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Contents

1) Books and Art from the Coil Collection

i) 1st Edition Spares

ii) Books About Spare, Reprints

iii) Coil's Copies of the Prime Book about Coil & Associates

iv) Some Other items

v) Some Pictures from the Coil Collection

2) A Tribute

3) Other Books

i) Cultus Sabbati

ii) Other Items

4) A Note Regarding Irwin, Book of Magic

5) Payment Methods

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1) Books etc. from the Coil Collection

John (or Jhon) Balance (Geoff Rushton) & Peter Christopherson (aka Sleazy) were involved in the formation of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and went on to found Coil, a band of major importance in the field of avant garde music. These cultural heroes developed what was, surely, one of the most important collections or occult art and books in the world. These items are from that collection and each is accompanied by a certificate of provenance which gives the catalogue description (but not the price).

i) 1st Edition Spares

Austin Osman Spare, Book of Pleasure (Self-Love), the Psychology of Ecstasy, Self Pub 1913 1st Ed Large format thin cloth bound card covers. (15.5ins x 10.5ins) iv + 60pp Whilst 800 copies were planned Rob Ansell suggests only 300 were actually produced. There is wear to and creasing to the cloth, discolouration to the paste down and free front endpaper, some grubbiness to pages, a much read copy but in Good only condition, Order No. 4-16-01 £490

Austin Osman Spare, Earth Inferno, 1905 1st Ed. Very large format, book block only (44cm x 34cm) 30pp. No. Ltd Edition of 265, this copy is unnumbered, unsigned and lacks the usual card cover. 1cm – 2cm tear affect pages, other tears, spotting and marks. Good condition Order No. 4-16-02 £185

Clifford Bax & Austin Osman Spare (Editors), The Golden Hind, Vol.I No 1 , Chapman & Hall 1922 - 23 1st Ed Very large format card covers (15ins x 11ins) iv + 48pp Has seven drawings (one full page) plus a striking two page lithograph by Spare, This is the “The New Eden” in which a naked woman is on her knee, her hands tied behind the back in the exact position utilised by some witchcraft groups for scourging to induce astral projection. She stares at a coiled snake while a Spare as a bat entity looks out at the viewer. Very Good Order No. 4-16-03 £120

Clifford Bax & Austin Osman Spare (Editors), The Golden Hind, Vol.I No 2 , Chapman & Hall 1922 - 23 1st Ed Very large format card covers (15ins x 11ins). iv + 40pp Two illustrations by Spare, one being a lithograph, also lithograph by Grace Rogers. Very Good Order No. 4-16-04 £100

Clifford Bax & Austin Osman Spare (Editors), The Golden Hind, Vol.I No 3 , Chapman & Hall 1922 - 23 1st Ed Very large format card covers (15ins x 11ins) 40pp. Has a striking full page print of pen drawing by Spare, “Farewell to Synthesis” a woman aroused by the astral Spare represented by his face upon a winged head, its hair sweeping up to her groin, is morphs into a stag / flame creature, an atavistic resurgence. Also a double page lithograph by Spare. Some light wear to covers Very Good Order No. 4-16-05 £120

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ii) Books About Spare, Reprints

Frederick Carter & Austin Osman Spare, Automatic Drawing, 93 Pub 1973 No. 90 of a Ltd Ed. of 100. Very large format (17ins x 13ins) 12pp strikingly printed on quality orange paper, an handsome quality facsimile reproduction that impressively presents an important work Fine Order No. 4-16-06 £50

Austin Osman Spare, Mystery of an Artist, IHO 2002 Paperback 266pp Illustrated. Handsomely printed with wide margins and red embellishments, one coloured plate. Spare's essay Mind to Mind and How was first published in the respected TwoTracts on Cartomancy as it deals with divination. This work places it, as near as possible, in its original context:- a response to a series of articles by Kenneth Walker and others concerning telepathy, psychic powers and inspiration carried in the London Mystery Magazine in the 1950s. The last pages even give a design provided for the magazine but rejected which Spare went on to utilise elsewhere. Some minor marks but Very Good Order No. 4-16-07 £12

Austin Osman Spare and Vera Wainwright, Art and Letter; Word and Sign, IHO 2003 Paperback 257pp Coloured frontispiece. Printed in various colours. Vera Wainwright was introduced to Spare by Victor Neuburg. This work reproduces:- Poems andMasks with additional illustrations; Wainwright's letters to Spare with an introduction by Frank Letchford. An intriguing photograph of Paine and a short piece by Spare entitled "Fragmenta" with a Frank Letchford introduction. The section on Spare from Adventures with Inspiration by Hannen Swaffer with coloured plate of a Spare portrait of the man. Covers and last couple of pages rather creased, Good only Order No. 4-16-08 £7

Revised Notes Towards a Bibliography of Austin Osman Spare, Mandrake 1996 1st Edition. Card covered booklet 56p No. 22 of 50 copies of the Private Edition. Signed inscription by author to Frank (Letchford) expressing appreciation for his work in preserving Spare. Loosely enclosed:- 1pp handwritten notes by Frank Letchford copying the entry concerning Spare from the Dictionary of National Biography; Typed Letter Signed, 1pp, dated October 1996 giving advice concerning the promotion of Letchford’s book about Spare. Fine Order No. 4-16-09 £45

