{"title":"LIBRARY","description":"\u003cp\u003eEsoteric literature, photographs, \u0026amp; printed ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"vikram-and-the-vampire-1893-large-paper-edition-limited-to-200-copies","title":"Vikram and the Vampire (1893) Limited Edition","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"rzkdgm\" data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"488\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"1035\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"544\"\u003eVikram and the Vampire; Tales of Hindu Devilry\u003c\/strong\u003e is Sir Richard Francis Burton's adaptation of the ancient Sanskrit \u003cem data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"639\"\u003eBaital Pachisi\u003c\/em\u003e, a cycle of supernatural tales centered on King Vikram and the vampire spirit known as the Baital. 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Greene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dfz3kx\" data-start=\"1805\" data-end=\"1843\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1807\" data-end=\"1821\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Gospel Hour, Inc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"6c8wgg\" data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"1877\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1855\"\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1969 (First Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1116ljh\" data-start=\"1902\" data-end=\"2029\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"1916\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Christianity • Theology • Eschatology • Hell • Evangelism • Fundamentalism • Satan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46530431025349,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/F47DF976-C84B-4BCA-A517-0C0161C21D82.png?v=1783931665"},{"product_id":"weird-ways-of-witchcraft-1969","title":"Weird Ways of Witchcraft (1969)","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\" data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"381\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"1002\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"428\"\u003eWeird Ways of Witchcraft\u003c\/em\u003e captures a pivotal moment in the rebirth of modern American witchcraft. 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Holzer approached Wicca through interviews, field research, and direct participation, presenting the religion as a living spiritual tradition rather than folklore or superstition. The result is a snapshot of American Paganism at the close of the 1970s, when covens were emerging from secrecy and becoming increasingly visible. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"1341\"\u003eAlready famous as one of America's best-known paranormal investigators, Holzer brought decades of research into ghosts, psychic phenomena, and the occult to his study of witchcraft. Throughout the book he explores ritual practice, beliefs, initiation, symbolism, and the experiences of practicing witches while placing Wicca within the broader history of Western esotericism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"fykqkn\" data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1358\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1613\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"bbw7p1\" data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1385\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1373\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hans Holzer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"nugcqh\" data-start=\"1386\" data-end=\"1414\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1402\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Manor Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dkhsez\" data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1431\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1426\"\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1979\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"jqlres\" data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1474\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1446\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1rl8kkf\" data-start=\"1475\" data-end=\"1613\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1489\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wicca • Modern Witchcraft • Neopaganism • Occult • American Pagan Revival • Esoterica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46530531262661,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/BAB8C276-3F85-424A-82D7-BACF58614D6A.png?v=1783933109"},{"product_id":"ca","title":"Can the Dead Communicate with the Living? (1976)","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\" data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"219\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"903\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"333\"\u003eCan the Dead Communicate with the Living?\u003c\/em\u003e returned to print in this \u003cstrong data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"385\"\u003e1976 Baker Book House\u003c\/strong\u003e edition at a time when public fascination with séances, psychic phenomena, and the occult was once again on the rise. While many books of the era embraced paranormal investigation, Haldeman approached the subject from the opposite direction, offering a careful biblical critique of Spiritualism, mediumship, and attempts to communicate with the dead. 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Haldeman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1e8kmpa\" data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1407\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1390\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Baker Book House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"6oupxg\" data-start=\"1408\" data-end=\"1448\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1422\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Direction Books Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dkhses\" data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1465\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1460\"\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1yo3ojt\" data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1631\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1516\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spiritualism • Mediumship • Christianity • Paranormal • Theology • Afterlife \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46530548891845,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/AA77A96D-3D79-4EA2-BDC6-FF527092637A.png?v=1783933583"},{"product_id":"late-19th-century-german-devotional-print","title":"Late 19th-Century German Devotional Print","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\" data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"384\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"590\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique Framed German Madonna and Child Lithograph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAn aged Catholic devotional print depicting the crowned Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child against a detailed field of halos, monograms, stars, and sacred ornament.