NECRONOMICON BY SIMON [PETER LEVENDA] 1977 FIRST EDITION

[SIMON (LEVENDA, PETER)]. Necronomicon. New York: Schlangekraft Inc. / Barnes Graphics, Inc., 1977.

FIRST EDITION. Hardcover; quarto (26.5 x 19 x 3cm); pp. lvi, 218, [4]. English text. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering and designs to front cover and spine; grey endpapers; illustrated. Condition: NEAR FINE. A tight and clean copy. Previous owner signature to front endpaper. Scarce.

Notes: An attractive copy of the Simon Necronomicon, a grimoire or book of spells typically attributed to American author Peter Levenda, with references to H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos and the writings of Aleister Crowley.