Revised Notes Towards a Bibliography of Austin Osman Spare, Mandrake 1996 1st Edition. Card covered booklet 56p This being a proof copy, with signed inscription crossing out the limitation of Private Edition stating such. There were no covers to the Proof Edition, as explained in a 1pp hand written letter to John Balance from the author that is wrapped around in its stead. As the letter explains, all copies of the Private Edition had already been given away however, he states that the 1996 card of the Fine Madness Society makes a good cover, and wraps a copy of that, with a further signed inscription to Jhon on it. The Fine Madness Society, “founded for the provision of relief to unfortunate individuals with an incurable attraction to first editions of Aleister Crowley” yearly circulates a bizarre and amusing example of Crowley obscurantia. The 1996 card features Crowley’s little known entrepreneurial skills as a bed and breakfast proprietor and an Austin Osman Spare decoration – so it does make a good cover! Damp stain to top corner effecting all pages to some degree, staples slightly rusted Good condition Order No. 4-16-10 £90

William Wallace, The Early Work of Austin Osman Spare 1900 - 1919, Catalpa Press 1987 1st Ed. Card covers (viii) + 21pp with coloured frontispiece plate and 25 monochrome plates loosely enclosed in pocket in rear. Pre-title page has been torn and creased, clearly handled very roughly at some point, otherwise Fine Order No. 4-16-11 £25

H. Hutchinson, J. Gregory & R. Lydekker, The Living Races of Mankind, Hutchinson not dated (some time after 1910 when the dated first edition came out) two large format volumes 584pp. half leather binding, hand marbled paper. Numerous photos reproduced. Has the inscription:- "For John Balance, love and blessings! Happy Solstice 2000ev Gavin" this being Gavin Semple, Spare scholar and author of Zos Kia. The reason for this gift is the opinion that this publication influenced Spare's depiction of figures from varied races. Condition Poor Vol.I boards present but detached, spine absent, bookblock. Vol.II spine very worn Order No. 4-16-12 £50

Various, Austin Osman Spare 1886-1956, Divine Draughtsman, Beskin Press 1987 Large format (11.5ins x 8ins) Card Covers 40pp Illus including Coloured Plates. Loose sheet listing pictures enclosed. Ian Law on Spare's life; Genesis P. Orridge - Time Mirrors, the Art of Spare; Lionel Snell - Exploring Spare's Magic. Inscription by one of the organisers of the exhibition "It was worth it! Geraldine Beskin 18.9.87" and by Jhon "John Balance's copy Zos Kia Cultus - Born Again Pagan" with the 'Kia' in sigilised form and a pentagram with dots beyond the vortices. It has 11 annotations by John Balance, two being astrological symbols the remainder 115 words altogether including a barbed comment regarding one of the contributions:- "to future readers! A question. Does this text make ANY sense" and his very interesting opinion regarding Spare initiator into witchcraft, Mrs Paterson. Also quite elegant marginalia that enunciates his recension of Sparian sex-magic. Cover really quite worn. Good only Order No. 4-16-13 £150

Austin Osman Spare, Book of Ugly Ecstasy, Fulgur 1996 Large format hardback 12" x 10" (52pp) top edge gilt Coloured Frontispiece. For many years thought to be lost, here published for first time & only time, 23 line drawings, coloured Frontispiece Intro. A powerful expression of Spare’s Gnosis, finding beauty, transformation and new formulae of sorcery in the cavorting of shape shifting grotesques. This series was executed in 1924 when Spare wrote the Anathema of Zos, and may be considered part of the shift by which Spare rejected forever acceptance by the artistic mainstream Fine in Good + Dustwrapper (some marks) Order No. 4-16-14 £95

Austin Osman Spare, From the Inferno to Zos, Vol. I The Writings & Images of A.O.S., First Impressions 1993 Deluxe Edition limited to 100 copies. Large format 13ins x 10ins 362pp Hardback with all edges gilt, place ribbon, decorated endpapers and quarter leather buinding. Includes:- To AOS (poem by Crowley); Book of Satyrs; Book of Pleasure; Focus of Life; Anathema of Zos; Automatic Drawings (with Frederick Carter); exhibition catalogues; images from books illustrated by Spare, accounts of Spare and a Spare Bibliography by Clive Harper. Bound in a paperback style but in hardcovers, the book block has slipped down somewhat, However, this should get no worse as it will now be supported by the shelf. Otherwise Fine Order No. 4-16-15 £145

William Wallace, From Inferno to Zos Vol. II, The Artist's Books 1905 - 1927, First Impressions 1995 Deluxe Edition limited to 100 copies. Large format hardback. Hardbound (13ins x 10ins) in quarter leather, gilt edged pages, head and tail bands, marker ribbon, decorated endpapers, gold blocking on spine. xiii + 442pp + 16pp glossary & Bibliography Illustrated. A Substantial investigation of the cultural & occult background of the books, and then a detailed examination of the symbolism & references in the pictures. He argues that the Alphabet of Desire relates to Enochian. He discusses such influences as Blake, Dante, Nietsche, Crowley of course, Kabbala, Alchemy, Ancient Egypt etc. As he examines each picture in turn even those who disagree with some of his conclusions will admire the window opens upon the wealth of symbolism in Spare's work. Bound in a paperback style but in hardcovers, the book block has slipped down somewhat, However, this should get no worse as it will now be supported by the shelf Otherwise Fine Order No. 4-16-16 £150

Austin Osman Spare (relating to), From Inferno to Zos, Vol.III Michelangelo in a Teacup by Frank Letchford, Deluxe Edition limited to 100 copies. First Impressions 1995. Hardbound (13ins x 10ins) in quarter leather, gilt edged pages, head and tail bands, marker ribbon, decorated endpapers, gold blocking on spine. 360pp Illus marbelled eps Reproduces many photos of Spare as well as his artwork (occult themes & other material, also presents Frank Letchfords account of Spare, his art and his life. Inscribed by "First meeting with John Balance and Peter 10.1.1998 We have before, shall meet again on behalf of Austin Osman Spare Frank . W. Letchford" Being a paperback style book block in hardcovers, the book block has very slight started to slip down. If stored upright this may progress until the bookblock is supported by the shelf. Otherwise Fine Order No. 4-16-17 £220