\u003cbr\u003eThe Latin inscription reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"699\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"699\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eDilectus meus mihi et ego illi.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"662\"\u003e“My beloved is mine, and I am his.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"887\"\u003eThe phrase comes from the Song of Songs and was frequently adapted in Marian imagery to express the intimate spiritual bond between Mary and Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSmall credits beneath the image identify \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"940\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eV. 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W. de Laurence • Fourteenth Edition • Chicago \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism\u003c\/em\u003e, combines several earlier works into a single monumental volume of more than 630 pages. Although the title emphasizes \"Hindu Magic,\" the contents draw primarily from Western ceremonial magic, Agrippa, Barrett's \u003cem\u003eThe Magus\u003c\/em\u003e, Kabbalistic traditions, talismanic practices, and Renaissance occult philosophy. Working out of Chicago, de Laurence built one of the world's first mail-order occult publishing empires. His illustrated books blended ceremonial magic, Kabbalah, talismanic traditions, folk magic, alchemy, astrology, and esoteric symbolism into volumes that promised hidden knowledge to anyone willing to learn. 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T\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ehe book moves from ancient altars and early polytheism through Egypt, Chaldea, Greece, Rome, India, Japan, Africa, Indigenous belief systems, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Its pages are filled with engraved gods, statues, temples, sacred animals, ritual objects, architecture, and historical scenes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2252\" data-start=\"1809\"\u003eSome descriptions use outdated, dismissive, or openly prejudiced language. That bias should be understood as part of the book’s historical context rather than accepted as reliable modern scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"2952\" data-start=\"2942\" data-section-id=\"fykqkn\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"4565\" data-start=\"2954\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"2997\" data-start=\"2954\" data-section-id=\"1eevl4x\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"2966\" data-start=\"2956\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-end=\"2997\" data-start=\"2967\"\u003eStory of the World’s Worship\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3034\" data-start=\"2998\" data-section-id=\"1eiaeet\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3011\" data-start=\"3000\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Frank S. Dobbins, A.M.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3148\" data-start=\"3102\" data-section-id=\"1cjrmhb\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3118\" data-start=\"3104\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Dominion Company, Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3165\" data-start=\"3149\" data-section-id=\"1elsipb\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3160\" data-start=\"3151\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1901\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3284\" data-start=\"3218\" data-section-id=\"1im6q2n\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3233\" data-start=\"3220\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Decorated cloth hardcover with red-dyed page edges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3674\" data-start=\"3527\" data-section-id=\"u0rqda\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3542\" data-start=\"3529\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Extensive sections on ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Hindu, Japanese, African, Jewish, Islamic, and Christian religious traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3888\" data-start=\"3675\" data-section-id=\"1jos0a1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3687\" data-start=\"3677\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 780 pages\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4565\" data-start=\"3930\" data-section-id=\"rp4uso\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3946\" data-start=\"3932\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good antique condition. Shows rubbing, fading, surface marks, edge wear, bumped corners, and some fraying at the spine ends. Cover decoration is legible, some metallic printing has darkened and worn. Red page edges remain vivid. Interior pages show overall toning, foxing, and handling marks. The book should be handled with care due to its age and weight. Please examine photos thoroughly. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46555503001797,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/4EC45AA4-365C-4BEF-BD31-CDEE50916783.png?v=1784321587"},{"product_id":"devil","title":"The Devil’s Garden: Facts and Folklore of Perilous Plants (1978)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"423\" data-start=\"407\" data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"326\" data-start=\"236\"\u003eVintage Book of Poison Plants, Hallucinogens \u0026amp; Botanical Folklore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"518\" data-start=\"498\"\u003eThe Devil’s Garden\u003c\/em\u003e explores plants that heal, intoxicate, poison, inspire worship, alter consciousness, and kill. