Necronomicon : Simon 1977 [ Signed First Edition ]

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 First Edition of the Legendary Simon Necronomicon Signed by The Book’s Publisher, Designer, and Illustrator L.K. Barnes.

 

Simon. Necronomicon. Schlangekraft Inc / Barnes Graphics Inc. 1977. First Edition. Signed by L.K. Barnes.

First edition of the legendary Simon Necronomicon, a modern grimoire that mysteriously emerged out of the New York occult scene of the 1970s, combining actual ancient Sumerian magical material from the Library of Ashurbanipal II at Nineveh with the fiction of HP Lovecraft to create a text modeled on the one Lovecraft invented for his stories. This copy of the Simon Necronomicon, one of 1,275 cloth bound examples issued at the same time as 666 leather bound examples, is signed by the text’s illustrator, designer, and publisher Larry K. Barnes (1952-2001), known familiarly as “Kozmo”, a long-time friend of “Simon” praised in Dead Names: The Dark History Of The Necronomicon (2006) for the mark he left on the work, making it “as much his creation” as that of any translator or Simon himself (believed by many to be a pseudonym of author Peter Levenda). In the same text, Simon claims Barnes as the Necronomicon’s principal promoter, overseeing its advertisement and coverage in publications like Omni and Psychology Today, as well as spearheading the release of the subsequent Avon trade paperback editions.

[218] + 1pp. Black silver stamped and decorated cloth boards. Corners bumped. Text block foxed. Spotting to endpapers. Signed by publisher and illustrator on dedication page in pen with dated former owners signature in pencil underneath. Very occasional spotting. Pages mostly clean. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and sigils. Good condition.

 

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