The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts

by Arthur Edward Waite

with illustrations 

Chicago:  The Occult Publishing House, ca. 1910 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Black cloth covers feature gilt titles and ornament.  
• Boards show some aging.  Expert repairs have been made to corners and edges.  Corners are firm.  See photos. 
• Spine is rebacked; original cloth has gilt text a little dimmed.  Ends firm after repairs.  See photos. 
• Binding is secure, with some repairs to covers.   
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning and staining, bookseller sticker, owner's marks.  See photos.
• Illustrations, black line diagrams, are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, some stains, a 1" chip with closed tear at head of pg. 221, a closed tear in margin of pg. 317.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have a few marks. 
• PS2023.0906

326 pages. 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches

Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), more commonly referred to as A. E. Waite, was a British scholarly mystic and poet.  He was a prolific writer on occult and esoteric subjects who also co-created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck.

The Book of Black Magic is Waite's exhaustive guide to the occult, looking at lore, magick, occultist history, ceremony, and much more.  It contains a large number of magical spells and occult writings taken from a variety of sources, and it constitutes one of the greatest overviews of occultism by one of the most influential figures in Western occultism.

This edition, circa 1910, is the pirated American edition of the original 1898 London edition, NOT the de Laurance edition of 1940.  Note the bookseller sticker at the front pastedown from Samuel Weiser, noted occult bookseller in New York City.  

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