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1131\" data-start=\"628\"\u003eEdward R. Ricciuti’s illustrated study moves between natural history and folklore, covering poisonous garden plants, deadly mushrooms, hallucinogens, sacred trees, aphrodisiacs, opium, botanical birth control, witchcraft, ritual sacrifice, war, murder, and the long human fascination with plants that are both useful and dangerous. \u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1568\" data-start=\"1133\"\u003eChapters include \u003cstrong data-end=\"1286\" data-start=\"1211\"\u003e“A Supernatural Botany,” “Plants and Sex,” “Death in House and Garden,”\u003c\/strong\u003e and sections devoted to poisonous plants, dangerous drugs, warfare, and murder. Ricciuti follows the darker cultural history surrounding plants—the stories, fears, rituals, crimes, and beliefs that grew around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2020\" data-start=\"1570\"\u003eThe book is illustrated with botanical drawings, historical artwork, and black-and-white photography. Library records classify it under poisonous plants, hallucinogenic plants, dangerous plants, and plant folklore. This First Edition retains its original illustrated dust jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"3033\" data-start=\"3023\" data-section-id=\"fykqkn\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"4327\" data-start=\"3035\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3107\" data-start=\"3035\" data-section-id=\"cotg5y\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3047\" data-start=\"3037\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-end=\"3107\" data-start=\"3048\"\u003eThe Devil’s Garden: Facts and Folklore of Perilous Plants\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3140\" data-start=\"3108\" data-section-id=\"1uagjj4\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3121\" data-start=\"3110\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edward R. Ricciuti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3186\" data-start=\"3141\" data-section-id=\"ntogrt\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3157\" data-start=\"3143\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Walker and Company, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3203\" data-start=\"3187\" data-section-id=\"1elsiip\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3198\" data-start=\"3189\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1978\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3299\" data-start=\"3204\" data-section-id=\"vy77tq\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3218\" data-start=\"3206\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First \u003cstrong data-end=\"3313\" data-start=\"3302\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3412\" data-start=\"3352\" data-section-id=\"agyp6a\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3367\" data-start=\"3354\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red cloth hardcover with printed dust jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3626\" data-start=\"3536\" data-section-id=\"119akdb\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3555\" data-start=\"3538\"\u003eIllustration:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-and-white photographs, botanical drawings, and historical images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3777\" data-start=\"3627\" data-section-id=\"a63mf3\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3642\" data-start=\"3629\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sections on supernatural botany, poisonous plants, hallucinogens, aphrodisiacs, dangerous drugs, war, murder, folklore, and ritual use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3803\" data-start=\"3778\" data-section-id=\"1y0ol1u\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3790\" data-start=\"3780\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3920\" data-start=\"3843\" data-section-id=\"1hfa5rp\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3860\" data-start=\"3845\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 9½ inches tall; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4327\" data-start=\"3921\" data-section-id=\"i72d3z\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3937\" data-start=\"3923\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Dust jacket shows rubbing, scratches, creasing, and edge wear. Interior pages are clean with light age toning. No major damage visible. Please review all images carefully.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46555646591173,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/6493B28C-E547-47FA-AC4E-3E9E7D9C4F6F.jpg?v=1784324693"},{"product_id":"the-horror-of-it-camera-records-of-war-s-gruesome-glories","title":"The Horror of It: Camera Records of War’s Gruesome Glories (1933)","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"426\" data-start=\"410\" data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\"\u003eContent warning: Contains graphic historical photographs of wartime injuries, death, and human remains. Most images are not shown due to their nature. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"426\" data-start=\"410\" data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"128\" data-start=\"21\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"128\" data-start=\"41\"\u003eAbridged Anti-War Photographic Book by Frederick A. Barber\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"471\" data-start=\"453\"\u003eThe Horror of It\u003c\/em\u003e was assembled as a direct challenge to romantic ideas about warfare. Instead of generals, victories, and patriotic spectacle, its pages focus on the physical consequences left behind: battlefield graves, injured soldiers, ruined bodies, and the anonymous dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1664\" data-start=\"1250\"\u003eThe book belongs to a wave of interwar anti-war publishing that used documentary photography to strip warfare of ceremony and heroism. Its closing pages advertise organizations including the League of Nations Association, the War Resisters’ League, World Peaceways, and other pacifist movements active during the period. \u003cem data-end=\"1715\" data-start=\"1699\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e described it as a collection deliberately intended to reveal the unimaginable reality of modern warfare.