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001 ocm06281432
003 OCoLC
005 20211023040929.0
008 800505t19801977nyua 001 0 eng d
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019 $a965956538
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035 $a(OCoLC)6281432$z(OCoLC)965956538
050 4 $aBF1999$b.A46 1980
082 04 $a133.43
100 1 $aAlhazred, Abdul.
245 14 $aThe necronomicon /$cedited with an introduction by Simon.
260 $aNew York :$bAvon Books,$c1980, ©1977.
300 $alvi, 218 pages :$billustrations ;$c18 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aA grimoire (book of spells), supposed to have been translated from a Greek manuscript, based on references in various stories by H. P. Lovecraft and Aleister Crowley to a "Necronomicon" allegedly written in 8th century Damascus.
500 $aAlso attributed to H. P. Lovecraft. Cf. August Derleth. The Dunwich horror and others.
500 $a"Written in Damascus in the eighth century A.D., by a person called the Mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred."--Page 4 of cover
500 $aThe "editor" has been variously identified. See Harms, D., "The Necronomicon files" (1998), pages 134-136, in which Peter Levenda is identified as the " 'general editor of the translated text and a researcher into Sumerian lore", while noting other accounds that support the existence of an actual "Simon"
504 $aIncludes bibliography (page lv)
505 0 $aThe testimony of the mad Arab -- Of the Zonei and their attributes -- The book of entrance, and of the walking -- The incantations of the gates -- The conjuration of the fire god -- The conjuration of the watcher -- The MAKLU text -- The book of calling -- The book of fifty names -- The MAGAN text -- The URILIA text -- The testimony of the mad Arab, the second part.
600 10 $aLovecraft, H. P.$q(Howard Phillips),$d1890-1937$xInfluence.
600 10 $aCrowley, Aleister,$d1875-1947$xInfluence.
650 0 $aNecronomicon (Imaginary book)
650 0 $aMagic.
650 0 $aOccultism.
650 7 $aMagic.$2cct
650 7 $aOccultism.$2cct
600 17 $aCrowley, Aleister,$d1875-1947$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00054763
600 17 $aLovecraft, H. P.$q(Howard Phillips),$d1890-1937$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00050179
650 7 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00972484
650 7 $aMagic.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01005468
650 7 $aNecronomicon (Imaginary book)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01035386
650 7 $aOccultism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01043123
700 0 $aSimon.
700 1 $aLevenda, Peter.
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nbl 99989591
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029 1 $aUKWLT$b210117
029 1 $aUNITY$b014432927
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994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 123 OTHER HOLDINGS