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iii) Coil's Copies of the Prime Book about Coil & Associates

David Keenan, England's Hidden Reverse, Coil, Current 93, Nurse With Wound, A Secret History of the Hidden Underground, SAF Publishing 2003, Hardback 303pp Coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations. Decorated endpapers, music CD in envelope inside back cover. No dustwrapper, as issued. In depth and well informed narrative of Coil and fellow travellers. The pre-title page has a heartfelt inscription by John Balance "For ARk [?] without whom I would have sunk and drowned for sure. I love you and now together we will continue this adventure onwards and upwards, in the name of PAN, for the sake of the children and for each other. All my Love John Balance Geff Mr Tods homehelp class Satyrday 21st June the Equinox 2003 ev the Equinox Knocks" plus sigil. In addition it has been signed by Sleazy. Fine Order No. 4-16-18 £1100

David Keenan, England's Hidden Reverse, Coil, Current 93, Nurse With Wound, A Secret History of the Hidden Underground, SAF Publishing 2003, Hardback 303pp Coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations. Decorated endpapers, music CD in envelope inside back cover. No dustwrapper, as issued. This copy has inscriptions in pencil on reverse of pre-title page "Jhon Balance 7.6.03 ev" and "Peter C. our first copy - 'it's all writ out for you - Scottie Wilson - to be annotated, sliced, diced and fried" It then has 13 pencilled annotations by Jhon and Sleazy, over 200 words altogether. These give somewhat different accounts to the text, or give additional detail. Signs of use Very Good Order No. 4-16-19 £1300

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iv) Some Other Items from the Coil Collection

Louisa Buck, The Surrealist Spirit in Britain, Whitford and Hughs 1988 96pp. Card covers, larger format, 47 coloured plates. Exhibition catalogue with excellent informative notes, Includes works by Ithell Colquhoun and Reuben Mednikoff, Ownership inscription by John Balance Order No. 4-16-21 £30

Kadmon, Schwarze Sonne / Black Sun, 24pp card covered booklet (unbound), Date 1987 appears but unclear if this is date of composition or publication, illustrated. Homely production values but elegant. Loosely enclosed a single page typed letter signed on headed notepaper (nearly 200 words). This reveals that John Balance has been considering writing a book regarding the Black Sun and offers contributions. Interesting insight into certain vectors of Coil cultural interests Very Good Order No. 4-16-22 £30

Kadmon, Aorta No.1 Schwarze Sonne / Black Sun, Not dated c.1992? 20pp card covered booklet, illustrated. Appears to be a reprint as inner covers carry descriptions of the contents of Aorta Nos. 1 - 12. Homely production values, but elegant. German with English translation. Very Good Order No. 4-16-23 £10

Kadmon, Aorta No.4, Anubis, 16pp card covered booklet, illustrated, homely production values but elegant. German with English translation. This issue devoted to Anubis. Very Good Order No. 4-16-24 £10

Kadmon, Aorta No.44, Blutleuchte / Blood Lamp, 1993 14pp card covered booklet, illustrated, homely production values but elegant. German with English translation. This issue devoted to Albert Schuler, an occult precursor of Nazism. Very Good Order No. 4-16-25 £10

Kadmon, Ahnstern VIII, Aorta not dated 12pp leaflet. Account of psychedelic mushroom trip Very Good. Loosely enclosed a postcard inscribed "Keep up the good work, thy will be done, Kadmon", presumably to John Balance Order No. 4-16-26 £12

Various, Abracadabra, The Magic of Medicine, Wellcome 1996, Card covers 64pp Coloured plates. Catalogue of an exhibition hosted by Wellcome Instutute which included John Dee's shewstone plus amulets and charms. Has essays by John Mack concerning the boundaries of magic and medicine and Martha Baldwin upon magic in medicine Order No. 4-16-27 £17.50

Various, Abrahadabra, 1986, Large format card covers, 30 leaves printed one side. German language occult journal, this issue featuring Austin Osman Spare and Coil Order Fine Order No. 4-16-28 £20

Various, Marvellous Freedom, Vigilance of Desire, World Surrealist Exhibition 1976, Gallery Black Swan 1976 Larger format 33cm x 25cm 56pp Numerous monochrome illustrations. Signed ownership inscription by John Balance Very Good Order No. 4-16-29 £30

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v) Some Pictures from the Coil Collection

John Silbury Balance, The Crossing, acrylic on board 20 cm x 30 cm in glazed frame (7 cm x 28.5 cm) Title and artists name written inscribed on reverse. The thick paint has been dragged across the board to produce horizontal lines just beyond the control of the artist. It produces a strange, very noticeable, 3D effect. Presumably liked by the artist as he framed and retained it. Order No. 4-16-30 £480

John Balance, The Palace of Excess, oil and metallic paint on board, 57 cm x 46 cm in glazed frame 64 cm x 52.5 cm Signed on picture, title and date (Sept-June 2002) given on backboard. Lush layers of paint built into ornate abstract. The work is vibrant and raw, with board poking through the paint at the edges. Presumably liked by the artist as he had it framed and kept it. Order No. 4-16-32 £900

