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Night of Pan Books Catalog Night of Pan Books Catalog #39 It is best to call in advance, or e-mail, to reserve your selections and to insure that they are still available. I will hold books for seven days to await payment, unless other arrangements have been made. Shipping and handling will be $8.00 for the first book and $2.00 for each volume thereafter, for priority shipping, or $5.00 for media shipping with $1.00 for each book thereafter. International orders please inquire about shipping costs. Larger books may incur additional shipping expenses. Reciprocating dealer discount is 15% on all titles. Payment may be made by check, money order, Paypal, or most major credit cards. Pictures of any of the volumes listed below can be supplied. Please e-mail for details. Condition notes: Books described as: Fine: Like new condition, only very minimal wear. Very good: Shows some signs of wear, typical from reading etc. Good: More significant wear, but still solid. Fair: Significant wear, soiling etc. Most other details will be specifically noted. Michael Kolson 719 Highland Dr. Seattle WA 98109 (206) 306-6487 [email protected] 1) A.E. (George William Russell). The Candle of Vision. 1965. University Books. 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. 175 pp. A mystical study by famous Irish author and poet. Some light wear to the covers. Near very good in same jacket. $20.00 2) Aymard, Jean-Baptiste and Patrick Laude. Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings. 2004. SUNY Press. 8vo. Hardcover, bound in glossy printed paper covered boards. 196 pp. A very good copy. $50.00 3) Best, Michael and Frank Brightman (edited by). The Book of Secrets of Albertus Magnus.1973. Oxford University Press. 8vo. Cloth bound with gilt stamping to spine. 128 pp. Illustrated. A very good copy in good dust jacket (spine slightly faded). $75.00 4) Brann, Noel L. Trithemius and Magical Theology: A Chapter in the Controversy over Occult Studies on Early Modern Europe. 1999. SUNY Press. First printing. 8vo. Trade paperback. 354 pp. One of the only full- length studies of this important figure. Very good. $30.00 5) Burgess, E. and Whitney, W.D. Surya Siddhanta: A Text Book of Hindu Astronomy. 1978. Wizards Book Shelf: Minneapolis. 8vo. Cloth bound, gilt to spine and front cover. No jacket as issued. About 260 pp. Small bookstore label to front paste down, small red dot to the bottom page edge. Otherwise very light wear, a very good copy. $50.00 6) Butler, E.M. Ritual Magic. 2002 Pennsylvania University Press. 8vo. Trade paperback. 329 pp. A classic historical approach to the subject by one of the earliest academics to seriously look at the history of magic. Very good+. $30.00 7) Butler, W.E. The Magician: His Training and Work. 1963. Aquarian Press. 8vo. Cloth bound. 176 pp. A good+ copy in good dust jacket. $40.00 8) Chattopadhvava, Debiprasad (editor). Carvakal/ Lokayata: An Anthology of Source Materials and Some Recent Studies. 1994. Indian Council for Philosophical Research. 8vo. Cloth bound 8vo. 543 pp. A good+ copy in same dust jacket. The definitive book on the subject of Carvakal and Lokayata; an Indian materialist philosophical school. Contains primary texts as well as essays by modern scholars. Rare. $75.00 9) Crowley, Aleister. In Residence: A Don’s Guide to Cambridge. 1992. First Impressions. Trade paperback. 8vo. 114 pp. Facsimile of the first edition published in 1904. A very good copy. $40.00 10)Crowley. Liber Aleph vel CXI. The Book of Wisdom or Folly. 1961. Thelema Publishing Company: West Point, CA. First edition. 4to. 219 pp. Tipped in frontispiece of Crowley. A very good copy in good edge worn and chipped dust jacket. $300.00 11) Crowley. Magick in Theory and Practice. No date (ca. 1965) Castle Books: New York. 8vo. Hard cover, bound in white paper covered boards with black stamping to the spine. 436 pp. This Castle books variant is very rare. Address of Castle Books is listed as being “352 Park Ave South, New York 10, New York” Pointing to potentially a very early 60’s publication date. A very good tight and bright copy in slightly edge worn good to good+ dust jacket. $60.00 12) Crowley. Moonchild: A Prologue. No date (1970). Dove Press/ Weiser: New York. Cloth bound in dust jacket. 8vo. 335 pp. A very good copy in same dust jacket. $100.00 13) Crowley. Olla: An Anthology of Sixty Years of Song. 1992. First Impressions. 4to. 128 pp. Trade paperback. Facsimile of the original. Previous owners signature on the half title. Some light wear, else a very good copy. $100.00 14) Crowley. The Qabalah of Aleister Crowley: Including Gematria, 777, Sepher Sephiroth.1973. Weiser. