Mandrake Press
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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. The new consortium was equally unsuccessful and the company was dissolved in 1930.
In eighteen months The Mandrake Press published over 30 items including D. H. Lawrence, The Paintings of D H Lawrence together with works by Liam O'Flaherty, Rhys Davies, Giovanni Boccaccio, Peter Warlock under the pseudonym Rab Noolas, S. S. Koteliansky, Aleister Crowley, Thomas Burke, Cecil Roth, Beresford Egan, W. J. Turner, Brinsley MacNamara, Edgell Rickword, Richard Middleton, V. V. Rozanov, Philip Owens, Vernon Knowles, and others.
At the 1985 Cambridge University Exhibition of the works of The Mandrake Press it was believed that no copies of the Book of Tobit were ever produced — several copies have since been discovered.
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The name Mandrake Press was revived in 1988 and the present company has continued the tradition of publishing many fine collectable books including numerous works by Aleister Crowley, Austin Spare, Gerald Gardner, Frederick Carter and many others. Publishing Imprints include :-
- Mandrake Press Ltd.
- First Impressions
- Suhal
- Pentacle Enterprises
- Black Lodge
- I-H-O Books
In addition the company runs a mail-order service under the name of Mandragora which it describes as: "Europe's leading mail-order supplier of mind, body and spirit products for your beliefs and rituals. We supply books, cards, CDs, Tarot decks and kits from the world's leading authors, including Kate West, Anna Riva, Doreen Virtue, Silver Ravenwolf to name but a few."