Reuben Mednikoff, Tragic Story, pastel and wax crayon on paper 37 cm x 25 cm in glazed frame 47.5 cm x 34 cm. Signed. Pencil note on reverse gives title and states "Approx date Sept 6 1941". Mednikoff (1906-1972) was hailed by André Breton as "the best and most truly Surrealist" of any artists living in Britain. He and his wife, Grace Pailthorpe , were prominent members of the British Surrealist Group Andrew Wilson, Curator of Modern and Contemporary British Art at Tate Britain, said "They were the only true Surrealists... ...they were the only ones who scraped beneath the surface and dared go full fathom deep. All the other Surrealists were mere decorators by comparison." But they lost support in their lives and many works were lost before they were rediscovered with articles in newspapers, eg:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4711679/The-eeriest-couple-in-art.html and a picture in the Tate. They met at a party in 1935, their host Victor Neuburg who by then had long fallen out with Crowley and had developed his own path, a kind of rural idyllic, spiritual radicalism and reverie. She was from a strict Plymouth Brethren background, same as Crowley, and 23 years his senior and far taller than him. Their relationship was a wild voyage of Freudian adventure as they painted and therapised over the paintings to exorcise childhood trauma and unlock their unconscious. At one point Reuben changed his name to Richard Pailthorpe to become her "son". The explicit interpretations they placed on their work alienated the ever fractious Surrealists and they were expelled from the British group. The couple found this very hurtful, and for awhile they lived in the USA. But they returned to found the first every British art therapy class. Reuben and Grace would have written a lengthy analysis of this piece. In its absence we may merely note it displays one doglike beast biting anothers leg. He has horns and eye upon his foot, Some pattern is created by scratching away the crayon work. Order No. 4-16-33 £1250

Morgan Perth R.M., Untitled, watercolour on paper 38.5 cm x 28cm in glazed frame 49.5cm x 39.5 cm. Dated Oct. 1961. Label on reverse indicates as some point it was auctioned. The artist is obscure. Presumably a picture that caught John Balance's eye at a sale. The paper was wetted prior to application allowing the paint to spread in a manor that is just beyond the artist's control Order No. 4-16-34 £135

Austin Osman Spare, Untitled A, Pencil drawing on paper, 52cm x 42cm now in glazed frame. A winged woman with winglike headdress soars above a clump of grotesques heads. Spare juxtaposes consciously drawn elegance and automatic, spontaneous ugliness. Sold to the present owner by Coil, through Caduceus Books, c.2001 Order No. 4-16-35 £1875

Austin Osman Spare, Untitled B, Pencil drawing on paper, 52cm x 42cm now in glazed frame. A carefully delineated naturalistic woman appears deep and oblivious to the horned demon born of automatic drawing. Here Spare juxtaposes realism with the demonic which can be glimpsed he stops directing the pencil. Sold to the present owner by Coil, through Caduceus Books, c.2001 Order No. 4-16-36 £1950

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2) A Tribute

Jeremy Reed & Karolina Urbaniak, Altered Balance, A Tribute to Coil, Infinity Land Press 2014, hardback 72pp. Jeremy Reed muses upon his relationship with John Balance in poem, prose and reproduced cards and correspondence, supported by Karolina Urbaniaks photographs which include images of Balance's homes including Oak Bank in Weston-Super-Mare where he died, and the countryside of Cumbria where his partner Ian Johnstone grew up and where their ashes were interred. Inscribed by the photographer "Dear Ian I hope you'll like the book Karolina x" this being Ian Johnstone, now also, sadly, passed away. Fine condition Order No. 4-16-37 £100

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3) Other Books

i) Cultus Sabbati

Andrew Chumbley & Others, Ritual Texts from the Ku-Sebittu Workings, 1994 - 5 Unpublished. This item combines two original ritual texts from a series of joint magical workings performed by the Cultus Sabbati and Typhonian OTO. They are curious and significant artefact of organisational connection between Typhonian O.T.O. and the Cultus Sabbati. The relationship was, however, short lived, Andrew and the Typhonians parted ways. They are items P-A+A 037 and P-A+A 038 from the collection of Soror Pasht Akhti and Frater Anshar offered for sale by Caduceus Books in 2015. These sold and have been combined by the purchaser in a nice faux leather sleeve folder with metal corners. The sigil designed by Soror Pasht Akhti for the Ku-Sebbitu series of workings has been reproduced on the front cover. The original certificates of provenance are also included and I have provided a new copy of the catalogue to accompany this folder. The catalogue features coloured plates of the artwork where the iconography of the Cultus Sabbati was first explored. The two items are:-

The Rite of Seven Stars being the Great Equinox of the Gods, this being the Inaugaral Rite upon the 7th August 1994 e.v., 40 A4 sheets printed on one side in clear plastic sleeve. Top sheet gives magical names of the magical ritualists. 17 brief penned annotations. Some wear from use and unidentified stains (previously P-A+A 037)

Rite of the Seven Stars being The Great Equinox of the Gods, this being the Transaeonic Rite worked by the Common Lodge Initiates drawn from the Bretheren of the Cultus Sabbati and the Ordo Templi Orientis upon 26th August 1995 e.v. 23 sheets of A4 printed on one side plus card having been in comb binding. Top sheet gives magical names of the eight ritualists. Has 9 penned annotations indicating ritual actions etc and including two small diagrams. (previously P-A+A 039)

Folder containing both items Order No. 4-16-38 £950

These items sold, were combined by the purchaser, and have returned. Some items from this collection were unsold and are listed here:-

http://www.caduceusbooks.com/what-is-left/what-is-left.htm

Andrew Chumbley, Azoetia, A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft, Xoanon 2002 Frontispiece and preliminaries + ix + 365pp with many original striking illustrations. First published ten years previously in a limited edition of 300 paperback copies this is a remarkable work. The author sought expression for the British Traditional Witchcraft into which he had been initiated. Oaths of secrecy forbade blatant description of the Cunning-craft so he drew with insight, upon Ancient Egyptian mythology, Gnosticism, alchemy, traditional sorcery, Masonic symbolism, tantra and the work of Austin Osman Spare to generate a vehicle for its mysteries. These are enshrouded in a cogent and coherent system of Sabbatic ritual and sorcery, encompassed by a magical alphabet, that can be utilised for both spellcraft and the gnosis. This work is born of a magical act of creation continuously guided by active dreamwork and the Daimon of the Grimoire itself, whose name, "Sethos" is acknowledged for the first time with this publication.

