Published by Clark Publishing Company,, Highland Park, IL, 1976
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D720-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 29, No. 8, Issue 317, August 1976 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company ** ARTICLES AND STORIES (1) Maiden Castle, an English Iron Age Hillfort by James Dyer (2) Grandfathers Gift Came 50 Years Late by H. A. von Behr (3) Biological UFOs by John White (4) The Restless Body Under the Stone Floor by Algernon Champneys (5) Alberto Aguas. Young Healer from Brazil by David St. Clair (6) Which Witch Is Which? by P. E. I. Bonewits (7) A Psychic Traps and Abductor by Lawrence Cortesi (8) Message from a Holy Man by D. R. Butler PRICE = $9; VG/FN; sticker on fc; ** AUTHORS; James Dyer; H. A. von Behr; John White; Algernon Champneys; David St. Clair; P. E. I. Bonewits; Lawrence Cortesi; D. R. Butler Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Coward McCann, New York, 1971
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
illustrated (illustrator). some underlining. writing on 1/2 title. signed by author flyleaf.
hardcover. Condition: Fair. Good but no DJ. Clean text. Shelving code Newa 24.
Hardcover. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Condition: no dust jacket, corner bumps. Water marks at the top of front and back board, text body not affected. Isbn 0-333-13634-9, 0333136349.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Mass market paperback. There is normal wear to the cover with some creasing and a thin "scrape" in the middle of the front cover that extends through the title. The binding is tight and the text is clean. There is a stamp on the title page from the former owner.
Published by Berkley Publ Dec 1972, New York, 1972
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st printing. Enlightening look at real magic - its laws, uses, history, manifestations. Solid clean tight copy of PB 1st. Scarce. N2268. 271 pp, bibliography, b/w illus. VeryGood unmarked except for owner name inside. MM Paperback in black illus wraps.
Published by Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, NY, 1971
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed presentation copy of this work surveying magical phenomena and their relationships to commonly accepted laws of nature. NY: Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1971. First American edition. Xix, 236pp.; bibliography. 8vo. Gray boards, orange quarter-cloth; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Softened spine ends; bottom corners lightly tapped; penned notes on half-title; neat ink underlining occasionally throughout. Unclipped ("$6.95") jacket with moderate wear and short closed edge tears, light fading to spine. Very good in a like jacket. Signed and inscribed by Bonewits on the ffep, which is printed with a faux ownership plate: "Allen Spraggett Watch out for those platypusses! P E I Bonewits." Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits (1949-2010) was an American Neo- Druid who served in the 1970s as leader of the Reformed Druids of North America, and in 1984 founded Ar nDraiocht Fein, "a specifically neopagan form of druidism" (Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions, 8th ed., p. 842). Real Magic was published when Bonewits was twenty-two, a year after he'd garnered certain fame by graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Magic. The inscribee of this copy, Allen Spraggett (1932-2022), was a Canadian writer and television host, noted for his works on matters occult and paranormal. An uncommon first, particularly signed. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by CHAOSium, Albany, CA, 1979
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Albany, CA: CHAOSium, 1979. Second Edition. Octavo; illustrated wraps; 100pp. Black and white illustrations. Wear and rubbing to wraps; vertical creasing through center; slight curling to corners; binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good copy. Wide-ranging exploration into magic and magic systems from the American Neo-Druid and Neopaganist. This text is targeted to the burgeoning RPG community and Bonewits applies his expertise (he has a B.A. from Berkeley in Magic) to explaining how ceremonial magic, witchcraft, and other aspects of the occult can be applied in a role-playing game setting. Uncommon in retail and we locate only a handful of copies of either this or the 1978 first edition in OCLC.