\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2834\" data-start=\"2372\"\u003eThis copy carries moderate age and use; edge loss, surface scratches, corner wear, discoloration, and rubbing along the spine. The interior pages show normal age toning, handling wear, and occasional creasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"2948\" data-start=\"2945\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"2960\" data-start=\"2950\" data-section-id=\"fykqkn\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"4153\" data-start=\"2962\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3035\" data-start=\"2962\" data-section-id=\"2de0lj\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"2974\" data-start=\"2964\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-end=\"3035\" data-start=\"2975\"\u003eThe Horror of It: Camera Records of War’s Gruesome Glories\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3074\" data-start=\"3036\" data-section-id=\"9ujxvt\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3054\" data-start=\"3038\"\u003eArranged by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Frederick A. Barber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3190\" data-start=\"3141\" data-section-id=\"eckahz\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3157\" data-start=\"3143\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Historical Foundations, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3213\" data-start=\"3191\" data-section-id=\"132rq9g\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3202\" data-start=\"3193\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circa 1933\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3370\" data-start=\"3313\" data-section-id=\"qy8f6p\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3326\" data-start=\"3315\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated softcover \/ printed paper wraps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3475\" data-start=\"3371\" data-section-id=\"1es20ze\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3385\" data-start=\"3373\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e World War I photography, anti-war literature, pacifism, military medicine, social history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4153\" data-start=\"3737\" data-section-id=\"1q8secr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3753\" data-start=\"3739\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used vintage condition. Moderate rubbing, discoloration, scratches, creasing, edge and corner loss. Binding appears fragile, with visible wear and possible partial separation. Interior pages show toning, creasing, handling wear, and age-related imperfections. Please review all photographs carefully. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46555715633349,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/7DB4CC6C-EFC6-471C-83C0-8A75C9357C19.jpg?v=1784326532"},{"product_id":"greater-magic-a-practical-treatise-on-modern-magic-1938","title":"Greater Magic (1938)","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\" data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"258\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"799\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"309\"\u003eGreater Magic\u003c\/em\u003e became one of the foundational reference works of twentieth-century conjuring. John Northern Hilliard spent years gathering techniques, routines, and performance knowledge from prominent magicians while traveling with Howard Thurston’s show. Hilliard died unexpectedly in 1935 before completing the project, leaving Carl Waring Jones and magician-author Jean Hugard to organize, edit, and substantially complete the manuscript for publication. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"1282\"\u003eThe book is large: nearly one thousand pages devoted to card manipulation, marked and prepared cards, sleight of hand, coins, silks, ropes, mind reading, stage presentation, illusion work, and the history and personalities surrounding professional magic. The book was illustrated with more than eleven hundred drawings by Harlan Tarbell.\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003eThis copy is identified on the copyright page as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1357\"\u003eThird Impression\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued by Carl Waring Jones. The title page carries the statement that the book was “Privately Printed for Professional \u0026amp; Amateur Magicians,” reflecting a period when the secrets of conjuring were deliberately circulated within the magical community rather than marketed as ordinary entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"fykqkn\" data-start=\"2626\" data-end=\"2636\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2638\" data-end=\"3864\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1d0s6p0\" data-start=\"2638\" data-end=\"2689\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2640\" data-end=\"2651\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1elsimd\" data-start=\"2690\" data-end=\"2706\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2692\" data-end=\"2701\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1938\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"murnf2\" data-start=\"2707\" data-end=\"2738\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2709\" data-end=\"2721\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Third impression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"z3lnf1\" data-start=\"2739\" data-end=\"2775\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2741\" data-end=\"2752\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Northern Hilliard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"548uim\" data-start=\"2776\" data-end=\"2820\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2778\" data-end=\"2790\"\u003eEditors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carl W. Jones and Jean Hugard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1bfwcwp\" data-start=\"2855\" data-end=\"2889\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2857\" data-end=\"2871\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carl Waring Jones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1klt9g8\" data-start=\"2890\" data-end=\"2985\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2892\" data-end=\"2904\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original rust-red publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1klt9g8\" data-start=\"2890\" data-end=\"2985\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2988\" data-end=\"3001\"\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e More than 990 numbered pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"u0esby\" data-start=\"3069\" data-end=\"3134\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"3071\" data-end=\"3089\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stated 1,111 illustrations by Harlan Tarbell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1pa26yw\" data-start=\"3135\" data-end=\"3302\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"3137\" data-end=\"3150\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapters on card magic, sleight of hand, prepared cards, coins, silks, balls, ropes, mind reading, stagecraft, illusion work, and historical performers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"10dtpqx\" data-start=\"3362\" data-end=\"3864\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"3364\" data-end=\"3378\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Moderate rubbing, handling wear, and fading to the cloth. Gilt remains legible and visually strong. Pages show expected age toning, with occasional light spotting or handling wear.Back spine joint has some tearing but is stable. 