This is one of the 77 copies of the Sethos-Behana, or "Black" Edition The black cloth binding of the book is silver stamped on spine and on the boards where it carries the skull and set square symbol. The endpapers are black, but subtly printed with a snakeskin design visible when the light catches it right. The silk place ribbon is black (some are red). It is and signed by the author with his sigilised magical name and numbered with a calligraphic flourish. Loosely enclosed is an envelope inscribed by author with the number but instead of the his magickal name which is usual here inscribes magickal script in a different colour ink. This envelope is usually left unsealed but here it was sealed, probably by the author, as the stamped design (not always used) has been impressed over the join. This contains the additional 8pp card covered booklet, the Rite of Amethystine Light, here with the variant textured paper rather than the usual marbled paper wrap. There is also a small envelope inscribed with a dot within a circle which preserves the talisman, an eye glyph painted with walnut ink on the inside of folded snakeskin effect paper. The book has been well read so the binding is eased but by no mean compromised or loose, ever so slight dustiness to spine Very Good + in slipcase which has some dustiness and slight marks, Very Good + The Amethystine Light booklet is Fine, the envelope enclosing it has, necessarily, been torn open. The talisman is Mint, the envelope containing it Very Good Order No. 4-16-39 £1475

Andrew Chumbley, Azoetia, A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft, Xoanon 2002 Frontispiece and preliminaries + ix + 365pp with many original striking illustrations. This is copy No. 8 of the 22 copies in the Twin Lions "X Series" which has the design from the cover of the First Edition blocked on front board rather than the standard Sethos edition cover decoration and comes in a stout cloth covered slipcase. Near Mint in slipcase which shows some signs of wear, and cloth has started to lift on the inside where it has been rubbed when the book is removed Order No. 4-16-40 £1850

Andrew Chumbley, The Satyr's Sermon, By the Hand and Eye of Alogos, Xoanon 2009 hardback 84pp Standard edition limited to 333 hand numbered copies. Small landscape format (3.25ins x 6ins) 84pp Printed in three colours by letterpress (ie old fashioned type or plates pressing wet ink onto the paper – considered the best form of printing, but so very rarely done nowadays). This being one of 111 deluxe copies bound in full, richly textured morocco subtly blocked. Hand marbled endpapers. It is accompanied by a hand inscribed coloured envelope containing a large communion wafer with magical device blocked in. All contained within a specially made very substantial oak box. The text was written in early 2004 as one of the series of Monadic Transmission grimoires, each being a hand written manuscript book enclosed with talismanic objects in a wooden box. Some were passed by the author to trusted associates and some were sent out into the Universe, the author deliberately taking no role in deciding their destination, like a seed in an ark cast adrift, to see where they might land. This was one of the latter, which found its way back to the Cultus Sabbati to be issued in this limited edition by Xoanon. Hence the use of a wooden box for this deluxe edition of the reprint, with the talismafied host/seed. The text consists of two sets of Aphorisms with accompanying coloured sigils, the first set being titled "The 13 Maxims of the Brothel", the second "The Virgin's Gift, also Called Virtues Higher than Morals". The themes are decidedly sexual and the result is a truly fine example of Andrew's artwork and poetry elegant presented in a manner entirely sympathetic to the original. All components Fine except the envelope which shows some rubbing and box which shows small indent (illustrated) Order No. 4-16-41 £450

Andrew Chumbley, Mysticism, Initiation and Dream, Three Hands Press Occult Monographs 2012, Hardback 55pp. Studies the magical nature of dream throughout history. Mint in Fine Dustwrapper Order No. 4-16-42 £25

Andrew Chumbley, Leaper Between, An Historical Study of the Toad-Bone Amulet; its Forms, Functions, and Praxes in Popular Magic, Three Hands Press 2012, Small format hardback 20cm x 13cm 66pp. No. 45 of 77 deluxe copies in full faux leather binding, coloured and textured endpapers and place ribbon Order No. 4-16-43 £175

Andrew Chumbley, One, The Grimoire of the Golden Toad, Xoanon 2000 64pp Full faux leather binding. 64pp Number 26 of a Limited Edition of 77 copies. The scarcest published Cultus Sabbatai book. It gives the ancient ritual involving the crucifixion of a toad to obtain a magical bone. This came to be particularly used to control horses. A homely yet handsome and talismanic production. This copy has small envelope with handwritten inscription with calligraphic flourish by the author "Blackthorn, Toadskin, Bone" but lacks the toad bone. Also it does not have the "Sabatrachion" magical script or the sigilised envelope that contains it.. The boards are flat, not bowed as is usually the case with this edition. Order Ref. 122-24 Order No. 4-16-44 £1400

Daniel Alvin Schulke, Viridarium Umbris, Pleasure Garden of Shadow which Treats of the Secret Knowledge of Trees and Herbs Deliver’d by the Fallen Angels unto Man, Xoanon 2005

This being one of 77 copies of the Mandrake Head edition. It is gilt stamped with a large glyph of mandrake leaves and a skull. Loosely enclosed is a handmade card envelope containing a hand painted talisman (coloured ink upon genuine papyrus). The image (5ins x 3.5ins) is highly figurative and illustrates one of the 77 emanatives of the Arbor Infernis. This represents an opportunity to acquire an item of unique original talismanic artwork by this author. Illustrated Order No. 4-16-45 £650

