If you know someone who might be interested then please let them know - this book is hardly ever offered for sale, and copies in this condition are very rare indeed. 

Tell them - they will thank you for it!

 The

Book of Black Magic

And of Pacts

Including the Rites and Mysteries of

Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and

Infernal Necromancy

Privately printed First Edition of 500 copies

Original large octavo, black buckram cloth, silver titles to upper cover, top edge gilt, other edges uneven as expected

Generally a clean and tight copy

This is a complete copy

Every part of it is original

First Editions of this book are rarely available

Original and complete examples in this very good condition are even rarer

If you have done your due diligence you will know that the  last copy sold on eBay sold for $8,000

You will also know that copy did not have a spine!

I will be selling other rare books as I reduce my collection, so you may want to save me as a Seller

If you are seriously considering buying this then you just want to know about the condition:

Photos 1 - 3 show the cover is clean and intact. 

All pages are present including the tissue for the first plate. 

Photo 4 shows the very small label from WC Baker Rare Books & Ephemera on a blank page. 

All page photos are representative of all pages with slight browning near the page edges, otherwise clean and intact. 

Photo 5 shows some minor damage to a page, not near any content. 

Photo 6 shows a small repair.

Photo 7 shows the front of the repair and a very small tear that is hard to see and not near any page content. 

Photos 8 - 10 show pages where a very small part of the page has stuck to the following page meaning that there is nothing missing and repair is possible. 

Photo 11 shows a very small tear not near any content. 

All major plates are on the blue- or pink-tinted paper as published. 

All illustrations are clear and undamaged.