The Occult Press has released recently canonized Gnostic Saint Paschal Beverly Randolph’s novel Dhoula Bel, which was serialized in The Spirit Age periodical, but ever before collected into a single work. The posted description says:
Dhoula Bel, or The Magic Globe, has long been considered the great “lost novel” of Paschal Beverly Randolph (1825-1875), who was one of the greatest of all occult authors. Though the novel, very likely, was never actually published in book form, it did appear, under the byline “The Rosicrucian,” in the weekly paper The Spiritual Age, in nine installments, published between December 17, 1859 and February 11, 1860, the latter date being the date of the final issue of the paper.
The current volume brings together the entirety of the serial, and though the novel is in an “unfinished” state, it is the longest work of fiction ever published by Randolph. The novel, furthermore, was only the second novel to be published in the United States by an African American and the first to be published by an African American man.
This unique volume is subsidized by a scholarly afterword by Brendan Connell and four highly interesting appendices which revolve around Dhoula Bel and some of the background to its composition.
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The book is offered in two editions: a standard hardcover in an edition of 330 copies, and a deluxe, leather-bound edition of 20 copies + 3 “hors commerce” copies.
The specifics are as follows:
STANDARD HARDCOVER EDITION
Standard hardcover edition of 330 copies, thread-stitched and lithographically printed in Italy on a fine 140 g/m Italian rough ivory paper with raspberry-colored Sirio endpapers. The cover is printed on snow-colored Fedrigoni Imitlin, with a dustjacket printed on a highly unique craft paper from a different Italian manufacturer—a 250 g/m sustainable black paper made in part from recycled wool and cotton.
Limited to 330 copies. 266 pages.
ISBN-13: 978-1-64525-161-3
Size, unbound: 234mm x 156 mm
Printed in Italy, 2024
Price: US$68.00 (shipping included)
Please note, we will immediately reimburse any extra shipping charges added to the order.
Shipping: All Orders will be shipped from Europe.
DELUXE LEATHER-BOUND EDITION
Hardcover edition of 20 numbered copies (+ 3 hors commerce). Thread-stitched and lithographically printed in Italy on a fine 140 g/m Italian rough ivory paper. Bound in black leather title and image stamped on the cover in gold and with black end-papers hand speckled with gold.
Limited edition of 20 copies; + 3 hors commerce.
Size:
Printed in Italy, 2024
Price: US$270.00 (shipping included)
Shipping: All Orders will be shipped from Europe.
TO ORDER:
*STANDARD HARDCOVER EDITION – US$68.00*
**DELUXE LEATHER-BOUND EDITION – US$270.00***
https://occultpress.net/dhoula-bel/.