Daniel Schulke, Lux Haeresis, Xoanon 2011 Hardback 155pp This being one of 81 copies, half bound in black goat in sturdy cloth bound slipcase. Inscription by author signed with his magical name. Shimmering grey cloth blocked in black with grotesque mask with dancing radiant border. Striking full page illustrations and vignettes with occasional and restrained use of rubification. This work gives a surprising amount of information concerning the nature of the Sabbatic witchcraft. Other works by the author have concentrated upon the herbal mysteries, he now turns his attention to the essential mysteries of the Sabbatic Craft itself. Sections of the book describe astral mindspaces, initiatory visions which inform the rituals and teachings of the Sabbatic Craft. Others describe actual techniques. Teachings concerning our magickal potentials and an initiatory view of our place in the Universe and its nature are given. A useful glossary clarifies the specialist vocabulary in which the nature of the Mysteries are explained. An important book giving significant information not available elsewhere. Mint Order Order No. 4-16-46 £300

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ii) Other Items

Anon, Goetia & Honorius, Editions Astaroth (Hellfire Club) not dated. Two large format (29cm x 21cm) books in quarter leather clam shell box with leather tie. Both books in matching full leather blocked with seal of Astaroth with hand marbled endpapers. The texts and illustrations reproduced have a convoluted bibliography:-

Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King, ix (plus vii, viii + ix repeated) + 65pp + (4pp) The text is a facsimile of Crowley's personal copies of the 1904 first edition reproducing the substantial annotations therein. These commence with three pages carrying Gerald Yorke's notes. The Preliminary Invocation or Bornless ritual is given twice. The first reproduces the text from Crowley's vellum bound copy, the second presents the text from Crowley's camel hair bound copy which has a different set of annotations. These will be important for anyone studying the genesis of Liber Samekh. Whilst the Introduction has only two additional annotated footnotes by Crowley the text itself has seven illustrations of Goetic demons by Crowley, plus some additional annotations. There is then a two page list in the hand of Gerald Yorke giving the appearance of the demons from the Bagh-I-Muattar plus Crowley's sources for that material. Finally there are three pages of Enochian Calls in the hand of Leah Hirsig plus a page reproducing talismans from Crowley's Temple of L.I.L. in Mexico. These texts were first published by First Impressions in 1993, then Hellfire Press 2005

Various Anon., The Grimoire or Book of Spells of Pope Honorius 98pp coloured reproduction. have text or illustrations, the blank pages of the original manuscript being reproduced. This is a facsimile of the manuscript, probably by Frederick Hockley, belonging to F.G Irwin who was a member of Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, The Society of Eight, the Fratres Lucis and the Golden Dawn. The sheets were originally printed for what was to become the Society of Esoteric Endeavour edition of 2006, the first edition, but were rejected as being of poor quality. The bookbinder behind Hellfire Club agreed not to use them until the SEE was out of print and this edition seems to be in accordance with that agreement.

Aside from the issue of the quality of the Honorius sheets, and that the binding is a bit tight, a very impressive publication Both books Mint in Fine box Order No. 4-16-47 £400

Anon, Grimoire of the Spirit of the Place, Society of Esoteric Endeavour 2007, 1st Edition, large format (10½ ins x 7 ins) 20pp. Numbered limited edition of 80 copies. Large format hardback 13ins x 9ins, padded boards, pigskin leather label, linen cover secured with pigskin leather ties. The original manuscript was penned in French in the late 18th Century. It seems to describe a ritual that the writer carried out. Protection is sought from a demonic Trinity before Christian powers are used to evoke an infernal spirit, specially associated with the place of the working, into a piglet that is led into a magic circle where it is slain. This releases the spirit but it he is constrained within the circle until he signs the Grimoire of the title, which has been prepared according to certain specifications. The book is then treated like a child, being baptised with a godparent present and so forth. The text states that if you are in possession of the original Grimoire “..or one like it” then you do not have to perform the complete ritual but just read out the conjurations. The original spirit will then send one of his minions to assist you. For this reason this the physical manifestation of this, the first ever edition, is guided by the specifications given in the text, being 20 leaves, bound in shot taffeta (which shimmers in different colours) This copy lacks the cross piece of linen with pig-skin leather ties. Slight and unintrusive impressions in the padding covering front board. Fine Order No. 4-16-48 £350

Johannes Nefastos, Fosforos, Study on the Being & Essence of Satan and on the Occult Philosophy in Six parts, Ixaxaar 2013 Hardback 219pp 25.5cm x 19cm. Special Edition of 145 copies. Black silk cloth blocked in white and blind stamped in sturdy slipcase bound in silk with ornate white blocking. Decorated endpapers. Silvered page edges. White silk place ribbon. A truly elegant book. Described by the publisher as: "One of the most intellectually sophisticated and in-depth texts of modern Satanism / Left Hand Path and its spirituality ever produced. This valuable occult study plunges the student of the Left Hand Path into a comprehensive philosophical system providing a Study on the Being & Essence of Satan, exploring topics such as the Philosophy of God, Philosophical Anthropology, Eschatology, Metaphysics, Cosmology, and various other subjects of Satanism and Mysticism which guide the serious seeker to a complete worldview. Order No. 4-16-49 £350

Johannes Nefastos, Fosforos, Study on the Being & Essence of Satan and on the Occult Philosophy in Six parts, Ixaxaar 2013 219pp 25.5cm x 19cm. One of 55 deluxe edition copies bound in full goatskin leather blocked in two metallic colours, silvered page edges, white silk place ribbon Order No. 4-16-50 £450

Johannes Nefastos, Fosforos, Study on the Being & Essence of Satan and on the Occult Philosophy in Six parts, Ixaxaar 2013 Hardback 219pp 25.5cm x 19cm. Standard edition of 1100 copies, hardback bound in faux leather, blindstamped. Mint in protected dustwrapper Order No. 4-16-51 £135