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Published during the late 1980s by U.S. Games Systems using German printing from Urania Verlag. Few tarot decks have had a greater influence on modern occultism than the Thoth Tarot. The deck blends ceremonial magic, astrology, alchemy, Kabbalah, and Egyptian symbolism into one of the most visually complex tarot systems ever produced. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"3619\" data-start=\"3616\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"3631\" data-start=\"3621\" data-section-id=\"fykqkn\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"4193\" data-start=\"3633\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3685\" data-start=\"3633\" data-section-id=\"2uho7y\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3647\" data-start=\"3635\"\u003eCreator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aleister Crowley \u0026amp; Lady Frieda Harris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3715\" data-start=\"3686\" data-section-id=\"f0uiwv\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3702\" data-start=\"3688\"\u003eGuidebook:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gerd Ziegler (1989)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3767\" data-start=\"3716\" data-section-id=\"y7m2qd\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3732\" data-start=\"3718\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e U.S. Games Systems \/ Urania Verlag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3789\" data-start=\"3768\" data-section-id=\"1vrjt2l\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3781\" data-start=\"3770\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3814\" data-start=\"3790\" data-section-id=\"kmz0c3\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3801\" data-start=\"3792\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e c. 1986–1989\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"3900\" data-start=\"3815\" data-section-id=\"1c0ovya\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3830\" data-start=\"3817\"\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete 80-card Thoth Tarot deck with handbook and original case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4003\" data-start=\"3925\" data-section-id=\"6uaa4j\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"3940\" data-start=\"3927\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original early German printing, full-color cards, complete set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4193\" data-start=\"4004\" data-section-id=\"16nty8g\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"4020\" data-start=\"4006\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good vintage condition. Cards are complete and lightly used. Guidebook shows light shelf wear. Original case has minor edge and corner wear consistent with age. Please review all photographs carefully.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46588702621893,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/4102DE8D-7308-45C3-90F3-8945D6BB199F.png?v=1784925825"},{"product_id":"witches","title":"Witches (1975) Wiccan Church Copy","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchive Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThisncopy of Nancy Garden’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWitches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e actually belonged to a Wiccan church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 1975 as part of J. B. Lippincott’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeird and Horrible Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWitches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a heavily illustrated trip through centuries of witchcraft, folklore, magic, persecution, charms, curses, flying ointments, familiars, historical trials, and the strange things people have blamed on witches over the years. It moves from Circe and ancient Greece through European witch lore and into modern practitioners, with photographs and macabre period illustrations scattered throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStamped on the title page is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Church of Iron Oak, Inc., Palm Bay, Florida\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Iron Oak was a Wiccan church affiliated with the Aquarian Tabernacle Church and became part of a very public fight over Pagan religious freedom in Florida during the 1990s. The congregation faced zoning complaints, accusations of supposed “Satanic” activity, protests, court proceedings, and eventually helped inspire what became the Florida Pagan Gathering. Christian clergy even came to the congregation’s defense during portions of the dispute, arguing that Wiccans deserved the same religious protections afforded to other faiths.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNancy Garden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e would later write \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnie on My Mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the groundbreaking 1982 YA novel that became one of the defining works of LGBTQ+ young-adult literature. Garden ultimately received the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contribution to literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Nancy Garden\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWitches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Weird and Horrible Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e J. B. Lippincott Company\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlace:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Philadelphia \u0026amp; New York\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1975\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e First edition\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover with original illustrated dust jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubject:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Witchcraft, folklore, magic, occult history \u0026amp; juvenile nonfiction\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Former copy of The Church of Iron Oak, Inc., Palm Bay, Florida; institutional ownership stamp present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Used vintage condition with moderate handling wear consistent with an institutional\/reference copy. Original dust jacket shows wear, rubbing, and old clear-tape marks. Interior shows age toning, the Church of Iron Oak ownership stamp, and a black line marking. Binding remains together in the photographed condition. Please review all photographs carefully.