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Lot 129
[OCCULT]. AHMED, Rollo (1898-1958). The Black Art. London: John Long, Ltd., [1936].
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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[OCCULT]. AHMED, Rollo (1898-1958). The Black Art. With an Introduction by Dennis Wheatley. London: John Long, Ltd., [1936]. 8vo. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 17 illustrations by C. A. Mills reckoned within pagination. 292 pp. Publisher's full green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the publisher's rare unclipped (no price) dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
This book is a history of Black Magic and Sorcery written by Rollo Ahmed, occultist, yoga instructor, herbalist, and occasional n'er do-well. He was friends with Dennis Wheatley and Aleister Crowley.
Condition
Cloth lightly worn at spine and corners, light offsetting to endleaves, two small pencil notations on front endleaves, a few gutters just starting, skewed; jacket heavily worn, soiled, chipped, creased, and with several tears. With several tape repairs and pencil markings on jacket verso. A good copy in a fair jacket.
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Magician and biochemist Edwin A. Dawes' (1925-2023) copy with his bookplate on the fp.