Johannes Nefastos, The Catechism of Lucifer, Ixaxaar 2013 Small hardback 18cm x 10.5cm One of 100 deluxe copies bound in full black leather, two place ribbons (light and dark, edges of pages coloured, printed on linen paper Fine Order No. 4-16-52 £120

Austin Osman Spare, From the Inferno to Zos, Vol. I The Writings & Images of A.O.S., First Impressions 1993. Large format hardback book13ins x 10ins 362pp Hardback, place ribbon, decorated endpapers.. Includes:- To AOS (poem by Crowley); Book of Satyrs; Book of Pleasure; Focus of Life; Anathema of Zos; Automatic Drawings (with Frederick Carter); exhibition catalogues; images from books illustrated by Spare, accounts of Spare and a Spare Bibliography by Clive Harper. Bound in a paperback style but in hardcovers, the book block has slipped down somewhat, However, this should get no worse as it will now be supported by the shelf. Otherwise one corner bumped exposing cardstock, other very slight marks Order No. 4-16-53 £50

(Austin Osman Spare), William Wallace, From Inferno to Zos Vol. II, The Artist's Books 1905 - 1927, First Impressions 1995 Deluxe Edition limited to 100 copies. Large format hardback. Hardbound (13ins x 10ins) in quarter faux leather, gilt edged pages, head and tail bands, marker ribbon, decorated endpapers, gold blocking on spine. xiii + 442pp + 16pp glossary & Bibliography Illustrated. However, this should get no worse as it will now be supported by the shelf Some wear Very Good + Order No. 4-16-54 £120

Elizabeth Sharpe, The Secrets of the Kaula Circle, A Tale of Fictitious People Recounting Strange Rites Still Practised by the Cult followed by a translation of a very old MS on the Science of Breath, Teitan Press 2012 Hardback in dustwrapper xxx + 97pp David Templeman provides an excellent introduction to the text (first published in 1936) explaining that the author was a respected author on India and Indian religion. By the standards of the period, she was well informed concerning tantra and, unlike Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroofe), she did not gloss over the physical practices. But she did adopt conventional Brahmin hostility to Tantra, considering it an alien import from Tibet and not truly Indian. She was also hostile to western sexual mystics, Crowley specifically, and clearly made it her business to learn of Thelemic practices, possibly from a participant. Sharpe wanted to warn people, especially women, against exploitation by both Indian and Western practitioners of sexual magic and wrote a work of "fiction" to avoid litigation.

When first published Secrets of the Kaula Circle represented the first English language text to treat explicitly of the use of sexual fluids in Indian Tantra. Its hostility to Crowley combined with the knowledge shown of his practices, makes it curious and entertaining. In 1945, when the tantric alchemist David Curwen showed Crowley her book, he described her as "a mean and mangy, snotty weasel-like creature, a mass of spite and envy" Mint in Fine protected dustwrapper Order No. 4-16-56 £25

Matthew Wightman, Lyrics of Lilith, The Serpent Siddur of the Nachash El Acher, Aeon Sophia Press 2014, Hardback 236pp Full leather binding No.5 of a limited edition of 50. Coloured endpapers. Place ribbon. Devotional text giving procedures of nurturing the Serpentine gnosis. When casing in glue soaked through the pastedown, which has led to the surface of the endpapers being slightly compromised along the gutter when the book was opened. The same will occur along the back gutter if that were fully opened. Otherwise Mint This book is accompanied by Liber Damah, The Book of Undoing, Aeon Sophia Press 2014 (48pp) paperback book limited to 61 hand numbered copies, this being No. 5. This gives a Qlipphotic Serpentine commentary upon verses 1 - 6 of Genesis and a ritual for liberating the Serpent Mint Order No. 4-16-57 £400

N.A-A.218, The Book of Sitra Achra, A Grimoire of the Dragons of the Other Side, Ixaxaar 2013 Hardback 309pp No. 38 of 110 copies bound in full leather, gilt edges, place ribbon in stout lined slipcase with blocked decoration (unless lined slipcases tend to cause wear to books, rather than protect them). Exploration of the Qlippoth with Gnostic intent with reference to the innovations of Sabbatai Zevi, the 17th Century Jewish mystic who considered himself to be the true Jewish Messiah and particulalry his disciple Nathan of Gazza. Accompanying this book in a plain black envelope is N.A-A.218, The Covenant and Calling of the Guardian Angels of Nachasel, Ixaxaar 2014 limited to 182 copies, 24pp card covered booklet bound with leather cord. Mint in Fine envelope Order No. 4-16-58 £475

Kenneth Grant & Austin Osman Spare, Zos Speaks, Fulgur 1999 Large format 11ins x 8ins 295pp + 22pp coloured plates. Immensely important work. Has Intro by Steffi Grant, Substantial correspondence & diary extracts charting the Grant's ralationship with Spare 1949-56. The there is Spare's long awaited Book of Zos vel Thanatos consisting of The Logomachy of Zos, the Zoetic Grimoire & the Living Word. Aside from the rich, high quality cold pls there are numerous photos, Illus, sigils etc. This by far and away Spare's most substantial account of his sorcery & Gnosis, it will take decades for occultists to digest, and then we will be left hungry for more! Minte in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 4-16-59 £135

Nevill Drury, Dark Spirits, The Magical Art of Rosaleen Norton and Austin Osman Spare, Salamander and Sons 2012. Hardback 26cm x 21cm 198pp, profusily illustrated many coloured. The standard edition was paperback and 95 deluxes were to be hard bound in leather, this is an unumbered copy bound in cloth. Insightful and concise description of the the premier occult artists of the 20th Century, both striking in the coherence and independence of their magical systems. Order No. 4-16-60 £135