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46713996804293,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/B789692B-F8CB-4EC9-89D0-F203963B09FA.png?v=1786514585"},{"product_id":"magica-sexualis-1938","title":"Magica Sexualis (1934)","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchive Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrivately printed in New York by the Falstaff Press in 1934, this is the first English-edition of Émile Laurent and Paul Nagour's study of the place where \u003c\/span\u003emagic, sex, superstition, religion and the forbidden all collide. \u003cspan\u003eIf someone in the last few thousand years believed sex and the supernatural could somehow be combined, there is a good chance it's in this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe chapter list includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIncubi and succubi. The Devil's copulations. The Witches' Sabbath. Black Masses and their alleged orgies. Werewolves and vampires. Aphrodisiacs. Enchantments. Talismans. Demonic possession. Sexual symbolism. Dreams. Satanism. Alchemy. Astrology. Magic potions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Dr. Émile Laurent \u0026amp; Prof. Paul Nagour\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagica Sexualis: Mystic Love Books of Black Arts and Secret Sciences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Falstaff Press, Inc.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e New York, United States\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1934\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e First English-language edition; privately printed limited edition\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Original purple cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and gilt spine\/title\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Numerous occult, erotic and historical illustrations with illustrated endpapers and plates\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sex magic, occultism, witchcraft, demonology, Satanism, Black Mass, incubi \u0026amp; succubi, folklore, talismans, aphrodisiacs, alchemy, astrology and supernatural belief\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good vintage condition overall. Purple cloth remains vibrant with strong gilt decoration. Light shelf wear and rubbing are present. Interior is clean and well preserved with expected age toning. Please review photographs carefully.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714015252677,"sku":null,"price":335.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/6D3E3739-5814-4919-B38C-5C0826EA42C8.jpg?v=1786514691"},{"product_id":"death-on-my-left","title":"Death On My Left (1933)","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchive Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilip MacDonald's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeath on My Left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published in 1933 as part of Doubleday's legendary Crime Club imprint, and this is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst American edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMacDonald was one of the stranger and more inventive figures of Golden Age crime fiction. He liked playing with structure, documents, courtroom material and unconventional storytelling. 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Cloth shows rubbing and wear. Interior is clean with expected age toning. Binding remains intact. Original dust jacket is absent. Please review photographs carefully.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714019381445,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/BFCE4CC2-0C68-448C-9B4F-7C96F55AE91C.png?v=1786515077"},{"product_id":"occult-bondage-and-deliverance-1984","title":"Occult Bondage and Deliverance (1984)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Christian manual, part demonology handbook, \u003cem\u003eOccult Bondage and Deliverance\u003c\/em\u003e occupies a particularly strange corner of twentieth-century religious literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by German evangelical theologian Kurt E. Koch, the book approaches occultism not as folklore or entertainment but as a genuine spiritual danger. Fortune-telling, magic, spiritism, parapsychology and mediumship are discussed alongside demonic possession, spiritual warfare and methods of Christian “deliverance.” Koch attempts to distinguish psychiatric and medical conditions from what he regarded as supernatural affliction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contents are incredible: \u003cstrong\u003e“Occult Subjection,” “Possession,” “The Return of Evil Spirits,” “The Weapons of His Warfare,”\u003c\/strong\u003e and an entire section asking whether schizophrenia, epilepsy, depression, neurosis, psychopathy and dementia might be demonic in origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy has clearly been \u003cstrong\u003eread and engaged with\u003c\/strong\u003e. Numerous passages have been highlighted and there are reader markings throughout. Given the nature of the book, it was written as guidance for Christians counseling people believed to be affected by occult practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something wonderfully unsettling about finding another person's emphasis preserved in a book concerned with demons, possession and deliverance. You get to see exactly which warnings mattered enough to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kurt E. Koch, with contribution by Dr. Alfred Lechler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOccult Bondage and Deliverance\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1984 reprint; First American Edition originally published 1971\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kregel Publications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Demonology, occultism, possession, deliverance, spiritual warfare, parapsychology and Christian counseling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reader highlighting and markings throughout; period illustrated cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0-8254-3006-2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e [INSERT]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Well-read vintage condition. General rubbing, soiling, creasing and edge wear to wrappers; age toning and handling wear throughout. \u003cstrong\u003eTear to the upper portion of the first interior leaf\/title area as photographed.\u003c\/strong\u003e Numerous passages have been highlighted and\/or marked by a previous reader. Binding remains intact. All reader annotations and wear have been intentionally left as found and form part of the history of this copy. 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