Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind the Legend

[Lovecraft, H. P.] Daniel Harms and John Wisdom Gonce III

ISBN 10: 1892389002 / ISBN 13: 9781892389008

Published by Night Shade Books, Mountain View, California, 1998

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A fine collectable copy, without flaw, of the first hardcover printing. The Necronomicon Files represents the first compilation of material related to the most infamous grimoire of the twentieth century. It details the beginning of the Necronomicon in the mind of H.P. Lovecraft, and follows it down through the years to its present status as an underground legend. Chapters include: The Necronomicon in Literature, H.P. Lovecraft and the Necronomicon, "Many a Quaint and Curious Volume" : The Necronomicon Made Flesh,The Necronomicon and the Voynich Manuscript, The Necronomicon in Magick, A Brief History of Modern Magick, Magick and the Necronomicon, The Simon Necronomicon and the Maqlu Text, The Necronomicon and Psychic Attack, Nameless Cutlery : The Necronomicon and the Sword, The Necronomicon in Film and Television, Unspeakable Cuts : The Necronomicon on Film, Call of the Cathode Ray Tube : The Necronomicon on Television, Evaluating Necronomicon Rumors, and an Appendix with Lovecraft's "The History of the Necronomicon." Description credit: Night Shade Books.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind the Legend
• Publisher: Night Shade Books, Mountain View, California
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1892389002
• ISBN 13: 9781892389008
• Binding: Octavo Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • NonFiction

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Synopsis

The truth behind the legend. This is the book they don't want you to read. It contains everything that is known about the origin and history of the most blasphemous book of the twentieth century, the Necronomicon.

About the Author

Daniel Harms (Upstate New York) holds two masters' degrees, one in anthropology and one in library and information science. His major area of research is magic from antiquity to the present, and he has been published in the Journal for the Academic Study of Magic and the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. Harms is also the author of two books on horror fiction and folklore. Visit him online at DanHarms.wordpress.com.