Lark Crafts, 2011. First Edition. Original Wraps. "The featured works in this remarkable juried collection exemplify the potential of the book as an artistic medium. Their diversity lies not only in the many structures and variations in book formats but also in the limitless possibilities of content that can be.....
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Wilmington, DE: DuPont Polychemical Dept, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Printed by DuPont as part of the 'debut' of Delrin acetal resin...which, quoting DuPont: "Delrin® acetal homopolymer (Polyoxymethylene POM) is the ideal material in parts designed to replace metal." It remains monumentally important with a broad range of applications. This 'introductory'.....
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San Pablito, Mexico: c.1970-1979. Unique. The culture of amate/paper dates back to pre-Columbian, Meso-American people. The word amate derives from amatl, the indigenous Nahuatl word for paper. Mayan and Aztec Indians painted on amate/paper to create codices (accordion folded books) depicting stories historical events and even astrology. San Pablito, a......
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New York, NY: Queer Pagans/Coven of the Middle Pillar/New Moon, [1991-1994]. First Edition. Staplebound. [Queer Pagans]: A blurb from editor Ian Scott Horst's bio: author, graphic artist, Santero--a priest of Obatala--in the Lucumi tradition of Santeria. My godparents are Asinya Bi (Omo Yemaya) and Ara Bi (Omo Obatala), and I......
Price: $150.00
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. First Edition [Book Club Edition]. Hardcover. Often referred to as "the Mother of modern witchcraft" or "Mother of Wicca" Doreen Valiente (1922-1999) was an English author and poet best known for her books on witchcraft and related esoteric subjects. She was the High Priestess.....
Price: $65.00
New York: Pantheon, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Preface by S. Dillon Ripley. Commentary by Jose Yglesias. Lacking laid in color print of the DJ cover image. Minimal shelf/edge wear, ffep clipped, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and unmarred. Beige cloth boards, gilt lettering.....
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New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Benjamin Waife (January 9, 1895 – December 29, 1972), better known by his pen name Ben Zion Goldberg, was a Belarusian-born Jewish-American journalist. A study of sex in culture and society, although contains prejudice, misogynistic overtones, and sexually suppressed psychological disorders. Spine.....
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Boston, MA: Trident Publications, 1999. Stated Special First Edition Printing. Original Wraps. Ten years after the death of the founder of Alexandrian witchcraft, a handful of witches camping at a secluded site in New Hampshire began experimenting with a spirit board. An entity responded and identified itself as 'Alex Sanders'.....
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New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. Stewart (1916 – 2000) and Janet Farrar co-authored a number of books on witchcraft and modern neo-paganism. "An engrossing portrayal of the modern coven at work.' Even though now almost 40 years old, the material and philosophy that.....
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Custer, WA: Phoenix Publishing, 1987. First Edition. Original Wraps. Janet Farrar (b. 1950) was initiated into Alexandrian witchcraft by the tradition's founders, Alex and Maxine Sanders in the early 1970s. She met Stewart Farrar (1916 – 2000) in the group, and the two went on to marry and co-author a......
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New York: Philosophical Library, [1973] 1958. Second Edition. Hardcover. The author examines the metaphysics underlying practically all belief in magic and religion in the light of modern scientific psychology. The phenomena of mind long held to demand or prove the existence of spiritual or non-material agencies are here shown to.....
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London: Faber & Faber, [1967] 1966. First Edition (Reprint). Hardcover. A study of the old folk-life, beliefs, and customs of East Anglia. Including material on the home and farm, including fascinating construction details of the house, the magic invoked for its protection, the mystique of the hearth, the link of.....
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Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, Inc., 2004. First Edition. Original Wraps. Taking a multidimensional approach to Wicca, author Bruce Wilborn provides detailed explanations of practices from each of the five major Wiccan traditions. Tight, bright, and unmarred. xv, 445pp.illus (b/w). Glossy paper wrappers.
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New York: The Panurge Press, 1933. First American Edition. Hardcover. First published in French In 1805. Nineteen chapters covering phallic cults not only among the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, but also the ancient Hebrews and many Christian sects in different countries. Only 2000 copies have been issued for private.....
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San Antonio, TX: Coyote Bones Press, 2022. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Brief text about the capital punishment in the US. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Screenprinted anaglyph (red/blue 3D effect) Zine.. 12mo. 4pp. Illus. (color plates). Unnumbered limited edition. Signed by the artist.
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New York: Center for Book Arts, 1988. First Edition. Original Wraps. "An exhibition of selections from the Ruth and Marvin Sackler Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry was held at the Book Arts Gallery from February 6 to March 26, 1988. The artwork represented in this show breaks the barrier.....
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New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1977. First American Edition. Hardcover. "A lively and whimsical tour of some of the great enchanted places of the western world-sites traditionally believed to have magical powers. These are the places where witches have met, or fairies danced, or dragons stalked the forests. The.....
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New York, NY: Queer Pagans/Coven of the Middle Pillar/New Moon, [1991-1994]. First Edition. Staplebound. [Queer Pagans]: A blurb from editor Ian Scott Horst's bio: author, graphic artist, Santero--a priest of Obatala--in the Lucumi tradition of Santeria. My godparents are Asinya Bi (Omo Yemaya) and Ara Bi (Omo Obatala), and I......
Price: $250.00
London: Gefn Press, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "One of the most famous stories in Genesis is the Binding of Isaac by his father Abraham (the Akeidah, in Hebrew). Sarah, Isaac’s mother, is noticeably absent from the text. Here we consider Sarah’s perspective, and how this foundational event in the Jewish.....
Price: $245.00
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Ted Hughes and Leonard Baskin collaborated on a number of fine press projects...and this one trade edition. Tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minimal shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering, green endpapers. 4to. [46pp]. Illus. (color.....
Price: $155.00
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Nocturnal animals with accompanying text. Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was a renowned artist (sculptor, illustrator, printer, and graphic artist), writer, teacher and general polymath. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of sun at the spine, gift inscription at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred;.....
Price: $125.00
Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1964. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Gehenna Essays on Art was a project Baskin planned as a substantial series of art historical texts written expressly for the Press in an accessible and somewhat casual style free of scholarly jargon. Only three of the projects were fully realized.....
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Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Archibald Macleish. Photographs by Hyman Edelstein. Tipped in colophon. Tight, bright, and unmarred; slipcase shows minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight and unmarred. Quarterbound, brown paper boards, cream cloth spine. 8vo. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Limited edition of 200.....
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London: Leinster Fine Art, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. "To honour Leonard Baskin's First London Exhibition." Catalogue of the Baskin's first London exhibition held at the Cottage Gallery, in 1981. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth boards. Narrow 4to. 60pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 13 of 100.....
Price: $145.00
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Portraits in homage." Tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minimal shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Dark red cloth boards, gilt lettering, black endpages. Square 8vo. 219pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Signed by Baskin on the title page.
Price: $145.00