David Chaim Smith, The Blazing Dew of Stars, Fulgur 2012, hardback 28cm x 28cm 133pp One of 913 hardback copies. Heartening to see, a modern original work of kabbalism, born of inner contemplation and expressed in word and image. The drawings are of a remarkable quality Fine in slightly creased dustwrapper Order No. 4-16-61 £45

Kenneth Grant, Cults of the Shadow, Starfire 2013 Hardback 250pp Plates, some coloured. Where possible the new images have been taken of the pictures reproduced as plates in the first edition, and the reproductions here are far better and in colour where appropriate, for instance the Michael Bertiaux art. This has been regarded as perhaps the strongest of the Typhonian Trilogies, a crucial work that stands alone, here lovingly republished in a superior form. The endpapers reproduce some of Grant's 1970's diary entries referring to the work, and manuscripts regarding layout, contents etc. The diary pages give a glimpse of the busy nature of the Typhonian O.T.O. at the time Mint in Fine DW Order No. 4-16-62 £20

Kenneth Grant, Grist to Whose Mill?, Starfire 2012, Hardback 233pp. Grant's first novel, originally penned 1952-53 (though one wonders if there have been any rewrites!), and particularly interesting as the main characters are all real people and include MacGregor Mathers, a malefic Crowley, Rose Crowley, Aiwas, Kenneth and Steffi Grant, Ithell Colquhoun, David Curwen, Gerald Gardner, Karl Germer, Gerald Yorke, Jack Parsons, Frater Achad and Austin Osman Spare. It is most set some years after Crowley's death, and Grant heads the British section of the OTO. He becomes aware that Crowley's spirit is earthbound and will seek resurrection through a sacrificial rite to be performed by Gerald Gardner and others, but there are older, darker forces afoot. Grant's character realises that all the players, are fleeting configurations of a greater consciousness. The endpapers carry reproductions of Grants diaries pages from 1952 and 53 which mention writing the novel and give a fascinating insight into his reading and incredibly busy magical activity at the time, including giving someone their IXth OTO degree! A sheet loosely enclosed gives details of who is disguised by which pseudonym, credited to Henrik Bogdan Mint in Fine Dustwrapper Order No. 4-16-63 £20

Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule, Coagula, A Graphic Grimoire, Fulgur 2012 Large format hardback 27cm x 21cm (70pp). The particularly strong illustrations given full reign with embellishments in gold ink. No. 138 of 640 standard copies bound in shimmering gold cloth with hammered gold effect Dustwrapper Mint in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 4-16-64 £50

Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule, Solve, A Graphic Grimoire, Fulgur 2012 Hardback 27.5cm x 21.5cm (86pp) in dustwrapper. No. 329 of 800 standard copies. Exploring the negredo stage, the book is dark with some gloss black and greys printed on black. Striking artwork. Mint in Fine Dustwrapper which has subtle embossing. Order No. 4-16-65 £40

Patrick Larabee, Whisperings from the Void, the Amaranthine Arcanum of Holy Image and Revealed Exegesis, Aeon Sophia Press 2013. One of the 33 copies of the Sigillum Vigilia edition in fill leather binding delicately blocked in gilt surrounded by blind blocking. Hand marbled endpapers. Large format 31cms x 21.5cms 243pp coloured illustrations. Solitary magic with reflection upon the nature of the self and the soul and invocations of Hekate, Qayin, Lucifer, Lilith, Samael, Rahab-Tiamat, Baphomet, Tubal Cain, Naamah, Mahazhael, Lilis, Janus, Ruha, Azazel, Lucifera, Asmodeus. Mint Order No. 4-16-66 £300

Various, Clavicula Nox, Magic & Mayhem No. 5, Ixaxaar 2014. Hardback (limited to 300 copies) 26cm x 21cm 59pp Journal of artwork and articles. Articles include:- Asenath Mason - the Way of the Night; Gemma Cary - West Country Curse-Magic; Nicholai de Mattos Frisvold - the Commemoration of Lord Qayin; Sarah Lawless - Intoxication, Seership and the Poison Path; Frater Ben Nachash - the Curse of the Burning Grave; C.A. Nordblom - the Infernal Pact in Traditional Swedish Witchcraft. Dried leaf loosely enclosed Order No. 4-16-67 £62

Various, Clavicula Nox, Magic & Mayhem No. 5, Ixaxaar 2014. Paperback copy Order No. 4-16-68 £30

Various, Esoterra, The Journal of Extreme Culture, 2010 Creation Books, No. 41 of 50. Larger format hardback book (26cm x 18cm) 318pp, profusely illustrated. Limited edition print by Lindsay Kuhn loosely enclosed, No. 41 of 50. Compilation of articles from the journal including (Adam Parfrey - Weird Sex Cults; Chad Hensey - The Flesh ov Dreams, an Interview with Carl Abrahamsson of the White Stains; Carl Abrahamsson - the Demonic Glamour of Cinema; Chad Hensey - Leilah Wendell; R. F. Paul - Andrew Chumbley; Marcus Wolff - Atlantis Rising, the Mythos of Vril; Thomas Ligotti - Current 93; John Eden (aka John Balance) - Seething and Sensuality, an Interview with Asmodali of Mother Destruction; John Eden (aka John Balance) - Mother Destruction; Daniel Schulke - Riding the Solanaceous Nightmare; R.F. Paul - Andrew Chumbley. Fine, no dustwrapper as issued. Order No. 4-16-69 £65

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Copies 1 - 60 have now been despatched. They are coming in batches of 5 from the bookbinder, with one to two batches finished per week. Of course this has been far longer than expected of planned, but they are steadily becoming available now. Thank you for your patience.

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