THE BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC AND OF PACTS, INCLUDING THE RITES AND MYSTERIES OF GOETIC THEURGY, SORCERY AND INFERNAL NECROMANCY
Book Details + Condition: Increasingly scarce early edition from 1940 of Arthur Edward Waite's classic grimoire. Published by The De Laurence Company (Chicago). "Prepared for publication under the editorship of L.W. de Laurence, with text and illustrations of the London Edition of 1898 faithfully reproduced." 296 pages; illustrated. Contents include:
- Magical Rituals
- Ceremonial Magic
- White and Black Magic
- Transcendental Magic
- Key of Solomon the King
- Lesser Key of Solomon
- Goetic Magic
- Names and Offices of Evil Spirits
- And much more.
Firm binding; rubbing to corners and edges; light wear to boards, with some discoloration; chafed spine ends; old staining to text block, which does not affect the interior; frontispiece plate is missing; a few dog-eared pages; inked names and scribbles to front endpapers, with inked drawn face to rear inside cover; one page with red inked underlining, approximately 5-10 pp with small inked notes, and pencil-drawn Baphomet to page with his likeness (Plate VI). All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