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt stamping to the spine. A very bright copy with some uneven discoloration to the page edges on the outer edge. Dust jacket equally bright with some discoloration and damage to the back outer fold. Overall very good in same protected dust jacket. $50.00 15) Crowley. The Scrutinies of Simon Iff. 1987. Teitan Press: Chicago. First edition thus. Edited and introduced by Martin Starr. Collection of 6 short stories with Crowley’s master detective Simon Iff. 12mo. 180 pp. Bound in red cloth with silver stamping to the spine and blind stamped question mark to the front cover. Wonderful publication, as were all of the Teitan Press publications. Very good in same jacket. $40.00 16) Crowley. The World’s Tragedy. 1985. Falcon Press. Introduction by I. Regardie, Foreword by Christopher Hyatt. First Falcon edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. 114 pp. Slight darkening of the pages. Very good. $25.00 17) [Crowley, edited by] The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia, the Book of Evil Spirits. 1916 (but probably later) de Laurence. 12mo. Cloth bound with gilt stamping. 80 pp. Small format edition by everyone’s favorite plagiarist and pirate of others publications, L.W. de Laurence. Spine lightly sunned else near very good copy. No jacket as issued. $150.00 18) [Crowley related] Ipsos: Transmissions from the Black Sun. 2013. Black Sun Oasis, OTO: Cleveland. 4to. 79 pp. Comb bound reprint of the original issue from 2003. Limited to just 23 numbered copies (this being #19). Printed in black and red throughout. Contains the following: Parsifal and the Grail Secret Unveiled by Theodor Reuss translated by Randall Hobart; The Eucharist by Chevalier le Clement translated by Edgar Mann; Life, Blood and Sacrfice of the Maya by Frater Ta Yu. Excellent collection of essays, beautiful typesetting. A very good+ copy. Rare. $50.00 19) [Crowley related] Materials Pertaining to the Study of TEX: the Thirtieth Aethyr in the Enochian System… No date [ca. 1980’s] Makhashanah Publications: Oakland. 4to. Stapled wraps. 16 pp. Research copy only- condition is worn with a wax stain to the front cover. One pen marking to the text as well. Rare. $10.00 20) [Crowley related] Sabazius X°. Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Thelemic Ecclesiastical Gnosticism. 2014. Conjoined Creations. Berkeley. 8vo. 364 pp. Deluxe limited edition. Number 14 of 93 numbered copies bound thus. Bound in red bonded leather with gilt stamping to the spine and front cover. No jacket as issued. Indispensible work on Crowley’s The Gnostic Mass and the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica by the U.S. head of the OTO. Contains a history of the E.G.C; An examination of the Gnostic Mass; Portraits of the Saints of the Gnostic Catholic Church; E.G.C. in America etc. A fine copy of this rare limited second edition. $200.00 21) Drury, Nevill. Pan’s Daughter: The Magical World View of Rosaleen Norton. 1993. Mandrake of Oxford. 8vo. Trade paperback. 154 pp. Illustrated. Good+. $20.00 22) Fortune, Dion. The Demon Lover. 1972. Weiser; New York. 8vo. Cloth bound in jacket. 286 pp. Some occasional small pen marks to the text otherwise very good in good edge worn jacket that has a small closed tear (about ¾”) to the front spine. $20.00 23) Fuller, J.F.C. The Secret Wisdom of the Qabalah. No date (ca. 1980). Yogi Publications. Small 8vo. Cloth bound with bright gilt stamping to spine and front cover. No jacket as issued. 224 pp. Illustrated. Facsimile of the original Rider edition. Very good. $75.00 24) Gardner, Gerald B. The Meaning of Witchcraft. 1988. Magickal Childe; NY. 8vo. Trade paperback. 288 pp. About very good. $15.00 25) Gardner. Witchcraft Today. 1988, Magickal Childe; NY. 8vo. Trade paperback. Very good. $15.00 26) Garrison, Omar. Tantra: The Yoga of Sex. 1964. Julian Press. 8vo. ¼ Cloth on paper covered boards. 252 pp. One of the first books to really popularize Tantra as sexual yoga. A very good copy in good dust jacket. $15.00 27) Gray, William G. Inner Traditions of Magic. 1970. Weiser: New York. First edition. 8vo. Cloth bound. 287 pp. Previous owners stamp and label to the front free end page. A very good copy in near very good protected dust jacket. $35.00 28) Gray. Seasonal Occult Rituals. 1970. Weiser: New York. First edition. 8vo. Cloth bound. 121 pp. A very good+ copy in very good dust jacket. $70.00 29) [Grimoire] Anonymous. The Authentic Red Dragon (Le Veritable Dragon Rouge)… Followed by The Black Hen (Le Poule Noir). Translated from the French edition by Joshua Wentworth with an introduction by Silens Manus. 2011. Teitan Press. Limited to 800 numbered copies, this being number 489. 12mo. Cloth bound with gilt stamping to the front cover and spine. No jacket as issued. A near fine copy, rare. $300.00 30) [Grimoire] Mathers, S.L. MacGregor. (translator).
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