The History of Magic, Including A Clear and Precise Exposition of its Procedure, Its Rites and Its Mysteries
Eliphas Levi (Alphonse Louis Constant))
Published by Rider and Company, 1948
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Translated by Arthur Edward Waite. Fourth edition 1948. Black cloth patchily faded. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper and page edges slightly foxed but contents otherwise in bright condition. Seller Inventory # 008738
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Title: The History of Magic, Including A Clear and ...
Publisher: Rider and Company
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 4th Edition
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The History of Magic. Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of Its Procedure, Its Rites and Its Mysteries
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Rider and Company (Hutchinson), London, 1971
ISBN 10: 0090307623
ISBN 13: 9780090307623
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Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback. 21.5x13.5cm. 384 pages with index. SPINE IS A LITTLE FADED & CREASED. Clean & tight book. FOXING TO PAGE EDGES. No inscriptions. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref XZP-LW. Seller Inventory # 053411
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The History of Magic Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of Its Procedure, Its Rites and Its Mysteries
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Borden Pub. Co., Los Angeles, 1963
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Seller: Veronica's Books, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 384pp. 8th impression. Faint stain to exterior page edges when closed, owner name/bookplate inside cover. Book. Seller Inventory # 050118
The History of Magic : Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of Its Procedure, Its Rites and Its Mysteries
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Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company n.d. [ca. 1948], 1948
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Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th edition. VG+, no dw. 8vo, 384pp (plus frontispiece), black pebbled boards stamped in gold, lacking dustwrapper. Ownership signature, dated April 1951, of the pioneering Tibetologist and Buddhist scholar Alex Wayman to front pastedown and cipher notation of another scholar to front free endpaper (else unmarked). First printing (1948?) of the rare Borden reprint of the 1948 4th Rider edition of this important occult work. Well maintained copy with a little toning of paper stock. Not Signed. Seller Inventory # JRR0170
The History of Magic Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of Its Procedure, Its Rites and Its Mysteries
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William Rider & Son, Limited, London, 1913
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First Edition
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition in English. 535pp. Thick octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on the backstrip and front board, and an ornately decorative border on the front board. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph of Éliphas Lévi. Ex-libris James D. Wardle with his usual markings and labels, and ink stamps on the spine and front pastedown. Wardle amassed an impressive library and was often called the "Socrates of State Street" [Salt Lake City, Utah]. Free endpapers darkened. Spine stained, but gilt still bright. Front endpaper cracked along the hinge, and hinge a bit soft. Text block cracked at p. 209, however the book is still very sturdy. Discreet ink stamp on title page. All plates present. Lévi's pivotal discourse on the history of Magick and the occult, translated, with a preface and notes, by Arthur Edward Waite. Arthur Edward Waite was a British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric subjects and was co-creator of the widely popular Rider-Waite Tarot deck. French occultist and magician Éliphas Lévi Zahed (1810-1875), sometimes referred to as the "founder of occultism," is the author of several seminal works including "Le Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie," "Histoire de la Magie," "La Clef des Grands Mystères," "La Philosophie Occulte," and "La Science des Esprits." His writings heavily influenced The Golden Dawn and Madame Blavatsky. He is also known for creating a version of Baphomet which has become a recognized occult icon. His representation of Baphomet appeared as an androgynous "Sabbatic Goat" on the frontispiece of "Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie" (The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic; 18541856). It is also largely because of Lévi that the Tarot is commonly used today as a method of divination. Seller Inventory # 70113