the Camunda art of Orissa, highlighting the iconography of individual images with special reference to the Silpa and Tantric texts.

London: Jerusalem Press, 2015. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in quarter purple leather over white cloth boards. Silver spine titles. Marbled endpapers. Page marker ribbon. Litho printed. Limited to 100 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 51. Book is signed by the author and laid in is an original signed ink drawing by the author, and a facsimile invitational card to a Spare exhibition from 1909. 250 pages. An errata slip is also present. Includes two plates sections in color, plus over 100 illustrations in black and white. A fine copy in like dust jacket, in a fine cloth-covered slipcase with large silver design to front panel. A fantastic production. Comprising a revised and much expanded republication of the long out of print books ‘The Early Work…’ and ‘The Later Work of Austin Osman Spare’, this volume features 93 color images and includes 50 unpublished artworks by Spare. In addition, it features 20 very early ink drawings from a recently discovered… Read More

Munich: Theion Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 207pp. Auric Edition hand-bound in full "Kosmic Blue" leather (looks black) complemented by a consecrated silver talismanic pendant in the shape of a three-legged spinning, rotating sun wheel spraying telesmatic light, to front panel, enclosed within a blind-stamped border. Same border design to back panel. Limited to 80 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 50. With b&w photographs. A near fine copy. This groundbreaking release is the first authoritative work on Ludwig Klages and his pagan metaphysics ever to be published in English. Without a doubt Klages is one of the most intriguing and enigmatic pagan thinkers of the early 20th Century. A figure of great controversy he radically rejected Christianity and Monotheism in favor of a pan-daemonic paganism. Advocating the return to primordial states of consciousness through magico-erotic encounters with the living powers of the ensouled cosmos, Klages was a driving… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 475 pp. Black cloth with copper spine titles. A few b&w images. A near fine copy in like dust jacket. Scarce. This is the first comprehensive collection of Dali's shorter writings to appear in English. The volume includes almost all of his writings published in the 1920s and 1930s, most of which appear here for the first time in an English translation. It also offers a substantial selection of Dali's short pieces from the 1940s and later, including excerpts from some of his book-length publications. the texts are accompanied by extensive commentaries and annotations that serve to illuminate the rich intellectual background and the broad range of references brought by Dali to his writings.

New Delhi: DK Printworld / National Museum Institute, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. xx + 704pp. Cloth bound with spine titled in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with color and b&w photos. Light edge wear to cloth. Dust jacket has some wrinkling to lower back cover. A near fine copy in a very good or better dust jacket. Note: this is a very large and heavy volume and additional shipping charges will be required for overseas orders. . In the multifaceted goddess cult, the goddess takes diverse forms in her role as a destroyer of demonic forces and a donor of boons to her devotees. The goddess is also the divine consort, creator of the universe, source of progeny, prosperity and immortality. In her numerous roles the goddess maintains the equilibrium and sanctity of the universe. In mythology, the Mother Goddess is worshipped as the earth, fish, snake, tree or the forest. This volume is comprised of forty-one well researched and illustrated papers on the Cult of the… Read More

Scarlet Imprint, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 146 pp. Limited to 465 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 439. Bound in white shimmering cloth with silver stamping to front and silver titles to spine. A near fine copy. A nice collection comprising the work of 26 leading poets from the occult and pagan communities, and six essays on the agony and ecstasy of the creative process. Contributors include: Ruby Sara (editor), Penelope Shuttle, Peter Redgrove, Caroline Carver, Paul Newman, John Harness, Christopher Greenchild, Paul Holman, T.Thorn Coyle, Mr VI, Geo Athena Trevarthen, -Ariel, Veronica Cummer, Erynn Rowan Laurie, Sara Amis, Chris Page, Michael Routery, D.B Myrrha, Elizabeth Vongvisith, Anna Elizabeth Applegate, David Trevarthen, Pamela Smith-Rawnsley, P. Sufenas Virius Lupus, Rebecca Buchanan, Patricia Cram, and Mark Saucier.

