Vintage The History And Practice Of Magic Paul Christian Red HC Citadel USA 1969

Authors: Paul Christian; translated by James Kirkup and Julian Shaw; supplementary articles by Mir Bashir, Margery Lawrence, and Julian Shaw; introductions and notes by Charles R. Cammell, Lewis Spence, Gerald Yorke, and Edward Whybrow; edited and revised by Ross Nichols

Book Title: The History and Practice of Magic

Format: Vintage red hardcover occult and esotericism reference volume with black spine titling and interior illustrations

Publisher: The Citadel Press, New York

Publication year: Fourth printing November 1969; original work translated from the French

Language: English; genre: mind, body and spirit, history, religious and spiritual studies; narrative type: nonfiction

Topic: Magic tricks, occultism, esotericism, ceremonial and ritual magic, and the historical development of magical practices

Intended audience: Adult readers, students of Western esotericism, historians of religion, and practitioners interested in classic occult literature

Details: Comprehensive study of the theory and practice of magic based on Paul Christian's nineteenth-century classic, newly translated from the French and expanded with additional material by modern authorities; contents survey ancient and medieval magical traditions, divination, astrology, talismans, ritual procedure, and related symbolic systems, with essays and notes by several noted occult writers and scholars.

Cover design: Plain red cloth boards with black stamped title and decorative emblems on the spine.

Country of origin: Manufactured in the United States of America.

Identifiers: Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-21202; fourth printing stated.

Keywords: Paul Christian History and Practice of Magic Citadel Press 1969 vintage red hardcover occultism esotericism magic tricks ritual history nonfiction English USA illustrated Ross Nichols