Mandrake Press
| Founded | 1929 (as Mandrake Press Ltd) |
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| Founder | Edward Goldston, Occultism, Thelema |
The Mandrake Press was a British small press founded by Edward Goldston and P. R. Stephensen in 1929. In 1930 the company had financial problems and a consortium led by Aleister Crowley formed Mandrake Press Ltd to take it over. The consortium was likewise unsuccessful, and the company was dissolved in 1930.[1]
Notable authors
Mandrake Press published over 30 items, including
V. V. Rozanov, Philip Owens, Vernon Knowles, and others.[2]
Notable publications
At the 1985
Cambridge University Exhibition of the works of The Mandrake Press, it was believed that no copies of the Book of Tobit, a part of the Catholic bible, had been produced, even though the book had been announced and a prospectus issued. Since then, three copies have been discovered – one in an Australian library and two in private collections.[3]
Book series
Notes
- ^ "The Companies Act, 1929. • MANDRAKE PRESS Limited". The London Gazette (33668): 7940. 9 December 1930. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ The Mandrake Press 1929–1930 Catalogue of an exhibition at Cambridge University Library September to November 1985. Limited to 300 copies. With a prefatory essay by Jack Lindsay, arranged and with a tabulation of items published by the Mandrake Press. New edition published by Cambridge: Cambridge University Library, 1985.
- ^ The Book of Tobit decorated by Ann Gillmore Carter Australian Library Collections
- ^ Mandrake Booklets, seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ The Mandrake Press Booklets, bookcollectors.org.au. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
References
- Munro, Craig (1984). Wild Man of Letters: The Story of P. R. Stephensen. Melbourne University Press.
- Munro, Craig (2000). "Stephensen, Percy Reginald (1901–1965)". Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 24 May 2007.
- Mandrake Press: Cambridge University Exhibition Catalogue, 1985
Further reading
- Evans, Dave (2007). The History of British Magic After Crowley: Kenneth Grant, Amado Crowley, Chaos Magic, Satanism, Lovecraft, the Left Hand Path, Blasphemy and Magical Morality. Hidden Design Ltd. ISBN 0-9555237-0-2.
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