Gillete, NJ: Heptangle Books, 1988. First edition. Octavo. Bound in black cloth. (1) + 96pp. Black cloth. Black titles and red device to white spine label. In original letterpress dust jacket. Highly decorated title page in red and black. Entire volume printed in letterpress. Numerous seals and sigils in red and black. Stylized drop caps in red, blue and black. Additional marginal devices and emblems in red. One of the most desirable volumes from Heptangle Books. Very light rubbing to DJ spine otherwise a near fine copy in like jacket. It seems unlikely that this grimoire was authored by Roger Bacon since Bacon lived in the 13th century and the manuscripts cited are from the 16th century. Most likely this material was gathered together from copies of other magical writings which were passed from one person to another. The text includes numerous ceremonial practices concerning the evocation of spirits, somewhat similar to the rites in the Sworn Book of Honorius and the Book of St. Cyprian. The seals… Read More

New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2009. First Indian Edition. Hardcover in pictorial boards. Thick octavo. xxvii + 701pp. A near fine copy. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South Asia possession has always been broader and more diverse than in the West, where it has been almost entirely characterized as "demonic." At best, spirit possession has been regarded as a medically treatable psychological ailment and at worst, as a condition that requires exorcism or punishment. In South (and East) Asia, ecstatic or oracular possession has been widely practiced throughout history, occupying a position of respect in early and recent Hinduism and in certain forms of Buddhism. Smith analyzes Indic literature from all ages-the earliest Vedic texts; the Mahabharata; Buddhist, Jain, Yogic,… Read More

London: Privately Published, 1894. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (12.5 x 9.5 inches). 1894 facsimile of the 1865 edition. Bound in early 20th century half calf over boards. Gilt rules along leather. Spine with 5 raised bands with titles and decorations in compartments. This edition limited to 500 numbered copies, printed from type, twenty-five of which are large paper copies. This volume is one of the large paper copies though it is not numbered. Marbled endpapers. 254 pages plus 40 pages of black and white erotic plates at end of volume. Printed on thick paper. Some rubbing to boards and along edges of leather, slight indentation to lower front right edge. A very good or better copy of this large paper edition. This work, which was Knight’s first book (first published in 1786) sought to recover the importance of ancient phallic cults. Knight's apparent preference for ancient sacred eroticism over Judeo-Christian puritanism led to many attacks on him as an infidel and as a… Read More

London: Privately Published, 1894. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (12.5 x 9.5 inches). 1894 facsimile of the 1865 edition. Bound in contemporary quarter leather over brown buckram boards. Spine titled in gilt. This edition limited to 500 numbered copies, printed from type, twenty-five of which are large paper copies. This volume is one of the large paper copies and is numbered "Twenty Five." Marbled endpapers. 254 pages plus 40 pages of black and white erotic plates presented throughout the text (some copies of this edition had all the plates bound at the end). Printed on thick paper. Some wear to the leather on spine and along spine edges. Edge and corner wear. Small catalog listing of this title affixed to front pastedown. Front hinge cracked but does not affect the binding. A very good of this large paper edition. This work, which was Knight’s first book (first published in 1786) sought to recover the importance of ancient phallic cults. Knight's apparent preference… Read More

[UK]: I-H-O Books (specially bound by Hell Fire Club Books), 1999. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 68 pp. Bound in full black leather with gilt stampint to front, spine titled in gilt. Though not stated, this edition is limited to only 11 copies. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece, title page printed in red and black. With b&w illustrations. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. This work contains Matthew Hopkin’s treatise on witchcraft from 1647 and an essay about Hopkins by Montague Summers. Hopkins was England’s self-proclaimed Witchfinder General. From 1644 until 1647, he travelled from village to village, trying and torturing those unfortunates accused of witchcraft. England was going through a civil war, and the state of political turmoil made it possible for Hopkins to assume authority and roam about as he pleased, burning witches and torturing as he went. It is believed that he was responsible for the deaths of 300 people. (This equates to more than half of the total… Read More