{"product_id":"9781913689261","title":"Obsolete Spells: Poems \u0026 Prose from Victor Neuburg \u0026 the Vine Press","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHopper, Justin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStrange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of rare pagan poetry and purple prose from the heart of the 1920s counterculture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor Neuburg is most famous for two things: discovering Dylan Thomas, and being the man that Aleister Crowley once turned into a camel. \u003ci\u003eObsolete Spells\u003c\/i\u003e offers another side of Neuburg, through his own poems and the strange books of Vine Press, the hand-operated imprint he ran from his West Sussex cottage between 1920 and 1930.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNeuburg's youth involved terrifying-yet-farcical years as Crowley's lover, victim, and magickal sidekick. His later period, as editor of the influential \"Poet's Corner\" column for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Referee\u003c\/i\u003e, found him a key figure in London's literary scene.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut in between, Neuburg acted as a conduit for bohemian writers, arts luminaries, and the sexually adventurous: Peter Warlock set his words to music, singer Marian Anderson lived in his spare room, and he was a fixture at utopian community, the Sanctuary. Through it all, he turned the handle on the Vine Press: books of nature writing and anonymous song; poems and artwork worthy of \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e, side-by-side with a book on cricket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eObsolete Spells\u003c\/i\u003e offers a selection of Neuburg's work and others from Vine Press books--over-the-top hymns to the Old Gods, tales from a utopian landscape, and more, most of which has been out of print for a century.","brand":"Strange Attractor Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43406589788415,"sku":"9781913689261","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781913689261_s600x595.jpg?v=1775598267","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781913689261","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}